Category Archives: About Tom

TIF Illumination On WVON March 23

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Tom Tresser

TIF Illuminators Tom Tresser and Bea Jasper (organizer of the Englewood TIF Town Meeting) will be on “The GreenPreneur Show” on WVON on Saturday night, March 23, from 5-6pm. Listen live here. The call in number is 773-591-1690. Let’s talk … Continue reading →

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Tom Will PechaKucha on March 5

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Tom Tresser

Tom will be presenting at the 25th edition of PechaKucha Chicago at Martyr’s on March 5 at 8:00pm. What is PechaKucha? “PechaKucha 20×20 is a simple presentation format where you show 20 images, each for 20 seconds. The images advance … Continue reading →

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“Welcome To The Gift Economy” @ Bioneers Chicago

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Tom Tresser

I was at the Bioneers Chicago on Saturday, November 3 doing a workshop on “Welcome to the Gift Economy” – it was a critique of our current financial system and the institutions that teach it and about giftedness and P2P … Continue reading →

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Tom Has A Big Idea

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Tom Tresser

The August issue of “Chicago Magazine” has a feature on how to make Chicago even better.  They selected six Big Ideas. Mine was #5. It’s about establishing a public bank for Illinois. “THE RATIONALE: A state bank could help Illinois reduce … Continue reading →

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Tom’s Talk About (and Prototype of) The Gift Economy

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Tom Tresser

I presented at TEDxIIT on Saturday, April 14, on the south side campus of IIT. I talked about The Gift Economy and created one among the attendees. 82 of the 100 attendees actually offered something to their fellow attendees! Here … Continue reading →

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CounterSpin Radio Interview On No Games Chicago Camapign

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Tom Tresser

CounterSpin Radio, a project of FAIR, interviewed me about my experience with the No Games Chicago campaign (10 minutes). This was sparked by a recent front page article in The New York Times about forced evictions in Rio as part … Continue reading →

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Tom Part of Boost Camp for Arts Entrepreneurs

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Tom Tresser

I’ve been added to the faculty of The Institute for Arts Entrepreneurship’s 2012 Boost Camp. The Boost Camp is a series of 12 online experiences will help you work through a variety of relevant and specific topics to help you … Continue reading →

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Tom Interviewed By Evoca Founder

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Tom Tresser

Murem Sharpe, the CEO and founder of the online audio service Evoca, interviewed Tom online. Tom has been using Evoca for online recording and archiving speeches for a number of years.  This is the audio file, 21 minutes. Click to … Continue reading →

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Global CEOs Say Creativity #1 “Must Have”

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Tom Tresser

Good Magazine made this two minute video illustrating the 2010 IBM Global CEO Report where over 1,500 CEOs from 63 countries said that creativity was the Number One trait they are looking for from their managers. That’s why I’m teaching … Continue reading →

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Americans for the Arts Blog Salon Continues

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Tom Tresser

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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