Results in "Community"

2015 Annual Review: Reflections on Growth and Chaos

My two year old daughter remembers everything. Everything that ever happened to her and everything that was ever said to her. She should. She only has two years of events to remember. For the rest of us, we occasionally need...

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5 Ways to Crowdsource Creativity

If our business and community can inspire others to act, we create an impact greater than any work we can do ourselves. In other words: it's not what we do, it's who we inspire. Your business and community have the potential to change the world. It requires action and vision, but by crowdsourcing this work, it might just happen.

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The Future of Work: Business and Community in the Information Age

The Information Age Reverses the Industrial Age Sleeping next to a snoring dog ensures better sleep. So says evolutionary biologists who argue that for millennia, snoring dogs meant safety. If your dog was not worried,...

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1 Million Cups Blueprint – How to Caffeinate Your Community

A vibrant community needs a “town square,” the place where ideas are shared and serendipity is welcomed. In many communities, 1 Million Cups is now that town square. Learn how to get started and lessons learned from over a year of running 1 Million Cups events in a rural community.

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3 Ways Obama Will Notice You

This month, my home of Brookings, S.D. was chosen as one of 25 startup communities to win the Startup in a Day competition. Learn how to make your community stand out.

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Abundance Governance

Governance could change if we shifted from valuing scarcity towards valuing networks. We have the potential to make this shift in our work and communities with abundance governance.

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The Revolutionary Insight of Children

The courage of children is a challenge to us all. Children have no fear of pain, no concern with looking stupid and no awareness of limitations. We can learn from their bravery.

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Saving North Dakota with the Enchanted Highway

Can the world's largest metal sculptures save a rural North Dakota town? That's what Gary Greff believes. He is building the Enchanted Highway to save his town of Regent, N.D., population 125...and it might just be working.

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9 Ways for Auto Dealers to Start with Digital Marketing

Every auto dealer is on the Internet, but not every store is doing what it should online. If you want to have a solid foundation online to drive leads and sales, start with these nine steps.

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The Difference Between Business and Community

The best businesses provide a tiny group of people exactly what they want. The best communities provide a large group of people as much of what they want as possible. Identify whether you are a business or community and focus or build consensus.

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