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What I Know To Be True
Family matters most. My brother is just another version of me. We share a sense of humor. He’s got my back, I have his. He makes me nuts, I make him nuts. My nieces and nephews and the greats just light me up! Giving is more joyous than receiving. Buying gifts for the kids…
Read MoreBe Weird
Be Weird No, really … The Small Business Social Media Summit was last month. Over 120 small business people attended – a record number for this first time event. The speaker line up was fabulous, and everyone left with lessons learned and a toolkit to take back to their offices/stores/businesses. Today we’re sharing just a…
Read MoreKindness Matters – Take an Hour
Kindness really matters. Often it’s the real difference in relationships. My misfit friends are hosting 24 hours of speakers in an online free conference called GenKind24. Take a look at this speaker lineup! I’m asking you to take an hour out of your day to listen to one of these phenomenal speakers – and to…
Read MoreTEDx Brookings
Today I speak at TEDx Brookings. This year we are exploring the origins of ideas, community and movements. True change begins with a small number of people who care. It started several months ago when I was invited to speak about the Tour of Empty Buildings at this event. I have 8 minutes, a slide…
Read MoreSunday Update: Knees and Sugar
Head, shoulders, knees and toes … remember that exercise set to music? It was popular when I was in grade school and we had to follow the Kennedy program for exercise. For you youngsters, President Kennedy determined that we all needed to be more active in school and developed a plan to get kids more…
Read MoreThe Enchanted Highway
Gary Greff because the process of building the world’s largest sculptures in 1989. He came home to Regent, ND to save his community. Gary had no idea how to do that but then thought “what if I create something that everyone will remember?” That’s what he did – built 7 sculptures made of scrap metal…
Read MoreSave Feature in Facebook
I save articles on Facebook (little gray down arrow to the right of the article and you can choose save) and read them later. It’s an eclectic group of saves. I wanted to just give you an idea of the different things you can choose to read later. Sometimes I’ll save videos to watch on…
Read MoreUrbanism
Marc Winn and his co-founders recently launched the Dandelion Project in Guernsey which is all about bringing a community together to help create a better place for everybody to live in Dandelion Project. 65,000 inhabitants live on the island of Guernsey off the coast of Normandy, France. This dedicated group is changing their world – and…
Read MoreThe Power of Participation
I’m headed to Fargo next week. This is the third year for me, headed to the Misfit Conf. It’s a handcrafted event for artists, troublemakers and general riff raff. Designed, organized, crafted and presented as a true art treasure that it is by the Misfits, headed by AJ and Melissa Leon. AJ says “Misfit is a…
Read MoreInvisible 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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