Hello, everyone! I’m just back from a riotous time in Huron, South Dakota, at the National Junior High Finals Rodeo. That weeklong road trip was preceded by the statewide nonprofit conference, Collective Voices. The week before that was filled with 33 graduated eight graders at CampFIRE, the CVC’s youth leadership camp at YMCA of the [...]
Please help me out here. I’m having anxiety and need coping skills. It’s now June. June is my favorite month of the entire year. Both boys’ birthdays (two cakes!), warm weather, everything florescent green outside, and exuberant birdsong are hallmarks of June. Adorable goslings, bunnies, ducklings, and fawns abound. I exhibit misplaced optimism about the [...]
I have always maintained that I work better under pressure. It’s one of those little lies one tells oneself when their hair is on fire and they’re freaking out because the deadline of whatever is looming. It’s much the way I now explain my timeliness or lack thereof. I credit my friend, SJ, with this [...]
I was just in a great meeting that gave me the seed for my column. The words lean and focused were mentioned. I can’t remember what this phrase referenced but I decided on the spot that it should be my new tagline: “Amy Albrecht, Director of the CVC, Lean and Focused.” Sadly, after the amount [...]
