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I Have to Ask: Impactful Social Media

In this series, guest columnists choose to reflect on one of three prompts provided by ELGL Co-Founder Kent Wyatt. This week, Elad Erdan & Lily Pillsbury, Colu, highlight local governments that are creating impactful social media. Sign up to be the next guest columnist for the ‘I Have to Ask’ column. Over 7 million impressions and 336,000...

Questioning Ethics

Ethics is not a conversation of what we actually do, but of what we should do. It’s important to make this distinction as this post will focus on the compass, the lighthouse of our profession but that alone will not mean we’ll walk in the right direction or won’t run ashore. Still, it is far...

"Never Waste a Good Crisis"

How Human Resources, Networking and Training are Changing During These Turbulent Times Today’s Buzz is by Greg Stopka (Twitter and LinkedIn) What I'm Watching: The Umbrella Academy: Season 2 What I am Listening to: Rock Lullaby mix on Pandora (to help my new son sleep) What I’m Reading: Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting...

Podcast: Data Collaboration & Responsible Use with Natalie Evans Harris, BrightHive

Natalie Evans Harris Co-Founder & Head of Strategic Initiatives BrightHive Bio | LinkedIn | Twitter Increasing impact through data. Natalie Evans Harris, the Co-Founder and Head of Strategic Initiatives at BrightHive, joined the podcast to talk about using data to improve local government's response to COVID-19. She shared how BrightHive is partnering with public sector...

Here’s How to Advocate for Racial Justice

Chris Stokel-Walker is a journalist for Apolitical, a global learning platform for public servants. Find Chris on Twitter at @Stokel or tell Apolitical what you think about this article at hello@apolitical.co Police brutality. Higher death rates from COVID-19 within Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities worldwide. A prison population disproportionately made up of people from ethnic minority backgrounds....

Three Quick Lessons from California to Promote Local Businesses

This post is by ELGL member Assaf Frances, the Director of Urban Policy for Zencity. Following Governor Newsom’s mandate to shut down indoor business activity, cities that authorized and encouraged outdoor business activity generated 2X positive sentiment amongst residents. The recent announcement by California Governor Gavin Newsom about the rollback and closure of indoor operations put many...

A Few Thoughts on Change

Today’s Buzz is by Stephanie Chase — connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter What I’m Reading: Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel What I’m Watching: waaaay too much Food Network (Guy Fieri goes to some amazing places, y'all) When I’m Not Reading: experimenting with tiki drinks for my 5pm cocktail ***** I remember clearly one facilitated work session...

Police Reform Resources

We're asking ELGL members to share the resources their organizations are developing for police reform. This may include policies, budgets, strategic planning tools, press releases, information sheets, FAQs, best practices, community alerts, etc. Please add your resources to this shared document. If your resource is better shared as an attachment or as a blog post,...

Announcing the 2020 Strategy & Performance Management Cohort

ELGL is thrilled to welcome a small group of carefully chosen cities and counties to its 2020 Strategy & Performance Management Cohort. In partnership with ClearPoint Strategy, this group will work through a rapid strategic planning program designed to help them build and implement strategy & performance management goals over just twelve weeks. They'll be mentored...

I Have to Ask: The Professor

In this series, guest columnists choose to reflect on one of three prompts provided by ELGL Co-Founder Kent Wyatt. This week, Jennifer Teal, Lecturer at The Ohio State University and Senior Consultant at Raftelis, shares her approach to teaching and what she's learned from students. Sign up to be the next guest columnist for the ‘I Have...

Elevating Lived Experience

Greetings! I'm Laura Hardwicke– connect with me on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m reading: I just finished Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell. Fiction only these days. What I’m watching: Love on the Spectrum (y’all should know by now I’m obsessed with dating shows) What I’m listening to: Best Coast because I don’t want summer to...

The Makings of Award-Winning Local Government Vendors

This blog post is by ELGL member Steve Abdalla with Power Almanac. Connect with Steve on LinkedIn! What separates a truly great local government vendor from the pack? Naturally, your product or service needs to be a hugely positive impact. But what kind of impact? On whom? And it turns out that, while...

Racial Inequality Isn’t Always Visible, But That Doesn’t Mean It’s Not Hurting Us

This article is written by Helen Lei, Management Analyst Fellow, City of Los Altos, California. She wrote this article as part of the Equity Ambassadors Cohort. You can find all the articles for this cohort here. In the past several months, it has been impossible to miss the news reports on the rapid spread of...

It’s All About the Money? How Local Governments are Listening to their Residents to Solidify their FY21 Budget

This post is by ELGL member Assaf Frances, the Director of Urban Policy for Zencity. Nearly 9 in 10 US cities are experiencing a budget shortfall due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their economies. With a projected $360 billion revenue loss over the next three years, unexpected expenditures and insufficient federal support, local governments need to strategize...

Call on Your People When you Need a Boost

Happy Monday, everyone! I'm Jessica VanderKolk, and I hope you'll connect with me on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I'm (re)watching: Parks & Rec. It's my favorite show when I need to keep it light. What I'm listening to: The Nice White Parents podcast from Serial and The New York Times. It's fascinating and maddening so...

2020 Haverford Award Nominations Now Accepted

The ELGL Haverford Award celebrates the top companies that work with local government. We often say “we’re all in this together” and that mindset shapes the way we work with the people who work in the private sector. We don’t differentiate between our members who work for local government, from people who work with local government. When local government...

Rewind: Polling Data: Race & Policing; COVID-19 & Local Government

This webinar originally aired on August 6, 2020. In times when many residents feel unheard, undervalued, and unsafe, community-centered policing and government inclusivity may be more important now than ever. How can local government leaders engage residents inclusively, ensure equitable safety services, and help move their communities forward? Join National Research Center (NRC) at Polco...

Resist Becoming Cynical

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Jessica Hoffman, Assistant City Administrator in Wentzville, Missouri “Resist becoming cynical about your ability to change the world.” Like many of you, I try to be a positive person and change agent in my organization. I try to point out the silver lining in difficult situations. I am a hopeless...

I Have to Ask: Cultural Competence

In this series, guest columnists choose to reflect on one of three prompts provided by ELGL Co-Founder Kent Wyatt. This week, Weston Davis, EMS Director for the City of El Campo, Texas, writes about the importance of cultural competence. Sign up to be the next guest columnist for the 'I Have to Ask' column. In 2020,...

I Have to Ask: Role of the Management Analyst

In this series, guest columnists choose to reflect on one of three prompts provided by ELGL Co-Founder Kent Wyatt. This week, Dalton Rice, Management Analyst for City of Mont Belvieu, Texas, breaks down the 'duties as assigned' of a management analyst. You may be asking what a Management Analyst does or ideate some expectations of what...