Category: conferences
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Guitar Hero = Arts Education Hero…?
One of the coolest things at the Americans for the Arts Convention last weekend was the Guitar Hero/Wii set up. Yes, I am a video game geek as you know, and when I discovered in the “After Words Lounge” that there was not only a Wii set up, but a Wii set up with a […]
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Ballmer
I spent my weekend up in Baltimore at the Americans for the Arts Mid-Century Summit. It was awesome. I presented on a panel called “Leadership and Influence,” and talked about my experience “embedding” myself in the DC area arts community after moving here two years ago. I spent quality time with the Emerging Leaders Council […]
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Back from the Edge of Civilization
I haven’t been blogging much…because I went to Alaska! I climbed a mountain! (Mostly without complaint, even.) I saw beautiful glacial streams! I sailed high above a gorge in a rickety little metal basket on a rope! (This is my friend Graham, so picture me there, except completely pale and shaking.) There were bald eagles! […]
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I’m Not There
…but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be! The 2009 ASU Writers Conference is open for registration. Even though I got the ball rolling on pulling it together before I left my job and pretty much knew what was on the bill, when I saw the website I was filled with envy. What great faculty! And […]
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My Monday is a Sunday
The conference is all done. Things are sitting in boxes and piles in the office, waiting for us to return later this week. I slept, napped, slept, drank lots of coffee for when I wasn’t napping or sleeping, and today I’m going to enjoy a lazy day before I have to go to class tonight […]
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Notes About Running a Writers Conference
Remember to wear deodorant. Remember things will go wrong. Things inevitably go wrong despite planning, site plans, staffing plans, evacuation plans, lunch plans, cocktail plans. It’s not that things go wrong. It’s how many people turn when they hear the blast. If no one looks, nothing’s wrong. Remember your body needs food. Denying it of […]
Charles Jensen | Writer 