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Occupy Wall Street vs.Occupy Joy Of Business

November 29, 2011 6:51 pm / Leave a Comment /

OWS Movement = Problem Focused vs. JOB Movement = Solution Focused

“Let us work toward a time when everything gives us joy”
Maya Angelou

STOP JOB Frustration NOW

Ask Empowering Question

Imagine Unlimited Possibilities

Realize We Always Have A Choice

How Can We Make A Contribution

How can we contribute to many businesses and people in business?

How can we not have expectations?

How can we learn to listen to our inner voice?

How is your business choosing to show-up?

How is our business a separate entity with a energy of it’s own?

How can we have faith and not get caught up in how we think our business should look, be and feel?

Own how we hold our business back from what it wants to be?

How can we let go of the process of “Making things happen” and just “Allow what is meant to be.”

What would it feel like to stop trying to control your business?

What would it feel like to be in a new business?

What would it feel like to start a business that gives us joy?

Empowerment is it something that someone can bestow upon us or do we need to reach out for our dreams and believe that there is a reason for us having them. What would it be like to find a way to combine something that brings out our passion and rewards us at the same time. So often I run into people that are eager to complain about their negative experiences and circumstances but can’t empower themselves to take the next step and find a solution. I heard a great story that addresses the point. There are two guys sitting on a front porch shooting the breeze. The guest keeps noticing that the hosts dogs is whining and seeming to be in pain. Finally not able to stand it anymore he asks his friend what’s wrong with your dog. His friend calmly replies that the dog is sitting on a nail. Why doesn’t he move asks the guest? Because it doesn’t hurt bad enough yet replies the dogs owner. How much will it take for each of us to get up off of our nails and seek out the opportunity to change our circumstances. In negative situations there is always the opportunity to create something that can truly inspire us to the point that it doesn’t even seem like we are working. What fires your passion? What will it take for you to pursue it? The world is waiting for you to fulfill your purpose.
Bill Schoenleber

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Posted in: Philosophy

Tired Of Just Over Broke JOB Joy Of Business

November 28, 2011 6:50 pm / Leave a Comment /

“Let us work toward a time when everything gives us joy”
Maya Angelou

STOP JOB Frustration NOW

Ask Empowering Question

Imagine Unlimited Possibilities

Realize We Always Have A Choice

How Can We Make A Contribution

How can we contribute to many businesses and people in business?

How can we not have expectations?

How can we learn to listen to our inner voice?

How is your business choosing to show-up?

How is our business a separate entity with a energy of it’s own?

How can we have faith and not get caught up in how we think our business should look, be and feel?

Own how we hold our business back from what it wants to be?

How can we let go of the process of “Making things happen” and just “Allow what is meant to be.”

What would it feel like to stop trying to control your business?

What would it feel like to be in a new business?

What would it feel like to start a business that gives us joy?

Empowerment is it something that someone can bestow upon us or do we need to reach out for our dreams and believe that there is a reason for us having them. What would it be like to find a way to combine something that brings out our passion and rewards us at the same time. So often I run into people that are eager to complain about their negative experiences and circumstances but can’t empower themselves to take the next step and find a solution. I heard a great story that addresses the point. There are two guys sitting on a front porch shooting the breeze. The guest keeps noticing that the hosts dogs is whining and seeming to be in pain. Finally not able to stand it anymore he asks his friend what’s wrong with your dog. His friend calmly replies that the dog is sitting on a nail. Why doesn’t he move asks the guest? Because it doesn’t hurt bad enough yet replies the dogs owner. How much will it take for each of us to get up off of our nails and seek out the opportunity to change our circumstances. In negative situations there is always the opportunity to create something that can truly inspire us to the point that it doesn’t even seem like we are working. What fires your passion? What will it take for you to pursue it? The world is waiting for you to fulfill your purpose.
Bill Schoenleber

Joseph Osborne & Bill Schoenleber Social Curators

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Posted in: Education, Philosophy

Issues In African American Art [review]

November 25, 2011 12:32 pm / Leave a Comment /

Issues in African American Art mirror issues in African American life. One can’t help but notice the ever changing questions asked by each work of art in the exhibition Titled: 30 Americans at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC. Where did we come from? African American Art is a metaphor of the African American experience. Mixed and varied influences by various cultural traditions, including those of Africa, Europe and the Americas. Where are we now? Traditional concepts of African American Art mirror the greater traditions of the United States Of America, which are rapid and ever changing due to the nature of a fast moving culture. Where are we going? It’s hard to separate the Popular Cultural influences on African American Art as it is hard to separate the influences on American life in general. This definition if personified in the photograph by Hank Willis Thomas Titled: Branded Head. Mr. Thomas speaks about how Modern American Slaves were branded as a sign of ownership and how decedents of Slaves brand themselves with Corporate Logos or Brand identity. When will we as African American people own more of our own voice on the Issues? As noted by the African American Scholar David Driskell, “We are either part of the problem or part of the solution”. The exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery takes on the overwhelming responsibility of telling a story that is long over-due. The exhibition also tries to start a conversation relative to being a part of a complex solution to issues embedded in the total African American cultural experience. Can’t we just be an American Artist? The answer to this ever plaguing question for African American Artist is found embedded in the history of the African American Civil Rights Movement. A movement that began with a defiant group of people whose ancestors were brought to this country to be the backbone of free labor during the height of the Age Of Agricultural. The answer came in this defining statement of the movement with Dr. King’s eloquent wish; “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

Joseph Osborne & Bill Schoenleber Social Curators

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Art

November 22, 2011 9:05 pm / Leave a Comment /

 

 

 

 

 

We are the Arts Action Fund, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit membership organization affiliated with Americans for the Arts.  We are the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America. Launched in 2004, the Arts Action Fund seeks to engage citizens in education and advocacy in support of the arts and arts education. The Arts Action Fund’s goals are to:

Enlist and mobilize 200,000 citizen activists who will help ensure that public and private resources are maximized and that arts-friendly public policies are adopted at the federal, state, and local levels.

Policy goals like these:

  • Increased public funding for nonprofit arts organizations in order to better serve their communities.
  • Ensure that every child has the opportunity for a comprehensive, high quality arts education in grades K-12.
  • Nurture an environment to allow individuals and families affordable access to all forms of the arts.

The work of the Arts Action Fund involves four primary components:

  1. Educate elected officials, candidates, the media, and citizens on how the arts enrich us by creating better students, better schools, and better communities.
  2. Provide advocacy training on the federal, state, and local levels—involving our extensive arts advocacy infrastructure and network to help educate and train individual arts advocates and local organizations.
  3. Evaluate Members of Congress—assessing and rating their voting records on high-priority arts issues and holding them accountable to their constituencies of arts supporters.
  4. Galvanize the voice of the public—aggressively petitioning to shape public policy for the arts and arts education.

STAND UP FOR THE ARTS IN AMERICA

Here’s how you can help:

Join for Free and Stay Informed!
Annual membership is free.  Join the movement to advance the arts and arts education in your community and across the country.

Tell a Friend
Spread the word and share what you’ve found with your friends. You can even customize the message, if you’d like.

Contact Your Legislator
Two minutes!  That’s all it takes to tell Congress to support the arts and arts education.

Donate to the Arts Action Fund
Help the Arts Action Fund advance the arts and arts education – in your community and across the country.

Joseph Osborne & Bill Schoenleber Social Curators

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Posted in: Art, Education

Baby Boomer Web 2.0 Lock Out

November 15, 2011 3:44 am / Leave a Comment /



How are we locking ourselves out of opportunity as an age group?
Were we educated for the needs of a different time?
How can we re-invent ourselves in a digital internet web 2.0 world?

With many baby boomers reaching retirement age at record numbers. We share concerns about health care, adequate retirement income, the cost of living increases, and not totally getting the obsession with the internet. Some of us are asking the question, “Why do we have to continue to learn something new?”

We might want to contemplate:.

Taking a look at history time lines.

The War of 1812 – Beginning of the Age Of Industry

1. Baby Boomers were educated for the needs of the Age Of Industry

2. The Education System has built-in obsolescence

Fall Of The Berlin Wall 1989 – Beginning of the Age of Information

1. Education System need to be overhauled for the needs of the times.

2. With fast paced change we need to embrace life long learning

3. Proficient in Web 2.0 Learning tools.

A. google search
B. blogs / vlogs
C. video tutorials

To re-invent ourselves in a digital world we first must start with the mindset of desire to adapt to life long learning. To clarify further, we have to want to learn new learning relevant to the digital age and ever changing world of the internet Web 2.0 systems. Web 2.0 is all about interactive internet systems of communication that allow two way communication. In the past communication seemed restricted and outward bound. However is today’s world information moves at lightning speed both going out and coming in. Understanding this key fact of our current world holds the key for Baby Boomers to open the doors of unlimited opportunities open to all.
Joseph Osborne

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Posted in: Baby Boomers, Education, Philosophy

Facebook Killed The Chick Flick!

November 13, 2011 10:32 pm / Leave a Comment /

We have been defined at every turn and in our desire to fit in we have unconsciously accepted the roles that we have been assigned. Male 60-year-old disillusioned, angry and technologically out of touch. 21-year-old female looking for love, validation and understanding! Is this all there is? What about the idea that each of us is unique individual with our own special passion and gifts? If we act on our individuality will anyone still like us? We have traded in our individuality for the idea that acceptance that comes with conformity? It’s no wonder there are so many people on Xanax or anti depressants.
Well it turns out that the anonymity of the internet is allowing us freedom to escape our pigeon holes and figure out what we actually enjoy doing. Johanna Blakely has been researching the entertainment media and has taken note of a shift as more and more of us are engaged in social media. You might be wondering how Facebook killed the chick flick at this point. As we defy the demographic stereo types entertainment is sure to try to follow. I guess we’ll all have to stay tuned to see if the chick flick is really dead or just in a coma. As someone who is inspired by social progress I looking forward to changes that the rise of the individual will create.

Bill Schoenleber

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[Stockton, California] ground 0 for ?

November 13, 2011 6:41 pm / Leave a Comment /


When there is negative news, Stockton, California has seemed to always be at the epicenter of the world. It’s time for a new attitude. Mr. Tony Washington, a local well known community talent scout/promoter showcases local talent, as well as his own personal talent in a new release titled “Show Me“.
Filmed in downtown Stockton, “Show Me” is a metaphor of something having the potential to go right in Stockton. Featured also on the track is Jayboy, providing rap/hip hop contrast. The video opens in the historic Fox California movie house, re-named The Bob Hope Theater,  which recently underwent a multimillion dollar restoration retuning the theater to it’s Italian Beaux Arts grandeur. In a world tired of negative news, it’s time to celebrate, with a toast of Champagne, Stockton, California the Port Of Opportunity.
Joseph Osborne

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Posted in: Entertainment, Music Video

the NEW american gentleman

November 12, 2011 4:28 am / Leave a Comment /

“What ever you do in life, don’t be common.”
Cousin Flemming

When I was in my early 20′s, Cousin Flemming, a family member I respected was in her 80’s. Things were far from perfect in her life, however you always felt Inspired when you were around her.
When someone seems to be considerate of others – do they have an advantage?
When did rude become cool?
Did the subjective concept of being rude become cool because we weren’t fully aware of our actions?
Are we in need a consistent role model?
How can we American people, a nation of commoners, not be common?
What is common?
Well in the world of 2.0, we often start our research on Wikipedia, where interestingly our search results give us Common (the entertainer). Our American Standard is most often led by the entertainment industry, movie industry, fashion industry or politicians. With our American heritage rooted in the British Empire, we might look for clues hidden in British Royal Protocol. However, we begin to understand how the founding fathers felt when they were drafting the Declaration Of Independence.
So where do we start in regards to the concept of common?
Let’s start with George Washington, the first American President. With this standard, we can lead up to the current American President, which at the time of this writing is President Barack Obama. Many could argue many things about the current sitting President, however we could imagine a large percentage of people agreeing that the President sets a standard of accepted respectable behavior. This new standard could be defined as the New American Gentleman.
Joseph Osborne

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Posted in: Proticol, Style

THE SAN FRANCISCO FALL ANTIQUES SHOW 2011 [corePLATINUM review]

November 11, 2011 3:15 am / Leave a Comment /

The 2011 San Francisco Fall Antiques Show is a spectacular event that benefits Enterprise for High School Students. For anyone who loves Antiques, Art, Interior Design and beautiful things in general, this is the San Francisco event of the year. The show consistently showcases the top international exhibitors vetted by some of the most discerning eyes for quality in the world.
As we have moved from the Age of Industry to the Digital Age, one can’t help but imagine a new generation of computer savvy collectors honing their vision of a new eclectic home environment that can include Antiques. corePLATINUM is aware of a transition of spending power in this new market place that is very different from previous generations. The new collector may want to integrate 18th Century French, 20th Century American and recognize how modern Art can all fit into a more casual eclectic lifestyle.
The 2011 San Francisco Fall Antiques Show was an opportunity for corePLATINUM to curate this new point of view that shows Antiques collecting is not limited to only formal environments, however, there is a need for more education on value, potential for integration into modern living and the opportunity for personal expression. In the Age of the Social Enterprise, this could be an opportunity for the beginning of the New Antiques Collecting coupled with  “Learning & Conversation.”
Joseph Osborne

THE SAN FRANCISCO FALL ANTIQUES SHOW is the oldest continuously operating international antiques show on the West Coast. The Show features over sixty dealers from across the United States and Europe, offering for sale an extraordinary range of fine and decorative arts representing all styles and periods including American, English, Continental, and Asian furniture, silver, ceramics, glass, jewelry, rugs, textiles, paintings, prints, and photographs.
THE SAN FRANCISCO FALL ANTIQUES SHOW is vetted in cooperation with the Antiques Dealers Association of California to ensure the highest quality merchandise.

Benefiting Enterprise for High School Students The mission of Enterprise is to engage and empower San Francisco Bay Area youth to discover career opportunities and cultivate their individual interest through training, guidance and employment experiences in a diverse and supportive learning environment.

Joseph Osborne & Bill Schoenleber Social Curators

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Comme des Garçons Women’s Fall Winter 2011-2012

November 10, 2011 2:14 am / 1 Comment /

Edutaining = (Educate + Entertain)

In a world that often seems to survive on the American concept of sameness or duplicability.
Comme des Garçons seems fresh and imaginative. The Fall Winter 2011-2012 women’s collection has an air of the 1980’s Boy George iconic imagery made New. For anyone who doesn’t remember Boy George this is their New fashion New. The New fashion New that is very Edutaining = (Educate + Entertain). In a world where designers can make up fashion, [bloggers] can make up words, so here we have the New fashion New that is very Edutaining. Who can we Edutain today in an attempt to escape sameness. Comme des Garçons current collection seems to duplicate aspects of the Old New, yet seem very New fashion New. Boy George is so much about music and now as we understand lots of drugs, however one has to be aware of the absence of music at this fashion show. We only here the most often unheard music of clicking cameras and human sounds that all seem to become part of a profound New Fashion New.
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