Advertiser Forum: Showing Appreciation with Candy and Corned Beef Anna Stamm The holiday season is upon us (yes, really), and it provides ample opportunities to build camaraderie and team spirit at your business with a little effort and a little food. Making the Effort Many companies have some form of employee appreciation program, but those that don’t have... Read More March 2024 Issue #16296 Page 6
Advertiser Forum: Remembering a Good Man Anna Stamm All human beings are flawed, some more so than others. When I think of Dan Holland, I cannot remember a time when he was anything less than a very good man. For more than a decade, I worked with Dan at WTCA/SBCA, both in his role as WTCA President and as Chapter President of the Mid South... Read More February 2024 Issue #16295 Page 6
Advertiser Forum: Leaping Into the New Year Anna Stamm Are you ready for the Leap Year? That’s right, 2024 will bring us one extra day! Instead of 24/7/365, it will be 24/7/366. Have you considered what you will do with your extra day? Imagining a Free Day Granted, our ordinary lives will not be suspended so that we can claim February 29... Read More January 2024 Issue #16294 Page 6
Advertiser Forum: What Holds Us Back Anna Stamm When I was little, being a fireman was never something I considered (see When I Grow Up from last month), but as a little girl there was the option to become a beauty queen. Watching the pageants on TV, I knew I had the self-confidence and talent to compete with anyone. But there was one... Read More December 2023 Issue #15293 Page 6
Advertiser Forum: When I Grow Up Anna Stamm . . . I wanna be a fireman! That’s not a declaration I ever said when I was little. But lately, I’m wishing I had considered it way back then. I’ve just discovered Chicago Fire in syndication, and it has me thinking that being a firefighter would be awesome. But, because... Read More November 2023 Issue #15292 Page 6
Advertiser Forum: The Pretext of Being Diplomatic Anna Stamm When you are responsible for relaying a message between two parties, do you always tell the message as told to you? If not, how much do you change it, and why do you change it? Don’t Be Cruel Obviously, when it comes to altering messages, we can all agree that you don’t need to... Read More October 2023 Issue #15291 Page 6
Advertiser Forum: Half Empty or Half Full Anna Stamm While sitting in my sister’s hospital room following her stroke, two very nice people from hospital security appeared. Using the security camera footage, they had tracked me from the hospital parking garage, walking through the night entrance, taking the elevators up to the third floor,... Read More September 2023 Issue #15290 Page 6
Advertiser Forum: Three Types of People Anna Stamm We tend to think in terms of black and white, good and bad, but reality is seldom that straightforward. For example, take the case of needing to ask someone for help. In my experience, that leads to three kinds of people. Who Hears Your Dilemma Most of us are slow to ask for help. Perhaps... Read More August 2023 Issue #15289 Page 6
Advertiser Forum: Rules of the Road Anna Stamm It’s been a long time since I took driver’s training, so I honestly don’t recall if they did back then, but I wonder if today’s young drivers are told how important it is to realize that many people will NOT be following the rules of the road. I am 100%-positive that... Read More July 2023 Issue #15288 Page 6
Advertiser Forum: Selective Facts and Emotional Arguments Anna Stamm When I saw New York was going to ban gas stoves, my immediate thought was – damn, it’s CCA all over again. Making a complicated story very short – someone discovered that chromated copper arsenate (CCA)-treated playground equipment had leached arsenic into a playground, so... Read More June 2023 Issue #15287 Page 6