Morning Buzz

The Local Government Strategy Alphabet Soup

Posted on May 5, 2021

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Rafael Baptista – connect on LinkedIn! What I’m Listening to: Random Music on Amazon Music What I’m Watching: small snippets of TV when my baby is sleeping What I’m Reading: Baldrige Framework Strategic Plan, Community Action Plan, Sustainability Plan, Comprehensive Land Use Plan, Workforce Development Plan, Aging...

The Campaign of My Career (…thus far)

Posted on May 5, 2021

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Kelli Bennett, Communications Director at the Georgia Municipal Association – connect on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m Listening to: A healthy blend of Maverick City, the new J. Cole and Gregory Porter What I’m Watching: Queen Sugar (May or may not have watched the last season in two days) What...

Happy Public Service Recognition Week!

Posted on May 3, 2021

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Jessica Hoffman, Assistant City Administrator, City of Wentzville, MO. Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: Building a winning culture in government, Patrick R. Leddin, PhD & Shawn D. Moon What I’m Watching: A LOT of HGTV (Rock the Block, No Demo Reno, Good Bones) Public Service Recognition Week...

Beep, Beep, Jeep! Lessons from the Road on Life and #LocalGov

Posted on April 29, 2021

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Maggie Jones – connect on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m Listening to: Brain Food playlist on Spotify What I’m Watching: everything pirates, per Zach (5) What I’m Reading: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng thanks to my wonderful Birthdays & Books buddy, Karen Dempsey! *** My husband and I...

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Do Clothes Still Make the (Wo)man? 👠

Posted on April 28, 2021

Today's Morning Buzz is brought to you by Jennifer Casey, the Public Information Officer for the Town of Collierville, Tennessee. Connect with Jennifer on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I'm reading: The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence by Jessica Lahey What I'm watching: Couples Therapy What I'm listening to: 87.7 Drake...

Power of Partnerships

Posted on April 25, 2021

Today's Morning Buzz is by Nina Vetter, Pueblo West Metro District Manager. Connect with Nina on LinkedIn. When I take a moment to reflect on what we do well in my team, in our organization, and in our region, one thing keeps showing up strong – we believe in and we live in the power...

Love the Haters – A Lesson in Public Service

Posted on April 22, 2021

Today's Morning Buzz is by Ann Marie Townshend, City Manager of Lewes, Delaware. What I'm Watching: The Irregulars on Netfix What I'm Listening to: NPR Public service often means taking the hits and keeping the smile on your face; keeping your comments to yourself and helping the angry customer; or owning up to a failure without deflecting...

Improving American Cities through Urban Parks

Posted on April 21, 2021

U.S.'s first city park, built in 1634 Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Rebecca Cormier, Government Technology Consultant – connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I am reading: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie What I am listening to: Armchair Expert podcast What I am watching: The Other Two With...

The “Stackoverflow” Model for Local Government Knowledge Sharing

Posted on April 15, 2021

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Ido Ivry, co-founder and CTO of Zencity, and a longtime fanboy of ELGL. You can find him on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and sometimes even on Clubhouse. What I’m Reading: Think Again: How to reason and argue by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong; it’s a book about how to argue more...