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Your Opinion is Valuable

Posted on February 26, 2019

What I'm watching: Game of Thrones (rewatching all 7 seasons, winter is coming!) What I'm  reading: Books that are teaching me about accounting (hooray) What I'm listening to: ASTROWORLD - Travis Scott (still in heavy rotation) Whenever people ask me how work is going, I never really have anything bad to say. The fact that...
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It’s Not Rocket Science

Posted on February 25, 2019

This post is by Kirsten Wyatt and she's sharing it in today's Morning Buzz in response to a great question during a diversity discussion at #CCCMA19 about some ways to make diversity an organizational priority, and actionable first steps. What I'm Reading: People I Want to Punch in the Throat by Jen Mann What I'm...
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Local Government Passion and You

Posted on February 21, 2019

Right Now w/ Joey Garcia (LinkedIn / Twitter) What I’m Reading - Are Prisons Necessary, by Angela Davis  What I’m Binging - The Expanse What I’m Cooking - The Fluffiest Buttermilk Pancakes Getting through the Low I have recently proposed a number of new initiatives that been shot down immediately or politely “considered”. My ideas have been too grand...
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Digital Hoarding

Posted on February 20, 2019

What I’m listening to –  Ariana Grande's new album What I’m watching – "Friends From College" on Netflix What I’m reading – "Educated: A Memoir" by Tara Westover (audiobook) ------------ Last week, fellow ELGL'er Jordan Rae Hillman talked about using the Kon Mari method for de-cluttering at home. But since many of us spend a large portion of...
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How to Be a Man in a Meeting

Posted on February 19, 2019

Right Now with Kevin Teater What I’m Listening to – Ashley Heath (super cool Asheville artist) What I’m Reading – Walking Home by Ken Greenberg What I’m Watching ­– UNC basketball (Duke is going down tomorrow) What I’m Doing – Looking forward to sunny Oregon summer Did you see the great article Kendra Davis wrote...
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KonMari for Local Government

Posted on February 15, 2019

Morning Buzz with Jordan Rae Hillman, Deputy Director of City Planning for the city of Jackson, Mississippi Netflix released Tidying Up with Marie Kondo early this year. Now everyone is talking about decluttering, tidying, and organizing. Marie Kondo teaches that if you properly simplify and organize your home (and life) once, you’ll never have to do it...
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Lights On Little Rock

Posted on February 14, 2019

The City of Little Rock is launching a new campaign with our neighborhood associations called Lights On.  Lights On is a streetlight canvassing project aimed at giving our residents easy to use tools for systematically looking for streetlights in their neighborhoods that are out or blocked by vegetation.  This project was the result of a strategic...
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Empowered Women, Empower Women

Posted on February 14, 2019

Today's Morning Buzz is by Kirsten Wyatt. What I'm Reading: Click Here to Kill Everybody by Bruce Schneier What I'm Listening To: The Dropout podcast by ABC Radio What I'm Watching: #RHOBH (don't @ me) Last week I missed the new ELGL tradition of #NDOSC (National Day of Supper Clubbing) because I was stuck in...
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Reflecting on #NDOSC

Posted on February 12, 2019

By: Christian M. Williams @mypublictweeter If you had asked me back in November how successful #NDOSC (National Day of Supper Clubbing) would be, I would have struggled to find an answer.    One week ago, on February 6, 400+ people from 30+ cities across the nation met up simultaneously to discuss local government #localgov. Volunteers...
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