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Curation and Accessibility: Who’s Ready for Next Steps from ELGL Innovation?

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: Weezer Radio on Spotify (still..) What I’m Reading: Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes What I’m Watching: The Open Curation and Accessibility, Who’s Ready for Next Steps from ELGL Innovation? Forgive me if I am a little rusty...

If I Can Do It, You Can Too: Going Back to School & Working Full Time

Morning Buzz by Christian M. Williams @MyPublicTweeter Since ELGL has a diverse membership with different career and academic goals, I thought I would share a little about my journey to finish graduate school while working. Some of you have met your academic goals and some of you are pondering what’s next. For those of you...

Five Types of Bad Local Government Bosses

Today's Morning Buzz is by Kirsten Wyatt. Connect with Kirsten on LinkedIn & Twitter! What I'm Reading: Distributed Teams: The Art and Practice of Working Together While Physically Apart What I'm Watching: Veronica Mars What I'm Listening to: What happened to Beto O'Rourke? - The Washington Post podcast ELGL very purposefully uses positive examples of...

Why Cities and Cats are Slow to Embrace Change

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Sarah Henricks, Management Analyst, City of South San Francisco (Twitter & LinkedIn) What I'm watching: When They See Us What I'm listening to: old episodes of Hidden Brain What I'm eating: homemade blueberry muffins (my blueberry guy is done for the season) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hi! I’m Sarah Henricks, a semi-recent Bay...

I'm in a Slump

This edition of Morning Buzz is by Lynn Kelly-Lehner (LinkedIn) What I’m Currently Reading: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Daring Greatly by Brene Brown, and The Moment of Lift, How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda Gates What I’m Currently Listening To: Malcolm Gladwell’s The Revisionist History Podcast What I’m Currently Watching: The...

The Data-Driven Website Redesign

Today's Morning Buzz is written by Jenny Kosek, Communications Strategist for the City of West Allis, WI. Connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I'm Reading: Anton Chekov's "Uncle Vanya" (I'm not that lofty, but I am going to be in the play this fall) What I'm Listening To: The Record Company, "All of This Life"...

How AI Fits in Local Government

Today's Morning Buzz is by Meredith Trimble, Sr. Content Specialist with Tyler Technologies, Inc., and former Acting Chair, Farmington, CT Town Council (Twitter, LinkedIn) What I am watching: Great Food Truck Race What I am reading: Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV What I am listening to: CT Public Radio's...

Stay Out of the Mud Volcanoes: Staying Positive in the Midst of Local Government Uncertainty

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Alisha Janes, Assistant to City Manager, Brighton Colorado (Twitter & LinkedIn) What I am Watching: Stranger Things What I am Reading: All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders What I am Listening to: This Land Podcast This is my first Morning Buzz! I've had...

Feeling Myself -- Understanding My Emotional Attachment to Social Media Engagement

Today's Morning Buzz is brought to you by Katie Nelson (LinkedIn) What I’m Listening To: The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers What I’m Reading: Stay Sexy and Don’t Get Murdered What I’m Watching: Schitt’s Creek “What I hear when I'm being yelled at is people caring loudly at me.” – Leslie...

Best Place to Work in Local Government

Today's Morning Buzz is brought to you by Katie Babits, you can tag along with her on LinkedIn & Twitter. What I'm Listening To: Luca Stricagnoli What I'm Reading: Change the Work Game: Building & Sustaining a Diverse Workforce by Serilda Summers-McGee What I'm Watching: Big Little Lies ELGL doesn't use the #mword but I'm...

The Bachelorette: Strong Mayor Edition

Today’s Buzz is by Laura Hardwicke– connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m Watching: The Bachelorette What I’m Reading: Bachelor Nation by Amy Kaufman What I’m listening to: The Black Keys’ new record “Let’s Rock” This is my first major local election as a local gov employee. During the last general election in...

Why I Literally Pulled the Plug: A Digital Detox Tale

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Danielle Rogers - connect with her on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram! What I’m Watching: Nothing (I’ll get to that in just a minute!) What I’m Reading: The Golden Hour by Beatriz Williams, Beyond the Point by Claire Gibson and Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams. (This is just a short list of three...

Rolling out the Welcome Mat

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Rafael Baptista. Connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter. What Rafael is reading: Broke, USA by Gary Rivlin … watching: Masterchef Season 10 … listening to: Latin Pop Hits on Amazon Music I am spending the 4th of July in New York City with my wife and our big activity...

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Today's Morning Buzz is brought to you by Brian Southey (LinkedIn) What I am watching: Chernobyl (Its only a few months old but I feel like I am late to the party) What I am listening to: Vampire Weekend: Father of the Bride What I am reading: The Shining by Stephen King (Trying to read...

Treat Other Cities the Way You Want Your City to be Treated

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Allie Camp (LinkedIn) Read her other ELGL post here. Over the past few months I've visited three major cities, Salt Lake City, Utah and Baltimore, Maryland. The final city was Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the city in which I grew up, went to college, and the city that will always have my...

We're In the Hospitality Business

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Nathan Eppink. Connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter. What Nate is reading: The newspaper. (It still exists.) ... watching: Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse ... listening to: Various playlists on Amazon Music I recently shared this in an all-staff newsletter. I’m not an aggressive reader, but somehow, earlier this year,...

How Business Recruitment Works

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Morning Buzzer Anna Marum – connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m watching: Star Trek: The Next Generation What I’m listening to: Chromatics What I’m reading: The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen Most large cities have an economic development department or agency. But what do these people actually do?...

What's Your Purpose?

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Brent Stockwell – connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter!!! What I’m Listening To: Totally Stress Free playlist on Spotify What I’m Reading: The Cure for Stupidity by Eric Bailey What I’m Watching: The U.S. National Team in the World Cup One thing that I've noticed that sets me apart from most people...

It's Time for a Digital Detox

Today’s Buzz is by Will Hampton (LinkedIn and Twitter) What I’m Watching: Chernobyl What I’m Reading: 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson What I’m listening to: Shallow from the A Star is Born soundtrack. Must have listened to it a dozen times the day after watching the movie. Haunting. I think we understand the problem...

The Weight of a City

Today’s Buzz is by Kendra Davis (LinkedIn & Twitter). She was not aware that old prom photos were fair game for these posts and regrets that she was not prepared for this. Tune in for her next Morning Buzz, "Where Are They Now: Prom Edition." Please send submissions via Twitter. What I’m Watching: Good Omens on...