Pollen vol 34 August 1, 2011 Curated by Lars Leafblad Principal, KeyStone Search http://www.linkedin.com/in/larsleafblad http://www.twitter.com/larsleafblad http://www.larsleafblad.

com Pollenites, Thank you for your numerous submissions for Pollens 2nd Annual Under the Radar leaders and Community Connectors awareness initiative. We asked for your nominations in two categories: 1) "Under the Radar" leaders people making an impact "under the radar" whose work/efforts/impact should be shared more broadly with our community, starting with the Pollen network. 2) "Community Connectors" people in our community who are getting things done by bringing together ideas, resources, and multiple stakeholders to make things happen. Pollen members submitted 72 Under the Radar leaders and 101 Community Connectors. Thank you to all nominators and congratulations to all submitted! Download a PDF of all 173 names via the secure link below: http://www.scribd.com/doc/61088282/Pollen-Profiles-FullRoster-July2011-Lars-Leafblad-KeyStoneSearch Here is the full roster of all submissions (apologies in advance for any misspellings, please send any corrections to larsl-at-keystonesearch.com):
UnderTheRadarLeaders

FirstName Mike Julio Betsy Don Cynthia Jacquie Ross Ryan Kyle Jim Andy Jane Lars Ted Dr.Marti

LastName Ackmann Acosta Altheimer Ball BemisAbrams Berglund Bernstein Campbell Coolbrath Delaney Dickenson Eastwood Erdahl Erhart Erickson

Organization Ackmann&Dickenson NationalSocietyofHispanicMBAs SpringboardfortheArts CoCoMSP Leadership&PRConsultant Finnegans BernsteinBooks PennGarritano CoCoMSP EngineforSocialInnovation Ackmann&Dickenson OfficeofMayorChrisColeman,CityofSaintPaul MNZoo TrottbrookFinancial MomEnough.com&UofMNChildren,Youth&FamilyConsortium

Title CoFounder BoardMember AssociateDirector Cofounder Founder CEO AccountServicesDirector Cofounder Founder CoFounder EducationDirector DirectorofEducation Cohost&Founder/Director

Erin James Irene Mike Alene Sarah Gavin Rachel Wendy Jill Mike Jennifer Cathy Clayton Rebekah Kay Matthew Damian Stephanie Taylor Mike Brian Beth Joel Jeff Jeffrey Shannon Brian Luis Dana Joe Jessica Adaobi Liz Cathy Anita Tomas Brian Jane Sam Kelly

Erickson Faghmous Fernando Frommelt Grossman Gutierrez Hart Hedrick Greenhouse Helgeson J.Johnson Jackson Jones Jordan Kearns Kent King Kramer Kussian Laitala Larson Linnemann Long Mammenga Mandel Martin Martin Mattson McClung Moreno Mortenson Mosher Mueller Okolue O'Neal Paper Patel Perez Peterson RamseyerMiller Richter Rowan

MomEnough.com MuslimBuddy,Inc. StudentsTodayLeadersForever KeyStoneSearch FederalReserveBankofMinneapolis ChicksForACause AngelFalls MagicWandCollective CivicSource JohnsonConsultingServices ProjectFootsteps AmeripriseFinancial UofMNChildren,Youth&FamilyConsortium,CES4Health.info AndoverCinema BioBusinessAllianceofMinnesota NationalAllianceonMentalIllnessMN TeachforAmerica NorthMetroTV OwlBookkeepingandCFOServices ReveConsulting MinnesotaPlanetariumSociety UofMN TIES SholomFoundation CollectiveGenius WaiteParkCommunityCouncil&JeffreyMartinDesign MNZooFoundation McClungCommunications&PublicRelations TwinCitiesBusinessPeerNetwork&LandO'Lakes WorldSavvy Cargill CarletonCollegeCareerCenter YoungNonprofitProfessionalsNetworkTwinCities CrescendoProject Rock/Paper/Star YWCAofMinneapolis TheTwinCitiesBusinessPeerNetwork StudentsTodayLeadersForever OneVoiceMixedChorus KnowMore!/SBRWorldwide&ActiFi CharitiesReviewCouncil&YNPNTC

Cohost CEO Founder/CoExecutiveDirector PrincipalandCofounder Attorney HeadChick President Founder Cofounder President&Founder Cofounder Director,CommunityRelations Director&Editor Owner VP,MedicalTechnologyCluster AdultProgramsDirector President OutreachCoordinator President StrategyConsultant DevelopmentOfficer Student SoftwareApplicationConsultant ExecutiveDirector CEOandChangeAgent President&Founder DirectorofInstitutionalGiving President CoFounder&DairyMarketingManager ExecutiveDirector ProcessImprovementProjectManager AssociateDirector,ExternalCommunities Membership&CommunicationsCoChair ExecutiveBoard Founder VPforRacialJusticeandSocialPolicy BoardMember Founder/CoExecutiveDirector ArtisticDirector CEO&ChiefMarketingOfficer DevelopmentManager&BoardChair

Kyle Jodi Robyn Bob Brendon Dan Spenser Julie Tina Aaron Scott Sarah Diane Bridget Sandy Alfonso

Rucker Sandfort Schein Schoenbaum Schrader Scott Segal Sjordal Smith Street Stullen TaylorNanista Tran Ulrich UlsakerWiese Wenker

ProjectFootsteps UofMNHumphreySchoolofPublicAffairs TheMinneapolisFoundation KeyStoneSearch Antenna Leonard,Street&Deinard ActiFi St.David'sCenterforChild&FamilyDevelopment OfficeofGovernorMarkDayton Lawyerist.com&BitterLawyer.com WalkerArtCenter womenwinning GrassrootsSolutions&MinnesotaRising HammerResidences DataRecognitionCorporation PFUND

Cofounder AssociateProfessor ClientServicesOfficer PrincipalandCofounder President Shareholder CEO ExecutiveDirector ChiefofStaff Publisher ExecutiveDirector Consultant&Founder Development&CommunicationSpecialist VP,GovernmentAffairsandLaw DevelopmentDirector

CommunityConnectors

FirstName Jon Don Marcia Allison Jason Ross Sarah Chadburn Jennifer Susie Scott Jim Kyle Kathleen Don Don Dan Paul Jim Darcy Rebecca

LastName Bacal Ball Ballinger Barmann Barnett Bernstein Bjelland Blomquist Brigham Brown Burns Campbell Coolbroth Corley Craighead Craighead Cramer DeBettignies Delaney Douglas Driscoll

Organization MinneapolisPublicSchools CoCoMSP Principal McKinsey&Co. TheUptake.org BernsteinBooks WellsFargoMN TEDxTC BrighamGroupStaffing MNCouncilofNonprofits GovDelivery WellsFargoMN CoCoMSP MinnesotaAIDSProject DHCEnterprises GrassrootsSolutions MNHeadhunter.com EngineforSocialInnovation TheTwinCitiesBusinessPeerNetwork Principal

Title ExecutiveDirector,OfficeofNewSchools Cofounder KeyStoneSearch ItascaProjectDirector ExecutiveDirector CEO CommunicationsConsultant Curator CEO PolicyDirector CEOandCofounder CEO(retired) Cofounder InterimDirector Cofounder Founder Founder Cofounder KeyStoneSearch

Liza James Zack Hillary Irene J. Jeff Nate Dan Kelly Mark Kit Mike Trista Rachel Wendy Steve Kate Madonna Jeff Jennifer Tim Grover Ann Sean Colin Chris Patrick Steven Mary Megan David Brad Jeremy Marshall Hannah Scott Mike Andrea Dan Jeff Shanai

Etienne Faghmous Farley Feder Fernando Forrest FreelandNelson Garvis Grigsby Groehler Groves Hadley Harley Harris Hedrick Greenhouse Helgeson Helland Hindes Hnilicka Huber Huebsch Jones KanerRoth Kershaw Kloecker Kopka Kuntz Ladin Lahammer Leafblad Legus Lehrman Lenz Lichty Lieder Litman Logan MacArthur Mallin Martin Matteson

TheTwinCitiesBusinessPeerNetwork MuslimBuddy,Inc. CARAG AskHillary StudentsTodayLeadersForever EmployeeStrategies,Inc. MPR NakedCivics Drivetrain BestBuyCo,Inc. MNDepartmentofCorrections SaintPaulPublicLibraries EnvironmentalInitiative HeadwatersFoundationforJustice MagicWandCollective CivicSource Fredrikson&Byron GirlMeetsGeek.com KultureKlub DaleCarnegieTraining GeneralMills NorthsideEconomciOpportunityNetwork(NEON) Project515 CitizensLeague WorksProgress ThriventFinancial IgniteMinneapolis TwinCitiesPublicTelevision MinneapolisCollegeofArt&Design BernsteinGlobalWealthManagement MOJOMinnesota BioBusinessAllianceofMinnesota Hallberg&McClain,P.A. MinneapolisSwims Magnet360&MinnesotaCup FounderandCEO CommunityHealthCharities Magnet360&MinnesotaCup CollectiveGenius WorksProgress

Member CEO SafetyNeighborhoodOrganizer Founder Cofounder/ExecutiveDirector Founder ManagingDirector,PublicStrategy Founder Partner Sr.Manager,CorporatePublicRelations Director,TransitionServices Director ExecutiveDirector ExecutiveDirector Founder Cofounder Partner Founder ExecutiveDirector DirectorofMarketing ISDepartmentManager ExecutiveDirector ExecutiveDirector ExecutiveDirector Cofounder VP,LongTermStrategicDevelopment Founder Anchor/Reporter Director,StudentActivities VicePresident Cofounder COO Attorney FounderandExecutiveDirector ManagingDirector&Cofounder ThePublicAffairsShop Sr.Manager,CorporateRelations ManagingDirector&Cofounder CEOandChangeAgent Cofounder

Jay Dick Beth Jamie Luis Kyle Dana Kari Jeff Brian Blois Kate Audra Cathy Beth Rep.Erik Michael AliciaR. Gene Sam Bob Mike Robyn Jon Ben Charles Nils Cecily Jon Rachel Nena Lori Diane Bridget Brad Beth Drew Brian Mike

Mayes McFarland McGuire Millard Moreno MyreakaGuante Nelson NiedfeldtThomas Nolan Numainville Olson O'Reilly Otto Paper Parkill Paulsen Peterson Phillips Rebeck Richer Rumpza Schardin Schein Schumacher Shardlow Shaw Snyder Sommers Spayde StassenBerger Street Sturdevant Tran Ulrich VonBank Wellesley Wood Woolsey Zipko

BlackSheepConsulting DainRauscher Target PaperDarts&CharitiesReviewCouncil TwinCitiesBusinessPeerNetwork&LandO'Lakes COMPAS&SpokenWordArtist GiveMN.org MosaicCo. TwinCitiesHappyHours NashFinchCompany&NashFinchFoundation TunheimPartners&MorningTake CleverKate MinnPost.com Rock/Paper/Star MentorPlanet UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentatives PromotingBrilliance,Inc.&Conundrum,Inc. RedwoodPhilanthropic TwinCitiesBusiness KnowMore!/SBRWorldwide,LLC&ActiFi RumpzaConsulting YoungProfessionalsofMinnesota TheMinneapolisFoundation St.AnthonyParkCommunityFndn&CreativeEnterpriseZone WorksProgress PinpointPrecisionMarketing WelshCompanies ThePUSHInstitute TheLine StarTribune Dorsey&Whitney StarTribune GrassrootsSolutionsandMinnesotaRising HammerResidences,Inc. ReveConsulting PromotingBrilliance,Inc. Editor CassidyTurley GoffPublic

Founder CEO(retired) GroupManager Cofounder/Editor&CommunicationsCoordinator Cofounder&DairyMarketingManager CanvasArtsCoordinator ExecutiveDirector FoundationManager Founder Sr.DirofResearch&PublicRelations&Chairman Principal/EVP&Founder/Publisher Publicist,Producer,Philanthropist Coordinator,YoungProfessionalsNetwork Founder Founder AccountLeader&Founder/President President SeniorEditor CEO&ChiefMarketingOfficer President President ClientServicesOfficer ExecutiveDirector&Member Cofounder Partner VicePresident Founder ManagingEditor PoliticalReporter Attorney EditorialWriter/Columnist ProjectManager&Founder Development&CommunicationSpecialist Cofounder FounderandPresident Thrillist.comMinneapolis VP VP,StrategicDevelopment

Regularly Scheduled Programming: For those of you just joining Pollen, you might be asking, so just what is Pollen? Pollen is a community comprised of civic-minded connectors who share ideas, career and civic engagement opportunities and peer-to-peer recognition to create positive impact and personal and professional growth for its members. Pollen volume 1 was shared with members on December 4, 2009. Weve subsequently grown to 1,700+ subscribers to this twice monthly e-newsletter, 2,700+ members of our Pollen LinkedIn group, and 1,000+ participants on our Facebook page. Become a full fledged Pollenite! If someone has forwarded this to you and youd like to become a full-fledged Pollenite, which provides you with the opportunity to contribute content for distribution to the entire Pollen network, become a member by emailing larsl-at-keystonesearch.com. Volume 34 Contents: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) Events Ideas/Inspiration Pollen Props Jobs/Internships Boards Fun/Etc.

Events: August 2nd - UMN Football Coach Jerry Kill will speak at Carlson School of Managements 1st Tuesday Speaker Series. http://carlsonschool.umn.edu/events/013319/August-2011-First-Tuesday.aspx August 4th TEDxTC Remix with Nate Garvis & Art Rolnick SOLD OUT but add your name to the Wait List via this link -> http://tedxtcremix.eventbrite.com/ August 8 Social Venture Partners Minnesota hosting information meeting for organizations interested in being considered as new investees for Fall 2011. Meeting held at 3 p.m. at The Minneapolis Foundation. Questions to Brad Brown bbrown-at-svpmn.org. Additional information for prospective investees: http://svpmn.org/investees/become-an-investee/ Aug 19th is the biggest Carlson School of Management alumni event of the year -- the 14th Annual Day at the Races at Canterbury Park. It's a free event, but registration is required. http://carlsonschool.umn.edu/events/013849/Carlson-School-14th-Annual-Day-at-the-Races-.aspx August 25th Hold the date for an evening gathering for Pollen members. Full details to follow. Big thanks to Kate-Madonna Hindes for initiating, organizing, and leading effort to bring this idea to reality. September 17th - Dads Make a Difference (DMAD) an innovative, award winning, youth development nonprofit organization that promotes the positive involvement of fathers and educates Minnesota youth about responsible parenting is having its second annual Glow Ball Golf Fundraiser Event at Parkview Golf Club in Eagan. Learn more on how to participate and support this tremendous organization. http://www.dadsmakeadifference.org/new.html

September 17th-Live SWAT team demonstration, food, dancing, auction and more! Support the St. Paul Police Foundation at the annual gala which funds critical projects of the St. Paul Police Department. Discount tickets @ $110/per person through August 10th, $125 after that date; sponsorships available; event at St. Paul RiverCentre. More information at www.saintpaulpolicefoundation.com . September 24 - the AMAZING WALK! Join the Sjai Foundation on Sat., Sept. 24 from 9-11 a.m. at North Mississippi Regional Park for a 5K like no other. Bring the kids, bring your friends, and bring a sense of adventure to try the sometimes challenging, sometimes goofy activities youll find spread out across the 5K walk. Visit the Sajai Foundations website, www.sajaifoundation.org, or contact Amy at 952288-3364 or by email at Amy-at-sajaifoundation.org for more information. September 25 Women Run the Cities Fifth Annual event - http://www.womenrunthecities.com/ Ideas/Inspiration: Common Grounds, an interdisciplinary group of graduate students from UMN Law School, Carlson School of Management, and Humphrey School of Public Affairs seeks proposals from MN organizations for their free consulting services during the 2011-12 academic year. More about the group: http://www.commongroundsmn.org/about_us Click secure link below to read the RFP document: http://www.scribd.com/doc/61065780/Common-Grounds-RFP-2011-2012 The U of MN Humphrey School of Public Affairs Policy Fellows alumni network updates: http://www.hhh.umn.edu/centers/cspg/alumni_news.html Get your preview copy of Secrets to Success http://alcolemanjr.com from local attorney, professor, 40 Under Forty alum & Pollen member Al Coleman. The upcoming book substantiates the link between mentoring and the personal, professional and financial success of new and first-generation professionals. Headwaters Foundation for Justice launching Social Justice Leadership Institute: Who? Were looking for a group of emerging Twin Cities leaders who are interested in investing themselves in the community to better understand local injustices and bring about transformative change. Participants will be part of a group of approximately 25 people coming from diverse backgrounds to learn, reflect, and act together. What? The institute is a nine-month discovery process during which participants will work with each other to both understand and address social injustice. With a cohort of 25 people, you will 1) learn about social justice, 2) engage in a group fundraising project and 3) research and give the funds you raise to local social justice causes. At the end of nine months you will leave with your own thoughtfully crafted framework for supporting and actively enaging with the social justice movement in Minnesota! Learn more: http://www.headwatersfoundation.org/get-involved/social-justice-leadership-institute Interested in tracking the Twitter chatter of MN politicians, public affairs folks and related press? Check out Ben Golniks Tweet MN site, a very helpful aggregation resource. http://www.tweetmn.com/index.php

Jim Delaney shares more about Engine for Social Innovation at GiveMN.org blog: http://blog.givemn.org/give_mn_blog/2011/07/27/292/do_what_you_do_best_and_outsource_the_rest Twin Cities Public Television sponsoring Capture Minnesota photo contest: http://www.tpt.org/?a=productions&id=17 My Fertility Crisis by Holly Finn in Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903461104576458134196248312.html A year ago several members of Pollen spoke with then editor of Minnesota Business, Drew Wood, about the Case for Social Media. Do their arguments still hold true? http://minnesotabusiness.com/case-social-media Think Quarterly The Innovation Issue from Google: http://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/quarterly/innovation/note.html Great infographic on the origins of the U.S. National Debt (via WhiteHouse.gov): http://www.whitehouse.gov/infographics/us-nationaldebt?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl Pollen Props: Andrew Borene on his new role with ReconRobotics http://www.thelinemedia.com/innovationnews/reconrobotics71311.aspx To all who produced, contributed to, and supported Northside: A Twin Cities Community Benefit http://www.northsidebenefit.org/ Andrea MacArthur on her new role as Sr. Manager, Corporate Relations with Community Health Charities Andrew Eklund on his new blog for Twin Cities Business magazine, Post-Chaos 1.0: http://tcbmag.blogs.com/postchaos_10/ The Nonprofits Assistance Fund (several Pollenites on staff and board) on their $1.5M grant from the US Treasury which was covered by the Star Tribune: http://www.startribune.com/local/126139278.html Amy Fredregill on her appointment by Governor Dayton to the board of directors for the Center for Rural Policy and Development To Scott Herold, Nicole Weiler and all other honorees and nominees for the Look Good, Do Good contest sponsored by MetroMixTC: http://twincities.metromix.com/events/essay_photo_gallery/photos-look-good-do/2733408/content Alene Grossman on her new role as Attorney with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Adrienne Peirce on her new blog Porpoise.MN focused on Business with a Porpoise http://porpoise.mn/ To the Blandin Foundation on their new CEO Dr. Kathleen Annette. The search was conducted by Pollenite Dr. Marcia Ballinger of KeyStone Search. http://www.blandinfoundation.org/resources/news-detail.php?intResourceID=1681 Jessie Sorensen on her new role as VP, Public Relations for Aging Services of Minnesota

Gwen Freed on her new role as Executive Director at Wallin Education Partners Mike Logan on his new firm- The Public Affairs Shop. To the incredibly kind stranger who donated his foul ball at a Minnesota Twins game to the son of Pollenite Lars Leafblad To Don Ball, Kyle Coolbroth, Jeff Heegaard and CoCoMSP team on their new Minneapolis location. (Pollen visited the space and its incredible!) http://cocomsp.com/2011/07/scenes-from-coco-minneapolis/ Jobs/Internships: Artspace Projects seeks a paid Research Intern http://www.scribd.com/doc/61076129/Artspace-Research-Intern Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota Foundation: Development Officer Annual Giving Development Associate Sr Prospect Research Associate http://www.childrensmn.org/Careers/ Cowles Center for Dance and Performing Arts Director, Marketing & Communications http://www.scribd.com/doc/61085460/CowlesCenter-Director-Marketing-Communications Hennepin County Bar Association Executive Director (search being conducted by Pollenites Marcia Ballinger and Lars Leafblad) http://www.scribd.com/doc/60887966/Position-Profile-HCBA-Exec-Dir-KeyStoneSearch Minnesota Dance Theatre & the Dance Institute Executive Director http://www.minnesotanonprofits.org/job-details?id=45292 Nonprofits Assistance Fund Finance and Operations Manager http://www.minnesotanonprofits.org/job-details?id=46023 Target Corporation Manager, Government Affairs http://www.scribd.com/doc/60486922/Target-Manager-Govt-Affairs Boards: MPRs Twin Cities Community Advisory Council (TC-CAC) is soliciting applications for new members! The purpose of MPRs TC-CAC is to bring listeners/members to MPRs Saint Paul Headquarters to discuss MPRs programming goals, review MPR services, and provide advice to MPRs leadership. If you are interested in this opportunity, or would like to learn more, please visit www.mpr.org/advisorycouncil or email Lisa Radzak at lradzak-at-mpr.org. ServeMinnesota, the organization that operates AmeriCorps in our state, is seeking service-minded board members. Our signature program is Minnesota Reading Corps, where some 670 AmeriCorps volunteers are tutoring 18,000 readers age 3 through grade 3 to help them catch up to grade level on their reading skills. See more about the measurable results of this program at www.serveminnesota.org. Contact Bob Rumpza, bob-at-rumpzaconsulting.com if youre interested in a prospectus about board membership. Taproot Foundation seeks board members in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, or DC: http://www.taprootfoundation.org/blog/2011/07/know-a-star-for-our-board.php

Additional MN non-profit board openings c/o MAP for Nonprofits: http://bit.ly/MAP-BoardOpenings Fun/Etc: Many Pollenites were at the U2 concert. See if you can find them on the U2360 GigaPixel Cam: http://www.u2.com/gigapixelfancam/110723/ Definitely tough to beat Pollenites Alisa Blackwood and Jeff Freeland Nelson view of the performance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_GMgkcc2KM&feature=player_embedded How hard was it raining during the U2 concert? This video will give you some clues: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=morjMjHuX1k&feature=player_embedded Lady Gagas solo performance of The Edge of Glory on the Howard Stern show. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_GMgkcc2KM&feature=player_embedded Fan of breakdancing? Check out new video from the Jabbawockeez: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=086st-m2OkQ&feature=player_embedded

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