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Written by Michelle Gonzalez
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Wednesday, 04 June 2008 |
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Amazing.
That is all there is to write, it would seem. Women from diverse backgrounds came together to hear Ann-Marie’s story
about how she took the entrepreneurial plunge in 1997 and went from
social worker to internet maven to business owner. Yeah, it took guts,
and listening to her instincts telling her that this was the right
thing to do. Ann-Marie bared it all, including her current challenge to
unplug herself from the business to “just be”. She started with her
story, and quickly went into the challenges and the position that
mattered to get the business to the next level. If there ever was
“self-less” ambition (see Robyn Frye) this was it: it was all about what made Embolden Design grow…and Ann-Marie grew too.
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Written by Michelle Gonzalez
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Wednesday, 05 March 2008 |
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On March 5th we invited Amy Kalafa to our cafe to show here film and talk about the movement and her leadership practices. (see my earlier entry about the movie)
The film shows not only the problems with our school lunches–don’t
serve real food anymore, food is now a “commodity”, a product and
significantly vendors are competing with real food–and the increasing
child health, obesity, and learning problems have been building over
the past 30 years, to the point that the CDC is now forewarning: “for
the first time in history, our nation’s children will live shorter
lives than their parents.” I just wanted to shout “stop the madness”
and Amy’s film shows us how we can make simple small changes (like add
a salad bar with fresh vegetables). But it takes willingness to say yes
to all the other “nos” and well, offer up a multiple bottom line
perspective.
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