Today’s Buzz is by Kylie Bayer, City of McMinnville (LinkedIn, Twitter) What I’m reading – High Crimes What I’m doing – Recovering from Feast Portland and Rose City Comic Con. The ambivert in me is ready to not talk to humans for a while. What I’m looking forward to – Fall conference season: #ELGLRoadTrip, NEOGOV, … Continued
In this series, ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt poses the question and a guest columnist answers it. This week, Lauren Tayara, Cabarrus County, NC Budget Analyst, writes about increasing the readability of your organization’s budget document. The first thing that comes to mind when asked about document design is my high school yearbook class. Let me … Continued
Chichi Nyagah-nash Director of Department of General Services, City of Baltimore Twitter If you had to live in a different city, what city would you choose? Nairobi, Kenya. Because that is home and where my family is. I’ve lived exactly half my life in the US and my heart remains torn between the two. Storytelling … Continued
Today’s Buzz is Dan Weinheimer, Routt County What I’m reading – Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss What I’m watching – College football, Fight on! What I’m doing – Staining a deck My morning commute recently got a whole lot worse. There is construction in town that’s limiting the routes that people can take … Continued
What I’m Watching: Styling Hollywood. Dresses, celebrities, and fabulous living in LA? Yes, please. What I’m Reading: No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work by Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy – highly recommend. I’m still working my way through it because emotions but there has been a lot of buzz … Continued
September 18, 2019 1:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) Register Online! Part 5 of the Census Counts + Funders Census Initiative census operations series will cover how organizations can monitor the progress of the count in real time, to guide resource and outreach targeting, messaging and strategy modifications, and additional investments, as needed. … Continued
Taylor Samuelson Finance Division Office Specialist, City of Laguna Beach If you had to live in a different city, what city would you choose? I would choose Boston, mainly because it’s got a mixture of historic and modern architecture, and the city has an awesome app called Boston 311. I want to see the public … Continued
Mike Skibbe (Twitter and LinkedIn) What I’m Watching: Street Outlaws (It’s like real housewives, but car guy drama) What I’m Reading: Bringing Out The Best in People, Aubrey Daniels Are performance evaluations still broken? When searching this topic at ELGL, the last post seems to be from five years ago. The frustration of evaluations not … Continued
Ryan Dowd Executive Director Hesed House Bio | LinkedIn An empathy-driven approach to solving problems and serving everyone. Ryan Dowd the Executive Director of Hesed House, a homeless shelter in Aurora, Illinois joined the podcast to talk about serving people experiencing homelessness. Ryan talked about his book, A Librarian’s Guide to Homelessness, and his training for … Continued
In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three questions from ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week, Katie Olson, City of South Jordan, Utah, writes about finding hospitality in local government. On the eve of #cityhallselfie day, I am, in fact, writing this at city hall—South Jordan City Hall to be specific. I didn’t … Continued
