Running Insight • 5th May 2021 Calling ALL Runners Running stores need to appeal to a broader range of runners who don’t fit the stereotypical mold.
Crain's Detroit Business • 2nd May 2021 Difficult conversations about race and DEI can carry emotional weight Conversations about race and other elements of diversity, equity and inclusion can be difficult.
Crain's Detroit Business • 2nd May 2021 The work continues: With racial and social injustice at the forefront, organizations dive deeper into DEI As racial and social injustices and inequities have become more prominent in the past year or so, organizations have been taking a look in the mirror.
Crain's Detroit Business • 21st March 2021 Living the legacy: Women find success taking the helm from previous generations Taking over a business is always momentous, but the stakes are even higher when it's a business that a parent or family member started from scratch and nurtured for years.
Model D • 9th February 2021 Co.act Detroit’s Earned Revenue Accelerator aims to give nonprofits a boost Many nonprofits provide critical support to communities in and around Detroit. To help some of them diversify their funding sources, Co.act Detroit has launched its Earned Revenue Accelerator.
Global Sport Matters • 21st December 2020 Less Backlash For Athletes’ Activism Athletes have stepped up as advocates this year. And some powerful decision-makers have reversed course to support athletes who use their platform to advocate for racial and social justice.
Crain's Detroit Business • 22nd November 2020 Taking extra time off for COVID-19 Employers have become more flexible with employees taking time off, including leaves of absence.
Crain's Detroit Business • 22nd November 2020 How companies are adapting employee health, wellness strategies for COVID-19 and beyond Since employers first began figuring out how to respond to COVID-19 in the spring, employees' health and safety have been paramount.
Associations Now • 1st November 2020 Quick Tips for In-Person Events For event planners hoping to transition to a post-pandemic in-person experience, a few tips to help ease the transition.
Associations Now • 1st November 2020 Planning Your Face-to-Face Comeback Associations were quick to convert their conferences to virtual events when COVID-19 halted in-person meetings. Looking ahead, associations and their attendees are eager to get back together face to face. But how?
Women's Running • 6th October 2020 The Newly Formed Running Industry Diversity Coalition Has Big Plans The running community says it’s welcoming to everybody: All you need is a pair of shoes. Anybody can join us. And runners are diverse in many ways. But some groups are still underrepresented at the starting line, in running clubs, in the media, and in the running industry. And not everybody feels welcome.
Crain's Detroit Business • 6th September 2020 40 Under 40 - Leslie Walton When COVID-19 hit, anesthesiologist Leslie Walton had a surplus of patients at Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital. But she learned that one of the practices in her network was imploring providers to travel to even harder-hit areas in the Northeast, and she felt compelled to answer the call.
Crain's Detroit Business • 6th September 2020 40 Under 40 - Jonathan Quarles When Jonathan Quarles founded the BTL Group, he didn’t intend to get into the business of water. But in 2018, he waded into the Flint water crisis when helping a company get its water generation technology deployed.
Crain's Detroit Business • 6th September 2020 40 Under 40 I wrote eight of these profiles: Beth McKenney, Brent Ott, Chantá Parker, Jonathan Quarles, Eric Van Dam, Leslie Walton, S. Eliot Weiner, Deirdre Young
Associations Now • 12th August 2020 Healthcare: Better Treatments for Depression Millions of people around the world suffer from anxiety, depression, PTSD, and related mental health conditions. The Anxiety and Depression Association of America is on a mission to find new treatments to improve their quality of life and, one day, to prevent and cure these disorders.
Associations Now • 12th August 2020 Coronavirus Response: New Spaces for Patients To deal with patient surge, AIA developed an assessment tool to help healthcare and non-healthcare entities make decisions about converting spaces into healthcare operations.
Associations Now • 12th August 2020 Coronavirus Response: Relief for Struggling Restaurant Workers With more than 8 million restaurant workers laid off since the beginning of coronavirus, NRAEF created the Restaurant Employee Relief Fund and distributed one-time $500 payments to those in need.
Associations Now • 12th August 2020 Healthcare: A Speedier Response for Stroke Patients Through its Get Ahead of Stroke campaign, SNIS hopes to save lives and reduce disability by ensuring stroke patients are taken to the right hospital for treatment.
Associations Now • 12th August 2020 Sustainability: Landscape Architects Take Steps Toward Carbon-Neutral Communities You might not expect to find landscape architects in the army of professionals fighting climate change. But they are.
Crain's Detroit Business • 28th June 2020 How to keep your company's diversity and inclusion efforts from fizzling out As national conversations about racism and equity continue, companies are looking inward and taking action. But are your diversity and inclusion (D&I) efforts at risk of fizzling out?
