Patricia Martin, President of Litlamp Communications is a wonderful speaker, writer and advocate for libraries. I have heard her speak at Internet Librarian about making deals and partnerships between libraries and clients, funders, and colleagues. Her book at the time was Made Possible By: Succeeding with Sponsorships – lots of tips! She has a new book, RenGen: Renaissance Generation, about the rise of the cultural consumer and what it means to your business (or community, or organization). It will be published in August of this year. Patricia talked about her research and the concepts in the book. She talked about how civilizations have cycles and that we are poised for a second renaissance. I loved her analogy of the internet as a facilitating medium just as the Roman roads once were. Check out her book for more!