Harnessing the Power of Online Social Networks
By A | May 5, 2008
Title: Harnessing the Power of Online Social Networks
Location: The Oregon Stamp Society, 4828 NE 33rd Avenue, Portland, OR 97211
Description: May’s event [through our sister organization SECP] is all about understanding and learning to use online networking sites and what they mean to the future of business - especially if you’re self employed.
SECP strategic partner, and founder of Working Artists LLC, Adrienne Fritze has assembled a panel of online social networking wranglers to share their experiences in taming the newest wild west arena on the internet. These four people bring you their collective wisdom, tales of woe and triumph, and offer tips and how-to’s to help you save precious resources (your time and money) while increasing your visibility in communities that matter to you and your bottom line.
Start Time: 7:00 p.m.
Date: 2008-05-15
End Time: 9:00 p.m.
Full Details at: http://www.secppdx.com/events.html
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Who He Is
By A | May 3, 2008
©2008 Adrienne Fritze
With each day that passes
You become as necessary to my being
As my breath
As the beating of my heart
You are the first thought when
I am triumphant
Or stricken
My instinct is to reach out to you
And tell you what is happening
Just happened
What I’m afraid or hope will happen.
From the beginning you seemed to be
A force
That hovered in that place we have no words
To describe
At once behind me, in me, surrounding me
Ever watchful
Just beyond my reach while intertwined in my own DNA
And what I know is that this
This experience I have with you
Is a requirement of this moment in my life
It is…
…A gift
…A curse
A gift where our lives intersect
A curse where they do not
Inside my skull I hear these cautionary words
Stop going deeper with this man,
Conserve your emotions,
Distance your heart while
Keeping your head in the game with him.
And more words follow
How do I do that?
How do I stop indulging emotionally in his company
Loving his quirks
Craving his gentleness and care with me
Enduring those bits of him that annoy
Yet still speak to me about
Who he is
What he has become
That mark the place he’s staked out in my [I thought] tightly capped inner world
The boundaries of which are simultaneously moving outward, and crumbling
Because of him
He is not for you
The booming knowing of that statement
He is not for you
Even though your heart is fooled into feeling that he
Just
Might
Be.
My head says that I must remain detached
While the rest of me sends tendrils out to you in the unprotected
Air
Who are you,
And what am I to learn?
Time,
I suppose,
Will
Tell
A.
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Working Artists, 100th Monkey and Launchpad in the Oregonian!
By A | March 3, 2008
Dear Readers ~
Today was a breakthrough day for my company, Working Artists LLC - it was included in a Living Section front page story about alternative gallery spaces that support artists and community. I am honored to be in the line-up with the 100th Monkey studios owned and managed by Beth Ann Short and Joy Leising [www.the100thmonkeystudio.com], and Ben Pink founder and director of the Launchpad Gallery [www.launchpadgallery.org].
You can read the full article here: Making Art, Creating Community
Thank you to Rachel Neugarten for writing such a great article about our three organizations! Woohoo!
A.
Topics: Advocacy Work [Arts & Creative Pros], Arts Incubators, Community Outreach, Creative Works [visual, words, sound, video], Developing Applied Arts Programming, Professional Development for Artists and Creative Pros | No Comments »
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