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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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Non-Profit Archive
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Board lacking diversity? 4 replies to well-worn excuses
Posted on April 21, 2011 | No CommentsTired of hearing excuses as to why, for yet another year, there are no good candidates of diverse backgrounds that have surfaced for appointment or election to the boards of directors? Abysmal statistics abound regarding seats held by women, people of diverse ethnic backgrounds, immigrants,... -
Overnight Website Challenge — FREE WEBSITE, what’s the catch?
Posted on January 11, 2010 | No CommentsActually, there is no catch in this case! The Overnight Website Challenge brings together professional web developers with Minnesota non-profits to design and create a new website for the non-profit organization in 24 hours. This is an amazing opportunity for non-profits to get over 200 hours... -
Joe Cool
Posted on October 22, 2009 | 3 CommentsAs the idea behind the Community and Leadership blog was being formulated, we wanted to take a divergent approach to news. We wanted to be positive. We wanted to focus on sharing the stories of people and organizations that are making our community a better...
