Search Results

Results

Sponsorships & Partnerships

ELGL partners with companies and organizations to: Enhance and provide content about local government topics Curate and produce learning cohorts Plan and executive special events like conferences and Supper Clubs Amplify the content, programs, and research of ELGL Provide technologies and services to improve ELGL and local governments Partnerships with ELGL are more than adding...

What Do You Value?

Photo: Clarity Award winners with Kachina Paintings on Back Wall Today’s Morning Buzz is by Brent Stockwell – connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter!!! What I’m Listening To: A Place In The Sun, Stevie Wonder (1967) “there's a place in the sun, Where there's hope for ev'ryone” What I’m Reading:  Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2015)...

I Don’t Know Who Needs to Hear This, But You Can Do It

Today’s Buzz is by Brianna Lennon. Connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m Watching: a bunch of DEF CON talks and villages What I’m Reading: budget books (that time of year!) I need to confess something. After nearly a decade in the legal, policy, and political world—including two runs for office, time as a litigator, and now as...

Podcast: Local Government Workplaces Initiative with Leisha DeHart-Davis

Leisha DeHart-Davis Professor of Public Administration and Government UNC School of Government Bio | LinkedIn | Twitter Helping cities and counties listen to their employees. Dr. Leisha DeHart-Davis joined the podcast to talk about the University of North Carolina School of Government's Workplaces Initiative. She shared her research into public sector organizational dynamics and how...

Volunteer Opportunity with ELGL and It's Simple!

Blog Post by Christian M. Williams @MyPublicTweeter As a board member, I am asked by ELGL members how they can become more involved in the organization. Here is your opportunity! This fall, ELGL is reaching out to academics who might be interested in local government. Here is where you come in - we want to...

Your Budget Story isn't about the Numbers

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Will Hampton. What I’m reading: Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams, by Matthew Walker, PhD What I’m listening to: Revisionist History Season 4 podcast, by Malcolm Gladwell What I’m watching: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel It’s budget time down here in Texas, which means...

5 Things Your City Recorder Office Wants You to Know

Today’s Buzz is by Samantha Roberts– connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I'm Watching: NBC's Game of Games What I'm Reading....Still: Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott What I’m listening to:  Sleeping At Last's "4" podcast episode about Enneagram Type 4 folks _____________________________________________________________________________________________ As a fresh MPA graduate, I did not envision working as a Deputy City...

The Millennial Dilemma

Today’s Buzz brought to you by Susan Steward What I’m Listening To: Letters to Cleo – “I Want You to Want Me” What I’m Reading: Leadership on the Line by Ronald Heifetz and Marty Linksky What I’m Watching: Gilmore Girls Typically, my posts go back to what I am doing at work, or projects that...

Meet Ravi Patel

Ravi Patel Twitter | LinkedIn If you had to live in a different city, what city would you choose? In the US: Austin, Portland, or San Diego Outside: Barcelona, Amsterdam, or Prague Storytelling or innovation? Which is the most overused word in local government? Innovation. I do believe innovation is happening but not nearly at...

Video Library: Innovation from Coast to Coast - Part 1

It's an #ELGL19 video! All across the country local governments are working to make services better for their residents by trying out new ideas and new approaches to problems that many communities face. In this session we want to take a look at how three different organizations are approaching problem solving and innovation. Anchorage, Alaska,...

I Have to Ask: Power of Storytelling

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week, Alejandro Moreno, Assistant Budget Officer at Denton County, Texas, writes about the power of storytelling. I began my college years studying film, thinking I wanted to pursue a career in the film industry. Story telling is...

Jordan Hillman

Samantha Harkins

Your Personal Board of Directors

Today's Buzz is brought to you by Laura Hardwicke (Twitter/LinkedIn) What I’m reading: Native Tongue, by one of my favorite authors, Carl Hiaasen, in preparation for my vacation next week What I’m watching: Bachelor in Paradise (the best time of year!) What I’m working on: Fixing broken links as we clean up our department website...

Samantha Harkins & Jordan Hillman Appointed to ELGL Board of Directors

The ELGL Board of Directors has appointed two new members for two-year terms through July 31, 2021. Samantha Harkins and Jordan Hillman were formally appointed last week after a competitive recruitment process. "We are so lucky to be adding two strong leaders to ELGL," said Ben Kittelson, Chair of the Board of Directors. "Samantha and...

I Have to Ask: Investing in Yourself

In this series, guest columnists respond to questions from ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week, Katherine Stokke, Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District, writes about her proudest career accomplishment. What does it say about me when the accomplishment I’ve chosen to pinpoint from the past year came at a high personal cost?  Don’t worry, things...

The Payoffs of an Online Existence

Right Now with Nick Smith (Linkedin/Twitter) What I'm playing: I haven't been watching anything recently but I've put 871 hours into Civilization VI since it came out and I've been playing a lot of it this past week. What I'm listening to: Chance The Rapper's new album pretty much non stop for the last week...

Podcast: Census 2020 & The Opportunity Project with Denice Ross, Lorena Molina-Irizarry & Drew Zachary

Denice Ross Fellow in Residence Beeck Center for Social Impact & Innovation LinkedIn | Bio | Twitter Lorena Molina-Irizarry Director of Operations Census Open Innovation Labs LinkedIn | Bio Drew Zachary Co-Director, Census Open Innovation Labs; Director, The Opportunity Project LinkedIn | Twitter Data for good. Three people joined the podcast to talk about the...

August Update - Membership & Programs!

What I'm Doing: Getting ready for the first-ever ELGL STAFF RETREAT! We're flying to cheapest August destination (Dallas, we see you) and it will be very, very hot. (Responsible fiscal management, y'all.) What I'm Listening To: Lake Street Dive. I saw them live in June and they've made it into nonstop happy summer rotation. What...

Close window