About Jim
During his career Jim has served on numerous not-for-profit boards at the local, national, and international levels and chaired several of them. Much of his international involvement has been through Goodwill Industries, and for the past nine years he has helped start new Goodwill organizations in South Korea.
At the local level, Jim is a member of the Board of Directors of Citizens Energy Group, the Board of Visitors of the Indiana University Kelley School of Business - Indianapolis, and the Board of Governors of the Economic Club of Indiana.
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Networks – Part II
In my February 15, 2013 post, I wrote about Goodwill’s implementation of Nurse-Family Partnership as an example of a “network” approach to better align and leverage resources to improve lives and help break a cycle of generational poverty. It is … Continue reading
Posted in Early Childhood Development, Education, Evolving
Tagged career growth, network, NFP, Nurse Family Partnership, The Excel Center
Networks – a way to reduce social problems
Poverty, low education levels, crime rates, teen pregnancy, and a host of health issues are all interrelated. They tend to reinforce and compound each other. Yet, as a society, we don’t treat them as if they’re related. The public sector … Continue reading
The scarce resource (Hint: It’s not money.)
In his new book, How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012), Paul Tough presents research on the effects of poverty on a child’s development. He argues that the chaotic environments that many … Continue reading
Posted in Article Review, Early Childhood Development, Evolving
Tagged change, Education, Nurse Family Partnership, social impact
On Getting More Bang for the Buck
As I have highlighted in previous posts of this blog, there’s a lot of data showing a deterioration in a number of major social indicators over the last forty years, despite massive increases in public spending and a huge proliferation … Continue reading
Posted in Early Childhood Development, Education, Evolving
Tagged Education, Goodwill, NFP, Nurse Family Partnership
