There is often a very special high energy about startups — all types of startups. That’s what I felt when I arrived at the RESONANZ opening gala. A non-profit organization, RESONANZ is starting its first year as a new three-weeks program for young singers in Albany, N.Y.
How do you start something in the midst of [...]
Artist-Entrepreneur: Heidi Skok, founder of RESONANZ, a new program for young singers
July 30th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Entrepreneurs, Talents, Innovators
Tags:Albany·Angelo's 677·Arlene Shrut·Artist Entrepreneur·Bard College Summerscape·Ben Heppner·College Of Saint Rose·Community Outreach·Diana Hernandez·Do you like Opera?·Entrepreneurship·Feldenkrais Center of Houston·Glimmerglass Opera·Heidi Skok·Jeremy Frank·Jessica Utset·Katherine McDaniel·Lance Brunner·Leadership in the Arts·Martin Hennessy·MaryBeth Smith·New England Conservatory·NPO·RESONANZ·Roger Malouf·Russell Willis Taylor·Sheryl Woods·Sophie Delphis·Starting in a recession·startup·Susan Harwood·Susan Hoffman·Tanglewood Festival·Willian (Bill) Neill·Young Singers
Conversation with Marie Gassée after her mission in Sierra Leone
May 18th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Entrepreneurs
“Cisco TelePresence. Bringing people and countries a little closer together. That’s the human network effect.” A company mantra is good when it can be memorized outside the company, and even better when it is also embraced by its employees. This is clearly the case of 22-year old Marie Gassée, who joined Cisco in August 2008 [...]
Tags:Cisco·Computer literacy in emerging countries·Cyber classroom·DOVE Orphanage·Freetown·Human Network Effect·International DOVE·Jeremy Schwartz·Judy Nelson·Kabala·Marie Gassée·Marylene Delbourg-Delphis·Megha Jain·MIT OpenCourseWare·Neil Radia·Norberto Mujica·NPO·Pranav Rastogi·Rachel Server·Wells Fargo·World Possible·worldpossible.org
The Recession: An Awakening Experience; Conversation with Russell Willis Taylor
March 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Entrepreneurs, Talents, Innovators
The recession is bad for everyone. But is it worse for arts organizations? Yes and no. “We are in tough times in the arts just like everybody else,” says Russell Willis Taylor, CEO of National Arts Strategies. “Access to capital has always been difficult, and it’s not going to get easier. Even rich people don’t [...]
Tags:Arts organizations·Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art·Community Musicworks·El Sistema·English National Opera·ENO·HBO·José Antonio Abreu·Make meaning·Marylene Delbourg-Delphis·MBA·MBA for NPO's·National Arts Strategies·National Heritage Board·Non for profit·Non profit versus for profit·NPO·Recession·Recession: ceding back·Russell Willis Taylor·Sebastian Ruth·Social Action for Music·Sundance