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Sports Injury Prevention and Treatment with Dr. Richard Dukes, Dr. Shaun Traub and Diane King

February 7, 2013 by angishields

The Doctors Roundtable

Sports Injury Prevention and Treatment with Dr. Richard Dukes, Dr. Shaun Traub and Diane King

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Entering the spring season of sports, we delve into sports injury prevention and treatment with panelist Dr. Richard Dukes, Dr. Shaun Traub, and athlete trainer Diane King… all brought to you by HealthGate.

At all ages, we are encouraged to get exercise and sports participation is a fun way to accomplish this. However, almost 1million adult and 3.5 million sports injuries occur in the US annually. The prevalence is evident by watching TV or reading the sports pages of any local, regional, or national newspaper. In this edition of The Doctors Roundtable, panelists will discuss prevention of sports injuries. Dr. Dukes (Urgent Care Specialist) will discuss immediate treatment in case of a sports injury, orthopedic surgeon Dr. Traub will be discussing therapy and surgical implications should a more severe injury occur, and Diane King discusses training and conditioning to prevent injuries. From tennis elbow to ACL tears, this show will cover a lot!

Richard Dukes, M.D./Physician’s Express Care

Dr. Dukes is the owner/CEO of Physician’s Express Care and MedGlobal (a medical resource group) in Johns Creek. He currently serves as chairman at the Department of Medicine and Department of Emergency Medicine at Northside Hospital in Canton, GA. Dr. Dukes is residency trained and board certified by Wayne State University and Detroit Medical Center in Detroit, Michigan. He is a fellow in the American College of Emergency Physicians, and serves as the medical director for the Clayton County Fire Department in Riverdale, GA.

Shaun L. Traub, M.D./Resurgens Orthopaedics

With board certification by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Dr. Traub earned his undergraduate degree from University of Georgia, medical degree from Medical College of Georgia, residency at Medical University of South Carolina, and a fellowship in Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery from the University of Colorado-Denver. He is affiliated at DeKalb Medical Center and Emory Eastside Hospital, and active with American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Association of North America.

Diane King, MS, RD, CSSD, ATC

A National Athletic Trainers’ Association Certified Athletic Trainer, Ms. King is currently the President of the Georgia Athletic Trainers Association. She is a Registered and Licensed Dietitian, and holds a Specialist Certification in Sports Dietetics. She serves as an Athletic Trainer for South Forsyth High School through SportsCare Physical Therapy. She works with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s Sports Medicine Program and consults in several facilities as a sports dietitian. Diane received a Bachelor’s degree in Dietetics from Memphis State University and A Master’s degree from Louisiana State University in Human Nutrition and Exercise Physiology.

Sports Injury Prevention and Treatment with Dr. Richard Dukes, Dr. Shaun Traub and Diane King — Dr. Traub, Dr. Dukes, and Ms. King

ABR Special Edition: ProWIN Atlanta

February 7, 2013 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

ABR Special Edition: ProWIN Atlanta

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Gayle Rubenstein/Balloons and Events Over Atlanta

With a passion for celebrating people and their special occasions, Gayle Rubenstein, co-owner of Balloons and Events Over Atlanta, is commited to producing the most noteworthy and memorable events. Gayle’s background is in design and she loves to create what her clients want. Her intention is to always listen to what her clients are saying and reproduce their vision. Balloons and Events Over Atlanta creates works of art that they are proud to have their signature on. Their ideas are fresh and new. Their certified balloon artists and Certified Event planners have gone througth training on color and design and can transform a room.

Gayle’s goal is to continue to satisfy and awe her customers while saving them time and money. She understands that many events only come once in a lifetime and have an immeasurable impact and importance.

Balloon décor is a spectacular way to bring in dynamic color and dazzle guests, and together with props, linens, floral design, unique and specialized centerpieces, theme decor, all set the stage for a memorable extravaganza. There’s an endless amount of design possibilities that can be created to make the memories of an event last a lifetime!

Specialties: Balloon design, Centerpiece design, Room Decor, Prop design, Draping, flowers, lighting, event planning, party planning, theme decor, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, Sweet 16, Bris, Baby naming, christenings, Birthday parties, Corporate events, trade shows, conventions, galas, and weddings… the list goes on……

Penne Crews/Lane McVicker

Penne Crews is an Assistant Vice President with a national insurance brokerage firm called Lane McVicker located in Alpharetta, Georgia. She began her career in 1980 with State Farm Insurance. In 1989 Penne joined Alexander & Alexander to manage their personal lines VIP accounts. In 1994 Alexander & Alexander was purchased by PLI Brokerage where she remained for 11 years offering sales, service and insurance advice to high net worth individuals developing a strong expertise in complex matters such as family offices, multi-generational families, coverage for professional athletes and sports memorabilia collections. For 3 years Penne sat on the Mickey Mantle Charitable Foundation. Today, she continues to expand her insurance knowledge with Lane McVicker; one of the nation’s leading Personal Insurance Brokerage firms who specializes in working with the affluent individual who may have complex insurance needs.

Michelle Thomas/Ackerman & Co.

Michelle Thomas is in the brokerage division of Ackerman & Co., a commercial real estate firm in Atlanta, Georgia. She specializes in tenant representation and is known for successfully matching her client’s vision with locations that amplify their visibility, enhance their corporate image and increase their efficiency.

A native of Washington D.C., she began her real estate career in Georgia in 1997. With the completion of her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design and her Master of Science degree in Building Construction, she has since expanded her expertise to include the acquisition, disposition and leasing of commercial real estate properties. Michelle’s unrivaled determination to protect her client’s interests makes her an asset, critical in successfully negotiating office and retail leasing transactions.

February 12th – Hot Widow and Hidden Pain

February 6, 2013 by angishields

Write Here Write Now

February 12th - Hot Widow and Hidden Pain

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In a span of five months and one week in 2007 Mishael Porembski became a widow, gave birth to her second child and lost her mother to breast cancer. She battled depression and exhaustion for years and wondered if she would ever be happy and laugh again. Out of her journey to wholeness and health, Mishael founded Team Hot Widow. She is in the process of writing the story of her journey to wholeness and happiness and health.

In Unmasking: One Woman’s Hidden Pain Gives Way to Peace and Victory, Mechelle Stephens shares her tumultuous journey in overcoming the scars and pain from being molested as a child and then experiencing domestic violence. Mechelle hungered to tell her story but had no idea how challenging the writing would be. Now her book provides a means for her to bring hope to others who struggle with hidden pain.

What drove Mishael and Mechelle to write their stories? What powerful insights will they provide us on the challenges and dreams connected with writing about one’s life?

Meeting Pros: Event Specialist Jessica Park with JPark Events, Toni Moceri with Moceri Management , Tim Berkesch with Vector Displays

February 6, 2013 by angishields

Meeting Pros Radio

Meeting Pros: Event Specialist Jessica Park with JPark Events, Toni Moceri with Moceri Management , Tim Berkesch with Vector Displays

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On this Episode of Meeting Pros

Toni Moceri with Moceri Management

Toni Moceri started Moceri Management with $1,000.00 and grew it to a $3.8 Million dollar a year company over 12 years. Working with her team of 11 employees they produced National Medical Sales Meetings and Events all over the US. Including working with the American College of Cardiology in Washington DC over 3 years in a consulting capacity.

She is experienced in securing over 25 million dollars of medical grant funding over 12 years, that helped support these Continuing Educational Meetings, budgeting, negotiation, strategic planning, agenda content and development, room block management, food and beverage, event production and social media, seamless execution.

Toni is currently the Chair of the Alzheimer’s Association annual event “Dancing Stars of Atlanta” being held on June 15, 2013. She is a member of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and continues to be involved on various charitable committees.

She was named Top 15 to watch in 2005
Her company was named one of the best places to work in 2006
She was named one of the top 30 under 30 prior to moving to Atlanta in 1994.
Has appeared in over 25 national publications to date.

Tim Berkesch with Vector Displays

Tim Berkesch Director of Sales at Vector Displays. Has a Bachelor’s degree from Wayne State Univ in Detroit, and a Master’s from Univ of Illinois. Tim develops sales and insures the quality delivery of trade show related products and services.

Jeffrey Conway with Huddle House

February 6, 2013 by angishields

Learning Insights

Jeffrey Conway with Huddle House

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Jeffrey Conway/Huddle House

Jeffrey Conway is the Director of People Services with Huddle House. He has 28 years experience in the retail sector dealing with consumers including 12+ years experience in the area of Training and Development including instructional design, implementation, tracking and results measurement. Jeff also has 12+ years experience in restaurant opening process including scheduling, pre/post opening support, sales and product forecasting, hiring, orientation and on-site operations training. He has 5 years experience with multiple brands / co-brand training experience, one year experience with wholesaling and brand licensing (Cinnabon, Inc.), and one year experience with regulated (FDA/EU) environments in the blood plasma industry.

Jeff’s specialties include: Certified Hospitality Trainer (CHT), Certified Food Safety Manager (CFSM), Discernment Certification (DISC), Advanced Alcohol Service Certificate (NRAEDF), Successful Training Manager Certificate – Langevin Learning Time Management Certification – Franklin Covey, Essentials in Human Resources Certificate (SHRM), Notary Public State of Georgia, and ServeSafe Proctor.

Today’s show is brought to you by TrainingPros.

Check out the New Benton House in Alpharetta! Hollie Curfman Chats with Eugeria!

February 5, 2013 by angishields

Eugeria

Check out the New Benton House in Alpharetta! Hollie Curfman Chats with Eugeria!

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Hollie is a rare Georgia native! She grew up in Monticello, then went to school in Macon. She started her care in pharmacy, working with bubble packed medications. This naturally led her to the senior services arena, where she worked in hospice for a number of years. Nearly a year ago, Hollie took a position at Manor on the Square in Roswell. When The Principal Group started building a new community in Alpharetta, Hollie was quick to jump on board!

The Benton House of Alpharetta is just about set to open. Awaiting only an occupational license from the city, they are chomping at the bit to begin serving a growing list of residents that have already signed up to live in the beautiful new community of 55 ground level apartments. A portion of this community will be designated the Beacon Neighborhood, and will serve the memory impaired. If you’d like to see the new community, don’t miss their Grand Opening on February 2 from 11am to 1pm. Those residents that are committed to the Benton House on or before opening day will be part of the Founders Club. Give them a call to find out what that’s all about! Or better yet, visit them in person at 762 N. Main Street in Alpharetta. They can be reached by phone at 678-319-3000. Hollie tells us that one way to really get a good feel for a community is to stop by unannounced! Go ahead, put them to the test!

We want to thank Griswold Home Care for sponsoring today’s show. Griswold Home Care has been a preferred provider of high quality, affordable in-home senior care in Atlanta for 20 years.

Financial Executives International Association – Atlanta Chapter

February 5, 2013 by angishields

Burr Forman's Results Matter Radio

Financial Executives International Association – Atlanta Chapter

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Jim Wanserski/FEI-Atlanta

Jim Wanserski (principal of consulting firm Wanserski & Associates) is currently serving as President of Financial Executives International Association (“FEI-Atlanta”)—Atlanta Chapter. FEI-Atlanta is a 250-member affiliate of FEI-National, the “association of choice for Controllers, Treasurers, VPs-Finance & Accounting, and Chief Financial Officers” in the metropolitan area. Wanserski is a veteran of the telecom and high-tech industries, and has served in all the finance and accounting “chairs” during his public and private company tenure. However, he’s also worked in consulting for Arthur Andersen Business Consulting, and at a Chicago-based turnaround firm – Morris Anderson & Associates, as well as formed his own firm in 2002. Most recently, he has fulfilled specialty consulting and management trustee roles as nominated by the United States Department of Justice and appointed to two CEO roles as Management Trustee by two Washington DC-based Federal judges in Verizon’s acquisition of Alltel and AT&T’s acquisition of Centennial Wireless.

Today, Wanserski consults via a variety of projects and roles in several industries, and to the C-Suite. He has also published articles, and presented some 60 times to universities, accounting, regulatory and ethics organizations on several topics—primarily fraud prevention and detection…having uncovered fraud some dozen times and executed multiple testifying stints during his business career thus far.

Mike McCarthy/FEI-Atlanta

Mike McCarthy is the Vice President of FEI – Atlanta, and is also the CFO with World 50, Inc.

Graham Stieglitz/Burr & Forman

Graham Stieglitz is a Partner with Burr & Forman. Graham’s practice in the Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy group focuses on commercial and bankruptcy litigation. He has experience in commercial reorganizations and workouts, as well as transactional and litigation experience involving commercial transactions, receiverships, real estate and other business-related matters. He has represented debtors, trustees, unsecured and secured creditors in Chapter 11 cases. Graham has also represented financial institutions, commercial lenders, commercial lessors and lessees in bankruptcy cases and structured loan workouts.

Graham is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the American Bar Association, the Turnaround Management Association, the National Funding Association, the Atlanta Bar Association and the State Bar of Georgia.

In 2011 and 2012, Graham was named as a leading practitioner in Bankruptcy/Restructuring by the highly regarded Chambers USA, a legal directory featuring client-led intelligence on America’s leading lawyers for business. Since 2007, Graham has been named in the Georgia Super Lawyers – Rising Stars Edition in Atlanta magazine. The lawyers chosen as Rising Stars represent approximately 2.5 percent of the best up-and-coming attorneys in the state as voted by their peers based on their personal observations. Additionally, Graham was selected as one ofGeorgia Trend’s “2010 Legal Elite.”

Graham graduated from The Westminster Schools in 1991. Graham received his B.A. in Economics from Washington University at St. Louis in 1995, his J.D. from Georgia State University School of Law in 1999, and his LL.M. in Bankruptcy from St. John’s University in 2000.

Looking Beyond the Law: Civility and the Productive Work Environment

February 5, 2013 by angishields

Performance Difference Radio

Looking Beyond the Law: Civility and the Productive Work Environment

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Is your work environment one that is toxic or one of respect? Do your employees feel comfortable in speaking up and making a contribution? Stephen Paskoff and Dr. Edward Queen discuss a prescription for creating a value based business culture that encourages a more productive work environment.

Stephen M. Paskoff, Esq.

ELI^®, Inc.

Stephen M. Paskoff, Esq., is the founder, president and CEO of ELI^®, a training company that teaches professional workplace conduct, helping clients translate their values into behaviors, increase employee contribution, build respectful and inclusive cultures, and reduce legal and ethical risk.

Mr. Paskoff is a nationally recognized speaker and author on workplace legal issues. He has written extensively on topics related to workplace compliance and legal issues and how to affect culture change in order to build lawful, professional operations that align with an organization’s mission and values.

In addition, Mr. Paskoff is the former Co-Chair of the ABA’s Compliance Training and Communication Subcommittee, which explores best practices in training methodology as well as overall strategies for implementing learning and communication plans to maintain corporate compliance. He currently serves on the Editorial Board of Workforce Management magazine.

Prior to establishing ELI^® in 1986, Mr. Paskoff was a trial attorney with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and a partner in a management law firm. He is a graduate of Hamilton College and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and is a member of the Pennsylvania and Georgia bars.

Stephen can be contacted via email. Click here to view his company’s website.

Dr. Edward L. Queen

Emory University

Edward Queen, is director of the D. Abbott Turner Program in Ethics and Servant Leadership and Coordinator of Undergraduate Studies at Emory University’s Center for Ethics. At Emory he also serves as Director of Research for the Institute of Human Rights and co-convener of the Initiative on Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding. Queen received his B.A. from Birmingham-Southern College, his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, and his J.D. from the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis.

Queen’s previously served as founding director of the Religion and Philanthropy Project at the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy and of the Islamic Society of North America’s Fellowship Program in Nonprofit Management and Governance. A former program officer at Lilly Endowment, Inc. with a major responsibility for grants in nonprofit governance and leadership, Queen has consulted with numerous nonprofit, governmental, and educational organizations on management issues and ethics policies. These organizations have included the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, the Pew Charitable Trusts, Independent Sector, USAID, NAFSA: The Association of International Educators, the Southeastern Council of Foundations, and the Corporation for National and Community Service.

Dr. Queen can be reached via email.

Mayor Mike Bodker of Johns Creek and Mike Caines & David Shavzin ISO Certification

February 4, 2013 by angishields

BRX National

Mayor Mike Bodker of Johns Creek and Mike Caines & David Shavzin ISO Certification

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The Johns Creek Story – What makes a city great

The Mayor of Johns Creek, Mike Bodker, was our first guest discussing Why Johns Creek was formed in 2006, what lead up to the decision and his pivotal role in the process. He did such a terrific job that he was elected the city’s firs mayor and is now serving a second term.

Many cities are now incorporating because of the many advantages they have as chartered entities. Keeping tax money at home, gaining control over police, fire, planning and 911 service are just a few of the advantages Johns Creek has discovered.

Calling the city “the Beverly Hills” of Georgia is no exaggeration. It is one of the wealthiest cities in the US with most of the best schools in Atlanta. It is respected for its well-managed, planned and sensible approach to growth, citizen service, governmental efficiency, community outreach, a spirit of volunteerism, and a reputation as a community that contributes generously to worthy causes.

Anyone interested in learning how a city can really serve the goals of a community through sensible guided growth and effective, cost conscious government will want to listen in. To find out more about the process of city formation or reforms that can save tax dollars, contact the Mayor. For companies looking for a great city to headquarter in, you’ll want to have a look at the City of Johns Creek.

You can reach Mayor Bodker at 678-512-3313. You can also contact him and other departments and the other organizations through the city’s website at www.johnscreekga.gov.

Process Improvement and ISO Certification to Grow Profit and Sales

Mike Caines and David Shavzin and team are process improvement and ISO certification consultants. They help companies streamline their operations and improve financial results by examining every aspect of their business processes. Starting from customer to vendor and every department in between, they work with their clients with the objective of making the flow smooth where interactions and customer experience are exceptional.

Explaining that process improvement isn’t about seeking to eliminate people but rather examining the processes that have grown up in a company and, in conjunction with the people involved using a proven process to look for ways to streamline, simplify and focus the way things are done.

That process produces savings but also sales. It cuts friction costs out such as too much or too little inventory, wasted effort in flows, documentation, lost or misplaced equipment, confusion, etc.

In fact, the process will, the delight the CEO, the CFO as well as the people who were formerly wasting time and emotional effort struggling with the old ways of doing things.

ISO is what could be described as a holistic process that a company adheres to in order to systematically improve their customer’s experience, streamline their operations and turn problems into opportunities to grow and stay focused on results.

Surprisingly, ISO certification is available for almost any company and may or may not be part of a process improvement project. But, as it is often the key to the door for a company wishing to do business with large companies, it can be a key differentiator between you and your competition.

David works with teams as does Mike, helping deal with the human emotional dimensions of change. Change often fails to implant itself if that is not handled well and they are experts at dealing with the issues involved.

One thing that can help businesses in Georgia is generous tax breaks for instituting a process improvement program. One client received a six figure refund as a result. Now that’s real stimulus!

You can find out about process improvement and ISO Certification by contacting Mike and David as follows:

Mike Caines can be reached www.mariettabusinesscoach.com, mcaines@mariettabusinesscoach.com or 770-826-2559 and David Shavzin at dshavsin@shavzinassociates.com, www.shavzinassociates.com dshavzin@shavzinassociates.com or call 678-795-1750.