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360 Review with Chad Doran, City of Appleton, WI

Who doesn’t love a good ol’ fashioned performance review? ELGL loves them so much that we’re embarking on a “360 Review of Local Government.” We’re going to evaluate every single inch of the local government arena by talking to ourselves (a.k.a: other local government professionals), tech companies, journalists, professors, and anyone else who hasn’t blocked our...

My Story with India Adams, Albemarle County, VA

ELGL’s mission is to connect, communicate, and educate. One way we do that is by “telling our story." Today India Adams shares hers.  I started working in local government when... I interned in my County Administrator’s office the summer of my junior year in undergrad and knew instantly local government was where I wanted to begin my career in...

Guidepost #18 - Rick Usher, Kansas City, MO

Rick Usher is the Assistant City Manager for Small Business & Entrepreneurship and has been employed by the City of Kansas City, Mo. since 1985. Guidepost 18:  "Always take the chip off the complainant’s shoulder before you let him go. This will be a hard task in some cases, but use every resource at your command...

'Tis the Season for Elections in the Land Down Under

'Tis the Season by Andrew Coulson Connect: Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest Good Ol’ October….a month reserved for ghosts, ghouls (my birthday… cough) and, of course, local government conferences and award ceremonies in Australia. Our award ceremonies range from the best maintained cities to best practices in community engagement. It was great to watch, from a far, #ELGL14. I hope that...

From the Land Down Under: A Local Government Bailout?

By: Andrew Coulson, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Twitter It’s oh so quiet… it’s oh so still… you're all alone… and so peaceful until...local elections! Local government in South Australia is in a ‘caretaker period’ as local people are sharing their ideas for what they would do as a councillor. For council staff, this means carefully overseeing policy that...

NorCal vs. SoCal with Cheryl Hughes, City of Palmdale

We embark on a new series highlighting the defining characteristics of Northern California (NorCal) and Southern California (SoCal). Many of you associate California with In N' Burger, Disneyland, the Kardashians, and California Pizza Kitchen (ok, maybe not the last one.). To get the real story, we've enlisted Cheryl Hughes, City of Palmdale to give us...

On the Public Record with Julia Novak, The Novak Consulting Group

In our recent "Quick Take" series, Julia Novak was the runaway winner of the person named "mentor" by the most people. She's impacted all functions of local government throughout the country. Naturally we decided to catch up with Julie to discuss her view on the state of local government and to learn from her past...

New Sensation: Cheryl Hughes, City of Palmdale, CA

Background Check Connect: LinkedIn Cheryl is an administrative analyst for the City of Palmdale (CA). She was named Employee of the Year for Palmdale Public Works in 2006 and Public Safety Practitioner of the Year in 2013. In her current role, Cheryl is responsible for management level duties over staff - both direct and indirectly managed staff and...

Mary Furtado, Catawba County, North Carolina

Ongoing series on assistant and deputy city and county managers by profiling the Assistant County Manager in Catawba County, NC.

Hello America.....This Is Australia Calling

Perhaps we should add an "I" in front of ELGL as we have gone international with new correspondents Andrew Coulson and Ashleigh Weeden (Canada). Andrew introduces you to........himself and highlights six important news articles in the first entry in his new ELGL column. A Vegemite cheers to Andrew's debut! Our Man Down Under by Andrew Coulson, July 21,...

A Plate of Local Government with a Side of Maple Syrup with Ashleigh Weeden, Grey County

http://youtu.be/KpXzASiXX8U This is a new original series from Ashleigh Weeden, and yes, Ashleigh is from Canada. But no, she is not a Nickelback groupie. Ashleigh is playing in the same sandbox as the rest of us who are looking to making a difference through our work in the public sector. In this column, she will highlight best...

Around the World in Local Government

Introducing Around the World in Local Government http://youtu.be/s9MszVE7aR4 The World Cup ends; Around the World begins. You've met the participants so let's get right to the action. I. Give us your best stereotypes about the other countries. Andrew (Australia): I have to be a little careful with this one as I'm not Australian. But typically its...

Learning from the Land Down Under with Andrew Coulson, City of Salisbury

ELGL welcomes new columnist Andrew Coulson, City of Salisbury, South Australia community engagement officer. We first connected with Andrew via Twitter. He has agreed to provide a monthly round up on hot topics in Australia local government. As a preview, we present Andrew's column on using gaming in your community engagement efforts. Background Check Connect:...

Let's Get Engaged

The ELGL resident social media guru, Patrick Rollens, is back with his take on services that claim they can better engage or track engagement than Facebook and Twitter. Read his take below and feel free to respond with your own experiences.

NC: Tom Lundy, Catawba County, County Manager

Resetting the 50 Nifty Project http://youtu.be/ALhEGiA5k5I Fifty Nifty Takeaways What do we hope to learn from this series? We hope you will gain a better understanding of the unique characteristics of local government in each state, we hope you will learn that there are others like you who are motivated to make a difference through the public sector,...

Civic-Minded with New ELGL Project Assistant Kirsten Silveira

Our Take on Kirsten Turn down the volume on that One Direction song you're listening to, lift yourself out of that comfortable office chair, and give a standing ovation to Kirsten Silveira, the newest member of the ELGL team. That's right we have another Kirsten. We might be the only organization of our size to...

New Sensation: Kirsten Silveira, City of Olathe (KS) and Kansas MPA Program

Why ELGL? We’re back with the new “New Sensation” feature. We’ve updated the questions based on your feedback. You’ll now learn about the best YouTube videos on the web, read about gift ideas for the holiday season, and learn about the career accomplishments of our new members.  As a reminder, we developed this feature to...

Josh's Job Search 2.0 Finds an End

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-MqWjqYD0U The End Josh’s Job Search 2.0 has come to an end.  I am happy to report that I have found a temp job working as the Development & Special Events Associate for Camp Fire Columbia.  Camp Fire is a community based nonprofit in Portland Oregon with a mission to build caring confident youth and...

Forecasting the Future of Local Government: 4 Observations Impacting Our Future

From the inspirational words of Robert Kennedy in the 1960s to the interesting words of Robin Thicke in 2013, Julie Underwood, former Shoreline (WA) city manager, includes it all in part one of this two-part series on “Forecasting the Future of Local Government.” Forecasting the Future of Local Government:4 Observations Impacting Our Future This is...

New Sensation: Dean Porter, City of Saint Paul and Humphrey School of Public Affairs

We're back with a new "New Sensation" feature. We've updated the questions based on your feedback. You'll now learn about the best YouTube videos on the web, read about gift ideas for the holiday season, and learn about the career accomplishments of our new members.  As a reminder, we developed this feature to introduce you...

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