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I Have to Ask You: Career Influences

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week Tim Gomez, Town of Paradise Valley, AZ, Executive Assistant to Town Manager and Town Council/Deputy Town Clerk, writes about his career influence. “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and...

Newly Elected Leaders Toolkit

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This free toolkit for first-time elected officials was created by our colleagues at ICMA, the International City/County Management Association. Their Life, Well Run initiative aims to make local government more effective, efficient, and ethical in part by strengthening the partnership between elected and appointed officials. The toolkit includes a how-to guide for stepping into a...

Road Trippin' with Kendra Davis, City of Manhattan Beach, CA

The ELGL Road Show lands in La Quinta, California on January 25. (Register here.) In the lead up to the event, we'll use this feature to meet attendees. Kendra Davis City of Manhattan Beach, CA - Management Analyst Connect: LinkedIn & Twitter My celebrity look-alike is... The half-Asian woman from Drop Dread Fred, Phoebe Cates, or...

Busting Barriers to Public Involvement

It’s 2018, and it’s a great year to be courageous local government leaders. It’s a year to think about how to better engage the communities we serve, all the communities we serve, so that our projects and services are the best they can be. You may be thinking, we have it down. We serve all...

Reflecting on 6 Years in Local Government Communications

Sparkle Anderson is the Director of Communications for the City of Pearland. In this position, she handles public relations, e-marketing, social media, internal communications and advertising for the City, while providing graphic support for City programs and services. Sparkle documents her experience as a local government communicator on this website. Next Tuesday, Jan. 9, will mark...

Podcast: Placemaking with the Project for Public Spaces

Laura Torchio Deputy Director, Transportation Initiatives Project for Public Spaces Bio | LinkedIn | Twitter Elka Gotfryd Project Manager Project for Public Spaces Bio | LinkedIn Creating spaces for people. Two representatives from the Project for Public Spaces, Laura Torchio and Elka Gotfryd, joined the podcast to talk about how to shape and influences places. They...

Podcast: Placemaking with the Project for Public Spaces

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Top 10 Articles of 2017

With more than one million views, 2017 was a record-setting year for the ELGL website. You are the reason for our success. You make our content unique. You provide firsthand insight into working in local government. You are why ELGL was tabbed by State Tech magazine as one of the 30 Must-Read State and Local IT...

I Have to Ask You: Curating TEDxPlano

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week Shannah Hayley, Director Communications and Community Outreach, City of Plano (Texas), discusses as her side job as the Curator for TEDxPlano. My day job as Director of Communications and Community Outreach for the City of Plano...

App for That! Intro to City Hall 2.0 & Multi-Channel Communication

CitySourced (LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook) is an enterprise platform that provides governments with a complete native mobile app for residents to communicate with every department of their community: Mobile | Web | 311 | CRM. The City Hall of the future is no longer just a brick and mortar building. Instead, City Hall 2.0 is about pushing government services throughout...

Evaluating the ROI: Measuring Success through Communication Planning

By: Jennifer Casey, LinkedIn & Twitter If the Town of Collierville had a formula for successful communication, it would be our Strategic Communication Plan. The plan starts with a mission that reflects the overall vision of our elected officials, administration, and organization as a whole. Having a Strategic Communication Plan ensures that we articulate a...

Planning Ahead for a Growing Senior Population

AJ Fawver, the Planning Director in Amarillo, Texas shares her perspectives on land use, planning, and community development in this series. Learn more about AJ from her GovLove interview. When we are going about the important work of planning and shaping cities, it is important to not oversimplify the group of people we serve.  After all,...

#MWords in Manatee County, FL

By Kylie Bayer-Fertterer, Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District Happy Halloween! I was going to make this a David S. Pumpkins themed post but I refrained. Any questions? Last week I attended my first ICMA conference in San Antonio, TX! On the second day of the conference, I planted myself in a session about engaging...

I Have to Ask You: The Internal Candidate

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week Mary Jane Nirdlinger, Town of Chapel Hill, NC, Assistant City Manager, writes about putting yourself in position to succeed as an internal candidate. The only obvious conclusion most people would draw from my career path is that...

I Have to Ask You: My Other Local Government Job

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week, Matt Yager, City of Plano, TX, discusses other jobs than his current one. By Matt Yager, LinkedIn and Twitter The best part of watching James Lipton interview actors and other entertainers on Inside the Actor’s Studio for me is...

Conference Learning: Association for Associations (Updated Tuesday @ 3:45 p.m.)

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This is Kirsten Wyatt's "Weekly Update," shared over three days at the Associations @ Work conference in Baltimore, Maryland. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color="green" border_width="3"][vc_column_text]Tuesday, October 17 3:30 p.m. Update I'm in my last session of the day. My first afternoon session was about using predictive analysis to make association decisions. It was fascinating to learn from...

I Have to Ask You: Transitioning into the Public Realm

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week, Crystal Couillard, Strategic & Digital Marketing Specialist, City of Eagan, MN, writes about transitioning to a career in the public sector. By Crystal Couillard, LinkedIn What were the three biggest challenges transitioning from a job at SuperValu to...

Rocky Mountain High-Performance Government: One Day Conference

Join ELGL and Cartegraph for this special add-on conference experience on October 12 in Denver, Colorado in conjunction with Cartegraph's annual user conference. Your ticket price includes the full day of conferencing, lunch, and a social hour! Register online here. 8:30 - 9:30 AM - Opening Keynote Achieving Clarity: The Best-Kept Secret of High-Performance Government Nick Kittle | Government Performance and...

I Have to Ask You: Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Staff Reduction

In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. By Matt Horn (Web, LinkedIn, Twitter) It’s sitting out there, glaring at you.  That ominous, hateful budget summary sheet that shows the bulkiest, most costly, fastest growing expense item in your, as-yet, unbalanced budget.   Staffing.   Millions and millions of...

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