6 "M" Action Plan for Success

By Mimi Donaldson | April 14, 2016

Do a bunch of achieving women business owner award-winners want to hear a long keynote speech at their award ceremony? I think not. So when I was asked to emcee the NAWBO Ventura Bravo Awards, they gave me some time to speak. I delivered 15 minutes. It was the action plan that I know successful…

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Preseason 2012: What We Can Learn

By Mimi Donaldson | August 20, 2012

Last year at this time, I wrote a blog called “My Love/Hate Relationship with NFL Preseason Football.”  And it’s that happy time of year again and I still feel pretty much the same way.  Yesterday, I watched my Chicago Bears lookin’ good!  The first quarter anyway . . .Cutler to Devin Hester; Cutler to Matt…

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You don't have to love football to learn the lessons of the game.

By Mimi Donaldson | October 26, 2011

I just returned from keynoting at two events for women: one in Boston and one in Orlando for the Ophthalmic Women Leaders (OWL.) I was not surprised to see so many “football girls,” however, seeing my speech through the eyes of “non-football girls” was quite enlightening! There were moments during the speech when people would…

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