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Sunday, February 05, 2017

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the past week:

This Seven-Step Guide For Dishing Out Feedback Is Totally Idiot-Proof

Fast Company | Business + Innovation: Giving critical feedback isn't easy, especially if you're new at it. But it doesn't need to be half as hard as many managers think. The main thing is to keep it short and specific. Every good feedback conversation has to accomplish three goals:

Draw attention to the issue
Create a two-way dialogue about it
Inspire and confirm the commitment to new behavior

How do you do all that as efficiently as possible, without leading to hurt feelings?

How Hollywood Can Counter Trump’s Narrative of Muslims

Variety: Ever since President Trump signed the Muslim Ban Executive Order, I have seen many representatives of the entertainment industry come together to support a community that the very same industry has vilified for decades.

Having said that, as an American-Muslim woman and the Director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council’s Hollywood Bureau, I have been overwhelmed by the support of the industry in standing up for the universal values of freedom, human dignity and justice for all citizens of the world, including, and this time, especially for Muslims.

Artists Reconstruct Story of African-American Folk Hero

www.cmu.edu/news: The story of John Henry, the super-strong railroad man who died with a hammer in his hand, is being brought to life Feb. 9-18 at The August Wilson Center in downtown Pittsburgh.

Anya Martin, an adjunct professor in Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama, was inspired to create the play several years ago after reading "Steel Drivin' Man: John Henry, the Untold Story of an American Legend" by Scott Reynolds Nelson.

How Prop Makers Engineer the Weapons and Gear of The Expanse!

Tested: Adam visits the props department of Syfy's The Expanse, where armorists and propmakers engineer the weapons, helmets, and the gear that give weight and story to the universe of the show. Prop master James Murray shows Adam some of the unique props his team has made


 

What if Trump Really Does End Money for the Arts?

The New York Times: The National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting have long been in the cross hairs of conservative critics.

So let’s consider what would happen if Donald J. Trump as president finally made their dreams come true. Will he really eliminate the full range of programs — from grants that have drawn criticism to those that have been more widely embraced?

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