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The Bachelorette: Strong Mayor Edition

Today’s Buzz is by Laura Hardwicke– connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m Watching: The Bachelorette What I’m Reading: Bachelor Nation by Amy Kaufman What I’m listening to: The Black Keys’ new record “Let’s Rock” This is my first major local election as a local gov employee. During the last general election in … Continued

Roger That: Fountain, NC

This is a blog series about “Leading Culture” by Rae Buckley and Lindsey Bineau, with the expertise of retired Chapel Hill, NC Town Manager, Roger Stancil. Read all installments as they’re published online here.  “Because people often come to organizations with a background or training in a particular profession or industry – each with its own system or approach … Continued

Why I Literally Pulled the Plug: A Digital Detox Tale

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Danielle Rogers – connect with her on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram! What I’m Watching: Nothing (I’ll get to that in just a minute!) What I’m Reading: The Golden Hour by Beatriz Williams, Beyond the Point by Claire Gibson and Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams. (This is just a short list of three … Continued

Podcast: Teaching Ethics through Parks & Rec with Dr. Erin Borry

Dr. Erin Borry Assistant Professor of Public Administration University of Alabama at Birmingham Bio | LinkedIn | Twitter Linking theory to television. Dr. Erin Borry from the University of Alabama at Birmingham is teaching ethics in a creative way, by using the show Parks & Recreation. Scenes involving your favorite City of Pawnee employees are … Continued

Engagement for All; or Making Sure Everyone Can Access Chewie

Today’s Buzz is by Jessica VanderKolk. Connect with her on Twitter and LinkedIn, and on all City of Battle Creek social. What I’m watching: A lot of Transformers, and other shows my 6-year-old watches, and Dark with my German Lit PhD husband. What I’m reading: Just finished Anna Clark’s The Poisoned City, a situation from … Continued

Rolling out the Welcome Mat

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Rafael Baptista. Connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter. What Rafael is reading: Broke, USA by Gary Rivlin  … watching: Masterchef Season 10  … listening to: Latin Pop Hits on Amazon Music  I am spending the 4th of July in New York City with my wife and our big activity … Continued

July Update – Membership & Programs!

What I’m Doing: Merging Four Excel Membership Spreadsheets into A Single All-Powerful Database with Superpowers! What I’m Listening To: Google Play’s Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats Radio What I’m Reading: Alternating Neal Stephenson’s Fall, or Dodge in Hell (which at 980 pages has lasted me a LOT of pool time this summer and makes … Continued

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Brian Southey (LinkedIn) What I am watching: Chernobyl (Its only a few months old but I feel like I am late to the party) What I am listening to: Vampire Weekend: Father of the Bride What I am reading: The Shining by Stephen King (Trying to read … Continued

Treat Other Cities the Way You Want Your City to be Treated

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Allie Camp (LinkedIn) Read her other ELGL post here. Over the past few months I’ve visited three major cities, Salt Lake City, Utah and Baltimore, Maryland. The final city was Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the city in which I grew up, went to college, and the city that will always have my … Continued

We’re In the Hospitality Business

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Nathan Eppink. Connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter. What Nate is reading: The newspaper. (It still exists.) … watching: Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse … listening to: Various playlists on Amazon Music I recently shared this in an all-staff newsletter. I’m not an aggressive reader, but somehow, earlier this year, … Continued

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