Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Jenn Reichelt, Manager with The Novak Consulting Group now a part of Raftelis – connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! We are living in unprecedented times. Over the past few months, we have been in quarantine and practicing social distancing, all while becoming adept at virtual meetings and ensuring … Continued
In this series, ELGL Co-Founder Kent Wyatt poses three questions to the guest columnist, and the guest columnist selects one to reflect on. This week, Justin Amos, Business Manager with Fleet Management, City of Charlotte, goes off script to write about events in recent weeks. I will be honest. I had a complete “Let me … Continued
Today’s Buzz is by Meredith Trimble, Sr. Content Specialist with Tyler Technologies, Inc., and former Acting Chair, Farmington, CT Town Council (Twitter, LinkedIn) Where I’m going: Touring Connecticut Farm Bureau farms and buying local ingredients What I’m watching: Community outdoor movies in creative new spaces like our town’s polo grounds What I’m reading: Thanks to … Continued
ELGL members are invited to volunteer as user advocates for the Census Open Innovation labs’ “Opportunity Project Earth Sprint: The Census Open Innovation lab is kicking off The Opportunity Project Earth Sprint. There will be two rounds of sprints in which federal agencies and technology companies work together to build products as solutions to problems from … Continued
On Friday, June 5, 2020, the ELGL Board of Directors meeting included some big decisions affecting all ELGL members. Here’s an overview of the minutes with the information you need to know: #CityHallSelfie Day #CityHallSelfie day will be observed on August 14, 2020. (Annually, the big day is on August 15, but since that falls … Continued
This webinar originally aired on June 4, 2020. Implicit bias can interfere with how we do our jobs and other situations. In this webinar, participants will gain an awareness around the concept of implicit biases, the role they play in our interactions with others, and tools to help us address and minimize them. This webinar … Continued
This is a periodic series where members can anonymously ask our two anonymous experts (code names: Ellie & Jill…) about tricky #localgov topics. Want to ask them your own question? Email info@elgl.org. Hello Jill & Ellie, I’m looking for thoughts on how to really stand out in the second round interview for a promotional position. I’ve … Continued
This post is by ELGL member Andrew Hening, the Director of Homeless Planning & Research for the City of San Rafael, CA. Despite growing up in Richmond, Virginia, the former capital of the Confederacy, it took living in the San Francisco Bay Area to understand the deep-seated, systemic nature of racism in America’s housing system. Housing isn’t … Continued
Christina Roach Digital Content Officer City of Dallas, TX LinkedIn | Twitter Victor Henderson Communications Specialist North Central Texas Council of Governments LinkedIn | Twitter “Y’all, I’m hurt.” Christina Roach, Digital Content Officer for the City of Dallas, Texas, and Victor Henderson, Communications Specialist for the North Central Texas Council of Governments, joined the podcast … Continued
This Morning Buzz was written by Katie Babits (LinkedIn, Twitter) and edited by Kylie Bayer (LinkedIn, Twitter). Our country is broken and it was designed this way. The systems that have created the current state of events are doing exactly what they were intended to do. Our systems were created by white people, for white … Continued
