Tag Archives: audience engagement

Time

Posted on December 25, 2015 by lindaessig

Perhaps it’s because I recently watched the space travel epic Interstellar while on a 10 hour flight from Istanbul to JFK, or perhaps it’s because I’m (slightly) over 50, or perhaps it’s because there is always a long “to do” … Continue reading →

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Translation, Part 3: Empathy

Posted on October 15, 2014 by lindaessig

Our adventure in translating entrepreneurial tools for the arts domain continued today as I introduced my graduate seminar to the concept of  an “empathy map.” Empathy mapping asks the entrepreneur to consider how potential customers think and feel, what they … Continue reading →

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Warning: Art

Posted on April 27, 2014 by lindaessig

I saw this sign outside a little brick building in Sausalito:: EARTHQUAKE WARNING: This is an unreinforced masonry building. You may not be safe inside or near unreinforced masonry buildings during an earthquake. I read this sign and have the … Continue reading →

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Quality, Diversity, and New Year’s Food

Posted on January 1, 2014 by lindaessig

Today is New Year’s Day.  For dinner last night, New Year’s Eve, I made blini with caviar and today I am making Hoppin’ John with black-eyed peas, a food traditionally eaten in the American south on New Year’s Day day … Continue reading →

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Community Fellowship

Posted on December 27, 2013 by lindaessig

Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk writes a beautiful passage among many beautiful passages in his novel The Museum of Innocence that explains why the small screen, be it television, computer, or smart phone, will never replace the shared experience of being part … Continue reading →

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I Ran Off and Joined the Circus

Posted on June 5, 2013 by lindaessig

I was fortunate to have grown up near and then right in the middle of New York City. When I was a young child, each spring I would be taken to see the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus … Continue reading →

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Get Out of Your Room!

Posted on May 6, 2013 by lindaessig

The hottest idea in entrepreneurship education circles for the last year or two has been the “lean launch pad” or “lean canvas” for business model generation as explained in Osterwalder and Pigneur’s book of that name and as evangelized by … Continue reading →

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