Today’s Buzz is by Clay Campbell. What I’m Reading: Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism [] – A bit extreme, but like the general idea What I’m Watching: Schitt’$ Creek – kudos to Kylie Bayer, Kent Wyatt, Hillary Ostlund and Stephanie Chase for sharing – So good! What I’m Listening to: The Lego Movie 2: … Continued
Gary Jenkins Police Chief Pullman, WA Bio | LinkedIn Public safety and collaboration. Gary Jenkins, the Police Chief for Pullman, Washington, shared how his department uses drones to enhance their police work and improve operations. Chief Jenkins talked about how they started their program, training staff and how they collaborate with other city departments and … Continued
Thanks to targeted outreach, the month of May saw more data points in the Diversity Dashboard from Michigan and Oregon. Learn more here!
We want you to write for ELGL! We’re looking for guest columnists for our popular series, “I Have to Ask You.” Here’s how it works. Choose a date to be the featured guest columnist Allie Breyer will send you a choice of three local government topics to write about. You will choose one of the … Continued
Tom Darling Division Manager, Public Service University Albuquerque, NM LinkedIn Unleash employees. Tom Darling the Division Manager of Public Service University at the City of Albuquerque, NM joined the podcast to talk about training staff and changing culture. He discusses why “entrepreneurship” is a useful trait and why it’s important to bring to local government. … Continued
Today’s Morning Buzz is by Kirsten Wyatt. Connect with me on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m Watching: Harry Potter marathon all. weekend. long. What I’m Reading: Just finished Call The Midwife and The Wife Between Us. Both were enjoyable long-weekend reads. What I’m Listening To: Fadbusting with Adam Grant & Freakonomics. I’m headed to Code … Continued
In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week, Jennifer Teal, The Novak Consulting Group, writes about the transition from city manager to consultant. A couple of hours after I received Kent’s email with my potential “I Have to Ask You” questions, I got a phone … Continued
The below post was also sent as an email to Innovation Summit attendees but all of these opportunities are also available to all ELGL members – we welcome your participation and want you to sign up to participate! Thank you for attending the #ELGL19 Innovation Summit! As promised, here are some follow-up opportunities from the … Continued
This guest blog is by ELGL member and photographer extraordinaire Angelica Wedell from the National Research Center, Inc. (NRC). You may be tweeting daily, streaming public meetings on YouTube and even publishing press releases on the official website blog. But with all this effort to meet constituents where they are already communicating, many local governments … Continued
Right Now with Kevin Teater What I’m Listening to – Hero by Family of the Year What I’m Reading – Asher’s Garden by Derek Pangelinan What I’m Watching – The Tick What I’m Doing – Sitting next to the cutest dog in the whole wide universe! “Kevin, how did I do in there?”, my client … Continued
