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Mt. Rushmore with Scott Bollinger, City of Garland, TX

It's Mount Rushmore season for ELGL members. We're asking for your top four list on a variety of topics. Scott Bollinger Neighborhood Resources Administrator -- City of Garland, TX Connect: LinkedIn & Twitter Garland attractions: Intrinsic Smokehouse and Brewery – great story of someone that was raised in Garland, went off the Europe to learn to...

#BigLocalGovBaller: Navigation Award & StateScoop

And the winner is... A number of ELGL members have been recognized in recent days. We take this chance to highlight their good work which should motivate all of us to give a little extra to our craft. 2017 Navigator Awards Finalists: Next Generation Stacy Schweikhart, Community Relations Director, City of Kettering, Ohio Laying the...

Advice for GovTech Startups: Focus on Local Gov

This is a reprinted interview with ELGL member Frederik Groce with Storm Ventures. Frederik moderated the Tech Demo Lab at #ELGL17 and is a frequent collaborator with ELGL members working in civic/gov tech. This blog originally appeared on Pioneers.io. Frederik Groce, the GovTech specialist investor at Storm Ventures in Silicon Valley.... published an invaluable resource...

I Have to Ask You: Exactly Where I Should Be

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week Lynn Kelly-Lehner, City of Temecula, CA Principle Management Analyst, writes how she landed a career in local government. A career in local government was very far from what I had in mind when I was accepted...

GovLove in October

Hold onto your seats.... the award-winning GovLove podcast has booked a few special guests for October. Coast to Coast: Open Data and Innovation with Brendan Babb and Sam Edelstein Two Traeger Award winners Brendan Babb and Sam Edelstein discuss the challenges and successes of building a more data-driven, innovative government. Sam crunched the numbers and reports that...

Local Gov, HTTPS Website Security, & the Google Chrome October Deadline

This guest post is by ELGL Member & Proud City CEO Luke Fretwell. Luke is co-founder and CEO of ProudCity. Connect with him on LinkedIn, Twitter and email at luke@proudcity.com. ‘Not Secure’: What government needs to know about HTTPS website security and the Google Chrome October deadline Protecting user privacy is an important aspect and duty of any public service organization, and...

Debunking GovTech Misconceptions

By Ashley Wilkinson, CitySourced - Facebook, Twitter, World Wide Web There has never been a better time to be involved in gov tech; we're in an unprecedented era of exciting new technologies being built and deployed by governments. But when any new movement is underway, there is bound to be significant misconceptions, which I'll debunk...

Mt. Rushmore with Jordan Rae Hillman, City of Brandon, MS

It's Mount Rushmore season for ELGL members. We're asking for your top four list on a variety of topics. Jordan Rae Hillman City of Brandon, MS -- Community Development Director Connect: LinkedIn & Twitter Brandon Attractions City Hall Live The Quarry Amphitheatre opening April 2018 Shiloh Splash Park The Wierhouse Fall Activities (Really Summer, because we...

#ELGLPopUps Attendee Survey

Thank you for attending #ELGLPopUps! Please take this quick survey to tell us about your experience, what you liked the most, and where we can improve. You can take the survey anonymously or enter your name into a drawing to win a book of Ben Kittelson's choosing (fun fact: he's a great book picker). Create your...

Rocky Mountain High-Performance Government: One Day Conference

Join ELGL and Cartegraph for this special add-on conference experience on October 12 in Denver, Colorado in conjunction with Cartegraph's annual user conference. Your ticket price includes the full day of conferencing, lunch, and a social hour! Register online here. 8:30 - 9:30 AM - Opening Keynote Achieving Clarity: The Best-Kept Secret of High-Performance Government Nick Kittle | Government Performance and...

The Best Ever with Nicolette Brennan, City of Cape Girardeau, MO

We hope you can deal with change because we're changing up new member introductions. ELGL has grown tired of everyone and everything being proclaimed as "the best ever." From now on, we'll only believe it if our members dub it so. Hold onto your keyboard and mouse. Our new members are here to inform you about the...

Supper Club: St. Louis, MO on October 5

I Have to Ask You: Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Staff Reduction

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. By Matt Horn (Web, LinkedIn, Twitter) It’s sitting out there, glaring at you. That ominous, hateful budget summary sheet that shows the bulkiest, most costly, fastest growing expense item in your, as-yet, unbalanced budget. Staffing. Millions and millions of...

#ELGL18: Golden, Colorado

#ELGL18 tickets go on sale at 5:00 p.m. PDT on September 22, 2017. If you liked #ELGLPopUps, you're going to love #ELGL18. You can anticipate awesome tours of spaces unique to Colorado local government, like weed farms, mountaineering complexes, and renewable energy centers. We’re also going to introduce attendee-led meetups, where our members can connect...

Podcast: Responding to Hurricane Irma with Dan Biles, Pasco County, FL

Dan Biles County Manager Pasco County, Florida LinkedIn | Twitter Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida on September 10, 2017 but the preparation to weather the major storm started well before then. Dan Biles, the County Manager of Pasco County, FL joins the podcast to discuss all the work that went into preparing for Hurricane Irma and...

Pop Quiz with Kristen Ayers, City of Independence, Missouri

#ELGLPopUps land in Charlotte, Dallas, Portland, and Kansas City on September 22. Each event has a school theme which you'll notice in the agendas. Staying with that theme, we introduce you to those who will be attending a Pop Up event. You can register for one of the events here. Name: Kristen Ayers Job Title: ‎Management...

Pop Quiz with Sarah Ross Dickson, UNC MPA Student

#ELGLPopUps land in Charlotte, Dallas, Portland, and Kansas City on September 22. Each event has a school theme which you'll notice in the agendas. Staying with that theme, we introduce you to those who will be attending a Pop Up event. You can register for one of the events here. Name: Sarah Ross Dickson Job Title: ‎Student...

Pop Quiz with Nic Westendorf, Cities of Sherwood and Tigard

#ELGLPopUps land in Charlotte, Dallas, Portland, and Kansas City on September 22. Each event has a school theme which you'll notice in the agendas. Staying with that theme, we introduce you to those who will be attending a Pop Up event. You can register for one of the events here. Name: Nic Westendorf Job Title: ‎ELGL Fellow...

Pop Quiz with Sarah Gamblin-Luig, City of St. Louis, MO

#ELGLPopUps land in Charlotte, Dallas, Portland, and Kansas City on September 22. Each event has a school theme which you'll notice in the agendas. Staying with that theme, we introduce you to those who will be attending a Pop Up event. You can register for one of the events here. Name: Sarah Gamblin-Luig Job Title: ‎Public Information...

#ELGLPopUps Eve: Last Minute Info

It's #ELGLPopUps eve! We're excited for our coast-to-coast celebration of ELGL and local government service. A few last minute reminders: Each location has an incredible line up of “how to” sessions with fresh and topical presentations. ELGL will share all presentations online next week so you can learn from all locations. At ELGL events, we...