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Englewood Neighborhood TIF Illuminated May 4

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Tom Tresser

Join us in Englewood on Saturday, May 4 at 10am at the Kelly Library when we Illuminate just one TIF. We will be exposing the Englewood Neighborhood TIF that morning. Details and RSVP via Facebook @ http://tinyurl.com/TIF-Forum-May-4. To get you … Continue reading →

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AREA Chicago Distributes 5,000 Copies Of TIF Poster

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Tom Tresser

Thanks to the great folks at AREA Chicago we are distributing 5,000 copies of the TIF Illumination Project’s graphic poster showing the results of our investigation of the 12 TIFs inside the 27th Ward. Awesome! The poster was written by … Continue reading →

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TIF Town Hall Meeting In South Shore March 30

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Tom Tresser

Join us in South Shore on Saturday, March 30 to talk TIFs in the 7th Ward. We’ll be Illuminating the five active TIFs there. Preview: In 2011 those TIFs extracted $1.4 million from property owners in the 7th Ward. Details … 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’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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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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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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