American City & County Magazine Highlights Knope of the Week What is the Knope of the Week? It’s ELGL’s way of recognizing an individual or group of individuals who have excelled in promoting the public sector. Recipients may come from the public or private sector and are nominated by ELGL members. Recipients receive an incredible amount of recognition … Continued
Fifty Nifty Takeaways What do we hope to learn from this series? We hope you will gain a better understanding of the unique characteristics of local government in each state, we hope you will learn that there are others like you who are motivated to make a difference through the public sector, and we … Continued
What better way to learn about a new ELGL member than a series of extremely personal questions that may or may not be work related. That is our goal in the New Sensation feature. Whether it is learning about a person’s top accomplishments in the last 24 hours or learning about the inside of their … Continued
While ELGL’s goal of having a presence in all 50 states is ambitious, we are not going at it alone. The continued growth of our informal partnership with Strategic Government Resources is one strategy for reaching a wider audience. Established in 1999 by former City Manager Ron Holifield, SGR has grown into the largest private sector … Continued
We know about the University of Oregon football team and its new $68 million football facility; unfortunately, we don’t know as much about Oregon’s master of public administration (MPA) program. So until ESPN’s College Game Day visits Oregon’s MPA program and Lee Corso interviews Oregon MPA alum and current Lake Oswego assistant city manager David Donaldson, … Continued
American City & County Magazine Highlights Knope of the Week What is the Knope of the Week? It’s ELGL’s way of recognizing an individual or group of individuals who have excelled in promoting the public sector. Recipients may come from the public or private sector and are nominated by ELGL members. Recipients receive an incredible amount of recognition … Continued
This is another installment of an ELGL original content series titled “Taking Triple Aim on Health Care” by Josh Schultz. Josh is a Client Services Associate at Medicare Rights Center, New York An Exchange Established by the State October 16, 2013 [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdxuezbBwVA] An advertisement for HealthCare.gov, the federal Health Insurance Marketplace Something went wrong for … Continued
The Original Story The nail was finally been hit on the head with the recent Governing article, “Millennials Face Hurdles Breaking into Public Sector.” The writer highlights that the millennials’ lack of interest in government work is only a small part of the equation in attracting younger, talented workers to the public sector. A dramatic … Continued
This is another installment of an ELGL original content series titled “Josh’s Job Search 2.0” by Josh Halladay. Halladay is sharing career advice that he is receiving in informational interviews. Nancy Newton Education: George Fox University, B.A., Management & Organizational Leadership; Portland State University, Executive Master Candidate, Public Administration Connect: LinkedIn Background Check on Nancy Nancy Newton … Continued
This is another installment of an ELGL original content series titled “Defining Sustainability” by Beth Otto. Beth is sharing her perspective on the varying definitions of sustainability and her experiences in implementing sustainability strategies. Background Check on Jon Roschke Jon Roschke is the Executive Director at OREP. He has focused on improving education in the … Continued
