Creativity, Connection and Collaboration at CoCalo
Ready to launch a number of new products, CoCalo gathered their sales team from across the country for a two day retreat in California and invited Janine McDonald and Linda Krall to facilitate a session on creative thinking. Facing numerous challenges brought on by the weak economy participants stretched their thinking to identify ways to […]
Volunteer Center is now OneOC
The Volunteer Center of Orange County has taken on a new look and a new name – OneOC. Starting as the Volunteer Bureau of Newport Beach more than fifty years ago, the organization’s main emphasis was to connect volunteers to nonprofits who needed their help. As time progressed, they outgrew their mission statement, […]
Ceridian Connectax 2010 Gets Wild
Representatives for over 60 different organizations gathered from all over the country in sunny Huntington Beach at the Hilton Waterfront Beach Resort for ConnecTax, Ceridian Tax Service’s annual knowledge exchange and tax education conference. The conference offers the latest legislation and compliance topics, in-depth product sessions, user groups, networking with peers, and motivational professional development […]
Imagine
It was an evening of fellowship, food and fun. An essential element in the team development model we use with many of our clients is celebration. So taking our own advice, Linda Krall and I hosted a reunion event for participants of our creativity workshops to celebrate their collective genius and wild thinking. We wanted […]
Boat People SOS is Empowering the Vietnamese Community
J9 Leading Solutions has the opportunity to work with BPSOS, an impressive nonprofit organization that is working hard to continually empower and enable the Vietnamese community since the mass immigration after the Vietnam war. Janine McDonald will assist BPSOS with community outreach and strategic planning. By identifying the needs and matching resources the organization will […]
Vital Link is Connecting Students, Schools, and the Business World
An Orange County based nonprofit, Vital Link, will benefit from a Federal grant from the Strengthening Communities Fund made possible through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Janine McDonald, in affiliation with the Volunteer Center of Orange County has been engaged by Vital Link for consulting services for organizational and leadership development. […]
Grandma’s House of Hope Reaches Out to Meet Dire Needs
Janine McDonald, has been engaged to provide executive coaching and strategic planning for Grandma’s House of Hope in affiliation with the Volunteer Center of Orange County.\n\nA Federal grant from the Strengthening Communities Fund made possible through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) will provide capacity building to local community and faith-based organizations through customized […]
Orangewood Announces Capacity Building Sub-Award Grantees
On May 13, 2010, Orangewood Children’s Foundation, lead agency of the Orange County Capacity Building Program (OCCBP), announced the sub-award recipients of its competitive application process. The sub-awards are provided through a two-year Federal grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Strengthening Communities Fund. \n\nWhat is the Orange County Capacity Building Program?\n\nThe […]
Passion is the Fashion
J9 Leading Solutions congratulates the winners of the Orange County Business Journal Women in Business Awards. The five awards were presented to:\n \n Lulu Halfacre — Traditional Jewelers \n Linda White-Peters — Discovery Science Center \n Pamela Adams — Wells Fargo \n Lisa Locklear — Ingram Micro \n Julie Schoenbachler — Bascom Group […]
From the Streets to the Stove – Chef Jeff
What can we learn about leadership from an ex-convict? Plenty. The Orange County United Way, Women’s Philanthropy Fund invited Jeff Henderson to speak at their annual breakfast event before a crowd of 650 people. Many of us there that morning wondered how this man’s message would fit with the theme of helping women and girls.\n\nJeff […]