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Top 10 ELGL Articles of 2021

In 2021, ELGL published 614 articles on ELGL.org. Here are the top 10 viewed articles in 2021 (based on Google Analytics page views).  #1: ELGL Traeger Award Winners A perennial favorite, the posts announcing #ELGLTraeger winners were joyful and popular. Congrats to this year’s ELGL Top 100 Local Government Influencers list, affectionately known as the … Continued

Thank You For Being There

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Jennifer Casey, the Public Information Officer for the Town of Collierville, Tennessee. Follow Jennifer on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I’m reading: Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty What I’m listening to: The Wild Reeds What I’m watching: Being the Ricardos Dear Local Government Community, How are you doing?   I am … Continued

New Year’s Resolutions for #LocalGov Leaders

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Matt Horn, the Director of MRB Group’s SmarterLocalGov initiative. Follow Matt on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Ted Lencioni What I’m Listening to: When I’m not listening to the latest GovLov podcast, I’m probably working through iTunes playlists for … Continued

Podcast: Rapid Community Innovation with Geneva, NY and Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Chris Annear Associate Professor Hobart and William Smith Colleges LinkedIn Craig Talmage Assistant Professor Hobart and William Smith Colleges LinkedIn Emma Falkenstein Assistant Director of Development BluePrint Geneva LinkedIn Community resilience and COVID-19 response. Three guests joined the podcast to talk about how the City of Geneva, New York and the Hobart and William Smith … Continued

In 2022 I Will Be a Coffee Bean

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Ann Marie Townshend, AICP, ICMA-CM, City Manager of Lewes, Delaware. Connect with Ann Marie on LinkedIn or Twitter. What I’m Reading: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett What I’m Listening To: Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard As I write this, I am feeling exhausted, both physically and emotionally. … Continued

Meet the Public Sector Leadership Certificate Recipients: Meghan Huber

Congrats to the inaugural cohort of the Public Sector Leadership certificate program, offered by ELGL, Claremont Graduate University’s Drucker School of Management, and the Drucker Institute!   Meghan Huber Economic Development & Communications Manager, City of Citrus Heights Connect with Meghan on LinkedIn What’s the best book you’ve read in the past few years? High … Continued

2021 ELGL Wrapped

Here’s what ELGL accomplished in 2021 with your help! Content ELGL.org & GovLove Podcast Published 614 ELGL.org articles and 100 episodes of the GovLove podcast. Podcast episodes average 2,000 downloads each. The Morning Buzz writing team grew to 64 people. We emailed 52 Weekly Reader and 12 Monthly Reader newsletters with an average open rate … Continued

(Extra)ordinary

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Christopher Leonard, Administrative Supervisor for the City of Fort Lauderdale. You can connect with him via LinkedIn What I’m Listening To: Meditation Station What I’m Watching: Watching the new Spiderman this week What I’m Reading: Enjoy reading shares about generosity and community engagement. While COVID-19 impacts were undeniably challenging … Continued

Measuring Quality Of Life

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Ido Ivry, co-founder and CTO of Zencity Follow Ido on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: Magellan, by Stefan Zweig What I’m Listening to: Revolutions, a podcast on… historic revolutions which makes me appreciative of how uninteresting our times are. Perspective is everything. What I’m Watching: mostly random stuff. I’ll figure out … Continued

Meet the Public Sector Leadership Certificate Recipients: Melissa Hodnett

Congrats to the inaugural cohort of the Public Sector Leadership certificate program, offered by ELGL, Claremont Graduate University’s Drucker School of Management, and the Drucker Institute! Melissa Hodnett Assistant Finance Director, City of Bend Connect with Melissa on LinkedIn What’s the best book you’ve read in the past few years? The Alice Network by Kate … Continued

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