If you’re embracing spring and cleaning out your office, don’t toss those old files into the recycling bin until you offer them to your company’s archives. If your company doesn’t have archives, or if you can’t recall the last time you updated them, read on. Our LifeStories work at Lilja revolves around helping clients share their stories. Individual LifeStories clients always have a plethora of photos, documents and keepsakes to help tell their stories, but sadly, business c

As Lilja celebrates 30 years in business, we also have the honor of having helped our client Ebenezer celebrate a full century! In 1917, Gamlehjem, the original Ebenezer Home opened in a small house on Portland Avenue in Minneapolis. A Legacy: Reflections on a Century of Service to Seniors and Others chronicles Ebenezer’s journey from that small house with 10 Lutheran residents to now touching the lives of more than 10,000 individuals representing myriad faiths every day. Hav

A POWERFUL TOOL FOR ENGAGING EMPLOYEES One of the most powerful ways for a business to engage current and new customers is to share its story. It’s more and more common for businesses to infuse their history and culture into their public relations, marketing and online presence. But others go a step further and share the story of their business in book form. Our client, Park Dental, did just that. The pioneering dental group practice recently celebrated 45 years of service in

I recently finished a timeline installation for one of our clients at Lilja and we’re in the final stages of production on a business history book for another. While both projects have resulted in beautiful presentations of the clients’ histories, I came away with a message for businesses everywhere: Please take time to chronicle your journey! Our LifeStories work at Lilja revolves around helping clients share their histories. Individual clients always have a plethora of phot

Like the television show of the same title, there's a great deal of interest these days in knowing your roots, and reflecting on where you've been. We've been busy keeping the presses running this winter with the publication of several LifeStories projects for organizations, families and individuals. Let us know if we can help you record your story! DR. EDGAR LECHNER A NORTH DAKOTA FARM BOY FINDS HIS WAY – TO GOPHER FOOTBALL, DENTISTRY, AND FAMILY As Dr. Edgar Lechner reflec