Vital Connections On Air: Wakeup Minnesota with Ms. Victoria McWane-Creek on Emotional Intelligence in Leadership
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Vital Connections On Air: Wakeup Minnesota with Dr. Gloria Gonzalez-Morales on Oppressive Civility
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Topic: Oppressive Civility Dr. Gloria Gonzalez-Morales University of Minnesota Extension page with additional information and resources:
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Advancing women’s leadership in rural Minnesota
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Even as more women step into leadership roles, much work remains to reach true gender equity in workplaces, local government bodies, and other community spaces. In this episode of Vital Connections On Air, we talk to Teresa Kittridge, founder of 100 Rural Women. Listen as she shares the work she's doing to amplify women’s voices and support their leadership journey.
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Tourism and its impact on communities
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The tourism industry can be a critical catalyst to help communities develop economically and demographically. While the impact of COVID-19 will linger for years to come, businesses and community organizations across Minnesota have proven resilient in the face of fluctuating demand, workforce shortages, climate changes, and other issues. During this conversation, our panelists discuss examples of how they have responded to these challenges and much more.
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Special Episode 07: Festivals and events during a pandemic
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Festivals and events around the state and country have seen many changes in 2020. Whether it is canceling a community festival or creating a virtual event there are many challenges for organizers. Xinyi (Lisa) Qian discusses what organizers and community members can do to weather the storm. In this special series we are looking back on webinars and articles shared early during the pandemic and how that information needs to shift for our current reality.
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Special Episode 06: Minnesota tourism during the pandemic
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The tourism industry has been impacted by the pandemic. Today we hear from Xinyi (Lisa) Qian from the University of Minnesota Extension Tourism Center on the state of Minnesota’s tourism sector and how they are looking towards recovery. In this special series we are looking back on webinars and articles shared early during the pandemic and how that information needs to shift for our current reality.
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Special Episode 05: Exploring emotions during a pandemic
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As we transition to more social lives and face some of the losses of pattern and routine we may be dealing with new emotions. Join in my conversation with Lori Rothstein and Denise Stromme as we discuss change, emotional agility, and strategies to help us overcome the overwhelm.
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Special Episode 04: Focusing on what you can choose
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It is common to hear from people that they are feeling overwhelmed as we face the issues that are in front of us. Join in my conversation with Lori Rothstein and Denise Stromme as we discuss why we continue to experience these feelings and how we can find ways to calm our minds.
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Special Episode 03: Impacts on Retail
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Covid-19 has impacted businesses differently. Some are flourishing during this time and others are trying to figure out how they will keep the doors open. These challenges also look different for new business owners compared to those who were thinking about retirement. Join a conversation with Brigid Tuck and Neil Linscheid as they discuss the impacts of Covid-19 on retail and the implications for business succession.
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Special Episode 02: Navigating Change
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Our world is constantly changing; now more than ever before. Community leaders are being forced to not only navigate their own responses to change but also identify strategies to help those around them. Jody Horntvedt and Toby Spanier reflect on the assumptions and stages of change and also discuss strategies for leaders to help themselves and their communities.
info_outlineMinnesota is experiencing a childcare crisis and it directly impacts our workforce. Marnie Werner, Director of Research for the Center for Rural Policy and Development, joins us for this episode to better understand the issue and how it varies across the state. She shares insights from research she led on the topic for the Center.
“There is a shortage of childcare providers in all parts of the state. The solutions to it are going to be different because of demographics, economics, and population density.”
“[In the last 30 years] we found that the number of people providing in home childcare has been on the downslide and in the last 10 years it has been going down quite a bit.”
“In the Twin Cities the issue is really getting affordable daycare. Outside the Twin Cities the issues is getting any kind of daycare.”
“This isn’t just a personal family issue you know where the parents are just going to have to figures this out. Communities are really starting to come together and thinking about how can we work at this at a larger scale to figure out solutions to this. “
People will “interview for a job and if there isn’t childcare in that community they will move on and the employer is stuck looking for someone else.”
“A lot of providers are getting out of the business because they can’t make money at it.”
“Childcare has always been a family issue. A personal issue. So I think it remained largely invisible and under the radar because families were trying to figure it out themselves and it is only now where it is really interfering with business and employers and communities that it is really starting to be talked about.”
“A thing that may have kept childcare under the radar is that I think a lot of parents think ‘okay we only have to figure this out for five years and then our kids will be in kindergarten so once the kids enter kindergarten then they don’t really have to worry about it as much anymore and it's not as much of an issue and so it's more of a temporary thing.”
Links from this episode:
University of Minnesota Extension’s Center for Community Vitality is your go to place for information to help you in your community work.
The Center for Rural Policy and Development provides articles, recordings, and research on a variety of topics important to understanding issues in greater Minnesota.
Read the report “A quiet crisis: Minnesota’s childcare shortage” as well as the recent update to their report to learn more about this issue.
See if you live in a childcare desert in this map from the Center for American Progress.
Other research on the issue of childcare:
Legislative Task Force on Access to Affordable Child Care (January 2017)
Workforce of Today, Workforce of Tomorrow (U.S. Chamber of Commerce, June 2017)
Kids Can’t Wait: 2017 Legislative Agenda (Children’s Defense Fund, January 2017)