Today’s Buzz is by Kylie Bayer, HR Manager with the City of McMinnville. LinkedIn & Twitter What I’m Watching: Schitt’s Creek and I have never laughed harder. Highly recommend. What I’m Reading: White Oleander, I never read it! What I’m Listening to: an HR podcast, Kammersations. It’s a podcast through our benefits/insurance provider, Citycounty Insurance … Continued
This #ELGLKnope blog is guest written by Nathan Eppink, the Director of the Medina County Park District. Connect with Nathan via email, Twitter, LinkedIn, and online. Have you ever watched the show “Undercover Boss?” For several months last year, I felt like I was living it. Before becoming director of Northeast Ohio’s Medina County Park … Continued
ELGL is excited to partner with the Alliance for Innovation at the Transforming Local Government conference. Follow along with all of ELGL’s TLG activities here. We’re partnering to bring the first-ever TLG Unconference to the 2019 event! Here’s more info on an unconference: Bring your problem to solve and find your how at TLG 2019. … Continued
ELGL is partnering with Cartegraph for the Rocky Mountain High-Performance Government workshop on May 3, 2019 (register today!) and we’re profiling the ten speakers so you can get to know them before their high-energy presentations on becoming a high-performance agency! Melissa Wiley LinkedIn | Twitter What’s a “high performance” government idea you’re fascinated with with … Continued
This guest blog is by Meghan Ruble, Engagement Manager and #1 Nigel Morris Fan at Bang the Table. This is probably the closest I’ll ever come to going viral, which is a good thing because most people don’t go viral in their finest moments. Since last Friday, thousands of people have viewed one of my … Continued
This guest blog is by ELGL member Melody Badgett, the Vice President of Strategic Partnerships for ChiefOfStaff.com. Read more of ChiefOfStaff.com’s contributions on local government strategic planning here. What did you say? When is the deadline? How do we get that done? Who should be involved? Who owns this? What’s the endgame? Who benefits and … Continued
Routt County elected a new Commissioner in 2018, an event that kicked off an opportunity. Aside from the usual process of on-boarding a new elected official this person brought a political realignment of the Board of County Commissioners. The opportunity to re-evaluate and update our three year strategic plan came two years early! The Commissioners … Continued
Learn how you can turn your elected officials’ campaign goals into operational reality in this webinar from ELGL member Rich McGeary. He shows how the election promises of one mayor were tracked in the ChiefOfStaff.com software and turned into actionable work items to improve the community. Watch the webinar! Read more of ChiefOfStaff.com’s contributions on … Continued
Eva Cancino GIS Coordinator/Crusader, City of Naperville, IL Twitter | LinkedIn So far, what’s your proudest accomplishment in 2019? Being chosen to present at an industry conference later this year. Valentines Day is in February. What do you “love” about your job? That I learn something new every day while getting to work with a … Continued
This guest blog is by Mimi Clemens, an ELGL member and part of the UNC MPA research team helping to collect data for the 2019 Diversity Dashboard in North Carolina. My name is Mimi Clemens. I am a first-year MPA student at UNC Chapel Hill. You may have met or seen me at the North … Continued
