Branch Programs 1/5/2015

THE ARTS: LOOKING FORWARD                                                                                                               9:30 – 10:30
President’s Hall                                                                                                                                

Speaker:  Kevin Smith, Interim President and CEO, Minnesota Orchestra
Smith, esteemed for his leadership of the Minnesota Opera and the Ordway, assumed the role of Interim CEO of the Minnesota Orchestra last summer. He will describe the orchestra’s ongoing holistic and collaborative programming. Included are plans for growing confidence and trust among staff, board members, musicians, and community, as well as building audience.

AS THE WORLD CHANGES: TOWARD A BETTER WORLD                                                                   10:45 – 11:45                                                                                                                                    President’s Hall

Speaker:  Michele Boston, Co-founder, No Time for Poverty
Boston has been co-owner and CEO for a large corporation and a non-profit organization.  She is now founder and CEO of a for-profit corporation established to donate 100% of its profits to charity. She will share her personal journey as a girl from the Bronx who discovered a simple formula for not only living in a complex world changing by nanoseconds, but for making a better place.

ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                                11:45 – 12:00

LUNCHEON                                                                                                                                              12:00 – 1:15

HEALTH: CANCER IS A BUSINESS:  Burzynski Documentary Film                                                                                                                                                                                                                       1:15-2:15                                                                                                                                           President’s Hall

Speaker:  Barbara Eiger, AAUW Member
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