From: Lars Leafblad [mailto:larsl@keystonesearch.

com]
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 11:06 AM
Subject: Pollen v1.0 i.e. (TEFKAL - the e-mail formerly known as Larsifesto)

Dear friends,

Happy December! I hope that you and yours had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Thanks for your input regarding the new name of our e-mail exchange.

Pollen received the most positive response, so from here on out, hope you enjoy this and future editions
of “Pollen”.

Special thanks since last edition to Lee Anderson, Karla Ekdahl, Katie Nadeau, Margarette Minor, Mark
Marshall, Matthew Oquist, Sarah Bjelland, Brian Peterson, Regina Barr, Teresa Morrow, Ryan Laber,
Rohn Jay Miller, Sean Kershaw, Greg Tehven, Nils Snyder, Stacy Bee, Steve Pederson, Andrew Rosen,
Tom Teigen, Tracey Hester, Uri Neren, Aaliyah Shafiq, Al Vredeveld, Albert Maruggi, Angela Garrett, Ben
Marcy, Carolyn Egeberg, Cathy Paper, Joel Spoonheim, Dan Olson, Dave Walstad, Elizabeth Lake, Erin
Sapp, Fred Marx, J. Forrest, James Elasky, Jason Mosakowski, and anyone else I'm inadvertently
forgetting) for your emails and/or referring this to others in your network; thank you!

Special welcome to new participants Craig Luedemann, Marshall Lichty, Kevin Hanstad, Jeannine
Balfour, Jeff Meacham, Megan Powers, Melissa Rubel, Charlotte Preston, Sharon Gifford, Jennifer
Thompson, Julie Cohen, Kari Ruth, and Tom Basquill, (my sincere apologies to anyone I've missed - if I
have, let me know so I can welcome you next edition).

If you ever wish to leave, simply reply "remove" in the subject header and I'll make it so asap.

And now a new feature…

Questions (will include responses next issue with names attributed unless you indicate
otherwise):

1) What is a MN-based non-profit you supporting financially this year and why should others
join you?

2) Who is one person that you’d like to publicly thank for the impact they've had on your life in
the past year and why?

3) What is one goal you have for 2010 that you’re willing to share publicly with this community?

And now on to this edition's brainfeed:

Boards:

1) Young Nonprofit Professionals Network – Twin Cities Chapter seeks board members
 Apply for consideration here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YVYH3HP

Jobs (forwarded by you - not searches being conducted by KeyStone Search):

1) Director of Government Affairs, Twin West Chamber of Commerce

– http://www.twinwest.com (via Brian McClung)

2) 20 hour a week paid internship beginning in January w/ Mill City Commons

– http://www.millcitycommons.org (via Karla Ekdahl)

3) Co-executive director/Director of Development for Students Today, Leaders Forever

- http://stlf.net/get-involved/stlf-lifestyle (via Brian Peterson and Greg Tehven)

4) Director of Media Relations, United Health Group

- http://mnprjobs.blogspot.com/2009/12/united-health-group-director-of-media.html (via Ryan
May)

Props to (please consider sharing good news about a friend/colleague/volunteer for next issue):

- Alicia Phillips and Jason Blumenthal on the birth of their daughter Sophia

- Christine Swanson on her 2010 MN Super Lawyers Rising Stars recognition (and to all Rising Stars
mentioned last edition)

- Dan Hoxworth on new role as Executive Director of Transit for Livable Communities

- Lars Leafblad promoted to Principal of KeyStone Search: http://www.keystonesearch.com/news.php

- Pam Wheelock appointed board chair for new Minnesota Wild

Foundation: http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=508382

- Nils Snyder, Greg Moltumyr and Mike Doyle with NAI Welsh on their partnership with Hines to lease 100
and 110 Washington Square Office Towers

- Robert Freeman elected to the Bloomington Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors

- Randy Ross on his new role as SVP – Human Resources with American Medical Systems (belated)

- Joel Wessman on his role as Political Officer with the Canadian Consulate (belated)

- Dean Phillips on role as chair of the Allina Hospitals and Clinics board of directors

- Laura Bloomberg named new executive director of the Center for Integrative Leadership at
the University of Minnesota

- Philip Hotchkiss for conducting pro-bono consulting with CaringBridge.org

- Joe Nathan and Center for School Change on their new home at Macalester College after moving from
Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
- Joan Grathwol Olson joins Minneapolis College of Art and Design as new VP, Institutional Advancement
(disclosure: placed in this role by KeyStone Search)

http://www.mcad.edu/content/downloads/3434.pdf

- Roger Sit of MN-based Sit Investment Associates quoted in current issue of Fortune magazine

http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/06/pf/dividends.fortune/index.htm

Ideas:

- In season of giving thanks, take some time to check out these innovative organizations creating new
ways to give back:

BeExtra: http://www.beextra.org

Kinded: http://www.kinded.com

AllforGood: http://www.allforgood.org

DonorsChoose: http://www.donorschoose.org

More from Time magazine:

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1921428,00.html

- An ultimate “40 under 40” business leaders list from Fortune

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/40under40/2009/

- MIT’s Technology Review lists “35 minds under 35” to be watching:

http://www.technologyreview.com/TR35/

- The Atlantic lists it’s “Brave Thinkers”:

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200911/brave-thinkers

- Engaging:

1) The LEAD Project’s December 5th gala will support Children’s Dental Services (via Matt
Hemsley and myself)
http://www.theleadproject.org/

2) Students Today, Leaders Forever hosting open house celebration December 8th
http://www.stlf.net/get-connected/blog/small-staff-holiday-party

3) TORCH Social Responsibility Challenge on December 9th – sponsored by Best Buy, Target, MN
Timberwolves and Social Venture Partners – MN (via Alex Lopes, Stephanie Payne, and myself)
http://bit.ly/TorchMN

4) “The Year in Politics” breakfast panel with Jeff Blodgett, Tom Horner, and Larry Jacobs at the
Minneapolis Club on December 10th (via Ron Lattin)
More info via ronlattin@gmail.com
 5) SURGE event on December 15 at the W Hotel (via Shilpa Alva)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=208994207703&ref=ts

6) Nominations are being accepted for the 2010 “40 under 40” program of the Minneapolis St.
Paul Business Journal:
http://twincities.bizjournals.com/twincities/nomination/2181

Thanks so much for your time and content suggestions.

If you’d like to be removed, hit reply with "remove" in the subject header.

On the other end, please forward this to others in your network and invite them to join us.

Thanks SO much for your time and as always, please let me know if there's ever anything I can do for you
or yours.

Have a great weekend!

All my best,

Lars

Lars Leafblad
Principal
KeyStone Search
"Because Culture Matters"

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