Carolyn Jack
Co-Director, The Genius Group LLC- Pro-creative, not procreative
Not surprisingly, I’ve been spending a fair amount of time lately wondering how we’re going to survive all the things that are wrong with the world. I suspect that the economy’s flaming tailspin, the heavily damaged environment, the endless horror of terrorism and war and the obscene failure to care … - Good social networking = your past + your future
I’m beginning to think that the best part of outreach tools such as Facebook and LinkedIn is not their potential for helping you develop relationships with new people, but the nearly miraculous ability they give you to find the old ones. Over the last few months, I’ve been friended by all kinds of people … - Creatively adapt or die
For 30 years now, I’ve written about different art forms in hopes of persuading readers to think about and discuss artistic creativity and so develop an appreciation for it and the incalculable good it offers us. It’s always appalled me that so many people believe the arts have nothing to do with them - people who watch …
Will Limkemann
Business Advisor- Do you need to diversify?
I know few owners who are not worried about how the current economic trends are going to affect their businesses. Many already are feeling the pinch - especially those in the home construction industries. The big three auto crisis has many machine shops around the country concerned about future business. One … - The Good and the Bad
Yesterday a good friend shared with me an idea she uses for time and energy management. She has a chart. On the left side she list those things that she is good at and loves to do. On the right she lists those things that she either is not good … - Networking
I had breakfast with a dear friend and colleague this morning. We get together every couple of months just to reconnect and provide mutual support. We share frustrations, learn about latest joys and concerns, and give each other advice. The meeting reminded me of how important networking is to small …
Matt Charboneau
COSE Arts Network- CLEVELAND…You’ve Got to be Tough!
[gallery] What do all of these images have in common, and more importantly, what do they have to do with art? They, and countless other images and stories, are all part of the collective psyche that we as born-and-bred Clevelanders share. They are also part of the fodder that … - This is Your Brain on Music
Have you ever stopped to think about how our brains process the sounds we hear every day? Furthermore, how music in particular is received, processed and “stored” by the human brain? As an example, think of your favorite song right now, but try not to physically hum or … - think negatively!
Negative Space As part of planning an upcoming COSE Arts Network Education seminar on November 13th I have had the pleasure of meeting and working with Sarit Zamir, who will present on the topic of financial organization and medium- and long-term savings options for artists and freelancers. Sarit and her husband …
Peter Friedman
Visiting Professor, University of Detroit Mercy Law School- Lewis Hyde: remaking copyright by recovering the past Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:21:51
Lewis Hyde is one of the great, and almost entirely unknown, U.S. geniuses. According to this past week’s New York Times Magazine, “David Foster Wallace called him ‘one of our true superstars of nonfiction.’ Hyde’s fans - among them Zadie Smith, Michael Chabon and Jonathan Lethem - routinely use words like ‘transformative’ and ‘life-altering’ [...] - If you can’t say it clearly, you aren’t thinking it clearly. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:05:30
At Language Log, Geoffrey K. Pullum makes a crucial point in criticizing Sarah Palin’s inchoherence: I think being so utterly unable to explain what one wants to say is truly and reasonably regarded as a defect in one’s qualifications for office - partly because being so inept at talking in a controlled and sensible way strongly [...] - Question authority, and then question those questioning authority Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:59:55
It may seem off topic to engage in a prediction regarding a sports event, but let it be heard here first — this weekend Michigan will beat Ohio State in football. In fact, you are likely to hear it nowhere else. Michigan is suffering its worst football season in history. Ohio sports [...]