Cross post with Forefront Austin. Read the original post on the Forefront Austin website.—– Dinner is winding down. The kids need a bath, tuck-in. The couch beckons. Sometimes, in my house, the couch wins. But that’s not every day. Not for me and not for…
Guest post from Essential Class of 2008 graduate Thom Singer. Read this and other posts from Thom at his blog Some Assembly Required.—– The May 2012 Leadership Austin Engage breakfast was the final in the 2011-12 series, and they ended the year with a BANG….
As the May 12 Austin mayoral race nears, we invited the candidates to join us in a conversation on the Dell Hall stage at the Long Center for the Performing Arts on April 3 for a special edition of the Engage breakfast series. The Dell…
Guest blog post by Essential 2012 Class member Meredith Powell, following her participation in the February Essential Class session that focused on Arts and Creativity. —- Essential Arts and Creative Day Panel Speakers According to a recent GOOD web site report, in a survey conducted…
Guest Post by Michele Walker-Moak —- February Essential Class at National Instruments In February, the Leadership Austin Class of 2012 was treated to a day-long overview of our regional education issues. I know, I know. “A day you say? This could take years.” But, the…
The Rollins Theater at the Long Center for the Performing Arts was the scene on March 6th for another lively discussion in our ongoing ATXpansion Engage Breakfast Series. Austin is acclaimed for its fitness lifestyle – from avid joggers on the Lady Bird Lake trail…
Guest post from Essential Class of 2008 graduate Adrienne Longenecker.—– We have a stellar program designed for the Leadership Austin fastforward Issues Forum on March 27th. The theme for this year’s forum is Whatever it Takes: Central Texas Education Now and Prospects for the Future….
Compiled by Jeff Olmeda, Rick L’Amie and Marie-Claire Topper—– Austin has been bitten by the festival fever bug and we like it. That was the consensus of the interactive audience poll conducted during this morning’s Engage breakfast – part of our ongoing ATXpansion series. The…