by It's Me! | Apr 28, 2014 | Advocacy, Creativity, Economics
The word #Entreprendre is a French one. Entre = enter, prendre = take. So an entrepreneur is a “go getter” #ForumBr — Nnenna (@nnenna) April 25, 2014 Obviously I’ve been following events at the NETMundial conference in Brazil this week, and this...
by It's Me! | Nov 25, 2010 | Advocacy, Creative Capital, Cultural Economy
This is a thought-provoking message from CAR/FAC (Canadian Artists’ Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens) that highlights one of the reasons that many visual artists, no matter how valuable their works may become, continue to live at poverty levels in...
by It's Me! | Jul 1, 2010 | Advocacy, Creative Capital
I wanted to let you know about a recent epiphany that has me finally grokking the digital policy landscape and what needs doing about it. All because I was sick and channel surfing. I happened to catch a broadcast on CPAC of the June 8 Panel at the Telecom conference...
by It's Me! | Jun 28, 2010 | Careers, Economics
Barbara Eirenreich speaks. We listen. It’s strangely familiar… Pulling back the curtain on the paradigm of employment and jobseeking in white collar America, even in 2005 when this interview took place, reveals some hard truths about how we are preparing...
by It's Me! | Mar 5, 2009 | Advocacy, Creative Capital, Cultural Economy
Artists are a renewable resource. They often produce so much out of thin air that it seems like photosynthesis to me. And they seem compelled to produce creative ideas and objects regardless of the outcome, unable to resist some cellular imperative – kind of like...
by It's Me! | Jan 15, 2009 | Capacity Development, Economics
As I sat in a room full of creative thinkers, stimulated beyond belief by feeling connected and understood – hearing about the innovative projects that represented “Silo-Busting Strategies” from different parts of the world – I realized once again that...
