March 23rd, 2010 | Leadership
I met an interesting woman, Natalie Wood (not the deceased actress) who’s focusing her career on the subject of Thought Leadership. I asked her to cover the topic with me in a Q&A.
Read on to learn more about what thought leadership is; why businesses should care; examples of thought leadership in business; and how to leverage thought leadership marketing.
Q: What is your definition of Thought Leadership?
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Published on April 6, 2010
One has only to scan news reports from the beginning and the end of the past decade to see how much our language has changed in the interim.
The usual suspects—technology, consumer culture, politics,—were joined by new agents of lexical change: think terrorism, economic instability, and social networking.
Now, at the beginning of a new decade, it's a good time to consider which incipient trends might play out over the coming years.
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MOUNT PLEASANT IOWA — A $250,000 award granted by the Iowa Economic Department of Economic Development on Thursday should be good news for the city of Mount Pleasant Iowa. The money goes to Biomedical Synergies Inc., of Wayzata, Minn., out of the Grow Iowa Values Financial Assistance Program. The award should clear a hurdle for the company, which is strongly considering putting its headquarters in Mount Pleasant Iowa.
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Iowa Business Council Releases First Quarter Results
DES MOINES, IOWA – (March 1, 2010) Increased levels in sales, capital spending, and employment projected for the coming six months has moved the 2010Q1 Iowa Business Council (IBC) Overall Economic Outlook Survey Index (OSI) to 54.3 – its first time in positive sentiment territory since the third quarter of 2008 (six quarters ago). The Overall OSI is more than six points higher than three months ago (47.7), and 19 points higher from one year ago (35.3). The survey was completed by the 20 corporate members of the Iowa Business Council during the second half of February, the results of which were released today.
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February 26th, 2010
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An article worth mentioning. These are the “Fast Company” top 10 most innovative companies in China.
Leading the way for the rest of the world. Click here to read more about each company.
- Huawei Technologies
- BYD
- Alibaba
- Huayi Brothers
- Tencent
- Suntech Power
- Sohu
- Eno
- Ctrip
- Baidu
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Image courtesy of Suntech |
Whatever words are used to define an entrepreneur, each individual’s story is special and enrich our lives, whether we be family, friend, businessperson, employee or were a resource for this person.
I am blessed to have such a person in my life and call him Dad…
Happy New Year!
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Sal Alaniz, Jr
Staff and interns will assist with review of Strategic Planning for various regions in the Midwest and also updating and compiling economic data and establishing data linkages which have not been previously made available.
(Counties of Iowa Population Projections with business growth and economic overlays.pdf
County Unemployment and State Population Projections by current population.pdf
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November 23rd, 2009
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Posted by Richard C. Longworth on Thursday, November 19, 2009
Try Googling “Southern studies” and see what pops up. From the University of Virginia to Ole Miss, it seems that every school in Dixie has a curriculum devoted to the South — its history, economy, culture, triumphs and grievances.
Now try Googling “Midwestern studies.” Don’t worry, it won’t take long. A couple of societies exist to promote Midwestern literature. A college or two teach Native American history in the region. And that’s all.
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November 17th, 2009
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TOURISM INITIATIVE
- Chinese and International Tourism to Southeastern Iowa
- Largest Growing Tourism Dollars – Target China and International Tourists
- Agricultural Experiences and Tours
- Recreational, Rural, Cultural and Ag Experiences.
See all the Initiatives here…
November 17th, 2009
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Discussion Points – Visioning and Planning Economic Development.
The Big Picture: What do we envision and aspire to? Is it 25,000, 50,000 people, 200,000 population?
Culture: Create an environment which embraces failure. What is learned? Gained? Changed?
Celebrates ALL successes, small and large. Encourage people. Believe in people. All People.
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September 30th, 2009
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This article was shared with us by one of our LinkedIn groups: Iowa Innovation Gateway
The Rural Brain Drain
Steve Schapiro
A road in rural Iowa |
By Patrick J. Carr and Maria J. Kefalas
What is going on in small-town America? The nation’s mythology of small towns comes to us straight from the The Music Man’s set designers. Many Americans think about flyover country or Red America only during the culture war’s skirmishes or campaign season. Most of the time, the rural crisis takes a back seat to more visible big-city troubles. So while there is a veritable academic industry devoted to chronicling urban decline, small towns’ struggles are off the grid.
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September 22nd, 2009
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“Here Comes Everybody” – A video of Clay Shirky (the author) talking about the book:
Clay Shirky, author of the just released “Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations” speaking at Harvard Law School’s Austin Hall on Feb. 28,2008 hosted by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School
September 16th, 2009
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Shared by our friend, Kim, on www.linkedin.com
“Here is an article by Time Magazine that does a great job illustrating the “ripple effect” concept. The article points out how even one job loss in a well-established industry such as manufacturing can quickly lead to additional los Read more at EMSI Resource Library ” Analysis & Reports »“
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