Wilma Sothern – VP of Marketing at Central Atlanta Progress

February 9, 2012 by angishields

BRX National

Wilma Sothern - VP of Marketing at Central Atlanta Progress

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Wilma drops by the studio to talk about CAP, an organization that she says is critical not just for downtown but for the city and the region! CAP was founded in 1941 as a membership-based non-profit focused on the development of the city center. Wilma discusses CAP’s collaboration with Midtown and Buckhead leadership organizations and details CAP’s mission to build a 21st century downtown that is a vibrant community with strong leadership and sustainable infrastructure. She also touches on topics such as the Downtown Improvement District, The Ambassador Force of Downtown Atlanta, the return of streetcars to downtown, CAP’s regular newsletters, and much more! Their website is at http://www.atlantadowntown.com/.

The X Factor: 200 Peachtree Special Events

February 9, 2012 by angishields

Inside the Winner's Circle

The X Factor: 200 Peachtree Special Events

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Our three empowered guests knows what it takes to be successful. Carlie Garcia believes in making other people happy, no matter how stressful the situation may be. Vanessa advises us to be steadfast; do not let words affect the quality of our the work that we do. And Valarie wants us to be there to please our customers. Always have a smile on and make things happen.

Author, filmmaker & founder of TCS Inc. Tony Wilkins talks about how to survive the economy

February 8, 2012 by angishields

Inside the Winner's Circle

Author, filmmaker & founder of TCS Inc. Tony Wilkins talks about how to survive the economy

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A man of indefatigable spirit and a multitude of talents, Tony is the author of ‘Telemarketing Success for Small and Mid-sized Firms’, and ‘The Single Person’s Cookbook.’ A new book ‘Surviving the Economy’ will be published in 2012. Tony is a regular contributor to ‘The SF Examiner’, has been featured on ‘The View from the Bay’ and ‘The 10% Show,’ and teaches sales, business development and cold calling classes for the OBDC (Oakland Business Development Center). As a screenwriter and producer, his credits include ‘The Mo Diaries’, ‘Couples in Bolinas’, ‘Zelma’s Spirit,’ ‘The Wyndhams,’ and ‘Sand and Water and the upcoming Lonesome Town.’ He launched his new radio show ‘Small Business Forum,’http://www.blogtalkradio.com/tonywilkins.

Meet the ladies behind 200 Peachtree – Special Events and Conference Center

February 8, 2012 by angishields

Inside the Winner's Circle

Meet the ladies behind 200 Peachtree – Special Events and Conference Center

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200 Peachtree is a place where memories linger… and are still yet to be made. A beautifully restored, living tribute to glamour, style and the elegance of a bygone era. A destination designed to showcase life’s celebrations, both large and small.

Established as a historical landmark and heralded for its grandeur and magnificence, 200 Peachtree has been known for its innovation and beauty since its beginning. Built in 1927 on a vein of granite from Stone Mountain, the building opened as Davison’s department store and was renovated in the 1980s for Macy’s. Today, 200 Peachtree still serves as an impressive facility that is host to a variety of clients and events.

Carlie Garcia is one of the three event planners currently working at 200 Peachtree. She is an Atlanta native who graduated with honors from the University of Georgia with a BA in Studio Art. Carlie is self-motivated, timely, and organized, all of which prove to be useful skills within the events industry. She has experience managing events and working closely with event vendors. This experience has helped further develop her skills in event planning. Her professionalism, creativity, and desire to please all make her a great asset to the 200 Peachtree team.

Valarie Kaplan is an event planner at 200 Peachtree she enjoys being busy, always moving, and working in an industry that is ever changing. Her background in customer service has helped her to take on challenging customers and face any issue with a smile and positive attitude.

Vanessa Rowe is currently an Event Manager at 200 Peachtree. She has a diverse background of experience, training and achievements in planning, coordinating events, and developing ideas to be implemented. She is a very detail-oriented person who loves planning, organizing, acting, traveling, and meeting new and interesting people. She enjoys helping people to get what they want out every event. She stays pretty busy and looks to the new challenge at hand, each day.

Papa’s Pantry- Lynne Saunders, Shamrockin’ For a Cure- Tom Murphy and Mary Guiney.

February 8, 2012 by angishields

BRX National

Papa's Pantry- Lynne Saunders, Shamrockin' For a Cure- Tom Murphy and Mary Guiney.

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Lynne Saunders is Founder and Executive Director of Papa’s Pantry, The Master’s Training Center, and Christian Community News. She is also the author of the book “21st Century Keys to Employment,” which will be available this spring.

Born in Miami and raised in South Florida. There she met her husband, Bill, of 30 years. They have three grown daughters and 3 grandchildren, which includes a set of twins. Lynne has Sophie- her beloved dog who is glad to go to work with her every day.

She moved to Woodstock 16 years ago from Charlotte, NC where she was in real estate and magazine publishing. She now lives in Towne Lake, attends Mt. Paran Church of God and sings in the choir.

Lynne founded the non-profit organization, Papa’s Pantry, in 1998 at a time when she still held a full time corporate position with The Home Depot. The pantry was located in her basement during the first 5 years. She delivered the much need groceries to families at their home, but found herself digging in deeper to help families with employment losses, budgetary guidance, nutrition ideas, and much more.

Five years later, Lynne left her job to take Papa’s Pantry from a part-time to a full-time ministry. The mission is to help people get out of financial crisis and into stability using a holistic approach. There are two pantry locations; the main office is in Woodstock, and a satellite in Canton.

The formal education division, “The Master’s Training Center” opened Fall of 2009 at the Woodstock location. This made the stability classes available to everyone in the community, not just food recipients.

Lynne has been life coaching for 13 years. One of the most popular workshops she conducts is on employment strategies. Even in a down economy, she has been able to keep up with the many changes within the marketplace to help people continue to find employment.

Lynne also sits on the Board of Directors for Cherokee FOCUS, an organization devoted to at-risk youth. She is a member of the Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce and the Cherokee County Ministerial Association.

Lynne is a life coach, writer, trainer, business developer and creator of the Life Balance Organizer, a time management and goal setting tool. She loves to inspire others and to make a lasting impact in their lives.

Tom Murphy (“Murph”) is the President of Murphy Custom Builders (MCB), a custom design and remodeling company located in Alpharetta, Georgia.

MCB specializes in full turn-key design/build services for Kitchens, Master Bath Suites and Basements. Tom started the company in 2007 after retiring from a successful 29 year career at United Parcel Service (UPS).

While at UPS, Tom held a variety of positions in Engineering, Operations and most recently Regulatory Compliance and Internal Audit where he was Corporate Compliance Coordinator

and Internal Audit Coordinator for all aspects of Regulatory Compliance including the areas of Environmental, OSHA, Dangerous Goods and Hazardous Materials, Transportation and more.

Tom served as United Way Campaign coordinator in the Louisiana District, the Indiana District and West Region (10 States) before coming to Atlanta in 2000. While at the corporate headquarters, Tom served as the corporate-wide coordinator for the United Way Alexis de Toqueville Society (givers of over $10,000 annually) growing the membership from fifteen to over fifty in three years. He also has participated in more than fifteen Habitat for Humanity builds in 6 cities.

Tom served in the U.S. Army for three years and used the G.I. Bill to graduate from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in Thermo-Mechanical Engineering . He remains active in the local community, serving Habitat for Humanity and most importantly Shamrockin’ for a Cure, Atlanta’s premier event for the benefit of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. For he last three years Tom has been both on the committee of Shamrockin and also a generous sponsor where where Murphy Custom Builders proudly contributes remodeling projects as part of the Live Auction.

Mary Guiney is the Founder and Executive Chairman of ShamRockin’ for a Cure, an annual fundraiser to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Under her stewardship, ShamRockin’ has raised over $270,000 in just 3 years, and expects to exceed more than $250,000 in 2012.

Mary and her husband, Chris, founded ShamRockin’ in 2009 to raise money to fund research for a cure for Cystic Fibrosis. Mary’s vision has driven ShamRockin’ to realize the venture philanthropy platform that the CF Foundation pioneered. Mary leads all aspects of the event, including Sales, Marketing, Accounting and Finance, Operations, Press & Media, Social Media, Logistics, and Sponsor Relations. Mary & Chris were recognized by the CF Foundation in 2011 for their Leadership, being named Volunteers of the Year.

Prior to ShamRockin’ for a Cure, Mary worked as an executive for Kemper Insurance and American International Group (AIG), in both Atlanta, GA and Washington, DC, where she led marketing, pricing and negotiation of complex insurance contracts and financial instruments.

Mary graduated from the State University of New York at Albany with a degree in Economics. She is active in the local community, serving as VP of the Birmingham Falls Foundation, benefiting Birmingham Falls Elementary School; Grade Level Chair for Science Lab at Birmingham Falls Elementary School; Director of Nursery Ministries at Stonecreek Church; and Booster Club member for the Alpharetta Youth Football Association and Alpharetta Youth Lacrosse. Mary is a licensed real estate agent and enjoys competing in triathlons and marathons, tennis, downhill skiing and waterskiing.

Mary and her husband Chris have three boys and live in Milton, Georgia.

For more information on Shamrockin’ For a cure, please visit www.shamrockinforacure.com

Wounded Warrior Project – Serving Our Heroes: Episode 9

February 8, 2012 by angishields

Make A Difference Radio

Wounded Warrior Project - Serving Our Heroes: Episode 9

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Join us as Make A Difference Radio explores the valiant work of Wounded Warrior Project (WWP). The organization exists to honor and empower returning veterans who have incurred service-connected wounds, injuries or illnesses. Through uniquely tailored programs aimed to nurture mind and body and foster the most successful, well-adjusted generation of wounded service members in the nation’s history, Wounded Warrior Project is making a difference in the lives of thousands of our returning soldiers.

Host Derek van Dam is joined on air by two members of WWP Joe Caley and Andrew Coughlan. Both guests are Area Warrior Outreach Coordinators. They speak about the history of Wounded Warrior Project, the different programs it provides and share their personal stories of bravery and determination in the face of adversity.

Atlanta I.T. Experts, Network 1 Consulting

February 7, 2012 by angishields

Everything Atlanta

Atlanta I.T. Experts, Network 1 Consulting

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David Gracey & Tony Rushin from Network 1 Consulting

About Network 1 Consulting

www.network1consulting.com

Who we are

Network 1 Consulting was founded in 1998 with one goal: take care of the technology needs of small businesses. Even though we have grown over the years and expanded our service offerings, we remain true to that goal. We want everyone to experience Worry Free IT; technology the way it should be. Everyone at Network 1 is committed to keeping our clients’ computers up, running and experiencing Worry Free IT.Founder

David Gracey is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology where he earned his Bachelors in Industrial Engineering in 1989. When he started Network 1 Consulting in 1998, his mission was to provide clients with the best consulting services available. Period. That mission remains at the heart of the daily operations at Network 1. He believes despite how complex the technology gets, businesses want their computers to run smoothly but also prefer knowing the people behind the technology. The relationship builds trust which makes for a successful partnership.

Your IT Team

Every Network 1 client is managed by a team of three consultants: a lead engineer, who acts as the primary point of contact, and two secondary engineers. The team meets regularly to discuss any problems or changes to your network to ensure everyone on the team is familiar with the network. This allows Network 1 to become an integral part of your company. All Network 1 employees have 4-year college degrees. In addition, professional certifications from companies such as Microsoft, Cisco and SonicWall and very important to keeping up with changing technology. All of our engineers have one or more of these important certifications.

How we do IT

Through a combination of remote monitoring, managed services and on-site support, Network 1 is able to achieve top notch service to its clients. Your primary consultant will develop a close relationship and deep understanding of your business and its needs. This relationship, allows a level of trust which is required to provide effective ongoing IT support. Since computer downtime can be detrimental to a business, we have developed a proactive approach to maintaining computer networks. Using this practice, we can often fix problems before our clients are aware of them and before they cause downtime. Keeping the network running is what Worry Free IT is all about.

Network 1 Consulting, Inc.

5871 Glenridge Drive NE, Suite 240

Sandy Springs, Georgia 30328

tel 404.943.0800

Can Brands flourish in a tough economy? Can Brand Licensing help brands grow in tough times?

February 7, 2012 by angishields

BrandMoney

Can Brands flourish in a tough economy? Can Brand Licensing help brands grow in tough times?

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Derrick Daye and Thomson Dawson of The Blake Project joined Bill Jachthuber on February 1, 2012 and discussed how important branding is even in a down economy and how brand licensing can play a role. With lots of examples including Kodak, to how Hush Puppy is reaching a global audience to how Apple continues to create brand value, you won’t want to miss this show.

Derrick has spent the past 20 years helping organizations release the full potential of their brands. His experience is as extensive as it is diverse, encompassing the disciplines of branding, advertising, sales promotion, and public relations. At The Blake Project he manages daily operations and serves in the delivery of brand stewardship services as a consultant and account manager.

Prior to launching The Blake Project in 2003, Derrick held rewarding leadership roles at Saatchi & Saatchi as well as at three other respected advertising agencies. He credits his focus on brand strategy with his ability to align organizations with unmet customer needs.

Derrick is quoted regularly in the business press in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Adweek, Yahoo News, BusinessWeek, London Times and has been a featured brand management expert on ABC News. In addition, he co-authors the popular branding blog Branding Strategy Insider.

He has served on a number of not-for-profit boards and is the proud founder of Marketers For Charity, an organization rallying professionals for the benefit of breast cancer research and other causes. Most notably, he has worked with The White House Press Corps, the National Basketball Association and Johnson & Johnson.

Thomson is a senior brand strategist at The Blake Project. He brings an unequalled level of expertise in branding to his clients, leading them in the collaborative discovery process that results in strong brands. He brings over 30 years of diverse strategic and creative experience to the art and science of brand development. Throughout his career, Thomson has been an entrepreneur, designer, writer, creative director, master facilitator and brand consultant to global and emerging brands in diverse industries.

Thomson’s clients range from Fortune 100 and start-up companies to not-for-profit organizations. He has guided Energizer in positioning its next generation of products, focused Jockey on where it could succeed as a lifestyle brand and helped Hewlett-Packard build an advantage for its highly anticipated ingredient brand.

Earlier in his career he founded Dawson+Company Communications, a leading corporate communications company headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan. A firm internationally recognized for its award winning work in brand strategy, corporate identity development, brand development, naming, corporate communications, marketing communications, branded environment design, and retail packaging.

Thomson is an avid writer, speaker and thought leader on branding, enterprise strategy, value creation and professional development. He co-authors The Blake Project’s blog, BrandingStrategyInsider.com, one of the top 50 marketing blogs on the Internet according to Advertising Age with 25,000+ marketers visiting daily.

February 21st – Coaching Business Leaders to Embrace Their Superpowers

February 6, 2012 by angishields

Write Here Write Now

February 21st - Coaching Business Leaders to Embrace Their Superpowers

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Today’s guests are business coaches and workplace consultants. They have each authored a book to connect with their ideal clients and to expand their expert status in the corporate business environment. Founder of the Red Cape Revolution, Darcy Eikenberg has recently launched Bring Your Superpowers to Work: Your Guide to More Clarity, Confidence & Control. Her book is designed to help mid-to-upper level professionals identify and capitalize on their natural talents to grow their career. Jennifer Kahnweiler, author of The Introverted Leader: Building on Your Quiet Strength is a woman on a mission—determined to help introverted professionals thrive in an extroverted culture. Join Vanessa Lowry in exploring the writing and publishing journeys of these entrepreneurs.