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Podcast: K-12 Leadership, Public Administration & Education

  Chris Reykdal Superintendent of Public Instruction State of Washington Bio | Twitter . Chris Reykdal is a graduate of the North Carolina MPA program, former teacher and the new superintendent of public instruction for the State of Washington. Kirsten talks with Chris about his career path, how his public administration background helps him in his...

The City that Incorporated Social Media into Everything Just Doubled Down

By Timothy Martin (LinkedIn & Twitter), Office of Citizen Engagement In 2015, GOVERNING wrote an article on Roanoke titled “The City That Incorporated Social Media Into Everything.” Two years later, Roanoke became one of the first local governments in the country to create an Office of Citizen Engagement. But before we talk about where we’re...

Kittelson's Corner: Tournament Time

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 was the start of the NCAA Tournament, which is one of the best sports long weekends of the year. But it's also when so much budget nonsense needs to be dealt with, so...

Podcast: The ICMA President & the Intern with Lee Feldman, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Lee Feldman ICMA President City Manager Fort Lauderdale, FL Bio | LinkedIn | Twitter The latest installment of the Intern Files features the president! Lee Feldman, the City Manager of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, is the current president of ICMA. Madison asked him about his career path, his plans for his presidency and advice for someone new the profession. Subscribe:...

It's Time to Create a Business Solutions Group

This post is by Nick Kittle, Chief Innovation Officer and Brandi Rank, Business Solutions Administrator with Adams County, CO. It’s time. It’s time to talk about rethinking your “GIS” team concept. You know…those “power user”, map making, app loving, information producing heroes languishing away in the bowels of your IT department or scattered like lonely tumbleweeds in the...

Institutional Knowledge with Lew Quigley, Part 2

In the Institutional Knowledge project, we are recording the wisdom and experience of retiring and retired leaders in local government. If you know someone who could add something to this project, let me know! You can reach out to me on Twitter/ LinkedIn or send me an email. As a part of this project, I have had the wonderful opportunity to meet some...

Ballin' for the Fund Balance: Bracket Name Challenge

Vote for the best bracket name and you (yes, you!) can also win prizes! Special thanks to #ELGL17 and #ELGLPopUp sponsors for this opportunity: Seneca Systems, Proud City, and ICMA. Create your own user feedback survey

#ELGL17: Tours of Detroit

For #ELGL17, we have organized three cultural tours around Detroit to better understand the city as well as its issues and assets. Tours of Detroit 1: Downtown and Beyond Bus Tour The themes that are shaping Detroit right now are community, collaboration and opportunity and on this tour, you’ll see how those themes are woven throughout the...

Podcast: The City Hall Challenge - Peoria vs. Vancouver

  Stacy Peterson Communications Specialist Peoria, IL LinkedIn | Twitter Sophie Banner Communications Coordinator Vancouver, WA LinkedIn | Twitter   The City of Peoria, IL and the City of Vancouver, WA squared off last week in the championship round of the ELGL City Hall Challenge. This March Madness style bracket asked cities from across the country to...

The Best Ever with Karleen Harp, Rainbow Municipal Water District

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...

Weekly Update

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dear ELGL members, It's the end of an exciting week where we saw more people engage with ELGL than ever before. The #ELGLCityHall competition ended with Peoria, IL's victory in the city hall bracket competition. Along the way, we all got a master class from Peoria, Vancouver, and the rest of the field's social media...

Kittelson's Corner: Design Thinking & City Life

Welcome back to Kittelson’s Corner my weekly musings on things I think are interesting or important, especially in local government nerd-dom. Alright, let's go. What I Read Book Review: Strangers in their Own Land by Arlie Russell Hochschild So I've been working on this book for a few weeks now and have been trying to finish it,...

#ELGLCityHall: Pawnee Goes to Peoria

68,000 votes, 2,100 comments, 400 selfies.....And the winner is.... City of Peoria, Illinois (59% of the total vote) The Leslie Knope Trophy is headed to Peoria. Congrats to Stacy Peterson and her team of staff, elected officials and volunteers. What an effort! Hats off to Sophie Banner and the City of Vancouver, Washington for their...

Rewind: Local Gov Digital Cities Webinar

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Rewind: Local Gov E-Permitting Webinar

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Bracket Challenge: Ballin' for the Fund Balance

March Madness is upon us, and ELGL is ready with the 6th annual ELGL Bracket Challenge. Whether you’re a major hoops junkie or not, we want you in this bracket (especially if you pick games based on mascots). The bracket challenge is open to active ELGL members. Need to join or renew? Click here. Complete your...

The Best Ever with Jenny Kosek, City of West Allis, WI

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...

Podcast: There's No Perfect Path to Leadership

  Amber Mathiesen City Manager Mt. Angel, OR LinkedIn | Twitter AJ Fawver Planning Director Amarillo, TX LinkedIn | Twitter The career ladder is becoming more of a career jungle gym, there's no one path to leadership in local government. To talk about a couple of non-traditional career paths Kirsten chatted with Amber Mathiesen, City Manager of...

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