June 2009

A new school politics?

Meeting with Fellows in various locations recently I’ve been struck by how often the main topic of conversation gets round to the shortcomings in our education system.  Some go so far as to call it a crisis.  I thought Matthew Taylor’s blog post about the situation in the UK schools applies equally to the American [...]

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Business Strategy with Passion

Together with a colleague,  I am co-hosting a business radio show – Strategy with Passion – on internet radio.   The live broadcast is every Friday at 1100 EDT, and the program can be downloaded after that.   To hear it (and download it) go to www.VoiceAmerica.com, and then search on MacNulty or on Strategy with Passion.   [...]

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Chicago: Community Engagement and Change

August 5-7, 2009 Bliss Browne, President of Imagine Chicago, has 17 years of experience leading a strength-based community development process she pioneered which has inspired social innovations on six continents.  She will teach a masterclass on Frameworks for Community Engagement and Change August 5-7 in Chicago on creative ways to elicit vision and hope, build on strengths, [...]

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Minneapolis: Frameworks for Inspiring Change

July 30-31, 2009 Bliss Browne, President of Imagine Chicago, offers a discount to RSA Fellows for Frameworks for Inspiring Change, an interactive workshop on dealing constructively with change at a personal, institutional and community level.  The workshop is hosted by: Appreciative Inquiry Community of Minnesota. In this “train-the-trainer” workshop you will learn and apply Appreciative Inquiry, Imagine Chicago’s [...]

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What can be done to reduce the cost of textbooks?

Three US Fellows, Professors Rick Watson, Kevin Desouza, and Don McCubbrey are members of an international core team of the Global Text Project.  The project has been underway since 2006, focused on developing free, open content, editorially-reviewed textbooks, available over the Internet, targeted at university students in developing economies. Initially, the books will be available [...]

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From Charlie Chaplin to Slumdog

Arnold Schwartzman, RDI, invites Fellows traveling to Los Angeles to visit the Pacific Design Center to see the Exhibition: A Cavalcade of British Oscar® Winners.  Arnold, an Oscar winning documentary producer/director, himself, created the exhibition with his wife, Isolde.   The exhibition runs through July 3 and is part of the annual Britweek celebration.  Arnold Schwartzman – We [...]

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