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Image, Perception and Dress Codes, Oh My!

Posted on April 20, 2022

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Kendra Davis, Management Analyst with Arapahoe County, CO. Find her on Twitter @KendraHwa and on IG (but only if you like occasional stories about outfits and dogs!)  What I’m Listening To: Nicole Byers and Sasheer Zamata’s podcast, “Best Friends” because it’s honestly how I imagine my best...
Putting People at the Heart of Dynamic Library Services

Volunteer Appreciation: This Week and Every Day

Posted on April 19, 2022

Erin Krause Riley is the Adult (and Volunteer) Services Coordinator at the Scottsdale Public Library and wants to offer some appreciation to an amazing team-- Supervisor of Volunteers: Ray Ceo, Library Assistant for Volunteer Services: Anissa Phillips, and Citywide Volunteer Program Coordinator: Brandon Chapman--for all they've done to maintain and revive the volunteer program at...
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We Do Cool Stuff

Posted on April 18, 2022

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Shane Stone, sr. management to Scottsdale's City Manager Connect with him on Twitter and LinkedIn What I’m Listening to: New single's being dropped one-by-one from Hardwell in his return What I'm Reading: Me and my wife are reading a couple of each other's favorite books, so I am reading "The Lucifer Effect" by Phillip...

Creating a People-Centered Culture at City Hall

Posted on April 15, 2022

Today’s Morning Buzzer is Matt Horn, the Director of Local Government Services for MRB Group. Catch Matt on LinkedIn and Twitter, and anywhere that Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs are sold… In my first weeks as a City Manager, I sat down with each of my leadership team members to be sure I understood their professional...
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Sit, Stay, Lead

Posted on April 14, 2022

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Dr. Sarah Martin, Vice President of Health Solutions at mySidewalk. Find her on Twitter @DrSarahMarie and on Medium.  She is also now finally posting again on IG, where it’s mostly about running. What I’m Reading: Ugh, I’m reading an insufferable book that will not be named for fear of everyone hating me. It...
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All Politics is National Now, Even in Local Government

Posted on April 12, 2022

Today's Morning Buzz is by Warren Kagarise, digital engagement manager for King County, WA. Connect on LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram. What I'm Reading: The Washington Post's dive into how algospeak, language we increasingly use to bypass social media content moderation filters — think "panda express" as code for "pandemic" — is changing the way we...
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Orienting New Elected Officials

Posted on April 11, 2022

Today's Morning Buzz is by Melissa Cantarero Weiss, Deputy City Administrator, for Wauwatosa, WI. Connect on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I'm Reading: The Flip Side What I'm Watching: Lord of the Rings - we are introducing the kids to this series What I'm Listening to: Brene Brown on various podcasts In Wauwatosa, we have 16...
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What Your Library Actually Needs During National Library Week

Posted on April 6, 2022

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Stephanie Chase, Executive Director for the Libraries of Eastern Oregon and Founding Principal at Constructive Disruption. Connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I’m Listening to: covers of Robyn's "Dancing On My Own," just to see if any of them stand up to the original What I’m Reading: The...
April Fool's

Falling in Love with My Job…Again

Posted on April 5, 2022

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Kayla Barber-Perrotta, Budget & Performance Manager for the City of Brighton, CO. Connect with her on LinkedIn. What I’m Listening to: Bridgerton Soundtrack What I’m Reading: Bridgerton Series What I’m Watching: Season 1 of Bridgerton –notice a theme here? What I’m Doing: Alphabetizing my books Dearest reader, As I've spent the...
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