Why The Michigan Municipal League Offers Sabbaticals The cool thing about doing a sabbatical is that it isn’t just for the person to get getting time off, but it’s for everyone around them who has to fill in. When you look taking a sabbatical and we decided to put one forward where people of a certain point in the organization get one month off –...
Read MoreWe are taking our own advice and we are going to take a hiatus from producing weekly podcasts at PureReinvention. We have a big event coming up (Connect: Detroit on May 22 – there’s still time to register) and all of us here feel that we need to take a step back and assess how we can best build and present future content in more digestible and...
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Why Detroit? Since late 2014, Mike Bills and I have traveled to Detroit on a monthly basis to record PureReinvention interviews. The podcasts created from those interviews primarily focus on the movers and shakers at the grassroots level – that’s where the most exciting stories of reinvention can be found. I just finished working on Mike and Jodi’s podcast...
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“[Creating space] is not about time, as I learned. It’s actually looking at everything in a different way. Like stepping outside the association’s front door and looking in.” -Amy Frankmann, Executive Director, Michigan Nursery & Landscape Association Podcast Episode 025 Like most new executive directors, I felt the need to spend my early days as an...
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PureReinvention had the honor of hosing a Twitter chat with Josh Linkner (@joshlinkner) during the height of the ASAE conference in Detroit in August. Participants asked Josh about what the Detroit experience can offer associations and where in Detroit can you see reinvention in action. Josh also shared some tips on how to manage change experiments as well as his...
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Producer / Under the Radar Michigan
Tom Daldin
If you're in business for yourself or looking for a reason to do it, these podcasts are a jolt of inspiration....you just need to bring the perspiration!
Chief Executive Officer / Michigan State Medical Society
Julie Novak
The things that I learn from the podcasts and from the things that you guys do have definitely been an inspiration to me.
CEO / Clinton County Economic Alliance
Dru Mitchell
I worked with Mike to apply the PureReinvention process to identify and resolve issues with our board and other leaders to move things forward.
Senior Sales Account Executive / Small Business Association of Michigan
Sherry Bryan
What I learned is that if I set my mind to it, I can do anything!
Associate Director of Sales / Greater Lansing Convention & Visitors Bureau
Amanda Toy
I learned that you should never be afraid to make a change if your heart is in it and I also learned to give back and be a resource to others and its important to surround yourself with successful people so you can learn from them.
Owner / Zoe Life Spa and Salon
Wendy Bradley
Thoroughly enjoyed the day. It was great to get away and reinvent myself to move forward.
Promotion Coordinator / Schuler Books
Whitney Spotts
There was so much I’m taking away from today. I think a really big piece of that is you don’t have to do it yourself. In fact, the people who are really succeeding and pushing ahead are not doing it themselves. They are relying on the expertise and knowledge of people around them, relying on other peoples’ points of view to keep them open to possibilities.
Executive Director / Michigan Section - American Water Works Association
Bonnifer Ballard
One of the reasons that I follow PureReinvention is because it has forced me to start thinking differently about that association world.
President and CEO / Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau
Larry Alexander
It’s important to have a number of different groups be a part of the reinvention process. It’s the blending and the melding of those knowledge bases in the reinvention process that helps the city or any organization move forward at a much more rapid pace.
