February 23, 2016 - Greater Mankato

23 Feb Gaining Presence on State Boards

Posted at 20:23h in Advocacy by Greater Mankato Growth 0 Comments

One of Greater Mankato Growth's goals for our public affairs work is to increase our region's visibility and impact by getting community members appointed to serve on key state boards and commissions. These citizen-led bodies shape state policy on a number of issues of importance to our marketplace and the entire state. We've seen some success in meeting this goal over the past year.

23 Feb Are you smarter than an 8th grader?

Posted at 16:42h in Business Development by Greater Mankato Growth 0 Comments

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By Shannon Gullickson, Talent Programs Director

No! was the overwhelming response of current Leadership Institute participants during last week’s “Educating our Community’s Future Leaders” session.Greater Mankato Growth’s Leadership Institute is known for bringing together some of the best and brightest talent working in our community today. So you may ask, how can these participants be outsmarted by 8^th graders? Through technology – that’s how!