Every Stone on the Road Precious to Me
Stanley Kunitz lived to be 100 years old and wrote many poems. According to Poets.org: His honors include the Bollingen Prize, a Ford Foundation grant, a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship, Harvard’s Centennial Medal, the Levinson Prize, the Harriet Monroe Poetry Award, a senior fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Medal of the Arts,…
Pinterest Saved My Marriage
Today’s guest post comes from fellow Chamber Executive, Nathan Knottingham in McMinnville, Oregon. It was too good not to share! Okay, so that is not actually true. Pinterest did, however, make it easier for me to do great surprise gifts and earn awesome husband points which definitely helped to strengthen my marriage. Let me explain…
Rob Hatch: Owner, mission driven
Rob Hatch is the President of Owner Media Group; he’s much like the Wizard of Oz. The guy behind the curtain. Lots of people have heard of Chris Brogan, but fewer know of Rob Hatch. I had the great pleasure of spending a couple of hours on the phone with Rob and he allowed me…
Heroes Needed
Webster City is working to save the Webster Theatre. Donations are needed and can be made online here: http://www.desmoinesfoundation.org/HEROFund The primary challenge right now for small-town theaters is not the lack of market or community support in patronizing the theater; it is in fact the financial resources needed to obtain digital equipment necessary to show movies. HERO has a three-stage…
January, where have you gone?
It’s been a whirlwind of a month to kick off 2014! Here’s a few things we’ve been doing at Debworks. I got interviewed on the Money for Lunch program and you can hear what I have to say about 23 minutes into the recording here: Deb Talks About Small Towns My friend Jon Swanson wrote…
Tucson Ideas to Take Home
I’ve spent the past week in Tucson for Chamber Institute. I love to explore a new community and see what kind of ideas I can take home with me! Many small towns are fund raising to save movie theatres, historical buildings, and community projects. Ideas are needed for ways to honor donors. These leaves…
Three Words for 2015
Each year I choose three words to focus on for that year. This is my sixth year and it all started by a prompt from Chris Brogan. You’ll notice my words put into pictures of my face. That’s because I’M DOING IT! This years words are: Big Intentional Step Big as in dream BIG,…
Three Words 2014
Move Small Speak My three words. Move as in keep walking, keep working, keep moving. Help others move to their higher selves. Move agendas forward, move better towns and cities to the forefront. Small as in small town, as in smaller me, as in taking bite size smaller pieces. Concentrating on breaking goals into small…
The Tour Update
December 2013 Update In April of 2013 we gave a tour of 12 buildings in Webster City. People picked up a map, and went around and visited the locations. These 12 buildings were either for sale or for rent and our goal was to get some attention. We wanted people to talk, to dream, to…
12 Clutter Clues to your Unhappiness
Nancilee Wydra, feng shui author suggest that the clutter: At the entrance of your home represents fear of relationships Inside a closet represents an unwillingness to examine emotions In the kitchen represents resentment or being overwhelmed by caretaking Next to a bed represents desire for change or escape On a desk represents frustration or fear…