Category: Morning Buzz

You Are Great!

Today’s Buzz is brought to you by Rafael Baptista, Senior Manager for Community Economic Development for the City of Raleigh, NC. You can connect with him on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I am Reading: Deciding what to read next! What I am Listening to: Latin Hits playlist on Amazon Music  What I am Watching: Boy … Continued

Feeling Unessential?

This week’s Morning Buzz is by Susan Barkman, Council/Mayor Management Analyst for Aurora, Colorado. Connect on Twitter and Linkedin. What are am I watching: Life Below Zero How am I am doing: ok, but there are a lot of ups and downs My favorite COVID inspired programs: Broomfield’s Bridge the Gap, and weekly COVID Town … Continued

Treat Yourself: Caring for You During COVID-19

By Katie Nelson, Strategic Communications Team for the COVID-19 response in Mountain View, CA. Connect with me on Twitter and LinkedIn! What I’m Reading: Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng What I’m Watching: Tiger King … again What I’m Listening To: Get a Life, Chloe Brown ____________________________________________________________________________________ It finally happened. I broke down today. I … Continued

Positive Opportunities from CoronaVirus

Today’s Buzz is by Greg Stopka (Twitter and LinkedIn) What I am laughing at: Tik Tok video about a guy singing to an angry cat   What I am Listening to: Ezra Klein Pod  What I’m Playing:  Carcassonne  What I am Watching: West Wing election year binge and Penny Dreadful (see below) on Netflix Coronavirus … Continued

Local Government Departments as Baked Goods

Today’s Buzz is by Laura Hardwicke– connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m Watching: Everything except Tiger King (I’m a contrarian) What I’m Reading: Flight Maps What I’m listening to: John Prine hour on local radio station I’ve been simmering on today’s buzz for quite some time. I intended to write a Pulitzer … Continued

Three Bright Spots

Today’s Buzz is brought to you by Danielle Rogers, Community Marketing Manager for the City of Newton, Iowa. You can connect with her on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I am Reading: Untamed by Glennon Doyle What I am Listening to: My Mishmash Medley playlist on Apple Music  What I am Watching: Call the Midwife on … Continued

Three Easy Ways to Stay Sane During a Stay-Home Order

I’m Jessica VanderKolk, Communications Manager for the City of Battle Creek, Mich. Join my Twitter fam and find me on LinkedIn. What I’m listening to: My husband teaching college virtually, my son watching his 30 minutes of afternoon TV, and my dog panting after playing outside. What I’m watching: Parks & Recreation when I can … Continued

It’s Okay to Struggle

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Rafael Baptista (LinkedIn and Twitter) What I’m Watching: Boy Meets World  What I’m Reading: Information about the Coronavirus What I’m Doing: Learning how to order groceries online  When I write my morning buzz, my standard approach is to talk about something that I am passionate about and share some related … Continued

Remote Work: A Game Changer for Local Government Work Culture

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Jessica Hoffman, Assistant City Administrator in Wentzville, Missouri   Last year, our organization upgraded from Office 2010 to G-Suite. After evaluating the many pros and cons with our IT and Communications departments, along with the City Administrator, we decided to move forward with the G-Suite tools. We were sold on … Continued

Big Time Changes in a Small Town – How COVID-19 Pushed Us to Embrace Technology

  Today’s Morning Buzz is by Ann Marie Townshend, City Manager for Lewes, Delaware What I’m Watching:  The Americans What I’m Reading:  Information about the Coronavirus What I’m Doing: Working almost constantly I am not sure where to begin. I had a Morning Buzz ready to go about dealing with performance issues. Somehow that doesn’t seem … Continued

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