Critical Mass Business Talk Show | Orange County‘s Longest-Running Business Talk Show | Hosted by Ric Franzi
Nonprofits
Episodes
Monday Aug 15, 2011
Critical Mass August 10, 2011
Monday Aug 15, 2011
Monday Aug 15, 2011
Van Muse, Director for the MBA Progam, Mihaylo College of Business and Economics is host Ric Franzi's featured guest. Van explains the three (3) MBA programs and the focus for each program. Van also goes into detail about the newest of the three MBA programs, the Full-Time MBA program. The Full-Time MBA offers a unique focus on the "interpersonal and soft skills" through the Mihaylo Leadership Academy. As Van says "There are plenty of choices for a full-time MBA in the marketplace, so we chose to develop ours differently." Listen to learn more details about the benefits and features of the Mihaylo MBA programs.
Monday Jun 27, 2011
Critical Mass June 21, 2011
Monday Jun 27, 2011
Monday Jun 27, 2011
Dr. Carol Taylor, President of Vanguard University talks with host Ric Franzi about her experience leading the university through a difficult period and some of the lessons of that experience.
Tina Lustig, Founder of Asana Art shares the entrepreneurial story of her journey building Asana Art a company creating yoga-based works of art.
Saturday May 21, 2011
Critical Mass: Coast to Coast May 19, 2011
Saturday May 21, 2011
Saturday May 21, 2011
Dale Keshishian, CEO of HealthWorks Academies is host Ric Franzi's first guest. Ric and Dale discuss her firm's role in transforming healthcare through education and how her organization is helping high school students discover career opportunities in the healthcare industry.
Lee Sutterfield, President of SecureLogix talks with host Ric Franzi about his the firm he started which is focused on ecuring the rapidly changing world of enterprise voice and unified communications networks against a growing number of attacks from hackers much like the internet attacks have occurred over the last two decades.
Monday May 02, 2011
Critical Mass April 26, 2011
Monday May 02, 2011
Monday May 02, 2011
Dan Withee, Principal at Withee Malcom Archietects, LLP is Ric Franzi's first guest. Dan and Ric discuss Dan's firm which he co-found with his partner Dale Malcom. Dan talks about his firm's focus within the construction and design industry as well as the latest trends in affordable building design.
Jim Carol, Founder and CEO of DonateGames talks about his latest venture, a social enterprise that collects and resells donated video games to raise money in support of children and families woh are affected by rare diseases. In 2010, it's second year of operation, DonateGames collected well over $1 million in donated video games and gear, luanched a wolrd-class e-commerce store, established a physcial headquarters and contributed more than $.79 of every dollar of revenue directly to research and treatment for sick children.
Monday Apr 04, 2011
Critical Mass March 30, 2011
Monday Apr 04, 2011
Monday Apr 04, 2011
Vivian Clecak, Founder and Executive Director of Human Options joins host Ric Franzi to discuss her ogranization's mission of serving battered women, their families and help our community break the cycle of violence. Vivian discusses Serious Fun 2011 Event to be held on Friday May 6th, at the Balboa Bay Club in Newport Beach. Human Options is celebrating it's 30th year in service to the community.
Monday Mar 28, 2011
Critical Mass: Coast to Coast March 24, 2011
Monday Mar 28, 2011
Monday Mar 28, 2011
Ms. Emmy Miller, President of Liberty Business Strategies, Ltd. is host Ric Franzi's first guest. Her firm is a business strategy/consulting company. They do corporate coaching but they are thought of as a team-building catalyst.
Ned Moore, CEO and Co-Founder of Portico Systems talks with Ric about his firm which provides innovative solutions to enable health plans to reduce administrative, medical and IT costs.
Simon Hauger, Executive Director of EVXT Team shares his unique educational automotive team-comprised of West Philadephia inner-city hight school students-which has won the Automotive X Prize numerous times. They have consistently beat out several university teams including MIT.
Wednesday Dec 08, 2010
Critical Mass December 1, 2010
Wednesday Dec 08, 2010
Wednesday Dec 08, 2010
Nahla Kayali, Founder of Access California Services, a non-profit firm she started in 1998 to empower and assist the underserved Arab-American and Muslim-American communities as a result of her struggles to obtain help following her divorce.
Friday Sep 24, 2010
Critical Mass September 15, 2010
Friday Sep 24, 2010
Friday Sep 24, 2010
Claire Heath, President of Divine Choices, a non-profit she founded with her brother Larry Sault, talks with host Ric Franzi about her organization's efforts to educate people about the prevention of childhood abuse and train adults to better protect children from abuse and exploitation. She discusses the effect their book, "The Lie that Binds", has had on them personally and within their community.
Monday Aug 30, 2010
Critical Mass August 26, 2010
Monday Aug 30, 2010
Monday Aug 30, 2010
Phyllis Ann Marshall, Founder of FoodPower discusses with host Ric Franzi her unique consulting services that provides knowledge and resources to food service professionals. She shares her expertise on the trends affecting the restaurant industry and describes her role as a change agent to help restaurant owners adapt and grow their business.
Julie David, Founder of A Charity for Charities talks about the nonprofit she found in 2004 to educate the Orange County community and raise funds for other local nonprofit organizations. She discusses two successful programs A Charity for Charities has developed to provide fiscal support to the nonprofit community.
Monday Aug 23, 2010
Critical Mass August 19, 2010
Monday Aug 23, 2010
Monday Aug 23, 2010
Lynn Edgington, Founder of Eagle Research Associates, a company he formed to help combat internet investment fraud, including what people should know about internet investment scams and how to protect themselves from the risks.
Beth Andrus, Owner and writer of The Essential Business Handbook talks with host Doug Gfeller about the most common mistakes made by newly-minted entrepreneurs.
Thursday Jul 22, 2010
Critical Mass July 20, 2010
Thursday Jul 22, 2010
Thursday Jul 22, 2010
Karla Dennis, Owner of Cohesive Tax Strategies, is positioned as "America's Tax Diva". She shares with host Ric Franzi the implications of the latest tax laws for business owners and executives. Karla also discusses the common mistakes made during succession planning as it relates to tax planning.
Dave Wilk, Executive Director of Goals, a non-profit that has been providing local, underprivileged children in Anaheim with sports, activities, and transportation since 1994. Dave gives a sneak preview into their new complex scheduled to open in late July.
Sunday Jul 11, 2010
Critical Mass July 7, 2010
Sunday Jul 11, 2010
Sunday Jul 11, 2010
Ryan Rieches of Rieches Baird talks with host Ric Franzi about how a buiness can gain better performance through focusing on the area of thier services or products that have the highest market differentiation and perceived value.
Stuart Paskow and Michelle Cohen, co-owners of Mitch-Stuart Inc, discuss how using incentive travel products and programs can help both non-profit organizations and for-profit firms reach their strategic goals-whether those goals are fund raising or incentive tools for employee recognition or to retain existing or encouraging new customer growth.
Saturday Apr 24, 2010
Critical Mass April 20, 2010
Saturday Apr 24, 2010
Saturday Apr 24, 2010
Dennis Kuhl, Chairman of Angels Baseball talks with host Ric Franzi about the activities planned during the All-Star Game weekend. He also talks about the positive impact of the All-Star Game on various Orange County nonprofits.
Diane Altwies, Partner at Core Performance Concepts talks with Ric about the strategic role project and program management can have for business owners.