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ELGL Willamette Valley Forum: Community Rhythms & Public Leadership

ELGL Willamette Valley Lunch Forum Join ELGL's Willamette Valley chapter this Thursday, June 20th at noon to hear from Elena Fracchia Associate Director of Income at United Way of Lane County. "All communities have an ingrained narrative which can help to accelerate or block effective civic action. The key is to know the narratives at...

Volunteers Needed! Portland Sunshine Division

The Portland Police Sunshine Division is in need of volunteers to help deliver food boxes this Saturday, June 22nd. The Sunshine Division delivers emergency food boxes and clothing to Portland families and individuals in need. This Saturday they need help delivering over 1,000 food boxes to school age children in Portland. This is part of...

Exit Interview with Greg Baker, Former Damascus City Manager

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ELGL's Twitter Becomes a Video

Twitter and Vizify recently partnered up to create a feature that Twitter is calling #FollowMe. Essentially Vizify takes the information from your Twitter account and makes a video showing your top tweets, some of the pictures you've posted, and the other Twitter accounts that you interact with the most. The feature is used to promote...

New Sensation with Brian Southey, City of Bloomington, IL

Since ELGL is not a big fan of icebreakers and since we would rather not know what animal you want to be, this blog feature will serve as a means of introducing new members. While you won’t learn about their favorite animal, you will learn about their ideal Sunday morning, which dead people would they...

Elected with Hillsboro Council President Aron Carleson

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1kNF4M-HlU&w=560&h=315] We heard from Milwaukie Mayor Jeremy Ferguson in our first edition of the Elected. Mayor Ferguson discussed Milwaukie's flirtation with the Yakima Bears. Today, we hear from Aron Carleson, Hillsboro Council President who was part of the effort in bringing the Bears to Hillsboro. Tonight is the first home game for the Hillsboro Hops and...

Knope of the Week: Center for Priority Based Budgeting, Chris and Erik Fabian, Jon Johnson, and Don Hudson

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 and prizes that we are not at...

Three Day CPBB Conference Sale

The Center for Priority Based Budgeting is extending its social media discount to ELGL members! If you register for their conference "A Summit of Leading Practices" by 2pm on Friday, June 14th you'll receive a 20% discount on the cost of admission. For more information and to register visit their website.

RSVP: Perspectives on Public Safety with Clackamas County, Lake Oswego, and Milwaukie

This is your opportunity to learn more about managing public safety operations from Lake Oswego Police Chief Johnson, Clackamas County Undersheriff Kirby, and Milwaukie Police Chief Jordan. Come get the inside scoop on what public safety management expects from local government leaders. When: June 20, 2013 from 12 – 1 PM. While lunch will not...

The Takeaway with Cal Horton, Former Chapel Hill Town Manager

In a way Cal Horton introduced several ELGL members (Heather Martin, Kent Wyatt, and Kirsten Wyatt) to the world of local government in Oregon. While first year students at the UNC MPA program, we signed up for a City Management class taught by Cal Horton, Chapel Hill town manager (at the time) and David Ammons,...

Finally a Rap About an Aging Water System

http://youtu.be/wpkRntUkdUg Andy Hohensee, 6th grader at Rosement Ridge Middle School and future Public Works director, includes the aging West Linn water system into what is sure to be the hit of the summer (on the Billboard chart for songs about municipal services.) He performed this breakout tune before City officials at a "Water Summit" this...

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...

RSVP: Happy New (Fiscal) Year Event

What: Celebration of a New (Fiscal) Year Who: ELGL members including significant others and children When: Friday, June 28 at 5:30 p.m. Where: Check the Evite in your inbox for the address. Why: Why Not? FAQ Q: Where do I RSVP? A: Check your email inbox or your email spam folder for the official Evite. It...

New Sensation with Jessica LaVigne, OPB Member Center Representative

Since ELGL is not a big fan of icebreakers and since we would rather not know what animal you want to be, this blog feature will serve as a means of introducing new members. While you won’t learn about their favorite animal, you will learn about their ideal Sunday morning, which dead people would they...

New Sensation with Jessica Cahill, PacificSource Health Plans, Communications Specialist

Since ELGL is not a big fan of icebreakers and since we would rather not know what animal you want to be, this blog feature will serve as a means of introducing new members. While you won’t learn about their favorite animal, you will learn about their ideal Sunday morning, which dead people would they...

Hunger Strike with A.J O'Connell, Creswell City Councilor

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbG9CNCettk&w=560&h=315] Creswell city councilor A.J O'Connell is one week into his two-week attempt to live on a food stamp budget. His attempt was brought to our attention by this LaneToday article: City Councilor To Live On Food Stamp Budget For Two Weeks. We thought we better check up on him before the hunger pains and lack...

Resume Book Overview

Below please find the summarized 2013 Resume Book submissions. This is available to ELGL readers (members can access the full Resume Book page here). Resume Book participants were encouraged to include a three item summary of their career aspirations and skills to share in the public version of the Resume Book. If you are an ELGL...

2013 Resume Book

Below please find the 2013 Resume Book submissions. This is available to ELGL members only (non-members can access the public page here). This is just another ELGL service designed to promote the local government profession and the job searches and aspirations of our members. ELGL members are encouraged to complete the Five Minute Challenge to...

Kittelson's Corner: Vizify - Synchronized Social Media

I Vizify Myself So after hearing about the Portland based start-up company Vizify, I set out to do some investigating in order to inform our ELGL readers about this new social media option and digital resume platform. First, a little explanation about Vizify. Vizify stands for Visualizing, Realizing, and Clarifying. The goal of the organization is to...

Knope of the Week: Oregonian Reporters Heather Steeves and Molly Harbarger

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5sgX9gH8hc&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...