This article guest is by Jennifer Casey, Public Information Officer with the Town of Collierville. Connect with Jennifer on LinkedIn or Twitter. What I’m Watching: Bluff City Law What I’m Reading: “A little piece of light : a memoir of hope, prison, and a life unbound” by Donna Hylton What I’m Listening to: “The Way … Continued
Today’s Buzz is by Katie Nelson (Twitter and LinkedIn) What I’m Reading: “The Saturday Night Ghost Club” What I’m Watching: “Hocus Pocus” What I’m Listening To: “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” To every cloud, there is a silver lining. I’m Irish, so hearing that at an early age, for every time I got … Continued
Lisa Holder Communications Officer Sanford, FL LinkedIn Rachel Rembrandt Head of Customer Success ZenCity LinkedIn | Twitter Reliable insights for policy makers. Two guests join the podcast to talk about best practices in local government communications, using social media and finding better ways to measure resident opinion. Lisa Holder is the Communications Officer for the … Continued
“Tell a new story. Not one about blacks or whites, but about us – together.” I recently attended an event coordinated by three sectors of local government (city, county and school board) and a local non-profit, entitled “Confronting Implicit Bias and Institutionalized Racism for a Better Community.” The room was filled to capacity with local elected … Continued
Today’s Buzz is by Jessica VanderKolk — @ me on Twitter and LinkedIn! Photo is from our actual town hall. What I’m watching: Just finished Diagnosis on Netflix. Fascinating, heartbreaking, and I want more episodes! What I’m listening to: Grinning Streak and Fake Nudes albums from Barenaked Ladies What I’m reading: Calypso by David Sedaris … Continued
Rebecca Trout Program Director National Civic League LinkedIn | Bio Recognizing communities for civic engagement, collaboration, inclusiveness and innovation. Rebecca Trout, the Program Director of the All-America City Award & Membership, joined the podcast to talk about the National Civic League’s work. She shared the history of the All-America City Award and stories from some of the … Continued
By Sarah Moss, MPA | LinkedIn | Twitter What I am watching — News coverage of presidential campaign events plus @AdvanceGalNotes and @AdvanceGuyNotes on Twitter What I am reading — For my local nonprofit clients, I just finished analyzing the Denver Mayor’s 2020 budget proposal… all 676 pages What I am writing — A book … Continued
This guest blog is by Evan Schoepke, Senior Business Development and Growth Manager with CityGrows. Connect with Evan on LinkedIn or Twitter. What I’m Watching: “American Factory” on Netflix What I’m Reading: Radical Mycology by Peter McCoy What I’m Listening to: Sapiens Podcast It is all too common that civic websites fail to meet basic … Continued
Right Now with Nick Smith (Linkedin/Twitter) What I’m watching: This Epicurious series on YouTube about how different levels of cooks make different foods, such as cinnamon rolls. What I’m playing: Since my last Buzz I’ve logged over 100 more hours in Civilization VI (and they just put out a new update! 1k here I come!) … Continued
Today’s Buzz is Dan Weinheimer, Routt County What I’m reading – Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss What I’m watching – College football, Fight on! What I’m doing – Staining a deck My morning commute recently got a whole lot worse. There is construction in town that’s limiting the routes that people can take … Continued
