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....
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sromanstein
- Nov 12, 2019
- 1 min
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...
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sromanstein
- Oct 27, 2019
- 1 min
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...
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sromanstein
- May 15, 2018
- 1 min
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...
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sromanstein
- Apr 24, 2018
- 1 min
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...
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sromanstein
- Apr 18, 2018
- 1 min
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,...
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sromanstein
- Mar 13, 2018
- 1 min
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...
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sromanstein
- Feb 13, 2018
- 1 min
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...
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sromanstein
- Jan 31, 2018
- 1 min
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...
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sromanstein
- Jan 24, 2018
- 1 min
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...
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sromanstein
- Jan 19, 2018
- 1 min
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...
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sromanstein
- Dec 20, 2017
- 1 min
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...
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sromanstein
- Dec 14, 2017
- 1 min
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...
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sromanstein
- Dec 12, 2017
- 1 min
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...
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sromanstein
- Sep 12, 2017
- 1 min
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...
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sromanstein
- Apr 25, 2017
- 1 min
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...
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sromanstein
- Mar 28, 2017
- 2 min
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...
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Stanley Romanstein
- Mar 7, 2017
- 1 min
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...
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sromanstein
- Mar 1, 2017
- 5 min
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...
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sromanstein
- Feb 21, 2017
- 6 min
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,...
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