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Creating a People-Centered Culture at City Hall

Today’s Morning Buzzer is Matt Horn, the Director of Local Government Services for MRB Group. Catch Matt on LinkedIn and Twitter, and anywhere that Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs are sold… In my first weeks as a City Manager, I sat down with each of my leadership team members to be sure I understood their professional … Continued

Sit, Stay, Lead

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Dr. Sarah Martin, Vice President of Health Solutions at mySidewalk. Find her on Twitter @DrSarahMarie and on Medium.  She is also now finally posting again on IG, where it’s mostly about running. What I’m Reading: Ugh, I’m reading an insufferable book that will not be named for fear of everyone hating me. It … Continued

Podcast: Data and Longmont CAReS with Becky Doyle & Sandi Seader, Longmont, CO

Becky Doyle Executive Director of Consolidated Services City of Longmont, CO LinkedIn | Twitter Sandi Seader Assistant City Manager City of Longmont, CO LinkedIn Slaying the data dragon. Two guests from the City of Longmont, Colorado joined the podcast to discuss the City’s use of data and recent What Works Cities Certification. Becky Doyle is … Continued

Colorado Chautauqua Crowned 2022 Best Places in Local Government

Check out this Press Release from the winner of ELGL’s Best Places in Local Gov Award (a.k.a. #ELGLKnope), Colorado Chautauqua Park. NEWS April 12, 2022 Jonathan Thornton, Media Relations, 720-450-7554 bouldercolorado.gov Colorado Chautauqua crowned 2022 Best Places in Local Government We all know Boulder’s Chautauqua Park is a beautiful and amazing place. Now it’s also … Continued

Is it Time For a New Local Government Website?

This guest post is by Luke Fretwell, CEO of ProudCity (the content management platform you’re reading this article on…). Learn more at ProudCity.com.  I’ve visited thousands of local government websites and have seen it all. Some are extravagantly designed – overly so – while others look like they were built by the middle school computer … Continued

All Politics is National Now, Even in Local Government

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Warren Kagarise, digital engagement manager for King County, WA. Connect on LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram. What I’m Reading: The Washington Post’s dive into how algospeak, language we increasingly use to bypass social media content moderation filters — think “panda express” as code for “pandemic” — is changing the way we … Continued

Orienting New Elected Officials

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Melissa Cantarero Weiss, Deputy City Administrator, for Wauwatosa, WI. Connect on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I’m Reading: The Flip Side What I’m Watching: Lord of the Rings – we are introducing the kids to this series What I’m Listening to: Brene Brown on various podcasts In Wauwatosa, we have 16 … Continued

Podcast: Improving Fiscal Strategy with Lawrence Greenspun & Mark Funkhouser

Mark Funkhouser President Funkhouser & Associates LinkedIn | Twitter| Website Lawrence Greenspun Director of Public Sector Engagement Drucker Institute LinkedIn | Twitter Creating a better functioning society. Two guests joined the podcast to discuss their partnership to improve fiscal strategy for local governments. Mark Funkhouser, President of Funkhouser & Associates, and Lawrence Greenspun, Director of … Continued

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