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Did It Work?
A couple of days ago I asked for your help. We were raising money to renovate and repair our local Band Shell. I asked that you give a $1 via a PayPal link and mention my company Debworks in the comments. It made it much easier to track and the organizers knew to forward that…
Read MoreI Need Your Help
I don’t often ask people to give money. At least not people I don’t know. Today I’m asking you to give a dollar. That’s it, just one dollar. Less than a cup of coffee. Hampton Iowa has this Band Shell. It’s falling apart. They were going to tear it down. RDG Planners and Architects came…
Read MoreNaked Men at Noon
I’m reading the blog posts in my Google Reader. Well, I’m not really reading them all. I’m reading the ones that have interesting titles. Don’t assume because people subscribe to your blog they are going to read every post. A few will. Most won’t. If you blog like I do — all over the place…
Read MoreBand Shell Play-A-Thon
Monday, August 16 at 10 a.m. Brian Stevens and Leon Kuehner will be playing their musical instruments in front of the now closed Hampton Band Shell to raise money for the Band Shell Renovation Fund. Brian and Leon have issued a challenge to their previous students – Donate to the Band Shell Restoration Fund, and…
Read MoreFive Lessons Learned about Networking
We kinda thought “hey, let’s get all the first cousins together for a quick reunion.” Saturday my mother’s family is meeting at the Geneva Church — all 84 of them. Some are here from Alaska and Tennessee. Mom is the oldest living relative left at age 81. The old ones tend to live to 100…
Read MoreNonstop Prattle
Nonstop prattle — that’s the description I got for color commentary. Wikipedia defines it as “The color commentator provides expert analysis and background information, such as statistics, strategy and injury reports on the teams and athletes, and occasionally light humor.” Last night Rick Janssen and I were the color commentators for the Franklin County Fair…
Read MoreOur Town
Every so often you are given the opportunity to play along side some incredible people. That was my pleasure this past weekend in the production of Our Town. I have the great fortune to live in a small town with a big attitude. We get it. Enjoy some clips from our theatrical production of Our…
Read MoreWho’s your friend?
Facebook does some pretty cool things. One of those things includes showing you some folks you might like to be friends with. I use this feature often and like to meet new people. Most of them are friends of friends. So if you get a request from someone you don’t know, consider that Facebook may…
Read MorePlay
Oh don’t get all excited, thinking about playing. Or maybe do get excited thinking about playing …………… but this quick post is not about that kind of play. It’s about the fact that I’m in a community theatre production of Our Town – a play. Our director is 19. The oldest person in the play…
Read MoreStep Away from the Computer
Marketing is more than sitting down at your computer and talking to people on twitter and facebook. If you’ve got a small business – be it brick and mortar or a home business – there’s a very real need to present yourself to the community. There’s many ways to accomplish that task – and it’s…
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