We were challenged to develop ourselves and each other into better leaders. All of this was for one reason, to help improve the state that we all call home.
Read MoreLeading Through Service in Leadership Arkansas Class XVI
Carder Hawkins Joins Institute as Chief Strategy Officer
Hawkins comes to the Institute following a 20-year career in state government, which began with serving in the Arkansas Secretary of State’s elections division for more than eight years.
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The Life & Continuing Legacy of Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller
Registration is $40, which includes all programming, lunch provided by the Institute, and a signed, hardback copy of Dr. John Kirk’s new book.
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“Diversity of Opinion” in Practice
With so many people working on issues together, we often get asked how “diversity of opinion” actually works.
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Walmart’s Regeneration Champions
“I got a sense of a place in nature where you would be able to separate from all the distractions of the modern world, and that proved to be exactly what we got,” Cameron said in an interview after the retreat. “It’s very rare you find somewhere with accommodation and the space to learn and to interact…it’s unique.
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From Maybe to Yes: Collaboration in Education
By Meghann Ray Meghann is the lead program officer for our Arkansas Education Policy Initiative. The ultimate goal of this new program is to create statewide education policy recommendations and actions that will improve Arkansas’s national standing in K-12 educational outcomes. In addition to being an economic boost, we believe these recommendations could lead to…
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The Roustabout: The Institute’s New Coffee Shop
Located in what was formerly the Institute’s gift shop, The Roustabout adds yet another memorable space to our mountaintop campus designed with Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller’s legacy of collaboration in mind.
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