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Rules for Life (2021 Version)

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Danielle Rogers, Community Marketing Manager for the City of Newton – connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I’m Listening To: All the jazz music I can find including this Spotify playlist: Jazz in the Background What I’m Reading: I'm still stuck in fall and am working Alice Hoffman's Practical...

Giving Thanks in Difficult Times

Today's Morning Buzz is brought to you by Ann Marie Townshend, City Manager of Lewes, Delaware What I'm Watching: Hallmark Christmas movies and finishing up the fourth season of The Crown What I'm Doing: Quarantining and looking forward to being outside and seeing people, even if from a distance Normally I look forward to writing...

Mentoring Mentality

Today’s Buzz is brought to you by Mentorship Sarah O’Brien, Community Whisperer, Collaborative Development Collective, TX (LinkedIn, Facebook) & Caz R. Muske, Assistant City Administrator, Clintonville, WI (Twitter & LinkedIn) Sarah is Currently Reading: We are All Starters, Right to Start’s Manifesto Sarah Currently Jammin’ To: Losing my Religion by REM Caz is Currently Reading:...

Hello from the Other Side

via GIPHY Today’s Buzz is by Morning Buzzer Kendra Davis – connect with her on LinkedIn & Twitter! What I’m Reading: Just Us by Claudia Rankine. It’s timely because this book of musings/essays that sometimes reads like poetry but also reads like academia speaks to the confoundingly pervasive and insidious nature of white supremacy from the perspective...

In a Divided World, Real Change Happens at the Local Level (Small Ball)

Today’s Buzz is by Morning Buzzer Kim Nakahodo – connect with her on LinkedIn & Twitter! What I’m Watching: With the kiddos: Mandalorian Without the kiddos: Utopia What I’m Reading: Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell What I’m Listening To: KCUR; GovLove; Hidden Brain Today will be a loooooooooong day, my fellow gov love friends. ...

Now Hiring: ELGL Program Director

This recruitment is now closed. Please check ELGLJobs.com for other opportunities that may be of interest! ELGL is hiring a full time Program Director to manage ELGL learning and training programs. The job description and application link are below. Please contact Kirsten with any questions. Applications are due by November 15, 2020. Program Director 40...

You Are Part of the Bigger Picture

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Lynn Kelly-Lehner. I would love to connect with you on LinkedIn!

Invest In Yourself

Today's Morning Buzz is brought to you by Danielle Rogers, Community Marketing Manager for the City of Newton – connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I'm Listening To: folklore by Taylor Swift What I'm Reading: The Public Servants' Survival Guide by Brenda Viola What I'm Watching: The Marvel Cinematic Universe in chronological order. --- I'm taking part in...

Everything Else Falls Apart: Insights to Addressing the Housing Crisis

Today’s Buzz is brought to you by Maggie Jones – Connect on Twitter and LinkedIn! What I’m Reading: The Righteous Mind - Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt and Conversations with RBG - Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law by Jeffrey Rosen What I’m Listening to:...

GovTech Stack: Do You Stack Up?

This interactive tool is a follow-up to Meredith Trimble's recent Morning Buzz article about GovTech stack. Local governments are uniquely positioned to address some of society’s most pressing problems. Today, real solutions to homelessness, the opioid crisis, equitable access to justice, food scarcity, navigating the COVID-19 pandemic, and other issues are being developed and implemented...

On Democracy: 20 Lessons from the 20th Century

Today’s Buzz is brought to you by Sarah E. O’Brien | Community Whisperer @ Collaborative Development Collective (Facebook, LinkedIn) What I am reading? On Tyranny: 20 Lessons from the 20th Century by Timothy Snyder What I am listening to on repeat? Civics 101 Podcast Episode, Founding Documents: The Constitution Favorite Quote of the Moment? “To...

Use Your Words

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Samantha Harkins. Connect on LinkedIn & Twitter! What I’m Reading: Everything. I’ve read about 70 books during COVID. I went down a rabbit hole reading everything by Lisa McCubbin and Clint Hill (who was a Secret Service agent for five presidents). Am currently working my way through Dr. Zhivago. What I’m Watching/Listening...

From: September // To: January

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 Watching: The Vow. I would 1000% have ended up in NXIVM, but I’m not sure if I’m important or attractive enough to be invited to DOS....

The Learning Doesn’t Stop When You Leave the Classroom

We've got to give recent graduates the opportunity to succeed, because the learning doesn't stop when you leave the classroom.

Practical Skills for Local Government

Today's Morning Buzz is by Kirsten Wyatt, the ELGL co-founder and executive director. Connect on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. What I'm Reading: Beach Read by Emily Henry (it's "meh." But it's only $1.99 in the Kindle store...) What I'm Watching: The Office on Netflix (introducing our kids to it. It's magic!) What I'm Listening...

Police Oversight in Santa Ana, CA

In response to direction from the Santa Ana City Council, this past week I assisted with preparing an informational report relating to police oversight. In today's Morning Buzz, I'll share some of the research I gathered. Right Now with Daniel Soto (LinkedIn/Twitter) What I’m Listening to – FARR - Someway Somehow What I’m Reading –...

Moving in the Time of Corona

Today's Morning Buzz is by ELGL Board Member 4 Lyfe and Newberg, OR City Manager Dan Weinheimer. Moving to a new place and starting a new job is never easy. It can be exciting, rewarding, and a step in the right path, but it is never easy. Beyond this, it’s never easy on those who...

Welcome to Monday

Kendra Davis, Senior Management Analyst with City of Santa Clara, reporting for duty! LinkedIn or Twitter, pick your poison. What I’m reading: I have been BURNING through some science fiction & horror because I figure we’re already living in a dystopian future, so why not lean in? The Lightest Object in the Universe by Kimi...

Podcast: Growing Up in City Hall with Meredith Reynolds and Jan Reynolds

Meredith Reynolds Park Planning & Partnership Manager City of Long Beach, California Bio | LinkedIn | Twitter Jan Reynolds Former City Manager City of Hanford, California City management as a family business. Meredith Reynolds, Park Planning & Partnership Manager for the City of Long Beach, California, and Jan Reynolds, Retired City Manager for the City...

Inter-agency Collaboration During Crisis

Today's Morning Buzz is by Sarah Henricks, Special Projects Services Consultant with the Los Altos Hills County Fire District. Connect with me on LinkedIn. Not sure if you’ve heard, but California is burning right now. According to its website, CalFire lists at least 17wildfires across the state, plus an additional 7 that are labeled as...