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
This guest blog is by ELGL member Kevin Knutson with Envisio. Connect with Kevin on LinkedIn and Twitter! I’m usually terrible at ice breakers. I’m a nuts and bolts kind of guy and generally don’t like anything that feels gimmicky. During my time in government and as a consultant, I facilitated hundreds of strategic planning … Continued
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
This guest blog is by ELGL member Pat Brogan. The path to becoming an “engaged local government leader” runs the gamut from those who’ve pursued formal training and landed a position in government, to elected officials for whom government is perhaps a second career. In between the two, are countless stories of how each … Continued
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
In this series, guest columnists respond to one of three topics selected by ELGL co-founder Kent Wyatt. This week, Angela Thompson (LinkedIn & Twitter), Director of Communications and Outreach with the City of Canton, highlights the need for a new kind of communications. Sign up to be a guest columnist for this series. Sharing information has never been … Continued
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
This guest blog is by ELGL member Jeff Hoye with CPS-HR Consulting. Does it feel like we’ve been talking about succession planning in the public sector forever? Consider the compelling case for succession planning. Beyond mandates that may require a succession plan for some government agencies, an effective succession plan: is one of the most useful … Continued
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
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
