A Year Ago

by Ed Rollins A year ago, I met my community bell choir for rehearsal fully anticipating that I would see them the next week, but, like for many of you, “next week” never happened.  Ed RollinsInterim Executive Director A year ago, I went skiing at Copper Mountain...

Looking Back, but Moving Forward

by Ed Rollins The year 2020 will be forever remembered as the year that changed everything. We continue to speak of the great pandemic that has shut down businesses, schools, and churches, and contributed to the demise of arts organizations around the world. The...

HMA in the Time of Pandemic

by Ed Rollins How do we measure the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic? In lives lost, there is no measure for the grief and sadness. In once-thriving businesses now with shuttered doors, there is no acceptable way to define the impact for owners, boards, employees,...

The Zoom Where it Happens

by Ed Rollins Normally, transformation is a slow process. It involves re-creation, open minds, and persistence. The Handbell Musicians of America just experienced a transformation that was far from the normal, plodding progress of change. It was a re-creation of...

Seeing New Possibilities

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