Tag: Local Government

Helping Small Businesses During COVID-19

Today’s Buzz is brought to you by Rafael Baptista, Senior Manager for Community Economic Development for the City of Raleigh, NC. You can connect with him on Twitter and LinkedIn. What I am Reading: Deciding what to read next! What I am Listening to: Latin Hits playlist on Amazon Music What I am Watching: Boy Meets World on Disney Plus In … Continued

Treat Yourself: Caring for You During COVID-19

By Katie Nelson, Strategic Communications Team for the COVID-19 response in Mountain View, CA. Connect with me on Twitter and LinkedIn! What I’m Reading: Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng What I’m Watching: Tiger King … again What I’m Listening To: Get a Life, Chloe Brown ____________________________________________________________________________________ It finally happened. I broke down today. I … Continued

Three Easy Ways to Stay Sane During a Stay-Home Order

I’m Jessica VanderKolk, Communications Manager for the City of Battle Creek, Mich. Join my Twitter fam and find me on LinkedIn. What I’m listening to: My husband teaching college virtually, my son watching his 30 minutes of afternoon TV, and my dog panting after playing outside. What I’m watching: Parks & Recreation when I can … Continued

Project Divided: We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know

Today’s Buzz is by Sarah E. O’Brien | Community Whisperer @ Collaborative Development Collective (Facebook, LinkedIn ,Twitter, ) What I am watching: Project Divided Webseries What I am reading: Visionary Women: How Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall and Alice Waters changed our world. What I am listening to: GovLove 333: Engagement, Arts and Cities … Continued

Watch: Creative Placemaking 101 With Forklift Danceworks

On February 26, 2020, ELGL learned from Krissie Marty, Forklift Danceworks artistic co-director, and Lynn Osgood with CivicArts for a “creative placemaking 101” session. Watch the video below to learn more about what creative placemaking is, different ways artists work with city staff, and the ways you can incorporate arts and culture into all aspects of … Continued

What’s Your Favorite Place?

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Brent Stockwell – connect with him on LinkedIn and Twitter!!! What I’m Listening To: Parasite Soundtrack …a delightful soundtrack to accompany a dark masterpiece about inequality What I’m Reading: The Motive, by Patrick Lencioni …leadership should be more about the led than the leader What I’m Watching: Lost Cities with Albert Lin …technology can … Continued

3 Ways to Improve Communications

I’m Jessica VanderKolk, communications manager for the City of Battle Creek, Michigan. Connect with me on Twitter and LinkedIn! What I’m reading: Daring Greatly by Brené Brown What I’m listening to: GovLove on my run this morning If I’m being real, I’ll tell you I don’t much feel on top of my game so far … Continued

A Call For Equitable Economic Development

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Rafael Baptista. Connect with Rafael on LinkedIn and Twitter. What I’m Reading: The Big Fix: The Hunt for the Match-Fixers Bringing Down Soccer by Brett Forest What I’m Watching: The Americans on Amazon Prime When most people picture economic development, they think of smooth-talking economic developers convincing companies to bring their jobs and … Continued

Podcast: Technology & Public Safety with Matt Polega, Mark43

Matt Polega Co-Founder & Head of Marketing Mark43 LinkedIn | Twitter Cloud-based first responder dispatch. Matt Polega, the Co-Founder and Head of Marketing at Mark43, joined the podcast to talk about how technology can improve public safety. He discussed the importance of computer aided dispatch and the flexibility that being cloud-based provides. Mark also talked … Continued

20 Reasons To Be Inspired in 2020

The Buzz w/ Sarah O’Brien, Change Agent Book I can’t put down: Just Enough Anxiety, The Hidden Driver of Business Success by Robert H. Rosen Book I just can’t get into but won’t remove from the nightstand: Neighborhood,  by Emily Tallen What I can’t stop playing over and over again: The TED Interview: Yuval Noah … Continued

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