“With OppEx policy brief “Reinvent vs. Rebuild” as a framework, we ran a three-part webinar series focused on imagining ways to design an ECE system in Massachusetts. Over 700 ECE stakeholders joined us, and thanks to the knowledge and practical experience of the OppEx team, the series was engaging and provocative.”
—Anne Douglass, Ph.D.,
Institute for Early Education Leadership & Innovation,
University of Massachusetts Boston
Videos | Webinars
June, 2024
National Child Care Innovation Summit
Louise Stoney was excited to be a speaker at the first-of-its-kind National Child Care Innovation Summit, presented in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. This groundbreaking summit brought together leaders from the public and private sector to discuss the vital role of child care for U.S. economic competitiveness.
The entire summit can be viewed here but if you wish to jump to Louise Stoney’s panel, please scroll to 7:08:13 of the video.
July, 2022
Shared Services: Sharing Resources to Maximize Opportunities for Children and Families
This webinar, sponsored by the Hunt Institute, explores realistic solutions for early education entrepreneurs, and features Louise Stoney of Opportunities Exchange, Monique Reynolds of Quality Childcare for Children and Paula Drew of the Wisconsin Early Childhood Association. Lauren Zbyszinski, Ph.D., LLM, moderates the discussion.
May, 2021
Opportunities to Scale Health Care Supports
This presentation outlines a potential strategy to leverage funding from the American Rescue Plan Act to help child care staff access affordable health care.
February, 2021
The Iron Triangle and ECE Finance
A What’s Up Wednesday conversation with Early Learning Ventures. We highly recommend watching this video on the Iron Triangle, especially if you are unfamiliar with this topic. Louise Stoney is a pioneer in the shared services space and crafted the Iron Triangle, so it is best to hear from the source!
January, 2021
Stengthening Home-Based Child Care Networks with Shared Services and Automation
This webinar included a lively and informative conversation with Louise Stoney, Opportunities Exchange and Chris Bennett, Wonderschool, both of whom gave an overview of how shared services offer support for HBCC.
June, 2020
Reimagining Stronger and More Equitable Systems of Early Care and Education
Opportunities Exchange leaders share a vision for re-inventing the business of child care to be more sustainable and lead to better outcomes for children.
June, 2020
Louise Stoney Show+Tell Expert Talk
In this short video clip Louise challenges long-held beliefs that have blocked progress on key issues in early care and education and prevented progress in boosting wages, quality and supply. Shifts in both thinking and practice make it possible to deliver quality early care and education at scale.