Making Wishes Come True

On Sunday, 9/27/09 Northeast Delta Dental sponsored the Mt. Washington cruise for the NH Make-A-Wish children and their parents/siblings.   Even though Sunday was a rainy day, nothing could dampen the spirit of the community of children and families who understand...

Similarity of a Board Meeting and a Road Race

Would you believe that board meetings and road races are similar? The best races I have run occur after more serious training, preparation and strategically thinking about the course. Similarly, positive board meeting results (obtaining the necessary policy and...

Leadership

At the All-Colleagues (all employees) meeting we have at Northeast Delta Dental, we always recognize employee colleagues who have been with the company 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and even 30 years. (At Thursday’s 9/3/09 meeting we had a 25-year anniversary and a 33-year...

Neighbors Helping Neighbors

On Wednesday, 9/2/09, after doing an aerobics class with several of my Northeast Delta Dental colleagues (and that was fun to sweat with them), I participated at an event in Concord (NH) during which significant donors to the United Way of Merrimack County (NH) were...

First Pitch

On Tuesday night (9/1/09), I was in Portland, Maine to see the Portland Sea Dogs (Red Sox affiliate) play. Because Northeast Delta Dental is a corporate sponsor, I had the honor of throwing out the symbolic first pitch. It was so much fun; I threw a strike from the...