Tag: conferences

Criticizing Other Cultures Professionally

This guest blog is by ELGL member Matt Hirschinger, the Assistant to the Town Manager in Hudson, Colorado. Read Matt’s writing about understanding privilege, understanding identity, and impressing in meetings. It’s a common discussion to consider ways to open ourselves to other cultures and appreciate the differences that exist among us. The social, economic, and personal … Continued

Navigating Through Partisanship

This guest blog is by ELGL member Matt Hirschinger, the Assistant to the Town Manager in Hudson, Colorado. Read Matt’s writing about understanding privilege, understanding identity, and impressing in meetings. As local government professionals, many of us have in our codes of ethics to remain as apolitical as possible, to not compromise the trust our citizens … Continued

Methods to Impress in a Meeting or Conference

This guest blog is by ELGL member Matt Hirschinger, the Assistant to the Town Manager in Hudson, Colorado. Read Matt’s writing about understanding privilege, and understanding identity. If you are reading this blog, chances are you are a local government professional interested in more equitable, diverse, and representative local governments. For this, I want you to … Continued

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