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Around the Interwebz

Have you heard all the buzz about Dwolla yet?  Duh-what?  DWOLLA – a very cool way to pay for things, and to receive payment.  Visit www.dwolla.com And you betcha – Debworks is a Dwolla Spot! The Eagle Has Landed…. and babies are due around April 1.  Live action cam in Decorah, Iowa  http://www.raptorresource.org/falcon_cams/ Strangely addictive.…

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The Gift of Love

Though I may speak with bravest fire, And have the gift to all inspire, And have not love, my words are vain, As sounding brass, and hopeless gain. Though I may give all I possess, And striving so my love profess, But not be given by love within, The profit soon turns strangely thin. Come,…

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Facebook Fan Pages

Debworks offers a service for small businesses – we set up your Facebook Fan Page. You receive a welcome/landing page graphic design, basic information added to your page, upload of pictures to an album or two (you provide the pictures) and a request of our fans to take a look at your page and like…

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Four More for the 140

Would you want to miss these speakers? 140 Character Conference in Des Moines is May 9.  Here’s just a few of the speakers. Drew McClellan 5 Lessons on Crowd Sourcing a Book Drew will talk about How the 3 Age of Conversation books came to be, the lessons learned and the value of the project.…

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Speaker Sneak Peak

The Des Moines 140 Character Conference is May 9.  I wanted to give you a sneak peek of just a few of our speakers.  (Stay tuned, we’ll feature them all before it’s done!) David Murray For the last 3 years I’ve seen the Midwest take great strides in redefining itself. Having lived in Minnesota, Wisconsin,…

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Another Time Saving Tool from Google

I love my Google Reader. I’m sitting here with tears streaming down my face, because I read this article by Kyle Munson.  Kyle has the enviable job of writing about the stories of Iowa.  I met him when he came to Hampton to do a follow up story about our Band Shell.  I added the…

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You Don’t Have to be Boring

I attend a lot of conferences, meetings, and events.  I see many  presentations.  Most are just okay.  Some are awful.  Once in a blue moon I see spectacular ones. Here’s a few don’ts from a seasoned observer. DON’T ..ever apologize for anything.  We don’t care that you are sorry the projector is not working, or…

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Dreaming of Scotland

When I was a young girl, I dreamt of walking the moors on an English coast somewhere, following my Heathcliff.  My coat would be a cape that went to the ground and fastened only with a big brass button.  My hair would be flowing free in the wind, the view bringing tears to my eyes.…

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Q and A with Debworks

Q and A with Deb Brown Why did you leave corporate America in the first place? I had a job as an insurance underwriting assistant.  While I was very good at it, I detested working in a cubicle 29 floors above the ground.  It’s important that I have interaction with people – and I wasn’t…

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Monster Barbies Rule

I was at a Hailey’s birthday party today.  She’s four.  She got a lot of presents.  Three of them were Monster Barbies.  The boys at the party played with the Monster Barbies.  One of the adult boys asked Steven, the 6 year old, why he was playing with Barbies. Steven answered “You don’t know why…

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