Laura Billings Coleman
creative content for the common good
Nonprofit Communications
Handing down the tradition
Old Traditions, New Technology: The Center for Irish Music celebrates its 10-year anniversary with an interactive annual report.
A Greater Minnesota
Forged in crisis 30 years ago, the Minnesota Initiative Foundations have become a new model for rural philanthropy, economic development and forward thinking.
Energy Matters
The power of conserving energy, for the latest issue of I.Q.
Recommended Reading
Beatlebone by Kevin Barry
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
A Little History of the World by E. H. Gombrich
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
Vivid Faces: The Revolutionary Generation in Ireland, 1890-1923 by RF Foster
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
The Tenth of December by George Saunders
Bio: Laura has been writing for national magazines, newspapers and new media since before it was called "content." A former columnist for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Mademoiselle and Mpls/St. Paul, her reporting and reviews have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, Outside, Fast Company, SELF, Salon and many other publications.
Fun fact: Laura spent her formative years writing relationship advice in women’s magazines. Ask her anything. She’s here to help.