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What Is Your Real Mission?

Spark Consulting

Organized by Joe Gerstand t and Jason Lauritsen , it provided an opportunity for 10 people who didn’t know each other to sit in a cabin outside Omaha for 2 1/2 days and think and talk deeply about the future of work. If you aim to change the world in some tangible way no matter what the cost to the people involved, let people know.

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Small Towns, Big Gesture: Bar Associations Push Law Students Back to Main Street

Associations Now

The cost of living (in small towns) can be cheaper,” NSBA President Michael Fenner explained to the Omaha World-Herald. But you won’t convince them until you show them. What we’re trying to do is to show those who are receptive that the bird in the hand may not be their best bet. The state definitely needs such a program.

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From the Kids’ Table to the Adults’ Table: Taking Relationships Seriously in a World of Networks

Beth Kanter

We discount the value of future costs and benefits in public and organizational decision-making in favor of those closer to hand. As we see it, the Omaha community is relationships.”. And fourth and finally, relationships take time, yet our culture focuses on the short term. Funder Support for Relationships.

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