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Georgia Entertainment News is an active and credible resource for those who work and serve this industry. They publish news and information from numerous sources and conduct interviews and videos with the who’s who of Georgia’s entertainment world. Their mission is to provide strategic and competitive intelligence to movie makers, production professionals, musicians, game developers, educators and all those with a stake in entertainment.
On this special end-of-the-year edition of “Gwinnett Business Radio”, host Duffie Dixon visits Eastside Medical Center in Snellville, GA to hear from three of the top hospital executives on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic: Chief Executive Officer Trent Lind, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Stephen Higgins, and Chief Nursing Officer Tracey Smithson. They discuss how the staff at Eastside Medical Center continues to care for patients several months into the crisis, and what has changed now that a vaccine is available for hospital staff, patients and the public. They also share some heart-warming and heart-wrenching stories from inside the hospital.
About Eastide Medical Center
Eastside Medical Center has been a healthcare leader for over 40 years, providing quality care to patients in Gwinnett and surrounding counties. Nationally recognized for patient safety, Eastside focuses on delivering quality care with exceptional outcomes by utilizing the most advanced technology and experienced physicians.
Eastside is a 310-bed, multi-campus system of care offering comprehensive medical and surgical programs including cardiovascular, neurosciences, oncology, orthopedics, robotic surgery, rehabilitation, maternity with neonatal intensive care, behavioral health, bariatric, urgent care, and 24-hour emergency care at two locations. Their medical staff of 500 board-certified physicians, 1,200 employees, and 400 volunteers is committed to providing the community a healthcare system of excellence. For more information, visit www.EastsideMedical.com.
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The Big Bike was recently touring Atlanta ahead of the 2020 SEC Football Championship game between the Florida Gators and the Alabama Crimson Tide. In addition to visiting many of Regions’ newest branches in the Atlanta area, the Big Bike made an appearance outside the Sonesta Gwinnett Place Atlanta Hotel and the home of Gwinnett Business RadioX, where Mike Sammond had the opportunity to conduct a brief interview with the Big Bike Manager Bobby Stillings.
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Christy Butler Eckoff/Atlanta Jewish Foundation
Christy Butler Eckoff is the Chief Foundation Officer and Managing Director of the Atlanta Jewish Foundation. Christy is an expert on charitable estate planning, gift planning, asset-based giving, laws surrounding nonprofits, private foundations, supporting organizations, donor-advised funds, and nonprofit taxation.
Previously, Christy served as managing director, philanthropic counsel at the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta and served as senior director of gift planning at Georgia State University. She previously practiced tax and fiduciary law. She is past-president of the Georgia Planned Giving Council, past-president of the Association of Fundraising
Professionals (AFP) Greater Atlanta chapter and a member of the Junior League of Atlanta.
Christy was a board member of AdNet (the Advancement Network for Community Foundations) and is currently on the board of the Atlanta Estate Planning Council, the National Association of Charitable Gift Planners (CGP), and the Association of Fundraising Professionals National PAC board. Christy co-leads the National Standards for Gift Planning Success task force of CGP.
Randy Gorod/Pisgah Consulting
Randy Gorod is the President & CEO of Pisgah Consulting. He has had a long and diverse career serving in the non-profit sector. He worked with Young Judaea and at Camp Judaea for over three years. After graduate school, he returned to Atlanta to work at Congregation Etz Chaim as its Youth Director and Executive Director for nine years. His development experience began at Etz Chaim and continued at the Jewish Federation of
Greater Atlanta where he helped lead the Community Campaign for Caring for three years and to its highest annual level of over $18 million in one year. He moved to Emory University to be part of the university’s $1.6 billion comprehensive campaign and worked through the campaign completion, nearly six years. After helping The Jewish Agency for
Israel work on a better development process for almost two years, he left to form Pisgah Consulting.
At Pisgah Consulting, he has worked with organizations like Hillel International, ORT Atlanta, local Hillels, the Center for the Visually Impaired and others. Pisgah Consulting offers non-profits the opportunity to focus on core competencies by building strong development operations, plans and staff.
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About Gaslowitz Frankel:
Gaslowitz Frankel is an experienced trial practice firm specializing in all aspects of complex fiduciary litigation throughout Georgia and the Southeast. With a focus on representing individuals, companies, banks, and fiduciaries in dispute involving wills, estates, trusts, guardianships, businesses, and securities law, their experienced and highly qualified litigation attorneys have tremendous credentials and a proven history of success.
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Pierina Anderson/Twin Kookies & Sweets
Twin Kookies & Sweets, elabora galletas personalizadas para todo tipo de eventos. Siempre elaborado con los ingredientes más frescos.
Albert Sorto/Atlanta Gladiators
Los Atlanta Gladiators son un equipo profesional de hockey sobre hielo que busca crear fanáticos para toda la vida al brindar una experiencia memorable dentro y fuera del hielo.
Celebrating Powerhouse Women salutes and recognizes women who are making an impact, whether it’s in business, philanthropy, public service, or elsewhere.
This series is presented by C-A-B Incorporated. Since 1982, C-A-B Incorporated has been a pre-eminent leader in manufacturing and global sourcing of precision machined iron and steel products serving infrastructure, hydraulics, automotive, rail, and a variety of other industries. As a woman-owned company, C-A-B is proud to be the presenting sponsor of the “Celebrating Powerhouse Women” series, bringing focus to the many incredible women in our community making things happen.
Patricia J. Royak/Royak Consulting
Royak Consulting helps build international omnichannel strategies to guide companies out of the pandemic. They develop strategies to reimagine the way they communicate, collaborate and compete seamless across all channels. With a sharp focus on telling a differentiated and authentic brand story, Royak Consulting helps clients tap into the emotional motivators of consumers who are purchasing products and services very differently post pandemic.
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Tricia Houston/MMR LIVE Experience Design
MMR LIVE is an experience design consultancy that puts human emotions at the core of their work. They believe that everything about a brand communicates, and that staying relevant requires consistent adaptation. Their focus is closing experience gaps through the integration of research, creative thinking, and operational expertise. Their process takes the mystery out of brand loyalty and ensures your vision comes to life. They help you become more valuable to the people you care about. They help you become ExperienceBuilt™.
Josh Sweeney/FounderScale
FounderScale helps B2B companies increase sales by optimizing sales and marketing operations. They turn your sales and marketing team into a sales and marketing machine.
Larry Talbert/Talbert Insurance Services
Talbert Insurance Services is an independent agency with a large number of providers with a small company service feel. Live people answering the phones is very important to them, so all the phones in the office ring until someone answers. Of course, Covid has limited this a little, but they try their best. They have won Best in Gwinnett 10 years in a row and Best in Duluth 3 years in a row. They work for the customer, not the carrier.
Lori Lyons/Igniting Your Business
Business owners today are struggling with this new, even more intense online world. They have to be deliberate and plan their digital strategies, but many don’t know how. Igniting Your Business can help. They work with service-based businesses with their online presence through awesome websites and connected digital marketing.
Igniting Your Business is a website design and digital marketing company specializing in seasoned service based businesses and consultants. They design an amazing online presence for them so they attract their perfect clients and grow and flourish. They keep the digital side of the business “in flow” and each component working together from websites, to SEO, to email marketing, to social media.
Kent Suter/OneAmerica
In a world where stability has increasing value, especially for financial services companies, you can count on the companies of OneAmerica. They have built a 140-year foundation of strength, and they will continue to thrive and grow by keeping commitments to stability and ongoing policyholder value.
Among their financial company peers, they continue to outperform. They have become one of the fastest-growing mutual insurance holding companies in the U.S. Today, the companies of OneAmerica rely on a national network of financial professionals to provide customers with products and services such as retirement products and services, individual life insurance and annuities, asset-based long-term care, and employee benefits.
Jane Bishop/Take the Next Step
Jane Bishop, is CEO of Take the Next Step which emerged out of her passion to help others “go for their It.” She helps small business owners and entrepreneurs strengthen and align with their inner core for success by using her coaching and training skills. When you work with Jane you will experience accomplishing your “it” and be a greater influence to those around you. Jane uses her E4U system to help clients get to the core faster to create and execute a plan for effectiveness. Jane is also a professional speaker and published author. Curious? Reach out and book a complimentary session and see where that leads.
Ryan Sauers/President of Sauers Consulting Strategies
Ryan T. Sauers has spent 25 years leading and/or consulting with visual communications and marketing related organizations. Ryan is President/Owner of the consulting firm, Sauers Consulting Strategies; Our Town Gwinnett Magazine (2 monthly magazines); and its parent company End Resultz Media.
Key areas of focus of the consulting firm include: sales training, marketing strategy, personal branding, leadership development, and organizational change.
Sauers is a frequent national speaker and columnist. He has been recognized as one of the top 80 CMO’s in the world and achieved the top designation of Certified Marketing Executive through Sales and Marketing Executives International.
Sauers is an adjunct university professor teaching leadership, marketing, and communication courses to current and aspiring leaders. Ryan is a Certified Myers Briggs, DiSC, and Emotional Intelligence Practitioner.
Ryan is working on his Doctoral degree in Organizational Leadership and is host of the radio show Marketing Matters. Sauers is author of the best-selling books Everyone is in Sales and Would You Buy from You? More info at: RyanSauers.com or OurTownGwinnett.com.
Show Overview
Marketing Matters with Ryan Sauers is a radio show presented the Gwinnett Woman’s Small Business Collective. The show discusses topics as they relate to marketing, communications, sales, customer service, leadership and more. Host Ryan Sauers, a best-selling author and national speaker, discusses how these topics play a role in every aspect of our lives. Each episode shares tangible nuggets of information that listeners can easily understand and apply to their everyday life, whether personal or business. The show challenges listeners’ current state of thinking so they can grow to new heights and see new opportunities in business or life: which is rapidly changing, multi-generational, and noisy in nature.
Casey Clark & Rich Dobbs/Capital Restoration
Capital Restoration, headquartered in Marietta, GA is a General Contractor that specializes in commercial emergency restoration services such as fire, smoke, water, storm damage and Covid disinfecting for Atlanta and the entire Southeastern U.S. Their motto is “Problem Solved!”
Eric Alimena/Alimena Limousine & Worldwide Transportation
Alimena Limousine & Worldwide Transportation is an elite provider of professional, reliable, luxury transportation services worldwide, whose mission is to make a difference one person at a time by making life easier, creating peace of mind and generating unforgettable experiences.
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