Carolyn Jack

Co-Director, The Genius Group LLC
  • Independence Day
    The displays in the sky are fun, but the real fireworks are on the page:  When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station …
  • Creative risk pays off for the Guthrie
    Jackpot. If a well-planned theatrical event were a slot machine, Minneapolis’ Guthrie Theater would be up to its roofline in nickels. Its April 18-June 28 Kushner Celebration, which featured three special productions of plays by Tony (”Angels in America”) Kushner as well as talks and classes about the playwright and his work, accomplished something astonishing in this …
  • Congress needs your creative input
    Suddenly, change-course policies are a-borning all over the place. Interesting legislation of many kinds has finally got U.S Senate and House members struggling to address some of the most enormous and urgent issues facing the nation, and it’s clear that laws adopted now are going to have direct and probably immediate effects on …

Will Limkemann

Business Advisor
  • Small businesses picking up big-company talent
    Large companies who need a particular talent can often find it within their ranks. On the other hand smaller businesses generally need to go outside to fill talent voids. Older workers, in particular, who have found themselves without work may well find that small and mid-sized businesses are eager to …
  • Blog talk radio interview
    www.blogtalkradio.com is an Internet radio station with a vast array of programming. Among the programs is a weekly review of blurbs authors submit about their books. Of seven or so blurb reviews, the best of the week is chosen for an Interview the following Wednesday night. My blurb about The …
  • Pricing products
    Pricing of new products is both art and science - but mainly it’s business. So often new businesses set prices too low to sustain any modicum of profitability, or too high which takes them out of competition. Home-based businesses are especially vulnerable to setting prices too low. There are several methods …

Matt Charboneau

Leader, COSE Arts Network
  • RIP Vibe
    Just saw an article on the New York Times Web site about the demise of Vibe Magazine.  The news of a magazine going under in the current economic climate is not surprising, but when it is a magazine that has helped to legitimize rap, hip hop and R&B into household genres, then it is worth lamenting the …
  • The Price is Right, Come on Down!
    I was able to sit in this morning on a workshop presented by the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC).  The module revolved around pricing structures for artists and the arts community, and how we all can apply typical pricing strategies from the corporate world to our own artistic …
  • Another Reason to Love Cleveland!
    Earlier this morning I attended a reception hosted by the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC) to announce the 2009 class of Creative Workforce Fellowships.  Each of the group of 20 artists, which included painters, sculptors, filmmakers, and designers, will receive a $20,000 grant to be used as the artists see fit …

Peter Friedman

Visiting Professor, University of Detroit Mercy Law School