Emerging Leaders of New York Arts
a networking and professional development group for arts administrators in our 20s and 30s
ELNYA's Book Club meets six times a year to discuss books about the cultural sector, management, innovation, and best practices. Discussion focuses on practical application verses close textual criticism. You don't have to read the whole book to participate – it's not school!
We’ve made up our minds: for our first ELNYA book club meeting of the season, we’ll be reading The Art of Choosing, by Sheena Iyengar. And it turns out that making up one’s mind is a much more intricate process than we ever knew, a revelation courtesy of this brilliant author and renowned sociologist. Choice—what [...]
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Hello all, It’s PHILANTHROCAPITALISM time. I’m really excited about this book and the trend among the world’s wealthiest to give away their fortunes in order to incite social change – and not just to get a little tax break, but to demand results. I am reminded of the essay by Rebecca Potts in the 20UNDER40 [...]
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Summer is fast coming to a close. I know, it’s sad. But that does mean ELNYA Book Club will resume soon! Take a gander at the potential book club selections below. Note: We’ve even thrown in an applicable fiction choice this time around. Please take a moment to vote for the books you are interested [...]
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Eighty-degree weather means it is time to hit your local park, roll out a blanket, and do a little relaxation and reading. While soaking up that vitamin D, be extra-productive and pick up our next book club book – Mass Career Customization: Aligning the Workplace with Today’s Nontraditional Workforce by Cathleen Benko and Anne Weisberg. [...]
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Great gathering earlier this week. Thanks to all who came out and a special thank you to Career Transitions for Dancers for hosting us in their conference room with the cool view of Times Square (no, that’s not an oxymoron). This month we read The Pirate’s Dilemma: How Youth Culture is Reinventing Capitalism by Matt [...]
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Do you have a New Year’s Resolution to network more and seek out alternative avenues of professional development? Join us for ELNYA Book Club in 2010! No book reports or pop quizzes – I promise. Sometimes (often times) people don’t even finish the book. We just use the book as a conversation starting point, but [...]
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