{"id":919,"date":"2019-05-05T23:13:12","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T04:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/?p=919"},"modified":"2019-05-10T17:50:55","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T22:50:55","slug":"roys-ramble-may-5-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/roys-ramble-may-5-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy&#8217;s Ramble, May 5, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-30-15.23.34-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-920\" width=\"485\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-30-15.23.34-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-30-15.23.34-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-30-15.23.34-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-30-15.23.34-2-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some of my favorite images, humor and motivation from this past week, ending May 5, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-26-15.48.51.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"921\" data-link=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/?attachment_id=921\" class=\"wp-image-921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-26-15.48.51.jpg 800w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-26-15.48.51-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-26-15.48.51-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-26-15.48.51-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-26-17.19.12.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"922\" data-link=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/?attachment_id=922\" class=\"wp-image-922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-26-17.19.12.jpg 750w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-26-17.19.12-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-26-17.19.12-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"705\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-30-09.58.34.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"923\" data-link=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/?attachment_id=923\" class=\"wp-image-923\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>BBYO\nDinner<\/strong>\u2014It was so nice to see both kids enjoy themselves at the year-end\nBBYO dinner.&nbsp; The energy in the room was\ntremendous and seeing the leadership from these high school kids was\nimpressive.&nbsp; They put together so many\nspeeches and presentations and really learned a lot about themselves, their\nleadership abilities and their passions.&nbsp;\nFor those that were leaving the board it was an emotional moment.&nbsp; For those that are coming on to the Regional\nBoard for the first time, it was a tremendously proud moment, one which will\nlead to a lot of work, responsibility and excitement over the next year.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-01-18.24.14-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"924\" data-link=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/?attachment_id=924\" class=\"wp-image-924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-01-18.24.14-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-01-18.24.14-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-01-18.24.14-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-01-18.24.14-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-01-18.24.32-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"925\" data-link=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/?attachment_id=925\" class=\"wp-image-925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-01-18.24.32-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-01-18.24.32-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-01-18.24.32-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-01-18.24.32-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-01-18.24.54-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"926\" data-link=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/?attachment_id=926\" class=\"wp-image-926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-01-18.24.54-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-01-18.24.54-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-01-18.24.54-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-01-18.24.54-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Joliet\nSlammers<\/strong>\u2014It struck me somewhat incongruous to see a minor league\nbaseball team naming itself after a prison.&nbsp;\nWell, not exactly.&nbsp; But the mascot\nJ.L. Bird is pronounced as \u201cJailbird\u201d and is depicted wearing prison stripes in\nthe logo and images.&nbsp; But the image\nitself notwithstanding, the Joliet Slammers are doing some terrific work in the\ncommunity, engaging kids in schools and bringing other organizations out to the\npark to raise money.&nbsp;&nbsp; You can listen to\nthe podcast that we recorded with Lauren Rhodes and all of the details that she\nshared. Unfortunately, the weather was horrendous so we couldn\u2019t get any great\nshots of the stadium, but we still found some interesting places. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-30-15.23.34-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"927\" data-link=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/?attachment_id=927\" class=\"wp-image-927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-30-15.23.34-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-30-15.23.34-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-30-15.23.34-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-30-15.23.34-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-30-15.24.17-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"928\" data-link=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/?attachment_id=928\" class=\"wp-image-928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-30-15.24.17-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-30-15.24.17-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-30-15.24.17-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-30-15.24.17-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-30-15.26.12-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"929\" data-link=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/?attachment_id=929\" class=\"wp-image-929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-30-15.26.12-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-30-15.26.12-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-30-15.26.12-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-04-30-15.26.12-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Dare2Tri<\/strong>\u2014I\nhad the opportunity to sit down with Michelle Stroud, the Director of\nDevelopment for Dare2Tri.&nbsp; Fantastic to\nhear about the work that they do helping physically disabled athletes (many of\nthem war veterans), learn to compete in a triathlon.&nbsp; What struck me a lot from the conversations\nwith Michelle was how many people they help and that the importance of\nselecting the triathlon model was to give each of these athletes the ability to\nexercise alongside their family members and friends.&nbsp; This is a huge benefit to these athletes and\ntheir families.&nbsp; Look for our upcoming\nfeature on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.SportsPhlanthropyNetwork\/blog\">www.SportsPhlanthropyNetwork\/blog<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Northwestern\ndevelopment<\/strong>.&nbsp; Sitting down with\nCollin Sexton was an interesting experience.&nbsp;\nAs we discussed the progression of the Northwestern Athletic Department,\nit was apparent that Jim Phillips\u2019 leadership as Athletic Director has been an\nenormous benefit for the whole university.&nbsp;\nIt will be interesting to follow whether Jim gets serious consideration\nfor replacing Jim Delaney as the Big Ten Commissioner.&nbsp; Jim Phillips has everything you could want in\nthat role: class, vision, energy, passion and foresight.&nbsp; The main question will be whether his lack of\nexperience negotiating broadcast rights agreements will be a hindrance to his\ncandidacy.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>University of Wisconsin School of Business School<\/strong>\u2014A foggy evening in the Sears Tower couldn\u2019t stop the crowd of alums from the UW Business School from gathering to hear terrific speakers.\u00a0\u00a0 It is always interesting to see what direction people take after they complete their degrees and the breadth of the business school really gives people a lot of opportunity.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Sports\nPhilanthropy World Congress<\/strong>\u2014The excitement for the Sports Philanthropy\nWorld Congress on August 9, 2019 continues to build.&nbsp; Each week we confirm more speakers and we are\nnow about 60% complete with our speaker lineup.&nbsp;\nWe will continue to keep you updated as we finalize the speaker list and\nget more sponsors on-board with our vision and educational mission.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Podcast\nrecordings<\/strong>\u2014One of the things that I love working with the Sports\nPhilanthropy Network is the ability to have in-depth conversations with people\nthat are doing so much good in the world through non-profits, most of them\nsports related.&nbsp; This week I had the\nopportunity to record podcasts with Amy Schiffman, Co-founder and Principal of Giving\nTree Associates and Deon Thomas, Community Relations Coordinator for the\nUniversity of Illinois System.&nbsp; Amy\nshared so much insight into setting up and running a non-profit organization\nthat I cannot wait for you to hear her podcast when it drops on May 15,\n2019.&nbsp; Deon provided tremendous insight\ninto the work that he does as well as sharing with the audience the progress of\nhis career from highly rated recruit, to all-time leading scorer for the\nUniversity of Illinois to two European Championships with Maccabi Tel\nAviv.&nbsp; His podcast drops on May 8,\n2019.&nbsp; I think you will really enjoy both\nof them.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Calabash\nGifts website<\/strong>\u2014We are proud to finally announce the launch of the\nCalabash Gifts website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.CalabashGiftsMadison.com\">www.CalabashGiftsMadison.com<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp; It was too long in the making but will now\nbe able to let people outside of Madison see the beautiful array of items that\nare displayed in the store.&nbsp; You can also\nfollow our social media accounts at Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Dream On<\/strong>\u2014Seeing a former student succeed is always terrific.\u00a0 Seeing one like Kelli Haywood create a meaningful and impactful education focused non-profit from scratch is awe inducing.\u00a0 Her energy is phenomenal and what she has been able to accomplish over her first five years has been remarkable.\u00a0 It was an exciting week for Kelli as she celebrated her birthday, received a big award for her Foundation and hosted her Dream On Soiree which was a fantastic event.\u00a0 You can see the full write up on the event here.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-18.29.15-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"930\" data-link=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/?attachment_id=930\" class=\"wp-image-930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-18.29.15-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-18.29.15-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-18.29.15-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-18.29.15-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-19.19.33-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"931\" data-link=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/?attachment_id=931\" class=\"wp-image-931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-19.19.33-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-19.19.33-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-19.19.33-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-19.19.33-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Soloff Tribute<\/strong>\u2014Rabbi David Soloff was the leader of Camp Ramah in Wisconsin for\u00a0 many years.  He probably doesn&#8217;t want us to count how many!! . His energy and passion for the Ramah movement were unparalleled.\u00a0 So it was fitting to see over 500 people show up to pay tribute\u00a0 to him at a special event on May 5, 2019 at Beth El in Highland Park.   The speeches were absolutely amazing and the energy and tributes to him illustrated the enormous impact he made on generations of young Jews around the country.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-05-19.19.47-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"932\" data-link=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/?attachment_id=932\" class=\"wp-image-932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-05-19.19.47-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-05-19.19.47-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-05-19.19.47-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-05-19.19.47-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-05-18.59.59-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"933\" data-link=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/?attachment_id=933\" class=\"wp-image-933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-05-18.59.59-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-05-18.59.59-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-05-18.59.59-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-05-18.59.59-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Kentucky\nDerby<\/strong>\u2014There was lots of screaming and crying over the decision to\ndisqualify Maximum Impact after he had won the Kentucky Derby.&nbsp; What impressed me the most about the\ncommentary and the reaction was that it was VERY different from what you see in\nthe five major U.S. team sports.&nbsp;\nVirtually everyone interviewed agreed that it was a foul and that in any\nother race, the horse would have been disqualified.&nbsp; The only question was whether the stewards\nwould have the guts to disqualify the winner.&nbsp;&nbsp;\nFor purposes of horse racing\u2019s integrity, it is good that they did.&nbsp; I have never understood or subscribed to the\nbelief that the rules should be applied differently in the last few minutes or\na competition, in overtime or in big games.&nbsp;\nIt is worse for every sport if the officials refused to make the calls\nthat need to be made because then they are truly \u201cdeciding\u201d the game.&nbsp; <\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A very interesting week of activities recording three podcasts, watching my kids enjoy the last big BBYO event of the year and seeing one of my former Northwestern students really step up with her Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[419],"tags":[445,450,446,451,447,453,435,448,6,423,449],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}