This past Sunday I had the opportunity to be a featured guest on KXAN News Today with Brian Sanders. Brian kindly invited me to come on his show to discuss all of the exciting program launches at Leadership Austin this fall. An alumnus of our…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…