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Walk Like a Penguin

Welcome to the new and improved version of Kittelson's Corner. One of my goals for 2017 is to write more for ELGL, so our fearless Executive Director signed me up to write a weekly piece for everyone to enjoy while they drink their morning coffee and watch Saturday cartoons (that's still a thing right?). I...

Follow Up Reading From CCCMA Women Leading Government Conference Call

On Thursday, January 5, 2017, ELGL participated in a conference call with the Colorado Women Leading Government group to talk about how women can pay more attention to their language and tone to increase their leadership efficacy. Here's the session information: Topic: Woman in a Meeting: How Our Language Shapes Perceptions of Women in Leadership...

The Top Tech Companies in Local Government

Similar to the ELGL Choice Awards, GovTech produces an annual list of the top tech companies in local government. The list is an excellent resource for local government considering ways to operate more efficiently. The GovTech100 is: Government Technology magazine has released its second annual GovTech 100, a compendium of 100 companies focused on and...

Podcast: Policing & Diversity with Dr. Brian Williams

Dr. Brian Williams Associate Professor, Public Administration & Policy University of Georgia School of Public & International Affairs Bio | SPIA Twitter Dr. Brian Williams from the University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs, joins GovLove to talk about policing. From community policing to representative bureaucracy we covered it all. Dr. Williams has...

The Unique Appeal of Public Works

Who Do You Want to Hire? An M-Word, or Brenda? launched us down a rabbit hole about generational stereotypes in local government. Dr. Ben Clark wrote another insightful piece on the topic. MeghanMarie Fowler-Finn, Performance Analyst at DC Department of Public Works, shares her perspective on the m-word in public works. Public Works doesn't need the millennial...

The Best Ever with Megan Miles, Village of Downers Grove, IL

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...

Meet the Panelists: Andrew Hening, City of San Rafael, CA

For our first-ever webinar policy summit on homelessness, we're pleased to welcome five amazing speakers on the topic. Because a web-based conference doesn't give you the same opportunity to get to know the speakers, we're doing speaker profiles in advance of the policy summit. Don't forget to RSVP for the summit session(s), schedule for January...

The Elevating Impact Summit 2017

For the second consecutive year, we excited to be a community partner for the Elevating Impact Summit. The summit is a must attend for those in the Portland area. Check out interview on the 2016 event - Exploring Social Entrepreneurship with Abby Chroman. Portland State University’s Elevating Impact Summit finds, features, and connects over 400 pragmatic,...

Meet the Panelists: Rae Trotta

For our first-ever webinar policy summit on homelessness, we're pleased to welcome five amazing speakers on the topic. Because a web-based conference doesn't give you the same opportunity to get to know the speakers, we're doing speaker profiles in advance of the policy summit. Don't forget to RSVP for the summit session(s), schedule for January...

Ideas Worth Sharing: Your Department Has Been Selected for an Audit

In this series, ELGL members share initiatives, policies, and programs that are transforming local government. Sign up here to share your idea. Previous articles include addressing homelessness in Los Angeles, Fine Tuning Coppell with the SEED Leadership, A Community Effort in America’s Most Diverse City, and Using Open Data to Engage the Community in Indianapolis By: Sam Naik (LinkedIn),...

466,113 Pageviews Can't Be Wrong

It's a big day in ELGL land....we've landed in StateTech's top 30 Must-Read State and Local IT Blogs 2016. Since the top 30 are not ranked, we've taken the liberty to assume that we nabbed the number one spot. Who would have thought that ELGL, an organization with more than 1,600 members and no paid staff,...

Advertise on GovLove

The GovLove stats are in, and it's the most-listened to local government podcast online! Now, we're offering the chance for our members to advertise on GovLove. Whether you're a company that wants to share information about your latest product offerings, a consultant who wants to talk about new services, or a local government that wants...

Homelessness Policy Summit: January 12, 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This is an online policy summit featuring research, stories, and best practices from four West Coast cities on homelessness policy topics. This event is free for ELGL members. Join ELGL: $0/students, $25/individual, $250/organization. Please register for each individual session you wish to attend. Registration is required. On the day of the summit, you'll log on to AnyMeeting.com/ELGL50...

The Best Ever with Frederik Groce, Storm Ventures

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...

01/20/17 LTC: Handshakes with Imaginary People

ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt (LinkedIn and Twitter) highlights why he's in love with the World Wide Web. In this column, Kent brings you the latest in pop culture, sports, and local government. Name change alert! The Confidential has been renamed "Laugh, Think, and Cry (LTC)." We borrow the phrase from Jim Valvano, former North Carolina State...

Weekly Update

Dear ELGL members, Happy new year! We're starting the year off with a lot of great ELGL content and learning opportunities. All month long, in partnership with Governing Magazine and the Novak Consulting Group, we're recognizing local government mentors as part of Local Government Mentor Month. If you haven't signed up to write for Mentor Month...

Finding Local Government with Ana Colls, Village of Key Biscayne, FL

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What was your local government moment? What keeps you in local government? Who have been the influences in your career? We take a deep dive into these questions by asking you (the practitioner) to tell your local government story. You can sign up to participate in the bi-monthly feature at Finding Local Government. Thanks to Matt...

An M-Word Beat-Down

Benjamin Clark (Twitter) shares his take on the millennials (known by ELGL members as the m-word). Check out more of his work on Medium. Join the m-word conversation in the ELGL Facebook Group. Over on the ELGL blog posted this piece “Who do you want to hire? An m-word or Brenda?” Excellent commentary. Their post...

Podcast: The Year in Review with Kent, Kirsten & Ben

Kent Wyatt Sr. Management Analyst Tigard, OR LinkedIn | Twitter Kirsten Wyatt Executive Director ELGL LinkedIn | Twitter Ben Kittelson Sr. Budget Analyst Durham, NC LinkedIn | Twitter The three GovLove hosts, Kent, Kirsten and Ben, got together to take a look back at 2016. They each picked their Top 5 episodes of the year and discussed...

#ELGL16 Pop Up Conferences

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This is part of the 2016 Annual Report. In this bite-size section, we report on the #ELGL16 pop up conferences. Most notably in this section of the report:[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title="598 ELGL members attended #ELGL16 in six locations on October 21, 2016." color="primary" size="lg" align="center" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fpresentation%2Fd%2F1EopOEgztHU7K7ae6MDo9KE4bYFrrVIH63KpPyuSeq8U%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing||target:%20_blank|"][vc_separator color="blue" border_width="2"][vc_column_text] Download as PDF Download as Google Slides deck [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]