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Lessons the COVID-19 experience has highlighted
Artists thrive on human interaction and connection. We can create in a virtual space, but we live and breathe more easily face-to-face....
sromanstein
Apr 28, 20201 min read
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Head of the class
I hope you'll take time to read the following article from the latest issue of SYMPHONY magazine: https://americanorchestras.org/images/s...
sromanstein
Nov 12, 20191 min read
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Are we willing to learn from our history?
In his book The Last Founding Father, author Harlow Giles Unger writes (Chapter 8): America had changed dramatically when James Monroe...
sromanstein
Oct 27, 20191 min read
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Georgia State University's success
from today's New York Times: Georgia State Reinvents Itself as an Engine of Social Mobility For decades, Georgia State was seen as a...
sromanstein
May 15, 20181 min read
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Blurring the lines
This semester I've taught a course I designed for Georgia State University's Creative Media Industries Institute (www.cmii.gsu.edu) on...
sromanstein
Apr 24, 20181 min read
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The wisdom of 12-year-olds
Overheard from 12-year-olds in school carpool: "Did you know that flies are actually alien beings, and that they're spying on us?" "Well,...
sromanstein
Apr 18, 20181 min read
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Lessons from Leonardo
I just read Walter Isaacson’s wonderful new text Leonardo da Vinci. Isaacson closes his book with a section entitled “Learning from...
sromanstein
Mar 13, 20181 min read
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The value of our national endowments: NEA and NEH
I hope you'll take a moment to read my article in this week's SAPORTA REPORT (www.saportareport.com) on the value of the National...
sromanstein
Feb 13, 20181 min read
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An occasion worth remembering
On this day in 1865, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery in America. The...
sromanstein
Jan 31, 20181 min read
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A U.S. President Honors the Arts
On this date -- January 24 -- 1970, U.S. President Richard Nixon traveled to Philadelphia to present the Medal of Freedom to Eugene...
sromanstein
Jan 24, 20181 min read
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The French know something . . .
France's Ministers of Education and Culture have announced that, over the next two years, they will begin -- and fund! -- choral music...
sromanstein
Jan 19, 20181 min read
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What will tax reform mean for your non-profit?
The tax reform legislation passed by both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate earlier today will undoubtedly have a...
sromanstein
Dec 20, 20171 min read
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What will tax reform mean for your organization?
As Congress moves a significant overhaul of the federal tax code, education and non-profit leaders need to be asking serious, detailed...
sromanstein
Dec 14, 20171 min read
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Measuring success in the arts
I recently served as a grant application reviewer for a large national arts funder. I read proposals from small and large arts...
sromanstein
Dec 12, 20171 min read
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Lessons from Harvey and Irma
As I check in on symphony orchestras and arts-related non-profit organizations in Houston, across Florida, in Georgia and the Carolinas...
sromanstein
Sep 12, 20171 min read
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GSU's spirit of innovation garners well-deserved recognition!
In its 2017 list of "most innovative universities," US News & World Report places Georgia State University at no. 4! GSU is an amazing...
sromanstein
Apr 25, 20171 min read
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Lyft offers its customers the opportunity to "round-up" for charity
The ride-sharing company Lyft has launched a program that allows its customers to round-up their fare, with the added funds going to...
sromanstein
Mar 28, 20172 min read
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Knowing and teaching are two very different capacities
Knowing and teaching are two different capacities I watched with curiosity as the two volunteer coaches – fathers of other boys on my...
Stanley Romanstein
Mar 7, 20171 min read
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6 ways to help your supporters raise money from their friends
There's an old adage in the development world: people give to people, not to institutions. But many board members and loyal supporters...
sromanstein
Mar 1, 20175 min read
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11 ways for nonprofits to build ties with lawmakers
With the threatened dissolution of federal agencies like the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities,...
sromanstein
Feb 21, 20176 min read
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