New Partner: North Coast Chamber

The North Coast Regional Chamber of Commerce, which serves Avon, Avon Lake, Sheffield Village and Sheffield Lake Ohio, has joined as the newest partner. Thank you to Executive Director John Sobolewski.

Team Lorain County Makes 10 Partners

Our newest partner for the Credibility Conversation is Team Lorain County. Thank you goes out to Team Lorain County  President and CEO Steve Morey, Resources and Marketing Manager Chris Kish and the entire Team Lorain County staff.

How the speakers series came to be

The idea behind the speakers series came as Mike and I were driving home from Podcamp Ohio on June 20, 2009. We had just spent the entire day in great conversations with fascinating people doing some really exciting things.

As we debriefed on the different sessions, we kept saying, “we need to talk to so and so client about that” or “isn’t what’s her name doing some stuff like that” or “that would really help this organization.”

We said to ourselves, “someone should organize speakers in Lorain County to share their experiences and get the conversation started about how this amazing, evolving technology can be so beneficial to so many people, businesses and organizations.”

We decided our dream line-up would be Lewis Howes, Shawn Morton and Tom Wanek as our speakers. Lewis would go first because it was personal, Shawn second applying the concepts to business and Tom third to speak about the importance and value of credibility. Note, this isn’t Monday morning quarterbacking; this was our exact plan on that drive.

Instead of 1 day with all of the speakers, we thought it would be beneficial to spread it out over a few months so there would be time to absorb, discuss and implement the ideas and concepts.

At this point we were so excited, that we had to see it through. We decided that instead of waiting for someone else to put this together, we should do the heavy lifting, help organize the series and find partners to help get the word out.

In August when all 3 speakers agreed to come to Lorain County, we were thrilled. When LCCC Spitzer Conference Center was available for the 2nd Wednesday of each month October, November and December, we knew we were committed. This past week, as we’ve been fortunate to find some great partners, the excitement just continues to grow.

Hope to see you at the events.

9th Partner: Lorain County United Way

The Lorain County United Way has joined as the 9th partner of the Credibility Conversation. We are thankful to Jan Rybarczyk, Director of Fund Distribution & Community Impact, Jerry Skully, Executive Director and the entire team at our local United Way.

Lorain County JVS Agrees to be a partner

I am excited to announce that the Lorain County JVS has joined as the newest partner for the Credibilty Conversation. Special thanks to Tina Salyer, Career Services/Public Relations Coordinator, Jill Petitti, High School Principal, John Nolan, Superintendent and all of the fantastic educators at Lorain County JVS.