Morning Buzz

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Local Government Departments as Baked Goods

Posted on March 31, 2020

Today’s Buzz is by Laura Hardwicke– connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m Watching: Everything except Tiger King (I’m a contrarian) What I’m Reading: Flight Maps What I’m listening to: John Prine hour on local radio station I’ve been simmering on today’s buzz for quite some time. I intended to write a Pulitzer...

Three Bright Spots

Posted on March 30, 2020

Today’s Buzz is brought to you by Danielle Rogers, Community Marketing Manager for the City of Newton, Iowa. You can connect with her on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I am Reading: Untamed by Glennon Doyle What I am Listening to: My Mishmash Medley playlist on Apple Music What I am Watching: Call the Midwife on...

Three Easy Ways to Stay Sane During a Stay-Home Order

Posted on March 27, 2020

I'm Jessica VanderKolk, Communications Manager for the City of Battle Creek, Mich. Join my Twitter fam and find me on LinkedIn. What I’m listening to: My husband teaching college virtually, my son watching his 30 minutes of afternoon TV, and my dog panting after playing outside. What I’m watching: Parks & Recreation when I can...

It’s Okay to Struggle

Posted on March 26, 2020

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Rafael Baptista (LinkedIn and Twitter) What I’m Watching: Boy Meets World What I’m Reading: Information about the Coronavirus What I’m Doing: Learning how to order groceries online When I write my morning buzz, my standard approach is to talk about something that I am passionate about and share some related...

Remote Work: A Game Changer for Local Government Work Culture

Posted on March 25, 2020

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Jessica Hoffman, Assistant City Administrator in Wentzville, Missouri Last year, our organization upgraded from Office 2010 to G-Suite. After evaluating the many pros and cons with our IT and Communications departments, along with the City Administrator, we decided to move forward with the G-Suite tools. We were sold on...

Big Time Changes in a Small Town – How COVID-19 Pushed Us to Embrace Technology

Posted on March 24, 2020

Today's Morning Buzz is by Ann Marie Townshend, City Manager for Lewes, Delaware What I'm Watching: The Americans What I'm Reading: Information about the Coronavirus What I'm Doing: Working almost constantly I am not sure where to begin. I had a Morning Buzz ready to go about dealing with performance issues. Somehow that doesn’t seem...

The Sense of Purpose…

Posted on March 23, 2020

Today's buzz was hastily put together by Zach Ratkai, connect on LinkedIn or follow on Twitter **** What I am Watching: Sneaking in an old Seinfeld re-run when I can What I am Reading: My Twitter feed again... What I am Listening To: St. Paul and the Broken Bones I debated whether or not to bag...

Finding Place in COVID-19

Posted on March 20, 2020

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Maggie Jones – connect on LinkedIn & Twitter! *** What I’m Listening to: Lush Lofi playlist on Spotify What I’m Watching: my youngest deliberately turn on the garden hose when I asked him not to What I’m Reading: Matt Andrews’ wonderful blog series on Public Leadership Through...

Quarantining Before Quarantining Was Cool

Posted on March 19, 2020

Today’s Buzz is brought to you by Jennifer Casey, Public Information Officer for the Town of Collierville, TN. @ me: Twitter & LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: Bill Morris, a Legendary Life (a big name in Memphis politics for many years) What I’m Listening to: my 2019 Rewind playlist on Spotify What I’m Watching: just introduced the kids to...