Media Advisory
For Immediate Release Contact: Emmy Partin
October 20, 2011 Phone: 614.439.4836
COLUMBUS – Local officials today are faced with tightening budgets and less direct financial support from state of Ohio government. Will they cut services, raise taxes – or perhaps work together to create efficiencies.
This Monday, October 24, in Columbus, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute – along with the Nord Family Foundation, Ohio Grantmakers Forum, Educational Service Center of Central Ohio, Ohio Education Matters, and Public Performance Partners – will host a free, non-partisan event titled, “Working Smarter Together: Enhancing savings and performance for local schools and governments.”
The event will be held at the Renaissance Hotel, 50 N. Third Street, Columbus from 3 to 6 p.m. Registration is free. To register, call 614-223-1580 or email OhioRSVP@excellence.net. The event is open to the media. Local government, school and higher education administrators are encouraged to attend.
The goal of the event is to help local government administrators – from county commissioners and city managers to school district superintendents – think differently about how they operate, and learn tangible strategies for sharing services and saving money. Featured speakers will include: C. Jackson Grayson, founder of the American Productivity & Quality Center; Dave Yost, Ohio Auditor of State; Randy Cole, Ohio Controlling Board; Hugh Quill, Public Performance Partners; Bart Anderson, Educational Service Center of Central Ohio; Barbara Gellman-Danley, Rio Grande Community College & University of Rio Grande; and John Weithofer, Miami Valley Communications Council.
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