Category: Morning Buzz

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

What Your Library Actually Needs During National Library Week

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Stephanie Chase, Executive Director for the Libraries of Eastern Oregon and Founding Principal at Constructive Disruption. Connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I’m Listening to: covers of Robyn’s “Dancing On My Own,” just to see if any of them stand up to the original What I’m Reading: The … Continued

Falling in Love with My Job…Again

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Kayla Barber-Perrotta, Budget & Performance Manager for the City of Brighton, CO. Connect with her on LinkedIn. What I’m Listening to: Bridgerton Soundtrack What I’m Reading: Bridgerton Series What I’m Watching: Season 1 of Bridgerton –notice a theme here? What I’m Doing: Alphabetizing my books Dearest reader, As I’ve spent the … Continued

Routing & Switching is Not ‘Sexy’

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Kirsten Wyatt, the ELGL co-founder and executive director. Connect with Kirsten on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: The Club What I’m Watching: Yellowstone What I’m Listening To: Pardon My Take Longtime ELGL member and friend Luke Fretwell is the CEO of ProudCity (the platform that powers the website you’re … Continued

A Day Late… But Maybe Not a Dollar Short

Today’s (really yesterday’s) Morning Buzz is by Ann Marie Townshend, City Manager of Lewes, Delaware What I’m Watching: Season 4 of Yellowstone What I’m Reading: Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown Find me on LinkedIn or Twitter @AnnMTownshend Immediately after Kirsten Wyatt made a point to reassess all of our interest in continuing to write … Continued

Origin Stories

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Christopher Leonard, Administrative Supervisor for the City of Fort Lauderdale. You can connect with him via LinkedIn What I’m Listening To: BPM on XM Radio What I’m Watching: Oscar Highlights What I’m Reading: Considering “The New Possible: Visions of Our World beyond Crisis” Every superhero, every villain, and everyone everywhere has … Continued

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