Back in mid-January, Judy Rand was on her way to attending a meeting with Microsoft to discuss "new directions for corporate giving." Forgive me if this was already discussed and I missed it but, what happened at that meeting? Thanks Bill ps: for those who missed this thread, I've included Ms. Rand's original post at the end of this message. Judy Rand wrote: >> I've been invited to a brainstorm session to help Microsoft come up with >> "new directions for corporate giving" on Thursday, 2/18. The company is >> looking to divide their philanthropic giving into three fields: >> Tech/Computers; Education; and Creativity (rather than "the Arts"). >> They're interested in hearing ideas from the museum field about things >> they might do, what the current issues are, where the museum field is at. >> I'd be happy to represent any big ideas you've got (i.e., it's not at the >> "Fund me! Fund me!" stage, it's at the big picture/gathering background >> stage.) The catch: I need to hear from you quickly, since the meeting's 48 >> hours from now. >> >> If you're interested in contributing ideas or points of view, you can >> e-mail me directly at [log in to unmask] >> >> Thanks!! >> Judy Rand, Rand and Associates >> [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ William H. Stirrat (Bill) Evaluator/Market Researcher ? ! Our Minnesota Science Hall o Science Museum of Minnesota /( )\ 30 East 10th Street /\ St. Paul, MN 55101 [log in to unmask] As always, opinions expressed are my own. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~