Category: Morning Buzz

Disrupting the Spiral

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Sarah Alig. Connect with Sarah on LinkedIn. What I’m reading: Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer What I’m watching: Homemade Wanderlust’s thru-hiking videos on YouTube What I’m listening to: Completely Arbortrary, a podcast about tree identification, and The Worst Hard Time audiobook by Timothy Egan In my city, there are … Continued

Breaking Into Web3

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Patrick McDonnell, Senior Product Manager for the Austin Transportation Department, Data & Technology Services Team. Connect with Patrick on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I’m reading: The Cryptopians by Laura Shin What I’m watching: Severance What I’m listening to: Orion Sun At the end of podcast #478 The 2021 GovieLovies, the question was asked, “What’s one thing … Continued

What is Servant Leadership?

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Joe Warren, Assistant City Manager, Atchison, KS.  Connect with Joe on LinkedIn. What I’m reading: Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity, by Charles Marohn What I’m watching: My kids grow up too darn fast. What I’m listening to: My wife. What is servant leadership? Is it not … Continued

What Do You Love About Local Gov?

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Angelica Wedell, Director of Communications and Marketing at Polco / National Research Center. Follow Angelica on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: The Book of Nice: A Nice Book About Nice Things for Nice People by Josh Chetwynd What I’m Listening to: Stuff You Should Know – By Jessie O’Brien at Polco … Continued

I Herd That

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Jackie Wehmeyer, Director of Human Resources and Library for the City of Parkland, Florida. Parkland was named one of the Best Places to Work in Local Government in 2021 by ELGL. Connect with Jackie on LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: The Judge’s List by John Grisham What I’m Watching: 2022 Olympic curling (who knew … Continued

For the ❤️ of Abbreviations

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Mary Elise Conzelmann, AKA – ME. She is a cyclist, tree hugger and wine enthusiast from Northern California. She serves the public sector as a communications, marketing and outreach consultant. Connect with Mary Elise on LinkedIn or by emailing maryelise@jpwcomm.com.  What I’m Reading: Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by … Continued

Be the Dolly Parton of #localgov

Today’s #MorningBuzz is by Jen Teal. Connect with Jen on the web, LinkedIn and Twitter. What I’m Reading: Juggling 4 books right now: The Guest List (for my bookclub), Go Tell the Bees that I am Home (for me), Stardust (a re-listen audio book with my daughter), and Caste: The Origins of our Discontents (for … Continued

Supporting the Local Arts

Today’s Morning Buzz is by John J. Metro, City Manager for the City of Jersey City, New Jersey. Connect with John on Twitter or Linkedin. What I’m Reading:  A History of Wild Places What I’m Watching: Ozark What I’m Listening To: The Dave Chang Show Podcast As #localgov leaders, we recognize the arts as a community incubator that warrants the investment … Continued

What is the Protocol Here?

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Kelly Moore. Connect with her on LinkedIn. My sister is a world traveler. She also tells great stories. She recently told me about a hike that she went on in Spain. I should mention here that she goes into everything with no preconceived ideas— just some light internet research and … Continued

You Can’t Spell “Membership” Without “Shimmer” & “Shrimp”

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Kirsten Wyatt, the ELGL Co-founder and Executive Director. Connect with Kirsten on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I’m Reading: The American Agent, Maisie Dobbs #15 What I’m Watching: Snowpiercer What I’m Listening To: just finished Sweet Bobby I knew I wanted to write today’s Morning Buzz all about ELGL’s new membership … Continued

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