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Time Out for Mentoring with Mary Jacobs, Sierra Vista (AZ) Assistant City Manager

Assistant City Manager Mary Jacobs applies values to job Similar to how Frasier spun off from Cheers, ELGL has spun off our Quick Take series into Time Out for Mentoring. We’ve invited those who were named a mentor in our Quick Take series to answer two simple questions, “who are your mentors?” and “what does it mean...

What is an Assistant To? Mary Van Milligen, City of Woodbury, MN

What exactly does the Assistant to the City Manager do? In between other duties as assigned, council meetings, and a bewildering assortment of public inquiries, several ELGL members have collaborated to identify essential advice for the MPA student with aspirations of one day having a job. Ryan Adams, Irving, TX, Nathan Mosley, Wheat Ridge, CO, and Julie...

What do you read?

Inquiring ELGL minds want to know - what do you read? (We assume you're unlike Jeb Bush and get your news from more sources than Fox News and ESPN...) We continue to strive to make the Morning Buzz the best source of local government news for you. So, we want to hear from you: what...

Foreignness of Local Government with Connor Reed

Connor Reed, Indiana University sophomore, returns to articulate why local government has difficulty connecting with college students. He proves wise beyond his years in distilling the current perception of government. Foreignness of Local Government By Connor Reed While out to dinner with some friends, one a sophomore in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, the...

Save the Date! UNC Engaging Women in Public Service: June 5, 2015

The UNC School of Government will host an event focused on women in public service on June 5, 2015. Read on to find out more and check out our articles on last year's event!

Knope of the Week: Ben Kittelson, Guilford County, NC

Can Do Attitude. Focused. Beard Brother. Former Willamette University football star and ELGL leader Ben Kittelson (LinkedIn and Twitter) is moving to North Carolina to begin work as a budget analyst in Guilford County. As you read this, he is driving across country with his brother. If we know Ben, he's probably riding shotgun, wearing...

Guidepost #13 - Sherilyn Lombos

Welcome to week #13 of the Cookingham Connection. Today, we learn from Sherilyn Lombos, the city manager of Tualatin, Oregon. Guidepost #13:Don’t let the “cranks” worry you too much, for if you do they will outlive you. Let’s start with the basic question of what is a “crank”? I wish I could call up L.P. Cookingham to...

Easy as 1,2,3: Ranked Ballot Voting and Ontario’s Municipal Elections

Easy as 1, 2,3: Ranked Ballot Voting and Ontario’s Municipal Elections by Ashleigh Weeden October is municipal election season in Ontario, Canada; on October 27th, communities across the province will go to the polls to select their municipal leaders for the next four years. In recent years, voter turn-out for all elections has been, well,...

Powering Open Data with Socrata

Socrata Launches Apps Marketplace to Help Governments The 70's had the free love movement, this decade has the open data movement. One of the leaders of that movement is Socrata. You may remember them from #ELGL14 - huge computer monitor, cool giveaways, and right by the pizza line. In case we didn't get a chance...

#ELGL14 Music Video: Change Comin'

It's bound to be considered the "Thriller" of local government music videos, it's the #ELGL14 music video produced by Jordan Bunch Productions. HUGE thanks to Strategic Government Resources for assisting in the effort.

Video: Engaging the Whole Community Lunch & Learn

In case you missed our last Salem, OR event, our co-sponsoring organizations recorded it! Thanks to the City of Salem and the Chinook Institute you can learn about engaging an entire community. Watch and share the video below. Engaging the Whole Community Back on September 18th local government professionals packed the Pringle Community Hall in Salem and...

Innovation Series: Everyblock, News & Social Media for Neighborhoods

The next installment of our Innovation Webinar Series is on October 22nd with Everyblock, a service that aims to bring news and social media down to a neighborhood level. So join us at Noon PT, you can register and learn more below. Register for the Everyblock Webinar on October 22nd How are they innovative? The...

#ELGL14 Prezi: The Social Media Scene

Per the request of a number of #ELGL14 attendees, we're posting a link to the social media presentation. Bridget, Julie, Kim, and Patrick provided a number of takeaways that might be useful for your organization. Link: #ELGL14: The Social Media Scene

Time Out for Mentoring with Jack Vogt, UNC School of Government

Similar to how Frasier spun off from Cheers, ELGL has spun off our Quick Take series into Time Out for Mentoring. We've invited those who were named a mentor in our Quick Take series to answer two simple questions, "who are your mentors?" and "what does it mean to be a mentor?" In our mind, mentoring is...

Webinar Library: AWC and ELGL Present "Landing Your Dream Job"

In case you missed it, here's one of the most popular webinars in ELGL history, "Landing Your Dream Job" with Bob Harrison, City Administrator, City of Issaquah, Marissa Karras, Vice President, Karras Consulting, Stephen Buxbaum, Mayor, City of Olympia Find out what the local government employment landscape looks like and what local government employers are looking for...

Official #ELGL14 Picture Show Including The Wave

So many photos from #ELGL14 - some blurry, some off-centered, and some from a bike - but we've enlisted our official photographer David Nguyen to release the Official #ELGL14 Collection. Huge thanks to David who also photographed #ELGL13, our visit with Mark Funkhouser, Governing Magazine and our sustainability forum with Portland Mayor Hales and Indianapolis...

#ELGL14 Speaker Bios: Emily Badger

Check out the bio for our keynote speaker for tomorrow's conference, former Oregonian intern and current Washington Post reporter Emily Badger! Bio: I'm a staff writer at the Washington Post, where I cover national urban policy issues ranging from housing to transportation, to urban planning and inequality. I'm based in Washington but am interested in these...

Deep Thoughts with Victor Sin, City of Beaverton

Prepare for #ELGL14 by learning about who is attending. Find out if you’ll be surrounded by soft talkers, loud eaters, and finger biters or whether you’ll be surrounded by the best in local government. Victor Sin City of Beaverton -- Events Coordinator Connect: LinkedIn #ELGL14 is…..an amazing network of stellar people from all over the country coming...

Deep Thoughts with Jon Makler, ODOT Principal Planner

Prepare for #ELGL14 by learning about who is attending. Find out if you’ll be surrounded by soft talkers, loud eaters, and finger biters or whether you’ll be surrounded by the best in local government. Jon Makler Oregon Department of Transportation - Principal Planner Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter (Complete the sentence) #ELGL14 is…..going to motivate me. Registration for #ELGL14...

#ELGL14 Full Day Agenda

Here's the full schedule of sessions for #ELGL14. We're excited to see you there! As a reminder - we're sold out, so if you haven't registered yet - you'll have to follow along on Twitter and Facebook as conference attendees share their takeaways from each session. Breakfast (7:30): The Social Media Scene Gymnasium ...