Check out the speakers for #ELGL14 – Growing Our Regional Economy. John Topanga, President, ECONorthwest Bio: John Tapogna is President of ECONorthwest and oversees the firm’s overall business strategy and operations. Since his arrival at ECONorthwest in 1997, Tapogna has built practices in education, healthcare, human service, and tax policy. He has directed analyses and evaluations … Continued
With only 120 spots at the conference, and an ELGL membership of more than 600 people in 25 states, you can imagine that there are many of our members who are disappointed they can’t attend the conference. So, we are beefing up our social media presence (even more than usual!) for the conference so ELGL members can follow … Continued
Kent talked me into starting a live blog about my experience job searching in North Carolina. So I’ll try and give at least daily updates on how my search is going, how I’m adjusting to the new area, and what I’m learning about local government in the Research Triangle. Back to PDX Thursday 10/16/2014 3:06 pm … Continued
Second in the Innovation Webinar Series is Code for America, a non-profit focused on helping government use technology to make government services simple, effective, and easy to use. Code for America will be chatting about two of their initiatives, Open Data and the Digital Front Door. Check out the details below. Register for the Code for … Continued
Kittelson’s Corner is back and on the move! Ben is trying to find a job in North Carolina and is taking a long trip out to the area to network and job search. See what he’s been up to and follow along. #PDXtoRDU Today has been a whirlwind of a day. Really it’s been a … Continued
Check out the great panel we have for our session on Managing a College Town and the relationship between a city and an educational institution! Jon Ruiz, City Manager, Eugene, OR Bio: CEO of 1500 person organization, professional adviser to mayor and 8 elected council members, ambassador in the community First paying job: Cook at seafood … Continued
Who are the speakers at #ELGL14, you ask? Over the next few weeks we’ll be releasing the bios for the speakers you’ll be learning from at the conference! For our session on The Social Media Scene, you’ll be hearing from Patrick Rollens, Social Media Coordinator, Oak Park, IL Bio: I work at the intersection of social media, local … Continued
Welcome to week #8 of the Cookingham Connection. On Friday, we learned about Guidepost #8 from David Ammons. Today, we hear from Kirsten Silveira, City of Baltimore, MD Budget Management Analyst. Ms. Silveira graduated from Colorado State University with a B.A. in Political Science. At CSU, she held a variety of leadership positions including News Editor of The … Continued
The Association of Washington Cities has organized an interesting webinar around finding your dream job in local government. They have lined up three speakers who will talk all about what employers look for and what potential employees should be doing. Mark your calendars for Sept. 29! Landing your dream job in local government – what … Continued
It’s our pleasure to announce the tenth #ELGL14 conference sponsor: the City of Wilsonville, Oregon! Are you interested in becoming an #ELGL14 sponsor? Click here to learn more and sign up today – spaces are limited. A huge high five to the City of Wilsonville – welcome to the #ELGL14 team!
