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"TEDxIIT 2012 Gaining Momentum - http://t.co/zQNZ3mIz - read all about it. I spoke on The Gift Economy & created one!""What Exactly Does an Infrastructure Bank Do For Us Anyway? – http://t.co/B7tmHHnI Infrastructure Trust = Parking Meter scam on steroids.""Municipal finance expert predicts we'll "rue the day" Infrastructure Trust was passed - http://t.co/uPgbOP1b - Too late.""Is Facebook Making Us Lonely? - Atlantic http://t.co/leZIPDbb We need to meet face to face for change. Help me launch http://t.co/xq26N57o""Reinventing College To Prepare Us For The Future, Not The Past http://t.co/uSagfN37 - That's why I'm teaching class on creativity @ IIT."
Author Archives: Tom Tresser
Jane Addams Was Tough, Played Politics – America’s Nonprofits, Take Note
With the demise of Hull House one of the issues that lingers over the disaster is how nonprofit leaders have strayed so far from Jane Addams fighting spirit. From The Chicago Tribune: “Chicagoans know Addams as a leader of the … Continue reading
Good Bye, Jane. Shame On Chicago. What Now?
So Hull House closed on Friday without a whimper. No one put up a fight. So maybe it deserved to die. Over 635 people have signed the online petition to save Hull House by the time of this writing but … Continue reading
Save Hull House!
I just learned of this terrible news. How did it happen? We can’t let Hull House, founded by social justice pioneer and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Jane Addams, go out of business. Sign the online petition to SAVE HULL HOUSE! … Continue reading
It’s Official – Income Inequality Near Record High
Alan B. Krueger, Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, told us all in a speech on January 12 what we have all experienced – namely, that income inequality in America is at all-time high. “My theme in … Continue reading
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Artists Running For Office? How About President?
Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright, human rights activist and yes – politician – died on December 18. Beloved in his country for speaking passionately and eloquently to power, he was was elected to the post of interim president of Czechoslovakia … Continue reading
Can We Please Have MMPCL?
According to SlashGear, “Star Wars: The Old Republic is launching today and is one of the coolest MMORPG games I have seen in a long time. Any Star Wars fan will want to check this game out. The game launches … Continue reading
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Artists As Leaders?
Anyone who has had more than one conversation with me over the years knows that I am a bit of a fanatic when it comes to the role of the arts and creativity in the life of the nation. You’ve … Continue reading
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Americans for the Arts Blog Salon Continues
Tom’s second post for the Americans for the Arts Blog Salon on the future of the arts and business collaboration is up. This post describes the first session of the class on creativity he devised for the Stuart School of … Continue reading
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What Can The Arts Teach America’s Business Schools?
For the next three weeks I’ll be a guest blogger for the Americans for the Arts Blog Salon covering the future of arts and business collaboration. Here is my first essay…
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Tom’s Keynote from Forum – “Connecting the Dots – Privatization is the Symptom, Not the Cure”
Evanston Neighbors for Peace presented… “The Privatizers are coming! They’re HERE!” Connecting the Dots – Privatization Is The Symptom, Not The Cure The presenters were Tom Tresser of Illinois Public Bank Working Group and Flo Estes of the Evanston … Continue reading
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