Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Tomorrow is Leadership Day 2009!

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Just a reminder that tomorrow is Leadership Day 2009 here at Dangerously Irrelevant!

You can see the posts from previous years at

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Leadership Day 2008 Summary

Hope some of you will participate. The past two years’ posts have been awesome. Be sure to read over the guidelines for this year!

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