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November 21, 2003November 14, 2019Event on TV or webcast

US, France and the Crisis Over Iraq

A roundtable discussion moderated by Charlie Rose. Participants included Pascal Bruckner, essayist; Christopher Caldwell, The Weekly Standard, Ariane Chebel d’Appollonia, Institut d’Etudes Politiques; Gerard Grunberg, Institut d’Etudes Politiques; Jim Hoagland, The Washington Post; Tony Judt, NYU; Sylvia Kauffmann, Le Monde; Denis Lacorne, Institut d’Etudes Politiques; […]

November 7, 2003November 14, 2019Events (attended or viewed)

Crain’s New York Business Breakfast: Meet Amanda Burden, Chair of the City Planning Commission of the City of New York.

Amanda Burden gave a speech and was questioned by Crain’s journalists Greg David and Stephan Friedman. Ms. Burden gave the goal of saving manufacturing lip service, but wasn’t too excited about the garment district. Interestingly, she said they were developing an industrial policy to support […]

November 7, 2003November 14, 2019Events (attended or viewed)

New York’s Labor Market: Where Are the Jobs?

Occurring hours before the latest unemployment figures were released, the panelists had a positive outlook on the job market. In fact, James Brown of the NY Labor Department predicted an oncoming labor shortage. Erica Groshe of the New York Federal Reserve noted that despite a […]

October 24, 2003November 14, 2019Events (attended or viewed)

Cross Media Forum 2003: Night of the Media Heavyweights

Representatives from most forms of media gathered to debate the advertising and marketing effectiveness of their mediums. The main theme was that the world’s change and consumers react to advertising different. Everybody agreed that a mix of different advertising mediums is important. The event took […]

October 24, 2003November 14, 2019Events (attended or viewed)

Manhattan Nonprofit Day

Funny as it may seem, this event took place in Queens, in Citibank’s Long Island City building to be exact. There were classes provided during two breakout sessions. It was one of several recent trainings sponsored by Citibank. Consultants from the Nonprofit Connection, a technical […]

October 23, 2003November 14, 2019Events (attended or viewed)

Common Grounds Replication Conference

Inspired by continued requests for information about their projects, Common Ground Community, Inc. held a two-day to provide information about supportive housing. Over 100 people came from around the world to learn how to replicate the Common Ground model.

October 15, 2003November 14, 2019Events (attended or viewed)

BiZBash Jacob Javits Meeting and Event Expo

Over 1,000 event planners attended this two-day conference produced by BizBash. It included twenty five educational sessions and a tradeshow. The classes I attended emphasized the need to work weekends and provide 24/7 handholding to clients. The most interesting panel had representatives from New York […]

September 25, 2003November 14, 2019Events (attended or viewed)

Putting Foundation Dollars to Their Best Use: The Role of Cost Benefit Analysis

Speakers: Joseph Cordes, Associate Director of the School of Public Policy and Administration, George Washington University; Sharon M. Oster, PhD, Yale School of Management; Christopher M. Harris, Program Officer, Ford Foundation; Hildy J. Simmons, Managing Director, Global Foundations Group at J.P. Morgan Private Bank; Gladys […]