This week’s EchoChamber podcast reflecting on the storytelling attributes of 92-year-old former major league pitcher Carl Erskine revealed another part of the Erskine story that we have not told to this point. Our thanks to Sally Morris, assistant director of advancement for The Arc of Indiana, for listening and sharing the following: The Arc of Indiana Foundation founded Erskine [...]
Innovation and Indiana's Business Future is one of the themes of the January-February issue of the Indiana Chamber's BizVoice® magazine. Nine leaders statewide – from agriculture and entrepreneurship to health care, technology and more – were asked to weigh in on innovation in their industry. Check out what they have to share. Four roundtable discussion participants focus on engagement [...]
Over the Christmas holiday, I spent time with a friend (who lives in San Francisco) while she was on her annual pilgrimage home to see her family. I got the chance to visit her in California early in 2018 and now that I’ve seen where she lives, with the gorgeous landscape and milder temperature and the multitude of things [...]
As reporters for the Indiana Chamber’s BizVoice® magazine, the communications staff of the Indiana Chamber often get to experience some of what makes Indiana truly unique. One of my favorite series, our Road Trip Treasures package from 2018, allowed us to travel the state and experience and write about various Indiana tourist attractions and events. On our respective road [...]
During my previous career many years ago in the newspaper business in Anderson, I had enjoyed the opportunity to meet former major league pitcher Carl Erskine. He was a business and community leader. I was a reporter/editor, so the circumstances of being in the same place were typically related to his work with STAR Financial Bank or one of [...]
The Indiana Chamber’s BizVoice® magazine team is wrapping up its January-February issue this week. Included will be a special section on innovation and the state’s business future. We won’t give away all the secrets in advance. But we’ll share a few nuggets, encouraging you to check out the full stories online on December 28 and in the print edition [...]
You’ve probably seen grainy surveillance video of battery-operated electronics exploding or catching on fire – whether it’s an e-cigarette burning in a person’s pocket or a hoverboard lighting up the inside of a living room. Those fires are typically caused by the battery – a lithium-ion battery – that is in many of our daily-use devices. And while those [...]
When I started working on my Road Trip Treasures entry about Indiana festivals, I realized I had more personal experience with unique or unusual festivals than I first considered. In fact, I don’t have to look very far for an example of a festival that has been part of my family’s tradition for many years (and now spanning multiple [...]
J.D. Vance came to Indiana in October 2017 as part of the Rise of the Rest tour that showcases Midwest communities and their entrepreneurial efforts. He is coming back November 13 as keynote speaker for the Indiana Chamber's 29th Annual Awards Dinner. In an exclusive interview with the Chamber's BizVoice® magazine, Vance talks about a variety of topics. You [...]
There are some pretty smart people at Stanford University. In a study, Stanford students and history professors “got it wrong most of the time” when asked to determine if various web site stories on medical issues were fake news or actual news. So shares Elizabeth Bennion, an Indiana University South Bend political science professor and participant in the BizVoice® magazine [...]
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