I just finished reading a book called Relevance - Making Stuff That Matters by Tim Manners. The book explored the topic of relevance and provided case studies of how brands achieve and maintain relevance. It talked about how brands communicate using...
Read MoreI am a member of the Cultural Tourism Steering Committee for Positively Cleveland, the former Convention and Visitor’s Bureau of Cleveland. We meet periodically to provide ideas and guidance to PC (sorry, I just can’t keep writing Positively Cleveland –...
Read MoreDespite the universal wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth over the economy, recent articles in Philadelphia and Chicago newspapers indicate that arts organizations in those cities are weathering the financial storm pretty well. An article in the Plain...
Read MoreRecently, the Cleveland Foundation hosted the Fenn Educational Fund annual meeting. The Fenn Fund has been managed by the Cleveland Foundation for more than 40 years and is designed to promote cooperative education and internship programs at institutions of...
Read MoreProject Access, the nine-month program designed to strengthen the leadership, management, program, and community advocacy skills of faith-based organizations in Cleveland and its inner-ring suburbs is accepting applications for 2009. Organizations interested...
Read MoreKnow any impressive undergraduates, graduate students, or recent college graduates with an interest in the nonprofit field? Encourage them to apply for our summer internship program. We place some of the area's best students at local nonprofit organizations...
Read MoreNeighborhoods are composed of homes, businesses, schools, people, families, local government, and institutions. When these components are effectively marshalled, a strong and healthy community is the result. Lately I have been thinking about the role...
Read MoreIn 2006, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, the Cuyahoga County Commissioners and Cleveland Metropolitan School District CEO Dr. Eugene Sanders stood up for the health and well-being of kids in our community, ensuring that Cleveland was the first school district...
Read MoreI’m sure it’s the season, and maybe my eternal optimism in the face of the daunting challenges we face, but I have been looking for a few good maxims to inspire me into the coming year. I got a great one from Rev. Otis Moss Jr., from his address to the...
Read MoreWhat worries me is that Cleveland has been so deeply and painfully branded as a rust belt city and our collective consciousness has been bound to such an image of failure for so long that we will not free ourselves from it in my lifetime. I had always...
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