Drumroll please! #PSRW has entered the building & is here through May 8th! But why stop there? Let’s continue the celebration all May! After a year unlike any other, the accomplishments and impact of our public servants across government haven’t gone unnoticed! Share your gratitude with your colleagues, employees, & organization! Use Performance.gov’s comprehensive toolkit … Continued
Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Kelli Bennett, Communications Director at the Georgia Municipal Association – connect on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m Listening to: A healthy blend of Maverick City, the new J. Cole and Gregory Porter What I’m Watching: Queen Sugar (May or may not have watched the last season in two days) What … Continued
John Morrill Division Manager for Innovation & Sustainability Fairfax County, Virginia Bio | LinkedIn Audacious goals and clean energy. John Morrill, Division Manager for Innovation & Sustainability at Fairfax County, Virginia, joined the podcast to talk about sustainability and energy efficiency. He discussed the strategies needed to implement local government sustainability plans and the goals … Continued
599 local government officials and staff from across the country recently took “The New Normal Survey: COVID’s Lasting Legacy on Local Government,” which was conducted in partnership with The Atlas, ELGL, CivicPulse, CivicPlus and RouteFifty. It is a follow-up to a survey from June 2020. Last year, we asked local government leaders how public services … Continued
ELGL is proud to feature the writing and thinking of longtime member Mark Funkhouser. Here’s his latest post, and you can also sign up for his newsletter here or connect with him via email. Here’s a harsh reality that will be hard for some who lead and manage in municipal government to stomach. Those staffers … Continued
Brad Lonberger Practice Builder Kimley-Horn, Fort Worth LinkedIn I Twitter What’s an interesting project or issue you’re currently working on? Building a mixed-income, mixed-use development with for-sale townhomes. If you could have coffee or a beer with any famous person, who would it be and why? Jane Jacobs, so I can see what she can … Continued
Johnny McFarland Management Analyst City of Grand Junction, Colorado What’s an interesting project or issue you’re currently working on? I’m currently working on developing and interpreting the city social media data analytics so we can develop benchmarks and track the efficacy of our messaging and engagement with citizens in the city. If you could … Continued
Today’s Morning Buzz is by Jessica Hoffman, Assistant City Administrator, City of Wentzville, MO. Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: Building a winning culture in government, Patrick R. Leddin, PhD & Shawn D. Moon What I’m Watching: A LOT of HGTV (Rock the Block, No Demo Reno, Good Bones) Public Service Recognition Week … Continued
This webinar originally aired April 29, 2021. With hope on the horizon for an end to the global pandemic, organizations throughout the world anxiously anticipate what the future of the workplace will ultimately look like and how they as employers will adapt to the post-pandemic “new normal.” After undergoing the largest ever experiment in remote … Continued
Image credit: Pixabay Article written by Jamielyn Rogers exclusively for elgl.org In light of the pandemic, remote work has certainly become the more convenient and safer option for companies worldwide. However, there are also environmental benefits to this setup — such as reduced greenhouse gases and fossil fuel consumption from not having to commute. That doesn’t mean, … Continued
