The Ohlmann Group

DPS strategy: Meeting fatigue

No other school board meets as much and does as little as the Dayton Public Board of Education. Their agendas confuse the members, aren’t mobile friendly, provide almost zero usable information, and lead to massive confusion. They have a “Parliamentarian,” Joe Lacey, who is a member of the board, which is far from ideal: If Read More

When 400 teachers pack the room

You knew the school board was ready, all of them dressed in their Sunday best- Joe Lacey even left his hoodie at home and combed his hair. The teachers were ready too. When I say 400, it’s not an exact count, but it was the most I’d seen. They were wearing red, and they weren’t Read More

If this is the best DPS can do…

When you hire an ad agency that likes to buy media- of course, the first thing you do is buy media.  Dayton Public Schools hired The Ohlmann Group, who bragged about winning the “Mercury award” for media buying all seven years the award has been in existence. Airing today, radio spots on 103.9- Clear Channel Read More

Dayton Public Schools fail marketing 101

This is far from the first post on the extended failure of Dayton Public Schools to manage their marketing resource acquisition. DPS to waive 48 hour rule to hire ad agency for 4 years How bad decisions are made by the Dayton Public School board Whaley unopposed, Shanklin resigns, DPS is still a clusterduck If Read More

Whaley unopposed, Shanklin resigns, DPS is still a clusterduck

If Nan Whaley thinks the reason she’s unopposed is because she’s doing such a good job, she’s as delusional as DPS Superintendent Rhonda Corr and the Dayton Public Schools Board of Education. If any of them had any sense, they’d do what Wilburt Shanklin did- resign. Shanklin was the embattled nominee to the Montgomery County Read More

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