I’m a guest panelist at the IssuesLive event tomorrow in St. Paul, MN. The event is sponsored by an organization called Microbusiness Strategies. I served as a call-in guest on a radio show program they moderated last year. The panelists include business people, entrepreneurs, out-of-work-meteorologists and politicians. I have no idea what I’m going to talk about because the panelists field questions from the audience in a town-hall meeting format. The audience members are small business (micro business) owners and entrepreneurs. This is going to be interesting…

REDUX: I served on a panel that included both business and political leaders — Congressman Keith Ellison, Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, Commissioner Dan McElroy, and former TV weatherman Paul Douglas. The attendee turnout was lower than I expected. But this was a first-time event marketed towards very small business owners. These are the kind of people that probably don’t have much free time to attend networking events. The event devolved into a discussion of the resources provided by the State to small business owners. I kind of expected this since we had so many government people in the room. I managed to get a couple statements in edgewise so hopefully my presence was worthwhile. The event was recorded and broadcast on the Internet somewhere. I’ll try to provide a link in a future posting.