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#ELGLInspire Speakers: Ken Warner, City of West Linn, OR

Ken Warner, City of West Linn, highlights the importance of parks in local government.

Book Giveaway: Sustainovation by Nick Kittle

Our friend and innovation extraordinaire Nick Kittle is giving away ten signed copies of his book to ELGL members. Sustainovation: Building Sustainable Innovation in Government One Wildly Creative Idea at a Time hit the shelves and quickly captured the Amazon top spot on Amazon for Local US Politics. Enter to Win Do you want to make government better?...

Podcast: Data Driven Decision Making in Kansas City, MO

Kate Bender Deputy Performance Officer Kansas City, MO LinkedIn | Twitter Bo McCall Performance Analyst Kansas City, MO LinkedIn | Twitter Chris Hernandez Communications Director Kansas City, MO LinkedIn | Twitter Transparency before it was cool. Three people from the City of Kansas City, Missouri joined the podcast to talk about how KCMO uses data...

Growing Public Participation

Bang the Table Engagement Specialist Billy Trakas shares strategies to increase your agency's public participation by implementing inclusive engagement strategies. Inclusive Engagement – Why Knowing Your Audience Matters Ask any public speaker the first thing they do when preparing a presentation and they’ll tell you “figure out who the audience is.” Only then can they develop relevant...

Negotiations and Bias

Right Now w/ Rebecca Woodbury (LinkedIn / Twitter) What I’m Listening to – Nightswimming What I’m Watching – Kidding What I’m Reading – Radical Candor What I’m Doing – having trouble sleeping For those of us trying to reinvent local government (as all good ELGLers are) -- goshdarnit, that takes awesome people. It’s hard to...

#ELGLInspire Speakers: Lee Dobrowolski, Hillsboro Police

Lee Dobrowolski Police Chief, City of Hillsboro Oregon Police Department What was the very first paying job you held (that you paid taxes on)? Grocery Bagger What was your: undergraduate institution? Graduate institution? What was/were your degree(s) in? Park University/Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Management/MBA What class(es) (if any) are applicable to your job today? stats, marketing,...

State of Place: YOUR ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT VISION ZERO GUIDE!

This post is part of a partnership between ELGL and State of Place, who uses extensive knowledge of urban design and empirical analysis to quantify what people love about places and forecast why it makes sense to make them better. Check back weekly for a post from this partnership. We broke down all the essential details you...

Data Stories with Matthias - Midterms

Welcome to another installment of Data Stories! I'm excited to explore candidate diversity with you this week. As Midterms gear up toward November 6th, there are a number of races that are pushing 2018 to the highest level of candidate diversity - ever! So what does this look like, exactly? What insights can we find...

I Have to Ask: Coordinating a Successful Neighborhood Program

Karen Tapahe, City of Provo, provides insight into creating a neighborhood network program.

SeeClickFix User Summit: Trends & Topics Presentation

On September 18, 2018, ELGL curated a session at the SeeClickFix user summit in Tukwila, WA on the "Trends & Topics in Local Government." Attendees volunteered the topics they wanted to learn about and Kirsten Wyatt pulled from the ELGL and GovLove content library to respond to those requests for information. The presentation deck is...

Inside the Certification: City of Topeka, Kansas

In this series, we highlight the inaugural group of nine cities to achieve What Works Cities Certification and the five cities selected for the Certification Honor Roll. As part of being awarded the certification, each city received an ELGL all-in membership. What Works Cities Certification recognizes and celebrates local governments that are leading the nation in the use of data...

NorCal Supper Club in Palo Alto - September 27, 2018

The ELGL Supper Club returns to Northern California (Yay Area)! These events are informal opportunities for you to expand your network, share your passion for local government with colleagues, and exchange ideas. There is no formal agenda, no speakers — just a safe space to let out all your excitement for Local Government. The ELGL...

Podcast: Parkour & Parks with Colin MacDonald, Parkour Visions

Colin MacDonald Design Director Parkour Visions LinkedIn | Instagram Parkour! Running, jumping and climbing through the urban landscape is catching on as a new form of play. Colin MacDonald the Design Director for Parkour Visions came on the podcast to talk about adding parkour elements to parks and teaching parkour. He explained how parkour can activate...

Morning Buzz - IAP2 Foundations of Public Participation

Susan Barkman shares a review for the IAP2 Foundations of Public Participation training. What I am watching: Bones What I am listening to: My iPhone is on shuffle, so whatever it decides. What I am reading: I just moved so I am in between at the moment… In graduate school, I found one of my...

#ELGLTakeoverTuesday: Town of Bartonville, Texas

Howdy Y’all! My name is Michael Montgomery and I will be operating the ELGL50 Instagram account for another exciting edition of #ELGLTakeoverTuesday. (Tuesday, September 18, 2018) For the last two years, I have served as the Town Administrator for the Town of Bartonville, Texas. Bartonville is a rural community in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. I will...

Implementing a Plan Takes a Village

The latest from City of Lubbock AJ Fawver in the Planning & Shaping Cities Series. Imagine (and some of you won’t have to imagine too hard!), you’ve just completed a plan for your city (or neighborhood, or downtown, and so forth). You presented it for adoption to your governing body, and a unanimous vote sealed the...

#ELGLInspire: Allyson Watson on Community Development

#ELGLInspire was on campus at the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh! Here’s a video of Allyson Watson's Quickfire presentation from that event.

#ELGLPopUps: Choose Your Own Adventure in LAX

In this post, you’ll hear from those who have registered for the upcoming Pop Up in Los Angeles, California. View the complete agenda and register. Hunter Hastings Pepperdine University Andy Navarro Government Relationship Manager - ViewPoint Cloud Robert Neiuber Human Resources Director - City of Rancho Cucamonga Matt Bronson City Manager - City of Grover Beach, CA Leslie...

#ELGLPopUps: Choose Your Own Adventure in MIA

In this post, you’ll hear from those who have registered for the upcoming Pop Up in Miami, Florida. View the complete agenda and register. Vince Roberts City of Delray Beach, FL Nora Emmanuel City of Delray Beach, FL Amanda Vilain City of Delray Beach, FL Herman Velasquez Microsoft Cathy Green City of Fort Lauderdale, FL Drew Newstrom City...

#ELGLInspire: Stephanie Schlag on Parks & Recreation

#ELGLInspire was on campus at the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh! Here’s a video of Stephanie Schlag's Quickfire presentation from that event.