Category: Morning Buzz

The Culture of Overwork

Today’s Buzz is by Meredith Reynolds, Park Planning & Partnerships Manager for the City of Long Beach. Follow Meredith on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. What I’m Listening To: The new vinyl record my husband gets me each year for my birthday, this year is Chris Stapleton’s Traveller What I’m Watching: The Wire  What I’m Planning: … Continued

I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends

The Buzz with Jordan Rae Hillman, Director of  Planning & Development for the city of Jackson, Mississippi What I’m Listening To: Jack White What I Want for Lunch: Wings! What I’m Watching:  Jeopardy Greatest of All Time Over the holidays I actually took time off work. Up to this point in my career taking time … Continued

Strategic Planning Process, Step One- Input

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Josh Edwards, so be kind or not– either way, connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter!!! What I’m Listening To: Willie Nelson What I’m Reading: Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief What I’m Watching: Disney Plus reliving my childhood I will be jumping into the 3rd post in my Foundations of Local Government Strategic … Continued

The Customer is Always Right…

This Morning Buzz is by Christian Williams, a Planner with the City of Goodyear, AZ and an ELGL Board of Directors member! Planner of the Week My city has what is called a “Planner of the Week” (POW); my three colleagues and I rotate through being the POW (for a weeklong period). During this weeklong … Continued

Don’t Take Away My Professional Development!

  Today’s Morning Buzz is by Brian Southey. Connect with Brian on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I’m Reading: Dare to Lead by Brene Brown What I’m Watching: Vanderpump Rules (Between by wife and daughter, I normally always lose control over the remote) What I’m Listening To: Mac Miller: Circles This week the Illinois City/County Management … Continued

Navigating Family Leave – Still

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Sarah Henricks. Connect with Sarah on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I’m Reading: The California Municipal Resources Handbook (exactly what can we spend that $$ on?) What I’m Watching: We’ve been trying to watch The Irishman for the past 3 months, but the baby won’t let us get past the first hour What … Continued

Quitting is for Winners?

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Kirsten Wyatt. Connect with Kirsten on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I’m Reading: Re-reading parts of The Art of Gathering (reminder: #CityHallShelfie is on February 20!) What I’m Watching: Brooklyn 99 What I’m Listening To: Assorted instrumental video game soundtrack playlists “Winners never quit and quitters never win.” “The difference between … Continued

Career Lessons I Have Learned from Running

This Morning Buzz is brought to you by Lynn Kelly-Lehner  from the City of Temecula  What I’m Reading: Deep Work, Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, by Cal Newport (Thank you to my ELGL Birthdays & Books buddy Travis !)  What I’m Listening To: Lewis Howes’ interview with Brene Brown on his School … Continued

Your Career Plan – A Roadmap to Success

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! What I’m Listening To: NPR. Every. Single. Morning. And I just subscribed to Scribd to listen to audiobooks and read ebooks while I travel.  What I’m Watching:  Anxiously awaiting … Continued

Tiny is the New Big: Appraising Tiny Homes

Today’s Buzz is by Meredith Trimble, Sr. Content Specialist with Tyler Technologies, Inc., and former Acting Chair, Farmington, CT Town Council (Twitter, LinkedIn) What I’m reading: ICMA Public Management Magazine What I’m watching: NPR‘s current events special coverage What I’m listening to: Content Marketing Institute’s The Weekly Wrap Podcast If HGTV’s Tiny House, Big Living’s … Continued

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