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Collaboration

In September 2014, I was invited, along with my colleague Judy Anderson, to present a 4-hour Board Summit for the Land Trust Alliance on collaboration.…

Back in Helena – Meeting with Partners, Draft Tourism Development Strategy

For the third time this year, I was back in Helena, Arkansas, this time with Samantha. Upon arriving at Memphis International Airport, we rented a sensible car this time, and were off on Highway 61,…

Rally 2014 in Providence

Last year, I had the pleasure of presenting a half day seminar on our strategic planning and measurement process You Get What You Measure® at the Land Trust…

Working and Playing in Arizona’s Verde Valley

Samantha and I just returned from a quick trip to the Verde Valley in Arizona. This is an area of small, old western towns in the mountains of Arizona, including Cottonwood, Clarkdale, Jerome, Camp…

Black Belt Treasures Cultural Arts Center (BBTCAC) - Crowdfunding

The wonderful women of the Black Belt Treasures Cultural Arts Center (BBTCAC), Sulynn Creswell, Judy Martin and Kristin Law, are at it again. They have…

Bringing the Alabama Black Belt and Western North Carolina Together for an Arts Tourism Learning Journey

I recently returned from an amazing learning journey which brought Black Belt Treasures Cultural Arts Center in the Alabama Black Belt to Western North…

2nd WealthWorks Training Held

Our second WealthWorks Training for Coaches and Coordinators was held in April at Pendle Hill Retreat Center in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. Shanna, Barbara Wyckoff and I facilitated the 4 day onsite…

Food Hubs and Measurement in Baltimore

Samantha and I were recently in Baltimore, Maryland where we presented a session at the 16th Annual National Value Added Agriculture Conference which was held in conjunction with the Northeast…

Getting out in the Community

Samantha and I recently joined our colleague, Matt Robbie from Skeo Solutions, to speak to an undergraduate class at the University of…

Tourism Planning in Helena, Arkansas

Earlier this month, I was back in Helena, Arkansas to facilitate a meeting to begin a process of thinking about tourism planning for Helena. I’m lucky to be working with David Brown of Solimar…

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