Keith Spiro Communicast
Kids love Manchester’s Mini-Mural Monster Search
read more…: Kids love Manchester’s Mini-Mural Monster SearchThursday and Friday, Sept 15-16, are the last two days to take advantage of downtown Manchester’s free Mini-Mural Monster Search. The brainchild of Monica Leap, founder and director of Studio 550, this free activity popped up as a new twist on this 10th anniversary year of Studio 550’s Monster Hunt.
My Three Words for 2022
read more…: My Three Words for 2022The words themselves are meant to act as a trigger for action and for guidance. Choosing three words to guide my year and my actions have long proven to be helpful in both stable and turbulent times and works far better than New Year’s resolutions that quickly fall by the wayside.
Keith Spiro’s Communicast: Eoin Costello, Digital Champion of Community Reinvention
read more…: Keith Spiro’s Communicast: Eoin Costello, Digital Champion of Community ReinventionEoin Costello is a digital champion for small business and a leader in the reinvention of communities. We spoke by Zoom and picked up where we left off from our first meeting years ago in Ireland. He started off our conversation by noting that much of built infrastructure reflects the needs of our 19th-century communities.
Communicast: Manchester is the linchpin to NH Rail Trails and the Granite State Rail Trail Corridor
read more…: Communicast: Manchester is the linchpin to NH Rail Trails and the Granite State Rail Trail CorridorNew Hampshire’s major spine is the Granite State Rail Trail and its biggest gap is from Concord to Manchester. it is the segments within the City of Manchester that have become the focus of the all-volunteer Manchester Moves organization.
Back to the future of school with Prenda and learning pods
read more…: Back to the future of school with Prenda and learning podsIf you could fix the future by going into the past, would you do it? In that famous scene in the 1985 Movie, Back to the Future, Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) learns that “Doc” Brown (Christopher Lloyd) built a time machine out of a DeLorean and asks why? Doc Brown replies, “The way I see it, if you’re gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?
Harry Chapin: Gone 40 years but his music and activism on poverty and hunger continues
read more…: Harry Chapin: Gone 40 years but his music and activism on poverty and hunger continuesThis is the story of how internet, pandemic and social media can come together for the greater good. If you know of and love Harry Chapin and his music, there are ways to support what he inspired throughout this piece.
Keith Spiro Communicast: Mike Kind HybridWorkHub and the pivot to workplace flexibility
read more…: Keith Spiro Communicast: Mike Kind HybridWorkHub and the pivot to workplace flexibilityIn April 2021, StanData announced technology for the Work From Home crowd that would benefit both their wellness as well as productivity. Remote workers in the USA as a category had peaked a year earlier at 50 million but the potential benefits to companies and employees remain an area of exploration for many. Stories abound of CEO’s demanding return of workers to offices and employees leaving jobs because they won’t retreat from the newly-found flexibility in the workplace. Less is spoken about employees who ask to come back into offices.
Communicast: Rockin’ the ‘Factory on Willow’ ribbon cutting
read more…: Communicast: Rockin’ the ‘Factory on Willow’ ribbon cuttingThis is how community spaces come into being. A vision, careful attention to details, hard work and the old Cohas shoe factory at 252 Willow Street may very well be the birthplace of Manchester’s new creative economy art scene.
Keith Spiro Communicast with Josh Verrill at the Launch of “4AM Demand” a SaaS for these times.
read more…: Keith Spiro Communicast with Josh Verrill at the Launch of “4AM Demand” a SaaS for these times.At the heart of what co-founders Heather Stokes and Josh Verrill are doing is creating a business that hopes to inspire people to be better, bolder marketers with tools so they don’t have to be awake worrying at 4 a.m. With the kind of year businesses have had, they look to minimize the complexity in how to market and how to scale early-stage high growth businesses in the Software as a Service (SaaS) space.
Making the Big Jump at Webster House
read more…: Making the Big Jump at Webster HouseSince 1884 Webster House in Manchester New Hampshire has been providing a safe supportive alternative place for children unable to live at home. Communicast sat down with the newly appointed leadership team of Michelle O’Malley (CEO) and Blair Stairs (Executive Director of Operations and longtime employee) along with Ed Ithier (Board President and long-time volunteer) for a conversation about unwavering mission and change in this time of a global pandemic.
Wanted: 10 companies with hybrid workforce to test proof of concept for wellness and productivity technology
read more…: Wanted: 10 companies with hybrid workforce to test proof of concept for wellness and productivity technologyThe future of work includes a permanent hybrid workforce. We already work from home and many of us will work from varying and changing office locations.
Stark Park today: Celebrating Community Stewardship in Manchester
read more…: Stark Park today: Celebrating Community Stewardship in ManchesterAs Manchester navigates a world of revolutionary change wrought by a pandemic, the demand for housing and also safe spaces outdoors for families to be active has become a central focus in discussions around the community.
Forcivity 2.0: Merger means revolutionizing delivery of digital service operations – no fooling here today
read more…: Forcivity 2.0: Merger means revolutionizing delivery of digital service operations – no fooling here todayThere was “Forcivity” (Forcivity, Inc) and there was “Jolt” (Jolt Consulting Group LLC) and as a combined organization with Jeff Oskin as CEO and Steve Baines as President and Chief Growth Officer, we might just want to call them Forcivity 2.0. These leaders in B2B technology consulting, announced yesterday the planned merger of their businesses, creating a breakout leader in digital service operations.
Spring Equinox and Ink Link blossom
read more…: Spring Equinox and Ink Link blossomIt’s no secret that more people want greater access to more local news and stories of interest close to home these days. In Carol’s words “the Ink Link tries to make sure that local advertisers on the site add value for the reader and in return hopes that readers will support the advertisers thus creating a sustainable news ecosystem.” This is the ideal time to engage as a community. More participation, more stories, more local news.
