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Moving toward a more livable community for people with disabilities
08 September 2010 8:06 PM | No CommentsIn the past week, I sat in Row 1 behind home plate at Target Field, the guest of a season ticket holder. I also took in a performance of The Scottsboro Boys at the Guthrie Theater for just $2. This, despite the fact I use...
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Using a Blog to Leverage your Influence as a Leader
07 September 2010 7:08 AM | No CommentsLast Sunday, Paul Levy, President and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, published a post to his Running A Hospital blog titled I hate it when I have to give this kind of news (tweeted, too). A friend recently went to the...
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Labor Day
06 September 2010 3:16 PM | 1 Commentin the trade of work for pay fair is seldom equal
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What could Minnesota learn from Texas?
Posted on August 11, 2010 | 4 CommentsIn March 2010, Time Magazine featured Austin, Texas as a community that ”is emerging as one of the first pockets of the country where people are getting back to work, showing that even in this dreary economic environment, job creation can happen—and illustrating how it... -
Target, Politics, and Civic Responsibility: What role should corporations play in political campaigns?
Posted on August 8, 2010 | 2 CommentsI am sure you have all seen the recent news regarding Target Corporation. Here is a brief summary, with links for more details, to what has transpired: In January, the Supreme Court ruled that government cannot ban political spending by corporations in candidate elections. Target... -
The Twin Cities: Not the Most Livable Place for Wheelchair Users
Posted on August 3, 2010 | 1 CommentIn Andriana Abariotes’ latest blog, the Twin Cities holds the top spot for highest unemployment rate in the nation for blacks. Now, the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation’s Top 20 list of Most Livable Cities for Wheelchair Users is out. The Twin Cities did not... -
Let’s Talk About Race
Posted on August 2, 2010 | 2 CommentsI was recently at a networking lunch and fortunate enough to sit at the fun table. Some of the “cool kids” at my table included a former journalist turned PR spin master, a hip VP for a tech services company wearing a J. D. Salinger... -
Fruity flavors: Nicotine & tobacco in a smoke-free state
Posted on July 26, 2010 | 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... -
Angels in Minnesota
Posted on July 26, 2010 | 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... -
Gathering ’round the Campfire
Posted on July 22, 2010 | 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... -
Team in Training: Beating Cancer One Step at a Time
Posted on July 21, 2010 | 1 CommentOver the last five years I have found myself on some strange journeys. Despite my natural “couch potato” tendencies, I have twice trudged my way through triathlons. Last year my brother and I strapped on helmets and biked 100 miles around Lake Tahoe… in one... -
The Power of Place
Posted on July 15, 2010 | No CommentsLast week, I learned the 126 year-old private college in my hometown was closed. There were a fair number of national news articles noting why the decision was made. Less on the reasons of how the college found itself in poor financial-straits. Actually, I didn’t... -
Social Media, what is it good for?
Posted on July 13, 2010 | 4 CommentsI have many friends and colleagues that will not participate in Social Media. I hear all their reasons and many are valid. But what if you use Twitter, Facebook and Linked In to connect people to the needs of their community? I am a Twitter...
