[Minnesota Rising Dispatch] December 2011

News from the Network Accepting Applications: Institute for International Public Policy 2012 Fellows UNCFSP Deadline: February 12, 2012 2011 Ten Outstanding Young Minnesotans: Nick Banovetz MN Jaycees in partnership with MinnPost YPN 2011 Un/Conference Breakouts: Rinal Ray and Kelly Rowan + Race and Privilege YNPN-TC Minnesota Rising 2011 Un/Conference Blog Bytes Final Cut: Words to Strike From Your Resume [December 27] Reportback: Minnesota Millennials Research Roundtable [December 21] Put it into words [December 12] 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! Join the movement! [Minnesota Rising Dispatch] December 2011 From hosting our second annual Un/Conference to being featured in the October 2011 edition of the Minnesota Business Magazine to the launch of our Cascading Conversations Tour, we are pleased to be able to look back on this year with pride and amazement at how the network for what's next is being built through the collaborative efforts of so many! Thanks to each of you for your contributions to this community and to our shared effort on behalf of Minnesota. We're looking forward to a lot more strategizing, network-building, and collaboration next year and are hopeful that we'll get to work with you in 2012! For a quick look back at we've been up to in 2011, check out theMinnesota Rising Blog 2011: Post Playback x 11. Otherwise, we hope to see you out and about at one of these upcoming events: [January 25] "Setting the Mark for Me and Minnesota" Interactive Workshop It's that time of year to be thinking about New Year's Resolutions and Minnesota Rising invites you to an interactive workshop focused on personal leadership development and goal-setting in the context of community. We'll come together with ideas, questions, and people who can challenge us to reflect on what we want out of life, clarify goals for the new year, and dream about the future of our communities and state. Join us to make plans for a fantastic 2012! Minnesota Rising "Setting the Mark for Me and Minnesota" Interactive Workshop Wednesday, January 25, 2012 5:30pm - 8:30pm RSVP by Friday, January 21 (space is limited) to minnesotarising (at)gmail.com for location and logistical details. [January 11] @MinnesotaRising Communications Confab + Blog Brainstorm 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 for the Cascading Conversations Tour. We welcome your big ideas and RSVPs at minnesotarising(at)gmail.com! Minnesota Rising "Communications Confab + Blog Brainstorm" Wednesday, January 11, 2012 Grassroots Solutions 6:00pm - 8:00pm RSVPs requested to minnesotarising(at)gmail.com