Chamber Connect February 2007 - Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber

Volume 46, Issue 1 January 2007
Annual Dinner
spotlights legacy
and leadership
The Chamber’s Annual Dinner on
Thursday, Feb. 22, will bring to life an ageold adage: The pen is indeed mightier
than the sword. The dinner will honor
three Great Living Cincinnatians who
– each in their own way – championed
writing during their career as an important
means of communication and building
stronger leaders and communities.
The three recipients of the Great Living
Cincinnatian Award are:
William Burleigh, chairman of The E.W.
Scripps Co. who led Scripps through a
transformation from primarily a newspaper enterprise into a thriving, diverse
media concern and who co-founded the
Metropolitan Growth Alliance, the organization which first championed regionalism
across the three-state market.
Stanley Kaplan, MD, professor emeritus
at the University of Cincinnati College of
Medicine who established the national
Stanley M. Kaplan Essay contest to
encourage improved writing and research
skills among medical students, and as
chair of the board of directors of the
Contemporary Arts Center led the vision
to secure Zaha Hadid to design the inter-
Photo by Paula Norton – Details on Page 2
nationally acclaimed Rosenthal Center for
Contemporary Art.
Marjorie Parham, publisher emeritus of
the Cincinnati Herald, providing leadership and an important voice for the
African-American community for more
than 30 years and who has been named
one of the Top 100 Black Business and
Professionals in America.
They join 107 prior recipients of the
award, presented annually by the
Chamber since 1967. For biographies
on the three honorees, please turn to
pages 13-15.
The event also will spotlight the passing
of the gavel from 2006 Chamber Chair
Charlotte Otto, global external relations officer for P&G, to 2007 Chair
John Hayden, president and CEO of The
Midland Co.
Under Otto’s leadership, the Chamber
launched a series of new initiatives:
a suite of programs for women professionals through its Women Excel
platform; and the introduction of a leadership module for young professionals
continued on page 6
Mission: To capture our place as one of the world’s favorite American business centers.
cincinnatichamber.com
Connecting
Progress Through Partnership
Aaron Betsky – director of the
Cincinnati Art Museum – will
keynote the Partnership’s Annual
Meeting and Growth Awards
Luncheon on Tuesday, March 20.
Page 3
Expert On The Edge
Pete Blackshaw of Nielsen
BuzzMetrics makes his
predictions for marketing trends
that will emerge in 2007.
Pages 4 and 5
STRAT 8 Primer
Darlene Mack of HR Partners
International Inc. outlines the
course to take to hire the best
and brightest.
Page 10
In This Issue
Small Business Awards......page 2
Japan America Society........page 3
Cincinnati Children’s...........page 7
WE Lead coaching..............page 9
Spotlight on Servatii’s.......page 12
Coming up
February
8 Leadership Cincinnati USA 30th Anniversary
Celebration, 5:30-8 p.m., The Phoenix, 812 Race St.,
Cincinnati. To register, call 513.579.3181.
Deadline approaches
for small business awards
12 MBA Essentials, 6-9 p.m., The METS Center, 3861
Olympic Blvd., Erlanger. For information, call Dr. Rob
Snyder, 859.647.6387.
It may still be early in the year but the deadline is quickly
approaching to enter the Chamber’s Small Business
Excellence Awards award program. The magic date for submitting an entry: Friday, March 2.
13 Navigating Your Chamber, 8:30 a.m., at the Chamber,
300 Carew Tower, 441 Vine St., Cincinnati.
15 Morning Mixer, 8-9:30 a.m., Wingate Inn, 4320
Glendale-Milford Rd., Cincinnati.
20 GCVA Luncheon, noon-1:30 p.m., Queen City Club,
331 E. Fourth St., Cincinnati.
21 Sales Executive Roundtable, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., at the
Chamber, 300 Carew Tower, 441 Vine St., Cincinnati.
22 2007 Chamber Annual Dinner, 6-9:30 p.m., Hyatt
Regency Hotel, 151 W. Fifth St., Cincinnati.
The categories are:
nEmerging Business of the Year – must be in business 5
years or less
nMinority Business of the Year – must be a certified MBE
nNonprofit of the Year
nSmall Business of the Year
–1-50 employee companies
–51-250 employee companies
Two new categories are being introduced for the 2007 awards
program:
nRetailer/Hospitality Business of the Year
n10 Under 10 - small businesses with fewer than 10
employees recognized as a group
There are two steps to the application process.
Step one: Complete a nomination form that allows an individual or company to be nominated by someone else or
indicates that a member company is nominating itself.
Reservations for most Chamber events can be obtained
by calling the Customer Focus Center at 513.579.3111.
For more details on calendar listings, check out Pages 6-7
or visit cincinnatichamber.com. All transactions completed
via the Chamber’s Web site are secured by GeoTrust. Payments are securely processed by VeriSign. The Chamber is
located at 300 Carew Tower, 441 Vine St.
Step two: The nominated company must prepare an application document following the Chamber’s format that provides
information that is used by the examiners to determine the
winners.
For more information, go to cincinnatichamber.com and click
on “Awards & Volunteering” in the left-hand navigation bar,
then on “Awards,” and then on “Small Business Awards.”
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Chamber Connect
Stephen
Hightower
Stephen Hightower, president and CEO of
Hightower’s Petroleum and the 2006 Minority
Business of the Year, credits his award with
opening doors for his company. “Tremendous
opportunities have come from this honor,” he
said.
ON THE COVER
During a news conference announcing their honor, Great Living Cincinnatians
(from left to right) William Burleigh, Stanley Kaplan, MD, and Marjorie Parham
share a chuckle. Biographies on the honorees begin on Page 13.
PROGRESS THROUGH PARTNERSHIP
Japan America
Society names
executive director
Growth Awards Luncheon examines
architecture’s tie to economic growth
Two of Cincinnati USA’s
most thoughtful leaders
and 11 of the region’s most
dynamic companies will be
spotlighted at the Cincinnati
USA Partnership Annual
Meeting and Growth Awards
Luncheon on Tuesday,
March 20, at the Hilton
Cincinnati Netherland Plaza.
Aaron
Betsky –
the newly
installed,
internationally
acclaimed
Aaron Betsky
director of
the Cincinnati Art Museum
– will keynote the program, speaking on “Better
Buildings: The Dutch
Example.” Before joining
CAM, Betsky served as the
director of the Netherlands
Architecture Institute in
Rotterdam, and is viewed as
one of the 21st Century’s
architectural power brokers.
bition program that doubled
the number of visitors to
exhibitions and widened the
overall exhibitions program
to include art and design
along with architecture.
Also speaking at the Growth
Awards event – Partnership
Chair Scott Donnelly, president and CEO of GE Aviation
– who will give an overview of the Partnership’s
accomplishments in 2006.
The event will honor 11
growth companies nominated by members of the
Partnership’s Economic
Development Council. The
honored companies will
reflect the attraction, expansion and retention mission
of the Partnership and area
economic development
organizations.
Betsky joins the Art
Museum during a significant time in its history,
with the Board of Trustees
recently approving a 20-year
facilities master plan that
calls for a transformational
expansion to open up the
collection to the community
in unprecedented ways.
When and where: Tuesday,
March 20, 11:30 a.m.1:30 p.m., Hilton Cincinnati
Netherland Plaza.
During his tenure in
Rotterdam, Betsky significantly increased the
museum’s budget and quadrupled the amount of
educational activities. In
addition, he launched an
international traveling exhi-
Cost: Free to Partnership
investors; $30 for all
others.
For more information, call
513.579.3111.
Partnership’s
Web traffic
on the rise
User sessions on
the Partnership’s
Web site –
CincinnatiUSA.org
– have increased
steadily since the
site was launched
in 2001.
563,950
2001-2006
CincinnatiUSA.org
User Sessions
424,193
455,523
297,995
The Japan America Society
of Greater Cincinnati – an
affiliate of the Chamber
– has named Leslie Gibbs
its new executive director,
succeeding Josh D’Andrea.
Gibbs, a native Cincinnatian,
brings prior
experience
in the nonprofit world
as a former
executive
director of the Leslie Gibbs
Rotary Club in
Cincinnati.
She will be focusing on
growing the society’s
membership and creating
new programs for its
members. The Japan America
Society of Greater Cincinnati
is a non-profit, membership
organization dedicated to
promoting understanding and
cultural awareness between
Japanese and American
people living in Cincinnati
USA.
Gibbs – who studied at
Heidelberg College in Tiffin,
OH, before transferring to the
University of Cincinnati – is
an avid reader and traveler.
She is a member of Ladies
Oriental Shrine of North
America, Bona Court No. 8,
and also serves in the Ladies
Clown Unit, which provides
clown therapy at the Shriners
Hospital for Children in
Cincinnati.
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50,106
2001
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2006
January 2007
EXPERT ON THE EDGE
2007 marketing predictions,
diction and friction
Editor’s note: This month
Chamber Connect introduces a regular feature
of Cincinnati USA experts
speaking to their area of
expertise.
By Pete Blackshaw
Marketers, media planners
and advertisers face a world
of unlimited opportunity in
2007, but let there be no
doubt: The road today is
laced with uncertainty, disruption and friction. Media
continue to fragment, attention is ever-elusive, and
marketers are scratching
their heads about how to
engage, or even define what
that darn word means. Yes,
we’re a bit schizophrenic,
and we can’t make up our
minds: Are we about the old
way or the new way? Are we
persuaders or invaders? Are
we in control, or are “they”
in control? Can we be
trusted, or are we to be seen
as sneaky and stealthy?
So in that spirit, a few predictions for the New Year,
including a few I customized
for Cincinnati USA.
The Rebirth of Television
(Delivered Online): Cable
deserves credit for pioneering “on-demand” TV,
but the Web is taking TV
to the next stage. With
YouTube setting the pace,
and forcing (with pleasure)
the habit-change, the Web
is quickly becoming de facto
television. Yes, we’re cur-
rently in a world of 5-minute
video segments, but that
will change. The upside of
Web TV is that we can talk
and watch at the same time,
but that also has downsides
– namely, more rounds of
attention deficit disorder.
Still, can my brand sponsor
the next YouTube serial?
Back to (Web site) Basics:
Online video will be among
the factors encouraging
brands to “return to fundamentals” with their own Web
sites. Smart digital managers will recognize their
potential as not only mediarich content channels, but
also as word-of-mouth or
consumer-generated media
(CGM) amplifiers. Worldclass digital strategy will first
depend on getting it right
or sponsor “lifestyle” video
channels on the web. Rather
than serving “all needs,”
as we see on YouTube, you
might have online video
channels dedicated exclusively to helping moms
change diapers, or guys who
hate user guides learning
how to use their digital cameras. A key implication for
Cincinnati is that this could
lead to a host of new startup opportunities satisfying
unmet needs in this area.
Creative Darwinism and
Disintermediation: Building
on this, expect more marketers to outsource creative
development to unknown
upstarts like EepyBird
(the folks who did Coke/
Mentos). Madison Avenue
will freak and fight back
with a fury, but in the end,
more creative work will outsource virtually or shift away
from higher cost-of-production centers like NY and LA.
Local regions like Cincinnati
– drawing from Procter-influenced TV copy production
principles – will develop
hybrid production models to
produce more video for less,
especially for brands that
increasingly view their Web
sites as TV channels.
Mobile Madness: Marketers
will rush like mad to mobile
application programs,
establishing dedicated
teams to crack the code
in this “crackberry” environment of ever-smaller,
ever-smarter mobile phones
and PDAs. Plenty of great
services, utilities and “solutions” will emerge, many of
which will be brand-sponsored. However, much of the
hype and exuberance will
be tempered by consumer
research citing massive
turn-off factors via intrusive
advertising.
Google & Yahoo, Sparing
No Expense to Woo
P&G, Set Up Offices in
Cincinnati: By year end,
More “Free for Me:” Expect
to see more free stuff –
free phones, free Wi-FI,
in exchange for consumer
nP&G, Unilever and L’Oreal will fight head-to-head
to free WiFi enable every beauty spa in America.
in the brand’s backyard,
complete with empowering
feedback loops. In addition,
blog publishing software –
and all their low-cost bells
and whistles (and “widgets”)
– will become more deeply
engrained in the typical
brand Web site (at far lower
cost), shifting power from
tech departments back to
the brand managers.
Video Goes Vertical: Expect
to see a proliferation of new
content “channels” on the
Web leveraging video. All
the major CPG companies,
including P&G, will create
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either Google or Yahoo will
establish beachheads in
Cincinnati, seeking to woo
P&G ad dollars with a more
“direct” approach with the
advertisers, versus being
“managed” by New Yorkbased agencies. Sensing
potential to woo more
entrepreneurial and websavvy talent to the region,
local tech leaders and
CincyTechUSA will align
with P&G’s Lafley and Otto
– as well as with big players
in region such as Kroger
– to leverage their “buyer
clout” to facilitate such colocation, especially since
companies like Google
have already established
beachheads in over a dozen
America cities. Why not
Cincinnati, the logic will go!
EXPERT ON THE EDGE
What’s on
your night stand?
n…either Google or Yahoo will establish beachheads in Cincinnati,
seeking to woo P&G ad dollars with a more ‘direct’ approach with the
advertisers, versus being ‘managed’ by New York-based agencies.
“The Tipping Point” by
Malcolm Gladwell
attention, opt-in profiling or
other relationship marketing
activity. Even at next year’s
big conferences, free iPods
preloaded with “selling”
videos and podcasts will
be given away to key influencers or high-value lead
prospects. Big advertisers
will also start gobbling
up all paid WiFi networks
at airports, maybe even
Starbucks, to drive goodwill with consumers and
own the start-up page. P&G,
Unilever and L’Oreal will fight
head-to-head to free WiFienable every beauty spa in
America.
It’s a book
about social
change. In
particular,
it presents a way
of underSean Rugless
standing
why change happens as
quickly and as unexpectedly
as it does.
Online Spending Up, But
“Paid” Media Overall Takes
A Hit: Paid media spending
will take a noticeable
stumble in 2007, as more
marketers wake up to the
attention-scarce economy;
money will instead be
redirected to product development, innovation and
customer experience/service. Big marketers will
return to the late 1990s
practice of aggressively promoting URLs on their TV ads
and their packaging, thereby
reducing their dependency
on “paid” traffic. Media
planners will start to be
rewarded to develop and
manage customer service
interfaces, and rewarded on
the basis of positive CGM
cincinnatichamber.com
and buzz oozing from those
practices. Consumer affairs
and marketing will finally
begin to morph.
Harder Line on Word of
Mouth Disclosure: Word-ofmouth advertising models
like “PayPerPost,” which
pays bloggers to post positive reviews about the
advertiser, will create a
major consumer backlash and awaken the FTC
and Democrat-controlled
Congress to push more
aggressively on ad regulation and transparency and
disclosure. Moreover, the
Better Business Bureau
will finally enter the wordof-mouth transparency and
disclosure debate, and this
eventually will lead to other
industry groups getting
involved.
Local Teams Dial Up Online
Participation a Notch:
Building on the Bengals
online “fan participation”
initiative, coupled with the
NFL enrolling consumers
to “create the Super Bowl
ad,” expect all local sports
teams to exploit the power
of consumer-generated
media – especially via
mobile phones – to build
their brand franchises. In
each case, lawyers will initially block initiatives, but
the marketer in the respec-
tive organizations will prevail
in their arguments that consumer co-creation of the
brand message has unmistakable benefits.
Riverfront Online
Innovation: Building on
Cincinnati’s wireless riverfront initiative, the riverboat
companies will secure more
companies doing seminars or conferences on the
boats, knowing that Internet
access is readily available.
The Freedom Center, meanwhile, forced to innovate
to draw more visitors, will
develop breakthrough new
models to capture user-testimonials via online audio
and video.
Cred Hits the Scene: With
any luck, this author’s
scheduled book by Random
House on the topic of marketing “credibility” in the
age of consumer-generated
media will hit the shelves by
year end. (Fingers crossed.)
Why did you select it?
What’s the most interesting
message?
One, things can happen all
at once and very quickly
– seemingly without an
apparent cause & effect.
Two, little changes can make
a huge difference.
Sean Rugless, President
Cincinnati USA
Regional Tourism Network
Pete
Blackshaw
is the chief
marketing
officer for
Nielsen
BuzzMetrics
with offices in
Over-the-Rhine.
January 2007
Learn how
to tap top value
from Chamber
The Cincinnati USA Regional
Chamber is the nation’s fifth
largest, offering a wide array
of educational programs,
networking events and
bottom-line benefit programs.
Many members only scratch
the surface of the total value
the Chamber can provide.
To make all the benefits of
the Chamber accessible
and easy to understand, the
Chamber hosts “Navigating
Your Chamber: What Can The
Chamber Do For You?” on a
regular basis.
The one-hour session is
designed for new members
but also handy for ongoing
members who want to tap the
full potential of the Chamber.
When and where: Feb.
13, 8:30-9:30 a.m. at the
Chamber, 300 Carew Tower,
441 Vine St., Cincinnati.
Cost: Free.
CBS Evening News with Katie Couric
spotlights Taft IT High School
The ground-breaking partnership between Robert A. Taft
Information Technology High
School and Cincinnati Bell
received prime-time attention on Dec. 26, 2006, when
the CBS Evening News with
Katie Couric spotlighted the
inspiring collaboration that
has been in place since
2001, working to improve
the academic experience of
hundreds of students.
“We are extremely pleased
for this national recognition of Cincinnati Bell’s
partnership with the Taft
Information Technology
High School,” said Ellen van
der Horst, Chamber presi-
School Principal Anthony
Smith noted that Cincinnati
Bell’s partnership has
gone well beyond finan-
cial contributions. “It is
our responsibility to make
life better for someone
else each day,” he said.
“Cincinnati Bell has been a
true partner of ours. From
Day One, their commitment
to the students and staff at
Taft IT High has been 100
percent sincere and real.”
Cincinnati Bell President &
CEO Jack Cassidy said it was
his hope that the CBS spotlight would “inspire other
business and education entities to create something
just as powerful in their own
cities.”
Annual Dinner
continued from page 1
titled C-Change. A highpoint
of Otto’s leadership was a
three-day Boston leadership
exchange in early October,
which engaged 55 Cincinnati
USA business leaders with
New England’s most influential authorities and key
development issues.
During the year, the work
of the Minority Business
Accelerator continued to
support the expansion and
growth of sizable minority
business. The Cincinnati
USA region reached a significant milestone as of
year-end 2006 with the projection that nine African
American-owned firms
topped more than $20 million in annual revenue. Six
firms had already reached
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dent. “Due
to Cincinnati
Bell’s
ongoing
sponsorship of the
program,
Jack Cassidy
attendance and grades have
significantly increased at
a critical juncture in the
students’ careers. This
leads to greater success
in their lives and creates a
healthier, more productive
community.”
the $20-million threshold
by mid-2006: D.E. Foxx &
Associates, Hightowers
Petroleum Co., Quality
Associates, River City
Furniture, 32 Ford Mercury
and Trio Enterprises. The
MBA projects three other
firms – Diversitech, Megen
Construction Co. and World
Pac Paper – also will cross
the $20-million threshold
when books are closed on
2006.
The Chamber’s technology
initiative, CincyTech USA,
was awarded an $11-million grant under Ohio’s Third
Frontier Program through
groundbreaking collaboration
with University of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati Children’s
Hospital Medical Center and
many other entities.
As the incoming chair,
Hayden is leading the collaborative work on a shared
regional agenda as well as
increasing the Chamber’s
relevance to companies
located outside of the urban
core.
The Chamber’s Annual
Dinner, expected to be
at capacity at the Hyatt
Regency Cincinnati, begins
with a 6 p.m. reception and
is presented by PNC Bank
and Duke Energy.
Tickets are $110, or tables
of 10 can be purchased for
$1,000. To register or to
obtain more information, call
513.579.3111.
Buchanan chairs
Fine Arts Fund’s
2007 campaign
Child magazine lauds
Cincinnati Children’s
Cincinnati Children’s
Hospital Medical Center
is among the five best
children’s hospitals in
the United States overall,
and among the top five
in the nation for pediatric
cancer care and neonatal
care, according to Child
magazine’s prestigious Ten
Best Children’s Hospital
survey.
TriHealth hospitals, including
Good Samaritan and
Bethesda North; and Health
Alliance hospitals, including
University, Ft. HamiltonHughes and the Christ
Hospital.
The Child magazine
designation is the latest in a
string of recognition during
the last year for Cincinnati
Children’s. Cincinnati
Children’s was ranked
eighth out of more than 250
children’s hospitals in the
United States by U.S. News
& World Report.
Child magazine named
Cincinnati Children’s the
fifth best children’s hospital
overall in the United States,
Chamber President Ellen van der
Horst gives the thumbs-up to
fourth in neonatal care
the Top 5 ranking for Cincinnati
and fifth in cancer care.
Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati Children’s also
“The excellence of Cincinnati
at a recent news conference.
ranked among the best in
Children’s Hospital Medical
the nation
Center is
n Our whole region can be proud and comforted… one of the
for all other
James M. Anderson, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
pediatric
reasons why
in the magazine’s February
Cincinnati is a
subspecialties that Child
2007 issue 9 – is regarded
great place to live and raise
magazine rated. Cincinnati
as the most comprehensive
a family,” Cincinnati Mayor
Children’s ranked eighth
and scientific available,
Mark Mallory said. “This
in emergency care, ninth
based on strict criteria
news confirms what parents
in cardiac care, ninth in
and data gathered by
and families in Cincinnati
orthopaedic care and 11th
the magazine during an
already know: that their
in pulmonary care.
extensive nine-month
children will receive the best
investigation.
possible care right here in
“We are delighted to learn
our own city.”
that Cincinnati Children’s
Cincinnati USA has the
was ranked so highly in the
nation’s only regionalized
Cincinnati Children’s was
Child Magazine survey,”
system of neonatal care
one of three children’s
said James M. Anderson,
– an unprecedented
hospitals in Ohio to be
Cincinnati Children’s
collaboration that has
ranked by Child magazine.
president and CEO. “Our
significantly reduced
Columbus Children’s
whole region can be proud
neonatal mortality.
Hospital was ranked sixth
and comforted that one of
Cincinnati Children’s
and Rainbow Babies &
the best children’s hospitals
provides direct coverage
Children’s Hospital in
in the nation is located right
for care of newborns for
Cleveland was ranked
here in Cincinnati.”
all birthing hospitals in
eighth.
the region, including the
Child’s Top 10 Children’s
regional Mercy Hospitals;
Hospitals survey – appearing
St. Elizabeth in Kentucky;
cincinnatichamber.com
Margaret E. Buchanan,
president and publisher of
The Cincinnati Enquirer, will
chair the
2007 Fine
Arts Fund
Campaign.
The goal will
be announced
at the official
Margaret
kickoff on
Buchanan
Feb. 11.
The Fine Arts Fund raised
$11.3 million in 2006, which
was allocated to local arts
organizations for operating
support or in the form of
grants.
Buchanan has assembled
a team of community
volunteers to serve as the
Cabinet for the Campaign,
who have – in turn – recruited
their teams of volunteers.
An estimated 1,000 people
serve as volunteers during
the Fine Arts Fund Campaign.
The campaign will wrap up
with a celebration April 26 at
the Cincinnati Art Museum.
The Fine Arts Fund provides
support to 18 member
organizations, including
Cincinnati Art Museum,
Cincinnati Ballet, Cincinnati
Opera, Cincinnati Playhouse
in the Park, Cincinnati
Symphony Orchestra,
Contemporary Arts Center,
May Festival and the Taft
Museum of Art.
The Fine Arts Fund is the
nation’s oldest and largest
united arts fund and is
designed to strengthen
the arts in Cincinnati USA
through united fundraising,
support services and the
responsible investment and
allocation of resources.
January 2007
EDUCATION & NETWORKING
WE Speak offers inspiration
in intimate luncheon setting
GCVA panel
to discuss new funds
on venture market
On Feb. 20, the GCVA monthly
luncheon will host a venture
capital panel discussion
focusing on new funds on the
market.
Organizations represented
on the panel will be the Blue
Chip Validation Fund, the
CincyTechUSA Validation Fund,
Draper Triangle Ventures,
Tri-State Growth Capital
Fund II and Southern Ohio
Creates Companies. This
event will be of interest to
venture capitalists, private
investors, investment
bankers, commercial bankers,
entrepreneurs, attorneys,
accountants, consultants
and others involved in the
investment community.
When and where: Feb. 20,
noon-1:30 p.m., Queen City
Club, 331 E. Fourth St.
Cincinnati.
Cost, GCVA member, $25;
guest with GCVA member,
$30; non-members, $35.
Call 513.579.3111 or visit
cincinnatichamber.com
to register for the events
on these two pages.
If one of your New Year’s
resolutions is to learn from
leaders who have overcome
adversity to climb to the top,
then the Feb. 15 WE Speak
luncheon program is an
event for you.
Tillie Hidalgo Lima, president and CEO of Best
Upon Request, and Kathy
Merchant, president
and CEO of the Greater
Cincinnati Foundation, will
share their experiences
and learnings in an informal
luncheon setting in the
Chamber’s Learning Center.
Born in Havana, Cuba,
Hidalgo Lima was 10
months old when she and
her parents came to the
United States. Entering
this country with only one
suitcase and 10 Cuban
pesos, her parents taught
her to never give up, to
be resourceful, to strive
to be the best one can
be and to appreciate that
freedom is a privilege and a
responsibility.
Hidalgo Lima was a pharmacist for 13 years before
coming to Best Upon
Request in 1996 as vice
president of operations. In
1999, she became president and in
2003, she
was promoted to
president
and CEO.
Tillie Hidalgo Lima She has
received
numerous
honors
including
being recognized as
the 2005
Kathy Merchant
Woman
Against All Odds by
the Leading Women of
Cincinnati and one of
Deloitte’s One Hundred
Wise Women
Merchant received the 2006
Ohio Philanthropy Award on
October of 2006 at the Ohio
Grantmakers Forum annual
conference. The award is
given annually in recognition
of outstanding contributions
to organized philanthropy in
Ohio.
Prior to joining the Greater
Cincinnati Foundation in
1997, she was the director
of The Pew Charitable Trusts
“Neighborhood Preservation
Initiative” and a partner in
the New Haven-based consulting firm Holt, Wexler &
Merchant. She has also
served as director of planning for the United Way of
Greater New Haven and
as planner/grants manager for the South Central
Connecticut Area Agency on
Aging.
When and where: Feb. 15,
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., at the
Chamber, 300 Carew Tower,
441 Vine St., Cincinnati.
Cost: Members only, $25.
Morning Mixer puts spotlight
on Chamber members
The Chamber’s popular
Morning Mixers series –
hosted in conjunction with
the Clermont Chamber of
Commerce – showcases
small group networking with
a spotlight on every member
who attends.
Each attendee gets the floor
Chamber Connect
for a brief description of
their company’s products or
services.
So plan to get a jump on the
competition by attending the
February Morning Mixer.
This is an ideal event for
business people who want
to network and socialize
with one another in a
comfortable, laid-back
atmosphere.
When and where: Feb. 15,
8-9:30 a.m., Wingate Inn,
4320 Glendale-Milford
Road, Cincinnati.
Cost: Members, free.
EDUCATION & NETWORKING
Coaching differentiates
WE Lead program
The WE Lead program
kicked off its inaugural
class in October last year,
and already the program
is getting high marks from
participants for its unique
Master Mind Coaching
component.
Participants created individual development plans
listing skills or behaviors
they wanted to focus on
over the course of the 10month program. The class
was broken down into
six groups and each was
assigned to a specific coach
with whom they meet every
other month.
The coaches include the
following:
Ken Paley
Angus Group’s
Paley addresses
sales roundtable
ment for entrepreneurial
businesses.
nDarlene R. Mack, MA,
CMP, SPHR – president
and principal consultant with HR Partners
International Inc., a fullservice global human
resources consulting and
executive coaching firm.
nRobin Wood Boue – pres-
ident and founder of
Authentic Living, LLC.
nJudy Colemon – vice
president and co-founder
of Sherpa Coaching, a
minority business enterprise, women-owned
firm. She is co-author
of "The Sherpa Guide:
Process-Driven Executive
Coaching."
nNancy Hagan – founder of
Effective Executive, LLC, a
consulting, coaching and
training company.
nJean Lauterbach – presi-
dent of Prism Consulting,
a firm that focuses on
business strategy and
leadership develop-
cincinnatichamber.com
Pam Beigh
nAnne Power, Ph.D. –
Power has over 25 years
of experience working
nationally and internationally to facilitate the
sustained development
of individuals and teams
in both private and public
sector organizations.
Coaching is already a valuable part of the WE Lead
program. Janet Ferguson,
vice president of marketing and recruitment for
the Episcopal Retirements
Homes, said, “Having a
coach is something I’ve
wanted to pursue in the
past, but didn’t take the
time and didn’t know where
to start to find a qualified
professional.”
Pamela Green, director
of development for
the Easter Seals Work
Resource Center, added:
“I can’t believe how much
I have already gained from
spending time with other
women in a professional,
non-competitive environment. WE Lead is such a
wonderful leadership development program, and the
personal coaching is what
really sets it apart.”
WE Lead is part of Women
Excel, an initiative kicked off
last year by the Chamber to
meet the unique needs of
women in business. Other
programs include the WE
Celebrate business awards,
WE Speak success stories and WE Link business
mentoring.
For more information
about WE Lead or any
WE program, visit the
Chamber’s Web site at cincinnatichamber.com or call
513.579.3111.
Ken Paley of the Angus Group
will reveal his secrets of
successful sales hiring when
he addresses the Sales
Executive Roundtable Feb.
21 at the Chamber. He will
be joined by facilitator Pam
Beigh.
Paley joined the Angus Group
with a broad background in
marketing, sales, strategic
planning and general
management, primarily in
financial services, consumer
products, and consulting.
He has been successful on
both the client and service
provider sides of business
and has held management
positions for multinational
corporations such as
Citigroup, Dun & Bradstreet,
and Chesebrough Ponds.
The Sales Executive
Roundtable provides a
forum for sales executives,
directors and managers.
When and where: Feb.
21, 11a.m.-1 p.m., at the
Chamber, 300 Carew Tower,
441 Vine St., Cincinnati.
Cost: Roundtable members
only, $25.
January 2007
STRAT 8 PRIMER
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Take the smart course
for hiring top talent
By Darlene Mack
nDefine your needs.
“The Dating Game” may
be thought of as the Baby
Boomer generation’s
version of MTV’s “Next.”
For those unfamiliar with
“The Dating Game” TV show
concept, an
“interviewer”
was seated
on one side
of a wall,
with three
“candidates” Darlene Mack
hidden
from his/her view on the
other side of that wall. The
winner won a date with the
interviewer. The off-thewall prepared questions
the interviewer asked of
the “datees” in her/his
quest for that perfect dating
partner ranked a close
second in outlandishness to
the 1970s psychedelic set
decorations.
Sadly, the interviewing
process at many companies
can resemble this Dating
Game style – lack of true
preparation, unfocused
questions and selection
based on factors totally
unrelated to work needs.
With employee costs
running nearly 80 percent of
today’s workplace expense,
there is little margin for
error in hiring the right
candidate for the position.
Simply replacing an
individual who happened
to hold that position
– or hiring your nephew
– won’t get the job
done. Review business
goals and objectives to
determine what is needed
now and into the future,
not what was required
when that job originated.
nDefine the position, not
the person. Define the
competencies that are
required in the position
– what is the purpose
of the position, what
are the five main job
investment. Print ads,
Internet sites, HR
consultants, recruiting
firms, employee referrals,
job fairs and college
relations all have
something to offer, yet
different positions often
require different sourcing
strategies.
nPrepare for the interview.
Prepare and ask
questions relevant to
the unique combination
of competencies
identified for each
position. Behavioral-style
questions such as “Tell
me about a time when
you…” or “Give me an
nSadly, the interviewing process at many
companies can resemble this Dating Game
style – lack of true preparation, unfocused
questions and selection based on factors
totally unrelated to work needs.
duties/responsibilities of
that position (ranked in
order), what credentials
or education will be
required to fulfill those
duties/responsibilities,
what physical and mental
needs will an applicant
need to achieve success.
nDevelop a recruiting
So then, what is the best
course of action to select
and retain the top talent for
your organization?
Chamber Connect
strategy. Source
candidates using targeted
methods based on the
competencies identified,
i.e., use sources that
yield the best return on
your time and sourcing
shrinking dramatically;
therefore, once hired,
every effort must be
made to retain top talent.
Opinion surveys, coaching
sessions, management
accessibility, and other
tools ensure that talented
staff feels appreciated
and that your workplace
remains desirable.
example of …” work best
to assess the candidate’s
actual experience.
Remember, it’s easy to
hire people you “like,” but
it’s much harder to fire
them when they don’t work
out – not quite as easy as
saying, “Next!” and putting
them back on the bus. This
new-and-improved “dating
game” is much more
likely to lead to a long and
mutually rewarding business
relationship.
Darlene R. Mack, MA, CMP,
SPHR, a senior human
resources management
consultant and certified
coach, is president and
principal consultant with HR
Partners International Inc.
nMeasure your results.
Track sourcing metrics
such as time to hire,
cost per hire, results
by source, quality of
hire, retention and
effectiveness of testing to
enhance your ROI.
nThe platinum rule. We are
in an employee-market.
Demographics show that
the pool of available,
talented candidates is
For more tips and
specifics on Hiring
and Retaining the
Best, register for a
STRAT 8 presentation
on the topic Tuesday,
Feb. 27, by calling
513.579.3111.
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Deadline approaches
for ChamberComp
STRAT 8 offers
empowering programs
Start the New Year off right
by attending the new-andimproved STRAT 8 sessions,
designed to help with your
most pressing business
challenges. All sessions are
held at the Chamber from
8:30 a.m. to noon.
nRecruiting and Hiring the
Right People – Tuesday,
Feb. 27
Darlene
Mack will
reveal the
secrets
of finding,
screening,
hiring and Darlene Mack
keeping
the most qualified candidates for all your open
positions. You’ll learn how
to determine your needs,
how and where to find
people, how to screen and
interview quality candidates and how to make a
legal job offer.
Added value: complimentary electronic Job
Analysis/Description
template, samples and
handouts plus one hour of
consultation.
nBuild a World-class
Sales Organization –
Wednesday, Feb. 28
Join Lynn
McInturf
as she
shows you
how to
develop
a results- Lynn McInturf
oriented
cincinnatichamber.com
sales strategy for your
company. You’ll discover
if you have the talent it
takes to grow, hidden
weaknesses that impact
your profit, how to shorten
your business development cycle and gain
stronger commitments
and more.
Added value: complimentary 500-name,
customized Chamber
Business List.
nLeading Your
Organization Through
Change – Thursday,
March 8
Let
Change
Guides
LLC help
you gain
a greater
Stacy Aaron and
underKate Nelson
standing
of the
dynamics of change in
your organization. You’ll
uncover ways to identify
the nature of change and
its key drivers, how to
lead and manage change
and how to apply tested
change management
tools to real-life situations
you’re facing in your job.
Added value: complimentary “Change
Management Pocket
Guide” and help developing a personalized
change management work
plan.
nManaging Projects to
Success – Tuesday,
March 27
Karen Tate
of Griffin
Tate will
provide you
with tips
and tools
Karen Tate
to keep
projects
moving smoothly to successful completion
regardless of industry or
complexity. You’ll explore
team-based approaches
to project management
and participants will have
the chance to use project
management techniques
on real-world projects
they’re working on in their
companies.
Added value: complimentary copy of “The Project
Management Memory
Jogger.”
Discounts available: Each
of these modules costs only
$250 per participant, or
$200 each for two or more
participants from the same
company. And as an added
bonus, we’re offering CEO
Roundtable members and
former STRAT 8 alumni significant discounts on these
new programs.
For more information, contact Gretchen Hooker at
513.686.2946 or ghooker@
cincinnatichamber.com.
Members who have still not
enrolled in the Chamber’s
workers’ comp group-rating
program through Sheakley
UniService have until Feb. 23
at 5 p.m. to do so. That’s the
last day Sheakley is able to
accept enrollment contracts
for the ChamberComp
program before the program
closes for the year.
If you have questions
regarding your current
savings analysis please
contact Sheakley immediately
at 513.326.4675 and they
can help
Average yearly
answer
savings
questions.
via
Don’t miss
ChamberComp:
out on the
$17,000
savings
experienced by fellow
Chamber members – an
average yearly savings
of nearly $17,000 per
ChamberComp participant.
ChamberComp is the largest
group rating program in
southwest Ohio with over
4,000 participants last year.
The Chamber’s partner,
Sheakley UniService, has
been managing workers’
comp claims for over 43
years, so they have the
expertise and service
professionals to help you
through all your claims
issues.
For questions about your
savings analysis, call.
513.326-4675. If you
have any questions for the
Chamber, call 513.579.3111.
January 2007
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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
Chicken Dance
named one
of the nation’s
top PR campaigns
The 2006 World’s Largest
Chicken Dance at OktoberfestZinzinnati – led by Bengals
All-Pro wide receiver Chad
Johnson – recently was
named one of the
nation’s top 50
PR campaigns
of 2006, coming
in at 24 on the
top 50 list by
the League
of American
Communications
Professionals, based in
California. By doing so, the
World’s Largest Chicken
Dance earned a prestigious
Gold Award from LACP.
The Ocho Cinco-led Chicken
Dance received coverage
from ESPN News, ESPN
SportsCenter, ESPN2
Cold Pizza, FOX News,
CBS Sports, NBC Sports,
Associated Press and United
Press International, among
many other national and
international media outlets.
In the judging, the World’s
Largest Chicken Dance
placed ahead of heavily
financed campaigns by
the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Honda, Lawry’s,
Cognis and the U.S. Postal
Service, among many others
orchestrated by Los Angeles
and New York City PR firms.
The World’s Largest Chicken
Dance at OktoberfestZinzinnati is designed to
promote Cincinnati USA as a
fun and vibrant place – one
with a sense of humor.
Chamber Connect
Servatii’s taps Oktoberfest
for sales, national exposure
Being nimble like a fleetfooted NFL receiver – while
being connected to the
Chamber – paid off in large
fashion this past fall for
Fairfax-based Servatii Pastry
Shop & Deli.
When the Chamber sought
to engage Bengals All-Pro
wide receiver Chad Johnson
as leader of the World’s
Largest Chicken Dance
at the 2006 OktoberfestZinzinnati, it knew it had to
get out of the box to capture the attention of the
exuberant touchdown celebrant, who is flooded with
appearance requests. So
the Chamber’s special event
team placed a call to Jeff
Knight, Servatii’s operations
manager, with an unusual
request: Could you whip up
some of Servatii’s famous
cream puffs with a design
that invokes Johnson’s uniform, the four gold teeth
he wears on game day and
his then-signature blonde
Mohawk haircut?
“My initial reaction was to
chuckle at the idea, but
then I thought, we could do
that, have some fun and
make some noise,” Knight
recalls at the request. In just
a day’s time, the bakers at
Servatii’s created a dozen
“Chad Johnson Cream
Puffs” that were delivered
to the Bengals front office,
accompanied by a proposal for Johnson to serve
as Oktoberfest-Zinzinnati’s
grand marshal.
At A Glance
Jeff Knight fronts Gary and Tish
Gottenbusch in demonstrating
how much Servatii’s loves working
with the Chamber.
Servatii Pastry Shop & Deli
Year Established: 1963
Year Enrolled: 1991
Annual Gross Revenue:
$8.5 million
Number of Employees: 130
Favorite Chamber Programs:
ChamberHealth,
ChamberComp,
Oktoberfest-Zinzinnati
Targeted Chamber Programs:
STRAT 8, Morning Mixers
The appetizing proposal
hit the sweet spot. With
Johnson on board as
Oktoberfest grand marshal,
Servatii’s got to work producing Johnson-motif cream
puffs for their nine stores
across the region. “It was a
100-percent success, from
the product selling to creating a buzz,” Knight says.
“We sold out everywhere.
We still get requests almost
every week.”
media outlets,” Knight
says. “Our friends saw it in
Jacksonville.”
Servatii’s “Chad Johnson
Cream Puffs” received coverage by the vast majority
of media outlets in the
Cincinnati market, United
Press International, ESPN.
com and hundreds of other
media Internet sites and
blogs. A specially created
50-pound “Chad Johnson
Cream Puff” was unveiled
just before Johnson took the
stage for the Chicken Dance
– and that made FOX News’
popular feature, “Fox Watch
Across America.”
Knight also notes the
Chamber was very helpful
connecting him to solutions
when a building permit was
delayed for the new Hyde
Park Plaza store.
“It was a great marketing
piece for us via all the
Spoken like a true baker.
Regarding traditional
Chamber products and
programs, Servatii’s
enjoys substantial savings
through ChamberComp and
ChamberHealth. Knight says
in 2007 he would like to
enroll in STRAT 8 courses
and attend more networking
events like Morning Mixers.
“You get out of it what you
put into it,” Knight says
of Chamber membership.
“We’re very happy with the
resources that we use now,
but in 2007 want to do a
better job taking advantage
of the programs. It’s all what
you put into it.”
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Chamber Annual Dinner on Feb. 22
recognizes Great Living Cincinnatians
The Chamber will honor William Burleigh, Stanley Kaplan, MD, and Marjorie Parham as “Great
Living Cincinnatians” at its Annual Dinner Thursday, Feb. 22, at the Hyatt Regency Cincinnati.
They join 107 prior recipients of the award, presented annually by the Cincinnati USA Regional
Chamber since 1967. Recipients are chosen by the Chamber’s senior council, comprised of
current and past board chairs, based on the following criteria: Community service, business
and civic attainment on a local, state and national or international level; leadership; awareness of the needs of others; and distinctive accomplishments that have brought favorable
attention to their community, institution or organization.
William R.
Burleigh
Editor,
Leader,
Visionary
Editing and publishing began
early for E.W. Scripps Co.
Chairman William R. (Bill)
Burleigh as ink – and a love
for the Ohio River – seemingly always were in his
blood.
Raised along the Ohio River
in Evansville, IN, he first ventured into publishing at 9
years of age, producing the
“Neighborhood News” on a
Hectograph printing press
purchased from the Sears
Catalog. The “Neighborhood
News” sold briskly for 25
cents, and its first headline
was “Knowledge Is Power,”
foreshadowing a remarkable
connection to the Scripps
corporate slogan of “Give
light and people will find
their own way.”
By age 14, he was working
as a sports reporter for the
Evansville Press, a Scrippsowned newspaper, giving up
his other love – basketball
– to pursue the dream of
cincinnatichamber.com
one day serving as a newspaper editor in Evansville,
long regarded as a hotbed
for outstanding journalism.
While studying at Marquette
University, he served as
editor of the college paper
and worked summers in various departments at The
Press. He earned his degree
in journalism magna cum
laude, and was named the
outstanding graduate in
journalism by Sigma Delta
Chi. Following graduation
in 1957 and U.S. infantry
service, he returned to The
Press as a general assignment reporter. Specializing
in education and labor, he
covered early school integration conflicts in the South in
the late 1950s.
He became the newspaper’s
first urban affairs reporter
and earned a series of promotions: assistant city
editor in 1960; city editor
in 1962; managing editor
in 1969; and then to editor
and president in 1975,
while also serving as corporate secretary of the
Evansville Printing Corp. Just
15 months later, though,
after fulfilling his childhood
dream, Scripps-Howard
called and asked Burleigh
to move to Cincinnati to
breathe new life into the
newsroom at The Cincinnati
Post.
“We had a bunch of real
Fourth Estate characters
with great talent,” Burleigh
recalls of his days at The
Post. “Our journalistic
quality was wonderful.”
Seven years later, in 1984,
Scripps asked Burleigh to
step away from what he
affectionately calls his “bully
pulpit” at The Post and promoted him to vice president
and general editorial manager of the corporate offices
in Downtown Cincinnati.
Through the years and
up through the ranks
– as senior vice president/
Newspapers & Publishing
in 1986, executive vice
president in 1990, chief
operating officer in 1994,
president and COO in 1994,
CEO in 1996 and chairman
of the board in 1999 – he
led the transformation of
Scripps from primarily a
newspaper enterprise into
a thriving, diverse media
concern with interests in
national cable networks,
newspaper publishing,
broadcast television stations, electronic commerce,
interactive media, and
licensing and syndication.
A highlight of his corporate
leadership was arranging
a trade with a Texas-based
media conglomerate for a
two-thirds stake in the Food
Network in exchange for
Scripps’ San Antonio TV station. That move propelled
Scripps successful foray
into lifestyle cable networks
that now includes HGTV,
Food Network, DIY, Fine
Living and GAC. He retired
as CEO in September of
2000 but remains chairman
of the E.W. Scripps executive committee.
He is a founding co-chair
of the Metropolitan Growth
Alliance, which served to
launch collaboration across
the three-state, 15-county
region. From 2002-2004,
he served as a member of
the National Review Board
for the U.S. Conference of
Catholic Bishops and as coauthor of “A Report on the
Crisis in the Catholic Church
in the United States,” prepared by the board for the
protection of children and
young people. He continues
to serve as the courtappointed co-special master
in the $84-million settlement of the John Doe class
action suit vs. the Diocese
of Covington.
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January 2007
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Great Living Cincinnatians
continued from page 9
Marjorie B.
Parham
Publisher,
Pioneer and
Mentor
Marjorie Parham found
her calling through trials,
tribulations and tragedy.
The strong-willed spirit
behind the Cincinnati Herald
persevered through it all to
produce a well-read weekly
newspaper for the AfricanAmerican community that
was delivered on-time for
more than 30 years under
her stewardship.
“We had a slogan at the
Herald, ‘Know the truth,’”
Parham says. “We tried to
get to the bottom of things
and report them as they
really were.”
She was born in Clermont
County 88 years ago,
and after working her
way through Batavia
High School, Wilberforce
University and the University
of Cincinnati, she landed
steady work with the federal
government in Cincinnati,
where she worked from
1946-1961.
When she decided to leave
her post at the Veterans
Administration, the VA
insisted she get a chest Xray. Her retort: “Why are
you insisting on a chest Xray because that’s not what
you’ve been kicking for the
Chamber Connect
past 15 years.”
Two years later, in 1963,
her husband, Gerald Porter,
died due to injuries from an
auto accident, leaving her in
the role of publisher of the
Cincinnati Herald and the
Dayton Tribune.
She is forthright in saying
her late husband was a
terrific newspaperman but
not a terrific businessman.
As she recalls, “I found
myself in a position of being
broke, black and female –
not a great combination in
the early 1960s.”
But she also boasted
a combination of
determination and business
savvy that quickly made
its mark in the Cincinnati
business community. As
she says, “The first thing I
had to do was convince the
Big Boys Downtown that I
was the real deal and that I
meant business.”
She served as owner and
publisher of the Cincinnati
Herald from 1963 to 1996,
providing a critical voice
to the African-American
community, disseminating
important news but also
chronicling the milestones in
the lives of average citizens,
bringing importance and
recognition to the day-to-day
happenings within the
African-American
community.
“One reason why a black
paper has been so vital is
that, without it, the only kind
of news we could get in the
newspaper was bad news,”
she says. “The satisfaction
you get is the ability to
present what the major
media does not present
to the public. I had the
privilege of showcasing the
good things.”
gone on to do outstanding
things,” she says.
Early on she decided to
focus her energies on the
Herald while closing the
Dayton Tribune. “I set out
to make it work,” she says.
“I persevered by working
hard. I paid myself next to
nothing.”
In 1996, Parham sold the
Herald, but she remains
the publisher emeritus,
providing editorial and
business advice. She
remains active in the
Cincinnati community as
well.
Before the Herald enjoyed
national representation,
Parham pounded the
pavement on Madison
Avenue and Fifth Avenue
in New York City, calling on
national ad firms for their
advertising dollars. But
no ad was too small, she
recalls. “I worked very hard
to build up a substantial
classified section,” she
says.
Her son, Bill, passed
away earlier this year from
a stroke. She has two
grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren.
Despite a daunting
beginning and several
challenges, including an
office bombing in the mid1990s, the Cincinnati
Herald never missed a
week of publication under
her direction. “The thing
I’m most proud of is giving
young people their first
start, people who have
Parham has demonstrated
leadership nationally and
locally, serving as board
chairwoman of the National
Afro-American Museum
and Cultural Center and
treasurer of the National
Newspaper Publishers
Association.
Of the Great Living
Cincinnatian recognition,
Parham says she is
“mind-boggled.”
“I haven’t been someone
who takes myself too
seriously,” she says. “I
never expected to be named
a Great Living Cincinnatian.
I’m very surprised, pleased
and appreciative.”
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Stanley M.
Kaplan, MD
Psychiatrist,
Teacher,
Arts Patron
As an avid motorcyclist,
Stanley M. Kaplan, MD, has
crisscrossed the continental
United States, Alaska,
Canada and Nova Scotia on
his Honda Gold Wing touring
bike. However it has been
his passion for the humanities and the arts, together
with his late wife Mickey,
that has enabled Cincinnati
USA to ride high as a worldclass destination for the arts
and culture.
Kaplan has been at the forefront of many major arts
initiatives in Cincinnati,
including leading the effort
to build the Zaha Hadiddesigned, internationally
acclaimed Rosenthal
Center for Contemporary
Art as then chairman of the
board of directors of the
Contemporary Arts Center.
Born and raised in
Cincinnati, Kaplan graduated from Walnut Hills High
School in 1940 and went
on to study psychiatry at
the University of Cincinnati
College of Medicine, at a
time when psychiatry was on
the ascent, both nationally
and internationally.
He completed his medical
training at UC in 1946 and
then became a resident in
psychiatry. He later received
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training in psychoanalysis
at the Chicago Institute for
Psychoanalysis. In 1954 he
was asked to join the faculty of UC’s Department of
Psychiatry under the direction of Maurice Levine, MD,
who was regarded as a true
renaissance man. Levine
not only taught psychiatry
but also brought in lecturers
and experts on the arts and
humanities, providing a lifelong inspiration for Kaplan.
He went on to become a full
professor and at one time
was interim chairman of the
Psychiatry Department. He
has also served on nearly
every College of Medicine
committee and is deeply
committed to education. In
1991 he established the
national Stanley M. Kaplan
Essay contest to encourage
improved writing and
research skills among medical students.
During his career at UC
Kaplan was involved not only
in patient care and teaching
but also in research. He
is published widely for his
work on a range of topics in
psychiatry – particularly for
studies in psychosomatic
medicine.
Throughout the years with
Mickey, he served as a
visionary for Cincinnati as a
world-class center for arts
and culture. He was instrumental in the effort to grant
London-based Hadid her first
U.S. commission – the first
art museum for any female
architect. The Rosenthal
Center for Contemporary
Art has been hailed by The
New York Times as the most
important building built in
America since the end of the
Cold War. The Kaplans were
one of the CAC’s prominent
contributors.
Across the street from
the Rosenthal Center,
the Aronoff Center for the
Performing Arts features
the Jarson Kaplan Theatre,
named in honor of the
Kaplans and Mickey’s parents. Mickey died in 2003.
Later that same year Kaplan
established the Mickey
Kaplan New American Play
Prize to support the production of a new play at the
Cincinnati Playhouse in the
Park in Mt. Adams. The Dr.
Stanley and Mickey Kaplan
Foundation also supported
the naming of the new dance
studio at the Cincinnati
Ballet in honor of Mickey.
In addition, the Kaplan
Foundation has supported
a number of other architect-design building projects
and programming for area
non-profits including the
Cincinnati Art Museum,
Taft Museum of Art and
the University of Cincinnati
College of DAAP.
Now an emeritus professor, Kaplan is on campus
almost daily and continues
to do some psychotherapy
and teaching. He is also
chairman of Cincinnatibased G & J Pepsi-Cola
Bottlers, the fourth largest
Pepsi bottler in the United
States.
Kaplan has two sons, Steve
and Richard, both officers
in G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers,
and a daughter, Barbara
Kaplan, MD. a pediatric
physician at the Cleveland
Clinic. She has a husband, William Chilcote, MD,
and two sons, Jeffery and
Michael.
“I was overwhelmed at being
chosen,” he says of the
Great Living Cincinnatian
honor. “It feels great to be
considered among the many
other previous recipients of
the award. It means a lot to
me.”
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