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Q&A with Aspen Institute CEO Dan Porterfield

Aspen Institute President and CEO Dan Porterfield responds to questions focused on the challenges nonprofits face during the coronavirus pandemic from the Aspen Times Weekly.

BY Daniel R. Porterfield

Of Interest

04.23.2020
Society

Catching up with Kate Bowler and John Dickerson

Duke Divinity School Professor, Author, and self-described incurable optimist Kate Bowler catches up with award-winning journalist and “60 Minutes” Correspondent John Dickerson. Bowler and Dickerson reflect on marking time, making meaning, and finding beauty in our vulnerability.

BY Aspen Ideas Now

Video

04.16.2020
Society

A New Social Contract

Listen to Aspen Institute President and CEO Dan Porterfield on The Business of Giving podcast, where he discusses how the Institute is meeting this moment in history and the importance of servant leadership during this pandemic.

BY Daniel R. Porterfield

Of Interest

04.16.2020
Society

Lincoln's Leadership in a Time of Crisis

Humility, loyalty, rhetorical mastery — these were the leadership traits of President Abraham Lincoln.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

04.15.2020
Society

The Best Response to Disaster is Resilience

Read former U.S. Secretary of State and Aspen Institute trustee Madeleine Albright’s personal, profound New York Times op-ed on the importance of resilience in a time of crisis.

BY Madeleine K. Albright

Of Interest

04.12.2020
Society

Learning from Lincoln: Leadership in a Time of Crisis

John Stauffer, in conversation with Dr. Colleen Shogan, Senior Vice President of the White House Historical Association, with an introduction from Dan Porterfield, CEO of the Aspen Institute.

BY Socrates Program

Video

04.03.2020
Society

April 2

Click Here to download the reading “Once the world was perfect, and we were happy in that world. Then we took it for granted.” In times of crisis ...

BY Brianna Curran

Blog Post

04.02.2020
Society

Highs and Lows: Unpacking Teen Emotions

Once they reach adolescence, kids land on an emotional rollercoaster. As parents, teachers, coaches, and mentors, how can we help teens communicate and navigate the intensity of their emotions?

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

03.24.2020
Society

What Americans Are Doing Now Is Beautiful

Garrett Graff, Director of Cyber Initiatives, wrote a piece in The Atlantic about Americans’ newfound communitarianism and cooperation during an uncertain time.

BY Garrett Graff

Of Interest

03.19.2020
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