Today’s Morning Buzz is by Brent Stockwell – connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter!!! What I’m Listening To: Palaces for the People from 99 Percent Invisible What I’m Reading: Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness by Ingrid Fetell Lee What I’m Watching: Marvel’s Agents of Shield on Netflix. Who do you really … Continued
Location: Meet at Left Field Entrance, 359 Blackwell Street, Durham, NC 27701 Durham Bulls Game May 15, 2019 6:00 – 8:00 Fee: $10.00 RSVP online Reserve your ticket to see the Durham Bulls play Lehigh Valley during the #ELGL19 conference. We’ll get group seating for a night of baseball with friends. The Durham Bulls are … Continued
ELGL is headed to Northern Illinois University for an #ELGLInspire program on April 26, 2019! Northern Illinois University Barsema Alumni and Visitors Center Friday, April 26 | Noon – 3:30 RSVP Noon – Arrive, check in, catered lunch 12:15 – Welcome from ELGL & ILCMA 12:30 – Quick Fire Presentations From Local Government Practitioners These … Continued
Today’s Buzz (which is still technically posted in the morning for those of us in the Central time zone!) is by Brianna Lennon — connect with her on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I’m Watching: Parks and Rec (again) What I’m Reading: Lots and lots of elections articles What I’m Listening To: my Pink Floyd station on Pandora … Continued
Head back to school with #ELGLInspire. Next stop: Texas State University on April 2, 2019! Learn more about our event speakers in these brief profiles, and connect with them on social media before and after the event! Jamie Eustace City Librarian, City of Baytown, TX Website | Linkedin | ELGL Re-imagining Libraries What was the very … Continued
This guest blog is by ELGL member Stephanie Chase, the director of the Hillsboro Public Library in Hillsboro, Oregon. About a week ago, at the end of February, Twitter user Erin Glass posted the following tweet: The tweet sparked a lot of conversation, and what was perhaps most interesting to me was how quickly (and, … Continued
This is a monthly blog by AJ Fawver, the Planning Director in Lubbock, Texas. She’ll share her perspectives on land use, planning, and community development in this series. Learn more about AJ from her GovLove interview! While we sometimes forget this, working in local government means that we are in the people business. That’s what appeals to … Continued
This blog is by Thomas Bennett, a member of the UNC MPA research team collecting data for the Diversity Dashboard in North Carolina. Meet his colleague Mimi Clemens in the first blog post in this series. My name is Thomas Bennett and I am a first-year MPA student at UNC Chapel Hill. The MPA team … Continued
This guest post is from Amanda Nagl of Bang the Table Change management theory and organizational adoption strategies vary in the number of steps, key takeaways and must-do’s that are attached to success. A simple search shows a range of five to sixteen components that researchers believe are necessary to ensure organizational adoption. Analyzing these … Continued
This blog is by ELGL member Samantha Harkins, the Chief Of Staff to Lansing Mayor Andy Schor. Some kids get to go to Disney World in vacation; others to an indoor water park. Not my kid. At the tender age of four he’s a public market aficionado, having been to such great ones as St. … Continued
