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Humanizing Local Government in Gaithersburg, MD

Videos, proclamations, graphic, and giveaways — the hype for the 2nd annual International #CityHallSelfie Day has been incredible. Luckily, much of the creative preparation for #CityHallSelfie Day is transferable to future projects that you or your staff may work on. Sign up to share your experience on how your organization prepared for #CityHallSelfie Day. By Nick Smith, LinkedIn and … Continued

Updated: Nominations for the 2017 Members Choice Award for #CityHallSelfie Excellence

Get hyped for #CityHallSelfie Day on August 15! We’re handing out 21 awards on #CityHallSelfie Day with the “granddaddy of them all” the Members Choice Award for #CityHallSelfie Excellence. This is the first year of the award and we’re empowering our superdelegates (i.e: award-winning ELGL members) to nominate and vote on this new award. Questions? Contact kent@elgl.org. … Continued

Humanizing Local Government in Gaithersburg, MD

Videos, proclamations, graphic, and giveaways — the hype for the 2nd annual International #CityHallSelfie Day has been incredible. Luckily, much of the creative preparation for #CityHallSelfie Day is transferable to future projects that you or your staff may work on. Sign up to share your experience on how your organization prepared for #CityHallSelfie Day. By Nick Smith, LinkedIn and … Continued

Podcast: True Love in Public Administration, Married Couples in LocalGov

  Ashley Garcia Management Analyst Costa Mesa, CA LinkedIn | Twitter Dianne Miller Asst. City Administrator Eagan, MN LinkedIn Justin Miller City Administrator Lakeville, MN LinkedIn | Twitter True love in local government. We talk with three people whose spouse also works in public administration. They discuss balancing two local government careers, discussing issues at the kitchen … Continued

Taking A Break: The Importance of Self-Care

Right Now with Ben DeClue (LinkedIn/Twitter) What I’m Reading – US Census 2020 LUCA FAQ What I’m Doing – Preparing for a City Council meeting and thinking ahead to Thursday When I started my time as Acting City Administrator, one of the first things that I did was pick up the phone and call a … Continued

Managing #CityHallSelfie Day

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] ELGL Executive Director Kirsten Wyatt will share some thoughts about the logistics of managing #CityHallSelfie day in this post. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator style=”dotted” border_width=”5″][vc_column_text]8:00 p.m. on August 14 Here are the tasks that our communications team is managing on #CityHallSelfie day: Monitor @CityHallSelfie Twitter account Monitor #CityHallSelfie hashtag Download all pictures from those accounts, and publish … Continued

Behind the Scenes of #CityHallSelfie Day

ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt is straight bloggin’ about the greatest day of the year. It is about to go down…. #CityHallSelfie Day is here. I’m here to keep you warm and comfy throughout the greatest day of the year. Until Next Year… A few wrap up items from City Hall Selfie Day: Stephen Kleinschmit‏ ran … Continued

Write About It… Preparing for #CityHallSelfie Day

Link: Sign up as a guest writer. Videos, proclamations, graphic, and giveaways — the hype for the 2nd annual International #CityHallSelfie Day has been incredible. Luckily, much of the creative preparation for #CityHallSelfie Day is transferable to future projects that you or your staff may work on. We want to capture the creative spirit in … Continued

Classes are Coming: The Long and Slow Path

By Susan Barkman, LinkedIn and Twitter  First off, I must acknowledge that I was lucky my supervisor and co-workers were incredibly supportive of my pursuit of a Master’s in Public Administration… even after four years.  I took four years, because I was in a tuition benefit program and did not want to take out more student loans. … Continued

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