[Minnesota Rising Dispatch] March 2011

Network Announcements Twin Cities Rotaract Happy Hour to benefit the Youth Farm and Market Project Wednesday, April 6 5:00pm - 7:00pm Red Stag Supper Club Kids 'n Kinship Fashionista Favorites Charity Fashion Show Thursday, April 14 5:00pm-9:00pm GrandStay's La Grand Conference Center WOW! POW! SOCK! Creative Communication With Impact Thursday, April 28 Networking 5:30-6:00pm; Workshop starts at 6:00pm Blog Bytes What kind of leader does your organization need now? Guest Post: Kelly Rowan and YNPN-Twin Cities [March 9] Give it some gusto: Nuance in word and action [March 15] Report Roll: What Does the Next Generation of American Leaders Think? [March 29] Making Our #MNRising Mark! Don't forget to tag your upcoming emerging leader events, thoughts, musings, and more, #mnrising, on Twitter and Facebook. Let's aggregate and organize ourselves for increased interaction and potential for collaboration! [Minnesota Rising] March 2011 Update Thanks to everyone who attended the January 15 Strategy Session and March 5 Planning Meeting for Minnesota Rising. The ideas and insights shared during those two conversations have generated some powerful areas of work for Minnesota Rising in 2011! 5 Areas of Work for Minnesota Rising in 2011 1. Minnesota Rising Un/Conference 2.0: October 2011 2. Convene process and conversations to develop generational theme or principles for emerging leaders and organizations in Minnesota 3. Minnesota Rising Council Conversations (quarterly gatherings to encourage knowledge-sharing and collaboration) 4. Mentorship 5. Minnesota Rising Blog and Communications Workgroups to advance these topic areas are currently forming, so to indicate your interest in involvement, please email minnesotarising@gmail.com by Monday, April 4! Save the Dates: Un/Conference 2.0 Brainstorm + Blog Focus Group! Minnesota Rising Un/Conference 2.0 Brainstorm Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Grassroots Solutions 2828 University Avenue, Suite 150, Minneapolis 55414 Everyone's invited to give input and brainstorm ideas for how to make the Minnesota Rising 2011 Un/Conference a game-changer! There, we'll get a sense of what people want to see happen, identify who is interested in helping make it a reality, and get everyone riled up about what is sure to be an historic event! RSVP to minnesotarising@gmail.com. Minnesota Rising Blog + Communications Focus Group Monday, April 25, 2011 6:00PM - 7:30PM Engine 91 10th Street South, Minneapolis 55403 Are you a reader or a writer of the Minnesota Rising Blog? Or someone with opinions on how to make things more visually appealing or convene better discussions? Our conversation will focus on how to improve the communications and interactions between emerging leader groups and the Minnesota Rising network, with a central focus on how to leverage the blog and social media tools. We welcome your big ideas and RSVPs at minnesotarising@gmail.com!