TWIGA NEWSLETTERS: ‘09 Oct ‘09 July
- Dec. 2, 2009 – Press Release – Utah Governor Extends Four-Day Workweek, Extends Services in Targeted Areas
- Nov. 21, 2009 – Article – It is Not Our Parent’s Workplace Anymore
- Nov. 17, 2009 – Publication – The Pressures of Talent Management - The Sloan Center on Aging & Work has released a new report looking at whether businesses and organizations in today’s challenging economy are aware of the impact of America’s increasingly aging workforce and what steps they are taking to prepare.
- Nov. 14, 2009 – Block Fest: Parents and young children learn emergent math/science concepts – By Harriet Shaklee, Diane Demarest, Patti O’Hara and Janica Hardin, University of Idaho
Presented to the Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Family Relations
San Francisco, November 14, 2009
- Oct. 28, 2009 – Article - Capitalizing on Innovation - U of I Innovation Awards; Recipients include Harriet Shaklee, for the development of BLOCK Fest™
- Oct. 26, 2009 – Press Release - Boise Winners of the 2009 Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Business Excellence Showcased at the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce Presentation
- Oct. 23, 2009 – Article – 21st Century Workforce – “The Times They Are a Changing”
- Oct. 23, 2009 – Article – Workplace Flexibility – A Win, Win Situation
- Oct. 21, 2009 – Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce President Bill Connors and Patricia Kempthorne, President of the Twiga Foundation, honored the Boise winners of the 2009 Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility at a meeting with the Treasure Valley Human Resources Managers. Kathy Lingle, Director of Alliance for Work-Life Progress, was the keynote speaker and, through video conferencing, four Sloan award winners from Long Beach, Phoenix, Detroit and Houston shared why flexibility has been proven to be a successful business strategy in their organizations.
Boise Winners, 2009 Sloan Awards: (click here for more info on these firms)
American Geotechnics
Boise Rescue Mission
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Givens Pursley LLP
Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children
Idaho Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
KPMG LLP
Trey McIntyre Project
- Oct. 19, 2009 – Patricia Kempthorne participated in A Woman’s Nation and the Shriver Report. Click here to read Patricia’s essay in the Report and read the press release. Patricia visited with numerous Senators and Representatives about the Shriver Report and participated in a panel on October 19 in Washington DC at the all day event discussing the contents of this report.
- ‘08 December - Linking Multiple Efforts to Create Workplace Flexibility, Patricia Kempthorne, WFC Resources Newsbrief, Dec. 2008)
- ‘08 Apr 02 – USA Today Ad featuring the Honorees for the Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility is now available.
- ‘08 Apr 01 – Press Release for the 2008 Guide to Bold Ideas for Making Work Work
- ‘08 Mar 10 - Press Release - New Survey to Assess States as Employers-of-Choice; Project Seeks State Agencies to Participate
- ‘04 Jan/Feb – First Lady Balances Life & Work Ad by Patricia J. Kempthorne, Idaho Business IQ Jan/Feb 2004.
