Nyssa Rivera works for the City of Forest Grove, OR. Her column will walk you through the creation and adoption of a sustainability plan. Gaining Support for a Sustainability Plan by Nyssa Rivera- LinkedIn and Twitter In October of 2011, the City of Forest Grove convened a Sustainability Institute which was attended by sixteen residents. These residents … Continued
ELGL has worked with a number of recruiting firms from Florida to Oregon. There are so many that it can be confusing to keep up with the firms that are out there. To give you an idea of the firms that are doing recruitments in local government, we’re providing the below information that lists the recruitment firms … Continued
Kim Ervin, #ELGL14 fame and Pyramid Communications Senior Social Media Strategist, presents five tips for managing social media for your organization. Learn more from Kim at our upcoming Google Hangout: Building the Case for Social Media. Slowing Down Social Media By: Kim Ervin, LinkedIn and Twitter “Life moves pretty fast…if you don’t stop and look around … Continued
Don’t forget – ELGL’s moderated Twittersation about events in Ferguson, MO and around the country is on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. (that’s 7:00 p.m. Eastern time). Members of the SE ELGL chapter will participate in the Twittersation from Beyu Caffe in Downtown Durham; after the Twittersation ends, their conversation will continue, live and in person. Here … Continued
Welcome to week #18 of the Cookingham Connection. Last week, we learned about Guidepost #18 from Rick Usher from KCMO. Today, we hear another perspective from Josh Gregor, a Revenue & Taxation Specialist III with the City of Portland. Mr. Gregor is a graduate of the University of Oregon. Guidepost 18: “Always take the chip off the complainant’s shoulder before … Continued
Rick Usher is the Assistant City Manager for Small Business & Entrepreneurship and has been employed by the City of Kansas City, Mo. since 1985. Guidepost 18: “Always take the chip off the complainant’s shoulder before you let him go. This will be a hard task in some cases, but use every resource at your command … Continued
Ten Leaders In the Civic Space Who doesn’t love a good ol’ fashioned performance reivew? ELGL loves them so much that we’re embarking on a “360 Review of Local Government.” We’re going to evaluate every single inch of the local government arena by talking to ourselves (a.k.a: other local government professionals), tech companies, journalists, professors, and … Continued
A huge thanks to Miguel Gamiño and the rest of the San Francisco IT team for participating in our innovation webinar series. If you didn’t have a chance to tune in and watch the webinar live don’t worry we have it archived below! #ELGLInnovation Miguel Gamiño gave a great presentation that gave us the scoop on San Francisco’s free … Continued
Register Join us for a Twittersation (that’s an online Twitter conversation…) on the recent grand jury decision in Ferguson, MO on the police shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, and the resulting nationwide reactions to the decision. This is a follow-up to our first #ELGLFerguson Twittersation in August. Moderator Brittany Bennett will lead us through … Continued
The next installment of the ELGL innovation webinar series is coming up! So shake of the food coma you plan to enter immediately after Thanksgiving dinner and join us on December 3rd for a webinar on the HUD resource locator and the innovative way the project came about. RSVP for the webinar on December 3rd … Continued
