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Guest Opinion: Taking time to decompress

By Angela Walker Franklin | President and CEO, Des Moines University 

In our fast-paced, overly scheduled lives, we often find ourselves running from one thing to the next with very little time in between. We work full …

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The 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 …

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Opinion: Still standing — and grateful

By Katherine Harrington | Director of strategic partnerships, Business Publications Corp.

There I am: Christmas Eve on my favorite ski run on Vail Mountain called “Hunky Dory.” It’s a blue run (intermediate), and this is an easy …

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Guest Opinion: Bridge jumpers welcome

By Michelle DeClerck | Founder, Conference Event Management

During your upbringing, you likely heard more clichés and sayings than you wanted to. Some actually made you roll your eyes because you weren’t allowed to talk back, including …

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Elbert: Bob Ray’s thoughtful legacy

On July 7, the day before Bob Ray died, the Wall Street Journal ran an article that reminded me of how Ray became Iowa’s most transformative governor.

The headline was “Don’t Simply Dive Into Action: …

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Guest Opinion: Conducting your ‘midyear life review’

By Christi Hegstad | President, MAP Professional Development Inc. 

Have you ever walked into your annual performance review at work and been completely surprised by the feedback shared with you?

Hopefully, no – but quite possibly, yes. Ideally, …

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Guest Opinion: Assume the best intentions

By Brianne Fitzgerald | Communication and engagement officer, Volunteer Iowa 

I would consider my grandmother to be very wise. She was a smart woman who owned her own nationally recognized business and was well-respected in her community. I …

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Guest Opinion: Getting vulnerable with a new team

By Brianne Sanchez | Program officer, Principal Foundation

I cried in front of my work team, and I don’t regret it.

We were at Eagles’ Nest, the quirky retreat spot owned by In the Bag catering, for our …

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Guest Opinion: How to run a positive political campaign

Submitted by Mary Rae Bragg, on behalf of the 50-50 in 2020 Board of Directors 

As we head into the fall election, rumblings about “negative” campaigning have already started. 

What do we mean by negative …

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Guest opinion: Trade supports critical 450K Iowa jobs


Joe Murphy is the senior vice president of government relations and public policy at the Greater Des Moines Partnership. He wrote this piece following news this morning that China had proposed countertariffs to the U.S. …

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