Category: Morning Buzz

Common Ground – Community and Recovery in a Season of Social Distress

What I’m reading: Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption What I’m watching: The Fertile Ground Documentary (debuted on PBS last week) Today’s morning buzz is brought to you by Jordan Rae Hillman, AICP, Director of Planning, City of Jackson Mississippi This past weekend we @jxnplanning had the privilege of partnering through our Fertile … Continued

Geraldine, Sarah, Hillary, & ???

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Kirsten Wyatt. Connect with Kirsten on LinkedIn & Twitter. What I’m Reading: The Proposal by Jasmine Guilory What I’m Watching: Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story on USA Network What I’m Listening To: The Be Good Tanyas In 1984, I was seven years old. Old enough to pay attention to … Continued

It’s Time for a New Playbook

Right Now with Rafael Baptista. You can connect with me on LinkedIn and Twitter.   What I’m Listening to – Top Hits on Amazon Music What I’m Reading – A lot of news articles What I’m Watching ­– How I Met Your Mother What I’m Doing – Eating Waffles It’s Time for a New Playbook  Like for most … Continued

Starting from Scratch

Right Now with Kevin Teater What I’m Listening to – Lights of Home by U2 What I’m Reading – A lot of news articles What I’m Watching ­– Train to Busan (best movie I’ve ever seen) What I’m Doing – Playing some tennis now that the courts are open Starting from Scratch Building an organization … Continued

Working to be Anti-Racist

This Morning Buzz is by Sarah Henricks; Los Altos Hills County Fire District What I’m reading: The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League What I’m eating: a LOT of homemade funfetti birthday cake that I made for the hubby What I’m watching: 13th … Continued

Back to Basics: How to be an Effective Listener

This Morning Buzz is brought to you by Lynn Kelly-Lehner from the City of Temecula. What I’m Reading: Applications for the Temecula Assist grant program Power Moves by Lauren McGoodwin Civil unrest. COVID-19. Re-opening the economy. Police brutality. Black Lives Matter. Defund the police. Racism. Violence. Protests. Resignations. Political crossfire. Fellow government friends, it is … Continued

Influencing Change

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Jenn Reichelt, Manager with The Novak Consulting Group now a part of Raftelis – connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! We are living in unprecedented times. Over the past few months, we have been in quarantine and practicing social distancing, all while becoming adept at virtual meetings and ensuring … Continued

Accelerating a Move to the Cloud: 5 Key Benefits

Today’s Buzz is by Meredith Trimble, Sr. Content Specialist with Tyler Technologies, Inc., and former Acting Chair, Farmington, CT Town Council (Twitter, LinkedIn) Where I’m going: Touring Connecticut Farm Bureau farms and buying local ingredients What I’m watching: Community outdoor movies in creative new spaces like our town’s polo grounds What I’m reading: Thanks to … Continued

If You’re Surprised, You’re Not Paying Attention

This Morning Buzz was written by Katie Babits (LinkedIn, Twitter) and edited by Kylie Bayer (LinkedIn, Twitter). Our country is broken and it was designed this way. The systems that have created the current state of events are doing exactly what they were intended to do. Our systems were created by white people, for white … Continued

Communication Tips from an EOC

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Danielle Rogers, Community Marketing Manager for the City of Newton – connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I’m Listening To: Pod Save the People from Crooked Media and Encyclopedia Womannica podcast from Wonder Media Network What I’m Reading: Untamed by Glennon Doyle (for the third … Continued

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