Toney Thompson Fellow, City/County of Durham, NC Twitter | LinkedIn Diversity Dashboard: Toney Thompson, UNC MPA Project Team – ELGL Carolina MPA Alumna and Students Connect to Bring Research Favorite Song of 2018: This Is America by Childish Gambino Favorite Book of 2018: The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein Proudest Work Accomplishment: Officially started … Continued
Time: 10:20 pm Friday, May 17 Location: Morris Street Hallway, Room #1 Breakout: Innovation from Coast to Coast – Part 2 All across the country local governments are working to make services better for their residents by trying out new ideas and new approaches to problems that many communities face. In this session we want … Continued
In today’s Morning Buzz, we’re going to explore how access to broadband internet can impact a community—particularly marginalized communities. Right Now with Daniel Soto (LinkedIn/Twitter) What I’m Listening to – Cypress Hill: Insane in the Brain (I never realized how catchy this song was until I heard my new roommate blast it at 7 AM while … Continued
In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week, Micah Grau, Assistant City Manager, City of Buda, Texas, writes about the skills needed to succeed as an assistant city manager. Sign up to be a guest columnist for this series. I’ve been fortunate to spend my young … Continued
On January 23, 2019, Jenine Jenkins from CPS HR Consulting presented this webinar on “Understanding Implicit Bias.” View the full webinar in the ELGL webinar library at Members.ELGL.org.
This guest blog is by ELGL member Justine Triola. Justine is UrbanLeap’s first employee and Product Designer. She’s passionate about applying her background in design and anthropology to solving problems in urban innovation. When it comes to software products, government is known to get stuck with products of a poor-quality experience for high price points. There’s … Continued
We’re discussing Andrew Kleine’s book “City on the Line” in a Twitter book club on March 5 at noon EST. Never participated in a Twitter book club? It’s easy! 1. Read the book. You can get a free copy here (while supplies last) if you blog for ELGL about it. Or, purchase the book for … Continued
Webinar: From Election to Execution February 20, 2019 9:00 a.m. EST RSVP today! Learn how to take your elected officials’ goals and turn them into reality. We’ll learn how to align, engage, and enable your local government organization to manage the complexity of multiple organizational goals.
Miguel Sangalang Deputy Mayor for Budget & Innovation Los Angeles, CA LinkedIn | Twitter Amanda Daflos Innovation Team Director Los Angeles, CA LinkedIn | Twitter Transforming data into action. Miguel Sangalang, Deputy Mayor for Budget & Innovation, and Amanda Daflos, Innovation Team Director, joined GovLove to talk about their work at the City of Los … Continued
Keynote: The Rural Shrink Smart Project A team at Iowa State University is examining the relationship between population loss and quality of life in small and shrinking rural communities. Global economic and social trends predict that the number of people living in small towns and rural areas will continue to shrink. Policy makers have to … Continued
