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Podcast: Smart Cities with Kate Garman, Seattle, WA

Kate Garman Smart City Coordinator Seattle, Washington LinkedIn | Twitter The first Smart City Coordinator for the City of Seattle, Washington, Kate Garman, joined GovLove to talk about her role and her thoughts on tech and local government. Kate revealed what a day in her job is like, what makes a city “smart” and what...

Podcast: Smart Cities with Kate Garman, Seattle, WA

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I Have to Ask You: Lucky Breaks?

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week Eve Sweeting, Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners, Human Resources Analyst, writes about the role of luck in her career. Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. – Seneca We all get lucky breaks in our life...

“Fruit Fights” and Other Funny Survey Responses

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] ELGL member Angelica Wedell with the National Research Center, Inc. (NRC) share the the funniest verbatim responses to open-ended questions. [/vc_column_text][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/2Y9sC5qPlNc" el_width="70" align="center"][vc_column_text]Local governments often use community surveys to better understand what residents think of their city or town. Sometimes, a topic calls for an open-ended question or two. For NRC survey researchers who...

6 Things Your City-Maker Won't Tell You

This infographic reprinted with permission from All-In ELGL Member State of Place

Transforming Local Government Conference Information

This post is from ELGL All-In Member the Alliance for Innovation: The 2018 Transforming Local Government Conference (TLG) will be an exciting event for all local government professionals. TLG attracts participation from local governments that are deliberately seeking new and innovative ways to connect people, information and ideas that support their efforts to be the...

Road Trippin' with Rebecca Woodbury, City of San Rafael, CA

The ELGL Road Show lands in La Quinta, California on January 25. (Register here.) In the lead up to the event, we'll use this feature to meet attendees. Rebecca Woodbury City of San Rafael, California - Senior Management Analyst Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter My celebrity look-alike is... I always heard Molly Ringwald growing up but I...

Recession Proofing Your Community Development Department

By GovSense co-founder Gary McTall. Gary spent 10 years consulting and designing software solutions for local governments, but he was always running into limitations in the on-premise software. After consulting private equity firms and software companies on cloud solutions, he felt it was imperative to bring innovation to government. Twitter and LinkedIn Working with planning...

Road Trippin' with Janine Hamner, J & J Consulting Group, LLC

The ELGL Road Show lands in La Quinta, California on January 25. (Register here.) In the lead up to the event, we'll use this feature to meet attendees. Janine Hamner Co-Founder and CEO - J&J Consulting Group, LLC Connect: LinkedIn My celebrity look-alike is... Kelly Clarkson The last conference that I attended was... IAP2 My New...

Busting Barriers to Public Involvement

It’s 2018, and it’s a great year to be courageous local government leaders. It’s a year to think about how to better engage the communities we serve, all the communities we serve, so that our projects and services are the best they can be. You may be thinking, we have it down. We serve all...

Podcast: Detroit's Chief Storyteller, Aaron Foley

Aaron Foley Chief Storyteller Detroit, Michigan Bio | LinkedIn | Twitter Aaron Foley is an author, journalist and now the Chief Storyteller for the City of Detroit, MI. He joined GovLove to talk about his position, which was created by the Mayor last year, and the unique work he’s doing as a city employee. Aaron discussed his career path...

Podcast: Detroit's Chief Storyteller, Aaron Foley

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Road Trippin' with Ashley Starr, City of Beaumont, California

The ELGL Road Show lands in La Quinta, California on January 25. (Register here.) In the lead up to the event, we'll use this feature to meet attendees. Ashley Starr City of Beaumont, CA - Public Information Officer Connect: LinkedIn My celebrity look-alike is... Paris Hilton The last conference that I attended was... League of CA...

Road Trippin' with Laura Douglass

The ELGL Road Show lands in La Quinta, California on January 25. (Register here.) In the lead up to the event, we'll use this feature to meet attendees. Laura Douglass Connect: Best Ever and Storytellers My celebrity look-alike is... With a face for radio, a voice for silent films, and a self-deprecating sense of humor, I...

Webinar: 3 Tips to Master Storytelling w/ Nick Kittle, Cartegraph & Kent Wyatt, ELGL

Register: 3 Tips to Master Storytelling in Local Gov Wed, Jan 17, 2018 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PST You're sharing data with your citizens—but is anyone really listening? And, do they truly understand what you're trying to communicate? Join Nick and Kent as they share the importance of clarity and storytelling in local...

Communication in the Future

Right Now with Nick Smith What I’m listening to: I had a lot of work to do yesterday, so I broke out the reliable instrumental rock of El Ten Eleven. What I’m reading: Government Technology Magazine's new Jan/Feb issue! Ever since my childhood reading Life of Reilly in Sports Illustrated and the charts in Rolling Stone, it's...

Part I: When the Full-Time Commute Is Over

Steve Harding served as the City Manager of the Cities of Murrieta and Jurupa Valley, President of the City of San Diego’s Southeastern Development Corporation, Deputy City Manager of the City of Santa Ana, and Executive Director of the City of Santa Ana’s Redevelopment Agency and Housing Authority. This is part I of Steve's conversation with...

Rewind: City of Hillsboro Management Fellowship Webinar

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This is the January 9, 2018 webinar with Kristi Wilson and Michael Brown from the City of Hillsboro about their fiscal year 2019 Management Fellowship. Click here to review the recording. Applications are due by January 26. Interviews will take place in February; with a start date for the selected candidate of July 1, 2018....

I Have to Ask You: Lessons from Track and Field

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week Jason Jones, Guilford County, NC, writes about how his local government career benefits from being part of the track and field team at North Carolina State University. Apparently ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt moonlights as a private background...

I Resolve to Write Better Emails in 2018

I hate email. I hate how much of my day is devoted to email. It makes me less productive. I spend time drafting and re-drafting emails instead of working on big projects and the things I actually get paid to do. And it drives me crazy. So my work resolution in 2018 is to be...