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#ELGL14: Ride TriMet!

Today, #ELGL14 committee member Inessa Vitko shares why Portlandia, TriMet and #ELGL14 are a match made in heaven We are one month away from #ELGL14!!! If you are coming from out of town, you probably have wrapped up most of your travel plans. You reserved a hotel room, maybe even at the Kennedy School and...

Allow Myself to Introduce Myself......Liza Druck, City of Cincinnati, OH

Welcome to the new and (somewhat) improved version of our member introductions. If you are puzzled by the column name, take a minute to watch this scene from Austin Powers. http://youtu.be/Ycu434kkk14 Background Check Liza Druck (LinkedIn and Twitter) serves as the Director of Policy and Communications in Councilmember Young’s office in the City of Cincinnati. Her...

#ELGL14 Speaker Bios: Growing Our Regional Economy

Check out the speakers for #ELGL14 - Growing Our Regional Economy. John Topanga, President, ECONorthwest Bio: John Tapogna is President of ECONorthwest and oversees the firm's overall business strategy and operations. Since his arrival at ECONorthwest in 1997, Tapogna has built practices in education, healthcare, human service, and tax policy. He has directed analyses and evaluations...

Game On: A Call for Cards....Cards Against Urbanity

Update: The creators of Cards Against Urbanity have generously offer to provide a prototype deck for #ELGL14. You'll have the chance to offer up your card suggestions during #ELGL14. "We Built This City on: Hot Hipsters." Cards Against Urbanity: The Card Game for Horrible Places ELGL is in love, and we invite our 616 members to join...

Deep Thoughts with Katie Babits, City of Veneta, OR

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. Katie Babits City of Veneta, OR - Management Analyst Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter (Complete the sentence) #ELGL14 is… ...an incredible opportunity to meet...

#ELGL14 Twitterazzi

With only 120 spots at the conference, and an ELGL membership of more than 600 people in 25 states, you can imagine that there are many of our members who are disappointed they can’t attend the conference. So, we are beefing up our social media presence (even more than usual!) for the conference so ELGL members can follow...

Deep Thoughts with Josh Mahar, Municipal Research and Services Center

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. Josh Mahar Municipal Research and Services Center, Outreach & Communications Coordinator Connect: Bio, LinkedIn, and Twitter (Complete the sentence) #ELGL14 is….. A first for me,...

PDX to RDU: The Job Search with Ben Kittelson

Kent talked me into starting a live blog about my experience job searching in North Carolina. So I'll try and give at least daily updates on how my search is going, how I'm adjusting to the new area, and what I'm learning about local government in the Research Triangle. Back to PDX Thursday 10/16/2014 3:06 pm...

Innovation Series: Code for America, Open Data & the Digital Front Door

Second in the Innovation Webinar Series is Code for America, a non-profit focused on helping government use technology to make government services simple, effective, and easy to use. Code for America will be chatting about two of their initiatives, Open Data and the Digital Front Door. Check out the details below. Register for the Code for...

Deep Thoughts with Heather Martin, Beery Elsner & Hammond, LLP

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. Heather Martin Associate, Beery Elsner & Hammond, LLP Connect: Bio and LinkedIn (Complete the sentence) #ELGL14 is… ..gonna make you dance now..... Registration...

Midwest ELGL Lunch & Learn: Data, and How to Use It, Oct. 28

Midwest ELGL is back with another lunch and learn session for our colleagues in the Chicago area. This time we'll be joined by Tom Schenck, director of analytics for Chicago's Department of Innovation and Technology, to talk about civic data, why it's important and how we can leverage it in surprising ways.

Leaving on a Jet Plane

Kittelson's Corner is back and on the move! Ben is trying to find a job in North Carolina and is taking a long trip out to the area to network and job search. See what he's been up to and follow along. #PDXtoRDU Today has been a whirlwind of a day. Really it's been a...

Allow Myself to Introduce Myself....Sarah Bledsoe, City of Beacon, NY

Welcome to the new and (somewhat) improved version of our member introductions. If you are puzzled by the column name, take a minute to watch this scene from Austin Powers. http://youtu.be/Ycu434kkk14 Background Check Sarah Bledsoe (LinkedIn) is the assistant to the mayor in Beacon, NY. She's responsible for responsible for assisting the Mayor...

#ELGL14 Speaker Bios: Managing a College Town

Check out the great panel we have for our session on Managing a College Town and the relationship between a city and an educational institution! Jon Ruiz, City Manager, Eugene, OR Bio: CEO of 1500 person organization, professional adviser to mayor and 8 elected council members, ambassador in the community First paying job: Cook at seafood...

ELGL Featured in Washington Finance Officers Association

Huge thanks to Heidi Starks, ELGL member and President of Oregon Municipal Finance Officers Association, for writing an article about ELGL that appears in the September edition of the Washington Finance Officers Association newsletter. ELGL appreciates the continued support of finance officers throughout the county and we look forward to future partnership opportunities. Check out page 7...

Allow Myself to Introduce Myself with Jared Wiener, Portland Development Commission

Welcome to the new and (somewhat) improved version of our member introductions. If you are puzzled by the column name, take a minute to watch this scene from Austin Powers. http://youtu.be/Ycu434kkk14 If you read this profile and you think that Jared's is the greatest person ever, then you're in luck. Jared is leading the...

#ELGL14 Speaker Bios: The Social Media Scene

Who are the speakers at #ELGL14, you ask? Over the next few weeks we'll be releasing the bios for the speakers you'll be learning from at the conference! For our session on The Social Media Scene, you'll be hearing from Patrick Rollens, Social Media Coordinator, Oak Park, IL Bio: I work at the intersection of social media, local...

On the Public Record with Julia Novak, The Novak Consulting Group

In our recent "Quick Take" series, Julia Novak was the runaway winner of the person named "mentor" by the most people. She's impacted all functions of local government throughout the country. Naturally we decided to catch up with Julie to discuss her view on the state of local government and to learn from her past...

Guidepost #8 – Kirsten Silveira

Welcome to week #8 of the Cookingham Connection. On Friday, we learned about Guidepost #8 from David Ammons. Today, we hear from Kirsten Silveira, City of Baltimore, MD Budget Management Analyst. Ms. Silveira graduated from Colorado State University with a B.A. in Political Science. At CSU, she held a variety of leadership positions including News Editor of The...

Quick Take: Timothy Evans, Dakota County, MN

Timothy Evans Dakota County, MN - Local Government Management Fellow Connect: LinkedIn 1. Describe the current state of local government. Local government overall is in transition. Depending on the size, location, type (e.g. township, city, county…) and demographics among other variables (e.g. high education opportunities, employment, transportation…) of local government, each transition can look different. ...