Inspire! Care 360 Resources
Running an early learning center is hard work. You have to juggle a lot of different disciplines: education, leadership, management, staffing, ownership, administration, accounting … the list goes on and on!
Inspire! Care 360 is “Your Childcare Business Partner” and we want to make your life easier. In this Resources section, you will find recordings of some of our best interviews and presentations. Here you will find ideas, insights, and answers that will help you run your school more efficiently and profitably.
Ron Spreeuwenberg is the co-founder and CEO of HiMama. As a graduate of the Harvard Business School, Ron’s background in education and his experience in the childcare industry make him a subject matter expert when it comes to ECE leadership.
Learn the four characteristics shared by the best leaders in early childhood education, and get some new ideas for motivating & rewarding your employees.
Cory Gabel is a master of digital marketing, lead generation, website design, and SEO. He has over ten years of experience with digital marketing for early learning centers in the childcare industry. In this interview, he explores:
- Must-haves for any childcare website
- How to convert website visits into tours
- Ways to optimize your online presence
- Methods for measuring performance and tracking success
Handling Difficult Conversations with Staff at Your Childcare Center
Inspire! Care 360 Founder & CEO, Tony D’Agostino, connects with Chanie Wilschansky, CEO of DiscoverED Consulting, to share their perspectives and insights on having those difficult (and sometimes awkward) conversations about staff accountability. Chanie discusses the four shields of a difficult conversation:
- Victimhood
- Crying
- Blaming
- Deflection
Walk the Line: The Art & Science of Staff Retention
In an economy with record-low unemployment, it can be hard to find or replace the best team members. Learn the top eight (8) ways to engage and retain your staff by developing – and promoting – an amazing culture in your early learning center! Learn the answers to questions such as:
- What is the Typical Cost of Staff Turnover in Childcare?
- How Do You Reach & Retain Millennial Workers?
- How Can You Define & Develop Values in Your Center?
- What Are Some Differences Between Management & Leadership?
Webinar: Demystifying the CARES Act – Part 1
In this webinar our CEO, Tony D’Agostino, meets with John Rizzo, Sam Gueli and Daniel Matteo to discuss how the CARES Act affects your child care business.
- COVID-19 affected us all.
- The CARES Act explained by seasoned professionals.
- Tony asks the questions from an owner’s perspective.
Keys To Recovering Your Enrollment with Julie Wassom
Post COVID-19, Tony D’Agostino meets with Julie Wassom to discuss how to recover your enrollment in times of crisis.
- The key marketing change ECE businesses must make as a result of the Corona Virus pandemic.
- Actions within your control to take now to rebuild enrollment rapidly post COVID-19
- Family outreach and communications.
- Essential techniques for recovering existing families and converting new prospects.
- Incentives for re-enrolling families, center managers and teams.
- Enlisting partners to help rebuild enrollment.
Creating One ECE Voice Post COVID-19
Our CEO, Tony D’Agostino meets with Cindy Lehnhoff, director of NCCA, to talk about advocacy and being prepared for challenging periods such as COVID-19.
- Why is ECE advocacy important?
- What if we all joined together in this mission?
- What if we had been better prepared and organized prior to COVID-19?
- What do we do, moving forward?
Big Changes in PPP-Forgiveness!
In follow up with our previous webinar about PPP-Forgiveness we circle back and tackle the changes that were being implemented in this Act.
John Rizzo and Daniel Matteo from RDG+Partners join our CEO, Tony D’Agostino, once again to have an in depth discussion about PPP-Forgiveness.