The Drake University Center for Professional Studies is offering a new program to teach local leaders how to develop and maintain effective community-based food systems.
The program is five weekend sessions spaced between Dec. 9 …
The markets have been identified. Now wanted: franchise owners.
The Goddard School for Early Childhood Development would like to open up to three franchises in Central Iowa and sees the potential for schools that could …
Peter Handal is the chairman and CEO of Dale Carnegie & Associates Inc., a company that specializes in performance-based training for businesses of all sizes and in all sectors. Based in New York, Dale Carnegie …
In the past decade, thousands of Iowa citizen-soldiers have served in Afghanistan and Iraq, many of them leaving their families and jobs for multiple deployments. As Veterans Day approaches, the Business Record shares the stories …
During Trevor Tomkins’ initial overseas deployment seven years ago, he faced considerable danger from roadside bombs and gunfire as his transportation unit ferried troops and supplies from Kuwait into Iraq.
During his second deployment, this …
Des Moines attorney Bill Kelly calls his one-year deployment to Afghanistan “the most complex legal problem” he has ever handled.
Kelly, a senior shareholder with the Davis Brown Law Firm, returned in July from Afghanistan, …
Kerry Studer’s mind was probably on the holidays, not an overseas deployment, when he received a telephone call in late December 2009.
The colonel on the other end of the line had an “opportunity” for …
On Nov. 3, Thomas Coates, executive director and co-founder of Consumer Credit of Des Moines, will talk about personal financial responsibility at Drake University.
The free event will begin at 7 p.m. at the Sheslow …
Purpose of the study: We wanted to take a look at the personality traits and behavior of leaders in our community, and compare them across both age and gender, in order to better understand …
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