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Left at the Budget Altar - Fiscal Emergency Planning

Today’s Morning Buzz is by brand new Morning Buzzer Susan Steward – connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m reading: Causal Inference: The Mixtape by Scott Cunningham What I’m watching: Kim’s Convenience (the cast is just amazing!) What I’m listening to: “High Hopes” Panic! At the Disco Strategic planning is probably simultaneously the most over-used and misunderstood term...

ELGL19 Session: Building Capacity in Data & Performance

Time: 10:20 am Friday, May 17 Location: Foster Street Hallway, Room #2 Breakout: Building Capacity in Data & Performance So you developed a strategic plan, you gathered the data, you developed performance measures, and even created visually appealing dashboards. Now what? Come to this session to learn how three organizations are helping to build capacity...

It's a Small World After All

Today’s Buzz is by Tim Gomez– connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m Listening To: My two sons inventory their NERF bullets What I’m Reading: Head Strong by Dave Aspery What I’m Watching: Iron Man 2 There is nothing wrong with being an introvert. In fact, Susan Cain’s TED talk on the power of being of...

Professional Certificate in Advanced Public Engagement for Local Government

This opportunity shared by our friends at the Davenport Institute for Public Engagement and Civic Leadership in the School of Public Policy at Pepperdine University. In an age where trust in government (and indeed in all institutions) is at an all time low, and indifference toward local government is at an all time high, the...

What Does Inclusion Really Mean Anyway?

Today's Morning Buzz is by brand new Morning Buzzer Neha Subramanyam - connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m reading: The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander What I’m watching: Season 2 of Friends from College What I’m listening to: anything that motivates me to go out for a trail run! Try this: take...

App for That! How Technology is Transforming the Government CIO Role

Guest post brought to you by City Sourced CitySourced (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook) is an enterprise platform that provides governments with a complete native mobile app for residents to communicate with every department of their community. The title of Chief Information Officer (CIO) in government organizations has never been as accurate a title as it is today. Over the last...

ELGL19 Session: How to Jumpstart & Sustain a Strategy & Performance Culture

Time: 3:15 pm Thursday, May 16 Location: Foster Street Hallway, Room #1 Breakout: How to Jumpstart & Sustain a Strategy & Performance Culture Local governments all across the country have developed offices to lead and develop cultures of performance management and strategic planning. But not all local governments are in the same stages of their...

#ELGLTakeoverTuesday: Milwaukie, Oregon

Greetings from MilwaukIE, Oregon! The #ELGLTakeoverTuesday for Jan. 29 is brought to you by Jordan Imlah, the City of Milwaukie’s public affairs specialist. Located just outside the southeast portion of Portland, Milwaukie is a unique city of just more than 21,000 people nestled along the banks of the Willamette River. We’re home to some well-known...

New Member Profile: Toney Thompson

Toney Thompson Fellow, City/County of Durham, NC Twitter | LinkedIn Diversity Dashboard: Toney Thompson, UNC MPA Project Team – ELGL Carolina MPA Alumna and Students Connect to Bring Research Favorite Song of 2018: This Is America by Childish Gambino Favorite Book of 2018: The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein Proudest Work Accomplishment: Officially started...

ELGL19 Session: Innovation from Coast to Coast Pt. 2

Time: 10:20 pm Friday, May 17 Location: Morris Street Hallway, Room #1 Breakout: Innovation from Coast to Coast - Part 2 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...

Bridging the Digital Divide: Community Internet Programs

In today's Morning Buzz, we’re going to explore how access to broadband internet can impact a community—particularly marginalized communities. Right Now with Daniel Soto (LinkedIn/Twitter) What I’m Listening to – Cypress Hill: Insane in the Brain (I never realized how catchy this song was until I heard my new roommate blast it at 7 AM while...

I Have to Ask: Evolving Role of an Assistant City Manager

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week, Micah Grau, Assistant City Manager, City of Buda, Texas, writes about the skills needed to succeed as an assistant city manager. Sign up to be a guest columnist for this series. I’ve been fortunate to spend my young...

Video: Understanding Implicit Bias

On January 23, 2019, Jenine Jenkins from CPS HR Consulting presented this webinar on "Understanding Implicit Bias." View the full webinar in the ELGL webinar library at Members.ELGL.org.

Perspectives From a GovTech Product Designer

This guest blog is by ELGL member Justine Triola. Justine is UrbanLeap’s first employee and Product Designer. She’s passionate about applying her background in design and anthropology to solving problems in urban innovation. When it comes to software products, government is known to get stuck with products of a poor-quality experience for high price points. There’s...

#ELGLBookClub: City on the Line

We're discussing Andrew Kleine's book "City on the Line" in a Twitter book club on March 5 at noon EST. Never participated in a Twitter book club? It's easy! 1. Read the book. You can get a free copy here (while supplies last) if you blog for ELGL about it. Or, purchase the book for...

Webinar: From Election to Execution

Webinar: From Election to Execution February 20, 2019 9:00 a.m. EST RSVP today! Learn how to take your elected officials' goals and turn them into reality. We'll learn how to align, engage, and enable your local government organization to manage the complexity of multiple organizational goals.

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Each month, ELGL features a "deep dive" into a local government topic with the help of our partners. These opportunities build out our content, webinar, podcast, and graphic libraries to provide our members with helpful and meaningful information that will improve their local governments. In February 2019, we're talking about managing complexity and keeping track...

Podcast: Data-Driven Innovation in Los Angeles with Miguel Sangalang & Amanda Daflos

Miguel Sangalang Deputy Mayor for Budget & Innovation Los Angeles, CA LinkedIn | Twitter Amanda Daflos Innovation Team Director Los Angeles, CA LinkedIn | Twitter Transforming data into action. Miguel Sangalang, Deputy Mayor for Budget & Innovation, and Amanda Daflos, Innovation Team Director, joined GovLove to talk about their work at the City of Los...

ELGL19 Keynote: The Rural Shrink Smart Project

Keynote: The Rural Shrink Smart Project A team at Iowa State University is examining the relationship between population loss and quality of life in small and shrinking rural communities. Global economic and social trends predict that the number of people living in small towns and rural areas will continue to shrink. Policy makers have to...

Do As I Say, Not As I Do

Right Now with Mario Smith (LinkedIn/Twitter) What I’m reading: The long list of things I still need to accomplish in order to finish my retirement paperwork. What I’m watching: Modern Family. What I’m listening to: I’m listening to my dog cry and beg because I won’t give him extra treats. He usually receives 2 small treats for certain...