Morning Buzz

Standing Strong Through the Thick of It: We’re #NewnanStrong

Posted on June 23, 2021

Today's Morning Buzz is brought to you by Ashley Copeland, Communications Manager for the City of Newnan, GA. Connect with Ashley on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I'm Watching: Don't laugh, but I'm behind on 90-Day Fiance, so I've been DVRing the current season, and it's quite entertaining after a long day of work. It's too...

Local Governments in Limbo as Congress Weighs Big Tech Rules

Posted on June 22, 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 Washington Post's $731 million mystery about the secret identity of a Powerball winner in a small Maryland town. What I'm Re-Watching: "Blade Runner: The Final Cut" (partially to remind myself how the...

Overwhelming selection of milks in the dairy aisle

Sensory Overload

Posted on June 18, 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 on Substack where she writes about crying in public. What I’m Watching: I cut the cord on live-TV Hulu after they raised the price, so honestly I’m sort of watching...

Person jumping with a coat that says "Let's Go And Don't Look Back"

To Infinity and Beyond!

Posted on June 17, 2021

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Amie Hendrix, ELGL Board Member and Deputy County Administrator of Tompkins County, New York. Connect on Twitter or LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: The Elevated Communicator by Maryanne O'Brien (Understanding your communication style and leveling up) and Offer from a Gentleman by Julia Quinn (Understanding why the Bridgerton Family took over Netflix)...

Photo Sarah Moss and Denver City and County Building

Local Gov Made My Bad Day Better

Posted on June 11, 2021

Today’s Morning Buzz is by civic dreamer and doer Sarah Moss, MPA. She is a strategist based in Denver who helps clients solve policy and political puzzles across the United States. Connect on LinkedIn and Twitter and read her past ELGL posts. What I’m Reading: Behavioral science to help state and local government with COVID-19...

The Best Time To Build Housing

Posted on June 9, 2021

Right Now with Nick Smith (Linkedin/Twitter) What I’m watching: Clips from "This Old House" on YouTube What I’m reading: Your Computer Is On Fire, about the death of techno-utopianism, and starting to uncover the biases built into computing structures What I’m listening to: Nirvana - Breed ... classic & perfect for 30 years now. As a suburban...

The Kids are Alright

Posted on June 8, 2021

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Lacey Dykgraaf, Community Engagement Specialist for the City of Newberg. Connect with Lacey on LinkedIn or Twitter. What I’m Reading: Case studies for my Strategic Management class What I’m Watching: A whole lot of HGTV What I’m Listening to: Olivia Rodrigo’s SOUR album. 18-year-old me has demanded it stays on repeat. I feel...

Tips for Interviewing a Potential Employer

Posted on May 31, 2021

This Morning Buzz is brought to you by Kayla Barber-Perrotta, Budget Manager, City of Brighton, CO. Connect with me on LinkedIn. What I'm Reading: Think Sideways by Tamara Ghandour What I'm Re-Watching: Friends-That reunion triggered some serious nostalgia. What I'm Listening To: Whatever comes up on "all songs" next. This morning it ranged from old school Taylor...

I’m Just Tired

Posted on May 28, 2021

Right Now with Kevin Teater What I’m Listening to – Even Here by JJ Heller What I’m Reading – Starsight by Brandon Sanderson What I’m Watching – My dog licking her feet like she’s not supposed to do What I’m Doing – Sure feels like I am writing a lot these days 😊 “I’m just...