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When I write my morning buzz, my standard approach is to talk about something that I am passionate about and share some related practical advice with readers. But the reality is that today we are all focused on responding to the COVID-19 crisis as local government professionals and as individuals with friends and families that we care deeply about. 

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Jessica Hoffman, Assistant City Administrator in Wentzville, Missouri   Last year, our organization upgraded from Office 2010 to G-Suite. After evaluating the many pros and cons with our IT and Communications departments, along with the City Administrator, we decided to move forward with the G-Suite tools. We were sold on...

  Today's Morning Buzz is by Ann Marie Townshend, City Manager for Lewes, Delaware What I'm Watching:  The Americans What I'm Reading:  Information about the Coronavirus What I'm Doing: Working almost constantly I am not sure where to begin. I had a Morning Buzz ready to go about dealing with performance issues. Somehow that doesn’t seem...

Today's buzz was hastily put together by Zach Ratkai, connect on LinkedIn or follow on Twitter ****   What I am Watching: Sneaking in an old Seinfeld re-run when I can What I am Reading: My Twitter feed again... What I am Listening To: St. Paul and the Broken Bones I debated whether or not to bag...

Sarah Martin Vice President of Health Solutions mySidewalk LinkedIn | Twitter Data science for public service. Sarah Martin, the Vice President of Health Solutions for mySidewalk and former Deputy Director of the Kansas City Health Department, joined the podcast to talk about the role of public health and responding to disease. She talked about the...

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Maggie Jones – connect on LinkedIn & Twitter! *** What I’m Listening to: Lush Lofi playlist on Spotify What I’m Watching: my youngest deliberately turn on the garden hose when I asked him not to What I’m Reading: Matt Andrews’ wonderful blog series on Public Leadership Through...

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Today's Morning Buzz is by Kirsten Wyatt. Connect with Kirsten on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I'm Reading: New York Times coronavirus coverage, all day long What I'm Listening To: The Cold War: What We Saw  What I'm Watching: LegoMasters on Fox The title of this post is an actual quote a college friend made about...

Today’s Buzz is by Sarah E. O'Brien | Community Whisperer @ Collaborative Development Collective (Facebook, LinkedIn ,Twitter, ) What I am watching: Project Divided Webseries What I am reading: Visionary Women: How Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall and Alice Waters changed our world. What I am listening to: GovLove 333: Engagement, Arts and Cities...

Today's Morning Buzz is by Samantha Harkins. Connect on LinkedIn & Twitter! What I’m reading: Better than Before by Gretchen Rubin What I’m watching: This is Us. And crying. Every time.   Being a public servant isn’t easy. I’ll be honest with y’all: it’s been a tough few months in my job. We’ve been scrutinized for...

This Morning Buzz is brought to you by Dr. Sarah Martin, VP of Health Solutions at mySidewalk. Follow her on Twitter at @DrSarahMarie. What I’m Watching: I have watched The Morning Show on Apple TV twice through and have to say that Billy Crudup is one of the world’s most amazing character actors. It is...

Places matter because they have purpose, they evoke emotion, and because they matter to people. Creating and sustaining great places should matter to us.

Today's pinch hit Morning Buzz (sorry it's a smidge late) is by Kirsten Wyatt, ELGL's executive director. Connect with Kirsten on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I'm Reading: The Guardians by John Grisham What I'm Watching: Legally Blonde 2 (sick kid at home - not my choice) What I'm Listening To: coughing and sneezing The 2020...

Today’s Buzz is by Tim Gomez– connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I am watching:  Nothing because we have no wi-fi from our recent move! What I am listening to: Loving the Braveheart Cinematic Score What I am reading: Fall of Night (#2 in Dead of Night Series) by Jonathan Maberry __________________________________________________________ I love talking about my career...

Today’s Morning Buzz is about the city charter, a document that acts like the constitution of a city by establishing and outlining the city's supreme authority over municipal affairs. A charter can only be adopted, amended, or repealed by a majority vote of a city's voters. Right Now with Daniel Soto (LinkedIn/Twitter) What I’m Listening...

What I’m Watching: Younger - very late to this party but I LOVE Sutton Foster, so am fully in support of this maybe too on the nose critique of millennial culture vs. the world. What I’m Reading: The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare - a really moving peek into life in modern...

Today's Morning Buzz is by Brandi Leos, City of Tigard, Oregon (LinkedIn, Twitter) What I’m Watching:  The Presidential Primary Debate What I’m Reading:  in between books but planning to start Winners Take All soon Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to work a few places and with a lot of employees.  I’ve also had the chance to...

Today’s Buzz is by Morning Buzzer Kim Nakahodo – connect with her on LinkedIn & Twitter! What I’m Watching: With the kiddos: Fast & Furious Spy Racers (gateway drug into F&F life!)  Without the kiddos: Marvel’s Runaways What I’m Reading: Dear Girls by Ali Wong (SUPER NSFW) What I’m Listening To: KCUR; GovLove; Hidden Brain...

This Morning Buzz is from Susan Barkman, Council/Mayor Management Analyst with the City of Aurora Colorado. What I am reading: The news. What I am listening to: Bluebird by Miranda Lambert What I am working on: office policies! We all experience challenges in life, and sometimes we get knocked down.  Bouncing back from our bad...

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Josh Edwards, so be kind or not– either way, connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter!!! What I’m Listening To: Willie Nelson What I’m Reading: Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief What I’m Watching: Disney Plus reliving my childhood I will be jumping into the 3rd post in my Foundations of Local Government Strategic...

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