Hello from balmy Philadelphia, where I’m liveblogging from the 2008 Net Impact North America Conference hosted by the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Net Impact is an umbrella organization founded about 15 years ago to be an organizing force for business school students interested in social impact. The organization has grown to aRead More
NPAC: Day 4
NPAC ended on Saturday with a “21st-century town hall meeting” in the Korbel Ballroom. I hate to say it, but after three days of excitement and promise, this one ended on a down note for me. It wasn’t just because the electronic point-and-click voting toys were the same ones we used in State & SocietyRead More
Reflection
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!NewMusicBox, June 14, 2008.
Live from NPAC: Day 3
[again, too busy to post this day of…I’ll be back with a wrap-up tomorrow!] One of the major features of the 2008 National Performing Arts Convention is the series of “caucus sessions” designed and implemented by an organization called AmericaSpeaks. At the first session on Wednesday we worked to define an overall vision for theRead More
Live from NPAC: Day 2
I’m writing this from the second general session of the National Performing Arts Convention, which features an address from Jim Collins, author of Good to Great. Collins is a former professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and has a book that came out a couple of years ago called Good to Great andRead More
Live from NPAC: Day 1
[My apologies for the delay in posting these; it took a bit longer than expected to get consistent internet access here.] I’m here in Denver for the National Performing Arts Convention, an event bringing 4,000 artists, organizations, businesses, and patrons together for a conversation about collaboration and advocacy. Despite a rather harrowing trip here (myRead More
Saving Our Cultural Capital
On Saturday I had the privilege of attending Saving Our Cultural Capital: The Challenges Facing Independent Artists and Venues in Manhattan, an event co-sponsored by The Tank, Fractured Atlas, and the New School for Management and Urban Policy. This mini-conference focused on the creative sector’s economic challenges and contributions to urban life, something that I’veRead More
late-April update
Some news and notes from Createquity land here. First, as I mentioned a few posts back, I gave a presentation at school on April 2 about economic development and the arts. I’m happy to email the slides to anyone who’s interested, but basically the takeaways are as follows: 1. Artists can be a driver forRead More
Liveblogging the Yale SOM Arts & Culture Conference, Part 2
Back here in A60 for the second Arts & Culture Club panel on intellectual property. The panelists include Gigi Sohn, President of Public Knowledge; Jeffrey Cunard, a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP; and Robin Batteau, an independent singer/songwriter/producer. The discussion is moderated by Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento, Esq., Director of Education for Volunteer Lawyers forRead More
Liveblogging the Yale SOM Arts & Culture Conference
Hello everyone, I’m experimenting with a new format today: liveblogging! I’m here in room A60 at the Yale School of Management where the Arts & Culture Club is holding its first ever “Issues in the Arts” conference. The first panel is moderated by Assistant to the Provost at Yale University Jack Meyers and tackles theRead More
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