Category: Morning Buzz

Regulating Raccoons (And Other Things Too)

Today’s Morning Buzz is by brand new Morning Buzzer Brent Stockwell – connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter!!! What I’m Listening To: Just Don’t Know It Yet – Moti [feat. BullySongs] What I’m Reading: Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness What I’m Watching: Our five-month-old goldendoodle puppy pull the stuffing out of her bed Pawnee, Indiana … Continued

Even Election Authorities Need Community Engagement

  Today’s Morning Buzz is by brand new Morning Buzzer Brianna Lennon – connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m watching: Grace and Frankie What I’m listening to: Amazon Music’s Beatles Station What I’m reading: Election Tools (an online resource by CTCL for election officials interested in civic engagement) The world of elections administration has evolved … Continued

Creating a Voice for Your Organization

Today’s Morning Buzz is by brand new Morning Buzzer Will Hampton – connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I am watching: True Detective, Season 3 What I am listening to: The Peter Attia Drive podcast What I am reading: The Gulag Archipelago (Abridged), by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn First, apologies for the click-bait headline. I’d love to be … Continued

Finding Stability in the Chaos

Today’s Buzz is by Samantha Roberts– connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m Listening To: Space Cowboy by Kacey Musgraves What I’m Reading: Spark by Angie Morgan, Courtney Lynch, and Sean Lynch, as well as Smart Women Finish Rich, by David Bach (and 6 other books because I’m way to excited about what people are doing … Continued

Left at the Budget Altar – Fiscal Emergency Planning

Today’s Morning Buzz is by brand new Morning Buzzer Susan Steward – connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m reading: Causal Inference: The Mixtape by Scott Cunningham What I’m watching: Kim’s Convenience (the cast is just amazing!) What I’m listening to: “High Hopes” Panic! At the Disco Strategic planning is probably simultaneously the most over-used and misunderstood term … Continued

It’s a Small World After All

Today’s Buzz is by Tim Gomez– connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m Listening To: My two sons inventory their NERF bullets What I’m Reading: Head Strong by Dave Aspery What I’m Watching: Iron Man 2 There is nothing wrong with being an introvert.  In fact, Susan Cain’s TED talk on the power of being of … Continued

What Does Inclusion Really Mean Anyway?

Today’s Morning Buzz is by brand new Morning Buzzer Neha Subramanyam – connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m reading: The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander What I’m watching: Season 2 of Friends from College What I’m listening to: anything that motivates me to go out for a trail run! Try this: take … Continued

Bridging the Digital Divide: Community Internet Programs

In today’s Morning Buzz, we’re going to explore how access to broadband internet can impact a community—particularly marginalized communities. Right Now with Daniel Soto (LinkedIn/Twitter) What I’m Listening to – Cypress Hill: Insane in the Brain (I never realized how catchy this song was until I heard my new roommate blast it at 7 AM while … Continued

Do As I Say, Not As I Do

Right Now with Mario Smith (LinkedIn/Twitter) What I’m reading: The long list of things I still need to accomplish in order to finish my retirement paperwork. What I’m watching: Modern Family. What I’m listening to: I’m listening to my dog cry and beg because I won’t give him extra treats. He usually receives 2 small treats for certain … Continued

2019 Social Media Trendspotting

Before we get started, I want to give a shout out to the City of Milwaukee, who recently stuck up for their Public Works Department to the tune of $168,000 in parking tickets during a snow event — during my 5 years in Rochester, NY, I would have done some pretty ugly things to see … Continued

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