If you'd like to meet-up with your Rotary friends on the weeks we don't have a Tuesday Signature Lunch Presentation, an ad hoc group will be gathering at the Citizen Restaurant in the InterContinental St. Paul Riverfront. Bill Collins and Ken Crabbe are the organizers, bringing St. Paul leaders to engage in a discussion of important topics of the day. This Tuesday, come learn how much your mobile phone and social media accounts are sharing about you.
November 5th, 2019
Noon - 1:15 PM
Citizen Restaurant
Topic: Everything we need to know about you we learned from your Mobile Device: A Digital Marketing Discussion
An open presentation and discussion led by Troy Alexander of Saint Paul Agency. How his agency is using social media, search and their own Demand Side Platform (DSP) to dominate the the Wild West that is digital advertising.
Bio: Troy Alexander, Owner & Executive Director, Saint Paul Agency
Troy has spent the last decade in advertising, the majority as a business development leader. He has directly negotiated national advertising campaigns across television, radio, digital media platforms, and event sponsorships. Prior to founding Saint Paul Agency in August 2015, Troy was a Vice President of Sales for iHeartMedia in Minneapolis. Prior to joining iHeart, he spent seven successful years at Comcast Spotlight as a salesperson and sales manager. Today, Saint Paul Agency is one of the fastest-growing, full-service advertising agencies in the country. We have helped many of our clients experience record sales growth and profitability through a strategic blend of traditional media and digital prowess. In his free time, Troy enjoys playing with his kids, attending concerts, spending time outdoors, and playing hockey.
Jonah Yang was born in Laos and came to the US in 1976. He moved from Michigan to Minnesota in 2013 and resides on the East Side of Saint Paul. Jonah is married and has four children. His wife is a teacher in the Saint Paul Public Schools. Jonah joined Saint Paul Rotary Club in 2018. Jonah’s accomplishments are licensed financial adviser, computer aided design, commercial driver license, restaurant chef, inventor, and an extra in the Gran Torino movie starring Clint Eastwood in 2010. Jonah’s current business is called Executive Protection Insurance Company located in Bloomington MN. He specializes in modern executive and employee benefits aka “Golden Parachutes & Tax Shelters”.
♦ Valet Parking Sponsored by Wiessner Agency ♦ Entertainment Sponsored by Camp Bar ♦ Food Stations Sponsored by Metropolitan State University ♦ Coffee & Dessert Sponsored by Creations by David ♦ Catering by the St Paul Hotel
Thank you to Segundo Velasquez for the Inspirational moment and leading us in the 4-Way Test.
Don’t FORGET THE INFORMAL CLUB LUNCHEON ON Nov. 5th, per BILL COLLINS. Google is the topic, should be interesting.
Arnie Bockstruck passed away and a moment of silence was observed. The October Birthdays were celebrated. Jim Kosmo announced the St. Paul Rotary Century Scholar for 2019: Sivula Antero of Como Park High School and will be attending Carleton College. He updated us on the further accomplishments of some of the other Century Scholars Rotary supported. 2020 is the 10 year Anniversary of the Scholarship Program.
Al Zdrazil introduced the three guests from the St. Paul - Nagasaki Committee. We have been a Sister City for 65 years and a Sister Club for 45 years! Al asked us all to see if we could get a lot of people to Nagasaki in 2020 for their big festival. In 2012 we had a statue of the Peace Indian that sits in the St. Paul Government Center replicated (due to the kind donation of Dan McKeown) and sent to Nagasaki. The Japanese Club members LOVE our Native American culture and symbols. The first two Totem Poles we sent over were made of wood and rotted out. So Dan McKeown had a bronze sculpture made, hopefully that will not rot out!
Nagasaki is in the lowest islands of southern Japan. In 1600 the Samurai took over and closed the country to new groups people and westerners. Mainly keeping out Protestant and Catholic missionaries that wanted to convert the people. In 1596 the Japanese killed 23 missionaries. In 1945 the US government dropped 2 atom bombs one in Hiroshima and the other Nagasaki. Nagasaki was not the original city to have the Atomic bomb dropped on it. It was the back-up city, as the original city was too hazy and cloudy so they dropped the bomb on Nagasaki. Now Nagasaki is a modern city as it was before it was bombed in 1945.
There is a Nagasaki Peace Park where our statue is placed. We also have a street: St. Paul Ave at the end of the Peace Park. Club #10 has a very long history of exchange students with Nagasaki. We are the only Rotary Club that is allowed to pick our exchange students and vis versa. Al meet with one of our Japanese exchange students and still keeps in contact with her!
Sherry Howe did happy dollars, and Joe Kovarik did the October birthdays. We gave a gift of $500 dollars for solar panels to reduce the carbon footprint of Dodge Nature Center. Don’t forget the : WINTER SPARK Gala for Rotary DEC.5th tickets are still $75 dollars but will go up on Nov. 17 to $100.
