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ELGL Welcomes Rafael Baptista, Warren Kagarise, and Jessica VanderKolk to the Board of Directors

The ELGL Board of Directors is excited to announce the appointment of three new Board Members. Rafael Baptista, Warren Kagarise, and Jessica VanderKolk were selected to serve three-year terms earlier this month. They will allow the Board to serve the ELGL membership and set the strategic direction of the organization. "Rafael, Warren, and Jessica each...

Connected Colorado (C²) Challenge

This challenge opportunity was shared with us by our friends at the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance and UrbanLeap. What is the C² Challenge? The Alliance recently launched the C² Challenge seeking actionable solutions that address four specific problems faced by Colorado communities: housing stability, safe streets, community resilience, and civic engagement. Communities are facing significant challenges as they rebuild...

Dealing with Rejection - Bet on Yourself

Today's Buzz is by Joe Warren, Assistant City Manager in Atchison, KS. Follow Joe at LinkedIn. What I'm Listening To: Kings of Leon What I'm Reading: The Heart of Change by John P. Kotter What I'm Working On: Wrapping up budget here in Atchison and preparing to make the jump to a City Manager role...

The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades

Today’s Buzz is by Meredith Reynolds, Deputy City Manager for Recovery for the City of Long Beach. Follow Meredith on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.  What I’m Listening To: Part 1 & Part 2 of the Questlove DJ set in tribute to the 30th Anniversary of A Tribe Called Quest’s first album & Qtip’s 50th Birthday...

Let’s Just Agree to Agree (Enough)

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Shane Stone, sr. management to Scottsdale’s City Manager Connect with him on Twitter and LinkedIn What I’m Listening to: I saw FISHER three times in nine days last month, so his music has been bouncing around in my head What I’m Reading: I just finished "The Book of Hope" by Jane Goodall and...

Crowdsourced Responses to Management Analyst Recruitment Challenge

In May, ELGL shared an anonymous question from a member organization that was having difficulty hiring for a management analyst position. Below please find the crowd sourced inquiry, and the variety of responses from ELGL members. Names have been removed for anonymity. Question: Requesting feedback to assist an ELGL member organization that is having a...

Podcast: Building Organizational Culture with Scot Simpson, River Falls, WI

Scot Simpson City Administrator City of River Falls, Wisconsin LinkedIn | Twitter One City, one team. Scot Simpson, City Administrator for the City of River Falls, Wisconsin, joined the podcast to talk about strategies for shaping organizational culture. He shared how they prioritized employee engagement and created opportunities to build relationships between employees across departments....

Exchanging Ideas and Engaging Employees

One of the most prominent buzzwords that continues to trend in a “post-covid” world is organizational culture. Benefits, salary, policies, flexible scheduling – they are all under the microscope and if you are not taking a deeper look, someone in your organization is. Employees who feel that their employer cares about their wellbeing are more productive and more likely to be satisfied in their overall lives. People want to be happy and the work that they do should not put a restraint on that.

You've Got a Friend In Me

Today’s Buzz is by Samantha Roberts– connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter!   I’m not sure if it was my recent family trip to Disneyland, or the ensuing reruns of Toy Story playing in the background, but when I think of local government and local business, I kid you not, I hear “You’ve got a friend...

8 Steps That Move Ideas to Solutions

Today's Buzz is by Meredith Trimble, Public Affairs Manager, with Tyler Technologies, Inc., and former Acting Chair, Farmington, CT Town Council (Twitter, LinkedIn) What I'm reading: Lessons from the Edge, by Marie Yovanovitch What I'm watching: It's spring sports season in Connect so at (or driving to) kids' practices and games every waking moment I'm...

National Civic Review - Spring Edition 2022

This quarterly journal is brought to you by our friends at the National Civic League. Spring Edition — Access Code: ELGL22 Communities succeed when they leverage the power of civic engagement and take collaborative approaches to local challenges such as the lack of affordable housing. This issue of the National Civic Review borrows some old ideas—organizing local civic...

#ELGL22 Tickets, Call for Speakers, Sponsors, & Hotels

#ELGL22 is the annual Engaging Local Government Leaders conference, this year in Phoenix, Arizona on October 13 & 14, 2022! The two day conference is chock full of local government learning and networking (plus fun connection events to grow your local government circle). We're also hosting an add-on Local Government Analyst Academy with the City...

How Local Governments Can Support Home-Based Entrepreneurs

This guest article was written by Michael Huling, Graduate Assistant at the Davenport Institute for Public Engagement and Civic Leadership. Entrepreneurship has long been a feature of the American economy that reflects the dynamic and creative spirit of Americans. One of the fascinating developments that has emerged in light of the pandemic is the resurgence...

All Politics is National Now, Even in Local Government

Today's Morning Buzz is by Warren Kagarise, digital engagement manager for King County, WA. Connect on LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram. What I'm Reading: The Washington Post's dive into how algospeak, language we increasingly use to bypass social media content moderation filters — think "panda express" as code for "pandemic" — is changing the way we...

As News Deserts Encroach, Local Governments Adapt

Today's Morning Buzz is by Warren Kagarise, digital engagement manager for King County, WA. Connect on Linkedin, Twitter and Instagram. What I'm Reading: "The Man Who Ate Too Much" about the life of gourmand James Beard, a larger-than-life tastemaker whose impact is still felt in our kitchens and at our tables. What I'm Watching: "The Dropout" —...

The History of the Local Government Diversity Dashboard

Today's Morning Buzz is by Kirsten Wyatt, the ELGL co-founder and executive director. Connect with Kirsten on Twitter and LinkedIn! What I'm Reading: Maus by Art Spiegelman What I'm Watching: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season Four What I'm Listening To: Wild Boys I'm joining my fellow Morning Buzz writers by focusing today's Buzz on the...

Tompkins Center for History & Culture

Voting for the 2022 Best Places in Local Government (aka the #ELGLKnope) Round of 32 opens on March 7, 2022 and closes at midnight PT on Friday, March 11, 2022. One vote per person. Learn more about this award online. Vote in the #ELGLKnope Round of 32! Tompkins Center for History & Culture Ithaca, New...

Webinar Rewind: Unpacking Federal Funding Opportunities to Create More Livable Communities

The ELGL Webinar Library is now members-only, but we think this particular recording provides such an excellent preview of our upcoming cohort that we're making available for everyone! Enjoy the recording, then apply for the free 6-week cohort Federal Funding Opportunities to Create More Livable Communities. While you're at it, check out the AARP Community...

What Do You Love About Local Gov?

We asked councilors, city managers, the Polco team, and other leaders what they love about local government. Here’s what they had to say...

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