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The FY 2018-19 ELGL Budget

It's the most wonderful time of the year. As any of you readers in who work in budget offices know, May and June is peak budget time. I'm actually writing this from the City of Durham's first of two full day work sessions on the proposed FY 2018-19 budget. I'm humming the classic Christmas carol under...

I Have to Ask: Can You Change Traditional Ways of Budgeting?

In this series, ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt asks guest columnists to respond to one of three questions. This week Andrew Kleine, President at Andrew Kleine Consulting, LLC, helps provide context around innovation in budgeting. Do the words “innovation” and “budgeting” belong in the same sentence? I say yes, but in most cities, counties, townships, school...

#WaterYouWaitingFor: City of Orlando, FL

We're profiling the Final Four #WaterYouWaitingFor projects - the winners collected their trophies, goody bags, and All-In ELGL memberships at #ELGL18 but we wanted each project to also get some time to shine on ELGL.org. View the nominated projects online at the Atlas. Like ELGL, the Atlas believes that local government is strengthened when we...

Google's ‘Perspective’ API Could Mean Better Sleep for Civic Communicators

In this column, Jay Dawkins, co-founder at PublicInput.com, takes a practical, civic-minded look at a Google innovation and how it can help local governments manage their communications. Despite the proliferation of online discussion forums and social media, many agencies have struggled to embrace online dialog as a functional part of the public process. Their hesitation...

Finding a Local Government Job in 2018

Right NOW with Kent Wyatt, ELGL Co-Founder What I Am Reading: The Fish Market: Inside the Big-Money Battle for the Ocean and Your Dinner Plate. (Spoiler: McDonald's Filet of Fish isn't that bad.) What I Am Watching: Southern Charm (Charleston) What I Am Thinking: The Indy 500 has become irrelevant. What I Am Listening To: Dave...

How Startups Can Empower the Modern Government Workforce

Right Now w/ Rebecca Woodbury (LinkedIn / Twitter) What I’m Listening to – Italobot What I’m Watching – Southern Charm: New Orleans What I’m Doing – cramming for my ITIL exam on Saturday This article was originally published in the Jan/Feb 2018 edition of GovTech Magazine. Despite the critical work that public servants do for their communities, many lack the tech tools they need...

Podcast: City Council Chronicles & Tear It Down with Michael Karlik

Michael Karlik Podcaster and Writer City Council Chronicles & Tear It Down Twitter The genius behind City Council Chronicles, Michael Karlik, is back with a new podcast. Tear It Down tells the story of North College Hill, Ohio and a "small group of outsiders wanted to change their city for the better." Michael shares...

GovLove

GovLove: A podcast about local government GovLove is a podcast about the people, policies and profession of local government. Our goal is to tell informative and unique stories about the work being done at the local level. From City Managers to interns and everyone in between, we interview the people that work in local government to learn more...

Diversity Dashboard

Coming Soon! The Diversity Dashboard is the first ever national data collection on the gender, race, and age of local government employees.

Bylaws

ELGL Bylaws ARTICLE 1 Name and Purpose Section 1 NAME: The name of this organization shall be Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL). Section 2 NETWORK AREA: The area of this organization shall be international. Section 3 PURPOSE: The purpose of ELGL is to connect, communicate, and educate about local government. The purpose or purposes for...

Annual Conference

ELGL's 2019 annual conference is coming to the Bull City! On May 15, 16 and 17 the brightest minds in local government will convene at a national conference in Durham, North Carolina. #ELGL19 Conference Details Innovation Unplugged: A Summit On Getting The Work Done This half day, pre-conference summit on Wednesday, May 15, 2019 will...

Pop-Up Conferences

Online registration is now available! Portland Agenda | Los Angeles Agenda | Milwaukee Agenda | Miami Agenda $35 for Students, $50 for ELGL members, and $90 for non-members (includes ELGL membership). #ELGLPopUp conferences are multiple conferences, held on the same day, in multiple cities. This year's theme is Choose Your Own Local Gov Adventure which is reflected in the...

#ELGLInspire

#ELGLInspire is a unique program that inspires students to pursue local government careers during a half-day learning opportunity, hosted for students with partner organizations. In the Fall 2020 school year, #ELGLInspire events will be conducted virtually using interactive online software. You can read more about on campus #ELGLInspire events here. Sample Event Agenda: This is...

Supper Clubs

Upcoming Supper Clubs Supper Clubs are an ELGL tradition of gathering peers in your area to build community. The events are informal, self-organized, and full of meaning and great conversation. Join us! ELGL Supper Club: Charlotte, NC Wednesday, May 7, 2025 5:30 p.m. Camp North End 300 Camp Road, Charlotte, NC 28206 Register ELGL Supper...

Awards

ELGL honors excellence in local government and celebrates those who demonstrate their joy and enthusiasm for what they do in their community each day. Every year, we recognize ELGL members and non-members who have provided exemplary service to their community and to ELGL. Learn more about these individuals and how they have changed their communities...

Haverford Award

About the Haverford Award The ELGL Haverford Award celebrates the top companies that work with local government. We often say “we’re all in this together” and that mindset shapes the way we work with the people who work in the private sector. We don’t differentiate between our members who work for local government, from people...

Board of Directors

Matthew Bajor Matthew Bajor serves as the Assistant to the Village Manager in Algonquin, Illinois, where he leads initiatives in performance management, artificial intelligence, and community engagement. He is passionate about transparency and strengthening the community’s ability to engage with their local government in clear and meaningful ways. As a volunteer, Matthew has participated in...

Paid Family Leave in North Carolina Local Governments

ELGL and the UNC MPA program worked together during the Spring 2018 semester on a research project on paid family leave in North Carolina local governments. Download the presentation slide deck here. Huge thanks to the research team on their literature review, surveys, analysis, and reporting. Meet the research team here: Paid Family Leave Research:...

How Great Community Engagement Empowers Your Agency

This guest blog is by ELGL member Meghan Ruble, the Engagement Manager at Bang the Table. Most of the Bang the Table team attended the American Planning Association Conference in New Orleans. We had a really, really good time. In addition to attending sessions, listening to Jazz on Frenchmen Street, working 20 hours at our...

I Have to Ask: Should a Library Fly Under the Radar?

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week Jamie Eustace, Sterling Municipal Library, Baytown, Texas, writes about how libraries approach discussing their evolving needs with city management and elected officials. There’s an engineer to the left of me, a fire chief to the right…. The...