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The Sense of Purpose...

Today's buzz was hastily put together by Zach Ratkai, connect on LinkedIn or follow on Twitter **** What I am Watching: Sneaking in an old Seinfeld re-run when I can What I am Reading: My Twitter feed again... What I am Listening To: St. Paul and the Broken Bones I debated whether or not to bag...

Sample Press Releases from City of Temecula, CA

These COVID-19 resources shared by Lynn Kelly-Lehner from the City of Temecula, CA. Coronavirus Press Release Coronavirus Press Release - Update #2

Crisis: Danger & Opportunity

This blog post is submitted anonymously. The author is a psychologist who works in local government. ELGL publishes anonymous posts when asked, because we know our members have stories to share but not always the opportunity to share them. Did you know that the Chinese word for crisis can be translated as both danger and...

I Have to Ask: Love Letter to Local Gov

ELGL Co-Founder Kent Wyatt poses a question and a guest columnist answers it. This week, Catherine Tkachyk, Chief Innovation and Performance Officer at Cuyahoga County, pens a love letter to local government. When I saw this question, I thought it is just past Valentine’s Day and this is my chance to write a love letter...

COVID-19 Online Learning & Hangouts: Week of March 23, 2020

Please RSVP and join us on six learning and hangout sessions the week of March 23, 2020. An RSVP is required for each of these events: Local Water Systems & COVID-19 Tuesday, March 24, 2020 - 9:00am - 10:00am PT Virtual Hangout: Local Economic Impacts & COVID-19 Wednesday, March 25, 2020 - 8:00am - 9:00am...

Local Government Marco Polo

We're in strange times with limited contact with friends and coworkers. This new program is designed to connect you with a new ELGL friend to check in with when you need interaction. (Get it? When you say "Marco," they say "Polo.") We'll match you up and you can reach out via text message to lift...

Creating Work at Home Policies (On the Fly)

This blog post is by ELGL member Margaret Kostopulos and originally appeared on the Ancel Glink Workplace Report blog. Employers are scrambling to implement work-from-home policies to reduce their employees’ coronavirus exposure while still maintaining productivity. Where once resistant to most staff working from home, necessity has become the mother of invention. Until now, some...

Podcast: Public Health & COVID-19 Response with Sarah Martin, mySidewalk

Sarah Martin Vice President of Health Solutions mySidewalk LinkedIn | Twitter Data science for public service. Sarah Martin, the Vice President of Health Solutions for mySidewalk and former Deputy Director of the Kansas City Health Department, joined the podcast to talk about the role of public health and responding to disease. She talked about the...

Finding Place in COVID-19

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Maggie Jones – connect on LinkedIn & Twitter! *** What I’m Listening to: Lush Lofi playlist on Spotify What I’m Watching: my youngest deliberately turn on the garden hose when I asked him not to What I’m Reading: Matt Andrews’ wonderful blog series on Public Leadership Through...

COVID-19: Meetings and Public Hearings Under the Coronavirus State of Emergency

Meetings and Public Hearings Under the Coronavirus State of Emergency Frayda Bluestein, UNC School of Government (Note from ELGL: Most of this is specific to North Carolina's authorizing statutes; however, much of it will be very similar across states and the big questions - about remote meetings, quora, and voting - are valid regardless of...

Coronavirus & Water: Immediate Action Required to Improve Resiliency Now & in the Future

This post is shared with ELGL by members George Hawkins & Andy Kricun. Originally published in WaterWorld. A public health expert told us to take precautionary measures that seem more protective than needed. Once an elevated level of protection is clearly necessary, it may well be too late. For most of us that means some...

Can You Lower Your Volume? 5 Tips for Effectively Working from Home in This Brave New World

This guest blog about working from home is by ELGL member Laura Chandler with ClearPoint Strategy. Join Laura and ELGL tomorrow on the 9:00 a.m. PT virtual hangout to discuss #WFH strategies. Working from home is not new to me, but I imagine it is new to many who are reading this. Even for those...

COVID-19: Water & Wastewater Operations Call with UNC SOG

UNC School of Government Zoom Call on Water/Wastewater Utilities Operations During COVID-19 When: Monday, March 23, 2020 at 11:00am Cost: FREE Details: Local government utilities are facing difficult decisions about how to maintain operations and ensure financial sustainability, while providing essential services to the public and limiting personal interactions during the COVID-19 outbreak....

How to Extract Audio From Video for Community Accessibility

As your local government is working on making important information and resources accessible to your community, check out this how-to video from ELGL member Patrick McDonnell (LinkedIn, Twitter, GovLove) about how to extract audio from video to provide transcriptions. This is important so your information is accessible to all people.

NWWLA Oregon Cohort: Marcie Wily

ELGL has partnered with the Northwest Women’s Leadership Academy, Oregon to support and promote their 2019 cohort! To support the program and efforts, ELGL has extended complimentary membership to the women participating in the NWWLA 2019 cohort. ELGL is profiling the NWWLA participants to grow their local government network, and showcase their resumes, work experiences, and perspectives. Marcie...

Quarantining Before Quarantining Was Cool

Today’s Buzz is brought to you by Jennifer Casey, Public Information Officer for the Town of Collierville, TN. @ me: Twitter & LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: Bill Morris, a Legendary Life (a big name in Memphis politics for many years) What I’m Listening to: my 2019 Rewind playlist on Spotify What I’m Watching: just introduced the kids to...

COVID-19: Resources From the City of Raleigh, NC

This information is included on ELGL’s crowdsourced local government resources page for COVID-19/Coronavirus information. Submitted by ELGL member Rafael Baptista: Resources from the City of Raleigh, NC: City of Raleigh Q&A for small businesses (updated daily) City of Raleigh change in policy to reserve curbside pickup parking in front of restaurants. Downtown Raleigh Alliance webpage...

COVID-19: Danville, VA Coronavirus/COVID-19 Information Page

This information is included on ELGL’s crowdsourced local government resources page for COVID-19/Coronavirus information. Submitted by ELGL member Amanda Paez. This is the link to our Coronavirus/COVID-19 information page. Due to the rapidly changing nature of the situation, we chose to link directly to the CDC and the Virginia Department of Health for the most accurate...

COVID-19: Resource Links for Local Businesses, Employers, & Employees Impacted by COVID-19

This information is included on ELGL’s crowdsourced local government resources page for COVID-19/Coronavirus information. Submitted by ELGL member Erika Bartlett. City of Tacoma's Community & Economic Development created a web page with a collection of resource links for local businesses, employers, and employees impacted by recent events. Information is broken into four categories; empowering users to...

COVID-19: What Works Cities Tracking Spreadsheet

This information is included on ELGL’s crowdsourced local government resources page for COVID-19/Coronavirus information. Submitted by ELGL member Zach Markovits. A spreadsheet to enable city staff and teams to provide and gather information about what is happening in cities around the country and answer the tough, challenges that all cities are facing.