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Your help is needed to close one hole in Minnesota safety net
06 February 2012 3:11 PM | No CommentsYou may have read about Charles Van Heuveln in Jon Tevlin’s Star Tribune column a few weeks ago. A good program that benefits people with disabilities — Medical Assistance for Employed People with Disabilities (MA-EPD) — has a loop hole in it. A hole that...
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Theater of Public Policy
02 February 2012 12:19 PM | No CommentsPolitical satire and improvisational theater have a long history in the Twin Cities thanks in part to Dudley Riggs. Huge Improv Theater on 30th and Lyndale in south Minneapolis is adding a new chapter to this legacy with the Theater of Public Policy. In partnership...
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Communities Built to Last
30 January 2012 8:11 AM | No CommentsLast week, President Obama gave his annual State of the Union address, in which he raised the call for creating an economy that is “built to last.” For anyone who is a fan of business guru Jim Collins, this is a familiar term and title...
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Your help is needed to close one hole in Minnesota safety net
Posted on February 6, 2012 | No CommentsYou may have read about Charles Van Heuveln in Jon Tevlin’s Star Tribune column a few weeks ago. A good program that benefits people with disabilities — Medical Assistance for Employed People with Disabilities (MA-EPD) — has a loop hole in it. A hole that... -
Theater of Public Policy
Posted on February 2, 2012 | No CommentsPolitical satire and improvisational theater have a long history in the Twin Cities thanks in part to Dudley Riggs. Huge Improv Theater on 30th and Lyndale in south Minneapolis is adding a new chapter to this legacy with the Theater of Public Policy. In partnership... -
Communities Built to Last
Posted on January 30, 2012 | No CommentsLast week, President Obama gave his annual State of the Union address, in which he raised the call for creating an economy that is “built to last.” For anyone who is a fan of business guru Jim Collins, this is a familiar term and title... -
Tapping into the Power of Young People
Posted on January 26, 2012 | No CommentsEvery year I conduct admissions interviews for my alma mater. I love getting the chance to meet with high school seniors to talk with them about their accomplishments, and to get a sense for what their goals are for the future. After each interview I... -
Is your Home Protected? 4 Simple Tips for Keeping Your Home Secure and Protected
Posted on January 24, 2012 | No CommentsA home burglary and an oven fire have me thinking differently about our home. The oven fire happened in our home over a year ago (Happy Thanksgiving!). The burglary didn’t happen at our home, but to a family we know very well. I have walked... -
Bunko Busting Book Club
Posted on January 18, 2012 | No CommentsThis past month, I participated in a small group that set out to improve our own dialog around Diversity and Inclusion. As a part of the discussion, we took a page out of the One Minneapolis One Read playbook and we read The Grace of... -
Prevent the Dread: ToolKit for Planning a 30-Year Class Reunion
Posted on January 16, 2012 | No CommentsDreading your upcoming high school class reunion? For those of us at a “certain age,” the mere thought dredges up feelings about stature, awkward relationships, our first exposure to cliques, power and the cult of celebrity. These dark thoughts and feelings thrive in the void... -
Are you ready to lead? Get your “career ducks” in a row!
Posted on January 11, 2012 | No CommentsI’ve been thinking a lot about New Year’s Resolutions this year, probably because I was successful in keeping mine for the first time ever last year (I went to bed earlier/slept more and lost the baby weight I’d been carrying for 5 years). I want... -
Innovation – Try something new
Posted on January 5, 2012 | No CommentsThis is the time of year when we all take a moment to reflect and then set those ever elusive new year resolutions. Although a bit counter intuitive, less is actually better than more. We can easily overwhelm ourselves with too many to focus on... -
Five Fun Guys for Families
Posted on December 27, 2011 | 3 CommentsAs we prepare for the 2012 campaign year, we are bombarded with messages from political candidates. Thanks to Facebook and Twitter I have friends and colleagues from left to right and everything in between. The chatter is all over the place – each party shouting...
