I left Los Angeles all smiles as I recalled what Premal Shah, President of Kiva, said in his presentation at Business4Better’s inaugural conference: “We are all trying to do something that makes the world a better place.” Business4Better addressed how corporations … Continue reading
I’m excited and really looking forward to participating in the upcoming Business4Better Conference May 1-2 in Anaheim. As Debra Jacobs explains in the video below, The Patterson Foundation’s partnership with NetHope closely aligns with the The Patterson Foundation’s concept of … Continue reading
I cannot say that my favorite leisure activity is attending sports games; however, when I was invited by The Patterson Foundation’s partner, Nicole Johnson, executive director extraordinaire of USF Bringing Science Home (BSH) to attend a Tampa Lightning game, I … Continue reading
As our three day Public Innovators Lab comes to a close, my head is swimming with new approaches. The lab has introduced a diverse and thoughtful way of looking at situations in a community by turning outward. In Rich Harwood’s … Continue reading
I am part of a group of community leaders from Sarasota attending the Harwood Institute’s Public Innovators Lab in Alexandria, VA.. As I explained the work of The Patterson Foundation and then shared how I fit in the context of … Continue reading
Last week, I had the pleasure of delivering a session on Big Data and Analytics along with colleagues from The Foundation Center and Melissa Thompson, communications manager and consultant for The Patterson Foundation. Our mission? Share the magnitude and implications … Continue reading
As a crowd of more than 150 introduced themselves at the early morning session at the 2012 NetHope Summit in Redmond, Wash., I was struck by the array of accents announcing names, organizations and countries of origin. It’s a testament … Continue reading
I am currently attending the NetHope 2012 Summit where ideas and trends in technology are abundant. Edward G. Happ, chairman of the NetHope board and the global chief information officer for Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, suggested that there … Continue reading
As the strategic communications lead of The Patterson Foundation, my team and I have been charged with working with the foundation and its partners to enhance and uplift their communications efforts. Throughout the journey, many lessons were learned, one of … Continue reading
I just returned from the inaugural Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (GLR) Communities Network Conference. In true TPF fashion, we attended the conference to learn and share, but were moved by this staggering statistic: 74 percent of students who fail to … Continue reading