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One Month on the Job

The first month in my new position as Director of Fuse Duluth has absolutely flown by!  April featured two events for Fuse – the College Connection Wrap-Up and the Lunch Panel with Mayor Ness.  April 17^th’s Wrap-Up marked the end of the 2011-2012 program and we celebrated our success in true Fuse fashion – with pizza, drinks, and plenty of networking!  We are thrilled to report that after five years of operation, College Connection has successfully matched over 500 students with mentors from our business community!  We look toward the upcoming year with excitement and enthusiasm as we develop new ideas for invigorating our outstanding initiative. 

                If you missed last week’s Lunch Panel, you missed an awesome opportunity to hear from Mayor Ness on his optimistic and ambitious “90 by 20” initiative.  The mayor spoke to us about the specific strategies Duluth can employ to help attract and retain residents.  Click here to check out the news coverage of the event.   

                If you weren’t able to attend our April events, make sure you put the upcoming events on your calendar for May!  We have Topics on Tap at Tycoon’s Alehouse & Eatery on May 9^th and the Zenith Social Media Marketing Conference on May 23^rd.  We’ll see you soon Fusers!

Entering my last semester in college and soon the “real world”:

What I'm Excited About!

Calendar time is undeniably one of my favorite "seasons" of the year. It's an opportunity to solicit ideas from Fusers and our action team members. It's a chance to take a look at what's going on in our community and what's of interest to y-pros. It's also a bit of a challenge, requiring us to conjure up some crystal-ball reading skills to project what will be important and relevant in the coming year.

After much brainstorming, contemplation, and review, our team came up with our 2012 calendar of events and corresponding topics. We've been excited to share the results with you, and we hope you're as pleased with what the year holds as we are.

I'm looking forward to it all, but I'm particularly pleased to share news of our first-ever Regional Y-Pro Conference in September. This half-day event is the result of our realization that there's a lot of interest in professional development topics that relate specifically to our demographic. There are so many things to discuss, that we couldn't fit them into our lunch panel list without sacrificing other important subjects. So we made room with this great new event.

Additionally, we're thrilled to be reinventing our popular Rooftop Blues event this year as "Beachfront Blues".
There was a lot of enthusiasm on taking this event to the beach, where we can enjoy views of our amazing Lake, along with fantastic music and all the traditional fun of our annual Blues event. We'll be hosting at the Park Point Beach House, and I know it's going to be a great event, though today I can only imagine the warm sun beating down on all that sand...

Make sure to click over and view the rest of our calendar of fun. It's set to be amazing year, and we can't wait to see you!

Hello everybody!

I would like to introduce myself, Carson Bock, as the new intern for Fuse Duluth.  I am a senior at the University of Minnesota-Duluth and am graduating with a degree in Marketing and a Psychology minor spring semester.  I am originally from Eagan, MN and attended Eagan High School.  In my free time I enjoy golfing, fishing, and playing hockey.  I love the city of Duluth and am a huge Bulldog hockey fan, you can find me front row on the glass at every home game at the Amsoil Arena.

I look forward to meeting new people and I am excited for this opportunity with Fuse!

Fuse Duluth Intern

Carson Bock

Fun at the Bluau Luau!

Fuse intern Brooke Leon recaps her first-ever Fuse event:

This year’s Rooftop Blues was a great success thanks to all of our fun guests, musicians and generous sponsors. If it weren’t for The Duluth News Tribune and United Healthcare, we wouldn’t have had those delicious pulled pork sandwiches and Fuse-y Navel drinks!