Check out what we’ve done and what we’re doing next to improve ELGL’s digital services! Done ELGL’s digital working group is all up on Trello and we’re doing a lot of Google hanging-out. Our fearless leaders, Kevin & Luke from ProudCity are doing a great job herding all us cool kats with their sprints and … Continued
Last week we covered a brief history of urban design in the human experience and ended with the American examples of Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. These cities were modeled on the grid system and long sight lines characteristic of European renaissance and enlightenment design. Fast forward to the mid-19th century, I want to begin our … Continued
[View the story “#ELGLBookClub: The Ethics of Dissent” on Storify] As a reminder – we’re discussing “The Ethics of Dissent” on Twitter using the hashtag #ELGLBookClub on April 20 at 10:30 a.m. PDT. Log on to Twitter and follow along using the hashtag. While much of the discussion will focus on Rosemary O’Leary’s important public … Continued
Stephen Goldsmith Director of the Innovations Program Harvard Kennedy School & Data Smart Cities Bio | LinkedIn | Twitter Stephen Goldsmith, Director of the Innovations Program at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the former Mayor of Indianapolis, IN joins GovLove to talk about data, innovation and more. He compared his role as Mayor with being … Continued
Boaty McBoatface? No, this is the J.W. Wescott II. From the NY Times: “A narrow street dead-ends at the Detroit River, where a black-and-white boat bobs in the water, emblazoned with a Postal Service eagle. This is the mail boat J.W. Westcott II, the only floating ZIP code in the United States. The little boat’s … Continued
Please help ELGL in our partnership with the Volcker Alliance on a national project called “Preparing Tomorrow’s Public Service!” The Volcker Alliance is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization whose mission is to address the challenge of effective implementation of public policy and to help rebuild public trust in government. This project aims to identify the essential skills and competencies … Continued
In this post, Bang the Table CEO, Matthew Crozier, gives his top 10 tips for planners to use online tools for engaging the community. Planners are among the earliest adopters of online tools to increase community engagement. The wisest planners have already worked out that the bad old days of being held hostage by small vocal minorities … Continued
#ELGL17: Agenda, Facebook Group, Guest List, Hotels, Partners, Register, Sponsorships and Twitter List Meet #ELGL17 attendees. Laura Hardwicke Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter Before you leave for #ELGL17, what’s the biggest project facing you at work? I will be moving Nashville’s Transportation Demand Management grant into startup which means MOUs, appropriation resolutions, … Continued
Sign up to participate in the #ELGL17 Resume Review service! Kevin Knutson from Management Partners will be on hand to review your resume, and give you helpful tips and suggestions to make your local gov resume strong and successful. Pre-registration is required, so we can accommodate interest in this free service. Loading…
From EATER: The Cult of the Detroit Coney Dog, Explained “Arguably the biggest food rivalry of the Great Lakes region is focused on one brief stretch of street in downtown Detroit, and it involves a beloved foodstuff called the coney dog. What is a coney dog? The coney dog is a variation on the classic … Continued
