Guest post from Essential Class of 2012 participant Amber Vasquez Bode. The January 2012 class day theme was “Transportation, Land Use, and Housing.” —– Austin City Council Member Chris Riley Our housing and transportation day started off with a bang via Chris Riley. I came into…
Expert panelists shared some sobering but thoughtful insights on water use and management at today’s Engage Speaker Series breakfast at the Long Center. If you missed this important discussion, the audio podcast is below along with references from the discussion and the results of our…
Guest post from Essential Class of 2012 participant Ruth Gardner-Loew. The December 2011 class day theme was “Diversity and Inclusion.”—– December 14 was the third time since September that the Leadership Austin Essential Class of 2012 met for our monthly, all-day class. Each session had been…
What better time to discuss the state of giving in Central Texas than right around the holidays, the season of giving. And just four weeks into my role as Leadership Austin’s new Fund Development Director, what better topic to have as my first Engage Speaker…
Collaboration, creativity, and a focus on volunteers were some the of the key topics addressed by an expert panel at the December 6 Engage breakfast. A sold-out crowd of more than 150 filled the Kodosky Lounge at the Long Center for the Performing Arts to…
Guest post from Essential 2010 graduate and Engage attendee Karen LaShelle.—– Tuesday morning I had the pleasure of attending Leadership Austin’s Engage breakfast discussing the capacity of the creative arts in Austin. As the director of a local nonprofit arts organization, Theatre Action Project, and…
Guest post from Essential Class of 2012 participant Monica M. Williams. The October 2011 class day theme was “Demographics and Growth: Creating a Baseline.”—– Our first Essential Class day hit me in the middle of the busiest week of the year for the Austin Community…
It was a lively discussion around the creative arts this morning at the second Engage breakfast in our ongoing ATXpansion series. Panelists Elisbeth Challener (ZACH Theatre), Robert Faires (Austin Chronicle), Jamie Grant (The Long Center), and Rupert Reyes (Teatro Vivo), discussed the “growing” concerns and…