Tag: Local Government

Share Your Team on Video

You are buzzing today with Jessica VanderKolk, Communications Manager with the City of Battle Creek, Michigan! Please connect with me on Twitter and LinkedIn! (And today is my #ELGLTakeoverTuesday, so follow me on Instagram @ELGL50!) What I’m reading: Just started Crisis Ready by Melissa Agnes. What I’m watching: Life Below Zero on Disney+ … fascinating … Continued

Mentoring Mentality

Today’s Buzz is brought to you by Mentorship Sarah O’Brien, Community Whisperer, Collaborative Development Collective, TX (LinkedIn, Facebook) & Caz R. Muske, Assistant City Administrator, Clintonville, WI (Twitter & LinkedIn) Sarah is Currently Reading: We are All Starters, Right to Start’s Manifesto Sarah Currently Jammin’ To: Losing my Religion by REM Caz is Currently Reading: … Continued

Taking Fire Prevention Week Virtual

You’re Buzzing today with Jessica VanderKolk, Communications Manager for the City of Battle Creek. Find me on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I’m reading: Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth (Call the Midwife, book 2). I watched the series on Netflix before I realized it was based on books. They’re both excellent. What I’m watching: … Continued

On Democracy: 20 Lessons from the 20th Century

Today’s Buzz is brought to you by Sarah E. O’Brien | Community Whisperer @ Collaborative Development Collective (Facebook, LinkedIn) What I am reading? On Tyranny: 20 Lessons from the 20th Century by Timothy Snyder What I am listening to on repeat? Civics 101 Podcast Episode, Founding Documents: The Constitution Favorite Quote of the Moment? “To … Continued

The Learning Doesn’t Stop When You Leave the Classroom

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Brent Stockwell – connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter!!! Listening: The Mowgli’s Stop Fighting Yourself and Spotify’s This is The Mowgli’s Watching: Ted Lasso on Apple TV Reading: Jenn McKinlay Cupcake Bakery Mystery Series (It’s based in Scottsdale) The Learning Doesn’t Stop When You Leave the Classroom I have been thinking a … Continued

Top 20 Reasons #localgov Leaders are Inspired to Say WTF

Today’s Buzzsatire is brought to you by Sarah E. O’Brien | Community Whisperer @ Collaborative Development Collective (Facebook, LinkedIn) What I am reading: Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America’s Heartland  by Jonathan M. Metzel What I am listening to: Ten Percent Happier Podcast:  The Case for “Doing Nothing “in a … Continued

Can Your Budget Handle a Presidential Campaign Rally?

Learn more about presidential campaign stops at ELGL’s July 21 virtual event: Local Government Preparation for Presidential Candidate Visits By Sarah E. Moss, MPA | LinkedIn | Twitter What I’m listening to – Music by Judith Hill What I’m reading – Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein What I’m writing … Continued

Top 20 Reasons To Be Inspired i̶n̶ ̶2̶0̶2̶0̶ during COVID-19

The Buzz w/ Sarah O’Brien, Community Whisperer Book I cannot put down: Daring Greatly  (Yes I am out of order) What I can’t stop playing over and over again: See Inspiring Reason #20 What I am working on: A slide deck for an upcoming presentation: Embracing Uncertainty, Action & Understanding Amidst the Chaos I can’t … Continued

Einstein’s Three Rules of Work

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Brent Stockwell – connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter!!! What I’m Listening To: Everything is Awful What I’m Watching: Agatha Raisin What I’m Reading: The Otter of Death Einstein’s Three Rules of Work On the bulletin board above my desk, I have tacked a quotation clipped from a magazine many years ago … Continued

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