Today’s Buzz is brought to you by Mentorship Sarah O’Brien, Community Whisperer, Collaborative Development Collective, TX (LinkedIn, Facebook) & Caz R. Muske, Assistant City Administrator, Clintonville, WI (Twitter & LinkedIn) Sarah is Currently Reading: We are All Starters, Right to Start’s Manifesto Sarah Currently Jammin’ To: Losing my Religion by REM Caz is Currently Reading: … Continued
Today’s Buzz is by Caz R. Muske | Main Street Manager – City of Brenham, TX (Twitter, LinkedIn) What I am watching: Supernatural Season 1 What I am reading: 4th Dimension Leadership by Ron Holifield Newest Discovered Podcast: Insomniac Okay, I’m not actually accepting applications; however, if you’d like to share your non-conventional entry into … Continued
In this multi-part blog series, Julie Underwood interviews the women who were the first female manager in cities across the country. Read the introductory blog post online here. First, I wanted to know if they were aware that they would be the first woman in that role, if it played into their decision to apply, and if … Continued
We’re getting amazing RSVP response for our upcoming webinar featuring Heidi Voorhees and Rachel Lange-Skaggs. But we’ve noticed one critical thing – most everyone who is participating is a woman. And as we talked about in our “Glacial Pace” article, and as we learned in this great article from Forbes: “Most people spend their careers in closed … Continued
By Kirsten Wyatt, ELGL co-founder; Ass’t City Manager, West Linn, OR Connect: LinkedIn and Twitter The January 2015 edition of PM Magazine features a cover story about women leading local government agencies, and how the statistic has not improved in the last 30 years – in 1984 and in 2014, only 13 percent of local … Continued
ELGL public affairs assistant Emily Leuning returns with another article in the series, “Very Local Government-y.” This time around she interviews UNC professor Leisha DeHart-Davis about the recent “Engaging Women in Public Service: Taking Your Place and Paying it Forward” conference held in Chapel Hill, NC in June 2014. Background Check on Leisha DeHart-Davis Connect: … Continued
