On March 28, artists Lauri Apple and Seth Gershberg hosted a participatory performance piece titled Twitter Island at the nonprofit Chicago Art Department gallery. Lauri Apple emailed me to let me know about Twitter Island, but I still had lots of questions, and she was kind enough to answer them for me, via email. digress.)

Judith Sol-Dyess was touched by the people she saw who lived at the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago, where she works as the Sr. Judith created a simple yet effective website called Project30W named for the buildings address, 30 W Chicago Ave. Are you reading this in your email box? Director of Information Systems.

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You might remember that last week I posted the first part of an interview with Lauri Apple , one half of the team that produced Twitter Island , a participatory performance piece at the Chicago Art Department. We've arranged for the next Twitter Island to take place on May 16 at CAD (Chicago Art Department, 1837 S. What would you do?

There will be LOTS of cool stuff in this program, including retreats, attending the AFP conference in Chicago (I’m paying for you to go!) If you’re interested, shoot me an email at sandy@sandyrees.com and I’ll send you an application. Coaching is catching on faster and faster in the nonprofit world. Are you? 

There will be LOTS of cool stuff in this program, including retreats, attending the AFP conference in Chicago (I’m paying for you to go!) If you’re interested, shoot me an email at sandy@sandyrees.com and I’ll send you an application. Coaching is catching on faster and faster in the nonprofit world. Are you? 

Just a reminder that on Monday, June 22 @  5:30 I'll be doing a free workshop at the League of Chicago Theatres (228 S. 0160;  We only have a few spots left before this thing fills up so send your email to Ben today. Today's question to ponder: Why would a great person want to work for you? It should. --.