Recently I had the privilege and joy to stop at The Shower Program at The St. Malachi Center and deliver donations and toiletries. It was one of the best parts of my day! Monday through Friday mornings, clean public shower facilities are available for homeless men and women. Towels and toiletries are provided free of […]
Tech Experts Address Need to Attract and Retain Talent in Northeast Ohio
WARRENSVILLE HTS. — What’s the best way to attract technology talent to Cleveland? According to Lev Gonick, the CEO of OneCommunity, the city should take advantage of its “grittiness” because “one of the industries attracted to grittiness is tech.” Gonick was one of four panelists at the Oct. 1 Amplify Speaker Series luncheon at Corporate College […]
Bikram Yoga: A Secret Weapon in the Business World
For a number of years I practiced various types of yoga, from Kundalini to Hatha to Vinyasa. I have practiced on mountaintops around the globe, on beaches at each coast, ashrams, temples, monasteries, and multiple pop-up yoga studios. I remain a disciplined seeker of the joyous outcomes via yogic movement, breath, and pause. All along […]
Grow a company by aligning philanthropic participation to valued missions
A terrific way to gain credibility in the market place and gain traction in a region is to demonstrate dedicated and consistent giving and participation in a community over time. These efforts can be most impactful when missions of a company and the organizations it wishes to serve have alignment. It becomes even more impactful […]
Groundbreaking from the Start: how local companies helped shape the world
Published in Freshwater Cleveland, July 2014. “Cleveland historically has been home to entrepreneurs with innovations that helped shape the world as we know it today. From Charles F. Brush’s arc lamps that illuminated the streets of Wabash, Indiana in 1880, making it the first electrically lighted city in the world…” Read full article
How Small Firms Can Make Customers Feel Safe Online
Published in Wall Street Journal – June 2014. “It’s hard enough for big companies to reassure customers that their sites are safe from hackers. So how do small companies make people feel safe? Simply having a site that’s well protected against attacks isn’t enough, especially when small businesses seem like much easier targets …” Read […]
Reinvention – The Art of Transformation
This week, as the lighting ceremony takes place in downtown Cleveland’s Playhouse Square, I am called to think about “transformations.” It is amazing to think back to 2005, when I joined BlueBridge Networks, where Playhouse Square, Downtown, and the Cleveland region was and where it is and going today. It is amazing to consider the growth and […]
The Importance of Shopping Local in Northeast Ohio
Published on ThePlus Northeast Ohio website, March 2014. “A small business must be a good steward of its resources, including time, talent and dollars. As in all efforts it must maximize its efforts and investments. Attending a trade or business show is no different …” Read full article
The Path to Universal Success Begins in Your Backyard
When and where we can buy local, we must do so. The impact to our local economies and quality of life is clearly impacted in a positive way by such purchasing decisions. As the global economic landscape continues to change, it becomes more important to retain dollars, increase jobs, and grow. The result of supporting […]
Art in the Cloud – News Article (CBC Magazine)
Cleveland Museum of Art Secures Cloud-Based Storage Services as well as a $600,000 Donation from Bluebridge Networks By Kavita Sherman Kevin Goodman remembers taking field trips as a child to view Cleveland Museum of Art exhibits, tour the grounds, and learn about early Cleveland philanthropists, such as Jeptha H. Wade and John Huntington. Stories about […]