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Last night's speaker was Alice Korngold, the President and CEO of Business Volunteers Unlimited. The Bush Administration is seeking their recommendations on replicating their success in this region in other areas. What does BVU do?

"Nonprofit organizations are in transition, facing strategic and financial challenges and opportunities. At the same time, businesses/employers recognize that involvement in the community is good for business, good for employees, and good for the community. BVU is a VEHICLE that effectively and efficiently involves talented people in leadership and volunteering."

Their website lets you choose from hundreds of volunteer opportunities. The form they use is very effective in narrowing your interests to find the right opportunity for you.

It's a shame that there isn't more info available on BVU and Alice Korngold. It looks like the WSJ moved an article from 3 years ago, because all the links are broken. It's a good thing Google keeps a cached version of pages. When I searched for Alice on Google, the best page I could come up with was a page for Kansas City. If Cleveland and Northeast Ohio want to attract people to the area, we've got to become much better at promoting ourselves linking together and fostering communication and collaboration.