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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,...

Bring Your Audience With... Another Life Preserver

  Mike Skibbe,  Twitter and LinkedIn What I’m Watching: F1 German Grand Prix: Chaos in the Rain What I’m Reading: The Five Disfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencione What I’m Listening To: Criminal Episode #119: Using a concrete Budha statue to reduce city littering! One of my favorite Morning Buzzes (Buzz's?) was Will Hampton's...

Podcast: Leadership & Scenario Planning with Matt Finch

Matt Finch Strategy & Innovation Consultant Bio | LinkedIn | Twitter Strategy, planning, storytelling, innovation. Matt Finch joined the podcast to talk about his work with libraries and other government entities on planning for the future. In this wide ranging interview he shared his path into doing this work, becoming future ready and tools for...

#ELGLRoadTrip Sessions & Locations

We've selected 25 locations for ELGL's hyperlocal training program - it's called #ELGLRoadTrip and you can learn all about the concept online here. All events are coordinated by ELGL and managed by our members! Tickets are $20 for ELGL members and include food, and $60 for non-members (includes ELGL membership and food). Stay tuned for...

#ELGL19 - Going All-In!

Guest post brought to you by Caity Belta, Engagement Manager with Bang the Table In the Winter of 2015, I made a decision that would change my perception of #LocalGov forever. I subscribed to Netflix. The first show I binge watched? You guessed it– Parks and Rec. It was the first time that I thought,...

What Are the Benefits of Closing the Feedback Loop?

This guest blog is by ELGL member Hunter Gardner with PublicInput. Closing the feedback loop to report findings is one step in the public engagement process that may be overlooked because of a lack of staff time or bandwidth. After collecting public input and finding key insights, we might often go straight to outlining a...

I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends

 Today’s Buzz is by Meredith Reynolds – connect with her on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter! What I’m Listening To: See the Light by Matrimony from Charlotte NC (Seems my music has a theme lately) What I’m Watching: Bosch Amazon Series a modern film noir detective series based in Los Angeles that I highly recommend. A...

I Have to Ask: Impact of Volunteerism

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week, Sarah Gallimore, Senior Design Strategist (Mayor’s Office, Innovation Team), City of Detroit, chronicles how volunteering positively impacted her career. I may not have started my career out as a civil servant but I believe I’ve always had...

Come take a JoyRide at #ELGL19

ELGL uses multiple platforms to engage the brightest minds in local government. One of those ways is GovLove, a weekly podcast that examines the profession of local government and discusses the future of the sector and how it can be improved to attract the best and brightest. From City Managers to interns and everyone in...

A Love Story About the Little Train Park That Could

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Brent Stockwell – connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter!!! What I’m Listening To: All They Wanna Be, Madison Mars feat. Caslin What I’m Reading: Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things... What I’m Watching: Kim's Convenience, Season 3 on Netflix Earlier this month, Scottsdale, Arizona's McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park was recognized with the...

#ELGL19 Attendee: Andrew Brown

"Know before you go:" that's our philosophy with ELGL events. We're profiling our awesome attendees for #ELGL19 in Durham so you can connect with fellow attendees before the best local government conference in the world, held May 15-17, 2019 in Durham, NC. Register today! Andrew Brown Deputy Director of Finance at Village of Buffalo Grove,...

2019 #ELGLKnope National Champion

Congratulations to the 2019 #ELGLKnope Best Park or Open Space: McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park in Scottsdale, Arizona Scottsdale joins previous #ELGLKnope winners - Best City Hall, City of Peoria, Illinois in 2017 and Best Library, Pueblo City-County Library in 2018. This year's contest was the closest #ELGLKnope to date, with 6,576 votes, and more than 5,000...

Member Profile: Sharon Gavin

Sharon Gavin Communications Manager, City of Sammamish, WA Twitter | LinkedIn So far, what's your proudest accomplishment in 2019? Being able to use my skills as a writer and organizer to help my new city come together and find strength and support after a series of hate crimes. Turns out that Captain and Tennille were...

Best Practices from Award Winning Parks & Open Spaces

Today's Morning Buzz is by Kirsten Wyatt: What I'm Reading: Just finished Nine Perfect Strangers and it was really odd. But it did make me wonder if micro-dosing LSD would make me more productive... What I'm Watching: I watched "Are We There Yet" with my kids on our Spring Break road trip, and then had...

Reflections on the Night Library

This guest blog is by ELGL member Stephanie Chase, the director of the Hillsboro Public Library in Hillsboro, Oregon. About a week ago, at the end of February, Twitter user Erin Glass posted the following tweet: The tweet sparked a lot of conversation, and what was perhaps most interesting to me was how quickly (and,...

Diversity Dashboard Survey Launches for UNC Research

This blog is by Thomas Bennett, a member of the UNC MPA research team collecting data for the Diversity Dashboard in North Carolina. Meet his colleague Mimi Clemens in the first blog post in this series. My name is Thomas Bennett and I am a first-year MPA student at UNC Chapel Hill. The MPA team...

Key Elements for Organizational Adoption

This guest post is from Amanda Nagl of Bang the Table Change management theory and organizational adoption strategies vary in the number of steps, key takeaways and must-do’s that are attached to success.   A simple search shows a range of five to sixteen components that researchers believe are necessary to ensure organizational adoption. Analyzing these...

Hi-Wire Mixer at #ELGL19

We're excited to announce that the #ELGL19 conference mixer will be powered by PublicInput.com at Hi-Wire Brewing in Durham, NC. The event is on Thursday, May 16, 2019  from 6:00 - 8:00 at the Golden Belt brewery location (800 Taylor St, #9-150, Durham, NC). This hosted event is included in your #ELGL19 ticket price (register...

Member Profile: Sharon Gavin

Sharon Gavin Twitter | LinkedIn So far, what's your proudest accomplishment in 2019? Being able to use my skills as a writer and organizer to help my new city come together and find strength and support after a series of hate crimes. Turns out that Captain and Tennille were right, “Love will keep us together.”...

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