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Upcoming Partnership Opportunities

We've updated our partnership packet for the remainder of fiscal year 2019 (through June 30, 2019). Whether you're looking to headline the #ELGL19 Innovation Lab, or showcase your services in a webinar or blog series, we've created partnership opportunities for every budget and engagement preference. Take a look at the packet, and then set up...

2018 Chris Traeger Award - #81 to #90

The Chris Traeger List recognizes the top 100 influencers in local government. Chris Traeger was the city manager for the fictional City of Pawnee, Indiana on the show Park and Recreation. He was known for extreme energy and commitment to improving local government. The Traeger List is not based on title or longevity. It’s based on an...

Four Lessons from Rebranding West Allis

Jenny Kosek, Communications Strategist for the City of West Allis, WI is taking over the Morning Buzz today to share her stories of rebranding. My city, West Allis, WI, just went through a rebranding process that was a long time in the making. In 2017, our Common Council adopted a Five Year Strategic Plan with...

Strategic Planning Webinar With Ferndale, MI

Strategic Planning Webinar Tuesday, December 4, 2018 11 AM Pacific | 12 PM Mountain | 1 PM Central | 2 PM Eastern RSVP online! ELGL members are invited to join a free webinar with the City of Ferndale, MI about the seven critical success factors and lessons they've learned as they conclude a two-year city...

Save the Date: National Day of Supper Clubbing

February 6 is ELGL's National Day of Supper Clubbing. It's one day when ELGL members around the world will host Supper Clubs to get together for an evening of camaraderie with fellow local gov nerds. (Of course, Supper Clubs can happen all year long... this is just one night when the weather seems especially tedious that...

#ELGLTakeoverTuesday: Collierville, Tennessee

Hello from Collierville, Tennessee! This is your hostess, Jennifer Casey, the Emerging Media Specialist for the Town of Collierville's Public Information Office. I will be taking you around Town on Tuesday, November 27th as we participate in #ELGLTakeoverTuesday! Collierville is located just east of Memphis, Tennessee. We are a Town of just over 50,000 people...

2018 Chris Traeger Award - #91 to #100

The Chris Traeger List recognizes the top 100 influencers in local government. Chris Traeger was the city manager for the fictional City of Pawnee, Indiana on the show Park and Recreation. He was known for extreme energy and commitment to improving local government. The Traeger List is not based on title or longevity. It’s based on an...

Holding Space

I'll keeping this one short and sweet. We all know someone struggling this holiday season.  And we all know someone who is struggling and holding it all in so no one knows. May we all remember that we have colleagues, co-workers and yes, even constituents we serve, who are bearing burdens this holiday season seen...

Podcast: Digital Services & Process Improvement with Mike Sarasti, Miami, FL

Mike Sarasti CIO / Director of Innovation & Technology Miami, Florida LinkedIn | Twitter Putting people first. Mike Sarasti, the Chief Innovation Officer and Director of Innovation & Technology for the City of Miami, Florida, joined the podcast to talk about his role driving innovation and scaling solutions throughout the organization. He discussed his path to...

#ELGLThankful: How Lucky You Are

Fellow Board Member Stacy Schweikhart started the #ELGLThankful hashtag. She has posted thirty days’ worth of gratitude on behalf of ELGL. The campaign led me to ask myself, "what am I most thankful to have experienced related to ELGL?" For me,  it is the amazing people I have met and our experiences at the ICMA...

A Confessional: In Support of Longevity Pay

This guest blog is by ELGL member Clay Pearson, the City Manager of Pearland, Texas. I saw a newspaper article about a city cutting out longevity pay. At that place, a consultant recommended that the relative small amount, less than $100,000, previously paid for years of service recognition be diverted instead “to other compensation programs,...

The Path Forward: Five Critical Needs for Today's Budgeteers

Jon Stehle recaps the findings from a recent survey on budget processes used by local government.  Governments are hiring in the field of finance, which includes their need to address the challenges and complexities of budget management. The budgeting profession is seeing considerable transformation as practitioners incorporate and integrate emerging technologies and increased access to...

Hunger and Homelessness Happen, Together We Can Make It Better!

What I am watching: Manifest What I am reading: Crucial Confrontations What I am most thankful for: The community in Broomfield, Colorado.  In my free time, I serve as the Chair for the Board of Trustees for my local food bank.  In the last week, our community has been so amazingly generous with funds, and...

RFP Uploads

Requests Database

Sharing is Caring Writing the perfect request-for-proposals (RFP) is challenging. As service needs and delivery changes rapidly, using the right language and approach is critically important to get the best responses for your local government. This ELGL service gives you the opportunity to share what you've issued (RFPs, RFIs, RFQs all welcome!) and also review...

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SaaS Benefits: Process Improvement & Customization

This guest blog is by ELGL member Lori-Ann Fox, the Director of Technology for the Town of South Kingston, Rhode Island.  Cloud-based, being open 24x7, customer centric, going paperless…..all of these phases are trends (and hopefully goals) in local government. So when the State of RI (the smallest state in the country) wanted to utilize...

Engaged Cities Award Winners

The Cities of Service Engaged Cities Award is an international recognition program that elevates the diverse ways that cities are actively engaging their citizens to solve critical public problems. Each year, through the Engaged Cities Award, Cities of Service identifies and elevates city-led strategies that most successfully engage citizens to help create and implement solutions to...

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