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#ELGLTakeOverTuesday: Austin, Texas

Greetings from Austin, fabulous ELGL family. Aly Van Dyke writing here on behalf of the City of Austin’s Communications and Public Information Office. We’re taking over ELGL50’s IG account all day Tuesday, Nov. 20, and plan to show you some of our beautiful, fun, and especially weird sites around our fair City. You’ll see some...

Oct-Nov 2018 All-In & Supersize Members

The following organizations joined ELGL with an All-In or Supersize membership this month. This means that they can add up to 10 (All-In) or 20 (Supersize) staff members to their ELGL membership accounts, and they get free unlimited job postings for the year! Your organization can join too - just sign up here to get...

Podcast: What Government Innovation Really Looks Like with Hana Schank

Hana Schank Public Interest Technology Fellow New America Bio | LinkedIn | Twitter Getting the work done. Hana Schank, Public Interest Technology Fellow for New America, joined the podcast to talk about her recently published report on innovation in government. She interviewed problem solvers working across Federal, State and local governments to learn how they are trying...

Keepin' It Real

This guest blog is by ELGL member Nick Kittle. It originally appeared on the Cartegraph blog. Nick Kittle Government Performance & Innovation Coach High-performance government (HPG) is a concept that has a lot of appeal, but just like so many clever phrases and here-today-gone-tomorrow buzzwords, how do you take it from words to action? You start by...

Maintaining Job Descriptions

Right Now with Kylie Bayer, Human Resources Manager, City of McMinnville (LinkedIn, Twitter) What I’m reading: Mink River by Brian Doyle What I’m watching: Just finished Big Mouth. It's about growing up. It's gross but pretty darn accurate and I love it. But really, it's vulgar and gross so don't start it unless you can handle gross....

Webinar: What's In It For Me? Civic Tech Adoption & Local Gov

Learn from Steve Machesney at SeeClickFix about how you can successfully implement new civic technology solutions in your community and your local government organizations. Learn about message development, tactics, and techniques for internal and external audiences. Watch the webinar in the ELGL Webinar Library! (Not yet an ELGL member? Join today for $30/person).

Everyone is a Recruiter... Even You!

I’m going to go out on a limb here and guess that most local government organizations don’t have recruiters. Sure, you might have people responsible for recruiting and even recruitment managers. Most of these people are focused on making sure the organization is in compliance, getting your jobs posted, recommending and placing ads, going to...

CivicPride: What’s the Big Deal?

ELGL is the proud host of CivicPride content. CivicPRIDE is a social and networking organization devoted to promoting LGBTQ leaders in local government. Pam (Weir) Davis, Assistant to the City Manager at City of Goodyear, writes why CivicPride's work matters to all of local government. A local gov bud of mine recently asked why I am helping...

#ELGLPopUps: Engagement, Leadership, Failure, Justice

This #ELGLPopUps summary post is provided by University of Washington Evans School student Nora Carroll, who received a scholarship from OCCMA to the event in Portland. Nora Carroll MPA Candidate, Evans School Attending my first ELGL Pop Up conference was no disappointment. It was a great day filled with enriching conversation surrounding local government topics and...

Podcast: The Best of Nextdoor with Jenn Takahashi

Jenn Takahashi Founder / Chief Lurker Best of Nextdoor Best of Nextdoor | LinkedIn | Twitter Quality neighborhood drama. Jenn Takahashi, the chief lurker and founder of the parody account Best of Nextdoor, joined the podcast to talk about sharing the entertaining drama that happens on Nextdoor. Jenn shares what caused her to start the account, what...

I Have to Ask: DFW --> PDX

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week Lindsay Jacques, City of Hillsboro, Oregon, writes about moving from Texas to Oregon. As you might imagine, moving from Texas to Oregon comes with quite a bit of culture shock. What I didn’t quite anticipate as...

#ELGLTakeoverTuesday: Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

Wauwatosa [wau-wau-TŌ-sa] is named after the Potawatomi word for “firefly.” It’s an icon of sorts for the city. You can see it in the design of signs, and some businesses incorporate it into their name. It’s a neat thought - comparing a city and bioluminescent beauties. I do think they both are very unique, and...

#VLGMFProfiles: Douglas Chimenti - Town of Kiowa, CO

Douglas Chimenti Town Administrator - Kiowa, Colorado Tell us about your time in the military and what made you interested in enlisting. I was commissioned in the Army in 1996 from R.O.T.C. out of Xavier University in Cincinnati. I always wanted to join the military since a little boy and made that dream come true....

Climb a Tree, Not a Ladder

Frequently I am asked to participate in panel discussions or give conference presentations on local government workforce trends and recruitment. I'm gracefully in my early 40s, yet I'm asked to speak on behalf of my colleagues who are 10, 15 & 20 years younger. I have another panel coming up. The topic of the annual...

The One Thing You Need To Change …Follow-up

Right Now with Mario Smith (LinkedIn/Twitter) What I’m reading: The tragic aftermath of a shooting at the Borderline country and western bar in Thousand Oaks, southern California. What I’m watching: The tragic aftermath of a shooting at the Borderline country and western bar in Thousand Oaks, southern California. What I’m listening to: The tragic aftermath of...

Podcast: City on the Line - Outcome Budgeting with Andrew Kleine

Andrew Kleine Author, City on the Line Former Budget Director, Baltimore, MD Website | LinkedIn | Twitter Budgeting for Outcomes. In his new book Andrew Kleine, the former Budget Director for the City of Baltimore, MD, challenges how local governments budget. He writes about how he changed budgeting in Baltimore to focus on outcomes rather than...

Data Stories with Matthias - MIDTERM RESULTS

The midterms are finally over. But at the Diversity Dashboard, we won’t be resting just yet! Now, of course, is the time where we take the results and try to paint a clear picture of who these thousands of newly elected government officials are and which communities they will be representing. As many of you...

And then what?

What I’m reading: About some software my organization is considering... What I’m watching: A software demonstration What I’m listening to: A software demonstration Nick Smith already waxed eloquently on voting and the impact that our civic duty has on our country and communities. My intent is to talk about the days after… the “and...

Event Summary: #ELGLInspire at UTSA

ELGL hosted an #ELGLInspire event at the University of Texas, San Antonio today - here's an event summary so you can follow along even if you didn't attend. Huge props to Kent Myers, Kelly Kuenstler, and Gina Amatangelo for their leadership on this event! Photo album of speakers and students Presentation deck Key quotes (from...

From Colorado Springs to Laramie: Lessons for Our Profession from My Journey with Gay Rights

ELGL is the proud host of CivicPride content. CivicPRIDE is a social and networking organization devoted to promoting LGBTQ leaders in local government. In this entry, Jon Peacock, County Manager, Pitkin County, writes how local government can and should do better in embracing the LGBTQ community. This week marks the 20th anniversary of Matthew Shepard’s brutal...