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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
A few months ago, the State Theatre started conversations with the organizers of Ithaca’s 9–year-old, “Light in Winter” festival about partnering to produce the 2012 festival. As a result, the festival – an “effervescent mix of music, magic, movement and merriment” – will take place on February 17, 18 and 19.
As its name suggests...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
I first heard this quote attributed to Lawrence Miller, Vermont’s Secretary of Commerce. Many people bemoan the common fate of plans that sit and collect dust on bookshelves but they forget the value of the process of a group of people getting together and taking time to clarify, prioritize and chart a course for the future. Plans typically describe a static state while conditions change...
Monday, January 9, 2012
I recently read Daniel Pink’s book, A Whole New Mind – Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future. It has changed the way I think about a lot of things and I thank Prof. Howard Kalman for suggesting the text. Basically, Pink posits that left-brain thinking has been over-emphasized in the public sphere in our culture and we need to beef up our right-brain competencies...
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Recently, I went through the process of creating a competency model for the position of ticket office clerk in the Dillingham Center ticket office. I have been supervising paid work study staff in the ticket office for about four or five years now but it was enlightening to take the time to catalog all of the activities these clerks undertake to perform their jobs successfully. I...
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
It was a busy January for the Tomkins County Strategic Tourism and Planning Board (STPB), too. We're an advisory board to the County Legislature. I've been on the Board for about a year and a half, representing the arts. The Board looks at room tax collections (taxes collected from guests staying overnight in the county) and makes a series of grants to organizations that develop...
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