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A Taste of #ELGL18 with Slater Corbin, City of Little Rock, Arkansas

Know before you go… Meet #ELGL18 attendees before you head to Golden, Colorado. Continue the conversation in the #ELGL18 Facebook Group or by following the #ELGL18 Twitter List. Slater Corbin City of Little Rock, Arkansas - Parks and Recreation Connect: LinkedIn My favorite adventure in life was.... My favorite adventures are the small trips I take with family and friends. What...

A Taste of #ELGL18 with Steven Bryan, GovSpend

Know before you go… Meet #ELGL18 attendees before you head to Golden, Colorado. Continue the conversation in the #ELGL18 Facebook Group or by following the #ELGL18 Twitter List. Steven Bryan VP of Government Division at GovSpend Connect: LinkedIn My favorite adventure in life was.... honeymoon in Alaska - two weeks (one week cruise and one week on land, Denali State Park)...

A Taste of #ELGL18 with Matt Horn, IBTS

Know before you go… Meet #ELGL18 attendees before you head to Golden, Colorado. Continue the conversation in the #ELGL18 Facebook Group or by following the #ELGL18 Twitter List. Matt Horn Institute for Building and Technology Safety - Deputy Director, Local Government Solutions Connect: LinkedIn My favorite adventure in life was.... In my very early 20's, as a military reservist, I...

A Taste of #ELGL18 with Eric Osterberg, City of Lone Tree, CO

Know before you go… Meet #ELGL18 attendees before you head to Golden, Colorado. Continue the conversation in the #ELGL18 Facebook Group or by following the #ELGL18 Twitter List. Eric Osterberg Management Analyst - City of Lone Tree, Colorado Connect: LinkedIn My favorite adventure in life was.... In Fall of 2016 I took a week long road trip by myself to follow The...

A Taste of #ELGL18 with Joe Szuszwalak, City & County of Denver

Know before you go… Meet #ELGL18 attendees before you head to Golden, Colorado. Continue the conversation in the #ELGL18 Facebook Group or by following the #ELGL18 Twitter List. Joe Szuszwalak Communications Specialist - City & County of Denver Connect: LinkedIn & Twitter My favorite adventure in life was... Packing my life into a suitcase & a backpack after my undergrad to...

A Taste of #ELGL18 with Gary Palmer, City of Roswell, GA

Know before you go… Meet #ELGL18 attendees before you head to Golden, Colorado. Continue the conversation in the #ELGL18 Facebook Group or by following the #ELGL18 Twitter List. Gary Palmer City of Roswell, Georgia - City Administrator Connect: LinkedIn My favorite adventure in life was.... any moment within my 12 years in the Marines. What is the most local government...

A Taste of #ELGL18 with Robb Kolstad, City of Thornton, CO

Know before you go… Meet #ELGL18 attendees before you head to Golden, Colorado. Continue the conversation in the #ELGL18 Facebook Group or by following the #ELGL18 Twitter List. Robb Kolstad City of Thornton, Colorado - Assistant City Manager Connect: LinkedIn My favorite adventure in life was.... a 120 mile gran fondo bike race on the Colorado plains What is the...

A Taste of #ELGL18 with Michelle Holder, City of Aspen, CO

Know before you go… Meet #ELGL18 attendees before you head to Golden, Colorado. Continue the conversation in the #ELGL18 Facebook Group or by following the #ELGL18 Twitter List. Michelle Holder Management Analyst & Citizens Academy Coordinator - City of Aspen, CO Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter My favorite adventure in life was... summiting my favorite mountain (Mt. Sopris in Carbondale, CO)....

A Taste of #ELGL18 with Honore Depew, City of Fort Collins, CO

Know before you go… Meet #ELGL18 attendees before you head to Golden, Colorado. Continue the conversation in the #ELGL18 Facebook Group or by following the #ELGL18 Twitter List. Honore Depew City of Fort Collins, Colorado -- Environmental Planner Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter My favorite adventure in life was.... backpacking around South Africa at 18 years old. The most important decision...

A Taste of #ELGL18 with Amber Snowden, ICMA

Know before you go… Meet #ELGL18 attendees before you head to Golden, Colorado. Continue the conversation in the #ELGL18 Facebook Group or by following the #ELGL18 Twitter List. Amber Snowden Special Assistant to the Executive Director Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter My favorite adventure in life was.... being the lead planner on the host committee for ICMA’s 100th Anniversary Conference in Charlotte/Mecklenburg...

A Taste of #ELGL18 with Jennifer Teal, J Teal Consulting

Know before you go… Meet #ELGL18 attendees before you head to Golden, Colorado. Continue the conversation in the #ELGL18 Facebook Group or by following the #ELGL18 Twitter List. Jennifer Teal J Teal Consulting - Founder Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter My favorite adventure in life was… the summer of 2002. It was my last “summer break” while I was in grad...

#ELGL18: Text, Lies, and Videotape

#ELGL18 takes place May 16, 17, and 18 in Golden, Colorado. In the coming days, we’ll announce each of the speakers and sessions. You can register for #ELGL18 here. #ELGL18: Text, Lies, and Videotape It’s always been difficult to know who to trust, and when to trust them. With the arrival of the “post-truth era” of social media,...

No, you don't need to #DeleteFacebook

Right Now with Nick Smith (Linkedin/Twitter) What I'm reading: remember when I was excited to start Science & The City? I haven't read a single page yet. All news and white papers. Sad. What I'm watching: Most Extreme Elimination Challenge — in 1980s Japan, game show debuted where 100 contestants tried to summit a mountain of...

Is Connection a Right?

Right Now with Nick Smith (LinkedIn/Twitter) What I’m reading: "How We Got To Now" by Steven Johnson — a collection of histories of some of the major innovations of the recent past (e.g., glass, ice, etc) that helped to shape the modern world in ways that you might not expect. What I’m listening to: "Heart In...

Giving Brass the Finger(print)

Right Now with Nick Smith What I’m listening to: NOFX's seminal Punk in Drublic What I’m reading: I haven't cracked it yet, but I'm really excited to start Science and the City: The Mechanics Behind the Metropolis Congratulations are in order for Darryl De Sousa, but I would not want to be Baltimore's new police commissioner right now....

Communication in the Future

Right Now with Nick Smith What I’m listening to: I had a lot of work to do yesterday, so I broke out the reliable instrumental rock of El Ten Eleven. What I’m reading: Government Technology Magazine's new Jan/Feb issue! Ever since my childhood reading Life of Reilly in Sports Illustrated and the charts in Rolling Stone, it's...

January 2017: Laugh, Cry, and Think

ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt is making you Laugh, Cry, and Think while dishing out the #BigLocalGovBaller designation. January 17, 2018 In advance of the ELGL & Cartegraph webinar today, I am highlighting examples of effective storytelling in local government. Tell me what I missed by commenting or tweeting your examples. Downtown Topeka flush with poop …...

How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bot

Right Now with Nick Smith What I’m watching: AlphaZero vs Stockfish Chess Match Highlights by Danny Rensch What I’m reading: The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies by Erik Brynjolfsson A headline in the New York Times reads "LABOR VERSUS MACHINES: AN EMPLOYMENT PUZZLE." Sure, it's a little sensational,...

Membership Matters: Franciscan Soup Kitchen

As you make your holiday list, consider giving the #GiftofELGL to your colleagues. ELGL is the fastest-growing, most affordable, high-quality professional development network for public servants. Starting now, you can give the gift of membership – $15/students, $30/students, $300/organization. By Nick Smith (LinkedIn & Twitter), Digital & Social Media Specialist for the City of Gaithersburg, MD What excites me...

Leaving Cybersecurity to Your Own Devices

Right Now with Nick Smith What I’m reading: Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World by Bruce Schneier What I'm watching: Club de Cuervos - In my quest to become a better communicator (and thus communications professional), I'm learning Spanish, and binge-watching a dramedy about soccer really helps. What I’m listening to: Jotdog!...