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Future of the Foundation: Janice Kreamer and Tom McDonnell

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s new CEO Tom McDonnell and Board Chair Janice Kreamer sit down with Randy Mason to discuss what is ahead for one of the nation’s largest and most well-respected philanthropic foundations.

This time last year, Carl Schramm was pushed out the door as the head of Kansas City’s largest foundation, The Kauffman Foundation. Founded by former Royals owner, entrepreneur and philanthropist Ewing Kauffman, the foundation is not just the city’s largest, it is one of the 40 biggest foundations in the country.

It’s mission is centered on entrepreneurship and education and for the better part of the last year its board has been looking for a new leader to move the foundation forward into the future. They announced just a few weeks ago that the future best lies in the hands of former DST CEO Tom McDonnell.

He’s with us on the Local Show along with the new Chair of the Board, Jan Kreamer, who many may remember formerly ran the Community Foundation.

We also share the trailer from the documentary Something Ventured which was sponsored by The Kauffman Foundation and will be aired immediately following The Local Show on Thursday, January 10 at 8pm.

Tags: Education, Entrepreneurship, Kauffman, The Local Show, TLS317

Genetic Crystal Ball: Children’s Mercy Hospital’s Genomic Center

Randy Mason turns a spotlight on some of the innovative work being done at Children's Mercy Hospital using genome research which can speed up the diagnosis and treatment of critically ill patients.

This week, we start with something elemental. Genomes. They’re the mechanism by which our bodies operate. They contain all the genetic information that makes us who we are.

Ten years ago this month, scientists completed work on the Human Genome Project and since then the technology to explore it further has rapidly evolved. Last year, Time Magazine noted the genomic work being done at Kansas City’s Children’s Mercy Hospital to dramatically speed up the diagnosis and treatment of critically ill infants.

Think of it as the difference between testing a patient one disease at a time versus the much broader net that genomes allow us to cast. It is an innovative example of how translational research can ultimately enhance patient care.

Media attention from the likes of Time Magazine and the Newshour is nice for Dr. Kingsmore. Even nicer was the recent $1 million grant from the William T. Kemper Foundation to help fund the Genomic Center’s activities.

Tags: Healthcare, Life Science, The Local Show, TLS328

Genius Generator: Camp Invention

Kansas City Kansas Community College hosted Camp Invention this summer and The Local Show was there to get a glimpse at the creative geniuses of the future.

The Camp Invention program instills vital 21st century life skills such as problem-solving and teamwork through hands-on fun. The Camp Invention program is a nationally acclaimed weeklong summer enrichment day experience for children entering in grades one through six that is free to schools and organizations nationwide. The top priority of the Camp Invention program is to provide quality enrichment programming in the fields of science, mathematics, history, and the arts. Local schools host the program and the week’s hands-on activities are led by local teachers to ensure a safe learning environment. The staff to child ratio is 1:8! The Camp Invention program enhances a child’s ability to learn through teamwork and subject immersion while cultivating a new appreciation for discovery — it’s learning disguised as fun!

Tags: Education, Environment, Kids, Science, The Local Show, TLS207

Global Entrepreneurship Week: Kauffman Foundation’s Startup Demos

In conjunction with Global Entrepreneurship Week, the Kauffman Foundation hosted a Startup Demo Day where local entrepreneurs had an opportunity to pitch their ideas.

This week marks Global Entrepreneurship Week in Kansas City as designated by the Kauffman Foundation. While there are around 40 different events across the metro designed to appeal to future entrepreneurs, last Monday at the Kauffman Foundation, two dozen of the area’s top start up businesses pitched their ideas in front of an audience of potential financial partners, mentors, and just plain interested folks. KCPT had its cameras there along with videojournalist Justin Bond.

Tags: Big 5, Big 5 Ideas, Entrepreneurship, The Local Show, TLS313

God Bless Us Everyone: KC Rep’s A Christmas Carol

The Local Show presents a peek at this year’s performance of A Christmas Carol by the Kansas City Rep. For more than 30 years, the Rep’s holiday performance has delighted audiences and has become a family tradition for many. The show has been retooled this year to incorporate more ghostly effects. The Rep’s take on the Charles Dickens classic runs through December 26th.

Tags: The Local Show, TLS213

Google Zone: Lisa Qualls & Aaron Deacon

Lisa Qualls and Aaron Deacon from Social Media Club KC discuss some potential uses for the new Google internet service.

It was one of the biggest news announcements of the year, but ever since Google picked Kansas City over thousands of other communities to build “an ultra-high speed fiber-optic internet network” there’s been very little more said about the deal.

The newly selected point person for Google in Kansas City declined to appear on The Local Show saying there simply wasn’t enough progress to report on yet. The co-chairs appointed by the Mayors of Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri also said they didn’t have anything substantive to share.

Just recently the Kansas City Star reported that the timeline for connecting the first neighborhoods has been delayed until next summer.

Interestingly, many of the articles about Google are quoting representatives of the social media club of Kansas City to help unpack what this all means. The 2,000 member tech-savvy group has been hosting forums to rev up community interest in the Google project and its potential for Kansas City.

Lisa Qualls and Aaron Deacon from Social Media Club KC discuss some potential uses for the new Google internet service.

Tags: Google, Social Media Club KC, The Local Show, TLS214

Google Zone: Mike Burke & Ray Daniels

The Local Show gets an update on the Google project from Mike Burke and Ray Daniels who are leading the Mayors’ Bi-State Google Innovation Team.

Almost a year after they made their first splashy announcement, Google began construction last week on its long-awaited ultrafast Internet service. While the company says they’re now laying fiber in KCK, they declined to say which neighborhoods they would be working in. When they arrive, the one gigabit-per-second Internet connections will offer steady downloads about 100 times faster than most Americans can get in their homes with existing broadband services. In just a moment, we’ll get an update on the project from Mike Burke and Ray Daniels who are leading the Mayors’ Bi-State Google Innovation Team. But first, we wanted to show you how the Kauffman Foundation is now envisioning what a Google future might mean for Kansas City.

Tags: Google, The Local Show, TLS219

Grammy Gold: Joyce DiDonato

Prairie Village native and international opera star Joyce DiDonato won a Grammy for her performance, Diva Divo.

Many of you may have been watching the Grammy Awards over the weekend. What you missed in the primetime CBS broadcast is the Grammy Award being presented for Classical Solo Performance. That was among the awards not handed out on TV from the Staples Center. The award went to Prairie Village native and international opera star Joyce DiDonato for her performance Diva Divo. She performs alongside the Kansas City Symphony at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts next month. If you weren’t able to secure a ticket, don’t fret. The performance is being recorded to run nationally on PBS as part of the summer arts series this July. KCPT recently began production on the documentary “Homecoming” which will be featured in the PBS Arts special.

Here’s a behind the scenes look at the making of Diva Divo:

Tags: joyce DiDonato, Music, Opera, The Local Show, TLS219

Grammy Gold: Kansas City Chorale

The Kansas City Chorale struck Grammy gold last weekend. We offer our congratulations and share a small sample from the award winning group.

You didn’t get to see them pick up their Grammys during the big prime-time telecast over the weekend, but congratulations are in order for the Kansas City Chorale who snagged two Grammys in Sunday’s pre-show awards.

The Chorale’s 2012 album, “Life & Breath: Choral Works By René Clausen,” received Grammy Awards for Best Choral Performance and Best Engineered Classical record.

Here is a look at the big announcement:

Here’s more info about the winning album:

Tags: Music, The Local Show, TLS322

Gratitude for Growers: National Agricultural Hall of Fame

If you eat, you are involved in agriculture. We take you inside the National Agricultural Hall of Fame in Bonner Springs which celebrates the history of the American farmer.

If you head along I-70 through Wyandotte County in Kansas, you’ve no doubt seen signs for the National Agricultural Hall of Fame. It’s been there for more than 50 years thanks to a federal charter by an act of the 86th Congress and signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on August 31, 1960. Chances are good that you may never have stopped inside. In fact, attendance in recent years has been so poor that the attraction, which celebrates agriculture and the American farmer, was almost shuttered three years ago. Now a new board of directors is breathing new life into the museum about two miles west of the Kansas Speedway in Bonner Springs. Producer Justin Bond takes us on a tour.

Tags: Food, The Local Show, TLS304

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