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Strategic Planning Virtual Hangout!

Want to learn about and discuss strategic planning with other ELGLers? This informal virtual hangout, on February 6th from 5:00-6:00 PM EST, will be an opportunity to share and learn from other folks in the ELGL community about their strategic planning experiences, successes, challenges, and barriers. The goal of this virtual meet-up is to begin...

Improve Your Development Review Process by Improving Public Engagement

Brought to you by Engagement Manager, Michelle Stephens, of Bang the Table. Public meetings full of angry and misinformed residents? A community that doesn’t understand their purpose and role in the development review process? Inefficient input analysis and reporting process? Voices missing from the conversation? All of these are common challenges faced throughout the development review...

You're Not Terrible--And Other Employee Feedback

Today's Buzz is Brought to You by our Finger Lakes Correspondent, Matt Horn. Digitally stalk him on LinkedIn and Twitter. Please direct all complaints to Kirsten Wyatt. She's the one who gave me a ProudCity account. What I'm Reading: The Book of Mistakes, by Skip Prichard (From the title, I assumed it was an unauthorized...

#ELGLTraeger: 11-20

These ten Traeger Award winners represent everything that's good in local government. Join ELGL in celebrating their accomplishments, and connect with them on Twitter and LinkedIn to learn from their expertise. ELGL and Zencity are proud to honor these ten leaders with a Traeger Award! Meet all the Traegers! #21-30 #31-40 #41-50 #51-60 #61-70 #71-80...

I Have to Ask: Making Budgeting Easier

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week, John McCarter, Assistant Finance Director for the City of Pearland, Texas, writes about the tools available to make your budgeting process easier. I started in Pearland almost exactly five years ago as Management Assistant in the...

We Need YOU to Start a Movement in 2020

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Nina Vetter. Connect with Nina on LinkedIn. I’ve decided to take you on a journey back in time to tell you a story. A story about how to start a movement, regardless of who you are, where you are and what limitations you might have. Because we need YOU, yes...

#ELGLTraeger: 21-30

These ten Traeger Award winners represent everything that's good in local government. Join ELGL in celebrating their accomplishments, and connect with them on Twitter and LinkedIn to learn from their expertise. ELGL and Zencity are proud to honor these ten leaders with a Traeger Award! Meet all the Traegers! #31-40 #41-50 #51-60 #61-70 #71-80 #81-90...

Creating Safe Spaces for LGBTQIA+ Employees

Sara Hancock (LinkedIn) from the Town of Chapel Hill shares suggestions for creating more support for LGBTQIA+ in the workplace. Being openly LGBTQIA+ in the workplace is a tricky thing. I have been honest about my queer identity in the workplace for 10 years. This hasn’t always been an easy thing to do—I’ve been pulled...

2020: New Year, Mostly Same You

Today’s Buzz is brought to you by Stephanie Taylor, Public Information Coordinator for Carlisle Borough. You can find her on Twitter (frequently) or LinkedIn (rarely). What I’m Reading: Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney What I’m Watching: Law & Order SVU. One of the most comforting constants in life is Law & Order marathons on USA...

#ELGLTraeger: 31-40

These ten Traeger Award winners represent everything that's good in local government. Join ELGL in celebrating their accomplishments, and connect with them on Twitter and LinkedIn to learn from their expertise. ELGL and Zencity are proud to honor these ten leaders with a Traeger Award! Meet all the Traegers! #41-50 #51-60 #61-70 #71-80 #81-90 #91-100...

Sneak Peek at #ELGL20

Today's Morning Buzz is a pinch hit from Kirsten Wyatt, ELGL's executive director. The Morning Buzz Gang has a goal to never miss a day in Q1 so I'm making sure that happens today! What I'm Reading: Just finished American Royals by Katharine McGee. What I'm Listening To: My daughter got this microphone for Christmas...

Meet Harpreet Hora, GovLove's Transcription Wizard

Harpreet Hora serves as the Budget Manager for the City of Roswell, Georgia, since 2016. In her capacity as the Budget Manager she plans, directs, and manages the development, of the City’s operating and capital budgets. She is also part of the Data Governance Committee and is involved with efforts to set up a Performance...

Member Profile: Edmund Henschel

Edmund Henschel Senior Consultant - RW Management Group, Inc. E-mail If you had to live in a different city, what city would you choose? Charlotte, NC What year would the most important in your life? Why? 1968: Got married (Complete this sentence) The one thing that I think is missing from local government is.... civility....

#ELGLTraeger: 41-50

These ten Traeger Award winners represent everything that's good in local government. Join ELGL in celebrating their accomplishments, and connect with them on Twitter and LinkedIn to learn from their expertise. ELGL and Zencity are proud to honor these ten leaders with a Traeger Award! Meet all the Traegers! #51-60 #61-70 #71-80 #81-90 #91-100 Martha...

Creative Community

About ELGL's Creative Community ELGL is excited to partner with ArtPlace America and CivicArts to write, explore, share, and learn about creative placemaking and how we use arts and culture to shape our communities! We know that when all local government departments - from public works, to libraries, to budget offices (and everything in between) - use creative approaches, the result...

Podcast: Technology & Public Safety with Matt Polega, Mark43

Matt Polega Co-Founder & Head of Marketing Mark43 LinkedIn | Twitter Cloud-based first responder dispatch. Matt Polega, the Co-Founder and Head of Marketing at Mark43, joined the podcast to talk about how technology can improve public safety. He discussed the importance of computer aided dispatch and the flexibility that being cloud-based provides. Mark also talked...

A New Year – Reflection on the Past and Planning for the Future

Today's Morning Buzz is by Ann Marie Townshend. Connect with Ann Marie on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I’m Reading: Not in My Neighborhood: How Bigotry Shaped a Great American City by Antero Pietila What I’m Listening to: No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work by Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy...

#ELGLTraeger: 51-60

These ten Traeger Award winners represent everything that's good in local government. Join ELGL in celebrating their accomplishments, and connect with them on Twitter and LinkedIn to learn from their expertise. ELGL and Zencity are proud to honor these ten leaders with a Traeger Award! Meet all the Traegers! #91-100 #81-90 #71-80 #61-70 Michelle Thong...

#ELGLTraeger: 61-70

These ten Traeger Award winners represent everything that's good in local government. Join ELGL in celebrating their accomplishments, and connect with them on Twitter and LinkedIn to learn from their expertise. ELGL and Zencity are proud to honor these ten leaders with a Traeger Award! Meet all the Traegers! #91-100 #81-90 #71-80 Josh Edwards Assistant...

20 Reasons To Be Inspired in 2020

The Buzz w/ Sarah O'Brien, Change Agent Book I can't put down: Just Enough Anxiety, The Hidden Driver of Business Success by Robert H. Rosen Book I just can't get into but won't remove from the nightstand: Neighborhood, by Emily Tallen What I can't stop playing over and over again: The TED Interview: Yuval Noah...