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Stay Out of the Mud Volcanoes: Staying Positive in the Midst of Local Government Uncertainty

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Alisha Janes, Assistant to City Manager, Brighton Colorado (Twitter & LinkedIn) What I am Watching: Stranger Things What I am Reading: All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders What I am Listening to: This Land Podcast This is my first Morning Buzz! I've had...

Leadership Opportunities From NFBPA

ELGL is pleased to share two leadership development opportunities from our friends at NFBPA: Executive Leadership Institute A Professional Development Program for Senior-Level Public Servants The Executive Leadership Institute (ELI) was established in 1987 as a program dedicated to grooming African American managers for the rigors of executive positions in public service organizations. As cities,...

Breaking: Second Circuit Decides Trump Twitter Appeal

Today's guest blog about public sector Twitter use is by ELGL member Julie Tappendorf. It originally appeared in the Municipal Minute blog, hosted by AncelGlink. We have previously reported on the lawsuit filed against President Trump to challenge his blocking of users from his Twitter account, which the users argued violated their First Amendment rights. The federal...

Feeling Myself -- Understanding My Emotional Attachment to Social Media Engagement

Today's Morning Buzz is brought to you by Katie Nelson (LinkedIn) What I’m Listening To: The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers What I’m Reading: Stay Sexy and Don’t Get Murdered What I’m Watching: Schitt’s Creek “What I hear when I'm being yelled at is people caring loudly at me.” – Leslie...

A Tasty Culture: How Local Government Can Transform the Planning Process to Unleash Innovation

Today's Buzz is by Greg Stopka (Twitter and LinkedIn) What I am watching: Stranger Things Season 3 (I wrote this before July 4th premiere but I'm sure that's what I'll be watching on July 9th) What I am listening to: Audio book of The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown (on a Robert Langdon fix) What...

Podcast: The City Link Program in Springfield, OR with Niel Laudati

Niel Laudati Legislative and Public Affairs Director City of Springfield, OR LinkedIn | Twitter Empowering new leaders. Niel Laudati, Legislative and Public Affairs Director for the City of Springfield, OR, joined the podcast to talk about how the City is working to empower under-represented leaders. Through their City Link program participants meet leaders from different...

Webinar Video: Three Norsemen of the Datapocalypse

Relive the glory of the Three Norsemen of the Datapocalypse webinar and learn from Mike Skibbe, Tom Milas, and Steve Fritz about how the Village of Buffalo Grove, IL moved to data focused decision making in the Public Works Department.

I Have to Ask: Finding Your Spark

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week, Emily Gibson, Planning Director, Montgomery County, VA, writes about sparks Instead of champagne. After ELGL19, I returned to everyday life challenging myself to keep that “spark” with me as long as I could. You know, the...

Best Place to Work in Local Government

Today's Morning Buzz is brought to you by Katie Babits, you can tag along with her on LinkedIn & Twitter. What I'm Listening To: Luca Stricagnoli What I'm Reading: Change the Work Game: Building & Sustaining a Diverse Workforce by Serilda Summers-McGee What I'm Watching: Big Little Lies ELGL doesn't use the #mword but I'm...

The Bachelorette: Strong Mayor Edition

Today’s Buzz is by Laura Hardwicke– connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m Watching: The Bachelorette What I’m Reading: Bachelor Nation by Amy Kaufman What I’m listening to: The Black Keys’ new record “Let’s Rock” This is my first major local election as a local gov employee. During the last general election in...

Roger That: Fountain, NC

This is a blog series about "Leading Culture" by Rae Buckley and Lindsey Bineau, with the expertise of retired Chapel Hill, NC Town Manager, Roger Stancil. Read all installments as they're published online here. “Because people often come to organizations with a background or training in a particular profession or industry – each with its own system or approach...

Why I Literally Pulled the Plug: A Digital Detox Tale

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Danielle Rogers - connect with her on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram! What I’m Watching: Nothing (I’ll get to that in just a minute!) What I’m Reading: The Golden Hour by Beatriz Williams, Beyond the Point by Claire Gibson and Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams. (This is just a short list of three...

Podcast: Teaching Ethics through Parks & Rec with Dr. Erin Borry

Dr. Erin Borry Assistant Professor of Public Administration University of Alabama at Birmingham Bio | LinkedIn | Twitter Linking theory to television. Dr. Erin Borry from the University of Alabama at Birmingham is teaching ethics in a creative way, by using the show Parks & Recreation. Scenes involving your favorite City of Pawnee employees are...

Engagement for All; or Making Sure Everyone Can Access Chewie

Today's Buzz is by Jessica VanderKolk. Connect with her on Twitter and LinkedIn, and on all City of Battle Creek social. What I'm watching: A lot of Transformers, and other shows my 6-year-old watches, and Dark with my German Lit PhD husband. What I'm reading: Just finished Anna Clark's The Poisoned City, a situation from...

Rolling out the Welcome Mat

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Rafael Baptista. Connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter. What Rafael is reading: Broke, USA by Gary Rivlin … watching: Masterchef Season 10 … listening to: Latin Pop Hits on Amazon Music I am spending the 4th of July in New York City with my wife and our big activity...

July Update - Membership & Programs!

What I'm Doing: Merging Four Excel Membership Spreadsheets into A Single All-Powerful Database with Superpowers! What I'm Listening To: Google Play's Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats Radio What I'm Reading: Alternating Neal Stephenson's Fall, or Dodge in Hell (which at 980 pages has lasted me a LOT of pool time this summer and makes...

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Today's Morning Buzz is brought to you by Brian Southey (LinkedIn) What I am watching: Chernobyl (Its only a few months old but I feel like I am late to the party) What I am listening to: Vampire Weekend: Father of the Bride What I am reading: The Shining by Stephen King (Trying to read...

Treat Other Cities the Way You Want Your City to be Treated

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Allie Camp (LinkedIn) Read her other ELGL post here. Over the past few months I've visited three major cities, Salt Lake City, Utah and Baltimore, Maryland. The final city was Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the city in which I grew up, went to college, and the city that will always have my...

We're In the Hospitality Business

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Nathan Eppink. Connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter. What Nate is reading: The newspaper. (It still exists.) ... watching: Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse ... listening to: Various playlists on Amazon Music I recently shared this in an all-staff newsletter. I’m not an aggressive reader, but somehow, earlier this year,...

I Have to Ask: CIP! What's That?

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week, Kathryn Welch, City of Denton, Texas, writes about the importance of a capital improvement program. I think we have all asked ourselves what a capital improvement program is at some point in our local government careers. I definitely...