Location, Location, Location! This week my Monday morning began bright and early with more than 1,000 people at the Guthrie Theater. We were gathered for Bush Connect, an annual leadership conference hosted by the Bush Foundation. I have to admit that in my Monday fog, navigating this large, multi-level venue felt a little overwhelming. Every reception space, classroom, theater, restaurant,…
Read More

There Is So Much to Celebrate! The inspiration for this month’s newsletter is one of my very favorite topics – celebrating! Over the last several months, Ann Plans has been working with a number of clients celebrating milestone anniversaries. In our work with clients, we approach each event as a great platform for celebrating, and milestone years provide an organization…
Read More

Greetings from the Ann Plans Team Wow, it is hard to believe we are almost through the first quarter of 2016. With the unusually mild Minnesota winter, the season is slipping by more quickly than usual. I almost didn’t need my recent escape to Hawaii. And, I never dreamed that the Ann Plans staff would be enjoying a baby shower…
Read More

A Year to Stretch Greetings and Happy 2016 from the Ann Plans team! Now that we are more than halfway through January, and the temperature is moving above zero again, it’s not too big a stretch to believe that the warm days of spring and hot days of summer will soon return. Each year I identify a word to guide…
Read More