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Newark Teachers Union gives kudos to 17th Street School for approach to using data to individualize instruction.

Newark Teachers Union gives kudos to 17th Street School for approach to using data to individualize instruction.

On January 25, 2011, South 17th Street School hosted a community media event to discuss and highlight data initiatives that have been identified as increasing student achievement & improving teacher effectiveness.

Updated: Deepak Chopra: Do Words Cause Wars?

Updated: Deepak Chopra: Do Words Cause Wars?

Update: Values Journal has just posted a second article penned by Chopra: “Testing Leadership: Obama v. Palin”. Join us as we celebrate the launch of Values Journal – an exciting new media outlet which chronicles how human values are…

Download presentation from Ian Bryan’s talk @Emory University OLLI

Ian Bryan: I’d like to thank George King Mengert for inviting me to speak – and everyone in the room who listened and engaged with an open mind for our talk on social media as a higher-purposed platform for meaningful contribution.

The Scholastic Interview: World Peace and Other 4th Grade Achievements

The Scholastic Interview: World Peace and Other 4th Grade Achievements

Wayne D’Orio of Scholastic Administrator Magazine attended the Edustat Conference in Philadelphia a few months back. In this interview, he takes a break from talking with school administrators and dives in with John Hunter – a 4th Grade Teacher who is the subject of a new documentary film by Chris Farina. Meet them both…

Barrett Values – new identity + site launch

Barrett Values – new identity + site launch

Congratulations to our friends at Barrett Values Centre, perhaps one of the most rewarding client relationships in Sensible City’s history. To follow is a video we’d love everyone in our network to watch (because you might just be touched by the profundity of what they do).

UPDATED – New Video: Fox Business News with Eric Corey Freed of Urban Re:Vision

UPDATED – New Video: Fox Business News with Eric Corey Freed of Urban Re:Vision

Urban Re:Vision Executive Director Eric Corey Freed interviewed with the Fox Business News team via satellite during the West Coast Green conference in San Francisco. Watch him keep a straight face while answering tough questions on the affordability of green.

Sustainable Industries: Growing returns in clean technology

Sustainable Industries: Growing returns in clean technology

Growing returns in clean technology by Jon Guice, Jaclyn Pitera and Anneke Hohl – 6.9.10 Among all the nations of the world, the United States has an extraordinarily large and well-developed venture capital sector. Business-plan competitions play an established role in the industry: by vetting companies seeking venture funding they introduce pre-qualified entrepreneurs to investors [...]

Asheville Citizen Times: Sensible City

Asheville Citizen Times: Sensible City

Asheville-based Sensible City, Inc. is a business development firm with a twist. Founder Ian Bryan, 35, eschews traditional PR models in favor of what he calls community-oriented marketing.

Our Community Investments

Our Community Investments

Sensible City invests from its profits each month into microfinance projects throughout the developing world via kiva.org. We encourage you to join us in these efforts!

Updated: Cleantech Open Awards Gala

Updated: Cleantech Open Awards Gala

Did you know that the Cleantech Open is convening its first National Conference?

Join DOE Under Secretary Kristina Johnson, Ron Gonen, Lesa Mitchell and Jon Ortmans, along with the who’s who of Silicon Valley Clean Tech on July 22.

Citizen-Times: What values doe we have in common?

Citizen-Times: What values doe we have in common?

Asheville sure can be a “versus” town sometimes. City slickers vs. county folks. Developers vs. neighborhood groups. Hippie activists vs. bellicose bureaucrats. You know the drill. There’s too much focus on our differences. So I’m always intrigued when there’s an effort to search for what Asheville residents have in common. Enter Asheville-based Barrett Values Centre. [...]

Live Stream: Join us for a very special TEDx

Live Stream: Join us for a very special TEDx

From Ian Bryan, Sensible City President and TEDxDenverED Curator: Have you ever witnessed the power of many – from around the world – coming together to align around a specific goal? A goal to nurture and evolve what matters most? That feeling of humility and awe has characterized the spirit of our team at Sensible [...]

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