Brad Rourke

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  • Thoughts On The Facebook vs. Google PR Fight

    As my friends know, I am a Facebook and Google fanboy. It hurts me when Mom and Dad fight like they are now, but they have been fighting for a while now and I don’t expect it to stop anytime soon. So I have become somewhat inured. Today’s fracas involves a sub rosa campaign by…

  • First Sorrow, A Short Story By Franz Kafka

    First Sorrow.m4a Listen on Posterous First Sorrow, a short story by Franz Kafka, read by Brad Rourke.  Posted via Posterous.

  • The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock

    The Lovesong Of J. Alfred Prufrock Spoken by Brad Rourke.m4a Listen on Posterous This is my favorite poem, and I have been thinking about it lately. So, I thought I would record it and present it as a podcast. Just 6:40 or so. (The music in the background is by West Farm, an occasional project…

  • United Way Releases National Report On Education

    I am proud to let you know about a new report released today by United Way Worldwide at an important Town Hall event in DC where United Way announced its pledge to generate 1,000,000 new volunteers in mentoring and tutoring for education. (United Way’s pledge is a great example of the level of educational leadership…

  • A Talk On Framing Issues For Public Deliberation

    2011-30-03 issue framing.MP3 Listen on Posterous I had the good fortune of being asked to share some thoughts at the Kettering Foundation’s annual Multinational Workshop week. In this session, people working in dialogue and participation came together from Jamaica, Brazil, Romania, Ghana, Ireland, Colombia, Hungary, Russia, and many more. I had the presence of mind…

  • Song: Tomorrow's Gonna Come

    To go along with my post yesterday of a new song, here is another one! This is just a demo so my bandmates can see what the song sounds like . . . which means it sounds quite lo-fi on purpose! Tomorrow’s Gonna Come By Brad Rourke Who knows how I’ll feel when I wake…

  • Song: Wouldn't Have Let You Run

    Song: Wouldn't Have Let You Run

    As many of my colleagues and friends know, I play in a band. One of the things I love about it is that I get the chance to write songs — something I have come to enjoy. Here’s a new song I have been working on. I typically do a quick video demo of new…

  • A Growing Hacker

    My son lately seems to have been bitten by a similar bug that plagues my father and me. It’s the computer virus. Men in my family seem not to be able to get enough of those shiny gadgets. We are forever tweaking, disassembling, reassembling, reinstalling, uninstalling, recompiling, hacking, and more. I don’t know how many…

  • On The Lam, An Ethics Scenario

    Tomorrow I will be leading a session on ethics at the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership. I typically present a scenario with multifaceted ethical dilemmas embedded, and talk through it. For tomorrow’s talk I have written a new scenario and I thought I would share it here. How many ethical dilemmas can you spot? Who…