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Connect for a Bigger Purpose Than Networking

Today's Morning Buzz is by Kirsten Wyatt What I'm Reading: Just finished Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. What I'm Watching: Real Housewives of Atlanta season finale What I'm Listening To: Getting ready to plane-binge some Throughline podcasts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFWr-X4s3vE Here's a fun fact about the founding of ELGL: I didn't want to do it....

Why Do I Only Remember the Unfinished Work?

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Josh Edwards, his first ever, so be kind or not– either way connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter!!! What I’m Listening To: Weezer Radio on Spotify What I’m Reading: The Invention of Nature, Alexander Von Humboldt's New World What I’m Watching: The ACC Dominate March Madness! In college, one of my best...

Best Practices from Award Winning Parks & Open Spaces

Today's Morning Buzz is by Kirsten Wyatt: What I'm Reading: Just finished Nine Perfect Strangers and it was really odd. But it did make me wonder if micro-dosing LSD would make me more productive... What I'm Watching: I watched "Are We There Yet" with my kids on our Spring Break road trip, and then had...

How Greater Portland's Tech Challenge is Making Cities Smarter

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Morning Buzzer Anna Marum – connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m watching: Bates Motel What I’m listening to: Fleetwood Mac What I’m reading: The Gunslinger, volume 1 in Stephen King's Dark Tower series As the Smart Cities movement takes hold of our collective consciousness, communities across America...

On Birth and the Opposite

This is the second Morning Buzz by Dr. Sarah Martin. Follow her on Twitter @SarahKCMO What I’m Listening To: J. Cole, Middle Child What I’m Watching: Shrill on Hulu (bc I finished the Queer Eye Season 3 set in KCMO in one day) What I’m Reading: I’ve started a one-woman Democratic presidential candidate book club....

Designing Better Selection Processes

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Brent Stockwell – connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter!!! What I’m Listening To: Palaces for the People from 99 Percent Invisible What I’m Reading: Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness by Ingrid Fetell Lee What I’m Watching: Marvel's Agents of Shield on Netflix. Who do you really...

The World’s Greatest Communication Template

Today's Buzz is by Will Hampton -- connect with him on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I’m Watching: Nothing of note. (Waiting for final season of Game of Thrones) What I’m Reading: First Fruits of Prayer: A Forty-Day Journey Through the Canon of St. Andrew, by Frederica Mathewes-Green What I’m Listening To: Random Access Memories, by...

Accessibility vs. Security in Public Service

Today's Morning Buzz is by Kendra Davis What I'm Reading: Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (trying to be intentional about reading books from a variety of authors and this one from an indigenous Canadian journalist is VERY good) What I'm Listening To: Just a lot of Janelle Monáe What I'm Watching: Youtube...

Wait! You’re Headed the Wrong Way! (Am I?)

Today’s Buzz is by brand new Morning Buzzer Kim Nakahodo – connect with her on LinkedIn & Twitter! What I’m Watching with the kiddos: The Dragon Prince (Season 2 just came out!) What I’m Watching without the kiddos: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Again, season 4 recently came out!) What I’m Reading: Killers of the Flower Moon:...

It's Not Rocket Science

This post is by Kirsten Wyatt and she's sharing it in today's Morning Buzz in response to a great question during a diversity discussion at #CCCMA19 about some ways to make diversity an organizational priority, and actionable first steps. What I'm Reading: People I Want to Punch in the Throat by Jen Mann What I'm...

KonMari for Local Government

Morning Buzz with Jordan Rae Hillman, Deputy Director of City Planning for the city of Jackson, Mississippi Netflix released Tidying Up with Marie Kondo early this year. Now everyone is talking about decluttering, tidying, and organizing. Marie Kondo teaches that if you properly simplify and organize your home (and life) once, you’ll never have to do it...

Empowered Women, Empower Women

Today's Morning Buzz is by Kirsten Wyatt. What I'm Reading: Click Here to Kill Everybody by Bruce Schneier What I'm Listening To: The Dropout podcast by ABC Radio What I'm Watching: #RHOBH (don't @ me) Last week I missed the new ELGL tradition of #NDOSC (National Day of Supper Clubbing) because I was stuck in...

A Guide to Working With Economic Development Organizations

Today’s Morning Buzz is by brand new Morning Buzzer Anna Marum – connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m watching: Kingdom What I’m listening to: Weezer's Teal Album What I’m reading: The World According to Garp First of all, what is an economic development organization? At its most basic level, an economic development...

To All the Local Government Agencies I’ve Loved Before

Today’s Buzz is by brand new Morning Buzzer Dr. Sarah Martin– connect with her on LinkedIn & Twitter! What I’m Watching: Leah Remini’s Scientology series What I’m Reading: There Will Be No Miracles Here by Casey Gerald What I’m Listening To: A very random Drake piano covers playlist on Spotify because I don’t work well with lyrics...

Regulating Raccoons (And Other Things Too)

Today’s Morning Buzz is by brand new Morning Buzzer Brent Stockwell – connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter!!! What I’m Listening To: Just Don't Know It Yet - Moti [feat. BullySongs] What I’m Reading: Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness What I’m Watching: Our five-month-old goldendoodle puppy pull the stuffing out of her bed Pawnee, Indiana...

Even Election Authorities Need Community Engagement

Today’s Morning Buzz is by brand new Morning Buzzer Brianna Lennon – connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I'm watching: Grace and Frankie What I'm listening to: Amazon Music's Beatles Station What I'm reading: Election Tools (an online resource by CTCL for election officials interested in civic engagement) The world of elections administration has evolved...

Creating a Voice for Your Organization

Today’s Morning Buzz is by brand new Morning Buzzer Will Hampton – connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I am watching: True Detective, Season 3 What I am listening to: The Peter Attia Drive podcast What I am reading: The Gulag Archipelago (Abridged), by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn First, apologies for the click-bait headline. I’d love to be...

Left at the Budget Altar - Fiscal Emergency Planning

Today’s Morning Buzz is by brand new Morning Buzzer Susan Steward – connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m reading: Causal Inference: The Mixtape by Scott Cunningham What I’m watching: Kim’s Convenience (the cast is just amazing!) What I’m listening to: “High Hopes” Panic! At the Disco Strategic planning is probably simultaneously the most over-used and misunderstood term...

What Does Inclusion Really Mean Anyway?

Today's Morning Buzz is by brand new Morning Buzzer Neha Subramanyam - connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m reading: The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander What I’m watching: Season 2 of Friends from College What I’m listening to: anything that motivates me to go out for a trail run! Try this: take...

Bridging the Digital Divide: Community Internet Programs

In today's Morning Buzz, we’re going to explore how access to broadband internet can impact a community—particularly marginalized communities. Right Now with Daniel Soto (LinkedIn/Twitter) What I’m Listening to – Cypress Hill: Insane in the Brain (I never realized how catchy this song was until I heard my new roommate blast it at 7 AM while...