Search Results

#ELGLTakeoverTuesday: Newnan, Georgia

Hi there, ELGL! I am Ashley Copeland, the Communications Manager for the City of Newnan, Georgia. Newnan is a growing suburb of 40,000 that sits about 30-minutes south of Atlanta, Georgia – also dubbed as the "city of homes." Over the past two years with the city, I've worked on enhancing our city's communications and...

Rewind: Doing It All – How Leaders of Small Governments Are Handling City-Sized Challenges

This webinar originally aired on September 29, 2020. Join Jamie Hellen (Twitter | Instagram | You Tube), Town Administrator from Franklin, MA to talk about how collaboration, communication, and a shared understanding of data is the key to governing, maintaining revenues, and developing a customer-focused mindset for your government or department. Please register for this event to access the webinar link....

Four Strategies for Navigating an Increasingly Complex World

This guest post is by ELGL member Andrew Hening. We are surrounded by systems. From schools to traffic to governments agencies, systems are interconnected sets of people/things/ideas that are organized in a way that achieves something. Some systems, such as a bathtub, are quite simple. Others, like the global financial system, are extremely complex. The...

Why Service-Focused, Local Government Departments Need a Communicator

This article was written by Jill Greiner from the City of Charlottesville, Public Works Department, Environmental Sustainability Division, Water Efficiency Program Coordinator. Jill wrote this article as part of the Water Resources Cohort. Read all the articles from the cohort here. Connect with Jill on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or Email. Whether you are in a...

Exclusive Content: Planning & Shaping Cities

Podcast: Responding to Financial Crisis with Shayne Kavanagh & Greg Devereaux

Shayne Kavanagh Senior Manager of Research GFOA Bio | LinkedIn Greg Devereaux Chief Executive Officer (Retired) San Bernardino County, California Bio | LinkedIn GFOA Fiscal First Aid. Shayne Kavanagh, Senior Manager of Research for GFOA, and Greg Devereaux, retired Chief Executive Officer of San Bernardino County, CA, joined the podcast to talk about recovering from...

In the Midst of Crisis, Take Time to Pause?

This article was written by Amie Hendrix, Tompkins County - Deputy County Administrator. Amie wrote this article as part of the Crisis Management Cohort with Drucker Institute. Read all the articles from the cohort here. Connect with Amie on LinkedIn. Like many of my local government colleagues, the last several months have been full-on crisis management....

Are You Lacking Motivation Right Now? You're Not Alone.

Today’s Buzz is by Samantha Roberts– connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! Favorite book: When Women Were Birds, Terry Tempest Williams Favorite Movie: Twister or Dante's Peak, hands down Least Favorite Food: I have tried for my entire life to appreciate tomatoes and and I just cannot do it, so help me The other day while working from...

Accessibility

Equity is Fun… Also Tree Rings

This article was written by Matt Hirschinger, the Assistant to the Town Manager in Hudson, Colorado. Matt wrote this article as part of the Water Resources Cohort. Read all the articles from the cohort here. Ever heard of “dendrochronology”? I hadn’t. It’s apparently the study of tree rings, and one of many insights I learned from the...

Water Resources Exclusives

Thank You Ruth Bader Ginsburg - We Will Continue to Shine Your Light

Today's #MorningBuzz is by Ann Marie Townshend, City Manager of Lewes, Delaware - "The First Town in the First State". Connect on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I'm Doing: Thanks to Nick Smith, I am learning Spanish What I'm Listening To: My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Williams What I'm Watching: The...

Ask Ellie & Jill: Toxic Work Environments

Ellie and Jill are two anonymous ELGL members who answer your questions about HR and workplace issues. Submit your question for their attention at info@ELGL.org. Dear Ellie and Jill - I’m sure you’ve seen the headlines about the toxic workplace at the “Ellen” show. I’d like to say I’m surprised (Ellen is so happy! There’s...

On Democracy: 20 Lessons from the 20th Century

Today’s Buzz is brought to you by Sarah E. O’Brien | Community Whisperer @ Collaborative Development Collective (Facebook, LinkedIn) What I am reading? On Tyranny: 20 Lessons from the 20th Century by Timothy Snyder What I am listening to on repeat? Civics 101 Podcast Episode, Founding Documents: The Constitution Favorite Quote of the Moment? “To...

Podcast: COVID-19 Exposure Notification in Colorado with Sarah Tuneberg

Sarah Tuneberg Innovation Response Team Lead State of Colorado Bio | LinkedIn | Twitter Technology and emergency response. Sarah Tuneberg, the Innovation Response Team Lead for the State of Colorado, joined the podcast to talk about a new COVID-19 exposure notification app that uses bluetooth to alert people if they have exposed to someone who...

Job Search Resources

Telework's Potential to Transform Public Service

Right Now with Warren Kagarise (Linkedin/Twitter/Instagram) What I'm watching: HBO's true-crime documentary "The Vow," a look inside NXIVM, a well-connected self-help group turned sex cult. What I'm listening to: Reply All's recent podcast about the topsy-turvy origins of the QAnon conspiracy theory — a phenomenon attracting state- and local-government adherents in Washington State and elsewhere....

Member Profile: Michael Grass

Michael Grass Communications Manager, Center for an Informed Public, University of Washington Information School LinkedIn If you had to live in a different city, what city would you choose? Los Angeles Storytelling or innovation? Which is the most overused word in local government? Innovation What year would the most important in your life? Why? 2004;...

Swimming With Sharks (Or Why I Now Have Gray Hairs)

This article was written by Debb Vitraelli, Marketing Specialist and PIO for the City of Oldsmar. Debb wrote this article as part of the Crisis Management Cohort with Drucker Institute. Read all the articles from the cohort here. Connect with Debb on email, LinkedIn, or Facebook. I’m Debb Vitraelli and I love my job as Marketing...

Use Your Words

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Samantha Harkins. Connect on LinkedIn & Twitter! What I’m Reading: Everything. I’ve read about 70 books during COVID. I went down a rabbit hole reading everything by Lisa McCubbin and Clint Hill (who was a Secret Service agent for five presidents). Am currently working my way through Dr. Zhivago. What I’m Watching/Listening...