As a part of the Institutional Knowledge project, we are recording the wisdom and experience of retiring and retired leaders in local government. If you know someone who could add something to this project, let me know! You can reach out to me on Twitter/ LinkedIn or send me an email. About Me: Jacob Johnson, #InstitutionalKnowledge Project Coordinator Previously: Institutional … Continued
March Madness may almost be over, but you can relive all of GovLove’s March episodes in this newsletter! We released eight episodes this month plus the GovLove crew did guest appearances on two other local government podcasts. GET INTO IT! This month: We discussed leadership philosophy and coming back from a bankruptcy in Alabama; The ICMA … Continued
Jane Brautigam City Manager Boulder, CO Bio | LinkedIn . Jane Brautigam the City Manager of Boulder, CO joined GovLove to talk about her career path and making the leap from law to management. She also shared her perspective on diversity in local government, affordable housing in Boulder and dealing with prairie dogs. Jane has … Continued
#ELGL17: Agenda, Guest List, Hotels, Partners, Register, and Sponsorships Meet those on the #ELGL17 Guest List. John Lisle Chief of External Affairs at DC Water Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter Before you leave for #ELGL17, what’s the biggest project facing you at work? New website? Done. Annual Report? Done. Start Twitter battle with Plano, Texas? Done. Looks … Continued
#ELGL17: Agenda, Guest List, Hotels, Partners, Register, and Sponsorships Meet those on the #ELGL17 Guest List. Dan Ralley Assistant City Manager, The City of Upper Arlington Connect Before you leave for #ELGL17, what’s the biggest project facing you at work? Reworking our solid waste and recycling system and moving away from a sticker system that is … Continued
ELGL is extremely excited to partner with ncIMPACT a applied public policy initiative of the UNC School of Government to host a twitter chat on April 4th from 1:00 -2:00 p.m EST focused on the role of local government in supporting workforce development. You can join the Twitter chat by following the hashtags #ELGLncIMPACT and #workforcedev. The following … Continued
Ever sat at the city manager’s desk? Ever had words of advice for those who do, even temporarily? ICMA has established the task force for Updating the Acting Manager Handbook to ensure this vital tool for interim and acting managers is relevant and useful. The year-long task force is comprised of mid-career professionals who have … Continued
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dear ELGL members, I’m going to start telling a story in this blog each week about the meaty, substantive stuff that’s going on behind the scenes with ELGL, instead of just compiling all of the cool content, education series, and job posts that we produce. Y’all are competent web users so I think you can … Continued
Welcome back to Kittelson’s Corner my weekly musings on things I think are interesting or important, especially in local government nerd-dom. This week I was in Greenville, SC with ELGL Co-Founder and hoodie enthusiast, Kent Wyatt. I also wish I could sit in a big rig like our POTUS and recorded a GovLove episode with the … Continued
Dena Diorio County Manager Mecklenburg County, NC Bio | LinkedIn | Twitter . The Manager of North Carolina’s largest county joins GovLove to discuss her career path, building trust in government, communications and more. Dena Diorio has lead Mecklenburg County since 2014 and came to the south after starting her career in New York … Continued
