As usual, I'm a week or so behind in my weekly copy of Crain's Detroit Business, but this morning I read with interest the (April 20-26) edition that profiles of their twenty in their 20's list http://www.crainsdetroit.com/assets/html/twenties09.html. While many were "creative" types, others were successful in a more standard business career path, and I found myself reading each of their comments about why they live in the metropolitan Detroit area. So many of them shared the common thread of feeling rewarded if they could thrive in this unique environment lots of us call home. Stay on and fight my fellow 20-somethings! Okay fine, so maybe that ship (my 20's) sailed some time ago, but anyway take a peek and try to get inspired yourself.
Also read this article last week in the Detroit News http://www.detnews.com/article/20090424/SCHOOLS/904240389/1026/MSU+s+$10+million+gift+a+mystery, how cool is that? Basically there's a donor that has given away nearly $70 million in recent weeks to colleges across the country - anonymously. The only pattern they've found so far is that the 14 schools that have received the gifts are run by women. Double cool. But I'll be honest and say that if I had that kind of dough to give away, I'd probably put my name all over it!
Lastly, hitting this week's newstand in Fortune magazine is not just the annual Fortune 500 list, but smack dab in the middle of the magazine itself is a 2-page spread that is a simple and effective ad about the Judson Center www.judsoncenter.org, a human services agency where I sit on the board. A fellow board member who is a GM executive (not sure if he's wanting to be anonymous himself) "donated" the national ad space by letting Judson use it because it's one of his favorite charities. Pleae check it out, it's awesome. If I can get an electronic copy, I'll post it.
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