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Your Reminder: Stop.

Today’s Buzz is by Samantha Roberts– connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I'm Watching: The new world of DTT (Day Time Television) What I'm Reading: Leading From the Front: No-Excuse Leadership Tactics for Women by Angie Morgan and Courtney Lynch What I’m Drinking: My favorite coffee roaster, Stumptown Coffee So while I may not have the technical gems...

Gift Guide for Your Local Gov Coworkers (And Beyond!)

Welcome to the Holiday Season y’all! No matter what holiday you celebrate (though, if we’re being honest, I bet most of our organizations orbit around Christmas), 'tis the season for choosing & giving gifts. I don’t know about all of you, but even as a Very Enthusiastic Person™, gift-giving can fill me with anxiety. And...

Best Ideas List for 2019

Today's Morning Buzz is by Mike Skibbe (Twitter and LinkedIn) What I’m Reading: The Beast by Jade Gurss What I’m Watching: Letterkenny Problems What I’m Listening To: The Worklife Podcast As the year winds down, and holiday parties fill our schedules, it’s a traditional time of reflection on the past year. Best of lists fill...

Its The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year!

Today’s Buzz is by Meredith Reynolds, Park Planning & Partnerships Manager for the @LongBeachCity. Follow Meredith on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. What I’m Listening To: Christmas Coffeehouse on Spotify What I’m Watching: The Bing Crosby classic, White Christmas What I’m Planning: What I will be doing on my January birthday off from work (more on that...

Let’s Talk Planning: Pre-Applications

Today’s Buzz is by Christian M. Williams @MyPublicTweeter I have been getting settled in my new role as a (city) Planner here with the city of Goodyear. As I discussed in my last Morning Buzz, I recently made the transition from the Manager’s Office to the Planning world for a myriad of reasons. While I miss...

The Gift of Presence is Priceless

This Morning Buzz is brought to you by Lynn Kelly-Lehner from the City of Temecula. What I’m Reading: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (I’m always reading Harry Potter) and The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor What I’m Listening To: Everything Happens Podcast with Kate Bowler Good morning from rainy Southern California, ELGLers! I want...

Recognizing the Value of Soft Skills

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Jenn Reichelt, Senior Associate with The Novak Consulting Group – connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m Listening To: NPR. Every. Single. Morning. What I’m Watching: His Dark Materials on HBO and The Last Kingdom on Netflix. It’s time we started to recognize the true value and importance...

Investing in Good on Black Friday

Today’s Morning Buzz is written by Katie Nelson – connect on Twitter and LinkedIn! ____________________________________________________________________________________ What I’m Listening To: “Do Go On” a podcast about anything and everything What I’m Reading: “City of Girls” by Elizabeth Gilbert What I’m Watching: “The Devil Next Door” on Netflix ____________________________________________________________________________________ Let’s just get this out of the way...

Getting My Hands Dirty

Today’s Morning Buzz is written by Danielle Rogers – connect on Instagram, LinkedIn, & Twitter! What I’m listening to: I love holiday music, I love Broadway. And when Broadway puts together a yearly album called Carols for a Cure; you get my Apple Music Broadway Carols playlist of over 370 Christmas songs sung by the...

When I Grow Up, I Want to be an Assistant City Administrator

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Jessica Hoffman – connect on LinkedIn. What I’m Watching: Boy Meets World on Disney+ I remember taking the career aptitude test in high school and I remember my results because they were oddly specific, Vice President of a nursing home. It kind of made sense, I like...

What Was I Thinking?

Today's (West Coast) Morning Buzz is brought to you by Zach Ratkai. Connect on Twitter What I am reading: Current library selection chewed up by 5 month old Black Lab What I am watching: Just finished the latest season of Letterkenny on Hulu, so I just catch a hockey game if I have time. What...

Why I Almost Left Local Government (and Why I Decided to Stay)

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Maggie Jones - connect on LinkedIn & Twitter! What I’m Listening to: Sincerely, X podcast and an eclectic mix including (in no particular order) Glass Animals, ODESZA, Blended Babies, Lizzo, Sylvan Esso, Marc Rebillet, Mars Volta, Tool, and PAW Patrol Pup Pup Boogie What I’m Reading: recently finished...

Coulda Woulda Shoulda - First Amendment Audit

Hello! Jennifer Casey here, bringing you today's Buzz. We can connect on Twitter today & Linkedin when I check it next week. What I’m Reading: Just finished Over the Top by Jonathan Van Ness and may continue a Queer Eye biography kick with Tan France’s book next. What I’m Listening to: Trampled by Turtle’s cover of “Fake...

Board Transitions--Managing the Post-Election Hangover

Today's Morning Buzz is brought to you by the devastatingly witty Matt Horn. For more slapstick, follow me on Twitter or Facebook's more professional cousin, LinkedIn. What I'm Reading: Re-reading Micro-Resilience by Bonnie St. John (prompted by an AH-mazing keynote at #ICMA2019). What I'm Listening to: Deep into lots of 80's ladies right now...The Pretenders,...

#2 - mySidewalk

This is the company information page for the 2019 #ELGLHaverford award. Learn more about the award program, and read about all of the honorees. About mySidewalk Website: www.mysidewalk.com Contact person: Stephen Hardy, CEO Contact email: hello@mysidewalk.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mysidewalk/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mysidewalkHQ Facebook: https://facebook.com/mysidewalkHQ Industry sector: Technology Minority/Women-Owned: No Does the company have an articulated equity/inclusion policy:...

Hug Your Haters!

Today’s Buzz is brought to you by Stephanie Taylor, Public Information Coordinator for Carlisle Borough. You can find her on Twitter (frequently) or on LinkedIn (rarely). What I’m Reading: Little Weirds by Jenny Slate. I just adore everything Jenny Slate does, from Marcel the Shell With Shoes On to her new stand-up special on Netflix....

There Goes the Roof!

Today’s Morning Buzz is by me, Nina Vetter. Follow me on Twitter or on LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World for our CCCMA Book Club that I started! What I’m Watching: Fleabag. If you have Amazon Prime I'm begging you to please watch this show! What I’m Listening To:...

The Power of Feedback

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Jenn Reichelt – connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m Listening To: NPR. Every. Single. Morning. What I’m Reading: The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg What I’m Watching: Final season and episode of Poldark on PBS Masterpiece Theatre and His Dark Materials on HBO. One of the most important lessons...

1,000,000 Small Inconveniences

Today's Morning Buzz is by me, Dr. Sarah Martin. Follow me on Twitter @SarahKCMO and let's cry together virtually What I’m Reading: I’m a big fan of narrative non-fiction that reads like fiction and makes me cry. I am catching up on some favorite authors and I’m currently deep into Spain in our Hearts by...

Thinking Logically About Results

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Brent Stockwell – connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter!!! What I’m Listening To: True Colors (feat. Maya Avedis) by XO Cupid (2018) What I’m Reading: The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss (2017) (Because Kendra Davis recommended it in her Oct. 29 Morning Buzz) What I’m Watching: Just finished...