Tag: #morningbuzz

Navigating Family Leave Part Duex

Today’s buzz is by Sarah Henricks (LinkedIn and Twitter) What I’m reading: Any and all search results on how to alleviate sciatic nerve pain during pregnancy and also The Goldfinch What I’m watching: Mindhunter What I’m eating: Still lots of ice cream This is the second installment of my #MorningBuzz about navigating the family leave … Continued

Awesome Power of Customer Service (And Yes, Residents Are Customers)

Today’s Buzz is by Jenny Kosek, Communications Strategist at City of West Allis. Connect with her on Twitter and LinkedIn.  What I’m Watching: The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell (again) What I’m Reading: The Institute, Stephen King What I’m Listening To: Sawbones podcast, Dr. Sydnee McElroy & Justin McElroy First, I’m here to blow up … Continued

Embracing the Silver Lining: Why Negativity Matters

Today’s Buzz is by Katie Nelson (Twitter and LinkedIn) What I’m Reading: “The Saturday Night Ghost Club” What I’m Watching: “Hocus Pocus” What I’m Listening To: “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” To every cloud, there is a silver lining. I’m Irish, so hearing that at an early age, for every time I got … Continued

Five Tools That Make My Job Easier

Today’s Buzz is by Danielle Rogers – the Community Marketing Manager for the City of Newton, Iowa. Connect with her on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram! What I’m watching: I may have already binged the newest episode of the Great British Baking Show on Netflix. I’m truly addicted and glad the US is finally on the same season as … Continued

Throwing All the Noodles to See What Sticks

Today’s Buzz is by Jessica VanderKolk — @ me on Twitter and LinkedIn! Photo is from our actual town hall. What I’m watching: Just finished Diagnosis on Netflix. Fascinating, heartbreaking, and I want more episodes! What I’m listening to: Grinning Streak and Fake Nudes albums from Barenaked Ladies What I’m reading: Calypso by David Sedaris … Continued

A Presidential Candidate is Coming to my City! Now What?!

By Sarah Moss, MPA | LinkedIn | Twitter What I am watching — News coverage of presidential campaign events plus @AdvanceGalNotes and @AdvanceGuyNotes on Twitter What I am reading — For my local nonprofit clients, I just finished analyzing the Denver Mayor’s 2020 budget proposal… all 676 pages What I am writing — A book … Continued

The Payoffs of an Online Existence

Right Now with Nick Smith (Linkedin/Twitter) What I’m playing: I haven’t been watching anything recently but I’ve put 871 hours into Civilization VI since it came out and I’ve been playing a lot of it this past week. What I’m listening to: Chance The Rapper’s new album pretty much non stop for the last week … Continued

Bring Your Audience With… Another Life Preserver

  Mike Skibbe,  Twitter and LinkedIn What I’m Watching: F1 German Grand Prix: Chaos in the Rain What I’m Reading: The Five Disfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencione What I’m Listening To: Criminal Episode #119: Using a concrete Budha statue to reduce city littering! One of my favorite Morning Buzzes (Buzz’s?) was Will Hampton’s … Continued

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 … Continued

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