Education

Tom Lane for the Greater Des Moines Partnership - Business & Education

Tom Lane is the former superintendent of the Carlisle Schools and now the legislative liaison for the Iowa AEA. Tom also sits on the planning committee for the Greater Des Moines Partnership's annual Business Summit for Educational Excellence.  We visited, at length, with Tom about the link between education and business.  What business can learn from educators and what educators can learn from businesses.All of this is in advance of the Summit which will be held on Thursday, January 16 in Des Moines. For more information and to sign up, here is that link.Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is heard Monday - Friday from 5PM to 6PM on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines.  It is the only hour-long, business and economic development broadcast in the region.  If you want to connect with us we monitor Twitter @IoB_NewsHour before, during and after each broadcast. Thanks for listening!

Steve Farber on Leadership & Tom Lane on Education/Business

Steve Farber is an author, speaker and owner of Extreme Leadership, Inc.  We spent some time breaking down his theory on helping leaders become better by invoking some news ways of thinking and reacting.  Solid conversation...enjoy!Our second interview is with Tom Lane who is working with the Greater Des Moines Partnership on the second year of the Business Summit for Education Excellence.  What is it and what do they hope to gain from matching business with educators.  Good stuff.Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is a production of our advertising agency, Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications and made possible through a number of sponsors whom you'll hear in the bumpers of each segment.  We're live Monday -  Friday on 1350-KRNT Des Moines from 5pm to 6pm. To make contact with us we monitor Twitter @IoB_NewsHour before, during and after our broadcast day and our Facebook Page with photos and video and the "back-story" of The News Hour is right here.Thanks for listening!

Jonathan Narcisse & Some News You Can Use 01/06/2014

While we don't do politics on The News Hour we do invite news-makers to our studio if and when they may have an impact on business here in Iowa.  Jonathan Narcisse is considering a run for the nomination to represent the Iowa Democratic Party in the 2014 Governors Race.  We sat down with Jonathan to talk about his business ideas and what he things Iowa might do better.  As always, hold on...Then we ask if Super Bowl Ads...work...and give you some of the latest data about these $4 million dollar thirty-second ads and consumers.  We take what the study found and give you some News You Can Use for your business advertising and marketing efforts.Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is a production of our advertising agency Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications and is heard Monday - Friday from 5PM to 6PM on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines.  We monitor Twitter @IoB_NewsHour before during and after each broadcast and if you want to check out our Facebook Page...for some back-story looks...here you go.Thanks for reading and for listening!

Polk Count Democrats and GOP Come Together for Education

In this piece from 16 December, 2013 we hear from Tamyra Harrison of the Polk County (Iowa) Democrats and Ryan Keller of the Polk County (Iowa) GOP talk about a recent program they jointly put together, the Polk County Mock Caucus teaching high school students the Iowa Caucus System.Insight on Business the News Hour is heard Monday - Friday from 5PM to 6PM on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines.

Drew McLellan and Marketing then Polk Co. Mock Caucus Events

In the first half hour we’ll visit with our friend Drew McLellan from McLellan
Marketing.  Drew has helped hundreds of
companies find their voice, improve their overall brand and sell more…stuff.  We’ll talk about that and more.  Then, next half hour, we welcome Tamyra
Harrison from the Polk County Democrats and Ryan Keller from the Polk County
GOP.  No, we’re not arguing politics…but
we are talking about the student caucus held last week and the educational
impact the students experienced by being part of the process.  Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is heard live Monday - Friday from 5PM to 6PM on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines.  Here is our Facebook Page for photos and video and we monitor Twiter @IoB_NewsHour before, during and after each broadcast.

Insight on Business with Michael Libbie 13 November 2013

This
is Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie for Wednesday, November 13, 2013.  Each day, M-F from 5PM to 6PM Central we share the business news of the day and interview news-makers, business owners, non-profit leaders on the only local, live, hour-long business broadcast in the region.  In this podcast we visit with Emily Hamilton
of the I Have a Dream Foundation of Des Moines.  This is an amazing story that bears real
economic opportunity for generations. 
Emily Hamilton in the first segment.  Then we make welcome the owner of The Cheese Shop of Des Moines, C.J. Bienert. 
The Cheese Shop has become a very popular place and we’re grateful to
have CJ in the studio to tell us all about it. 
Today we’re “doing good” and “eating good”. If you've got a story for us, send it along to IoBNewsroom@gmail.com and we monitor Twitter @IoB_NewsHour before during and after the broadcast.  For photos, videos and more head to our Facebook Page.And, thanks for listening!

Insight on Business with Michael Libbie 6 November 2013

This is
Insight on Business the News Hour for Wednesday, November 06, 2013 with Michael Libbie. Each day, Monday - Friday from 5PM to 6PM on 1350-KRNT we bring you the business news of the day along with interesting interviews with news-makers and business people from established to start-ups. In this podcast we strip out the news and bring you the business interviews of the day. Today we make welcome
two guest to the IOB Studios:  Ernest
Phillips of TUG Coaching and Training. 
One of the toughest things about business is…building relationships with
employees/consumers/fellow workers. 
We’ll talk about that with Ernest in the first half hour.  Then, we’ll make welcome Adam Obrecht the owner of AO Wealth Advisory.  We’re going to talk
about his small business, how he works with business and individuals and what
gifting can mean for…everyone involved. 
Adam Obrecht in the second half hour.  (We also got in a couple of questions about the Urbandale School District.  Adam is the President of that school board.) Connect with the News Hour on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour and our Facebook Page for photos, videos and more is right here.  We're live M-F on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines. 

Insight on Business 28 October 2013

Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the business news and interviews of the Des Moines Metro Community.  We're live and local each day Monday - Friday at 5PM until 6PM on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines.  But, we know you can't always listen on "our time" so we've created this podcast page so you can catch the interviews with our newsmakers/business leaders and business drivers.Today on the News Hour we make welcome the CEO of the Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau, Greg Edwards.  What's the economic impact of an aggressive CVB and what can your business do to link up with them?  Great information from Greg.Then we turn our attention to Drake University and Tom Swartwood who will be putting on a boot-strap program for women on November 8th and 9th.  What is it, what can you expect and why might you become more involved and take your ideas to the next level?  Tom Swartwood in the studio to explain.You can learn more about our broadcast by following us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour and our Facebook Page is right here for photos and videos.  The only local, live business and economic development broadcast in the region.  Thanks for finding us and tell your business minded friends.

Insight on Business 24 October 2013

Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is heard live each day Monday - Friday between 5PM and 6PM on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines.  But, we know you can't always listen on "our time" so this podcast carries the interview portion of each day.On the broadcast from today we visited, at length, with Dr. David Burkus who will be headlining the Iowa Creativity Summit on October 31st here in Des Moines.  Tickets and more information can be found here.  David Burkus is the assistant professor of management at the College of Business at Oral Roberts University.  He teaches courses on creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship and organizational behavior.  We talked about the Iowa Creativity Summit, creativity in general and about his new book The Myths of Creativity which was released on October 14 and is already a top 100 Amazon Best Seller.Insight on Business the News Hour is the region's only daily, hour-long broadcast about economic development, business and marketing.  You can find out more by heading to our Facebook Page and to communicate with us you'll find us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour.

Insight on Business 8 October 2013

Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is heard M-F on 1350-KRNT, Des Moines, Iowa.  But we know you can't always listen on our time so we created this podcast page with only the interviews of our news-makers/business leaders.  On the broadcast today:We welcomed Glenn Lyons to the studio.  Glenn is the president/CEO of the Downtown Community Alliance.  Downtown Des Moines has grown and changed yet we have more changes and growth coming in the next few months.  We talk about it.Then, in our second half hour, we welcome our friend Darron Kitterman, Laurie Phelan and Melissa O'Neal to talk about the iJAG program. We even held them over to offer more time to this great educational program.  You do not want to miss this interview.If you want to follow along before, during and after the broadcast we're parked on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour or you can check out or FacebookPage.  Thank you for coming by!