Happy Monday, everyone! I’m Jessica VanderKolk, and I hope you’ll connect with me on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I’m (re)watching: Parks & Rec. It’s my favorite show when I need to keep it light. What I’m listening to: The Nice White Parents podcast from Serial and The New York Times. It’s fascinating and maddening so … Continued
Today’s Morning Buzz is by Jessica Hoffman, Assistant City Administrator in Wentzville, Missouri “Resist becoming cynical about your ability to change the world.” Like many of you, I try to be a positive person and change agent in my organization. I try to point out the silver lining in difficult situations. I am a hopeless … Continued
Today’s Buzz is by Stephanie Chase — connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter What I’m Reading: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson What I’m Watching: Michaela Coel’s I May Destroy You When I’m Not Reading: Let’s be honest: playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Recently, Khara Jabola-Carolus’ out-of-office statement made waves on … Continued
Today’s Buzz is brought to you by Maggie Jones – Connect on Twitter and LinkedIn! What I’m Reading: The Sun Magazine What I’m Listening to: Chill XM What I’m Watching: Tony Hawk’s MasterClass *** Like many parents, I’ve been doing the COVID work-from-home shuffle: good intentions paired with a healthy dose of “I’ll allow it,” … Continued
Today’s Buzz is brought to you by Jennifer Casey, Public Information Officer for the Town of Collierville, TN. @ me: Twitter & LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: Little Fires Everywhere What I’m Listening to: An Oral History of the Office What I’m Watching: Brooklyn Nine-Nine I have big COVID CARES Act dreams for my communications department. In fact, I … Continued
This post is brought to you by Nina Vetter – Find me here! What I’m watching: Brooklyn Nine-Nine reruns because that humor is what I need right now What I’m reading: The Splendid and the Vile, because we can always learn from history In local government, we rely on teams to function every day. I’m sure … Continued
Today’s Buzz is by Samantha Roberts– connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m working on outside of work: Discipline in exercise and how I spend my time! (read: not on instagram) What I’m looking forward to: Swimming with my kids this weekend My next big goal: Unrelated to work, I think we’re finally going to pull the plug … Continued
Today’s Buzzsatire is brought to you by Sarah E. O’Brien | Community Whisperer @ Collaborative Development Collective (Facebook, LinkedIn) What I am reading: Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America’s Heartland by Jonathan M. Metzel What I am listening to: Ten Percent Happier Podcast: The Case for “Doing Nothing “in a … Continued
Right Now with Warren Kagarise (Linkedin/Twitter/Instagram) What I’m watching: Cartoon Network’s droll, empathetic “Steven Universe” — a planet-saving palate cleanser after long days spent on COVID-19 communications. What I’m reading: “Scoop” by Evelyn Waugh, a cutting 1938 novel about pre-social-media influencers gone awry. I watched, with a mixture of fascination and horror, as speaker after … Continued
Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Dr. Sarah Martin, VP of Health Solutions at mySidewalk. Connect with her on Twitter @DrSarahMarie. What I’m Watching: We just finished Alone: The Arctic. Highly recommend if you love loneliness, survival and a combination of reality competition and wild game. What I’m Reading: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett … Continued
