by Rebecca Motley | Dec 12, 2019 | Economic Development
I encourage you to read 20 Big Ideas That Will Change Your World in 2020, by LinkedIn Editor Isabelle Roughal. A great list. #13 (“A new kind of start-up founder will emerge”) really caught my interest. Ms. Roughal discusses the current venture capital obsession with...
by Rebecca Motley | Nov 6, 2019 | Women's Empowerment
I owe my gender an apology. As a Gen X woman, I’ve benefited greatly from the 1970’s “feminist bra-burners” (no offense intended). The women that have come before me in the area of gender equality really stepped up. I’m a huge fan of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the...
by Rebecca Motley | Oct 5, 2019 | Women's Empowerment
This statue, set at Turkey Run State Park near Marshall, Indiana by the Women’s Press Club of Indiana in 1922, is a tribute to Juliet Strauss. It is entitled “Subjugation”, showing a female figure subduing animals that represent specific vices. Inducted into...
by Rebecca Motley | Sep 30, 2019 | Women's Empowerment
I’ve been thinking about power lately. In a quick Google scan, there are an endless articles and studies on this topic. Some list five types of power and some list seven. In my experience, there are two: positional and connection. Positional power comes with a...
by Rebecca Motley | Sep 10, 2019 | Economic Development
One of the organizations I really appreciate is Strong Towns. Led by Chuck Marohn, an engineer by trade but a small-town lover at heart, this group blogs, speaks and produces podcasts about less conventional ways to grow your community. To define “conventional”—many...
