Leadership today asks something different of us. It’s no longer about having all the answers. It’s about creating the conditions where people can listen, talk, and work together in ways that move communities forward. That’s the heart of my work, and it’s exactly what I’m excited to bring to this year’s Leadership North Iowa cohort. My background in facilitative leadership and the Technology of...
YIELD Project & Graduation
For this year's YIELD community project, this group of high school juniors have made it their mission to transform a vacant lot of the mall into a teenager socializing and studying space we have named, “The Social Study.” The purpose behind this project is to bring teenage life and commerce back into...
North Iowa STEM Festival
The Mason City Fire Department engages in the annual North Iowa STEM Festival to highlight the integral role that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics play in the field of firefighting. Participation is rewarding not only for participants but for the presenters as well. We get so much interaction with the participants, kids and...