Kylie Bayer-Fertterer, Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District (LinkedIn, Twitter) What I’m Listening To: In My Feelings by Drake, gotta practice for the challenge… What I’m Watching: Luke Cage What I’m Reading: See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt What I’m Doing: At work, 1,000,000 recruitments. At home, refinishing my garage with my husband … Continued
Brandi Leos, City of Tigard, OR (LinkedIn, Twitter) What I’m Listening to: NPR’s songs of the summer for 2018 (spotify playlist) What I’m doing: Developing a new website for the IPMA-HR Oregon Chapter Onboarding is an important part of a new employee’s experience at your workplace, but whose job is it? Some will say human … Continued
Morning Buzz by Andy Kuhn What I’m listening to – Happy Hour by Weezer What I’m watching – I have been re-watching Entourage, not sure why? I miss LA probably What I’m reading – Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain TL:DR – The free rider problem is real, and may be worse in recessed communities. The … Continued
Right Now with Stacy Schweikhart (LinkedIn/Twitter) What I’m reading: The Buddhist Path to Simplicity What I’m watching: No time for screens – training for a 100 mile charity bike ride What I’m listening to: John Coltrane I woke up this morning feeling grateful. Grateful for all of the local government professionals around the country who found out about … Continued
Right Now with Mario Smith (LinkedIn/Twitter) What I’m reading: The numerous processes to navigate my retirement from the military. What I’m watching: FIFA World Cup when I’m not finishing classwork. What I’m listening to: Joe Bonamassa – Bridge to Better Days Implementing change in an organization, we all have went through it. Now, I know what you … Continued
In the series, ELGL members can anonymously send their questions, difficulties or scenarios to answers@elgl.org and receive a response from the ghost writing response team. Your name, organization and other details will not be shared in the posting or subsequent response. Dear Ellie & Jill, There’s a long-tenured employee on my team whose voice naturally carries, and she frequently … Continued
What I’m Listening To: Some classic U2 What I’m Watching: World Cup What I’m Doing: Sweating profusely in the insane summer heat ELGL has a lot planned for the remainder of 2018 and the first half of 2019. We just started our fiscal year and are out fundraising to achieve our plans. As you may have noticed last … Continued
Today’s Morning Buzz is all about burnout. Right Now with Daniel A. Soto (LinkedIn/Twitter) What I’m Listening to – Migos – Stir Fry What I’m Watching – I recently finished binge-watching Riverdale (thanks Ben Kittelson). What I Did this Weekend – I took a quick road trip to Modesto, a large city in the Central Valley in … Continued
Right Now with Kevin Teater What I’m listening to: the Folk Pop station on Spotify What I’m reading: ‘Walkable City – How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time‘ by Jeff Speck What I’m watching: Parks and Rec (Season 2: I got a very late start). The part where Mark, the planner, was … Continued
Right Now with Nick Smith (Linkedin/Twitter) What I’m reading: It’s the new fiscal year! What am I NOT reading? But, mostly social media analytics and insights about social media analytics. What I’m watching: I’m really into this Bon Appetit series where a pastry chef sciences out ways to make gourmet versions of guilty pleasures, she’s amazing: Twinkies … Continued
