Sunday Update: A few thoughts
It’s been a week of thinking .. I’m approaching my busy season and the time of go-go-go. It’s also spring (thank God) and the weather is bringing in more sunshine and nicer days. I feel like I’m emerging from the cocoon of winter. This winter I’ve held my own – not a lot of back…
Sunday Update: Visiting Friends
I lived in Chicago 30 years and go back to visit family and friends a couple of times a year. This weekend is my nieces birthday and we try to come out every spring. This year my 11 year old great nephew asked if he could come along. Steven has traveled with me several places,…
Sunday Update: Me
Spring, thank God. March is here, in fact – tomorrow is the first day of spring. Winter is hard for me and when spring arrives I feel like I can breath again. So the good news is the bright clothes can come out. Yes, I know it’s 39 degrees out today. Who cares? Next week…
Blab 5 Stories – Session 5
Blab Session 5 of SaveYour.Town of our Weekly 5 Stories happened tonight – we snuck it in early this week! Next week might be early too – so keep your eyes posted on our Facebook page, we will announce it there. I’m traveling next weekend and it looks like we will be blabbing on Saturday.…
8 Innovative Rural Business Models – Happening Tomorrow!
Wednesday, March 16 at 6 pm Becky McCray and I will host a webinar discussing 8 innovative rural business models. Entrepreneurs are using these smaller scale experiments and tests to learn what works before making a huge investment. That’s tomorrow night, and you can tune in from the comfort of your home while eating…
Save Your Town – Session Four of 5 Stories
Each week Becky McCray and I review 5 stories and make comments about them over at blab.im. Here are the five links to the stories (italicized comments are mind) and the video is posted below. Small Business Owner Sandy Higgins’ Old-Fashioned (they mean small town) Methods Yield Modern-Day Success http://buff.ly/1LVNZa1 Hat tip to Miss Dazey for the…
Sunday Update: Dog
I’m not home enough to have a dog. I like them. They are wonderful pets. But here’s the thing – if you can’t commit to taking care of them, making them a part of your family, and being responsible for them then you shouldn’t have one. I know this, and I travel to much and…
Iowa Blogger Conference – March 19, 2016
Iowa Blogger Conference is 10 days away. It’s not too late to register and attend! http://www.iowabloggerconference.com/ It will be held at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Reasons to attend: 1. It’s a one day educational conference for beginners and intermediate bloggers. You will learn about bloggers and take home a digital tool…
SaveYour.Town: 5 Stories – Session 3
Every Sunday Becky McCray and I share 5 stories found online and comment about them on blab.im. Here’s what we shared yesterday. How a small town in Kentucky revitalized its struggling Main Street with local food, local business http://buff.ly/1TcCcX2 Population 7,300 – 20 new businesses – this is just crazy – it fills my heart. Wall…
Sunday Update: Germs and Oils
Oh boy, working with the public you’re exposed to germs all the time. I thought I might have escaped the cold season this year. However, Wednesday morning I was sitting in my office getting ready to go out of town for Leadership Iowa meetings and I started sneezing and my nose was itching and my…