Recent Articles from Katie Westfall

Teaching the Broad View

Teaching the Broad View

Short courses and other learning programs at local schools help strengthen leadership skills.

January 2011

Tom Peterson

Working Towards Wellness

Wellness programs can promote a culture of fitness and fun, but it's important to determine whether a specific program is tailored to the needs of your employees.

September 2010

Panning for Gold

Panning for Gold

Experts say you should screen every potential employee in some way, but to what extent and at what cost?

July 2010

Collective Wisdom

Collective Wisdom

Local MBA programs help students save money and time as they find the programs that best meet their goals.

May 2010

Dana Nelson

Growing Online Giving

On “Give to the Max Day” in November, GiveMN.org raised $14 million that benefited 3,434 Minnesota charities.

April 2010

Giving Smarter

Giving Smarter

Why donors need to cover their bases, do their homework, and go unrestricted.

April 2010

Dan Torgerson cut the time Walman Optical customers spent waiting on the phone.

Unified Communications

Bringing together IP telephony, instant messaging, voicemail, e-mail, faxes, and videoconferencing is saving businesses time and money.

February 2010

Diane Richard and Todd Melby’s newest radio documentary, “No Brother of Mine,” will be ready to air early this year.

Hot Topic Radio

Two print journalists make the jump to radio documentarians—but nonprofit status brings its own challenges.

February 2010

The Get-Along Gang

The Get-Along Gang

IT and marketing needs do sometimes conflict, causing projects to derail and resources to be squandered.

December 2009

Barbara Rosenzweig, Dental People

Recession Helps Power Demand for Dental Temps

Dental People finds temporary workers that dentists need to keep going—and drilling.

November 2009

Executive Compensation Counsel

Executive Compensation Counsel

Local companies are creating compensation packages that encourage executives to create shareholder value and long-term sustainability for their companies.

November 2009

Greasy Clean: using fryer oil to make industrial solvents and cleaning products.

Greasy Clean

Using fryer oil to make industrial solvents and cleaning products.

October 2009

Employee health benefits, pharmacy benefits

Pharmacy Benefit Breakdown

Using generic drugs results in the biggest reduction of pharmacy costs, but there are several other strategies that can help relieve the benefit burden.

September 2009

Donn Kelly and Alison Levitt

Physician Turns Baker of Flax Crackers

Physician Alison Levitt entered the kitchen to make a healthy cracker that didn’t taste like cardboard. Her results, Flackers, have started a promising business.

July 2009

Acquire Less, Use More

A new idea from Minneapolis won the interactive award at the South by Southwest festival.

June 2009

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