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ELGL Visits City of Hillsboro Senior Leadership Team

After a short nap following our trip to Dallas, ELGL staff heads back on the road this afternoon to present to the Hillsboro Senior Leadership Team. We will present on the purpose and benefits of ELGL. Hillsboro is an ELGL organizational member. Why are we excited to visit Hillsboro? Michael Brown is one of the...

New Sensation: Michael O'Brien, MOB Advocacy, Principal

We’re back with the new “New Sensation” feature. We’ve updated the questions based on your feedback. You’ll now learn about the best YouTube videos on the web, read about gift ideas for the holiday season, and learn about the career accomplishments of our new members. As a reminder, we developed this feature to introduce you...

Debriefing the SGR Conference Experience

First of all, Strategic Government Resources has the most energetic and capable staff of any public or private sector organization that ELGL has interacted with. They are detail oriented, knowledgeable, and passionate about local government (who knew there were others out there). As opposed to your normal run of the mill conference held in a...

02.01.14: Pure Midwest with John McCarter

Jalen Rose says Michigan has failed at honoring those who helped build program, specifically the Fab Five http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QPB9NBUG2g Greetings from Battle Creek, MI! While my ELGL colleagues have made their way down to the Strategic Government Resources (SGR) conference in Texas, I am in Battle Creek for the Michigan Local Government Manager's Association...

Now Open: ELGL Southwest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbH60wCO-Yw ELGL is proud to announce the creation of our Texas chapter. We'll unveil additional details in the coming weeks, but for the time being, take a look at a list of members and consider joining the movement. ELGL Southwest on Twitter Join today: Students (free), Individuals ($30), and Organizations ($300) Organizational Members: Town...

Willamette University Profiles the Leslie Knopes of ELGL

The current issue of The Scene (Willamette University's alumni magazine) profiles ELGL's success in (Re)Filling the Big Tent. (Re)Filling the Big Tent: As baby boomers retire, small local governments face a severe leadership shortage. See how a group of young WU grads are stepping into public service like never before. Supplemental Reading Knope of the Week Archives Knope of...

New Sensation: Noel Bernal, Falfurrias (TX), City Administrator

We’re back with the new “New Sensation” feature. We’ve updated the questions based on your feedback. You’ll now learn about the best YouTube videos on the web, read about gift ideas for the holiday season, and learn about the career accomplishments of our new members. As a reminder, we developed this feature to introduce you...

How to Succeed in Local Government

By Julie Underwood When you’re just starting out in your career, it’s natural to want to figure out how best to progress and get ahead. For this article, I reached out to several colleagues, who are city managers, deputy or assistant city managers, working in communities across the country, who shared their strategies for impressing...

#StateOfTheCity: Follow Up From ELGL Friends

After our highly successful #StateOfTheCity Twittersation, ELGL received follow-up comments from two of our favorite friends (who just happen to work in professional communications). Their comments were too good to sit in our inboxes, so we are posting them here so everyone who is working on a #StateOfTheCity address can learn from their experience and...

Wait For It......Here's Our Long Range Vision

ELGL continues to work on its long range vision. Here's the first draft of our vision document for your review and comment. We welcome all ELGL members to share their ideas with us on these items - we are listening to our members as we dream big about where ELGL is headed. It is a...

New Sensation: Bob Bruner, Birmingham (MI), City Manager

We’re back with the new “New Sensation” feature. We’ve updated the questions based on your feedback. You’ll now learn about the best YouTube videos on the web, read about gift ideas for the holiday season, and learn about the career accomplishments of our new members. As a reminder, we developed this feature to introduce you...

The Final Draft: Preparing for the SGR Conference

This is the fourth in a multi-part series about preparing to present at a professional conference. This series will look at the steps that go into session planning, and include drafts of our presentation in advance of our January 30, 2014 presentation at the SGR organizational development conference in Dallas, Texas.ur This is the final...

01.25.14: Pure Midwest with John McCarter

SGR Conference 2014 Creating a Learning Organization: Leading-Edge Strategies for Employee Development http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDuWKSvS1a8 This week we will be taking a break from the Midwest to venture south to Texas, where ELGL will be travelling next week to speak the SGR Conference in Grapevine, Texas. I’ll talk about some headlines, music and fun facts about Texas. It’ll...

Engaged: Talking Public Involvement with Marissa Grass

Hi, I’m Marissa Grass and I’m passionate about service and community. At work I am a planner and public involvement nerd, but both are by accident (or fate?). In my free time I enjoy long walks on the beach with my new husband and yellow lab. I also love finding new restaurants, friends, volunteer opportunities,...

CO: Robb Kolstad, Management and Budget Director, City of Thornton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LmGYjJzzcY Fifty Nifty Takeaways What do we hope to learn from this series? We hope you will gain a better understanding of the unique characteristics of local government in each state, we hope you will learn that there are others like you who are motivated to make a difference through the public sector, and we...

Knope of the Week: Heidi Voorhees, Voorhees Associates

Smart and Honest Tips. Valuable Information. Always Be Interviewing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng_-HgRfGBY For improving our future employment chances through the information presented at this week's webinar, we recognize Heidi Voorhees at the Knope of the Week. Heidi shared valuable information that she has learned through 19 years of local government management experience and through hundreds of...

New Sensation: Alex DeSantis, Oakland University MPA and High School Teacher

We’re back with the new “New Sensation” feature. We’ve updated the questions based on your feedback. You’ll now learn about the best YouTube videos on the web, read about gift ideas for the holiday season, and learn about the career accomplishments of our new members. As a reminder, we developed this feature to introduce you...

OK: Larry Stevens, City of Edmond, City Manager

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LmGYjJzzcY Fifty Nifty Takeaways What do we hope to learn from this series? We hope you will gain a better understanding of the unique characteristics of local government in each state, we hope you will learn that there are others like you who are motivated to make a difference through the public sector, and we...

Josh's Job Search Finds Amber Mathiesen, Falls City

This is another installment of an ELGL original content series titled “Josh’s Job Search 2.0” by Josh Halladay. Halladay is sharing career advice that he is receiving in informational interviews. Editor's Note: ELGL thanks Amber for providing substantial, meaningful work to Josh and for helping to keep quality, talented people in local government. Hats off...

Be a Control Freak

ELGL Contributor Patrick Rollens is back again to share another tip for local governments delving into social media or tying to expand and improve their social media impact. For a background check on Patrick read, 50 Nifty Patrick Rollens; take a look at the recap of his webinar, Social Media for Local Government; and read his last article, Buying...