Turn your business plans into measurable results with ActiveStrategy and our unique combination of strategic consulting services and Strategy Execution software. Resolve performance issues faster and align employees with your most critical objectives. Spot red flags on Balanced Scorecards, then drill down to reveal their true causes and ensure improvement initiatives are on track.

      Effective strategic planning and strategy execution entails more than just financial objectives. With the aid of our strategy consulting resources and Balanced Scorecard software, you will be better able to implement plans by viewing the cause and effect relationships of all contributing areas and people in your organization. In turn, this holistic framework will allow your company’s management team to quickly and effectively develop metrics, track results, and make any necessary changes to further ensure successful strategy execution.

      Learn more about strategy execution principles, the Balanced Scorecard concept and ActiveStrategy as a company throughout this Web site, and put your strategic plans in action with our results-oriented experts, executive consultants, and core product offerings.

The AIA: Advocacy, Community, Knowledge

      Since 1857, the AIA has represented the professional interests of America's architects. As AIA members, over 77,000 licensed architects, emerging professionals, and allied partners express their commitment to excellence in design and livability in our nation's buildings and communities. Members adhere to a code of ethics and professional conduct that assures the client, the public, and colleagues of an AIA-member architect's dedication to the highest standards in professional practice. Use links at left to find out more.

Mission Statement

      The AIA is the voice of the architectural profession and the resource for its members in service to society.

Greg Wittstock began his career in the water gardening industry in 1982, when at the early age of 12 he built his first pond. What began as a hobby, soon became an obsession and Greg's first pond became the setting of his own "backyard classroom." With his heart set on creating the perfect pond, Greg began experimenting with construction materials and homemade filters. In 1991, using his experiences with his own pond, he launched Aquascape Designs, Inc.

The Association for Jewish Outreach Programs is an independent network that supports the men and women who have dedicated their lives to guiding Jews to a life enriched by traditional Torah values.
      AJOP recognizes the critical role played by these outreach specialists in "guiding the many to righteousness". Their significant service is a counterforce to the wave of assimilation sweeping our people.
      AJOP believes that supporting and enriching the programs and careers of these Orthodox outreach workers will yield significant dividends to the Jewish community.

What is AFP?
      The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) represents more than 27,000 members in 180 chapters throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and China working to advance philanthropy through advocacy, research, education, and certification programs.

      BAEO is a national, nonprofit, membership organization whose mission is to actively support parental choice to empower families and increase quality educational options for Black children.
      The ability to choose how your child is educated is a power all parents deserve. BAEO exists to help Black parents understand all of the educational options that exist.

You will enjoy this very casual, relaxed atmosphere where you will meet new friends, have fun, and nourish your soul! Along with main sessions filled with laughter, tears, and uplifting music, you have your choice of 29 workshops! We invite women of all ages and stages of life to join us as we learn how to have Grace in the Real World!

Leading the Pro-Family Movement Since 1972

EIA VISION

EIA seeks to expand educational opportunities and improve educational achievement for learners of all ages by infusing American education with market-based drivers of service, innovation, and results.

EIA MISSION

EIA’s mission is to promote increased public support for the education industry in order to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for all students.

EIA STRATEGIC GOALS

EIA works to foster the development of a vibrant preK-16 education industry by:

• Enhancing accountability and quality throughout the industry by promoting industry standards, professional development and networking opportunities.
• Promoting public policies that ensure equitable and fair access to the education marketplace.
• Educating the public about the contributions of the education industry for improved service, results, and innovation.
• Documenting and disseminating program outcomes and best practices.

WHO WE ARE

EIA is the leading umbrella professional association representing more than 600 rapidly growing and multi-faceted companies serving the pre K-16 education industry.

Founded in 1990, EIA is the premier professional association for private providers of education services and suppliers/developers of educational content. EIA is the industry’s collective voice, and represents all education sectors, from early childhood through post-secondary education.

• The Association provides the framework for individual education entrepreneurs and corporate executives, together with public school leaders, to work together to promote effective models for transforming teaching and learning.
• EIA represents the collective strengths and contributions of the multi-faceted education industry—an organization that projects a reasoned and positive voice for innovators in the supply of academic services and products.
• Because our focus is ultimately on expanding opportunity and performance, we seek mutually respectful relationships with coalitions representing parents, school administrators/boards, and teachers, who all seek to improve educational outcomes in PreK-12 education. We also work on behalf of post secondary education providers, and their representatives, to help them expand options for adults seeking advanced degrees.
• The education industry is poised for explosive growth in all of its segments from preK-12 through post-secondary education. In fact, education is rapidly becoming a $1 trillion industry, second in size only to the health care industry, and represents 10 percent of America’s GNP. Federal and state expenditures on education exceed $750 billion.

WHAT WE STAND FOR

EIA works to expand educational opportunities and improve educational achievement for learners of all ages through the values of public/private partnerships, innovation and accountability.

We promote public policies consistent with market-based reform. EIA works to ensure that our members who are Supplemental Education Service (SES) providers under NCLB have fair and equitable access to serving eligible students.

We embrace public/private partnerships that advance effective teaching and learning. EIA sponsors forums like Education Industry Day, to inform our members of the benefits of working through and with public education institutions.

• We seek to improve educational outcomes in preK-12 education by partnering with parents, schools and community organizations. EIA sponsors professional development and networking opportunities that raise the raise of our members’ services.
• We also work on behalf of post-secondary education providers to help them expand options for adults seeking advanced degrees. EIA supports changes in the HEA to expand opportunities for Title IV-eligible students to learn “at a distance,” and to add provisions for greater accountability.

      The Evangelical Theological Society is a professional society of Biblical scholars, teachers, pastors and others involved in the evangelical scholarship serving Christ and His Church.

      We are, first of all, Evangelical -- that is we subscribe to the Good News of Salvation as a free gift of God through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ on the cross.

      We are Theological and are committed to the doctrinal basis that the Bible is the inspired Word of God.

THE GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS (GFWC) is one of the world's largest and oldest women's volunteer service organizations. Working locally through thousands of clubs in the United States and globally in more than 20 countries, GFWC members support the arts, preserve natural resources, promote education, encourage healthy lifestyles, stress civic involvement, and work toward world peace and understanding.

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      In a nutshell, The Great Game of Business gets employees to think and act like owners by using "game play concepts" and applying those to business. The Great Game has helped thousands of organizations dramatically improve not only their financial performance, but their corporate cultures as well. Great Game companies understand that when employees win, the company wins and Great Game employees understand that when the company wins, employees win.

      In addition to a management philosophy, The Great Game of Business is also a best-selling book and a professional services organization.

      The ultimate goal of The Great Game is to produce engaged employees, because engaged employees are motivated, informed and excited about coming to work, because they know how and why their job affects the company's bottom line.

      The Hardwood Manufacturers Association is the only national trade organization with membership limited to hardwood sawmills and concentration yards.
      With that strong single focus, our trademarks are value, efficiency and cost-effectiveness. HMA is a member-driven association, providing member companies with networks, information and 21st century management tools. www.hmamembers.org

HCCA Mission

      HCCA exists to champion ethical practice and compliance standards and to provide the necessary resources for ethics and compliance professionals and others who share these principles.

HCCA Vision

      The vision of HCCA is to be the pre-eminent compliance and ethics association promoting lasting success and integrity of organizations worldwide.

HCCA - a New Forum!

      HCCA is a new forum for healthcare professionals involved in compliance serving all segments of the health care industry

• Hospitals
• Group Practices
• Laboratory
• Academic institutions
• Home health
• Hospice
• Skilled nursing facilities
• Durable medical equipment
• Payor/Managed Care
• Third Party Billing
• Rehabilitation Facilities
• Behavioral Health
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturers

Compliance

      The process of meeting the expectations of others. More specifically, it is the process of helping our health care professionals understand and meet the expectations of those who grant us money, pay for our services, regulate our industry, etc. Health care compliance includes numerous issues such as reimbursement, grant accounting, managed care, OSHA and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations regulations, licensure, and due diligence to prevent and detect violations of the law.

Major Functions

1. To promote quality compliance programs in health care — their introduction, development, and maintenance.
2. To provide a forum for interaction and information exchange to enable our members to provide high quality compliance programs.
3. To create high quality educational opportunities for those involved with compliance in the health care industry.

HCCA is not meant to:

Focus on clinical or bio-ethical compliance issues or duplicate the current efforts of general and specialty-specific national associations that lobby for regulatory changes.

Services:

• Educational Programs
• Professional Network
• Monthly Newsletter
• Compliance Weekly News Updates
• Compliance E-News Alerts
• Health Care Forum Discussion Groups
• Annual National Compliance Institute
• Regional Seminars
• Cooperative Programs with Other National Organizations
• Member Discounts
• And more!

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is a non-for-profit organization leading the improvement of health care throughout the world. IHI was founded in 1991 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

      IHI is a reliable source of energy, knowledge, and support for a never-ending campaign to improve health care worldwide. The Institute helps accelerate change in health care by cultivating promising concepts for improving patient care and turning those ideas into action.

      We will improve the lives of patients, the health of communities, and the joy of the health care workforce. We will accelerate the measurable and continual progress of health care systems throughout the world toward:

• Safety
• Effectiveness
• Patient-Centeredness
• Timeliness
• Efficiency
• Equity

     We aim for health care for all with:

• No needless deaths
• No needless pain or suffering
• No helplessness in those served or serving
• No unwanted waiting
• No waste

What is NAMI?

What is the NAMI mission?

What does NAMI do?

Public Education and Information Activities

• www.nami.org ~ NAMI’s website receives over 5.4 million visitors a year who turn to NAMI for information, referral, and education;
• 888.999.6264 ~ NAMI’s toll-free HelpLine serves over 4,000 callers a month and is staffed by a dedicated team of volunteer associates, as well as state and affiliate HelpLines in communities across the country;
• Public awareness activities such as Mental Illness Awareness Week, held during the first week of each October, helps dispel the stigma surrounding mental illness and encourage early intervention and treatment.
• In Our Own Voice – Available in selected communities across the country, this educational speakers bureau is presented by trained consumers living with mental illness to groups from all aspects of the community and both educates the public and supports consumer recovery and empowerment while dispelling the stigma of mental illness.

Family and Consumer Peer Education and Support Activities

• NAMI offers a cadre of education programs including Family-to-Family, NAMI’s Provider Education Program, Peer-to-Peer, and other state and local programs offered by trained family and consumer teachers to help educate other families, consumers, and professionals.
• Support groups are offered through many of NAMI’s over 1100 affiliates in communities across the country by families and consumers for families and consumers.

Advocacy on Behalf of People Living with Mental Illness and for the Health of our Communities

• NAMI advocates on the federal level to ensure nondiscriminatory and equitable federal and private-sector policies are in place as well as a commitment to research for the treatment and cures for mental illness.
• NAMI’s Campaign for the Mind of America, a grassroots political communications initiative, focuses on building relationships at national, state, and local levels with community leaders and elected officials to ensure that policy decisions are reflective of the best economic, science, recovery, and systems choices while ensuring the best outcomes.
• NAMI Action Centers, including the Multicultural Action Center, the Children & Adolescent Action Center, and the Center on Law and Criminal Justice, works to address unique systems and populations by developing, promoting, and disseminating appropriate education, advocacy, research, and support models tailored to meet specific needs.

Visible public events that raise funds and awareness while engaging the public, including:

• NAMI Walks, NAMI’s signature event, where thousands of concerned citizens in more than 50 communities across the nation will Walk for the Mind of America to raise money and awareness about our country's need for a world-class treatment and recovery system for people with mental illness.
• Unmasking Mental Illness Science and Research Gala, NAMI’s annual black tie event held each fall in Washington DC to raise funds and awareness for NAMI’s efforts and to promote research into the causes and cures for mental illness.

What are the benefits of NAMI membership?

• Membership in the local affiliate, state organization, and NAMI national organizations
• Eligibility to vote in all NAMI elections
• A subscription to The Advocate NAMI’s quarterly magazine, as well as access to optional subscriptions to specialty newsletters and information at the national, state, and local levels.
• Member discounts on brochures, videos, promotional items, and registration at NAMI’s annual convention and many state and local conferences.
• Access to exclusive members-only material on www.nami.org

      The National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) is the world's leading organization advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship. It provides thousands of professionals with the information, education, advocacy and networking resources to bring excellence to the process of assisting early-stage companies worldwide.
      The association is composed primarily of incubator developers and managers, but technology commercialization specialists, educators and business assistance professionals are also well represented. Its mission is to provide training and a clearinghouse for information on incubator management and development issues and on tools for assisting start-up and fledgling firms.
      Throughout the year, NBIA offers development activities and specialized training to help business assistance professionals create and administer effective incubation programs. NBIA also conducts research, compiles statistics and produces publications that provide hands-on approaches to developing and managing effective programs. In addition, the association tracks relevant legislative initiatives and maintains a speakers' bureau and referral service. It creates partnerships with leading private-sector and public-sector entities to further the interests of the industry and its members.

Something special happened about a generation or two ago.

We made a radical shift, from isolating people with disabilities to bringing them into our communities. Suddenly, people who had been excluded, invisible, became part of daily life. Some strode as adults from the abyss of large group homes into community settings. Others made more mundane entries – they were born to families whose intent was – simply – to love them.

      All – the adults with disabilities, the newborn and families – became pioneers, confronting a wilderness of obstacles, prejudice, misconception and myth.

      We have come leagues since. Our sons and daughters with Down syndrome are now an integral part of daily life. They attend our schools, participate in their communities, hold jobs, pay taxes, vote. They bowl, play softball, go to football games. Some live with their families or in small group homes. And, increasingly, others live independently. Importantly, they contribute to their communities, giving back a measure of what they have gotten.

      The National Down Syndrome Congress has been an important part of all of that. You see, we are the families of individuals with Down syndrome. And, with sincere thanks, professionals – doctors, attorneys, therapists, teachers – who rallied to us. We are the people who believe in our kids, demand their rights and get them affirmed. We are the people who supported them in all they did from infancy to adulthood. And, we are also them – we are people with Down syndrome.

      Along the way, many of us became experts. We had this odd notion that we knew our kids better than anybody. We understood their needs and believed in their abilities. So we demanded better health care, creativity in education, community support. We lobbied for laws assuring their civil rights, seized the attention of boards of education and human services departments. And, we worked together, forming the NDSC in 1973. We worked tirelessly over the years to foster a network of local and regional groups across the country to reach out and embrace thousands of people – people with Down syndrome, their families, friends and the professionals who support them.

      Together we are a formidable force. We have the power to put new moms at ease, open doors to leadership for teens and secure a rewarding future for all people with Down syndrome.

      While much of the pioneering is behind us, much remains to be done. We must defend what we have gained and open new doors of opportunity. In the meantime, NDSC is a community in the best sense of the word. We join together each summer at our national convention to celebrate the lives of people with Down syndrome. To learn and motivate. To recognize the achievements of all. And, to laugh and, sometimes, cry.

The NAYDO Network is your guide to what's new and what's tried and what's true. NAYDO offers information on all aspects of financial development:

• Long-range Financial Development Planning
• Grantsmanship
• Annual and Capital Campaigns
• Special Events
• Endowment and Planned Giving
• Training and Motivation of Volunteers

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The Online News Association offers members a range of benefits, from regional and national events to discounts. All members — professional, associate, academic and student — receive full benefits. Here are some of the many reasons to join ONA:

• An annual awards competition that acknowledges the best and the brightest work in digital news, identifying and publicly honoring models of excellence for the profession

• An annual national conference at which members can network with their colleagues and get up to speed on the latest developments – both professional and technological - in online news. Members get steep discounts.
• Co-sponsorship of appropriate journalism events, such as panels at the Newspaper Association of America's annual Connections conference
• Regional events focused on skills development and networking

• ONA's annual conference and regional events
• Newspaper Association of America's annual Connections conference
• $250 off all training seminars offered by The Media Center at The American Press Institute
• Multimedia storytelling workshops held in partnership with the Society of News Design
• Editor & Publisher Interactive Media conference
• Integrated Media Association conference
• Select online journalism-related books, such as Jonathan D. Hart's "Web Law: A Field Guide to Internet Publishing"

• A members-only biweekly newsletter with details on ONA activities and new benefits
• CyberJournalist.net's weekly newsletter with updates on the latest developments in digital news and among digital journalists

• A members-only discussion forum where digital journalists can exchange knowledge, find assistance and expertise, raise questions and discuss issues
• Exclusive access to online membership networking directory
• Access to virtual online networking through ONA's LinkedIn group

• Fellowships to seminars from The Media Center at the American Press Institute (including tuition, hotel and travel)
• ONA-created online journalism training modules in partnership with the Knight Foundation

• Speaker handouts, PowerPoints and selected audio from ONA's annual conference and regional events
• Access to ONA's online journalism job listings board
• Legal resource center
• Resources and tips on how online journalists can get access to press pools and news events

• The filing of amicus briefs in court cases important to digital journalists
• Online news credibility studies
• Participation in the Associated Press Managing Editors' NewsTrain program, a new national training program
• Participation in Associated Press Managing Editors' National Credibility Roundtables Project to promote on-going communication between the public and the press to build better news practices
• ONA's role as a point of contact for media working on stories on digital news

Our organization

We are an independent, not for profit organization dedicated to the advancement of the principles of patient-centered care and the global patient-centered care movement

Our mission

The Picker Institute, Inc. sponsors research and education in the fields of patient- centered care, to support and cooperate with educational institutions, and other interested entities and persons. Picker Institute’ mission is to foster a broader understanding of the theoretical and practical implications of patient-centered care by approaching healthcare with a focus on the concerns of patients and other health care consumers.

Predicated on the understanding that the Picker Institute is a world leader focusing on the measurement of patient’s experience and that the Institute is recognized as an important source of information, advice and support; the Board of Directors of the Picker Institute, Inc. support the advancement of the science through a variety of Programs, Awards and related research, each of which focuses entirely on fostering the continued improvement in healthcare from the patient’s perspective.

Our values

We believe all patients deserve high quality healthcare. Patients views and experiences must be integral to improvement efforts. The Patient-Centered Care Movement believes in:

• fast access to reliable health advice
• effective treatment delivered by staff you can trust
• involvement in decisions and respect for patients' preferences
• clear, comprehensible information and support for self-care
• physical comfort and a clean, safe environment
• empathy and emotional support
• involvement of family and friends and support for careers
• continuity of care and smooth transitions

The Picker Institute also supports the advancement of patient-centered care through educational programs, awards that recognize “Best Practices,” and by supporting research focused on the continued improvement in health care …through the Patient’s Eyes.

An alliance of not-for-profit hospitals and healthcare systems, Premier helps healthcare organizations achieve high levels of clinical quality and financial performance. Through Premier, our members share knowledge and needs to create powerful solutions to everyday challenges.

We stand for private ownership of land and resources

We stand for the constitutionally guaranteed protection of the private property owner’s right to use his property unencumbered by unjust regulation.

We are originally based on background and experiences in urban and rural New York, but are national in scope and service.

We are unequivocally committed to accurate, original research.

We require that all of our work be constrained by the highest standards of accuracy and traditional western moral values.

We seek participants who will share their resources and information with us in the spirit of these goals.

      The Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics (SCCE) is dedicated to improving the quality of corporate governance, compliance and ethics. SCCE’s roles include:

• Facilitating the development and maintenance of compliance programs;
• Providing a forum for understanding the complicated compliance environment; and
• Offering tools, resources and educational opportunities for those involved with compliance.

The Spina Bifida Association (SBA) serves adults and children who live with the challenges of Spina Bifida. Since 1973, SBA has been the only national voluntary health agency solely dedicated to enhancing the lives of those with Spina Bifida and those whose lives are touched by this challenging birth defect. Its tools are education, advocacy, research, and service.
    Through its network of chapters, SBA has a presence in more than 125 communities nationwide and touches thousands of people each year. Lives are changed by the programs SBA has created, the services the organization provides, and the accomplishments of its advocacy efforts.

TPG Consulting evolves leading-edge management concepts into action-oriented implementation plans and results. We bring deep experience and profound expertise to organizations seeking a better understanding of best practices. As performance and cost management specialists, TPG Consulting helps measure and maximize return on investment.

Founded in 1915, the University Continuing Education Association (formerly the National University Continuing Education Association) is among the oldest college and university associations in the United States. As the principal US organization for continuing higher education, the Association assists institutions of higher learning and affiliated nonprofit organizations to increase access through a wide array of educational programs and services. UCEA also provides national leadership in support of policies that advance workforce and professional development. Since its inception, the Association has been committed to making higher education available to everyone, as well as to ensure that programs and services address societal needs and economic trends. In addition, UCEA works with counterparts abroad to foster professional exchange and better international understanding of continuing higher education.
    Association Members include both public and private accredited colleges and universities, as well as nonprofit organizations with a commitment to professional education. Member institutions may provide pre- and/or post-baccalaureate level education to degree-seeking students, students seeking professional credentials, and those seeking learning for its own sake.

Serving Institutions, Professionals, and Individuals
    UCEA serves its membership and the public interest in a variety of ways, including:

• Enhancing the ability of higher education institutions to provide high quality, continuing education programs by promoting standards of good practice in continuing higher education;
• Furthering public awareness about continuing higher education's role in human resource development by articulating national policies and initiatives addressing workforce needs and by sponsoring national conferences and seminars on topics such as environmental education, programs for precollegiate youth, the plight of displaced professionals, programs for adults of retirement age, and many more;
• Collecting data on administrative practices, such as management, marketing, and curricula design, issuing regular reports, and through its biennial Lifelong Learning Trends compendium of statistics on the growth of continuing higher education;
• Sharing scholarship through its continuing higher education book series, professional journal Continuing Higher Education Review, and sharing news about colleagues and program trends through its monthly newsletter; and
• Promoting excellence through a program of awards that recognize outstanding continuing higher education leadership, educational programs, student services, college and university administrators and faculty, and continuing education students.

Even after graduation, you can continue your connection to Webster University through the Alumni Association. The Alumni Association is a free organization with automatic membership to all graduates. Travel, life-long learning opportunities, networking and social events, discounted rates on services and amusements and many other features are available.

Together, the nation's 2,617 YMCAs are the largest not-for-profit community service organization in America, working to meet the health and human service needs of 20.2 million men, women and children in 10,000 communities in the United States. YMCAs are at the heart of community life across the country: 42 million families and 72 million households are located within three miles of a YMCA.

YMCA stands for Young Men's Christian Association, but don't misinterpret this to mean that YMCAs are only for "young, Christian men." From its start more than 150 years ago, when George Williams founded the YMCA as a substitute Bible study and prayer for life on the streets, the YMCA was unusual because it crossed the rigid lines that separated all the different churches and social classes in England in those days. This openness was a trait that would lead YMCAs to recognize their strength is in the people they bring together -- Ys are for all people of all faiths, races, ages, abilities and incomes. YMCAs' financial assistance policies ensure that no one is turned away for reasons of inability to pay.

      The year was 1990. I was working as a freelance composer from time to time for Geof Benson Music at Swell Pictures in Chicago, in a high tech digital studio for commercial music production, complete with a Synclavier and New England Digital's "Tapeless Studio." At home in St. Louis I had Geof's old low tech analog studio and a few Korg synthesizers. My challenge was to approximate the sound we produced in Chicago, with state-of-the-art cutting edge technology, at home with considerably less than cutting edge technology. Don Quixote has nothing on me.
      And then there was my desire to do something more spiritual than herbicide and beer commercials. I was in long term recovery from a high school and college fling with atheism. A surreal moment in Geof's studio might help to illuminate the essence of my dilemma:
      There were five of us men, if I remember correctly, and one young woman, tweaking the soundtrack of a beer commercial. That means we watched it over and over for half an hour or more. Whenever the low cut top of one of the attractive actresses in the commercial revealed some excess cleavage, the young woman among us voyeurs approved with loud, sometimes lewd, at least rude, comments. The men in the studio would not have dared to act like that, not with a woman present. We were on a holy mission, the most holy. Our incomes, our careers, and our reputations were on the line. I don't really believe the young woman was an oversexed lesbian. I think she thought she was fitting into a man's world.
      It got me thinking. What were we doing as we carefully placed every beat and sound heard in that beer spot? For all my protestations of innocence, what was I thinking when I helped place the little gasps and giggles in the soundtrack from that sample collection Geof had, the one euphemistically titled Exotic Woman Sounds?
      Well, the result of these two lines of thought (and who knows how many more?) was The Word of God, a collection of scripture readings with musical accompaniment. Each passage from the Bible explores the Word of God from a slightly different perspective. My efforts to create a more spiritual music guided by the Scripture became what I call "an exercise in ethereal architecture." If you imagine a transparent three-dimensional structure moving through space and changing over time, you have a fair grasp of what I attempted to achieve.