Morning Buzz

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Posted on December 23, 2021

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Christopher Leonard, Administrative Supervisor for the City of Fort Lauderdale. You can connect with him via LinkedIn What I’m Listening To: Meditation Station What I’m Watching: Watching the new Spiderman this week What I’m Reading: Enjoy reading shares about generosity and community engagement. While COVID-19 impacts were undeniably challenging...

Measuring Quality Of Life

Posted on December 22, 2021

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Ido Ivry, co-founder and CTO of Zencity Follow Ido on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: Magellan, by Stefan Zweig What I’m Listening to: Revolutions, a podcast on... historic revolutions which makes me appreciative of how uninteresting our times are. Perspective is everything. What I’m Watching: mostly random stuff. I'll figure out...

New Year’s Resolutions for Professional Growth

Posted on December 20, 2021

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Nancy Retana, Grant Specialist/Development Coordinator for Kenosha County (WI) Division of Parks. Follow Nancy on LinkedIn. What I’m Listening To: Suspect Podcast by Wondery. What I’m Watching: Classic Christmas Movies! What I’m Reading: Atomic Habits by James Clear. With the end of the year quickly approaching and...

What New Normals Are Here To Stay In the Work World?

Posted on December 15, 2021

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Angelica Wedell, Director of Communications and Marketing at Polco / National Research Center. Follow Angelica on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: The Book of Nice: A Nice Book About Nice Things for Nice People by Josh Chetwynd What I’m Listening to: Stuff You Should Know The pandemic changed work life for...

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Consider Remote when Hiring an Intern

Posted on December 13, 2021

Today's Morning Buzz is by Melissa Cantarero Weiss, Director of Administrative Services, for Wauwatosa, WI. Connect on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I'm Reading: I am rereading Dune – it is always ah-mazing. What I'm Watching: The Unforgivable on Netflix – seriously, watch this. What I'm Listening to: A Spotify playlist called Folk Christmas Music. We...

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Growing Your Public Agency’s Brand on Social is About More Than a Logo

Posted on December 9, 2021

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 Overstory," a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel on the secret life of trees and humankind's relationship with the natural world. What I'm Watching: "Succession," a dysfunctional dynasty saga for our modern Gilded Age. What...

My Own Worst Enemy

Posted on December 7, 2021

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 watching: I might be the last person to start the show You, and I’ll probably be the last person...

Embracing the Suck

Posted on December 6, 2021

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Amie Hendrix, Deputy County Administrator for Tompkins County, New York. Connect with Amie on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I’m Reading: Will by Will Smith What I’m Watching: Cheesy Hallmark Holiday Movies (I've always avoided them but now that I am embracing the cheese, please send your holiday...

Local Gov Employees: They’re Just Like Us!

Posted on December 2, 2021

Today's Morning Buzz is by Kirsten Wyatt, the ELGL co-founder and executive director. Connect with Kirsten on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I'm Reading: A Dangerous Place: A Maisie Dobbs Novel What I'm Listening To: You're Wrong About (eps on Marie Antoinette & Catherine the Great are particularly good) What I'm Watching: Dopesick I occasionally get...