These ten Traeger Award winners represent everything that’s good in local government. Join ELGL in celebrating their accomplishments, and connect with them on Twitter and LinkedIn to learn from their expertise. ELGL and Zencity are proud to honor these ten leaders with a Traeger Award! Robert Sturns Director, Economic Development, City of Fort Worth LinkedIn … Continued
Know before you go… Meet other #ELGL18 attendees before you head to Golden, Colorado. Continue the conversation in the #ELGL18 Facebook Group or by following the #ELGL18 Twitter List. Heather Geyer City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado – Administrative Services Director Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter My favorite adventure in life was…. Traveling to Tel Aviv, Israel in February with the ICMA … Continued
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dear ELGL members, It’s the end of an exciting week where we saw more people engage with ELGL than ever before. The #ELGLCityHall competition ended with Peoria, IL’s victory in the city hall bracket competition. Along the way, we all got a master class from Peoria, Vancouver, and the rest of the field’s social media … Continued
Knope of the Week Lands on Ted Talks Panelist. Mentor. Gov Bud for Life. Heather Geyer (LinkedIn and Twitter), City of Wheat Ridge, CO, is the Knope of the Week. Heather was one of ELGL’s first members from Colorado and has said “yes” everytime that we’ve asked her to write an article, serve on a panel, … Continued
We’re partnering with the Center for Priority Based Budgeting on the innovative webinar training series, “I Want to be Your Analyst.” We will be posting each article and webinar recording. I. Article: Analyze This! CPBB & ELGL Launch “I Want to be Your Analyst” Link: Webinar Recording II. Article: Power of Data Modeling in the City of Wheat Ridge, … Continued
For the second year in a row, ELGL will be co-hosting an event at the ICMA Conference. This year we’re bringing a couple of pianos and booking a much larger room. More than 500 local government professionals from all areas of local government will attend. Registration will continue until we reach maximum capacity. We recommend registering as … Continued
As we prepare for the ELGL & ICMA joint event at the ICMA Conference, attendees describe the current state of local government, their mentors, ways to strengthen local government, and of course, their dream six-pack. Link: Raise Your Hand If You’re Going “Back to the Future” with ELGL and ICMA. Heather Geyer City of Wheat Ridge (CO) Administrative Services Director Connect: … Continued
Riding a “New Wave” at CPBB Conference ELGL is headed to the Rocky Mountains for the CPBB Conference from August 5 to 7 in Denver, Colorado. We are co-sponsoring the conference with NLC, ICMA, AFI, TIG, SRB, and SAN. OK, maybe, we made up the last three acroymns. Unfortunately, this scene from “Dumb and Dumber is … Continued
4-1-1 on CPBB “New Wave” Conference ELGL has been invited to participate in the upcoming Center for Priority Based Budgeting (CPBB) conference from August 5 to 7 in Denver, Colorado. Not only will ELGL be presenting at the conference, we’re also sponsoring the conference in partnership with ELGL, International City/County Management Association (ICMA), the Alliance for Innovation (AFI), and … Continued
We’re back with the new “New Sensation” feature. We’ve updated the questions based on your feedback. You’ll now learn about the best YouTube videos on the web, read about gift ideas for the holiday season, and learn about the career accomplishments of our new members. As a reminder, we developed this feature to introduce … Continued
