Students at Dancing Classrooms NEO learn to respect, embrace differences
Jo Jo Carcioppolo loves to dance. As the founding executive director at Dancing Classrooms Northeast Ohio, she gets to help kids in grades five through eight learn all about ballroom dancing. But dancing is only a small part of what she aims to teach her students. “We always say our program is not about the […]
Tim Mueller’s Transaction Analysis: New IT M&A Deals August 9
Park Place Technologies has acquired NCE Group Limited, a global provider of third-party data center maintenance and repair headquartered in the UK.
Smart Women: Women leaders employ diversity and inclusion to build teams
Presenting the 2017 Central Ohio Smart Women Award winners and panelists who will be featured at this year’s Smart Women Breakfast on Aug. 15.
Companies that welcome the digital transformation see results
The digital transformation — the integration of technology into an organization to increase its competitiveness, core capabilities, profitability and productivity — is well underway. Organizations that have welcomed the wave of changes have found ways to wisely and effectively use it to improve business outcomes, says Skoda Minotti’s David Mustin.
Take the time to give your interns meaning, not just work
Your college interns are increasingly likely to be your future employees: The average offer rate to interns is 72.7 percent, the highest since the pre-recession market, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers survey. How can you increase the odds those offers will be accepted? Make them aware of opportunities to be involved […]
Step out of your echo chamber to gain a new perspective
“I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.” — Nelson Mandela Human beings have a natural tendency to surround themselves with those who share similar backgrounds and ideas. We’re all biologically programmed to avoid discomfort, and focusing your time and attention on those who share […]
The lessons that can be gained from writing a grant
Here is a suggestion we hear a lot at Our Lady of the Wayside. “You should write a grant.” It’s an idea that has tremendous merit. Certainly, grant writing is a birthright for nonprofits and we make it our business to write a lot of them. But what my for-profit brethren might not know is […]
Your case will now be heard on Twitter and Facebook and …
The Court of Public Opinion is always in session on social media. In 2003, James Haggerty’s book “In the Court of Public Opinion: Winning Your Case with Public Relations” became the bible of litigation communications or litigation public relations as a part of risk. “It is not at all overstatement to say that the world […]
A close look at the private equity exit process
So much has been written about selling to private equity, but far less has been said about what happens when private equity sells. Education and preparation are two critical components that need to be part of the private equity exit process. The fundamentals of the company need to be addressed and target investment returns should […]
Business leaders need to be decisive as they plot the future
The brick vs. click debate is a discussion all business leaders continue to have as the world becomes more reliant on digital technology. Amazon seemed to deviate from the tech trend earlier this summer when it spent $13.7 billion to buy Whole Foods, which is very much a brick-and-mortar business. The move has consumers intrigued […]