I'm excited to participate in two insightful events this week.

This Tuesday evening I'll be speaking at the launch of the Minnesota chapter of EPIC (Engaging Philanthropy Inspiring Creatives). Event details here.

The EPIC mission is one we Minnesotans have embraced. I know the crowd will be worth hobnobbing amidst. So, please stop by -- the doors open at 5:30 p.m. at the Fine Line Music Cafe.

Then wake up early on Wednesday morning for the first Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association (MIMA) event of 2013. We've assembled four very smart people to appear at the American Swedish Institute to reveal how to spur Interactive Innovation in Highly Regulated Industries. Event details here.

I'm excited to hear from Marti Nyman, Director of Innovation and Strategy at UnitedHealth Group; Ward Tongen, Principal Digital Marketing Strategist at Medtronic; Kelli Carlson-Jagersma, Collaboration-Strategist VP, Wholesale Social Strategy at Wells Fargo; and moderator Melissa Berggren, Brand Manager, Marketing and Communications at Allina Health. If anyone has figured out how to innovate in highly constrained circumstances, its these four -- and we're fortunate to get their collective brainpower assembled in one place.

Now you've got two good reasons to dress warm and get out.