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Fruity flavors: Nicotine & tobacco in a smoke-free state
26 July 2010 7:55 PM | No CommentsI hadn’t realized how jarring it is to see people smoking indoors until I watched two DVDs this month. Barbra Streisand, as Katy in 1973’s “The Way We Were” smoked throughout the movie, including during her pregnancy. And from the land of television, Tim Robbins...
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Angels in Minnesota
26 July 2010 7:03 AM | No CommentsAngels are coming to Minnesota — at least that is the hope. The legislature is betting on the old Field of Dreams saying “If you build it, they will come” and hoping it will apply to angel investors and venture capital dollars over the next...
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Gathering ’round the Campfire
22 July 2010 12:29 PM | No CommentsLast Monday I became a parody of myself. I took to the woods with my ten-year-old son, accompanying six of his friends, and some of their parents to Scout Camp in Wisconsin. Our kids are Webelos, going into fifth grade. We joined around 100 other...
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Community Archive
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One Top Spot We Don’t Want To Be
Posted on June 10, 2010 | 1 CommentYesterday, I heard from two different community leaders within a matter of hours a statistic that made me cringe. The Twin Cities holds another top title but this time it’s for having the greatest disparity between blacks and whites in terms of unemployment among other... -
Cupcakes and Other Random Reflections on Life and Leadership at 40
Posted on June 6, 2010 | No CommentsA milestone birthday always offers the opportunity to reflect (hopefully at the spa or over several margaritas) and my recent birthday was no exception. I thought about life – my family, my friends, my goals, the fact that people now call me Ma’am instead of... -
Banquet Chicken and Looking Backwards
Posted on June 2, 2010 | No CommentsI’m an extrovert. I get energy by being around others and enjoy most every chance I get to meet new people. If given the choice, I would stay late at every party and never run out of things to talk about or people to meet.... -
It’s OK if you do one thing at a time….really!
Posted on June 1, 2010 | No Comments“I didn’t meet anyone.” “I didn’t get any business leads.” “It wasn’t worth my time.” Those are some of the reasons I hear from people dissatisfied with a membership organization, professional development course or community program. If you joined a health club, but didn’t go,... -
An Homage to Brookdale Mall
Posted on May 24, 2010 | 3 CommentsThe northern Minneapolis suburbs get a bad rap. I’m proud to say I live in Brooklyn Center in the house my parents built in 1951. Brooklyn Center has always been a working class, blue collar community. It sprung from WWII vets coming home and starting... -
Who is in charge of this mess? Oil for all.
Posted on May 19, 2010 | 2 CommentsWith every failed attempt to literally “stem the tide” transporting the massive oil spill my thoughts grow darker and darker. It seems the price we are paying for oil (both collectively as a society as well as individually) is creeping steadily upward. -
United Way to Convene United Front 2010
Posted on May 17, 2010 | No CommentsAre you on a board or committee for a social service nonprofit organization? Lead one? Work for one? All of the above? Wondering what the new “normal” landscape looks like for the social service landscape? On June 9th from 7:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. United... -
What “Size” Should Your Network Be?
Posted on May 12, 2010 | 3 CommentsWith the onslaught of social media there seems to be a natural scoring system for measuring a person’s network. I first noticed it on LinkedIn. LinkedIn initially limited the profiles you could “see” based upon 3 degrees of separation. You could only see the LinkedIn... -
Ideas Worth Sharing
Posted on May 10, 2010 | No CommentsWe all have a unique story and many ideas — Take the time to share them! One of my early posts on the Leadership and Community Blog covered the first TEDxTC event. This last week they held their second event and it was as good... -
Taking the Pledge
Posted on May 5, 2010 | No Comments“I pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands…” To take the Pledge of Allegiance is a remarkable act, which is often (nearly universally) overlooked. The first pledge, composed by Franics Bellamy in 1892,...
