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Podcast: The New Urban Crisis with Richard Florida

Richard Florida University Professor & Director of Cities Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto Bio | LinkedIn | Twitter The acclaimed writer, urbanist and best selling author, Richard Florida joins the podcast to discuss his new book and the challenges cities face. Richard is a professor and Director of Cities for the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University...

Podcast: The New Urban Crisis with Richard Florida

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State of Place: What to Get Your Urbanist

State of Place is kicking off December with their second edition of an ultimate gift guide for all those urban planners, data geeks and city-lovers in your life! Our team has revealed their top picks for the holiday season, guaranteed to WOW your loved ones for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Three Kings Day (Los Reyes Magos), Festivus...

App for That! Redefining Civic Engagement for Your Community

Brought to you by CitySourced (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook), an enterprise platform for local and state government that was founded in 2008. Citizen engagement is the holy grail of the work done by local government. Of course, local government helps maintain our core infrastructures like roads, sewers, and waterways; it also provides public education for our kids, but these...

Mt. Rushmore with Pam Weir, City of Goodyear, AZ

It's Mount Rushmore season for ELGL members. We're asking for your top four list on a variety of topics. Pam Weir Assistant to the City Manager - City of Goodyear, Arizona Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter Issues facing Goodyear: Growth, growth, and more growth. We are working hard to ensure our services keep pace with development...

How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bot

Right Now with Nick Smith What I’m watching: AlphaZero vs Stockfish Chess Match Highlights by Danny Rensch What I’m reading: The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies by Erik Brynjolfsson A headline in the New York Times reads "LABOR VERSUS MACHINES: AN EMPLOYMENT PUZZLE." Sure, it's a little sensational,...

Membership Matters: Spreading the #GiftofELGL

As you make your holiday list, consider giving the #GiftofELGL to your colleagues. ELGL is the fastest-growing, most affordable, high-quality professional development network for public servants. Starting now, you can give the gift of membership – $15/students, $30/students, $300/organization. The #GiftOfELGL is spreading. Welcome to new members: Amy McGuire, City of Gaithersburg, Maryland Amy Walbridge, City of...

Don’t Dump Trash on Your Attitude

Welcome to the blog series, "The Local Government Nerve Center" -- all about the amazing and important work of clerks and recorders. Want to be a contributor? Learn more here. By Shauna Kaczynski, City of Kettering, Ohio, Clerk of Council Do you ever wake up dreading the workday because of the work facing you that...

I Have to Ask You: Embracing Smart Benches

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week Edward Krafcik, Soofa, addresses the three biggest challenges in getting cities to embrace smart benches. How do you overcome this? Since the early days of 2015, I’ve been digging into problems facing municipalities and counties to learn how...

November Financial Report

Here's the November financial report for ELGL. Notably, the resources from the Diversity Dashboard Kickstarter are shown in the "resources" section. In future months when expenditures are made, we'll track them in a separate "requirements" section too.

Mt. Rushmore with Andrew Dymczyk, Charter Township of Harrison

It's Mount Rushmore season for ELGL members. We're asking for your top four list on a variety of topics. Andrew Dymczyk Deputy Supervisor - Charter Township of Harrison Connect: LinkedIn Challenges Facing Harrison Township Unfunded pension obligations Aging infrastructure DDA development Local road funding Holiday Songs A Marshmellow World - Dean Martin Christmas Rappin -...

Bye Bye Bye BYE BYE! Conducting Exit Interviews In Your Organization

I posed this question on Twitter last week: I'm researching exit interviews and their impact on organizations. If you use them, how have they helped your organization? If you don't use them, why? Thanks to those of you who responded and shared your thoughts on the sometimes-contentious exit interview. Here is what I learned from...

Shutdown of the Federal Government: Causes, Processes, and Effects

H/T to ELGL member Kitty Wooley for sharing this Congressional Research Service report on the causes, processes, and effects during a federal government shutdown. Download the report

Membership Matters: Franciscan Soup Kitchen

As you make your holiday list, consider giving the #GiftofELGL to your colleagues. ELGL is the fastest-growing, most affordable, high-quality professional development network for public servants. Starting now, you can give the gift of membership – $15/students, $30/students, $300/organization. By Nick Smith (LinkedIn & Twitter), Digital & Social Media Specialist for the City of Gaithersburg, MD What excites me...

I Have to Ask You: Curating TEDxPlano

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week Shannah Hayley, Director Communications and Community Outreach, City of Plano (Texas), discusses as her side job as the Curator for TEDxPlano. My day job as Director of Communications and Community Outreach for the City of Plano...

This Is Us: Legal & Financial Stuff

After attending the ASAE conference, and then the ICMA conference, it dawned on me that the (short) history of ELGL should be recorded and shared. Why? Mainly to capture the story of ELGL, and also to share how our organization operates and how that's very different than most groups. Previously: Lunch for 16, Living Room...

Podcast: Gathering a Tribe of Civic Innovators in San Jose, CA and The Atlas

Kip Harkness Deputy City Manager San Jose, CA LinkedIn | Twitter Ellory Monks Co-Founder The Atlas Marketplace LinkedIn | Twitter Improving collaboration and innovation in local government. Ellory Monks from The Atlas and Kip Harkness, the Deputy City Manager of San Jose, CA, join GovLove to talk about their work. The Atlas is a...

Order Your 2018 ELGL Calendar

Deck your office with the coolest local government calendar in the universe - the 2018 ELGL calendar. It's chock full o' your favorite local gov friends - pictures from #CityHallSelfie day, the Twitter Chain, #ELGL17, #ELGLPopUps, Supper Clubs, and other great events from this year. We're only selling 50, so sign up soon so you...

Three Questions with Erik Tungate, City of Oak Park, MI

We caught up with Erik Tungate, City of Oak Park, MI, for this exclusive interview about consolidation, employee engagement, and nighttime. Oak Park consolidated recreation departments with neighboring Ferndale’s leads. Where did the idea originate? What were the biggest hurdles to overcome in implementing the change? Technically, we haven't consolidated our recreation functions. We signed on an interlocal agreement with...

Creative Economic Development

By Zach Navin, Twitter and LinkedIn, Public Works Management Analyst at City of Wauwatosa Good Morning World, Today I am going to keep in the spirit of @ELGLSconnie by talking about a real issue facing municipalities within the State of Wisconsin. WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF LIQUOR LICENSES!!! The State of Wisconsin law states that a license...