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Bringing Gratitude Back

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Danielle Rogers, Community Marketing Manager for Newton, Iowa. Connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter. Listening To: We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doyle Reading: Half Sick of Shadows by Laura Sebastian Watching: Loki on Disney+ Lately, I've found myself in a cynical place. It's hard not to be...

Five Reasons to Choose Local Government

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Jessica Hoffman, Assistant City Administrator for the City of Wentzville, MO. Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn. What I’m Listening to: A local morning show radio podcast. What I’m Watching: We just finished Loki on Disney+. What I’m Reading: Be the Boss Everyone Wants to Work for: A...

The Many Benefits of Community Gardens

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Rebecca Cormier, ELGL member, govtech enthusiast, and environmental advocate. Connect on Twitter and LinkedIn What I’m Reading: In This Together, How Republicans, Democrats, Capitalists, and Activists Are Uniting to Tackle Climate Change and More, by Trammell S. Crow and Bill Shireman What I’m Watching: The Americans-I have just started so...

How To Guide American Rescue Plan Act Funds With Community Input

Local government leaders want to make sure they spend American Rescue Plan Act funds in the best ways possible. But how?

Democratizing 3-1-1: Creating an Open Source Resident Request Platform

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: Lights Out: Pride, Delusion and the fall of General Electric, by Thomas Gyrta and Ted Mann What I’m Listening to: City Hall Stories by Jack English, super interesting conversations What I’m Watching: Err…. no real time to tune in to...

10 Local Government YouTube Channels That Know What They Are Doing

YouTube is a place where cities can showcase all sorts of community information. What makes a local government YouTube channel great?

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

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

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...

Sensory Overload

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...

To Infinity and Beyond!

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)...

Podcast: Designing Effective Interview Questions and Hiring Processes with Benjamin Mead-Harvey

Benjamin Mead-Harvey Adjunct Instructor University of Illinois, School of Information Sciences Bio | LinkedIn Get a little better every week. Benjamin Mead-Harvey, Adjunct Instructor for the University of Illinois School of Information Sciences, joined the podcast to discuss interview processes and reducing bias in hiring. He discussed types of interview questions including behavioral and situational...

Local Gov Made My Bad Day Better

I helped with DMV process improvement five years ago. But did it stick?

The Kids are Alright

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

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...

Go Forth and Facilitate

This Morning Buzz is brought to you by Ariana Adame, Planning Manager. Connect with me on LinkedIn, Twitter, or Website. What I'm Reading: Dare to Lead, Brene Brown What I'm Re-Watching: The Soprano's What I'm Listening To: Butter by BTS (I live with a teen and a pre-teen) Have you ever explained what...

Everyday Leadership in Local Government

This Morning Buzz is brought to you by Lynn Kelly-Lehner, a Director at RSG, Inc. I would love to connect with you on LinkedIn and learn more about what you are doing in your community. What I’m Reading: Think Again, by Adam Grant What I’m Re-Watching: Schitt’s Creek (I love that journey for you!) And...

In Praise of "Slow"

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Stephanie Chase, Executive Director of the Libraries of Eastern Oregon and Founding Principal of the Constructive Disruption consultancy. Follow Stephanie on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell (space opera FTW) What I’m Listening to: What Would Danbury Do? podcast (a deep dive into the Bridgerton...

How Can Community Feedback Help Guide American Rescue Plan Act Spending?

American Rescue Plan Act funding is a once in a generation opportunity to think strategically about moving the community forward.

Making Lemonade Out of Lemons

All these lemons can become lemonade. Changing my mindset and taking this approach has settled me and brought me back to my focus.

Better Together During a Crisis, and Every Day

I am Jessica VanderKolk, Communications Manager buzzing with you from the City of Battle Creek, Michigan. Connect with me on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I'm reading: Out of Orange by Cleary Wolters What I'm watching: Grey's Anatomy (I'm binging on Netflix and I'm on Season 9... no spoilers!) I felt inspired to write today's Morning...