Category: Morning Buzz

Lessons From A Local Gov In Love

Today’s Buzz is by Meredith Reynolds, Deputy City Manager for Recovery for the City of Long Beach. Follow Meredith on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.  What I’m Listening to: my 40 for 40: Love Songs playlist of my top 40 favorite love songs (creating playlists during the pandemic was a tangible thing I could control, so … Continued

Telling the Story of Tigard Forward

Today’s Buzz is presented by Kent Wyatt, ELGL co-founder and City of Tigard communications manager. Connect with Kent on Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter.  What I’m…  Listening to: Chaise Lounge by Wet Leg  Thinking: Coach K shouldn’t have a puppy.  Watching: Yellowstone  It should be easy to understand a local government budget. Unfortunately, it usually is not. … Continued

It’s Possible for Everyone to Be Wrong

Today’s Morning Buzz is by civic dreamer and doer Sarah Moss, MPA, who has worked in local, state, and federal government. She is a strategist based in Denver who helps clients solve policy and political puzzles across the United States. Sarah also teaches values-based strategic planning and process improvement for the Colorado Certified Public Manager® … Continued

Image, Perception and Dress Codes, Oh My!

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Kendra Davis, Management Analyst with Arapahoe County, CO. Find her on Twitter @KendraHwa and on IG (but only if you like occasional stories about outfits and dogs!)  What I’m Listening To: Nicole Byers and Sasheer Zamata’s podcast, “Best Friends” because it’s honestly how I imagine my best … Continued

Volunteer Appreciation: This Week and Every Day

Erin Krause Riley is the Adult (and Volunteer) Services Coordinator at the Scottsdale Public Library and wants to offer some appreciation to an amazing team– Supervisor of Volunteers: Ray Ceo, Library Assistant for Volunteer Services: Anissa Phillips, and Citywide Volunteer Program Coordinator: Brandon Chapman–for all they’ve done to maintain and revive the volunteer program at … Continued

We Do Cool Stuff

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Shane Stone, sr. management to Scottsdale’s City Manager Connect with him on Twitter and LinkedIn What I’m Listening to: New single’s being dropped one-by-one from Hardwell in his return What I’m Reading: Me and my wife are reading a couple of each other’s favorite books, so I am reading “The Lucifer Effect” by Phillip … Continued

Creating a People-Centered Culture at City Hall

Today’s Morning Buzzer is Matt Horn, the Director of Local Government Services for MRB Group. Catch Matt on LinkedIn and Twitter, and anywhere that Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs are sold… In my first weeks as a City Manager, I sat down with each of my leadership team members to be sure I understood their professional … Continued

Sit, Stay, Lead

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Dr. Sarah Martin, Vice President of Health Solutions at mySidewalk. Find her on Twitter @DrSarahMarie and on Medium.  She is also now finally posting again on IG, where it’s mostly about running. What I’m Reading: Ugh, I’m reading an insufferable book that will not be named for fear of everyone hating me. It … Continued

All Politics is National Now, Even in Local Government

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Warren Kagarise, digital engagement manager for King County, WA. Connect on LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram. What I’m Reading: The Washington Post’s dive into how algospeak, language we increasingly use to bypass social media content moderation filters — think “panda express” as code for “pandemic” — is changing the way we … Continued

Orienting New Elected Officials

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Melissa Cantarero Weiss, Deputy City Administrator, for Wauwatosa, WI. Connect on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I’m Reading: The Flip Side What I’m Watching: Lord of the Rings – we are introducing the kids to this series What I’m Listening to: Brene Brown on various podcasts In Wauwatosa, we have 16 … Continued

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