Welcome to the third post in a series about creating a citizens’ academy by Dallas, OR administrative intern Daniel Adatto. In this series, he will walk you through how he created Dallas’ first citizens’ academy including the important research and academy elements he implemented.
We’re excited to be taking on the fascinating and compelling topic of work-life balance. We’re currently running a survey on the topic, and now we want you to sign up so we can hear your perspectives!
When ELGL started promoting the UNC School of Government’s Engaging Women conference, we started working with UNC MPA student Audrey Shore and the voice behind the @UNCMPA Twitter account. Audrey takes over the blog today to reflect on working with ELGL and how it takes a village to promote an event.
ELGL continues the #13Percent focus on racial diversity in the local gov workforce. So far we’ve heard from by Casie Yoder, City of Decatur, GA, who penned our first entry, Race Doesn’t Exist in a Vacuum, and Brittany Bennett, Self Help, with Thoughts on Publicly Discussing Race. By LaVita Tuff With the recent tumultuous atmosphere and events in … Continued
We started the #Push/Pull exploration as a follow up to ELGL’s Glacial Pace and ICMA’s Women_Leading_Government articles. The percent of women leading local government organizations has not increased from 1984 until today. The Push/Pull series has been Kim Sandoval’s attempt to discover where those leaving local government service – both women and men – have gone.
Mixing In Perfect Harmony at the ICMA Conference Limited to first 500 who register. ELGL is pleased to partner again with ICMA for a hosted social the first night of the annual ICMA conference – September 27, 2015 at the Seattle Convention Center.
The third ELGL “Social Media Superstar” award goes to Las Vegas City Manager Betsy Fretwell. Carrie Ann Taylor collects some of Betsy’s best social media posts in the below Storify, and she writes: “When it comes to local government, Betsy gets it! “ Congrats, Betsy! Connect with her on Twitter and see why she’s our next … Continued
ELGL is excited to launch a new blog series, survey and webinar on work life balance. Led by Ben McCready and Frieda Edgette, this series aims to address that age-old challenging of balancing professional work with a personal life. To begin this series, please take a short survey to share your ideas on this topic.
The Engaging Women in Public Service Conference is just a week away and ELGL is pumped to be partnering with the School of Government at UNC to magnify the conference message – supporting women in public service leadership is powerful. Over the last two weeks we introduced the engaging keynote speaker, Carol Kinsey Goman and … Continued
Here’s an exciting local government social media training opportunity that’s FREE for ELGL members!
