InBiz Blog
The Insight Center's Inclusive Business Initiative is excited to announce that Director Tim Lohrentz will be a featured blogger, called 'The State of WBE,' for the US Women's Business Journal, an online e-zine of the U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce. In a blog entry written prior to the election, Tim outlined state ballot measures that threatened to end affirmative action in Colorado and Nebraska. In his latest entry, Tim described how Colorado voters rejected the ballot measure, in part led by women and minority business associations, including the Hispanic Contractors of Colorado.
Welcome to the launch of the InBiz website, a key component of our Inclusive Business Initiative. In addition to providing information not readily available elsewhere, we hope that this site becomes a source of discussion and sharing by the leaders in the inclusive business field. Please check out the InBiz Forum on a regular basis in addition to the InBiz Blog and the rest of the website.
I would like to briefly introduce myself - my name is Tim Lohrentz - and I will be one of the primary bloggers here. I have been at the Insight Center (formerly NEDLC) for nearly four years and work on a variety of projects in workforce development, cooperative development, social enterprise, and inclusive business development. I was one of the lead researchers for a report creating a strategic approach for The Cleveland Foundation to support minority business development in the Cleveland metropolitan region. That work has led the Insight Center - and me along with it - down the path of creating the Inclusive Business Initiative.
The InBiz Blog will serve many purposes. First, it will help us keep visitors up to date with what is happening on the website, since we hope to be adding features, new data, and new links on a continual basis. Second, it provides us with an opportunity to share information and opinions related to research, events, political trends, and new inclusive business programs in the private, public or nonprofit sector.