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COVID-19 Online Learning & Hangouts: Week of April 13, 2020

Please RSVP and join us on four learning and hangout sessions the week of April 13, 2020. An RSVP is required for each of these events: Virtual Ideation Session: Local Government Learning & Collaboration 11:00 a.m. PT on April 15, 2020 Small Business & Economic Development Strategies During & After COVID-19 8:00 a.m. PT on...

Rewind: Strategic Planning & Budgeting in the Time of COVID-19 Webinar

This webinar took place on April 10, 2020 and was hosted by Toy Beeninga and Mary Vigue from the City of Raleigh, North Carolina. Materials from the presentation: Budget Reduction Outline Balancing Model Review City of Raleigh Budget Reduction Strategy Map NCLM Revenue Projections Memo NCLM Revenue Forecasts UNC SOG Resources

Maintaining Engagement and Morale: Tips & Suggestions from ELGL Members

Denise Katula, CPM, the Manager of Leadership and Talent Development for County of Somerset, New Jersey compiled this blog post from ELGL member ideas and submissions in the ELGL Facebook group. Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, not all local government organizations embraced (or even allowed) public employees working remotely. It became rapidly apparent that...

Sample COVID-19 Budget & Workforce Impacts Letter

This is a sample COVID-19 letter to employees about potential future budget and workforce impacts. The author of this message is a city manager who has requested anonymity and so all referring information has been replaced with a [note in brackets]. Dear Colleagues, As we enter our fourth week of city building and facility closures,...

COVID-19 Resource - Childcare Emergency Partnership

This blog post provided by ELGL member Jason Jones, a Data Trust Lead at BrightHive. The Childcare Emergency Partnership (Child Care Aware of America, BridgeCare, Bowtie, BrightHive) is a rapid response partnership dedicated to responding to local, regional, and state initiatives to provide essential workers with information and guidance on how to secure childcare services...

Podcast: Policy and Management Response to COVID-19 with Blaine Williams, Athens-Clarke County, GA

Blaine Williams Manager Athens-Clarke County, Georgia LinkedIn | Bio From economic resiliency to teleworking. Blaine Williams, the Manager of Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, joined the podcast to talk about how his organization has been responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. He discussed preparation, issuing a stay at home order, and coordinating with the State of Georgia. He also talked...

Grief in the Time of Coronavirus (a sub-par sequel to Love in the Time of Cholera)

Today's buzz is by ELGL member, Sarah Henricks, Special Projects Services Consultant for Los Altos Hills County Fire District (Twitter, LinkedIn) What I’m watching: All of the trashy TV I can find What I’m reading: Recipes for sourdough starter and discard (quarantine + grief = carbs) What I’m listening to: The sweet purrs of my...

Your ELGL Membership Options During COVID-19

Last week, the ELGL Board of Directors discussed the best ways we can support our members during the continued impacts on local governments and their partners around the world during COVID-19. We understand that for many of you, renewals of both individual and agency memberships may be delayed or on a low priority list while...

Bring the Squirrel Census to Your Community: How to Use ‘No-Code’ Apps for Rapid Innovation

This guest post is by Ian Everett, the Marketing and Communications Manager for Milwaukee County Parks. We all know the classic phrase ‘necessity is the mother of invention’, and in the past few weeks that’s become a key job function for all of us. We’re all becoming pivoting pros and innovation experts, and for my...

Rewind: GovTech Startup Solutions to Address COVID-19

This webinar occurred on April 7, 2020. Learn more about Civis Analytics, Citibot, Orbital Insight, Whyline, and CityGrows. These five companies are part of CivStart’s two year technology accelerator program, and have designed solutions to address local government response to COVID-19. Each company provided a short demo of their product and information on how to use...

Ellie & Jill Take on COVID-19: Insensitive Bosses

Ellie and Jill (get it? EL and GL?) are two anonymous ELGL members who answer your most pressing and sensitive questions. Because everything is anonymous, you can rely on Ellie and Jill to tackle the issues you've always wanted to talk about but were too afraid to ask. Want to submit your own question for...

Community Engagement During COVID-19: Virtual Hangout Notes

These are the notes from the April 3, 2020 virtual hangout on local government community engagement during COVID-19. Virtual Hangout Notes: Community Engagement Friday, April 3, 2020 Special Guest: Karen Tapahe, City of Provo, UT Introduction by Allie Breyer, ELGL’s Digital Coordinator. Today’s special guest is Karen Tapahe with the City of Provo, UT. What...

Unpopular Opinion: Yoda Was Wrong

This post is brought to you by Lynn Kelly-Lehner, from the City of Temecula Listening to: The Bleachers – Strange Desire Reading: Devotion by Dani Shapiro Watching: Star Wars – Return of the Jedi Up until last week, I had never seen Star Wars. I know, I know, I know... I’ve already received a ton...

Ellie & Jill Take on COVID-19: New Job Offer During Quarantine

Ellie and Jill (get it? EL and GL?) are two anonymous ELGL members who answer your most pressing and sensitive questions. Because everything is anonymous, you can rely on Ellie and Jill to tackle the issues you've always wanted to talk about but were too afraid to ask. Want to submit your own question for...

Creative Ways to Navigate Disruption

Today's Buzz is by Meredith Trimble, Sr. Content Specialist with Tyler Technologies, Inc., and former Acting Chair, Farmington, CT Town Council (Twitter, LinkedIn) What I'm reading: Frankly, I've turned to beach reads on Kindle for some escape What I'm cooking: Playing our own version of "Chopped" with pantry items until next available grocery slot What...

You Are Great!

This article talks about how to practice self care and learn to love yourself and what you have achieved by showing you that you are great.

Podcast: Census 2020 in an Age of COVID-19 with Lorena Molina

Lorena Molina Director of Operations Census Open Innovation Labs LinkedIn | Bio Outreach and operations during a pandemic. Lorena Molina, the Director of Operations for the Census Open Innovation Labs, joined the podcast to give an update on how Census 2020 is being impacted by COVID-19. She also shared outreach tools and the value of continuing to...

Rewind: Art-Based Strategies & COVID-19

This webinar occurred on April 1, 2020. Learn how partnerships with local/regional artists can improve public health messaging, while also supporting coping and connection. In this session we learned from Dr. Tasha Golden, artist and public health researcher, how arts strategies can contribute to social connection (“Distance not Isolation”), help build ritual or structure into...

Adding Value is Always Essential

This guest post is by ELGL member Julia D. Novak, Executive Vice President of The Novak Consulting Group – now part of Raftelis. There has been a lot of talk these days about what is and is not “essential” to daily life. I am in awe as I watch our clients and my home city...

CivicPRIDE Newsletter Launches

Read the Newsletter! While most of us are stuck at home during these unprecedented times, why not become more involved with CivicPRIDE? CivicPRIDE is the first nationally recognized LGBTQIA+ professional association for local government management. Our mission is to advance inclusive local government by empowering LGBTQIA+ leadership. CivicPRIDE is only a few years old and growing every...