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ELGL as a... Career Accelerator

Today’s Buzz is by Katie Babits – connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m Watching: Sweetbitter What I’m Reading: The Tattooed Soldier by Hector Tobar What I’m Listening to: Manu Chao - Me Gustas Tu ELGL can be whatever you want it to be. Here's a little story about how it has impacted my life. Plus a...

Leap into Innovation with the Small Places, Big Ideas Cohort

This blog post includes an FAQ for our Small Places, Big Ideas Innovation Cohort, supported by ELGL and UrbanLeap. The cohort is comprised of ten progressive cities from across the USA ranging from Portland, Maine to San Luis Obispo, California. UrbanLeap will provide a communications platform for our cohort members and vendors to help manage...

Wellness & Public Service

This guest blog is by ELGL member Scott Lewandowski, the Senior Contracting Agent at Colorado Springs Utilities. Connect with Scott on LinkedIn! Our profession has a tendency of taking us places you never thought of just for experience’s sake. For three and a half years, I had the distinct pleasure of serving a small mountain...

Swiss Army Employee

Today’s Buzz is by Laura Hardwicke– connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m Watching: Bachelor in Paradise (forever and always) What I’m Reading: Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins What I’m doing: Returning from a beautiful vacation in Key West Last week we celebrated the best day of the year: City Hall Selfie Day. It holds...

Coping with the Stress Roller Coaster

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Danielle Rogers - the Community Marketing Manager for the City of Newton, Iowa. Connect with her on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram! What I’m watching: I’ve already binged the third season of Stranger Things but I’m rewatching it. I plan to start watching the new season of Mindhunter because I’m obsessed...

10 Step Strategy to Online Success

This guest blog is by Amanda Nagl, US Practice Lead at Bang the Table. The best indicator of online success takes place offline--at the planning table before fingers even hit the keyboard. The time and energy spent properly framing a project and associated timeline, are critical. Proper alignment can be the difference between project success or...

The Value of Engaging Your Team

Today's Buzz is by Jessica VanderKolk. Connect with her on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I'm .... ... reading: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told by Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman. ... watching: Slooowly getting through the first season of House of Cards. ... listening to: A mix of Barenaked Ladies and Lady Gaga... two favorites....

I Have to Ask: What is a Management Analyst?

In this series, ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt poses the question and a guest columnist answers it. This week, Sarah Henricks, City of South San Francisco, CA, Management Analyst II, tries to explain the role of management analyst. “I’m a management analyst for a local government.” This response to “what do you do for work?” is...

My First 90 Days

Today’s Buzz is by Rafael Baptista. Connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I am.... Reading: The Truths We Hold by Senator Kamala Harris Watching: Masterchef Season 10 Listening to: The One Thing Podcast This past June, I moved from a strategic planning position to a community economic development position. This has been a...

9 Low or No-Cost Ways to Get Youth Involved in Local Government

Today’s Buzz is by Jessica Hoffman. Connect on LinkedIn. We all want to make sure youth engage in local government. We need them to be considering jobs in local government for the future. There are many ways we can do this, but budget resources can be a challenge. So, here are nine low or no-cost...

Meet Allie Breyer: ELGL's Digital Coordinator

This blog is by ELGL’s new employee – Allie Breyer, the Digital Coordinator! Hello ELGL! I am so excited to be here as ELGL’s third employee and first digital coordinator. I am grateful for this opportunity and to be part of the ELGL family. I currently reside in the beautiful Green Mountain State. Before moving...

Podcast: Open Government & Innovation at Guilford County, NC with Jason Jones

Jason Jones Analytics & Innovation Manager Guilford County, NC LinkedIn | Twitter Analytics and open data. Jason Jones, the Analytics and Innovation Manager for Guilford County, North Carolina, joined the podcast to talk about his work and career path. Jason shared what it took to set up a data program at Guilford County, how they...

Seven Decades of Destruction – Part II: The Remedies

Pearland, TX City Manager Clay Pearson writes in part two of his guest blog about why local government benefits from regularly reading the business press. In this post, he explores this June 1, 2019 article in "Forbes" by Geoff Colvin with Phil Wahba. Read Part I: The Situation The blog is an interpretation from the...

Meet Scott Sellers

Scott Sellers, City Manager, Kyle, Texas, Connect Background Check Scott graduated cum laude in 2006 with a Masters Degree in Public Administration—City Management. Before coming to Kyle, he served as the city manager for the City of Kilgore, Texas. He has also served as the acting city manager for the City of Montrose, Colorado, and...

Embrace Hashtag Holidays, Starting With #CityHallSelfie Day

Right Now with Warren Kagarise (Linkedin/Twitter/Instagram) What I’m watching: "Big Little Lies" — HBO's atmospheric, sudsy meditation on life (and death) in Monterey, CA — where Laura Dern's Emmy-winning turn as a member of the Monterey Planning Board amid a municipal free speech controversy serves as a key plot point in Season 1. What I’m...

Updated 1:13 pm: GovLove Goes to Podcast Movement 2019

Podcast Movement - August 15 at 1:13 pm Another day of learning and being overwhelmed by the wide world of podcasting. Nice Podcasts & Oysters - Ben Kittelson @benkittelson56 We're spending this week finding out about best practices and figuring out what we could use to make GovLove better, but it wouldn't be an ELGL...

Engagement Platforms on #CityHallSelfie Day

Jason Jones from Guilford County, NC created a really cool platform to keep track of the most liked, retweeted, and recent #CityHallSelfie tweets (and we'll also use his technology to measure the reach and impact of this fun day for local government). Check out the ShinyApps platform for #CityHallSelfie day here! And don't forget to...

The Myth of Work/Life Balance

Today's Morning Buzz is by ELGL Board Member Samantha Harkins. Connect on LinkedIn & Twitter! What I’m reading: The Group by Mary McCarthy What I’m watching: PBS Kids. Mostly Wild Kratts. On the plus side my 4-year-old and I are experts on the hibernation patterns of groundhogs What I’m listening to: My excellent summer playlist...

Innovation Cohort Seeks Proposals Due by September 9!

The 2019 Small Places, Big Ideas Innovation Cohort seeks pilot proposals in community engagement and mobility solutions! The Small Places, Big Ideas Innovation Cohort, supported by ELGL & UrbanLeap, has announced its two pilot focus areas for the inaugural year of the program: engagement and mobility. Cohort participants are now seeking pilot proposals from vendors,...

I Have to Ask: Expanding the Library's Reach

In this feature, a guest columnist responds to a question from ELGL Co-Founder Kent Wyatt. This week, Stephanie Chase, Director of Libraries, City of Hillsboro, OR, writes how libraries can expand their reach to parts of the community less familiar with library services. Learn more from Stephanie on the GovLove podcast episode - Rethinking the...