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Podcast: Water Works with David LaFrance, CEO of AWWA

David LaFrance Chief Executive Officer American Water Works Association LinkedIn David LaFrance serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the American Water Works Association he joins the podcast to talk about his work with the professional association, the challenges to Water service, Flint and more. David served as Director of Finance for Denver Water for the...

2017 Resume Book Last Call!

We're getting ready to release the 2017 version of the ELGL Resume Book™️ and we wanted to give everyone one last chance to get their resume added. So to get included you need to do the following by Midnight on April 22, 2017: Email a PDF of your latest resume* to Ben Kittelson at ben@elgl.org...

Certified! What Works Cities’ New Certification Program

What Works Cities (WWC) is changing local government. You've heard about their impact during a GovLove interview in 2016 and when WWC claimed the top spot in the ELGL Choice Award rankings. WWC returns with more exciting news. Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities initiative recently launched a new certification program that will publicly recognize the cities...

#ELGL17: What's Going On with Daniel Bourdeau, City of Westland, MI

#ELGL17: Agenda, Facebook Group, Guest List, Hotels, Partners, Register, Sponsorships and Twitter List Meet #ELGL17 attendees. Daniel Bourdeau Chief Innovation Officer - City of Westland, MI Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter Before you leave for #ELGL17, what’s the biggest project facing you at work? Balancing human and capital resources between the need to protect data and infrastructure with making...

State of Place: An iPhone or Healthcare

Mariela Alfonzo has over 15 years of expertise in the field of urban design and behavior research. In 2014, Mariela was recognized as one of Urban Land Institute’s 40 under 40 best young land use professionals around the globe. In 2013, Dr. Alfonzo was awarded a Fulbright to examine walkability in China. By Mariela Alfonzo (LinkedIn), State...

#ELGL17: What's Going On with N. Zach Ratkai, City of Richland, WA

#ELGL17: Agenda, Facebook Group, Guest List, Hotels, Partners, Register, Sponsorships and Twitter List Meet #ELGL17 attendees. N. Zach Ratkai Economic Development Manager - City of Richland, WA Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter Before you leave for #ELGL17, what’s the biggest project facing you at work? The largest project on my desk is a cooperative project with the Northwest Seaport...

#ELGL17: What's Going On with Sam Taylor, City of Coeur d'Alene, ID

#ELGL17: Agenda, Facebook Group, Guest List, Hotels, Partners, Register, Sponsorships and Twitter List Meet #ELGL17 attendees. Sam Taylor Deputy City Manager - City of Coeur d'Alene, ID Connect: LinkedIn Before you leave for #ELGL17, what’s the biggest project facing you at work? Creating a more efficient public parking system in terms of customer experience, better signage, better use of technology,...

Kittelson's Corner: Tar Heels & NC3C

Welcome back to Kittelson’s Corner my weekly musings on things I think are interesting or important, especially in local government nerd-dom. This week I presented at the NC3C Conference in Charlotte, NC about our budget engagement efforts in Durham. NC3C is a group for local government communicators and I had a great time with them, ELGL...

#ELGL17: What's Going On with Angelica Wedell, NRC, Inc.

#ELGL17: Agenda, Facebook Group, Guest List, Hotels, Partners, Register, Sponsorships and Twitter List Meet #ELGL17 attendees. Angelica Wedell National Research Center, Inc. - Marketing Manager Connect: LinkedIn Before you leave for #ELGL17, what’s the biggest project facing you at work? The big project I'm most excited about is a series of web-videos I'm working on with the League of...

Podcast: GovLove International with Gord Hume

Gord Hume Speaker & Author Bio | LinkedIn Welcome to the first episode of GovLove International! In this new monthly series we'll interview a local government professional from outside the US. This month John sat down with Gord Hume a speaker and advisor on local government in Canada. Gord is a former city councilor...

Coming Soon: 'Making Up Ground' on Urban Design and Local Government

Making Up Ground is a series written by Harrison Wicks, which focuses on urban design history, theory, and execution in American cities over the past century. He was inspired to write about this topic after attending an urban design course in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at Kent State University. As a government...

#ELGL17: What's Going On with Lynn Tetley, City of Wyoming, OH

#ELGL17: Agenda, Facebook Group, Guest List, Hotels, Partners, Register, Sponsorships and Twitter List Meet #ELGL17 attendees. Lynn Tetley City of Wyoming, Ohio - City Manager Connect: LinkedIn Before you leave for #ELGL17, what’s the biggest project facing you at work? 10 Year Strategic Plan Update Window, middle, or aisle – which is your preferred seat on an airplane?...

#ELGL17: What's Going On with Doug Shumway, BoardSync

#ELGL17: Agenda, Guest List, Hotels, Partners, Register, Sponsorships and Twitter List Meet #ELGL17 attendees. Doug Shumway BoardSync, Co-Founder Connect: LinkedIn Before you leave for #ELGL17, what’s the biggest project facing you at work? We’ve been busy working on the rollout of our new Goals strategic planning product. Our simple-to-use software allows for easy configuration of goals, strategies,...

#ELGL17 Detroit: More Hotel Options

For ELGL'ers attending #ELGL17 in Detroit still looking for hotel options, there are a number of affordable hotels within walking distance to The David Whitney Building, which is the conference spot. Here are a few options to consider with rooms still available: Holiday Inn Express Downtown Detroit (7 min walk, 4 min Uber to David...

#ELGL17: What's Going On with Nick Smith, City of Gaithersburg, MD

#ELGL17: Agenda, Guest List, Hotels, Partners, Register, Sponsorships and Twitter List Meet #ELGL17 attendees. Nick Smith City of Gaithersburg, MD - Digital & Social Media Specialist Connect: Most Diverse City, Profile, LinkedIn & Twitter Before you leave for #ELGL17, what’s the biggest project facing you at work? Procuring & programming digital signage for our City Hall’s lobby Window, middle,...

#ELGL17: What's Going On with Kevin Knutson, Management Partners

#ELGL17: Agenda, Guest List, Hotels, Partners, Register, Sponsorships and Twitter List Meet #ELGL17 attendees. Kevin Knutson Management Partners - Regional Vice President Connect: ELGL Profile, LinkedIn and Twitter Before you leave for #ELGL17, what’s the biggest project facing you at work? Helping one of our clients figure out how to best manage and evaluate performance on a $100...

The Next Episodes...GovLove in April

GovLove continues to draw rave reviews which allows us to book the best and brightest in the local government arena. GovLove International launches in the coming weeks and you can help grow the show by giving your input for guests. https://twitter.com/BenMcCready1/status/855820212901433348 Promoting Civic Enlightenment with The Jefferson Educational Society of Erie Ferki Ferati, Executive...

Smarter Parks in the Park District of Oak Park

This blog post is by Ed Krafcik with Soofa. Ed and Bobbi Nance with the Park District of Oak Park teamed up and wrote a case study to showcase the ways that the Park District and Soofa are co-innovating. With the abundance of new technologies available for and startup companies interested to partner with local...

Real Characters: Ferris Bueller

This is part of a series called "City Managers are Real Characters," contemplating how your favorite fictional characters might fare in our field. Previously: Anthony Soprano, Coach Herman Boone, Remember the Titans, Princess Leia, City Manager. By Matt Horn, City of Geneva, NY, City Manager Connect: LinkedIn, Podcast, and Twitter "Life moves pretty fast..." and at City Hall it...

Membership Matters: Connecting with Local Government

We want our members to be informed of all the ongoing and upcoming programming, events, and exclusive opportunities. These opportunities are for current ELGL members. You can join or renew your membership here. Jobs Our 109 "all in" members receive unlimited job postings for the year. An "all in" membership costs $250. ELGL Job Postings...