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What Do You Wish You Knew? (The Summer Intern Edition)

Today’s Buzz is by Kim Nakahodo – connect with her on LinkedIn & Twitter! What I’m Watching: With the kiddos: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. Without my kiddos, and guilty pleasure: Riverdale (BTW, very different than the comics I grew up reading…..) What I’m Reading: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley...

I Have to Ask: Dashboard Confession

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week, Brian Bickers, Management Analyst at Arlington County, VA, writes about three things to consider when creating a dashboard. Thinking about performance dashboards can be overwhelming. For one thing, what is a performance dashboard? We are still in...

5 Types of People That I Met at #ELGL19

Today's Buzz is by Lindsay Jacques. Follow her on LinkedIn or Twitter. What I’m Reading: 60 Seconds and You're Hired! by Robin Ryan What I’m Listening to: Folk playlists on Spotify What I'm Recommending: Showing your support this Pride Month #ELGL19 had fantastic presentations, idea-generating content, and over 200 local government nerds. Here are a few...

Join the ELGL Morning Buzz Rotation

Want to join the ELGL Morning Buzz writing rotation? You'll write one blog every month-ish, and post it on your assigned dates. We're currently working on our Q3 rotation (July, August, September). If you're selected, we'll train you up on posting and add you to the Slack planning channel. Why should you write for the...

Chief Data Officer: Counting Things

This is the second installment in a multi-part blog series by Sam Edelstein about the role of a Chief Data Officer. Read part one here. Sometimes the job of Chief Data Officer is as simple as figuring out how to count things. The challenge is that counting things is not always quite as easy as...

Role of a Chief Data Officer

This is the first installment in a multi-part blog series by Sam Edelstein about the role of a Chief Data Officer. Just over three years ago, I became the city of Syracuse’s first chief data officer. A couple dozen other cities, as well as states and federal government agencies have chief data officers as well....

When Life Gives You Lemons…

Today's Buzz is by Clay Campbell. What I’m Reading: Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism [] – A bit extreme, but like the general idea What I’m Watching: Schitt’$ Creek – kudos to Kylie Bayer, Kent Wyatt, Hillary Ostlund and Stephanie Chase for sharing – So good! What I’m Listening to: The Lego Movie 2:...

Podcast: Policing & Drones with Chief Gary Jenkins, Pullman, WA

Gary Jenkins Police Chief Pullman, WA Bio | LinkedIn Public safety and collaboration. Gary Jenkins, the Police Chief for Pullman, Washington, shared how his department uses drones to enhance their police work and improve operations. Chief Jenkins talked about how they started their program, training staff and how they collaborate with other city departments and...

Michigan, Oregon Data In Diversity Dashboard

Thanks to targeted outreach, the month of May saw more data points in the Diversity Dashboard from Michigan and Oregon. Learn more here!

Call for Writers: I Have to Ask You....

We want you to write for ELGL! We're looking for guest columnists for our popular series, "I Have to Ask You." Here's how it works. Choose a date to be the featured guest columnist Allie Breyer will send you a choice of three local government topics to write about. You will choose one of the...

Podcast: Entrepreneurial Mindset in Albuquerque, NM with Tom Darling

Tom Darling Division Manager, Public Service University Albuquerque, NM LinkedIn Unleash employees. Tom Darling the Division Manager of Public Service University at the City of Albuquerque, NM joined the podcast to talk about training staff and changing culture. He discusses why "entrepreneurship" is a useful trait and why it's important to bring to local government....

This Week: ELGL at #CfASummit

Today's Morning Buzz is by Kirsten Wyatt. Connect with me on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I'm Watching: Harry Potter marathon all. weekend. long. What I'm Reading: Just finished Call The Midwife and The Wife Between Us. Both were enjoyable long-weekend reads. What I'm Listening To: Fadbusting with Adam Grant & Freakonomics. I'm headed to Code...

I Have to Ask: From City Manager to Consultant

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week, Jennifer Teal, The Novak Consulting Group, writes about the transition from city manager to consultant. A couple of hours after I received Kent’s email with my potential “I Have to Ask You” questions, I got a phone...

#ELGL19 Innovation Summit Follow-Up Items

The below post was also sent as an email to Innovation Summit attendees but all of these opportunities are also available to all ELGL members - we welcome your participation and want you to sign up to participate! Thank you for attending the #ELGL19 Innovation Summit! As promised, here are some follow-up opportunities from the...

The Secret to Compelling Online Engagement

This guest blog is by ELGL member and photographer extraordinaire Angelica Wedell from the National Research Center, Inc. (NRC). You may be tweeting daily, streaming public meetings on YouTube and even publishing press releases on the official website blog. But with all this effort to meet constituents where they are already communicating, many local governments...

Diversity in Ability: Taking the Next Step

Right Now with Kevin Teater What I’m Listening to – Hero by Family of the Year What I’m Reading – Asher’s Garden by Derek Pangelinan What I’m Watching – The Tick What I’m Doing – Sitting next to the cutest dog in the whole wide universe! “Kevin, how did I do in there?”, my client...

Podcast: Budgeting & War Eagle with Barrett Warren, Auburn, AL

Barrett Warren Budget & Strategic Planning Manager Auburn, AL LinkedIn Budgeting in a college town. Barrett Warren the Budget & Strategic Planning Manager for the City of Auburn, AL joined the podcast to talk about her path into local government and working in a college town. She shared how Auburn is balancing the demands of...

Meet a Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer (& Why Every City Hall Should Have One)

This guest blog is by Peter Kobak. Connect with Peter on Twitter and LinkedIn! In many American cities, race is a primary indicator of a person’s success. What would it take for that to not be the case? Dr. Farris Muhammad, the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer of the City of Peoria, Illinois, believes that...

Member Profile: Lev Kushner

Lev Kushner Partner, Department of Here LinkedIn If you had to live in a different city, what city would you choose? Tel Aviv, Israel Storytelling or innovation? Which is the most overused word in local government? Innovation What year would the most important in your life? Why? 2012 - the year I became a father!...

Three Norsemen of the Datapocalypse

Tuesday, June 25, 2019, Noon PDT Free Webinar! Registration required Learn how the award-winning Village of Buffalo Grove, IL team uses their work and asset management data to improve everything from snow and ice control to daily vehicle checks. They’ll share how data is used to drive decision-making across the village and the importance of...