What Can The Arts Teach America’s Business Schools?

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Tom Tresser

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”

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Tom Tresser

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 Community-Labor Alliance. Here is Tom’s presentation with audio (20 minutes):

Privatization is the Symptom, Not the Cure

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Tom’s Talk About Future of Nonprofits

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Tom Tresser

Tom was one of the presenters at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Great Cities Institute forum marking the 10th anniversary of their Professional Education Program’s Certificate in Nonprofit Management. He claimed that the nonprofit sector has failed America and urged nonprofit leaders, workers and constituents to get political and join a new political initiative called CForward. Hear his remarks (about ten minutes):

The presenters were:


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Tom’s Talk on Blending Arts & Business Education

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Tom Tresser

TEDxMichiganAve was on the future of the arts in America. My talk was about business education might be re-shaped if it were infused with the values and skill sets of the artist.

What do you think? Have our business and law schools failed American business AND the American public?

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Welcome to my world…

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Tom Tresser

Questions I’ve been investigating:

  • How to make politics interesting?
  • How to protect the Commons?
  • What is the value of creativity?
  • What are the connections between imagination, culture and creativity and economic development and social change?

Work I’m currently engaged in:

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Services I offer:

  • Ideation and creative strategic planning for breakthrough insight for businesses and nonprofit organizations
  • Community and economic development for neighborhoods and cities
  • Stop privatization. fight Mega Projects. Creative community organizing.
  • Keynote presentations, workshops and training on creativity and social change, the politics of creativity, the artist as leader, why YOU should run for local office.

Classes I’m teaching:

 

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Tom To Teach “Community Organizing 201″ @ CommuniTeach

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Tom Tresser

Tom will be teaching “Community Organizing 201″ for CommuniTeach on Wednesday, July 13 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at the Bucktown Public Library. This is for people who have already taken a workshop with Tom or who have experience organizing. We will take a few examples of current organizing efforts and brainstorm for ways to help. Register online at CommuniTeach,

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Sign Twitter Petiton – Demand TIF Reform!

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Tom Tresser

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