Archive for July 2018
Business Record 7-27-18
McLellan: How do you recognize a transparent company?
Without realizing it, I’ve declared July is “transparency month.” For the first two weeks, we studied the recent rash of “mea culpa” ad campaigns and how the marketplace’s expectations around transparency play a role in …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Playwrights expose Steve King
A new one-act play uses the immigrant ancestors of Steve King to expose the Iowa congressman’s xenophobia.
While King’s lack of empathy is well-documented, the play by twin sisters Allison and Margaret Engel views the …
A web platform for the for-sale-by-owner set
Chad Torstenson’s education and training are in the medical profession, but a real estate deal three years ago turned his attention to home sales.
Torstenson, an emergency room doctor who also carries a master’s in …
NOTEBOOK: ACCE volunteers assemble literacy kits, donate bears
When the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives arrived for a week of sessions at the Iowa Events Center, about 70 signed up to work with United Way to assemble literacy kits to stress the …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Some expert advice on leveraging foreign-born talent
Greater Des Moines has taken a leadership role among cities in its efforts to encourage immigration as an economic growth and talent development strategy, but the region needs to do more to encourage immigrants to …
Read MoreA Closer Look: Stan Jensen
Stan Jensen was all set to retire this summer after successfully leading the turnaround of a struggling college in Michigan as its president. But then a friend at Des Moines Area Community College told him …
Read MoreAug. 30: West Metro Golf Classic
Host: West Des Moines, Clive and Urbandale Chambers of Commerce
About: West Metro Golf Classic formerly known as the Wild West Golf Shootout joins the memberships of West Des Moines, Clive and Urbandale Chambers in …
Trump’s $12 billion bailout for farmers draws mixed reactions in Iowa
Des Moines Register: The Trump administration’s plan to provide $12 billion in federal aid to American farmers hurt by a trade war drew a sharp mix of reactions Tuesday from Iowa farm groups, politicians, agricultural economists …
Read MorePaustian book wins two more awards
Des Moines Area Community College exec Anthony Paustian’s NASA-based book on transformation and change has won its fifth and sixth literary honors. “A Quarter Million Steps: Creativity, Imagination and Leading Transformative Change” recently scored a Discovery …
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