Awards, Events
Tressel Stresses Teamwork at Good Morning, Boardman
Friday, October 10, 2014BOARDMAN, Ohio -- When Youngstown State University President Jim Tressel was first approached to speak at Friday's Good Morning, Boardman breakfast, he said he was given the most exciting topic he could think of: leadership.
It's not something that goes along with a rank or title, he told Boardman government and business leaders and guests at the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber event. It's a mindset that is required every day.
Youngstown Neighborhood Corp. Named Best in Ohio
Friday, October 10, 2014DAYTON, Ohio -- The Ohio Community Development Corporation Association named Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. as CDC of the Year at its 30th annual conference at the Crowne Plaza here. The two-day gathering, which ends today, drew 250 community development leaders from throughout the state under the theme, “Re-Inventing Our Communities.”
Score to Host Business Finance, Marketing Workshop
Thursday, October 09, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- From 9 a.m. until noon Nov. 8, the Youngstown chapter of Score will host a workshop, “Financing and Marketing Your Business,” at the Williamson College of Business Administration at Youngstown State University.
The half-day seminar is free. Score is the acronym for the former Service Corps of Retired Executives. Topics are “Your Business Plan,” “Projections, Profit, and Loss” and “Marketing with No Money.”
Neotec to Discuss Export Controls, Arms Regulations
Wednesday, October 08, 2014KENT, Ohio -- The Northeast Ohio Trade and Economic Consortium will host a two-day workshop that addresses how to reform export controls and regulations on the international traffic in arms Oct. 15 and 16. The workshop will be held at the Embassy Suites in Independence.
Registration is at 8 a.m. each day, with the program running from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Cost is $250 and includes continental breakfast, buffet lunch, and a workshop booklet.
Lawrence Mercer Athena Honors Six 'Pioneer' Women
Tuesday, October 07, 2014NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Six area women were recognized as Lawrence Mercer Athena Pioneer Female Leaders at the fourth annual Athena International Women’s Leadership Day Celebration in West Middlesex.
The women were honored for blazing trails for female leaders by setting examples of what women accomplished in a time when most women simply didn’t do those things, said Kathryn Lima, a member of the Lawrence Mercer Athena host committee.