Editorial

Inside Leadership Omaha’s Best Class Ever: Class 45

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 09/27/2022 - 12:00am

September – Opening Retreat

The two-day opening retreat absolutely flew by, and a part of me felt like I was a kid back at summer camp. There was the initial excitement and nervousness as the retreat began, and everyone started getting to know each other.

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Federal Broadband Investments

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 09/23/2022 - 12:00am

I often talk about the importance of investing in our core infrastructure. That’s things like our roads, bridges, railways, airports, drinking water systems, and ports.

But in today’s digital age, internet connectivity is just as integral to modern life as any other more “traditional” form of physical infrastructure.

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Trusting Your Trustee

Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 09/22/2022 - 12:00am

Many real estate investors consistently use what I call a “grantor revocable title holding trust”, which is a more accurate term than “land trust”, to take and hold title to a piece of real estate they buy for investment purposes. Such trusts can be used whether the property is being held as a long-term rental or being bought as a buy, fix and resell or being resold as a quick flip. The most important component of such an arrangement is the capacity and integrity of your trustee.

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How The Setter Position In Volleyball Imitates The Best Leadership On Your Team

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 09/21/2022 - 3:00am

I do not think I can overstate the importance of the setter position in volleyball. I also do not think we can overstate the importance of the relationship between the setter and the head coach in volleyball.

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Better Business Bureau Continues To Its Torch Awards For Ethics

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 09/20/2022 - 4:00am

Twenty-seven years ago, the Better Business Bureau held the first iteration of its Integrity Awards in a diminutive hotel room for a handful of guests.

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Conference Speaker Says U.S. Can Stay Competitive By Investing In Children

Published by Nikki Palmer on Mon, 09/19/2022 - 1:00am

In 2021, the New York Times published a startling bar graph showing how much governments across the globe spend on care for young children.

Norway topped the list, spending, on average, nearly $30,000 per child each year.

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Volunteers Lend Their Support To Women Seeking Abortion

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 09/16/2022 - 1:00am

As she opened her car door, I could see the tears start forming in her eyes. As I walked her from the parking lot to the doors of the Lincoln Planned Parenthood health center, we both could hear the shouts from the sidewalk out front: “Don’t kill your baby!” “We can help you.” “We have information for you.”

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A Letter To President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Opposing The Student Debt Forgiveness Plan

Published by Nikki Palmer on Thu, 09/15/2022 - 1:00am

Dear Mr. President,

As governors, we support making higher education more affordable and accessible for students in our states, but we fundamentally oppose your plan to force American taxpayers to pay off the student loan debt of an elite few—a plan that is estimated to cost the American taxpayer more than $2,000 each or $600 billion total, a price the people of our states cannot afford.

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Donor Beware: Pause Before You Give To Any Cause

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 09/14/2022 - 4:00am

The public’s trust in nonprofits declined from 59% in 2020 to 56% in 2022, according to Independent Sector, a coalition of nonprofits, foundations and corporate giving programs that tracks trends in philanthropy.

One likely explanation for this erosion of confidence in organizations that are supposed to do good works: news of nonprofit leaders and fundraisers who improperly pocket funds.

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Can I Sell This Stuff On eBay?

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 09/13/2022 - 4:00am

“What are the rules when it comes to selling trademarked or branded items, such as Gucci handbags or Tiffany & Co. jewelry, on eBay?”

EBay’s rules about trademarked items are simple to state but difficult as the Dickens to apply in practice. Even experienced eBay sellers make mistakes in this area. The rules are basically these: