When it comes to networking, what happens at the IS Conference doesn’t stay at the IS Conference. It can impact your work well into the future.
Legendary jazz musician Wynton Marsalis was on television during the recent fiscal cliff debates talking about lessons Congress could learn from jazz musicians. An odd thought, considering the free-wheeling reputation held by practitioners of the genre. Marsalis noted that in jazz everyone in the group gets their solo but they come together in the end to create great music. He called the coming together -- the swing -- suggesting lawmakers needed to get in the swing to create a democracy that works for America.
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Guest post by Peter Drury, development director, Splash
Is
"impact" simply quantifying your efforts to report to donors -- or is
impact something far more? This is the question posed in the Impact Master Class session, fielded by Ellen Alberding, president of The Joyce Foundation, Jeff Edmondson, managing director of the Strive Network, John Van Camp, president of Southwest Solutions, and John Bridgeland, president and CEO of Civic Enterprises.
Guest post by Malik S. Nevels, J.D., Executive Director, Illinois African American Coalition for Prevention
Are you changing the game? How do you balance organizational legacy with the need to grow, adapt, and transform? What organizations are effectively tackling issues big enough to matter yet small enough to change? When is it ok to fail?
