Like Fresh Prince, once you become a candidate for elected office, your life get flipped, turned upside down. It is really hard to explain unless you’ve been there, but campaigns become black holes pulling the light away from anything not direc
An interview with Mayor Andy Berke of Chattanooga, Tennessee about how he ran for office, what he's learned, and advice for people thinking about running for local office.
Burlington, North Carolina's youngest elected Mayor joins me to talk politics, why he ran for Mayor, and IF there is actually a Minneapolis, NC. (Spoiler: there is.)
Burlington, North Carolina's youngest elected Mayor joins me to talk politics, why he ran for Mayor, and IF there is actually a Minneapolis, NC. (Spoiler: there is.)
It is really easy to get caught up taking care of everyone else and not yourself. As a candidate for local office or an elected official, you must take time to do what is right for you.
Facebook is changing every day and making it more difficult to get your message to your voters without advertising. Using the Facebook Pixel is a great, somewhat creepy, way to stay in contact with your voters and deliver them the content they
Jasper, Indiana has created a fantastic online tool to communicate where developments are happening in their community. It is a great example of cities using technology to better inform their citizen.
Ever had someone ask you what they need to do to run for office or wondering yourself? Here are a few of the things candidates need to do before filing to run for office.
Councilor Candice Quarles was elected to the DeSoto, Texas City Council in May of 2016. In today's episode, she shares with us what she has learned about being a young elected official and how you can run for office as well.
White men dominate elected position in America. It has been proven time and time again that the vast majority of elected bodies do not demographically represent their constituents. Shannon Watson from Definitely Someday joins us to talk abo
The State of Wisconsin is working on a $3 billion incentive for Foxconn to build a $10 billion plant in southeast Wisconsin. We welcome Scott Klinger of Good Jobs First to discuss the deal and how it affects local governments.
An episode for elected officials to learn how they can embrace the Tiny House movement in their community. Chris Galusha is the President of the American Tiny House Association.
Sara Thatcher of Goff Public joins us for a great discussion on building relationships with media. Sara covers the basics and goes in-depth on how to begin and leverage media relationships to share your story and recover from political missteps
We've all been there. Whether it is in a meeting or to your partner, you've said something that sounded a lot different than it did in your head. In today's episode, we talk with presence engineer and personal brand strategist, Roshini Rajkumar
Chuck Marohn is an advocate of strong, fiscally responsible, and aware communities. He is the Founder/President of StrongTowns.org with a phenomenal amount of information and education for elected officials and anyone interested in community-bu