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Knowing Your Audience

Today’s Buzz is a long-contemplated, yet hastily crafted musing from Zach Ratkai. What I’m Listening To: Nighttime Coding Mix on youtube (gotta focus) What I’m Watching: Re-watching The Newsroom series from HBO What I’m Reading: A Promised Land by Barack Obama Public sector work may seem to be immune from “normal” marketing trends. I mean,...

Clubhouse: Come Inside, It's Fun Inside

Today's Morning Buzz is by Kirsten Wyatt (LinkedIn & Twitter). If you're interested in a Clubhouse invite (and if you're an iOS user), send her a text to 919-225-2961. What I'm Reading: Caste by Isabel Wilkerson What I'm Watching: The Flight Attendant on HBO Max What I'm Listening To: The Popcast With Knox & Jamie...

4 Ways a Hobby will Improve Your Career

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Rebecca Cormier, regional sales director at Roadbotics. She has worked with govtech companies and for local government, with a passion for smart cities and civic engagement. You can find her on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: Consider This, by Chuck Palahniuk, full of excellent advice on...

Reflections

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Jenn Reichelt, Deputy City Administrator with the City of Yuma – connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! I have always loved New Years. For me it has always been a time to reflect on the year behind us and celebrate what is to come. I have always felt that the...

Application Vulnerability

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 What I’m Listening To: "Relaxation" on Amazon Music. As I mature, I have opened myself up to music that is calming over entertaining. What I’m Watching: Mostly inauguration and political...

Good Omens: The Biden Administration Will Drive Local Government Forward

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 hopefully soon on Clubhouse… What I’m Reading: Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products, by Marty Cagan. It’s a terrific book for anyone looking to start anything that...

Harnessing the Power of Civic Engagement

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Katie Beemer, Management Fellow for the City of Wayland, MI and MPA Student at Grand Valley State University. You can connect with her via LinkedIn, Twitter, or Instagram. What I’m reading: Untamed by Glennon Doyle. I first heard Glennon speak at our ICMA conference last fall, as...

January is National Mentorship Month

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Nancy Retana, Grant Specialist/Development Coordinator for Kenosha County Division of Parks, WI. Follow Nancy on LinkedIn. What I’m Listening To: Crime Junkie and Sword and Scale. What I’m Watching: Kim's Convenience on Netflix. A refreshing drama-comedy sitcom that is sure to get anyone hooked. What I’m Reading:...

Leadership in History That Inspires Us

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Aline Alves da Costa, Content Creator at the Wyoming Liberty Group. You can connect with her via LinkedIn, Twitter or follow her life adventures on IG. What I’m reading:. I am rereading Hope Unfolding: Grace-Filled Truth for the momma’s Heart by Becky Thompson. I love reading books about...

6 Ways to Say ‘Pretty Please Take the Survey’

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Angelica Wedell, Director of Communications and Marketing at Polco / National Research Center. Follow Angelica on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I’m Reading / Listening to: Stuff You Should Know: An Incomplete Compendium of Mostly Interesting Things (2020) by Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant. It’s a podcast, and...

Random Thoughts - LED Lights and Approaches to Equity

Today's Morning Buzz is brought to you by Alan Pennington, Vice President of Matrix Consulting Group. Find him on Twitter and on LinkedIn. What I'm reading:. I am rereading Dead Souls by Nicolai Gogol. This book I discovered about a decade ago has a strange hold over me for some reason - I revisit it every...

Navigating Burnout

Today's Buzz is by Melissa Cantarero Weiss, Director of Administrative Services in Wauwatosa, WI. Connect with her on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I am listening to: Dare to Lead with Brené Brown What I am watching: Life Below Zero What I am reading: The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel I survived 2020 serving...

And So It Begins, Again…

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Ashley Copeland, Communications Manager for Newnan, GA. Follow Ashley on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I’m Listening To: It’s been a while since I had a chance to listen to a few podcasts, so, I’m going back into my saved podcasts and archives to catch up on Jemele...

The Local Government Party

Today's Morning Buzz is by Samantha Harkins. Connect with her on Twitter and LinkedIn! Regardless of your politics we all have to acknowledge a few months ago we witnessed a historic election. A record number of Americans voted. We shattered the glass ceiling by electing the first female, Black, Indian-American Vice President. We also have...

Unexplained Variance

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Dr. Sarah Martin, Vice President of Health Solutions at mySidewalk. Find her on Twitter @SarahKCMO and on Medium. What I’m reading AND listening to: I just finished the last minutes of the 29-hour Audible version of Barack Obama’s A Promised Land, narrated by President Obama. Yes, it is as good as you think...

Happy Festivus for the Rest of Us!

Today’s Buzz is by Morning Buzzer Kim Nakahodo – connect with her on LinkedIn & Twitter! What I’m Watching: Anxiously awaiting: Wonder Woman 1984 What I’m Reading: Educated by Tara Westover What I’m Listening To: KCUR; GovLove; Hidden Brain Fellow gov love friends, it has been a LOOOOOONG, hard year. I cannot think of another...

Leave Time to Breathe - Planning Ahead, and Consciously Abandoning

This article was written by Jessica VanderKolk, Communications Manager for the City of Battle Creek. Jessica wrote this article as part of the Crisis Management Cohort with Drucker Institute. Read all the articles from the cohort. Connect with Jessica on email, Twitter, or LinkedIn. I am Jessica VanderKolk, Communications Manager for the City of Battle...

Nine Leadership Lessons from The Mandalorian

This Morning Buzz post is brought to you by Lynn Kelly-Lehner from RSG, Inc. I’d love to connect with fellow government friends on LinkedIn! What I’m Reading: (I’m still reading) The First Ninety Days by Michael Watkins What I’m Watching: The Mandalorian What I’m Listening To: Cheesy Christmas Tunes Warning! Spoilers! Like many of you,...

2020 #ELGLTraeger Winners: #61-#70

It's the most wonderful time of the year! We're counting down the top 100 influencers in local government. Today, met ten amazing local leaders who are making a difference in their communities. View the full list on the #ELGLTraeger page, and share your congrats using the hashtag #ELGLTraeger on social media! #61 - Kirsten Decker...