Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Kelli Bennett, Communications Director at the Georgia Municipal Association – connect on LinkedIn and Twitter! What I’m Listening to: A healthy blend of Maverick City, the new J. Cole and Gregory Porter What I’m Watching: Queen Sugar (May or may not have watched the last season in two days) What … Continued
Heath Lloyd Chief Infrastructure & Development Officer City of Savannah, Georgia Bio | LinkedIn Joe Shearouse Assistant to the City Manager City of Savannah, Georgia LinkedIn Stuart Frick Partner Success Lead RoadBotics LinkedIn Using data and technology to monitor streets. Three guests joined the podcast to talk about how the City of Savannah, Georgia is … Continued
Today’s Morning Buzz is by Kelli Bennett. Connect with her on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I’m reading: Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America by John Lewis What I’m watching: Just wrapped up the final season of Greenleaf What I’m listening to: Snoh Alegra Essentials (Apple Music), Maverick City … Continued
Blaine Williams Manager Athens-Clarke County, Georgia LinkedIn | Bio From economic resiliency to teleworking. Blaine Williams, the Manager of Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, joined the podcast to talk about how his organization has been responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. He discussed preparation, issuing a stay at home order, and coordinating with the State of Georgia. He also talked … Continued
Time: 3:15 pm Thursday, May 16 Location: Foster Street Hallway, Room #1 Breakout: How to Jumpstart & Sustain a Strategy & Performance Culture Local governments all across the country have developed offices to lead and develop cultures of performance management and strategic planning. But not all local governments are in the same stages of their … Continued
Breakout: Creating a High Culture IQ to Engage, Motivate and Retain Top Talent How do you grow, invest-in and ultimately retain your high performers? How do you recognize a high performer in your organization? What characteristics might you see in a high performer? High performers are those employees that stand out in any organization as highly … Continued
Chris Floore Assistant to the County Manager for Public Affairs Macon-Bibb County, GA LinkedIn | Twitter Communications and media relations. Chris Floore, the Assistant to the County Manager for Public Affairs in Macon-Bibb County, Georgia, joined the podcast to talk about his work and building relationships with the media. Chris discussed the importance of the public … Continued
Brent Fine Special Events Manager Jacksonville, FL LinkedIn Rick Catlett President/CEO Gator Bowl Sports LinkedIn | Twitter Game day for one of college football’s storied rivalries. Every year, the City of Jacksonville, Florida plays host to the Georgia-Florida Game (or Florida-Georgia, depending on the year) and welcomes two fanbases from rival schools for events, tailgating … Continued
Not to pat ourselves on the back, but the San Antonio Sessions of the GovLove podcast was some of our best work. In case you’ve been living under a rock or haven’t subscribed to GovLove, we hit the road last month and set up a mobile studio at the ICMA Conference in San Antonio. The GovLove … Continued
Jestin Johnson Assistant Manager Athens-Clarke County, GA LinkedIn | Twitter Managing in a consolidated city and county government. Jestin Johnson, the Assistant Manager of Athens-Clarke County, GA consolidated government, joins the podcast to talk about his career path and management philosophy. He shared his strong opinions on parking, being a player-coach type of manager and … Continued
