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Leigh Spence, “Just a Thought” — Networking 101

At the Voices Homestyle Happy Hour on Friday, we celebrated the value and fun of networking.  Voices board member Karen Miller, who shared her home and her amazing networking skills with us, helped break the ice with activities that encouraged the women to meet one another. more »

Leigh Spence, “Just a Thought” — An open invitation

As you hopefully are aware, Voices is sponsoring a Homestyle Happy Hour this Friday at the home of Karen Miller (300 W. Broadway, 5-7). I have been extending invitations to my friends hoping that they will join us for some fun after-work girl time. I have received some interesting responses suggesting that a few of [...] more »

Leigh Spence, “Just a Thought” — Life lessons from drum corps

There are few things I love more than watching a really great marching band. This past weekend, I had the chance to see the world championships for the best of the best – Drum Corps International.  My son and I traveled to Indianapolis on Saturday to see the top 12 corps compete for the gold [...] more »

Leigh Spence, “Just a Thought” — On Resilience

I am a high school counselor. As an educator, I am a different type of “business woman.” Although people like Oprah are always saying things like, “Educators have the hardest and most important jobs in the world” it is not looked at in the same way as if I worked in the corporate world or [...] more »

Leigh Spence, “Just a Thought” — May I Introduce… the Personal Resume

This week I was privy to one of the cooler “introductions” to a new staff person ever…via the personal resume. more »

Leigh Spence, “Just a Thought” — Class of 1980, Reunited

This past weekend I attended my 30th high school reunion in Franklin, Tennessee, just south of Nashville.  I had not seen any of my classmates since our 10-year reunion, except via Facebook, of course. We graduated in 1980 (so you don’t have to do the math) and attended a big public high school, with a [...] more »

Leigh Spence, “Something On My Mind” — Cell phones are stealing from us

First, a disclaimer: I love my cell phone as much as the next person. Now the “but”… but I think cell phones are stealing from us. Stealing our ever-elusive quality time. more »