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Image, Perception and Dress Codes, Oh My!

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Kendra Davis, Management Analyst with Arapahoe County, CO. Find her on Twitter @KendraHwa and on IG (but only if you like occasional stories about outfits and dogs!) What I’m Listening To: Nicole Byers and Sasheer Zamata’s podcast, “Best Friends” because it’s honestly how I imagine my best...

Government Debt Gone Wild

In 2015 while opening mail, I came across a letter from a law firm. Out of curiosity, I opened this letter first. It was a debt collection agency hired on behalf of the City of Chicago to collect a parking ticket that I supposedly hadn’t paid ten years prior. The letter stated that I had...

Podcast: Innovative City Planning with Paul Lewis, Orlando, FL

Paul Lewis Chief Planning Manager City of Orlando, Florida Bio Planning for the future. Paul Lewis, Chief Planning Manager for the City of Orlando, Florida, joined the podcast to talk about the innovative planning practices in the City of Orlando. He shared the City's tables of connection initiative that was completed as part of the...

Volunteer Appreciation: This Week and Every Day

Erin Krause Riley is the Adult (and Volunteer) Services Coordinator at the Scottsdale Public Library and wants to offer some appreciation to an amazing team-- Supervisor of Volunteers: Ray Ceo, Library Assistant for Volunteer Services: Anissa Phillips, and Citywide Volunteer Program Coordinator: Brandon Chapman--for all they've done to maintain and revive the volunteer program at...

Accepting Applications from Students and Local Governments: Summer 2022 PAFR Fellowship Program

ELGL and the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) created the PAFR Fellowship Program to connect graduate students with local governments looking to create a Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR) for submission to the GFOA award program. This program connects graduate students with local governments that wish to develop a PAFR for submission to the GFOA...

We Do Cool Stuff

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: New single's being dropped one-by-one from Hardwell in his return What I'm Reading: Me and my wife are reading a couple of each other's favorite books, so I am reading "The Lucifer Effect" by Phillip...

Podcast: The Impact of the Great Resignation with Ronnie Dampier, Melody Lenox, & Margarita Hudgins

Ronnie Dampier Chief of Staff District Department of Transportation LinkedIn Melody Lennox Senior Vice President of People Operations Axxess LinkedIn Margarita Hudgins Assistant Vice President Colonial Life LinkedIn Three guests joined the podcast to talk about the Great Resignation, the impact on the local government workforce, and how to engage staff. Ronnie Dampier is the...

Creating a People-Centered Culture at City Hall

Today’s Morning Buzzer is Matt Horn, the Director of Local Government Services for MRB Group. Catch Matt on LinkedIn and Twitter, and anywhere that Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs are sold… In my first weeks as a City Manager, I sat down with each of my leadership team members to be sure I understood their professional...

Bring the Drucker + ELGL Public Sector Leadership Certificate Program to your Organization in FY22-23

Over the last two years, we have facilitated two successful certificate programs open to local government leaders across the United States. In FY-22-23 we now have the capacity to provide training at the organizational level. If you're looking for a way to combat burnout and rebuild staff capacity, the Drucker + ELGL Public Sector Leadership...

Sit, Stay, Lead

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Dr. Sarah Martin, Vice President of Health Solutions at mySidewalk. Find her on Twitter @DrSarahMarie and on Medium. She is also now finally posting again on IG, where it’s mostly about running. What I’m Reading: Ugh, I’m reading an insufferable book that will not be named for fear of everyone hating me. It...

Podcast: Data and Longmont CAReS with Becky Doyle & Sandi Seader, Longmont, CO

Becky Doyle Executive Director of Consolidated Services City of Longmont, CO LinkedIn | Twitter Sandi Seader Assistant City Manager City of Longmont, CO LinkedIn Slaying the data dragon. Two guests from the City of Longmont, Colorado joined the podcast to discuss the City's use of data and recent What Works Cities Certification. Becky Doyle is...

Colorado Chautauqua Crowned 2022 Best Places in Local Government

Check out this Press Release from the winner of ELGL's Best Places in Local Gov Award (a.k.a. #ELGLKnope), Colorado Chautauqua Park. NEWS April 12, 2022 Jonathan Thornton, Media Relations, 720-450-7554 bouldercolorado.gov Colorado Chautauqua crowned 2022 Best Places in Local Government We all know Boulder’s Chautauqua Park is a beautiful and amazing place. Now it’s also...

Is it Time For a New Local Government Website?

Learn more about testing your local government website for readability and accessibility.

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...

Orienting New Elected Officials

Today's Morning Buzz is by Melissa Cantarero Weiss, Deputy City Administrator, for Wauwatosa, WI. Connect on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I'm Reading: The Flip Side What I'm Watching: Lord of the Rings - we are introducing the kids to this series What I'm Listening to: Brene Brown on various podcasts In Wauwatosa, we have 16...

Podcast: Improving Fiscal Strategy with Lawrence Greenspun & Mark Funkhouser

Mark Funkhouser President Funkhouser & Associates LinkedIn | Twitter| Website Lawrence Greenspun Director of Public Sector Engagement Drucker Institute LinkedIn | Twitter Creating a better functioning society. Two guests joined the podcast to discuss their partnership to improve fiscal strategy for local governments. Mark Funkhouser, President of Funkhouser & Associates, and Lawrence Greenspun, Director of...

Speakers Announced! Reflections on Two Years of Virtual, Hybrid, and In-Person Local Gov Meetings

Join us for a free webinar, Reflections on Two Years of Virtual, Hybrid, and In-Person Local Gov Meetings. March 2022 marked two years since local governments pivoted to virtual meetings. Since then, with the rise and fall of new strains of COVID, local governments have continued that pivot to include in-person, hybrid, and all virtual...

We Need to Live Smarter

This article was written by Rachel Witt, Executive Director of the South Grand Community Improvement District. Read all the articles in the Lessons & Partnerships in Community & Economic Development series. The rising cost of gas and services is making life difficult for many people. Americans can take advantage of the situation to reorient their...

What Your Library Actually Needs During National Library Week

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Stephanie Chase, Executive Director for the Libraries of Eastern Oregon and Founding Principal at Constructive Disruption. Connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I’m Listening to: covers of Robyn's "Dancing On My Own," just to see if any of them stand up to the original What I’m Reading: The...

Local Government Employee Retention During COVID-19: A Brief Literature Analysis

This paper by Jonathan Hill, Madhuri Mohan and Sara Ellis-Sanborn from the University of North Carolina MPA program was completed as part of their Applied Research Project. Executive Summary This paper provides an overview of promising practices and strategies of local governments for public sector employees in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic for...