Thursday night, I sat in on a lecture by Dr. P.M. Forni about civility as part of the “Better Together Iowa” series, hosted by Drake University, Character Counts in Iowa, IPTV, and Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines, among several sponsors. I won’t get into the intellectual discussion of what Forni said and what I…
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“Revealing Your Character” in Full
On Thursday, I attended a function that the Social Media Club of Des Moines and Character Counts in Iowa launched called “Reveal Your Character.” The purpose of this initiative is to reel in the vitriol that has started to encompass the internet, including blogs, social sites, and message boards. Adding in the recent rashes of…
Sports and News Links – August 17, 2010
It’s been a week-and-a-half since I aggregated some stories of interest to post. Let’s take a look at a few today as the rain continues to fall on the Iowa State Fair. Jeff Perlman, Sports Illustrated: Brent Bowers outburst towards umpire Billy Van Raaphorst in a minor league baseball game was not a surprise. But…
Don’t Drown Out the Speaker
Public speaking is a skill. In order to hear someone speak, it requires your undivided attention. When that doesn’t happen, then the code of civility is broken in my opinion. DSM Magazine had their Fall issue unveiling on Thursday at Midwest Aesthetics and a large crowd was in attendance. At 6:00 p.m., the short 10-minute…
We say we want civility, but we don’t want to practice it
I wasn’t sure what to call this blog when I created it, only that I wanted to show that civility in this world isn’t dead, and by making some attitude changes in how we act towards each other, the better we are in addressing issues. Henceforth, the url address of TCMSM has “civility is not…
Civility Is Not Dead...Yet 