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What do the credit card, Oreo, school nurse, and crossword puzzle have in common? All originated in New York City. These and about 300 other New York originals fill the pages of New York City Firsts. From colonial times through the present day, first-of-their-kind achievements occurred in New York in every imaginable field, from the arts to sports, from business to social welfare. These firsts ranged from life-changing accomplishments, such as the invention of air conditioning, to the downright silly. Cronuts, anyone?
About the author
About the Author
Dr. Laurie Lewis is Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Success at the University of Texas, San Antonio. She is author of the award-winning book Organizational Change: Creating Change Through Strategic Communication and co-Editor of the International Encyclopedia of Organizational Communication as well as numerous academic publications on topics related to organizational change, collaboration, inter-organizational communication, volunteers and nonprofits, and stakeholder communication. She is the former Chair of the Organizational Communication Division of the National Communication Association. Her work has investigated how organizations and sets of organizations work most effectively through collaboration,
stakeholder engagement, input solicitation, and high quality participative processes. She is a
partner of the communication consulting group Connecting By Design (www.connectingbydesign.com). She has provided consulting and training for dozens of organizations from a wide range of sectors including nonprofits, civil society organizations, businesses, and higher education institutions. She is a former instructor for the Center for Management Development at Rutgers, a current Fellow in the Center for Organizational Development and Leadership, and a Research Associate for LifeStory Research
(http://lifestoryresearch.com/). Dr. Lewis has spent an entire career exploring, investigating, and training her students and clients in listening.
