Today’s Morning Buzz is by Jenny Kosek, Economic Development Specialist at City of West Allis, WIS. Connect with her on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: Bagombo Snuff Box by Kurt Vonnegut What I’m Watching: Succession season 2 (I’m behind!) What I’m Listening To: Here and Now Writing an excellent, effective, inclusive job post isn’t … Continued
ELGL is pleased to share this new learning opportunity for local government leaders from our friends Judi Brown, Rebecca Woodbury, and Jason Schneider: Getting out of the hamster wheel is hard. We know we need to spend more time learning new things. We know we need to spend more time working on hard things. But … Continued
Today’s post is by Chanté Mitchell, One of ELGL’s Program Director’s (Twitter and LinkedIn) What I’m watching: Manifest What I’m listening to: The Read podcast What I’m doing: Planning a wedding! It’s really insane, but WOW! This is my first time writing for ELGL. For the greater part of my career in local government, I spent a large … Continued
This opportunity was shared with us by our friends at Coding It Forward. OVERVIEW The Civic Innovation Corps is a first-of-its-kind, 10-week summer internship program mobilizing the next generation of technologists to create civic impact in state and local governments across the United States. In its inaugural year, the Corps placed 55 Civic Innovation Corps … Continued
Today’s Buzz is by Greg Stopka (Twitter and LinkedIn) What I’m watching: Encanto What I am listening to: Sports radio about the Bears and Black Monday What I’m doing: Enjoying a job transition week I’m starting a new position on January 18 with the Northern Illinois Food Bank as the senior director of innovation, leaving my role … Continued
Brooks Rainwater Senior Executive and Director, Center for City Solutions National League of Cities LinkedIn | Twitter From harassment to a more civil discourse. Brooks Rainwater, Senior Executive and Director of Center for City Solutions at the National League of Cities, joined the podcast to talk about his recent report, On the Frontlines of Today’s … Continued
As the old adage states – don’t hate the player, hate the game. We learned at the Saturday, January 8, 2022 webinar on “Taking the Guesswork Out of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program,” using a fax machine is the best way to ensure that your paperwork certifying years of public service is received by … Continued
This cohort program is offered by our friends at UniverCity Alliance – a cross-campus initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that connects local governments across the state with university resources to solve problems. Join us in 2022! The American Geophysical Union’s Thriving Earth Exchange, Educational Partnerships for Innovation in Communities Network (EPIC-N) and UW’s UniverCity Alliance are partnering … Continued
This article was written by Rachel Witt, Executive Director of the South Grand Community Improvement District. Read all the articles in the Lessons & Partnerships in Community & Economic Development series. The mental health of our community has been fractured due to COVID. Many people feel isolated from their community for the past two years … Continued
Hello! It’s Pavani here from Acta Solutions! 👋 It’s the new year and it’s the year of making our work work for us. Not the other way around. We’d love to hear from you about how you’re addressing staff wellness through process improvements. Join us on January 19th at 12pm ET/11am CT/ 9am PT for … Continued
