Archive for March 2012
Buy Fresh Buy Local to expand vegetable gardens
Greater Des Moines Buy Fresh Buy Local (BFBL) and the Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC) Food Pantry Network are working together to help low-income Central Iowans eat more fruits and vegetables. BFBL members Rinehart …
Read MoreIDED to IPEP
The Iowa Department of Economic Development (IDED) underwent major changes last year, morphing from a state agency into a public-private partnership. Tasked with the lofty goal of creating 200,000 jobs and increasing family incomes by …
Read MoreOUR VIEW: Facebook is for fun, not hiring
Sure, it’s tempting. Before you hire someone, you would like to know as much as possible about that person, just to avoid problems later. And so some employers have started asking job applicants for their …
Read MoreBERKO: Advice for wise savers
Dear Mr. Berko:
We have a lot of cash coming due from a mortgage ($104,000) that is paying off early. The mortgage was left to us by my dad’s estate and was paying us 5 …
Read MoreMCLELLAN: The end of ‘over-optimization’
Everyone is chasing the holy grail of being on page one of Google searches. Nothing wrong with that belief; in today’s world, it matters. But so does HOW you chase that search ranking. Many “experts” …
Read MoreGITOMER: The evolution of sales
I’m celebrating my 20th year of writing about sales, networking, loyalty, trust, attitude, leadership, business social media and personal development.
My core of information transformed into a body of work that includes 11 books – …
Read MoreGUEST OPINION: The secret to health and wellness
Gov. Terry Branstad has set a goal of making Iowa the healthiest state in the nation in just five years. The initiative is based on research from “The Blue Zones,” a book by Dan Buettner. …
Read MoreTRANSITIONS: Rich, poor, wasted and fit
Downtown Denver looks good. Shining high-rise office buildings stand next to a row of restaurants and stores, arrayed along the 16th Street Mall like skiers in a lift line, while free alternative-energy buses lug shoppers …
Read MoreLAUNCH: The Shredder
Here in the digital age, we are swamped with paper, much of it containing confidential personal information best left in shreds.
Alex Benskin, a 27-year-old University of Iowa finance graduate with a certificate in entrepreneurship, …
Read MoreA CLOSER LOOK: Anne Drannen
Anne Drannen said working in hospitality is in her blood. She has worked in a variety of jobs over the years, earning a living as a waitress, a bartender, a line cook, a chef and …
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