WTOL 11 Leading Edge

WTOL 11 Leading Edge

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WTOL 11 Leading Edge episodes

  • City council president Carrie Hartman talks about issues happening around Toledo. Author Geoffrey Greif discusses the importance of friendships for middle aged men.

    Catching up with the President of Toledo City Council Carrie Hartman.
    Who is taking the ball when it comes to QOL? It’s not ProMedica - it’s not UT. What’s going on with the proposed roundabout at Secor and Kenwood. Hunter Brucks was given the keys to the summer concert series - so far there have been two shows booked. Life expectancy study from Area Office on Aging shows 20-year gap between Vistula neighborhood and the DeVeaux Village.
    Geoffrey Greif, Ph.D. - Author | University of Maryland | Sociology
    Greif, author of Buddy System – Understanding Male Friendships talks about friendships between men, how they work and why they are vital to men’s health and the health of the community.
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    22 min
  • Area Office on Aging of Northwestern Ohio and the longevity gap between different parts of the city; Authors discuss ways to deal with conflict in the workplace.

    Area Office on Aging - A Tale of Two Cities Within One City


    Justin Moor - Exec. Dir. - Area Office on Aging

    A Tale of Two Cities Within One City focuses on two neighborhoods, one that has the highest average life expectancy and one that has the lowest life expectancy, both in the same city, Toledo, and just less than four miles apart.


    With this knowledge the Area Office on Aging felt the responsibility to try to do something to address this longevity gap that exists in our community.

    Power phrases for dealing with workplace conflict


    Karin Hurt - CEO, Let’s Grow Leaders


    As a CEO and President of Let’s Grow Leaders, Karin Hurt is known for practical tools, highly interactive keynotes, and leadership development programs that stick.


    She is an award-winning author of five books. Karin Hurt and her partner, David Dye, surveyed over 5000 full time workers in over 45 countries and in all 50 US states about conflict in the workplace.

    It turns out conflict is becoming more of an issue everywhere you go.


    They wrote POWERFUL PHRASES FOR DEALING WITH WORKPLACE CONFLICT to help all employees (and their managers) rebuild trust, collaboration, and ultimately enjoy more influence at work.

    70% of participants in their survey report the same or more conflict over the last few years.

    Only 30% reported less conflict - and nearly half of those say it’s because they (or the people they were in conflict with) changed jobs, or they’re working remotely.


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    22 min
  • Can Toledo still fulfill the promise of the failed BITWISE venture and reshape its image into that of a “tech town”?; Leadership Toledo regional tour days.

    Toledo: a tech town?


    Brandy Alexander - Activate Innovate Organizer | CEO, TandemTide Marketing

    Michael Saleh - Technology Advisor & Consultant, JumpStart Inc.

    The gameplan for Toledo’s Uptown was set. There would be a technology incubator going into the newly refurbished Jefferson Center. The jobs and the production coming out of the center would revolutionize Toledo’s identity and future forecast. BITWISE was looking to branch out and bring its tech savvy into underserved communities and give individuals a hand up instead of a handout. However, it wasn’t to be - at least in that form - BITWISE would go belly up in a financial scandal that rocked the worlds of nearly 20 local employees who believed in the message and the mission. Still, there is a newly renovated historic building in Toledo’s Uptown district, and there are individuals with passion and purpose who still see the possibility that Toledo could still be a tech town and an innovation hub. In fact, coming up Thursday, June 13, Toledo will play host to the Activate - Innovate Conference. The list of speakers, influencers, and local leaders is impressive.


    Leadership Toledo - Regional tour days


    Tedd Long - Author | Blogger | Storyteller - Holy Toledo Tours


    Leadership Toledo has a long history of providing opportunities for Toledo’s youth. But last month, The Signature Program spent a day immersed in Toledo's rich and layered history. Between birds-eye views of the city and touring hidden gems, members learned about the building blocks of the community and the exciting opportunities coming our way thanks to the dedicated leaders who care so much for Toledo.

    22 min
  • Author and Toledo-native talks about his book Animals I want to See about his time growing up poor in Toledo in the 60s; Also, what is happening with interest rates?

    Tom Seeman | Author | Toledo Native
    Tom Seeman's book, Animals I want to See, is a lyrical coming-of-age story set in the projects of Toledo, Ohio, which explores themes of identity, ambition, religion, and friendship—often across racial and social lines. Seeman grew up in Toledo in the 1960s.
    Money Matters
    Billy Horn | Savage & Associates
    Interest Rates are still higher than they've been in decades. So how are people dealing with it and where are rates heading in the future?

    22 min
  • Chicks for Charity; BGSU Labor Trafficking Education and Research Initiative; U Change Counseling & Behavioral Health Agency.

    Chicks for Charity


    Emily Zarecki & Mona Shousher


    Chicks for Charity provides girls and women of all ages with the inspiration and opportunity to participate in giving back, maximize impact, and experience the joy and dignity of being philanthropic. It’s not about how much you give. It’s the idea that you want to help.


    BGSU Labor Trafficking Education and Research Initiative


    Lara B. Wilken, DNP, RN - Assistant Clinical Professor, Bowling Green State University


    Tracy McGinley, MA - Teaching Professor, Criminal Justice, Bowling Green State University Firelands


    The Labor Trafficking Education and Research Initiative was created in 2024 to help fill the gap in the understanding of human trafficking, specifically labor trafficking. Through data, the Initiative seeks to offer insight to enable better identification of victims, services available, and best practices.


    U Change Counseling & Behavioral Health Agency


    Lashanna Alfred - CEO and Founder

    Licensed Independent Social Worker as well as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toledo teaching Master Level Social Work classes. Her passion is to inspire others to become the trauma that has paralyzed them by empowering them and bringing them to a place of healing where they can be the best version of themselves.


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    22 min
  • After the fall of tech hub Bitwise, a new venture is rising from the ashes in Toledo; The National Museum of the Great Lakes ready to grow

    LeSean Shaw – VP, Empowered AI

    It was the promise to not only transform a part of Toledo’s Uptown area, but also to bring change and create career opportunities for Toledo’s underserved communities by teaching people to code.
    However, the promise, the plan, the future wasn’t to be - as the powers behind the west coast tech hub operation Bitwise were found to be robbing Peter to pay Paul to keep the operation running, duping investors, including ProMedica, out of thousands or even millions of dollars.
    Since then, the former CEOs of Bitwise were charged with fraud and 18 local employees were furloughed.
    But now, some of those 18 former employees are determined to keep grinding for this city they love and the field that they know so well.
    Kate Fineske - Executive Director - National Museum of the Great Lakes
    The National Museum of the Great Lakes is celebrating 10 years in the Toledo area, but they aren’t growing complacent. In fact, the NMGL is about to undertake an expansion.
    Over the past ten years, the museum has captivated visitors with its diverse array of exhibits, featuring visual, audiovisual, and hands-on experiences spanning centuries of Great Lakes history.

    From the era of fur trading, to the challenges of the underground railroad, and the exploits of rum runners, the museum offers a comprehensive journey through the pivotal moments that have shaped the Great Lakes into the vital resource it is today.

    22 min
  • Lucas County Land Bank - What is it and what do they do?; Talking Record Store Day 2024 with owner of Culture Clash Records

    DAVID MANN - PRESIDENT & CEO - LUCAS COUNTY LAND BANK

    The Lucas County Land Bank hosted a community update and debuted a series of short films showcasing its work building neighborhoods recently at the Imagination Station.

    The event was to highlight progress under the Land Bank’s five-year strategic plan called Building neighborhoods and new initiatives to invest in land, buildings, and people

    in Lucas County. About 200 people, including elected officials, neighborhood leaders, and residents were there. 


    GUEST: TIM FRIEDMAN - OWNER - CULTURE CLASH RECORDS 

    Saturday, April 20th is the 17th annual global Record Store Day, and Culture Clash is throwing the best party in town.

    Record Store Day launched in 2008 as a means to celebrate and promote the distinctive culture and community surrounding thousands of independently owned record stores around the world.

    23 min
  • New documentary about H.O.O.V.E.S.; Solar Eclipse cities in totality; warm winter's effect on planting season in northwest Ohio.

    H.O.O.V.E.S founder Amanda Held and veteran Dave Barker discuss a new documentary that has been produced about the non-profit organization that helps veterans struggling with mental health.
    John Burchfield talks about Tuesday’s Solar Eclipse and what towns and cities across the country and in Ohio will see the longest duration of darkness.
    Denny Vennekotter and Keith Truckor, area farmers from Putnam and Fulton Counties respectively, discuss the effects that the warmer winter had on this year’s planting season.
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    23 min
  • The movement to increase the number of terms Toledo mayors can serve; What happened to the middle in politics?

    GUESTS:  Bob Savage Sr. and Micheal Alexander


    WTOL 11 recently reported how some local

    business leaders were “working to gather petitions to equalize mayoral and city
    council term limits.”

    According to a press release from BJ Fischer, the

    individuals feel that other cities in Ohio have benefited from the stability that having a mayor in office more than two terms can provide.

    The question would go before voters in

    November. Supporters say it would give voters the option to “choose stability.”


    GUEST Lilliana Mason - Johns Hopkins University - SNF Agora Institute


    What happened to the middle in politics?

    Lilliana Mason is a professor who specializes in Political Psychology.

    She has looked at the ways in which people

    have sorted themselves into the two parties on the basis of key identity characteristics like race and religion.


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    22 min
  • President of Destination Toledo talks about Toledo's brand and how he pitches the city; Taylor Automotive Family Community Outreach Ambassadors.

    Lance Woodworth - President and CEO | Destination Toledo


    Toledo’s always wanted to be more - and there are those who are trying to make it happen - but it seems like there are those who want to keep it right where it is or where it’s been.


    So what is Toledo's brand?


    When you are charged with selling the image and potential of the city to businesses, conventions, or individual people, what is the pitch these days?


    Tom Cole - Taylor Automotive Family Community Outreach

    Terry Crosby - Taylor Automotive Family Community Outreach


    There have been so many organizations that needed help to make their charity, and their love for others go. And that’s where Cole and Crosby, community ambassadors for the Taylor Automotive Family, come in, picking up the ball and getting it across the goal line.


    22 min

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