Buon Compleanno Primo!

By Katie Kieffer

Cake from a restaurant in Dublin, Ireland. Image copyright Katie Kieffer.

It’s my blog’s first birthday! I want to celebrate with you. Let’s take a few minutes over cake and ice cream to remember all the fun times we had together this year:

Free market principles drive the U.S. economy. Image credit: Forever Films/Charles Eide & Mike Danielson. Copyright Katie Kieffer. All rights reserved.

• Conducted video interviews of young entrepreneurial companies with EideCom Media.
• Created video with EideCom Media to promote free enterprise for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
• Partnered with The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal to host an exclusive event at SEVEN Sushi Ultralounge and SKYBAR called Affari for young professionals. Click here and here for photos from the event.
  

  Affari on rooftop of SEVEN Sushi Ultralounge and SKYBAR. Image credit: Alicia Orvik Photography. Copyright Katie Kieffer. All rights reserved.

• Spoke to young professionals and commercial real estate executives in Chicago at NAIOP’s National Development Conference.
• Honored as one of the Twin Cities 25 Finest Young Professionals.
• Created a video to generate awareness for The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation with EideCom Media.
• Appeared on 100.3 FM K-TALK (The Sue Jeffers Show) and AM1570 Twin Cities Business Radio (The Peter McClellan Show).
• Contributed to the Big Trade Up charity with my artistic partner, Amie Kieffer.
  

  Katie & Amie's 'Big Trade Up.' Art copyright Amie Kieffer 2010. All rights reserved.

• Showcased the creative cartoons of Amie Kieffer. Remember the Sexy Acorn?
• Traveled to Europe for the month of June. I shared my Italian journey with you here, here, here, and here. I posted my Irish adventures here, here and here.
  

  Amie wrote Katie's web address in the beach during their visit to the Atlantic Ocean in Galway, Ireland. Notice the beautiful purple jellyfish! Image copyright Katie Kieffer. All rights reserved.

• Launched “KatieKieffer for Mobile.” When you bring my website up on your smart phone, it’s easy to read because it formats itself for the smaller screen.
• Spoke at the MN Tax Day at the Capitol on how the Tea Party Movement can engage young professionals. For the video clip, click here.


Katie Kieffer motivates Tea Partiers at the Tax Day Tea Party rally to reach out to young people. Image copyright Katie Kieffer. All rights reserved.

Thank you for celebrating with me and for being a part of my journey!

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