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Have you ever watched the Worldometer? It shows the world population growing in real time. On January 13, 2021, the meter showed 7.8 billion people are living on planet earth and counting. A deeper dive into Worldometer shows a plethora of topics, from the number of tweets and emails sent per day, to cars produced, newspaper circulated, cigarettes sold, the world’s land lost to soil erosion per year, and toxic chemicals released into the environment by the tons. If you could imagine it, it is being counted by the Worldometer. But for all the billions of people on earth, not even the most cerebral minds living among us predicted thousands of deaths due to a 21 Century world pandemic. The Worldometer now lists the coronavirus among the items it tracks to show the number of cases to-date, new daily cases, daily deaths, total deaths, and thankfully the number of people who recover from the disease. So, what can we learned from COVID-19? We are all in this together. Humanity needs better protection, intelligence, and science for the survival of future generations. You are one out of 7.8 billion people on our planet. What will you do to help?
Ollie interviews winners of the 2020 Catch Us Giving Customer Service Program at Lambert St. Louis International Airport and creates a video presentation for the virtual celebration.
Ollie attends the inauguration of the Honorable Comptroller Darlene Green at St. Louis City Hall.
Sanitation in Aviation Members of the STL Corporate Marketing Advisory Board take a behind the scenes look to see how airlines are sanitizing airplanes amid COVID-19. We toured an American Airlines aircraft. Kudos to the men and women who put their lives on the line to ensure travelers are safe.
Lessons From a Leader By Ollie W. Dowell The business community will soon say goodbye to Otis Williams, Executive Director for the St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC). Williams has led the organization since 2013. He is retiring in April. I met Williams when I was a reporter covering city government, economic development, and street crime. I tried to recruit him for Executive Director of the St. Louis Metropolitan Sewer District when I worked there as Director of Public Relations. As fate would have it, Williams settled into SLDC and I started my own public relations company, Ollie Dowell Communications, LLC (ODC). My role as an entrepreneur elevated me to see the greatness of Williams. He spent 28 years in the U.S. Army and retired at the rank of Colonel. He served as Deputy Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Commander and District Engineer of the Corps’ Tulsa Engineer District. In 2019, St. Louis Lambert International Airport invited Williams to deliver the keynote address for the Business Diversity Forum. ODC has served as the event planner for the Forum since its inception in 2016. Around 500 people registered for the event to hear Williams discuss business development opportunities for women and minority-owned companies in the region. It was my honor to welcome Williams to the event, assist in the preparation for his speech, and to thank him for his dedication to bring people, jobs, and investment to our region. He will be missed. ### Ollie W. Dowell Managing Principal Ollie Dowell Communications Otis Williams Executive Director St. Louis Development Corporation 2019 Business Diversity Forum St. Louis Lambert International Airport