New Year, New You?

Posted on December 29, 2022

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Rebecca Cormier, a Sr. Solution Engineer for Slack's public sector solutions. You can connect with Rebecca on LinkedIn. What I’m Watching:  Just finished White Lotus on HBO What I’m Listening to:  Criminal Podcast  What I’m Reading:  Making Numbers Count: The Art and Science of Communicating in Numbers...
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This is Your Q4 Survival Guide

Posted on November 15, 2022

Today's Morning Buzz is by Jessica VanderKolk, Communications Manager for the City of Battle Creek. Let's be pocket friends on Twitter and LinkedIn! What I'm wearing: All peppermint, all the time. This is my #PeppermintSeason. What I'm watching: Season 5 of The Crown What I'm hearing: All holiday music, all the time As I sit...
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Zen & the Art of Culture Management

Posted on March 22, 2022

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Greg LeBlanc. Connect with Greg on LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: Off the Map: Lost Spaces, Invisible Cities, Forgotten Islands, Feral Places and What They Tell Us About the World by Alastair Bonnett What I’m Watching: The Newsroom What I’m Listening to: “Don't Stop” by Sonny Cleveland In the corner of...
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The Year of Making Work, Work For Us!

Posted on January 7, 2022

Hello! It's Pavani here from Acta Solutions! 👋 It’s the new year and it’s the year of making our work work for us. Not the other way around. We’d love to hear from you about how you’re addressing staff wellness through process improvements. Join us on January 19th at 12pm ET/11am CT/ 9am PT for...
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Strategies for Surviving the Turnover Tsunami

Posted on August 17, 2021

Today’s Morning Buzz is brought to you by Kayla Barber-Perrotta, Budget Manager for the City of Brighton, Colorado. Connect with Kayla on LinkedIn. What I’m reading: Build an A-Team, by Whitney Johnson What I’m Watching: Atypical and Explained What I’m listening to: Sour   Strategies for Surviving the Turnover Tsunami With new postings coming across my...
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Remote Work – Is It Here to Stay?

Posted on April 7, 2021

Today’s Morning Buzz is by Melissa Cantarero Weiss, Director of Administrative Services at the City of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Connect with Melissa on Twitter or LinkedIn. What I’m Reading: A Girl from Yamhill by Beverly Cleary What I’m Watching: I am mostly skipping TV currently... What I’m Listening to: The podcast Laughter Permitted with Julie Foudy ...
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Ted Lasso’s Leadership Lessons [no spoilers]

Posted on March 22, 2021

By Sarah Moss, MPA | LinkedIn | Twitter What I'm listening to – Denver City Council Budget and Policy Committee meeting What I'm reading – Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans by John Marzluff and Tony Angell (Did you know that crows have two sets of...
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Techniques for Coping with Anxiety

Posted on March 9, 2021

Today’s Buzz is by Kayla Barber-Perrotta– connect with her on LinkedIn! What I’m Listening to – An audio book. See below. What I’m Reading – “On the Way to the Wedding,” by Julia Quinn. I fell down the Bridgerton hole hard. J What I’m Watching ­– Adam Ruins Everything What I’m Doing – Cleaning/organizing my house. Family finally got...
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Thank You for Keeping the Ball Rolling

Posted on February 8, 2021

  Photo by Markus Spiske from Pexels Today’s Buzz is brought to you by Marshall Curry, Program Manager for EPIC-N. You can find him on Twitter and LinkedIn What I’m Reading: Project and partnership stories describing engagements between EPIC-N programs and local governments. Here’s an example of a recently published story. What I’m listening to: Timber Lands podcast...
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