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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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7 Shocking Stats and Trends

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Ten Things About Being a Board Member

Do you sit on a board?  At some point, most of us who actively volunteer and work in a small town will be a board member of some organization.  Here’s ten things you might want to know. Work, Wisdom and Money — if you have two out of three of those you will make an…

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Prepping for 2014: Three Words

 It’s that time again – the time of choosing three words that direct where you want to go in the following year.  Last year I chose Explore, Become, Serve.   In 2013 I took a new job and moved to a new town.  Lots of exploration there.  I filed for divorce in order to let go…

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Podcasts with Small Biz Survival

Early in November I had the opportunity to be interviewed for a podcast with Becky McCray at www.smallbizsurvival.com  We did two parts and you can find the links here: http://smallbizsurvival.com/podcast/deb-brown-part-1-the-road-back-to-a-small-town  http://smallbizsurvival.com/podcast/deb-brown-part-2-new-ideas-in-webster-city   I’ve been interviewed before for podcasts and these two got me to thinking, how could I use podcasts for this website?  Is that…

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