Capella University Fellows Program Expands into Atlanta, Charlotte, and Philadelphia

The Fellows program expands beyond Twin Cities and triples number of nonprofit leaders to receive graduate degree scholarships. Original press release at Capella University Fellows Program Expands into Atlanta, Charlotte, and Philadelphia | Business Wire MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Capella University – an institution dedicated to providing flexible online degree programs to help working adults advance […]
Duck Donuts launches Specialty Treat to Fight Homelessness

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – Known for its warm, made-to-order doughnuts, Duck Donuts’ latest custom treat is satisfying your sweet tooth and supporting children and families experiencing homelessness in Charlotte. Customers can visit Mecklenburg County locations – Huntersville or Dilworth – to buy special purple icing doughnuts through the end of January, with a portion of the […]
Thompson Partners with Feeding Charlotte this Giving Tuesday

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – Thompson Child & Family Focus (Thompson), in collaboration with local non-profit food rescue organization Feeding Charlotte, is expanding reach and bringing greater awareness to the issue of food insecurity, and those who struggle with taking care of basic human needs. With Thompson’s program, “A Child’s Place,” (ACP) as a new partner, […]
Fight for our TCFF culture in all your daily actions!

As many of you may or may not know I have been a part of shaping the culture at Thompson for over 33 years and have also spent 30+ years on the sidelines coaching college, high school and youth sports. I’ve been a front-line staff member, manager, director, leader, supervisor, Vice President, Sr. Vice President, […]
Never Stop Learning: When You Stop Learning, You Stop Growing

What is a Learning Culture? A Learning Culture consists of an organization of individuals instilled with a growth mindset. A growth mindset is when an individual believes their talents can be developed through hard work, good strategies, and input from others. To effectively contribute to the mission of the organization, we must foster an environment where […]
Fundamental: We Don’t Argue With The Data

I’ve been with Thompson a little over 4 years now working in the PQI department and there have been many changes to our data reporting. For example, we used to use Excel spreadsheets that one person would take weeks to compile, including program quality metrics, employee data, and finance data. Manually crunching numbers, it was […]