PITTSBURGH, April 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — In the wake of recent U.S. Census figures showing continued population decline in the Pittsburgh region, and just in time for a huge influx of visitors for the NFL Draft, Pittsburgh Tomorrow launches LifeinPittsburgh.com – a one-stop resource for building a new and better life in Pittsburgh. Its one-of-a-kind features aggregate 500+ resources in living essentials, community & belonging, education, immigrant support, jobs & business, and culture, arts, & fun.

Newcomers and long-time Pittsburghers alike can browse these resources or build a confidential, personalized roadmap. An agentic AI component, “Bridgit,” is trained on the trusted and vetted resources and answers questions instantly in 80 languages. 

Formerly Pittsburghpioneer.com, the expanded and rebranded LifeInPittsburgh.com soon will feature the following new apps, currently in end-stage development: 

Do the 412: an aggregator of over 75 city event calendars to make Pittsburgh community events more discoverable412 JOBS: a central, comprehensive resources for area job openingsHelp Hub: a registry for volunteer opportunities across the regionPittPortal: an easy way to plug into the multiplicity of municipal servicesThe Game of Life in Pittsburgh: a gamified way to discover Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods, jobs, and the charms of life Love Letters to Pittsburgh: an interactive gallery of real post cards written by Pittsburghers about their favorite parts of our city

The organization is promoting LifeinPittsburgh.com throughout NFL Draft week and beyond, including airport messaging, billboards, and public transit ads telling visitors to “Trade up. Move to Pittsburgh.” Also, members of Pittsburgh Tomorrow’s Leadership Corps, which includes high schoolers from across the region, will welcome visitors and answer questions about life in Pittsburgh throughout the weekend’s events.

Pittsburgh Tomorrow is the region’s only nonprofit dedicated to reversing regional population decline. Post-Draft, the organization will continue to promote this free resource locally and nationally. Cities across the nation are vying for new residents, as evidenced by the recently announced MoveDetroit initiative and other similar efforts. Pittsburgh Tomorrow hopes that LifeinPittsburgh.com, a first-of-its-kind innovation, will give the region a leg up. 

Doug Heuck, Founder and CEO of Pittsburgh Tomorrow, notes, “LifeinPittsburgh.com showcases the power of AI for social good: making it easier for people to make a move, find friends and connect with community, and discover the vibrant culture and quality of life of Pittsburgh.”

Pittsburgh Tomorrow is a nonprofit organization with the mission to grow Pittsburgh’s population to help the region reach its full potential. Our strategic initiatives focus on promoting Pittsburgh, welcoming and retaining newcomers, and engaging our community to shape the future of one of the country’s greatest places to live. 

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Experienced operator and growth strategist to lead PRA’s Mid-South region into its next chapter of innovation and expansion

CHICAGO, April 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — PRA, a leader in business events and destination management, today announced the appointment of Sloane Scott as Regional Vice President for the Mid-South, a key leadership role that will guide the region’s strategic direction, deepen client partnerships, and drive consistent, sustainable growth across some of PRA’s most dynamic markets.

Scott has supported the Mid-South region as both a consultant and interim Regional Vice President for PRA, and now formally steps into the role with a powerful blend of operational discipline, creative vision, and cross‑industry expertise. Her background spans hospitality, live events, entertainment, and high‑growth organizations, including leadership roles at Freeman, George P. Johnson, and multiple venture‑backed companies. Over her career, she has helped guide dozens of successful mergers, acquisitions, and IPOs, and is known for pairing big‑picture strategy with hands‑on execution.

“Sloane brings a rare combination of strategic clarity, operational rigor, and people‑first leadership,” said Sharon Crichton, Chief Operating Officer, PRA. “She has an extraordinary ability to see around corners, elevate teams, and unlock new opportunities for clients. Her energy, curiosity, and commitment to excellence make her the ideal leader to guide the Mid-South into its next chapter. We are thrilled to have Sloane in this key role and look forward to much success together.”

Scott’s leadership style is rooted in curiosity, direct communication, and a strong focus on developing confident, capable teams. With experience building and scaling high‑performing organizations, spanning hospitality turnarounds, entertainment startups, and large‑scale agency environments, she is well positioned to reinforce PRA’s national footprint and support continued growth in key markets, including Nashville, Atlanta, and Louisville.

“This is a region I know well, with long‑standing relationships across the business and community development ecosystem,” said Scott. “I’m excited to step into this role and build on the strong momentum shaped by dedicated leadership and high‑performing teams across the Mid-South. My focus is on alignment, strong teams, and close collaboration with clients and regional partners to deliver experiences that create measurable impact. PRA has a well‑earned reputation for turning bold ideas into expertly executed programs, and I’m looking forward to helping shape what’s next.”

As Regional Vice President, Scott will oversee regional operations, guide market development, support PRA’s nationwide service model, and serve as a key member of the Business Management Team, contributing to long‑range planning and organizational strategy.

About PRA
PRA is a leading U.S. business events and destination management partner that designs and delivers conferences, incentive programs, sales meetings, tradeshows, and more nationwide. Our integrated services span strategy and creative, content and production, destination programming, and end-to-end logistics, helping clients turn the power of place into innovative results that move people and transform outcomes. With 40+ years in the industry and coast-to-coast coverage, PRA is trusted by blue-chip organizations for programs in every major U.S. destination and, through select partners, around the world. Recognized repeatedly among Special Events “Top 25 DMCs,” PRA brings seasoned expertise, rigorous execution, and local insider access to every engagement. Learn more at pra.com.

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HR tech platform, validated by the University of Newcastle, makes its PLUS model diagnostic available at no cost to teams worldwide

SYDNEY, April 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — TeamHive (https://team-hive.co/), the evidence-based team effectiveness platform, today announced the public launch of its Free Team Effectiveness Indicator — a diagnostic tool that enables any leader, team member, or team coach to measure their team’s dynamics and effectiveness in under ten minutes, at no cost.

Built on TeamHive’s research-validated PLUS model (Purpose, Learning, Unity, and Shared Leadership), the Free Team Effectiveness Indicator provides an individual-perspective snapshot of how a team functions across the four dimensions that research shows drive team effectiveness and performance. Upon completion, users receive a web-based results summary and PDF report — with the option to invite their full team and stakeholders to complete a comprehensive TeamHive 360 diagnostic.

The launch comes as organisations globally face mounting pressure to improve how teams work together. Despite significant investment in leadership training, engagement surveys, and culture programs, most organisations lack a practical, evidence-based tool designed specifically to diagnose and develop how teams function as a collective unit.

“Teams armed with the right data and tools can develop faster,” said Kimberly Luffman, Founder of TeamHive and Brave Insights. “High-performing teams achieve greater results, becoming more than the sum of their collective efforts — they are genuinely better together. We built TeamHive so that any team or coach, anywhere, can access the same research-backed diagnostic that enterprise clients use to accelerate team development.”

The TeamHive Story: From Practice to Platform

TeamHive was born from more than two decades of practitioner experience. Founder Kimberly Luffman spent over 15 years working with leadership teams across Australia, observing a persistent gap: individual leadership development programs, while valuable, rarely translated into improved collective team performance. Organisations were investing heavily in leaders, engagement surveys, and coaching — but none of these tools were designed to diagnose and improve how a team works together.

A pivotal moment came when Luffman observed a team whose effectiveness far exceeded expectations — not because of a single exceptional leader, but because leadership was distributed across every member. That experience sparked a mission: to understand the conditions that enable teams to become more than the sum of their parts, and to make those conditions measurable and accessible.

Drawing on the work of Ronald Heifetz and Marty Linsky in adaptive leadership (studied at Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education), Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey’s adult development theories, and Professor Peter Hawkins’ systemic leadership team coaching, Luffman developed an initial framework and prototype survey instrument through her consultancy, Brave Insights (https://www.braveinsights.com/). A pilot study in a financial services company confirmed the approach: team coaching — when grounded in accurate diagnosis — produced substantially greater and more durable impact on long-term behaviour change than individual coaching, peer coaching, or leadership workshops alone.

To bring the platform from prototype to product, Luffman was joined by James Luffman, Executive Director of TeamHive and former founder of Solcast, the global solar data platform that was successfully acquired. James brings deep experience in building research-backed data products at scale, having previously created data infrastructure used by energy systems worldwide.

“When I looked at what Kimberly was building, I recognised the same pattern I’d seen in weather and solar data,” said James Luffman. “There were thousands of consultants and dozens of survey providers — but mostly focused on leadership, culture, or engagement, not on teams as the fundamental unit of performance. TeamHive was a chance to build a differentiated, research-grounded team data asset.”

The PLUS Model: Four Dimensions of Team Effectiveness

At the heart of TeamHive is the PLUS model (https://team-hive.co/blog/plus-team-effectiveness-360-model), a four-dimension framework that measures the collective behaviours, processes, and shared beliefs that drive — or hinder — team effectiveness:

Purpose (P): How a team achieves clear goal alignment, translates that into purpose-driven execution, and maintains a stakeholder-centred view of value. Teams with strong shared purpose consistently outperform those without, distinguishing a real team from a loose working group.Learning (L): How a team engages in collective development, learns through challenge, and creates a peer-supported environment for growth. In TeamHive’s validation research, Learning emerged as the single strongest statistical predictor of team effectiveness.Unity (U): How a team practises constructive communication, builds a psychologically safe environment, and strengthens connection and belonging. Unity goes beyond psychological safety alone — it encompasses the full spectrum of trust, respect, and honest collaboration.Shared Leadership (S): How a team holds collective accountability, distributes leadership work, and actively integrates diverse perspectives. When Shared Leadership is strong, teams don’t wait for one leader to direct — they lead together.

TeamHive also measures Team Outcomes — effectiveness (quality, coordination, reliability) and performance (delivery against expectations and goals). The PLUS dimensions function as the upstream system of drivers that predict those outcomes.

University of Newcastle Validation: Rigorous, Independent Research

The PLUS model and TeamHive 360 diagnostic (https://team-hive.co/product/team-hive-360) were validated through a comprehensive psychometric study conducted in partnership with the University of Newcastle’s School of Psychological Sciences, led by researchers Heather Douglas, Jessika Tisdell, and Emina Subasic.

Key validation findings:

500 full-time working adults surveyed across 12+ industry sectors, including government, healthcare, technology, finance, and educationAn initial 160-question bank was rigorously refined to a 63-question validated core through Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor AnalysisInternal consistency reliability (Cronbach’s alpha) between .90 and .94 across all four PLUS dimensions — exceeding established industry standards for individual and team diagnosticsModel fit indices (CFI = .952, TLI = .95) exceeded thresholds for excellence, confirming the superiority of the four-factor PLUS structurePLUS dimensions explained 60% of total variance in team effectiveness and 37% of variance in team performanceSignificant incremental validity: TeamHive 360 captures unique team-level variance not redundant with individual leadership constructs, demonstrating that team diagnostics provide explanatory power beyond individual leadership assessments aloneAn independent expert review panel of eight specialists in leadership, HR, and psychometrics contributed to content validation

Already Delivering Results for Enterprise Clients

While the Free Team Effectiveness Indicator opens access globally, TeamHive’s full platform is already in use with enterprise clients. Most recently, the TeamHive 360 diagnostic was deployed across approximately 40 leaders as part of a High-Performing Teams program with NextEd Group, a publicly listed private education provider, designed and facilitated by Brave Insights.

“We saw a 20% increase in teamwork and a 10% increase in role clarity in our recent employee engagement survey,” said Solange Frost, Regional Director at St Vincent de Paul. “The insights from the diagnostic and the team actions we put in place definitely made an impact.”

“It was incredibly helpful for us to identify and plan how our leadership team could better work together in a very challenging and complex project,” said Fiona Warnock, Strategic HR Business Partner at Interflow.

Free Team Effectiveness Indicator: Key Details

Cost: Free. No credit card required.Time to complete: Approximately 10 minutesWhat it measures: Team dynamics and effectiveness across the four PLUS dimensions (Purpose, Learning, Unity, Shared Leadership)What you receive: Web-based results summary and PDF reportWho it’s for: Team leaders, team members, HR professionals, team coaches, and organisational development specialistsHow to start: Sign up at https://team-hive.co/ 

For organisations seeking deeper insight, the full TeamHive 360 collects input from the entire team and key stakeholders, providing a comprehensive multi-perspective diagnostic with AI-powered coaching via the HiveAI Coach. Standard subscriptions include one TeamHive 360 per team per year, unlimited TeamHive 360 Pulse checks, and full access to HiveAI Coach recommendations.

About TeamHive

TeamHive (https://team-hive.co/) is an evidence-based team effectiveness platform that enables teams to diagnose their dynamics, identify hidden barriers to performance, and accelerate development through data-driven insights. Built on the research-validated PLUS model (Purpose, Learning, Unity, Shared Leadership) and validated by the University of Newcastle’s School of Psychological Sciences, TeamHive provides research-backed diagnostics, AI-powered coaching, and actionable strategies for teams of all sizes. From individual team leaders to enterprise organisations managing hundreds of teams, TeamHive makes the science of team effectiveness practical, scalable, and accessible. TeamHive is a product of Team Development Analytics Pty Ltd, based in Sydney, Australia. Learn more at https://team-hive.co/. 

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