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What I Am with Emily Morrison, Knox County, OH

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Welcome to our new member feature. We’ve all heard the excuse “I’m too busy” so we’ve simplified our feature to illicit short, meaningful responses for our new members. As a side note, ELGL is adamantly opposed to the excuse, “I’m too busy.”

#10: Fat Joe Meets Local Government Budgeting

The revamped ELGL website received more than 300,000 views this year. Members and visitors were treated to a wide array of stories from the #13Percent to infrastructure to work/life balance. While some of you dropped by to visit the rapidly growing webinar library or check out the latest job postings. Our crack staff has sorted...

What is an Assistant To: Caitlan Smelley, Addison, TX

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What is an Assistant to the City Manager? In between other duties as assigned, council meetings, and a bewildering assortment of public inquiries, ELGL members identify the essential functions of the position.

Who Are You? with Sam Anselm, City of Joplin, MO

As part of a grueling ELGL initiation process, new members are asked to complete our version of the Wonderlic test. It’s an open book test and participants do not have to use a dull number 2 pencil to fill in tiny circles.  Sam Anselm (LinkedIn and Twitter) is the city manager of Joplin, MO. Prior to that, he...

On the Road Again...to Florida

CRM / 311 United June 7- 9, 2016 Fort Lauderdale, FL Cities from around the country are coming together to share their successes ELGL organizational member, QScend Technologies (LinkedIn and Twitter) is hosting a conference where City leaders and staff representing 10 municipalities will come together and share their citizen request management/311 success stories in this...

Recognizing the ICMA Early Career Leadership Award Winner, Kirsten Wyatt

In today's West Linn Tidings, Kirsten Wyatt, West Linn (OR) Assistant City Manager, is recognized for being the recipient of the ICMA Early Career Leadership Award. H/T to ICMA for recognizing leaders in our profession.  Link: 2015 Awards Program Booklet Wyatt’s expertise a welcome resource Kirsten Wyatt’s passion for public service is impossible to ignore. This palpable...

IKEA Holds the Key to Accessible Meetings?

By Andrew Coulson - LinkedIn, Pinterest,  and Twitter Unfortunately, I was unable to attend #ELGL15, due to a little matter of deep water getting in the way, but I managed to gatehash along with the proceedings thanks to those wonderful members who tweeted using the conference hashtag #ELGL15. The refreshing panel of young, innovative elected officials stuck...

Building Relationships with the Media

Chris Floore, 3CMA Communicator of the Year and Macon-Bibb County, GA Assistant to the County Manager, reflects on the recent Presidential debates to identify tips for working with the media. Or…why you shouldn’t watch the early Presidential Debates Did I watch the Republican or Democratic debates? No. I learn more about the world from playing...

The October Confidential: Local Government Theme Music

Kent Wyatt, ELGL co-founder, writes a running blog on everything from My Little Pony to government fund balance. October 31 Transaction Wire City Hall Goes Crazy for Halloween Belgrade clerks claim gender discrimination in suit against city Council should be more transparent in making this hire South Portland city councilor’s use of private email scrutinized...

#LocalGovSolutions: With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility

Hayley Lewis is the head of communications and engagement for the London Borough of Croydon. Connect with her on Twitter & LinkedIn. UK local government communications is amongst the best in the world. Indeed, I’m incredibly proud to work in local government and proud to be in such a major position of responsibility as head of communications...

"Open" your mind....

"Open" is finally here!! Grab some popcorn, sit back, and prepare to have your mind blown! Here's a blurb about the film from director and producer Richard Pietro: If you’re reading this, you’re likely familiar with the terms Open Government, Open Data, and Open Source. You probably understand how civic engagement is being radically transformed through...

Be Kind Rewind: Useful Information, Engaging Tactics

In this new series, we highlight impactful articles from our past. Every day, we'll rewind to content contributed by our friends and members. Our website received more than one millions views in 2017 because of the unique insightful provided in these articles. By Gary Conkling - LinkedIn and Twitter Local government, unlike other levels of government,...

#13Percent: The Mentorship Challenge

By: Megan Doherty, Principal Planner at Tallahassee-Leon County Planning Department Connect: Twitter and LinkedIn In preparation for my #13Percent guest post, I revisied past articles and caught up on past discussion. As I did so, I noticed a common theme – each of us has been lucky to be positively influenced by at least one strong woman. Most...

From the Land of Cookingham: Have a Sweet Day!

Kent Wyatt tracks the progress of ELGL's maiden voyage to Kansas/Missouri. The post will be updated multiple times a day. 9/13/15 End of the Road In the famous words of Boyz II Men we have come to the end of the road. HUGE thanks to Mike Ekey, Mark Van Beele, Ray Hummert, Diane Stoddard, Rick...

Be Still My Heart! Performance Metrics for Communication Efforts

By Kim Newcomer – Bio, LinkedIn, and Twitter Spoiler alert: when you’re done reading this you will be no closer to establishing the ideal performance metrics for all your communication efforts. The truth is, measuring the success of communication is nuanced. Comprehensive measurement can be expensive and individual data sets very rarely tell the complete story. Frankly,...

Engaging the Public in the Budget Process

Engaging the Public in the Budget Process Kevin Amirehsani - Balancing Act and Engaged Public Budgets aren’t supposed to be complex and scary. Back when I was a kid, my personal budget had just two columns, with my not-so-hefty, not-so-inflation-adjusted allowance on one side, and the cool stuff I wanted to buy on the other (think...

#ELGLWorkLife Living Deliberately

[vc_row full_width="" parallax="" parallax_image=""][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text] Join in the #ELGLWorkLife series, survey and webinar focusing on work life balance.  This series aims to address that age-old challenge of balancing professional work with a personal life. Sarah Hazel (LinkedIn & Twitter), is an active member of Southeast ELGL and ICMA Fellow at the City of Charlotte, NC....

What Else You Should Know About Diversity and Inclusion

Previously State of Diversity in the Local Government Workforce Is Diverse People Influence Decisions in Government At the end of our survey, we offered respondents the opportunity to comment on what else you should know diversity and inclusion in the local government workforce. Here's what we heard. Please include any other comments about diversity and...

Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe: Deciding between Marketing, Communication, or Public Relations

Kim Newcomer, Slate Communications, provides substance to the trendy, but often hollow, suggestion that local government needs to tell a better story.   Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe: Deciding between Marketing, Communication, or Public Relations By Kim Newcombe – LinkedIn and Twitter Your Communications Director is now hooked up to an I.V. of caffeine. She literally (and...

Why Highly Regulated Industries Should Embrace Social Media

Liz Aberg, Business Support Specialist for the State of Oregon, has tips for managing your social media and increasing your engagement. Along with a full-time job, Liz is a graduate student at Quinnipiac University, Master of Science (M.S.). She has prior experience as a writer for the Federal Mirror Way and Roseville Press Tribune. Why highly regulated industries should embrace social...

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