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Knope of the Week: Thomas Frank, West Linn City Councilor

American City & County Magazine Highlights Knope of the Week What is the Knope of the Week? It’s ELGL’s way of recognizing an individual or group of individuals who have excelled in promoting the public sector. Recipients may come from the public or private sector and are nominated by ELGL members. Recipients receive an incredible amount of recognition...

Knope of the Week: Jessica Williams, Mac's List Editor and Mac Prichard, Prichard Communications

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqSxWPkblR4&w=560&h=315] What is the Knope of the Week? It is ELGL's way of recognizing an individual or group of individuals who have excelled in promoting the public sector. Recipients may come from the public or private sector and are nominated by ELGL members. Recipients receive an incredible amount of recognition and prizes that we...

Knope of the Week: Guest Bloggers

After a long holiday break including a brief jump off the fiscal cliff, the Knope of the Week is rested and ready to anoint the standouts in the local government arena for 2013. This year recipients will not only the incredible fame and glory associated with the award, but they will be recognized with a...

Going Coastal with Justin Cutler

per the vague instructions... content... My name is Justin Cutler and I am a member of the ELGL Advisory Board. It is an honor to be able to provide content for the Morning Buzz and to support the great work that ELGL does every day. My "job" as the Executive Director of the Sunset Empire...

Declaration: Government is people, too.

Today’s Buzz is by Michael Baskin, human, serving Montgomery County MD as Chief Innovation Officer (come join our innovation Accelerator). Michael is also a Fellow at The People Lab @ Harvard Kennedy School exploring the future of local government organizations and an executive coach working with leaders writing their own stories. Stories on substack -...

The Life of an Engaging Local Government Leader

Today's #MorningBuzz is brought to you by Katie Ludwig, Director of Resource Development, Government Finance Officers Association. You can connect with her on LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: “Demon of Unrest” by Erik Larson What I’m Watching: The latest season of “Stranger Things” What I’m Listening To: Olivia Dean, Role Model, and…Taylor Swift I’ve been listening...

When Your Friends Ask You for Help, You Help Them

By Meredith Reynolds Vice Chair, ELGL Board of Directors The start of a new year marks the celebration of my January birthday. I take the week off — because nothing good ever happens when you work on your birthday — and by the time my birthday rolled around, I was out of town but glued...

A Tale of Two Cities...

Today’s Buzz is by Cassie Johnson, Police Operational Support Director for the Scottsdale Police Department. Follow Cassie on LinkedIn and Twitter What I’m working on: Getting ready to leave for Portland, Ore. for a long weekend…and all that entails What I’m watching: I’ve started watching Madam Secretary What I’m reading: All the Light We Cannot...

No. 1 Top Local Government Influencer for 2022: Meredith Reynolds

No. 1 - Meredith Reynolds City of Long Beach, Calif. | Special Deputy City Manager, Recovery LinkedIn | Twitter Wearer-of-Many-Hats | Helper Extraordinaire | Thoughtful Meredith Reynolds is the real deal. When she says she's going to do something, she not only does it, but she rocks the socks off of the darn thing....

Glow in the Dark

Today’s Buzz is by Meredith Reynolds, Deputy City Manager for the City of Long Beach. Follow Meredith on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. What I’m Listening To: The #ELGL22 Playlist (sneak peek of conference energy!) What I’m Planning: Why, the ELGL22 Conference, of course! What I’m Watching: Season 1 of In The Dark show series #ELGL22...

The Company You Keep

Today’s Buzz is by Meredith Reynolds, Deputy City Manager for Recovery for the City of Long Beach. Follow Meredith on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. What I’m Listening To: Bon Iver songs like ‘Second Nature’ and 'Heavenly Father' on repeat. Music is an important coping mechanism for me on account of recent events. What I’m Watching:...

Be the Dolly Parton of #localgov

Today's #MorningBuzz is by Jen Teal. Connect with Jen on the web, LinkedIn and Twitter. What I’m Reading: Juggling 4 books right now: The Guest List (for my bookclub), Go Tell the Bees that I am Home (for me), Stardust (a re-listen audio book with my daughter), and Caste: The Origins of our Discontents (for...

COVID, Biking, & Sustainable Development

Today’s Buzz is brought to you by Marshall Curry, Program Manager for EPIC-N. You can find him on Twitter and LinkedIn What I’m Reading: In the Red: the US Failure to Deliver on a Promise of Racial Equality, UN SDSN What I’m listening to: Fake Doctors, Real Friends with Zach and Donald What I’m watching: Gold Cup soccer highlights Last...

Trying to Force the Funny? Don't Fool Yourself.

Right Now with Warren Kagarise (Linkedin/Twitter/Instagram) What I'm watching: "Country Music" — Ken Burns’ journey through the genre's rural roots to rhinestone-bedazzled and Stetson-topped heyday. What I'm reading: "The Future Remembered: The 1962 Seattle World's Fair and Its Legacy" by local historians Paula Becker and Alan Stein, a celebration of Space Age optimism. Every April 1,...

How Mutual Aid Helps Communities Survive

Today’s Buzz is by Kendra Davis, Senior Management Analyst with the City of Santa Clara. Follow her on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. What I’m Listening To: Takénobu - a cellist who sings and has occasional violin accompaniment that reminds me of Andrew Bird; very soothing and lovely What I’m Watching: Ginny and Georgia - I...

Techniques for Coping with Anxiety

Today’s Buzz is by Kayla Barber-Perrotta– connect with her on LinkedIn! What I’m Listening to – An audio book. See below. What I’m Reading – “On the Way to the Wedding,” by Julia Quinn. I fell down the Bridgerton hole hard. J What I’m Watching – Adam Ruins Everything What I’m Doing – Cleaning/organizing my house. Family finally got...

If You LOVE Recycling: A Communications Plan

Today's Buzz is by Jessica VanderKolk, Communications Manager in the City of Battle Creek, Michigan. Find me on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I'm reading: I've started a handful of books and am making slooow progress. Two are Pawnee: The Greatest Town in America by Leslie Knope; and Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey What I'm watching: Gilmore...

An Essay on Overcoming Perfectionism

Today’s Buzz is by Samantha Roberts– connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I'm listening to: The Other Side, Cam What's saving me right now: House updates feel like fresh air If I was a Bird I'd be a: Heron (according to Quizony, which had 29 questions so it must be scientific) My story begins at these four...

Podcast: Consumer Safety & COVID-19 with Commissioner Nikki Fried, State of Florida

Nikki Fried Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services State of Florida Bio | Twitter | Facebook Adapting the Agriculture and Consumer Services Department. Nikki Fried, Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services for the State of Florida, joined the podcast to talk about her journey to becoming Commissioner and what her Department does. She discussed how...

Lessons From the Dog

Today’s Buzz is by Meredith Reynolds, Park Planning & Partnerships Manager for the City of Long Beach. Follow Meredith on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. What I’m Listening To: The holiday playlist I made my staff. You can tune in with me! What I’m Watching: Television miniseries Flight Attendant Reading on Twitter: Thoughts of a Dog...