Category Archives: Local

New Site-Member Metro blog post!

Can you match these theaters with their Mission Statement?

The twin cities is of course known for its vibrant theater community (more theaters per person than NYC!), and Kathy’s blog brings fresh insight every month.

Try her quiz and see how many you get right!

(Two weeks of early Fun – we’ll have to be extra serious next week!)

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Site-Member Profile: Promoting Brilliance, Inc.

Organizational Name Promoting Brilliance, Inc. Lighting up your career and workplace.

Established 1995

Organizational Owner & Leaders

Beth Wellesley Founder | Leadership, Career & Collaboration Consultant. As a career and communication consultant, Beth Wellesley has spent over 20 years in the role of career coach and cultural change agent.

Contact Info: beth@promotingbrilliance.com (612) 824-0454

Michael Peterson Board Member | Partner | SVP Client Services

Contact Info: michael@promotingbrilliance.com (612) 824-0098

Websites

Biz Site: http://www.promotingbrilliance.com

Blog: http://news.promotingbrilliance.com/

Twitter: http://twitter.com/BethWellesley

Facebook: http://bit.ly/4hdwV6

Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bethwellesley

Programs & Services Promoting Brilliance, Inc. is a consulting firm that provides services fundamental to change and innovation. Our mission is to support people in taking responsibility for their career and organizational brilliance. We work with organizations and individuals to create effective communication and collaboration as well as career development success. Our services and tools address the necessary connections that lead to sustainability and fulfillment at work.

Our service offerings include:

– Leadership consulting and training – Manager and performance coaching – Collaboration learning and off-sites – Communication development and training – Career transition consulting – Career development planning – Learning assessments – New work/life balance consulting programs – On-boarding strategic consulting – Business partnership consulting – Succession planning – Offsite design and facilitation – Customized workshops and seminars – Guest speaking

Unique Features We design our own programs, learning and development tools to address communication, collaboration, and career development. These include: Drama Busting™ Tools, Keyssential™ Communication Insights, Career & Life Blending™ programs, Team Brilliance™, Collaboration Pilots™, and Leadership Brilliance to increase your competency currency.

We support the vital connection between values-based decision making and leadership for your business and career growth.

Promoting Brilliance provides workshops, seminars and other Brilliant Connections events.

Upcoming events include:

Mar 10 | Career Redesign For Sustainability

Mar 15 | New Media & Your Professional Identity

Mar 29 | Sustainable Life By Design, Featuring: The Workplace

Check back soon for more events!

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Bike-Friendly Award for Minneapolis!

Exciting community news: Minneapolis honored as a bike-friendly employer at the National Bike Summit in Washington DC, by the American League of Cities!

I know I’ve seen a small but shocking number of folks bicycling all winter long. Thanks much to everyone who bikes or supports biking for transit. Makes the city that much more liveable for all of us!

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Fun Friday!

Radio Trivia Madnesss just one week away!

And more skating this winter, woo-hoo!

Also Music!
On Saturday, February 5, the Twin Cities Women’s Choir will meet with traditional Irish musicians, the HiBs and special guests for an interesting and potentially powerful mashup called Celtic Fire. This article about it written by Ann Treacy, site-member (Treacy Information Services)!

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Cheers for Seward Co-op: Small Business Success Story!

Chosen by Twin Cities Business to be featured as a success story, Seward continues to delight the community!

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Filed under Business, buy local, Community, Cooking, Food, Local, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Lincoln Sq (via Dan Blystone)

Local community continues through the storm..

Lincoln Sq

via Dan Blystone

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In the middle of the lake (via Linda Staats’ Photo Blog)

Beautiful!

In the middle of the lake The past week was all about winter here in the Twin Cities.  It was the St. Paul Winter Carnival with its ice and snow sculptures along with all the outdoor activities associated with the event.  I was fortunate to have a dear friend from the Seattle area here visiting (yes, people really do come to Minnesota for vacations!).  I wanted to show her something that's unique to our area in the winter time besides all the piles of snow that are gracin … Read More

via Linda Staats' Photo Blog

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Local Bookstores – alive and thriving!

Our local paper highlighted today the strengths and sustainability of our local bookstore in this great article!

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And the St. Paul Winter Carnival!

Winter Carnival!!

I know those of you in the metro area need no explanations for this, the *main* fun thing of course during this period!

Hilarity, wit, verve, and lots of icy eyelashes abound!

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Sharing with people about local businesses (via Local Business Spotlight)

Local Business! Excellent!

Sharing with people about local businesses My RelyLocal colleague (who also happens to be my mom) related a story to me last night that just thrilled me down to my toes. She was waiting for my dad at the doctor's office "down the hill". (Hey, with some health insurance, you can't always choose someone local!) There was a young woman sitting near her and they got to chatting. As it turns out, the young woman lives in the same High Desert city I do. She was quick to point out that although … Read More

via Local Business Spotlight

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