Getting Intimate at Netsquared Houston : Tools for #Intimacy

Following up on my last post, here’s a long overdue list of some of the tools I use to help non-profits, manage projects and events, and connect with people online. I’m sure after SXSW 2011, I’ll have more to add!

Getting Intimate at Netsquared Houston : Relationships Come First

Last week, my beautiful friend JJ Lassberg got all up in my Facebook and asked whether I’d fill in to speak at Netsquared Houston this week — the group of local techies that work to proactively help non-profit organizations. Well,

Resilience: How To Build Sustainable Communities

Image via Wikipedia Resilience is emerging as the seminal skill for leaders as more economies slide towards recession. The American Psychological Association, which has studied resilience closely since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, defines it as the ability to adapt

ArtCamp Houston – The Dialogue Begins

Last fall, a certain guy – “Il Douche” – said some things that painted a distorted landscape of Houston’s arts community. He cherry-picked items, took them out of context, and presented them as indicative of massive mismanagement of “your money”…even

What's Happening with the Houston Arts Alliance

Here’s a YouTube playlist of the Houston Arts Alliance‘s Townhall meeting in January – including projects and services updates from Jonathan Glus, Joe Wilson, Jerome Vielman, Helen Lessick, and Richard Graber – and artist videos taken for HAA’s “Art the

Letter to the Editor: American Recovery & Reinvestment Act 2009

I’ve blogged about “Why You Should Support the Arts” – but in light of recent media attacks on arts funding (see below), I thought it wise to bring “the facts” to the attention of Houston’s news people … so I wrote

Why You Should Support the Arts

Many people tend to think of the arts as frivolous, pretty things to see, hear, read or do if you’re rich or on vacation. Some actually think the arts are simply unessential.  They’re all wrong. There are approximately 100,000 nonprofit