ELGL is seeking contributions from you…yeah, YOU! We want to hear about your experiences, ideas, and unique perspectives. We get your content, you get published on a prestigious, Nobel Prize for Literature Award-winning blog…well, not that last part, but you do get to tell your mom you’re famous. Check out our monthly topics and sign-up for a week to … Continued
By Ashley Fruechting, Senior Director of Marketing & Strategic Partnerships for Vision It’s been months in the making, your agency’s beautiful new website is ready to go, and how do you feel? Like you just ran a marathon? Few projects involve as many stakeholders and internal interests as a website redesign, which is why completing … Continued
As part of the grueling ELGL initiation process, new members are asked to complete our version of the Wonderlic test. It’s an open book test and participants do not have to use a dull number 2 pencil to fill in tiny circles. Alex Busken (LinkedIn and Twitter) is a management analyst with the City of Benbrook, TX. … Continued
By Kent Wyatt – LinkedIn and Twitter During one of my first performance evaluations for the City of Tigard, OR, I learned the power of Google Alerts. One of the “negatives” on my evaluation came from a department head who thought that I spent too much time emailing relevant news articles to staff. (This is the … Continued
As part of the grueling ELGL initiation process, new members are asked to complete our version of the Wonderlic test. It’s an open book test and participants do not have to use a dull number 2 pencil to fill in tiny circles. Rachel Kelly (LinkedIn and Twitter) is the Director of Public Affairs for the City of … Continued
With criminal charges for three government officials announced this week, this timely post was written by guest writer, Katherine Shor, who is the Food System Finance Program Assistant at Self-Help and the Organizing Intern at Food & Water Watch North Carolina. She earned her BA in Public Policy at UNC-Chapel Hill and is passionate about environmental justice. By: Katherine … Continued
This week we sit down with Professor Philip Joyce from the University of Maryland School of Public Policy. He recently wrote an article for Governing Magazine on what governments at every level need to do to attract millennials to the sector. We go through his five recommendations and explore how to make those changes. … Continued
By Shannah Hayley, Director of Marketing and Community Engagement, City of Plano Part of my strategy for marketing the City of Plano is to move it from promotion to content marketing. Content marketing involves creatively and strategically using all of your content resources. This effort is intentional. It’s also connected, meaning that one piece of … Continued
Watch the Webinar: City of Shawnee, KS and the CPBB City of Shawnee, KS city manager Carol Gonzales discussed and demonstrate how establishing the Fiscal Command Center can empower your local government to make smart, proactive, data-driven decisions. In this training webinar, we highlighted: What is a Fiscal Command Center Creating an accurate and actionable data … Continued
As part of the grueling ELGL initiation process, new members are asked to complete our version of the Wonderlic test. It’s an open book test and participants do not have to use a dull number 2 pencil to fill in tiny circles. Erik Clarke is a Master of Public Administration graduate student at The Ohio State University. He … Continued
