Career Development

Live2Lead with Monte Wyatt

Coming back to the Des Moines Metro is Live2Lead an opportunity for you to hear from some of the greatest leadership and management minds...John Maxwell, Dave Ramsey, Sheryl Bachelder and Warrick Dunn share insights and tools to help you become a better leader. Here Action Coach Monte Wyatt, who is bringing Live2Lead back to Des Moines, talks about leadership, business, and how to get two-for-one tickets to the October event. 
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Drake University and the Mandela Fellowship

With us to talk about the very big deal it is to have Drake University host 25 young people from Africa for the Mandela Fellowship and the Young African Leadership Institute is Dr. Tom Swartwood of the Drake Entrepreneurship Center and from Nigeria, Fellow Asher Adeniyi. Proving that we, indeed, are in a global economy and what something like this means not only for the fellows but also the educators and Drake students.
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Who & Why a Book for/about Millennials?

In this segment we visit with Deborah Rinner the co-author with Ro Crosbie of the book "Your Invisible Toolbox - The Technological Ups And Interpersonal Downs of the Millennial Generation" about this target demographic. What did they learn in the research they did for the 100 (very short) chapters and are there any "secrets" in the book? However, don't let the title confuse you...any generation can use the tools in this toolbox to improve their career and life goals.
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Business Networking Events with Laura Kinnard

Each week our business networking contributor Laura Kinnard joins us for a conversation about the business events going on in the metro where startups to seasoned professionals can learn and meet others. You can also find the online edition at DMBizMixer and post your business networking event on Twitter #DMBizEvents. Easy...no? 
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Establishing Rapport with Carlos Alvarez

In studio is Carlos Alvarez an expert in public speaking, communications and a trainer at Tero International. Here we talk about the importance of building rapport with people you do business with, work with and sell to. How can you build rapport and why is that part of building success? We asked and Carlos answered.
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Pure Prep Academy - Reaching Kids Through Basketball

When our friend Tiffany Menke from the Urbandale Chamber shares a story with us...we take it seriously. We had not yet heard of Pure Prep Academy but we're glad we made the connection. Meet Coach Chris Morrow and Owner/Coach B.G. Rigins the people behind this great program designed to model good behavior while teaching high-level basketball skills. It's really something we should all be proud of....
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Digging Into Your Invisible Tool Box

For generations the masterful book "How To Win Friends and Influence People" has been the go-to personal development roadmap for countless individuals. Now a new book, written for this age, is making waves when it comes to learning how to better connect with people for business and personal growth. "Your Invisible Tool Box - The Technological Ups and Interpersonal Downs of the Millennial Generation" by Rowena Crosbie and Deborah Rinner is a book, that in short teachable chapters, can have a profound effect for individuals of any age. Here we visit with Ro Crosbie about what the book is, how to use it and offer up some concrete examples as to why it has become a indispensible read for success. In addition, we share the new idea of the "Perennial Generation"....
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

From African Students to Networking with Laura

On of the many things our social media and networking contributor does is teach at Drake University. Here we talk about her latest assignment, what a global world we live in, and then get down to some upcoming networking events and why you might consider going.  Here's Laura....
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

The Power of Internships

Here we talk about what this current intern and a former intern has to say about the educational experience an internship presents and how it can impact a career. In studio with us is Rachel Trainer and Kyle Plummer from Tero International. Kyle interned at Tero and then secured a position there and Rachel is a current intern who talks about the lessons she is learning. Seriously good advice from two young people on a career path.
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Social Media and Business Networking with Laura

This week we get an extended interview with Laura Kinnard our regular contributor for social media and Des Moines Metro Networking Events. Here we start out with three tips about blogging and then work into some current events where you can go and get your networking on... To see DMBizMixer go here! She really has changed some things there and thank you!!
The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday, hour-long business broadcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday starting at 5:00pm on AM-940. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications through a business relationship with The Des Moines Radio Group. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.