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The Local Government Strategy Alphabet Soup

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)

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!

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

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...

Do Clothes Still Make the (Wo)man? 👠

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

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

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

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

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...

Taking It Back to the Classroom

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Christopher Leonard, Administrative Supervisor for the City of Fort Lauderdale. You can connect with him via LinkedIn Based on my positive experience with higher education, I knew I would seek the opportunity to return to the classroom after obtaining professional experience; to give back to others as my...

Celebrate Parks and the Planet during National Park Week

The photo above is part of a newly restored section of the Pike River within Petrifying Springs Park in Kenosha, WI. The project was funded by a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Fund for Lake Michigan. Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Nancy Retana, Grant...

DEI in Local Government: Ensuring Transformative Pragmatism

Our community government leadership must be reflective of its citizenship. Diversity, equity and inclusion are here to stay and help us make tomorrow better.

The Public Square Is a Grocery Store

Boulder, CO asst. city mgr. Pam Davis points out that the grocery store is central to any community. “It belongs to all of us,” she writes.

Looking Abroad for Inspiration

Today's Morning Buzz is brought to you by Joe McDonald, Local Government Management Intern, at the Matrix Consulting Group. Connect with Joe on LinkedIn or via email. What I'm Reading: Technical Writing Process by Kieran Morgan. Real exhilarating stuff. What I'm Watching: Nothing at the moment. Currently searching for something to fill the void left by...

Remote Work - Is It Here to Stay?

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Melissa Cantarero Weiss, Director of Administrative Services at the City of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Connect with Melissa on Twitter or LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: A Girl from Yamhill by Beverly Cleary What I’m Watching: I am mostly skipping TV currently... What I’m Listening to: The podcast Laughter Permitted with Julie Foudy ...

Eyes on the Prize: Leadership Lessons from Peloton Coaches

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. What I'm Reading: I just finished The Push by Ashley Audrain, which was my choice for the office book club. Yikearoo, I'm feeling pretty bad about choosing something so heavy. It's a really amazing...

Giving the Silent Majority a Voice

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Kara Roberson, Communications and Strategic Engagement Manager at the City of Wentzville, Mo. Connect with Kara on LinkedIn and Instagram. What I’m Reading: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah What I’m Watching: Just finished “Ginny & Georgia” and I thoroughly enjoyed it! What I’m Listening to: I spend way too much...

4 Lessons Learned During My First Year in Local Government

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: Textbooks mostly. Living that #GradSchool Life What I'm Watching: Just finished WandaVision. Big 10/10 would recommend. What I'm Listening to: My new aesthetic is "Oldies Playing in Another Room While It's...

Nurture & Strengthen Your Relationships

Today's Morning Buzz is by Danielle Rogers, Community Marketing Manager for Newton, Iowa. Connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I'm Listening To: Still listening to any jazz music I can find. Today's playlist is this Apple Music gem: Jazz Soul Cafe. What I'm Reading: I'm trying to read 26 fiction books in 2020. I'm currently finishing Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman....

Isn't There An Easier Way To Do This?

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Jessica Hoffman, Assistant City Administrator for the City of Wentzville, MO. Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn. If you Google “Government Waste Memes,” you’ll find no shortage of Ron Swanson snark-filled quotes. The Disney movie “Zootopia” even has a sloth for their government worker in the “Department of Mammal Vehicles.” This...