Culture

David Brauer, Peter Callaghan, Bill Lindeke Get three of the Twin Cities’ top journalists in a room, give them a few topics to discuss, sit back and roll the tape. For the next several Urban Currents, we will gather three esteemed urban journalists and facilitate a wide-ranging roundtable discussion. We don’t know where it will go, but..

Dr. Charlie Miller, Chief Design Officer, Vidku; Jim Leslie, CEO, Vidku What do you get when a product that was never meant to become a company suddenly receives venture capital interest? The answer is simple: a company. In this story, that company is Vidku. Come meet Charlie and Jim and join the discussion about Flipgrid,..

Matt Kucharski, Executive Vice President, PadillaCRT Matt Kucharski from PadillaCRT, one of the area’s most respected communications agencies, will share examples of how some of today’s best organizations are using strategic storytelling techniques to cut through the clutter. As a member of PadillaCRT’s Executive Leadership Team, Matt wears a number of important hats. In addition..

Tom Evers, Executive Director of the Minneapolis Parks Foundation Tom Evers – a Minneapolis resident and avid user of the Minneapolis Parks system – has focused his career on strategically guiding organizations dedicated to parks, land conservation, and youth development. Prior to his work with the Minneapolis Parks Foundation, Evers spent more than a decade..

Ben VandenWymelenberg, Founder/CEO WOODCHUCK USA As we enter the third industrial revolution, boundaries between the design and manufacturing process are quickly vanishing.  Computer controlled fabrication methods together with collaborative design thinking have greatly accelerated the pace of product development; what used to take months, now takes days. Today, one can move from idea to market..

Sarah Lutman, Principal, Lutman & Associates In 2012 the Minneapolis Institute of Arts published DNA: Dynamic New Approach after considering the social, economic, demographic, technological, and political trends affecting museums. MIA leaders announced the plan, saying that a new museum model must be forged that meets the expectations of today’s audiences by offering them opportunities to..

Ann Mulholland, Vice President of Grants and Program, Minnesota Philanthropy Partners The Forever Saint Paul Million Dollar Challenge was an opportunity for The Saint Paul Foundation to engage the entire community in a conversation about what’s next, what matters and what big ideas can do for a community. In this presentation, Ann Mulholland will talk about..