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Franchise Marketing Radio: Rob and Lisa Cannon with Thrillz

January 10, 2020 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Franchise Marketing Radio: Rob and Lisa Cannon with Thrillz

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Rob and Lisa Cannon are parents, entrepreneurs, franchisees, and now franchisors. The Cannons recognized the growing demand for indoor family entertainment as a great business opportunity.

After successful careers in finance and 3 years as franchisees of an indoor trampoline park, they pulled together a world-class team to create the next generation of adventure parks.

In August of 2018, Thrillz opened its doors in Danbury, CT.

Follow Thrillz on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Questions and Topics in this Interview

What is Thrillz?
Why has Thrillz targeted the Atlanta region?
What is the ideal Thrillz location?
Can you describe Thrillz’s history?
Who is your ideal franchisee?
Is it true that millennials are looking to spend money on experiences rather than material items?

IMPACT Ep3: Three Non-Profits Collaborating Together

January 9, 2020 by angishields

Tucson Business Radio

IMPACT Ep3: Three Non-Profits Collaborating Together

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Michele Santorelli, Program Director
IMPACT of Southern Arizona
3535 E Hawser Street
Tucson, AZ 85739
520-825-0009
michele@impactsoaz.org
impactsoaz.org
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | Twitter |

I am originally from the “Big Apple”, but I am elated to now live in the “Baked Apple”.  Soon after I was married, my husband and I left the city and snow in search of a warmer climate.  Before settling in Tucson, we explored several cities across the country.  My wonderful husband of 25 years, my two sons, and my furry four years old, continue to enjoy hiking and exploring the beautiful state we settled in.  My background is in business and banking with a deep connection to community service.  This passion was the foundation of how I was raised and how I raised my two sons.  I believe when children can connect what they learn to real-world challenges, they add abundance in ways that make the world a better place.  Working at Impact has allowed me to share my passion and connect with individuals, partners, and communities while building and enhancing essential programs that meet the needs of the communities we serve. 

What is the IMPACT you have? IMPACT works to stabilize families, support seniors, and move people out of poverty. This is done through a variety of programs designed to feed people of all ages, stretch household budgets, teach people new skills to help them better manage finances and make important decisions, and to provide guidance and support along personalized pathways to self-sufficiency. IMPACT also provides resources SANP, Southern Arizona Non-Profits and referrals to the community – serving low to moderate-income families and individuals in greater Tucson, Marana, Oro Valley, and Pinal County.

It is our partnerships with other agencies, businesses, governments, social clubs, volunteers and donors to which we attribute our success of 20 years. Since we opened in 2000, we have invested more than 25,000,000 in the community: serving more than 190,000 meals to seniors, providing more than $12,000,000 of perishable and canned food, distributing more than 650,000 items of clothing, and delivering many other valuable services. Thanks to wide community support, all our services have been provided free of charge, and we have improved the lives and inspired the futures of more than 9250 individuals! We look forward to another 20 years of changing peoples’ lives.

Stephanie Urdiales, General Manager
Golden Goose Thrift Shop
15970 N Oracle Road
Catalina AZ 85739
520-825-9101
manager@goldengooseaz.com
goldengooseaz.com
Air Force brat – philosophy major – former dancer and ballet instructor – mother of four – grandmother of nine – Golden Goose general manager for fifteen years – began working at age fourteen – have a strong background in corporate retail, resale, and thrift.

What is the IMPACT you have?

The Golden Goose is a nonprofit retail thrift shop. Our purpose is to generate revenue for IMPACT of Southern Arizona and SaddleBrooke Community Outreach to fund their respective charitable community programs. Past sales have resulted in more than $13,000,000 which has helped purchase food for two food banks, clothing for children and adults, educational scholarships, meals for seniors, and many other critical programs. Shop at the Goose and you will put a big smile on your face, as well as that of someone less fortunate. Volunteer here, and you will make lifelong friends and know you make a difference in the lives of thousands of people.

Stephen Groth, President
SaddleBrooke Community Outreach
63675 SaddleBrooke Blvd. Suite L
Tucson, AZ 85739
949-533-9355
steve.groth42@gmail.com

I grew up in Chicago and Connecticut and graduated from the Univ. of Connecticut, and earned my MBA from Wharton School at Univ. of Penn. I spent most of my career financing, buying, and selling commercial jet aircraft around the world. Retired to Arizona in 2010 and began with SBCO shortly thereafter on an education committee specializing in scholarships. Elected President 3 years ago. I also compete in and run Trivia games and co-run the Great courses program. I’ve been married for 52 years to Sharon who started and runs a “Famous Painting “program in a local school.

What is the IMPACT you have? Our mission is “to provide opportunities for kids to succeed”. As such we are an all-volunteer organization that is “all about the kids” in our “copper corridor” providing new clothes and backpacks to 1700 kids twice a year, now providing 4-year college scholarships to 81 kids, supporting academic enrichment programs and recreational activities in our communities, and sponsoring a large food drive for the local Foodbank.

SHOW HOST:
Barbara McClure, Executive Director
IMPACT of Southern Arizona
3535 E Hawser Street
Tucson, AZ 85739
520-825-0009 / Mobile Phone: 206-915-0919
barbara@impactsoaz.org
www.impactsoaz.org
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Twitter |

Barbara McClure wakes up each morning passionate about going to work at a place that improves lives and inspires futures every day! She has been the Executive Director of a Tucson social service nonprofit called IMPACT of Southern Arizona, for ten years. What is it that keeps you passionate about your role Barbara?

Barbara has been a visionary and planner with decades of experience as a small business owner and in nonprofit leadership; her innovative ideas and strategic thinking, along with a talent for bringing the community together, has helped grow IMPACT five-fold in a very short time. Her talents and interests are diverse but all center around helping people, improving the community, bolstering education, building capacity and sustainability, being vocal about the rights and conditions of others, experiencing art, nurturing all inhabitants of your garden, and enjoying life to the fullest.

And now Barbara is about to experience another exciting chapter in her life with hosting a brand-new Radio Show Podcast here on the Tucson Business RadioX Network starting in November.

IMPACT of Southern Arizona is a 20 – year old social service nonprofit stabilizing families and seniors, and moving people out of poverty. IMPACT’s programs are designed to stretch household budgets so earned income can be spent on necessities such as improved housing conditions, fuel to get to work, utilizes, and needed medical attention and prescriptions. Its clients are your neighbors! People come to IMPACT because it is a welcoming place where they are always treated with dignity and respect, and where they find resources, referrals, coaching, and help to attain the skills that can move them forward into self-sufficiency.

Barbara grew up in Pasadena CA, moved to Long Beach for college, got married and started our family then moved to Seattle area ten years later. Took our youngest son on an 11-month motorhome trip to get to Tucson – Homeschooled for 10th grade.

We vacationed at a rustic cabin when I was growing up, where we had no phone or television; and spent all our time outside fishing, hiking, horseback riding, listening to old radio shows, playing pool, reading comic books from the local small grocer, and using our imaginations all day long. I always admired the superheroes who defended people and cities like Gotham and Metropolis, so when our three boys were born, we named them after familiar character: Colin (Bryce for an overlay of Bruce Wayne, Kent, and Parker. Our first grandchild was born last year, and as in the family tradition, named Logan, after the Wolverine. I used to always tell them they were my superheroes – and they still are today!

Barbara loves working with numbers and has always loved math and the organization of things, so accounting seemed perfect, but I soon realized that I if I became a CPA I would have to spend many months inside doing tax returns, and that did not appeal to me as a long–term career! I have a great imagination and enjoy creating things, so thought I should find a better path that might nurture that side of my personality. I was working in the shipping industry in SoCal at the time and fell in love with import and export, so shifted my majors to Marketing and International Business. Those were wonderful fits, and I imagined graduating and moving to the largest port on the planet, in Germany; then, I met my future husband and things took a different turn.

A little bit about how Barbara got into Nonprofit work:

All along with my husband and I were always involved in nonprofits and community volunteer opportunities, and often said it was too bad we could not make a living doing those things we loved so much. Leadership roles in PTO, Boy Scouts, Historical Societies, Junior League, Elks, Rotary and more. Then when we moved to Tucson I looked for a local opportunity to impact my community. A Board position was about to open at IMPACT, and my local bank branch manager, Peggy Smoot, suggested I would be very passionate about getting involved in the mission work there. I worked in the Food Bank.

There are thousands of nonprofits in Tucson. What makes IMPACT Unique is that they bring the community together to stabilize families and move people out of poverty. Our true success lies in partnering with a large number of businesses, agencies, social clubs and other nonprofits. We invest $2.5 million in the community each year, and we do it all with a lean staff of amazing professionals supported by more than 170 volunteer shifts each week! We have put great systems in place to run efficiently, effectively and with a commitment to sustainability and integrity, protecting the community’s investment in our work, striving for perfect audits, being innovative, building capacity and most importantly – treating everyone with dignity and respect. We are an award-winning nonprofit with numerous nods to incredible customer service. Our clients are your neighbors… We improve lives and inspire futures of people living in Southern AZ.

So, IMPACT is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, and you have been at the helm half that time. Share with me the things IMPACT has accomplished over the years, and the things you have planned for this celebratory year.

Women in Technology (WIT) Special Edition

January 9, 2020 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Women in Technology (WIT) Special Edition

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The work of Women in Technology has an incredible impact.

Since 1992, Women in Technology has had a mission dedicated to promoting the advancement of women in Georgia’s technology community. Through the WIT COMMUNITY, WIT also educates and encourages girls and young women to pursue careers in STEAM.

Tricia Dempsey is the founder and CEO of Thrive-Her, where she helps ambitious women live their purpose, and love what they do!

Unlike traditional coaching or training models, Thrive-Her combines digital courses, group coaching and a Thrive-Tribe community to transform the long-term results women can achieve. Thrive-Her’s programs are built on The Next Level framework, which helps women realize complete clarity and build bold confidence to achieve their goals, while aligning with their purpose and strengths, communicating their value, increasing their visibility and building a vibrant community of support.

Tricia has transformed her own career from a 7th-grade school teacher to an 8-figure CEO. Before starting Thrive-Her, Tricia started, scaled and sold her IT staffing firm, Agile, which was recognized for being the #2 fastest growing staffing firm in the nation, and a 3-time Inc. 5000 company. During this time, Tricia coached over 4,000 women to take their careers to the next level..

Always a passionate advocate for women, Tricia has served on the boards of Susan G. Komen, where she raised over $320,000 through her own fundraising event as well as Women in Technology, where she volunteered for over 10 years, and served as the President of the organization.

Tricia describes Thrive-Her as a movement and her life purpose and calling.

Connect with Tricia on LinkedIn and follow Thrive on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.

Julia Clay is the Department Chair for Communication and the Assistance Vice President of Executive Programs at Brenau University, where she is also on the First Year Experience committee, the Faculty Leadership Team, as well as the Academic Affairs and Academic Council committees.

Julia has been a professor at Brenau for 13 years. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Public Relations and Master’s degree in Communication Studies from Auburn University, and her Doctor of Business Administration and Leadership from Walden University. She was also a member of the 2018 Governor’s Teaching Fellowship class and serve on the Executive Board of the Georgia Communication Association. She’s actively involved in the Gainesville/ Hall County community and serve in the United Way, WomenSource, Northeast Georgia History Center, Rotary Club of Gainesville, and serves on the Gainesville City Council.

Julia completed Leadership Hall County, previously served on the VISION2030 board, and volunteer(ed) with Elachee Nature Science Center, Humane Society of Northeast Georgia, among other organizations.

Connect with Julia on LinkedIn and follow Brenau University on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Trisha Stezzi is a ‘Sherpa of Purpose.’ Her agency, Significance, provides strategies, experiences, and thought leaders to unleash the power of purpose in organizations of all sizes.

“Without a sense of purpose, no company, either public or private, can achieve its full potential.”
-Larry Fink, CEO, BlackRock

Trisha founded Significance to unleash the potential of people and brands to be a force for good. Consumers, employees, and investor expectations now include delivering authentic opportunities to contribute to a higher purpose. Significance provides the strategic guidance, support, tools, and highly curated Purpose-Driven Speakers Bureau needed to drive value, fulfillment, belonging, empathy, social impact AND business returns.

Trisha found her calling early on and never looked back! She’s an award-winning marketer and cause-marketer that has developed purpose-driven business and marketing solutions for organizations of all sizes and shapes for over twenty years, including Fortune 500 brands, small and medium organizations, nonprofits, and social enterprises. She loves building programs that light people up while creating multiple value streams.

Connect with Trisha on LinkedIn.

BRX Pro Tip: Mission Matters

January 9, 2020 by angishields

BRX Pro Tips

BRX Pro Tip: Mission Matters

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BRX Pro Tip: Mission Matters

Stone Payton: [00:00:02] And we are back with BRX Pro Tips. Stone Payton, Lee Kantor here with you. Lee, you say it all the time, I believe it 110%, but let’s talk it through a little bit, mission matters.

Lee Kantor: [00:00:14] Yeah. This is an important component of what differentiates us from a lot of people doing work that may look similar out or in the marketplace. But our mission of telling the stories of small and the mid-sized businesses that don’t get told by traditional media is important. The passion that we have for bringing a positive voice to the business community is important and that it might be enough to sway some of your clients or potential clients to become sponsors.

Lee Kantor: [00:00:46] Because the more clients we have, the more stories we can tell in the local market. And that’s going to align with certain companies in your market. And it’s an important component for us and it’s the lifeblood of what we do, is we are everybody’s friend. We’re here to tell all of the stories of business. And no one else is doing this the way that we’re doing this in long form and allowing the other person to do most of the talking and supporting and celebrating their work.

Lee Kantor: [00:01:14] And there are businesses that want to be aligned with that mission. All you have to do is find them. And those could be the big wins. Those could be the big companies that say, “You know what, I really like what you’re doing. I want to be behind this and I’ll sponsor something.” So, don’t be afraid to mention the mission and to really lead with the mission when you’re serving your community.

TBO Ep3: The Business of Death – The Legacy Left Behind

January 8, 2020 by angishields

Tucson Business Radio

TBO Ep3: The Business of Death - The Legacy Left Behind

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GUESTS:

Allison C. Manning
Attorney
Kinghorn Heritage Law Group, PLC
Phone: (520) 529-4000
heritagelawaz.com
Website: www.heritagelawaz.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KHarizona/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KinghornLaw
Youtube: www.youtube.com/KinghornHeritageLawGroupPLCTucson

As a second-generation Tucsonan, Allison Manning has deep roots in the Tucson community, and her commitment to the people of southern Arizona shows in all she does. As an estate planning and elder law attorney and Partner with Kinghorn Heritage Law Group, PLC, Allison enjoys helping clients in the important process of establishing trusts and other legal documents and then being there for her clients’ families and loved ones in administering her clients’ estates after death.

Allison graduated magna cum laude from Northern Arizona University in 1996 with a degree in political science. She graduated from Baylor Law School in 2000 where she was a member of the Women’s Legal Society. Allison then began her law career in Dallas, Texas, where she worked for a national law firm. Allison returned to Tucson in 2004 and joined her family’s real estate business. Being a licensed real estate agent has helped Allison understand the importance of anticipating and promptly responding to the needs of her clients.

Allison enjoys helping clients establish peace of mind in their estate plans and building relationships with her clients. She is a dedicated and proud mom to four children. When she isn’t helping clients, Allison loves life, being outdoors, hiking, spending time with family and friends, and reading a good book.

Sandi Eghtesadi
Owner and CEO
4866 E Broadway Blvd
Tucson, Arizona 95711
(520) 881-8000
seghtesadi@farmersagent.com
Website: www.YourTucsonAgent.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SAEFarmers/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EghtesadiAgency
Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/farmers-insurance-sandi-eghtesadi-tucson
LinkedIn:; https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandi-eghtesadi-88b79410/

Sandi Eghtesadi is the Owner and CEO of her Farmers Insurance Agency for over 30 years. She has passionately been serving Tucson families and businesses with over 6,000 customers going on three generations. She has built her Insurance Agency from scratch and attributes her success to building on her past experience in human resources and the legal field. Transferring this skill set to helping her clients assess their current risk and transferring that risk to insurance is what she excels at. Her many awards both locally and nationally attest to her outstanding customers service as well as passion and knowledge of her business.

Sandi states “It is so exciting seeing what how Tucson has grown so dramatically in the last 40 years. Having great customers is a privilege I never take for granted as my inter-generational agency continues to grow and succeed. I have an outstanding staff and together we have over 57 years of experience. Success is a team sport and that extends to the community partners and military. My staff and I volunteer to support our U.S. Military and First Responders as an integral part of our vision for the Tucson we love.” If you want more information, please take a look at us on Google or call (520) 881-8000 for more information.

Trena McSwain
Sales Manager
Evergreen Mortuary-Cemetery
3015 N. Oracle Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85705
(520) 888-7470
trena.mcswain@evergreenmortuary-cemetery.com
Website: https://www.evergreenmortuary-cemetery.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EvergreenTucson

Trena started her career in the industry as a Sales Manager at a standalone cemetery in her hometown of Sedalia Missouri. Trena joined Evergreen on January 5th, 2015 as a Family Services Advisor and shortly after became the Family Services Supervisor.

In her role as Sales Manager, Trena oversees Evergreen’s team of family service advisors, leading with compassion and understanding to assist family’s in Southern Arizona at their time of need. Trena is also passionate about educating families on the need to pre-arrange their own needs as it is the best gift that can be given to your loved ones.

Trena is very active in the Tucson community. In her spare time, Trena loves to explore Arizona on her Harley Road Glide. When time permits, she also loves to travel.

Trena has one daughter and 3 granddaughters. She is looking forward to her family joining her in beautiful Tucson in the summer of 2019.

HOST:

Heather Wuelpern
Director of Communications
Tucson Metro Chamber
(520) 792-2250 X127
hwuelpern@tucsonchamber.org
Website: https://www.tucsonchamber.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheTucsonChamber/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hwuelpern/

Heather’s the driving force behind most anything written at the Tucson Metro Chamber including the Chamber Edge magazine, print ads, radio spots, social media posts, press releases, event speeches, newsletters and more. She comes from a publishing background where she wrote features, edited the work of freelance writers, and managed online content and official visitor guides for clients in the tourism industry across the United States.

Heather hails from Maryland and graduated from the University of Arizona after she transferred from Boston University where she was too darn cold. And now that she’s lived in Tucson for 30 years, she considers it home.

FITBOJE E3: Buck Garret – CBD & Chef Rick Tarin

January 8, 2020 by angishields

Tucson Business Radio

FITBOJE E3: Buck Garret - CBD & Chef Rick Tarin

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GUESTS:

Buck Garrett
Green Goo   (CBD pain relief products)
13340 E Wildcat Mesa Dr.  Vail, AZ  85641
520-704-2833
 Buckygarrettpa@aol.com

Biographical Data. I spent nearly 30 years in the Micrographics field. Was Operations Manager, District Operations Manager, National Product Manager, National Sales Manager. Business went south during the financial crisis of 2008/2009. Worked for the US Postal Service after that for 8 years. I moved to Tucson, AZ in 2014. Owned and trained horses prior to moving here and so used that experience to run a 20 stall horse ranch here in Tucson called Dancer’s Dream. Cancer got me in 2018. I was told then after all tests that I had a ZERO chance of survival. I then began to study what might be available to me from non-traditional medical sources.

I have already been growing hemp & making a salve for pain relief. Joints, back…. the usual issues. After learning about the cancer discovered that the same product might work as an Anti-Cancer product when the product was eaten daily at a High Dose. Today the cancer is in complete remission and the same Doctors have recently told me the cancer is no further a threat. I sell the Green Goo in Ointment, Tincture, edibles, Candles, honey form. Contact me through Buck Garrett Tucson Facebook.  Many, many others are benefiting 

Richard (Rick) Tarin, Chef

The Lodge at Ventana Canyon Country Club

6200 N Club House Ln
Tucson, AZ 85750
520-245-2015
rjtarin22@gmail.com

Jennifer English

JENNIFER SAWYER ENGLISH

520-302-2566 | spiritskitchen@gmail.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Jennifer is a multi-award-winning broadcaster, writer, and culinarian who is the founder and host of the Food & Wine Radio Network. Her in-depth interviews and intellectual musings on the craft, history, and culture of all areas of food and drink have earned Jennifer the prestigious Gracie Allen Award from The Foundation of American Women in Radio & Television and The James Beard Foundation Award for Best Radio Show.

Jennifer serves on the Board of the New Orleans Culinary & Cultural Preservation Society and was proud to participate in the very first Seminar Panel at Tales of the Cocktail. Jennifer is a co-founder of the World Margarita Championships. For over 8 seasons, Jennifer launched and hosted the weekly Let’s Make A Meal segments for NBC affiliate KVOA TV-4. and the “Bottoms Up Radio Hour”, and R.S.V.P. Radio Show. Boston born Jennifer delights in sharing the delicious and bountiful flavors, colors, smells and sips of the Desert Southwest and the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Jennifer brings the conviviality of our contemporary culinary community to life. As a versatile radio anchor, Jennifer brings 20 years in broadcasting with experience in news, talk, variety, and non-scripted formats. Poised and confident with a strong speaking voice and a talent for on-air interviewing.

SKILLS

Broadcast journalism Field production Television and print journalism Project management
Pitch expert Valid passport Deadline-driven
EP Budgeting Strong graphic and visual sense
Works well under pressure Leadership Social media Collaborative
Skilled multi-tasker

WORK HISTORY

May 2018-Current

Blau + Associates

Hospitality Management Marketing Consultant| Blau + Associates/BA Restaurant Holdings/The PARQ Vancouver | Vancouver, British Columbia + Las Vegas, Nevada

Through collaboration with the Blau+ Associates team, Jennifer has played an integral part in BA Holdings tactical marketing and PR operations; furthering the Elizabeth Blau, PARQ and Honey Salt brands by spearheading local, regional and national promotional efforts, including the successful facilitation of multiple awards, accolades, and coverage.

Successful generation of media opportunities, increased direct revenue, speaking engagements, and print, digital and social media coverage. Additional recent media coverage in the Vancouver Sun, Vancouver Province and the cover feature of Food & Beverage Magazine, which resulted in the media, marketing and PR department of BA Restaurant Holdings to a new level.

JANUARY 2017-JANUARY 2018

Producer & Co-host | Fong on Food: The Radio Show, Roundhouse Radio 98.3 FM | Vancouver, British Columbia

Fong on Food: The Radio Show is hosted by Vancouver-born and raised Nathan Fong He travels all over town and around the world discovering and sharing the bountiful goodness and delicious complexities of the modern Vancouver Culinary landscape. Each week the most interesting, inspiring and influential tastemakers in Vancouver will join Nathan and his co-host, James Beard Award winner Jennifer English, for conversations and culinary postcards, recipes, food news and all good things to sip. From Sea to Table and from Farm to Fork, Jennifer & Nathan bring their encyclopedic knowledge, passion, generosity connoisseurship and connectedness to every episode of Fong on Food: The Radio Show, making it the most irresistible hour of authentic Vancouver flavors and voices. DECEMBER 1999-CURRENT

Founder President | The Food & Wine Radio Network | Tucson, AZ

JANUARY 1994-FEBRUARY 1997

Account Director | Cone Communications | Boston, MA Oversaw team of strategic marketing and public relations professionals creating and implementing innovative strategic marketing communications campaigns for Fortune 100 Brand

accounts including Bausch & Lomb, Pepperidge Farm, Nestle, Perrier, Member of the core strategic launch development team for Cause-Related Marketing, an innovative marketing discipline launch proving effectiveness. of strategic philanthropy

FEBRUARY 2016-CURRENT

Contributing Editor Tea Journey Magazine | Tucson Tea Journey is a digital magazine for those thirsting for authentic knowledge about fine tea. The publication’s website and mobile app is a bridge connecting those who craft handmade teas in 35 countries to the growing number of premium consumers globally. The magazine is a collaborative venture, self-financed by editors, writers, tea consultants, tea educators, and tea experts globally. Tea Journey educates readers not only in the selection and preparation of artisan tea but also in the manufacture of teaware and authentic utensils designed to enhance the tea experience.

EDUCATION

1982 – High School Diploma: Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, Newton, MA
1987 – Bachelor of Science: Business Management Sawyer Business School at Suffolk University, Boston, MA
1989-91 – Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA
1993 – MBA: Marketing & Entrepreneurship
Sawyer Business School at Suffolk University, Boston, MA

Forty-Niner Golf & CC – Tucson’s Hidden Jewel

BRX Pro Tip: Office Hours

January 8, 2020 by angishields

BRX Pro Tips

BRX Pro Tip: Office Hours

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BRX Pro Tip: Office Hours Transcript

Stone Payton: [00:00:01] Welcome back to BRX Pro Tips. Lee Kantor, Stone Payton here with you. Lee, let’s talk a little bit about office hours. This is something that we have begun to do with our community of studio partners. I think we’re getting a real return on that investment. What are you thinking?

Lee Kantor: [00:00:19] Yeah, I think this is an example of what we call the righteous circle, where everybody wins by doing an activity like this. So, we do these office hours where we share best practices with the community. The community facilitates, we all participate. It allows all of us to learn faster, to iterate faster, to make changes, to explore best practices, to implement things, and brainstorm new ways of doing things.

Lee Kantor: [00:00:45] So, I love the way that we do this. It creates a sense of community. It gives everybody a voice in what’s happening and lets people know the news of what’s happening and how people are doing things. So, I think this type of training, it’s built on the spirit of generosity and collaboration. It lowers everybody’s risk because we’re all learning together and it increases all of our upside potential because we’re all learning together and we’re not really competing with each other.

Lee Kantor: [00:01:10] It’s great that we have this tool at our disposal. This is a great tool for our studio partners as well. You could be doing the same thing for your clients in your market. You can be doing office hours for them and bringing all your clients together to have a call or a meeting or meet-up, where you’re all sharing best practices and you’re all kind of learning from each other and cross-pollinating and helping everybody become successful faster. And that is something that we are always trying to do, is help our clients become successful faster.

Stone Payton: [00:01:42] Well, I’ll tell you what, as a studio partner, if you elect to do that, I would wager you will likely experience what I’ve experienced as we do the office hours for our studio partners, is a lot of the answers are right there within that group. I don’t have to have all the answers, right, Lee? I mean, when you tee up a topic, a question, you’ve got a brain trust there of people with a vested interest, a common interest, a great deal of combined experience and the sort. I feel like, you know, yes, I’m going to offer some insight or perspective if I feel like I have it. But gosh, how much I learned on those calls.

Lee Kantor: [00:02:19] Right. It forces us to raise our game because we have to articulate an answer that seems common sense to us to somebody that may not understand it as completely as we do. So, it forces us to be better. And I think that’s important. And that’s part of this kind of collaboration and generosity that the people that are on the Business RadioX team really feel for each other.

SBBV Ep 13: First Anniversary Show, Tucson Arts & Events

January 7, 2020 by angishields

Tucson Business Radio

SBBV Ep 13: First Anniversary Show, Tucson Arts & Events

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Curtis McCrary
Executive Director
The Rialto Theatre
318 E. Congress St., Tucson AZ 85701
520-740-1000
cmccrary@rialtotheatre.com
www.rialtotheatre.com/
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

Since 1920, The Rialto has provided a variety of entertainment to Tucsonans, including vaudeville, talking pictures, musical revues, and Spanish-language films. It is now known as a concert venue, showcasing artists across all genres of music and performance. Over the last 10 years, the Rialto Theatre has become a Top 100 Major Club Venue worldwide, and it is consistently ranked among the top 55 such venues by ticket sales. It was recently named #84 in The 100 Greatest American Music Venues by Consequence of Sound. As the Theatre approaches its 100th anniversary in 2020, it now hosts 200 events and draws over 100,000 patrons annually from far and wide who enjoy a wide array of live entertainment in the Rialto’s historic setting.

Kate Calhoun,
Director of Sales and Marketing
Tucson Convention Center
260 S Church Ave, Tucson, AZ 85701
520-837-4757
Kate.Calhoun@tucsonaz.gov
tucsonconventioncenter.com/
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With 205,000 square feet of meeting and event space, the Tucson Convention Center has the size and flexibility to accommodate every type of meeting, convention, trade show or banquet event you may be planning. In addition to their meeting space, the Tucson Convention Center has three performance facilities that are appropriate for sporting events, ice shows, theatrical performances, and concerts. They offer outstanding menu selections by SAVOR Tucson, their in-house catering and concession company. Their signature and custom-made menus feature an eclectic range of international, regional, and heart-healthy fare. On October 1, 2019, Tucson Convention Center joined a new family of over 300 of the world’s most prestigious arenas, stadiums, convention centers, and performing arts venues. They are now part of a venue management powerhouse that spans five continents and 14 countries.

About Your Host, Stephanie Rising

Stephanie Rising

A business coach and author,Stephanie Rising has helped over 100 small business owners achieve greater proficiency, profitability, and sanity. She specializes in navigating the complexities of family-owned companies and partnerships with 5 to 25 employees. An expert small business advocate, she provides objective problem solving and accountability that has led many of her clients to award-winning achievement. Her clients have represented a total of over $60M in annual revenues and 1,000 employees.

Stephanie specializes in DISC behavioral analysis and her book,DISC: Leverage Your Nature, Increase Your Sales, is available on Amazon. She outlines step-by-step tactics for building a marketing plan that is sustainable for each reader’s personality and speaks to their specific target market. Stephanie has led numerous well-received workshops on DISC-based marketing and applying behavioral analysis in business.

As an extension of her belief in promoting an educated and healthy community, Stephanie is a monthly sponsor of Youth On Their Own, which provides stipends, supplies, and mentorship to Tucson teens who are homeless through no fault of their own.  She also supports Temwani Children’s Foundation, whichprovides education, food, and hope to orphaned children impoverished by the effects of HIV/AIDS in Lusaka, Zambia in Africa.

Stephanie’s podcast,Small Biz, Big Voices, is broadcast monthly on Tucson Business Radio X. Show notes, interview questions and additional coaching tips can be found on herSmall Biz, Big Voices Facebook page.

Stephanie is available for executive team coaching, strategic planning retreats, and public speaking.

Velocity Small Business Radio: Brigitta Hoeferle with NLP Institute of Atlanta, Jessica Wise with Audacity and Victor Johnson with Nico Don Projects

January 7, 2020 by angishields

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Velocity Small Business Radio: Brigitta Hoeferle with NLP Institute of Atlanta, Jessica Wise with Audacity and Victor Johnson with Nico Don Projects

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As a powerfully engaging and professional international speaker, Brigitta Hoeferle is also known as the fasted-tracked female trainer and retired lead coach of the world’s largest self- development company. As a leading mentor, business coach and author she is invited to speak on stages around the world. Her degrees in marketing, social pedagogy and education validate her expertise, logic, and knowledge, but it is her creativity, humanity, and passion which really makes her stand out and lead other leaders.

Brigitta was born and raised in Germany and resides in the U.S. since 2004 with her two wonderfully independent and successful daughters, and her husband, the renowned Culture Guy. She is the award-winning founder of the German Language School and the Montessori School of Cleveland.

As the CEO & Owner of the NLP Institute of Atlanta and the #1 Lead Trainer of BANKCODE, she gives full credit for her success to her unique communication and listening skills, her tenacity and her never-ending desire to take something from good to outrageously great. To add even more fuel to the fire and more credibility to her work, Brigitta has created the Rapid Results Coaching Program for BANKCODE and spearheads the revolutionary B.A.N.K. Coaching Program.

As a top trainer for BANKCODE Brigitta shares the secret, the system and the science to supercharge your success – be inspired to lead with her in the world’s most unique methodology, which is scientifically validated, to predict buying behavior in less than 90 seconds.

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Jessica Wise is the Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief at Audacity. Jessica oversees Audacity’s editorial content and press relations. She holds a Master of Arts in Communications from Georgia State University, and she is a working actress in the Atlanta area. Wise has worked in media and journalism for the last five years, starting out as an editorial intern at Little PINK Book and working up to Associate Editor, Producer, and Training Specialist. She also wrote for Simply Buckhead Magazine and continues to write for her blog The Curvy Girl Handbook.

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Victor Vonico Johnson is a keynote speaker, real estate investor, entrepreneur and certified credit consultant. He is the published author of the book, PROVEN PATHWAYS TO WEALTH & HAPPINESS – which tells the story of Victor growing up in a single-parent home with a mother that inspired hard work, determination, and helping others.

During his childhood, he experienced food stamps, welfare, and public assistance. Victor knew he wanted better for himself and his mother; however, he still found himself an adult living paycheck to paycheck, with horrible credit. He spent 20+ years in leadership roles for Debt Collection Agencies. As Director, Victor was responsible for recovering more than $100 million in debt, while having a mountain of debt, and a poor credit score himself.

With the right habit changes, and tons of hard work and support, he eventually transformed that life into a 7- figure rental property portfolio, and he now maintains a credit score consistently above 760. The book outlines the exact steps that allowed him to accomplish this success over a 5-year period. Victor has also mentored dozens of employees, friends, clients and family members through their personal finance & credit challenges.

Victor became a SPEAKER to help others overcome the financial challenges that he struggled with. As a keynote speaker, certified credit coach, and real estate investor, his passion is to create value for each client he is blessed to work with. Victor’s clients consist of New York Life, Dallas County Community College District, Junior Achievement of Dallas, D.R.E.A.M. Conference, to name a few.

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About the Show

Velocity Small Business Radio features small businesses from across the U.S. through the Velocity Small Business Network. As an Atlanta based show, we target entrepreneurs in the southeast but more specifically focus on businesses within the greater Metro-Atlanta community.

The Velocity Small Business Radio Show is hosted by International Speaker & Small Business Expert J.R. McNair.