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Podcast: Technology & Public Safety with Matt Polega, Mark43

Matt Polega Co-Founder & Head of Marketing Mark43 LinkedIn | Twitter Cloud-based first responder dispatch. Matt Polega, the Co-Founder and Head of Marketing at Mark43, joined the podcast to talk about how technology can improve public safety. He discussed the importance of computer aided dispatch and the flexibility that being cloud-based provides. Mark also talked … Continued

A New Year – Reflection on the Past and Planning for the Future

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Ann Marie Townshend. Connect with Ann Marie on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I’m Reading: Not in My Neighborhood: How Bigotry Shaped a Great American City by Antero Pietila What I’m Listening to: No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work by Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy … Continued

#ELGLTraeger: 51-60

These ten Traeger Award winners represent everything that’s good in local government. Join ELGL in celebrating their accomplishments, and connect with them on Twitter and LinkedIn to learn from their expertise. ELGL and Zencity are proud to honor these ten leaders with a Traeger Award! Meet all the Traegers! #91-100 #81-90 #71-80 #61-70 Michelle Thong … Continued

#ELGLTraeger: 61-70

These ten Traeger Award winners represent everything that’s good in local government. Join ELGL in celebrating their accomplishments, and connect with them on Twitter and LinkedIn to learn from their expertise. ELGL and Zencity are proud to honor these ten leaders with a Traeger Award! Meet all the Traegers! #91-100 #81-90 #71-80 Josh Edwards Assistant … Continued

20 Reasons To Be Inspired in 2020

The Buzz w/ Sarah O’Brien, Change Agent Book I can’t put down: Just Enough Anxiety, The Hidden Driver of Business Success by Robert H. Rosen Book I just can’t get into but won’t remove from the nightstand: Neighborhood,  by Emily Tallen What I can’t stop playing over and over again: The TED Interview: Yuval Noah … Continued

How the 2010s Prepared Us for 2020 — and Beyond

Right Now with Warren Kagarise (Linkedin/Twitter/Instagram) What I’m watching: Bon Appétit’s “Gourmet Makes” series, where pastry chef (and Instagram darling) Claire Saffitz re-engineers our favorite junk foods into high-end, handmade creations. Claire’s latest foe: Totino’s Pizza Rolls. What I’m reading: “The Worst Hard Time,” Timothy Egan’s National Book Award-winning nonfiction account of life and death … Continued

#ELGLTraeger: 71-80

These ten Traeger Award winners represent everything that’s good in local government. Join ELGL in celebrating their accomplishments, and connect with them on Twitter and LinkedIn to learn from their expertise. ELGL and Zencity are proud to honor these ten leaders with a Traeger Award! Meet all the Traegers! #91-100 #81-90 Jason Reisdorfer Director of … Continued

Top Ten ELGL Blog Posts of 2019

With almost a million site visitors in 2019, ELGL made great progress on our goal to “provide content on a variety of local government topics.” Here are the top ten most viewed posts of 2019. Stay tuned for more opportunities to write for ELGL in 2020 on topics are varied as creative placemaking, diversity in … Continued

#ELGLTraeger: 81-90

These ten Traeger Award winners represent everything that’s good in local government. Join ELGL in celebrating their accomplishments, and connect with them on Twitter and LinkedIn to learn from their expertise. ELGL and Zencity are proud to honor these ten leaders with a Traeger Award! Check out #91-100 here! Sami Kamal Jarah Chief Operating Officer … Continued

#ELGLTraeger: 91-100

These ten Traeger Award winners represent everything that’s good in local government. Join ELGL in celebrating their accomplishments, and connect with them on Twitter and LinkedIn to learn from their expertise. ELGL and Zencity are proud to honor these ten leaders with a Traeger Award! Robert Sturns Director, Economic Development, City of Fort Worth LinkedIn … Continued

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