Each Monday through October 23, we’ll be sharing a weekly roundup of the latest news and stories from Our Common Future.
With four weeks to go until changemakers from all over the country gather in Detroit this October 25-27, here are some of the past week’s highlights from the Our Common Future blog.
Improving Social Outcomes Through An Experience Marketplace
Learn about Airbnb’s Social Impact Experiences before joining Aoife McArdle for a Thursday morning session at Our Common Future. McArdle will discuss how Airbnb uses its existing homesharing platform to help locals and travelers team up to tackle important social issues.
Speaker Q&A: Lisa Brown Alexander
Is your nonprofit investing enough in talent? Nonprofit HR’s Lisa Brown Alexander thinks that most nonprofits don’t focus enough on recruiting and retaining talent with organizational sustainability in mind. Check out our interview with her on the subject for a preview of her session at Our Common Future!
Downtime in Detroit: There’s a Ford in Your Future
Although The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation will be hosting the opening reception at Our Common Future, the site is just one of several on The Henry Ford’s 250-acre Dearborn campus. Learn about some of the others worth making some time to visit while you’re in Detroit this October!
Detroit – Home to America’s “Deliciously Different” and Oldest Surviving Ginger Ale
Did you know that Our Common Future’s host city is home to America’s oldest ginger ale on the market? Check out a little history on Vernors for some Detroit trivia to take with you this October!
Visions for Our Common Future – September 24
Every Sunday, we collect some of the most timely and thought-provoking media we can find from the visionaries that will be at Our Common Future for our weekly Visions newsletter. Check out this week’s, featuring Community Solutions’s Rosanne Haggerty, Kresge Foundation’s Rip Rapson, and Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss P.C.’s Jennifer Oertel.
