Invisible People: @home on PBS

I‘m sharing this press release in hopes that my readers will share it as well – and watch the special on PBS.  Everyone so often we are blessed to meet angels in real life.  I had the good fortune to meet Mark Horvath at a 140 Conference in New York several years ago.  His story…

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Hashtag Campaign for RAGBRAI Pass through

RAGBRAI is coming through Webster City!  We are excited and thrilled to welcome approximately 25,000 bike riders to our town early in the morning of July 21. We’re currently putting together a hashtag promotion and asking everyone to enter their ideas about the perfect hashtag at http://visitwebstercityiowa.com/pass-through.htm. The idea is to create a hashtag we can…

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Add Some Pizzaz – Canva

I know you are going to have some downtime over the holidays.  Whatever will you do? Why not play around in Canva?  (www.canva.com)  Just a note: I am not paid to write this, I got nothing free for doing this blog.  I simply love playing in this app! You can attend their design school online…

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Five Bad Ass Pieces of Advice from the Internets

This blog post is intended to whet your appetite for more.  Fortunately for you, you not only get little tidbits of badassery, but you get the entire link to the whole bad ass article! I love the internets, there is much to be learned there. Enjoy!  ♥ Deb Brown, Global Integrated Client Acquisition & Innovative…

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Alerts

I want to know when Webster City is mentioned online, anywhere.  In the old days, you’d have to search many different places and hope you found everything.  Then Google Alerts came along, and it was nice.  But .. they went away and we were in the stone ages again. Then I found Talkwalker Alerts. You fill…

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Happy Birthday William Shakespeare

Shakespeare, born 450 years ago today, is known for his wit, and considered the greater writer in the English language by many.  But did you know he gave great leadership advice?   “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”  ― William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well You’ll come across many people in your lifetime.…

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Butter the Toast

David Baeza, my misfit friend, told the story of what it means to butter your toast.  First you put your toast in the toaster at exactly the right toast degree you like.  After it’s toasted, you remove it, put it on a plate and you take out your butter knife.  Then you put the knife…

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Culinary Tourism

Every tourist has one thing in common … they eat.  Rebecca LeHeup of Culinary Ontario presented at Central Iowa Tourism and shared why and how to have culinary tourism. Culinary tourism is defined by www.culinaryontario.com  as the pursuit of unique and memorable eating and drinking experiences. By combining travel with these edible experiences, culinary tourism offers both locals…

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