Today’s Buzz is by Samantha Roberts– connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m Listening To: Space Cowboy by Kacey Musgraves What I’m Reading: Spark by Angie Morgan, Courtney Lynch, and Sean Lynch, as well as Smart Women Finish Rich, by David Bach (and 6 other books because I’m way to excited about what people are doing … Continued
This guest blog is by ELGL member Jeff Hoye with CPS-HR Consulting. Does it feel like we’ve been talking about succession planning in the public sector forever? Consider the compelling case for succession planning. Beyond mandates that may require a succession plan for some government agencies, an effective succession plan: is one of the most useful … Continued
Today’s Morning Buzz is by brand new Morning Buzzer Susan Steward – connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m reading: Causal Inference: The Mixtape by Scott Cunningham What I’m watching: Kim’s Convenience (the cast is just amazing!) What I’m listening to: “High Hopes” Panic! At the Disco Strategic planning is probably simultaneously the most over-used and misunderstood term … Continued
Time: 10:20 am Friday, May 17 Location: Foster Street Hallway, Room #2 Breakout: Building Capacity in Data & Performance So you developed a strategic plan, you gathered the data, you developed performance measures, and even created visually appealing dashboards. Now what? Come to this session to learn how three organizations are helping to build capacity … Continued
Today’s Buzz is by Tim Gomez– connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m Listening To: My two sons inventory their NERF bullets What I’m Reading: Head Strong by Dave Aspery What I’m Watching: Iron Man 2 There is nothing wrong with being an introvert. In fact, Susan Cain’s TED talk on the power of being of … Continued
This opportunity shared by our friends at the Davenport Institute for Public Engagement and Civic Leadership in the School of Public Policy at Pepperdine University. In an age where trust in government (and indeed in all institutions) is at an all time low, and indifference toward local government is at an all time high, the … Continued
Today’s Morning Buzz is by brand new Morning Buzzer Neha Subramanyam – connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m reading: The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander What I’m watching: Season 2 of Friends from College What I’m listening to: anything that motivates me to go out for a trail run! Try this: take … Continued
Guest post brought to you by City Sourced CitySourced (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook) is an enterprise platform that provides governments with a complete native mobile app for residents to communicate with every department of their community. The title of Chief Information Officer (CIO) in government organizations has never been as accurate a title as it is today. Over the last … Continued
Time: 3:15 pm Thursday, May 16 Location: Foster Street Hallway, Room #1 Breakout: How to Jumpstart & Sustain a Strategy & Performance Culture Local governments all across the country have developed offices to lead and develop cultures of performance management and strategic planning. But not all local governments are in the same stages of their … Continued
Greetings from MilwaukIE, Oregon! The #ELGLTakeoverTuesday for Jan. 29 is brought to you by Jordan Imlah, the City of Milwaukie’s public affairs specialist. Located just outside the southeast portion of Portland, Milwaukie is a unique city of just more than 21,000 people nestled along the banks of the Willamette River. We’re home to some well-known … Continued
