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Team building from hiring to inspiring; Bringing Hollywood Here

January 23, 2013 by angishields

BRX National

Team building from hiring to inspiring; Bringing Hollywood Here

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Alan Allard with Predictive Results, discusses how small firms to large can use EEOC compliant behavioral assessments to hire smarter, place people in the right job, and develop skills and behavior scientifically. Find out the secret to hiring the right person the first time – you sales managers pay particular attention – and avoid the very high cost and potential for lawsuits that comes with firing the wrong person who didn’t work out.

You can reach Alan at www.predictiveresults.com or call 678-778-9012.

The flip side of having teams is developing them into cohesive groups who work well together, are engaged and loyal and passionate about their company and their job. Kenny Zale of Making Teams Rock, brings his years of experience with sales management and a career as a professional musician to the art of team development through engagement strategies.

His company uses safe, business focused yet engaging events and games to teach people why it’s necessary and how to work together to succeed. Meeting planners and owners seek out Kenny to help them create learning experiences that translate back to the workplace in the form of increased awareness of their teammates as people and the best ways to work together for a common goal. You can find out more at www.makingteamsrock.com or call Kenny at 404-861-5130. He has a new book “Did Beethoven Do the Dishes – How to lead teams to success” coming out soon and is a great resource for progressive companies who understand the power of teams.

Hollywood is making big movies in Georgia and the Atlanta area today. One reason is FLIPSFilm. Dale Sizemore, CEO and Founder, simplifies and streamlines the frustrating, time-consuming, arduous task of getting all the filming permits needed to produce a commercial or a Hollywood Blockbuster. Dale says that local and state governments have, for good reason, permitting requirements that although usually sensible and necessary, are different for different jurisdictions and even between departments. Different forms, terminology and timetables slow or even stall productions that can run over $40 million and representing perhaps millions in spending locally.

His company uses a combination of technology and legwork to simplify the process for the filmmaker and simplify the process for the many governmental departments involved in the permitting process. His team standardizes the process from the filmmaker’s point of view and delivers every bit of information each governmental department involved needs to approve a permit quickly and in compliance with guidelines.

Everyone wins when the process is fast and FIPSFilm collapses the time to days or a few weeks instead of months or perhaps, never.

Working nationwide, FLIPSFilm, headquartered here in Alpharetta, eases movie making while increasing revenue coming into local communities daily. If you are in the commercial movie or video production business, you’ll want to contact Dale. If you are a local government who wants to attract Hollywood spenders to your jurisdiction, you’ll really want to contact Dale. You can reach him at www.flipsfilm.com or 678-576-5100.

January 29th – Understanding the Uniqueness of a Business and Writing about It

January 23, 2013 by angishields

Write Here Write Now

January 29th - Understanding the Uniqueness of a Business and Writing about It

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Write Choice Services, the sponsor of Write Here, Write Now, exists because the company believes everyone has a book “inside” that needs to be written someday. Write Choice Services works with business leaders, entrepreneurs and professionals in their writing process. A primary intent of Write Here, Write Now is to provide encouragement to business leaders, entrepreneurs and professionals to write the book which shares their individual and unique approach to their work and what sets them apart from the competition. Today’s guests – Echo Garrett and Dr. Carl Amodio – are individuals who understand the significance of writing about that difference.

Dr. Amodio is a chiropractor and gifted healer. He is collaborating with Echo Garrett, acclaimed author and journalist, on a book called Optimize You: New Hope for Health and Healing. Echo and her husband, Kevin, have personally experienced Dr. Amodio’s different perspective on healing and wholeness. Carl recognizes the importance of sharing that “unique difference” with others through a book that offers insight into a healthier you and also serves as an example to other professionals on the impact that a book can have.

Honoring Life and Offering Hope – Kim Joens of Seasons Hospice

January 22, 2013 by angishields

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Honoring Life and Offering Hope - Kim Joens of Seasons Hospice

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Kim Joens is a Midwest girl, born and raised in the Heartland in Nebraska and Ohio. Later she moved east to Pennsylvania, attending Slippery Rock University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Recreation and Resource Management. She went on to become a park ranger in Coral Springs, Florida for a number of years. Eventually, she had the opportunity to move back to Atlanta, where she had lived briefly. This time, she worked for Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation for a number of years, also earning her Masters in Social Work at the University of Georgia.

Kim worked at Gwinnett Medical Center for her internship, then took a full time position. She began working with the palliative care team there, and felt like she had come home. As one of her teammates moved on, Kim also found herself with an opportunity to do hospice work full time at Seasons Hospice. She is a Hospice Care Consultant, and spends her days counseling families on their options, and educating them on the benefits of hospice. Listen in as she shares her journey, and as she talks about why Seasons Hospice is different! For more information, feel free to check out their website at www.seasonshospice.org, or call them at (404) 250-4950.

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.

Spotlight on Buckhead

January 22, 2013 by angishields

Burr Forman's Results Matter Radio

Spotlight on Buckhead

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Brian Daughdrill/Buckhead Business Association

Brian Daughdrill is an attorney and partner in the firm of Roberts & Daughdrill, P.C. They have been in Buckhead for more than a decade and concentrate their practice on real estate litigation and family law. Brian served on the City of Atlanta’s Neighborhood Planning Unit B and the Board of the Garden Hills Civic Association.

Brian has been a member of the Buckhead Business Association for more than five years, has been on the Board of Directors for four years, and on the Executive Committee for three years. This year he will also be serving as President Elect of the Buckhead Business Foundation and will continue working closely with its new President, Catherine Cattles, the outgoing president of BBA.

Garth Peters/Buckhead Coalition

Garth Peters is the Director of Development with Buckhead Coalition, Inc.

Lolita Browning-Jackson/Buckhead Business Association

Lolita Browning-Jackson is the 2011 Past President of the Buckhead Business Association.

Jennifer Burns Thomas/Buckhead Business Association

Jennifer Burns Thomas is the Executive Director with the Buckhead Business Association.

Ed Snow/Burr & Forman

Ed Snow practices in the Atlanta office of Burr & Forman and serves as Chair of the firm’s Banking and Real Estate practice group.

Ed has practiced law since 1988 and is admitted to practice in Georgia, Maryland and Tennessee. He represents banks, finance companies, funds and borrowers in the middle and large corporate markets and his clients include: Wells Fargo Bank, JPMorgan Chase Bank, PNC Bank, Regions Bank, Atlantic Capital Bank, Synovus Bank, First Citizens Bank, Chatham Capital and Healthcare Finance Group, among others.

The New Professional Home for Performance Improvement Specialists with Dr. Judy Hale and Deb Page

January 22, 2013 by angishields

Performance Difference Radio

The New Professional Home for Performance Improvement Specialists with Dr. Judy Hale and Deb Page

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Atlantan Deb Page and veteran international performance consultant Dr. Judith Hale have launched a new L3C organization, The Institute for Performance Improvement to advance improvement in education and the workplace through social entrepreneurial efforts. The L3C, or Low-profit Limited Liability Corporation is a new type of organizational entity created by legislation in a growing number of states of , which allows for an organization organized like an LLC to enjoy many of the benefits of non-profits, such as grant development, while being able to generate a profit doing its core mission in benefit to the common good.

Deb Page, CPT

Deb is a strategy and performance consultant in systemic improvement of performance. Throughout her career, Deb has established a reputation as an innovator and problem-solver that inspires and attains outstanding results.

She began her career as a high school teacher after graduating from the University of Georgia with a B.S. in Language Education. Her corporate career was spent in retail, service and financial services, in Human Resources, Quality and Performance Improvement, Training, Executive Development and Coaching, and Business Development. The majority of her career she worked in subsidiaries of Citigroup, and launched and led a corporate university. In 2001 she left her position as Sr. Vice President for Instruction and Business Development for Citibank, N.A. to form Willing Learner, Inc. where she has consulted to improve performance across a broad range of sectors. Training Magazine has honored Deb as one of the “new guard in training and development”.

Deb was awarded the evidence-based Certified Performance Technologist job certification in 2011 by the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) based on her work in education improvement.

She and Dr. Judith Hale of Hale Associates (www.HaleAssociates.com) developed the fully evidence-based Certified School Improvement Specialist, awarded through a collaborative arrangement with the International Society for Performance Improvement (www.ISPI.org) Together they founded The Institute for Performance Improvement, (www.IFPImprovement.org) a social entrepreneurial organization which develops Communities of Practice of high performing practitioners to facilitate meaningful work and sustainable improvement in education and the workplace. The Institute trains individuals to effectively facilitate improvement using Human Performance Technology methods (HPT). Deb serves as President of The Institute.

In 2002, she led the start of the Georgia Leadership Institute for School Improvement (www.GLISI.org) a public/private initiative to improve education leadership. Under her leadership the Institute developed a solid track record for helping school systems improve student achievement and organizational effectiveness.

In November 2012, Deb and Dr. Hale published The School Improvement Specialist Field Guide via Corwin Press. The Field Guide is based on the ten Certified School Improvement Specialist standards and contains a wide variety of tools and processes for facilitating sustainable, systemic improvement.

Through Willing Learner, Inc. and The Institute for Performance Improvement, she provides strategic planning support and performance consulting services. Contact Deb at deb.page@willinglearner.org or at 678-428-2363.

Judith Hale, Ph.D., CPT

Dr. Hale is one of the more prolific writers and well-known consultants in the field of performance improvement. She is the author of The Performance Consultant’s Fieldbook 2^nd ED, Performance-Based Certification, 2^nd ED, Performance-Based Evaluation, and Performance-Based Management, and Outsourcing Training and Development. Her latest book is the School Improvement Specialist Field Guide: Facilitating Success (Corwin) co-authored with Deb Page. Judy has been a consultant to management in the public and private sectors for more than 25 years. She specializes in performance improvement, certification programs, evaluation protocols, and the implementation of major interventions. She has served as Director of Certification and President of International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI).

Judy recently spoke on New Paradigms for Professional Credentials: How Globalization and Technology are Impacting Credentialing for the Certification Network Group on in DC. The increasing complexity of work and the emergence of new professions have produced a global skills gap. As a result enterprises in the public and private sectors are demanding the creation of new pathways that rapidly build and measure proficiency. This has spurred an increase in the development of credentials (certificates, certifications, and accreditations) being offered by new players who are rewriting the rules on how to define and measure competence.

Judith was awarded a B.A. from Ohio State University, a M.A. from Miami University, and a Ph.D. from Purdue University. She can be reached at haleassoci@aol.com or 630-427-1304.

Web Development and Top Grade IT Recruiting – 3×400.com and The Royak Group

January 21, 2013 by angishields

BRX National

Web Development and Top Grade IT Recruiting - 3x400.com and The Royak Group

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Web development has come a long way since the early 90’s when sites were hand crafted and developers were designers and coders and sites were carved seemingly in granite, rarely changed and seldom being more than an electronic version of an old business phone directory ad.

Wow, has all that changed! Today sites are dynamic and evolving continually, content is user updateable by almost anyone who can use Word. Google, Bing, Yahoo and other search engines use fresh content and social media as part of deciding where your website will rank when people search.

How sites are developed has also matured with free “open source” technology platforms that streamline web development so for a fraction of what things cost back when, your site can have Facebook like features, shopping carts, catalogs, photo and video galleries, event management….

You no longer need to start with a blank sheet of paper to add features and extend capabilities so you reduce risk and increase ROI. There are well over 10,000 “plug ins” – ready to use code – today that you can use to add features like those for just a few dollars None the less, it still requires IT professionals who know the technology and who come with the skill to extend or modify how things work to meet business requirements.

Now one of Atlanta’s largest web development companies, if not the largest, 3by400.com was founded by long time IT professional, Brent Laminac and his partners, at the end of GA 400 back in the early 2000’s and hence the 3by400 name. A GA Tech Grad in Physics, Brent teaches continuing education classes for Emory and GA Tech and many owe their careers to him.

3×400 has developed countless sites and applications for some of Atlanta’s top organizations and have a reputation for creating and delivering responsive sites that meet business needs. In fact, Brent says that one of the challenges business owners face is finding a developer who has an in-depth knowledge of business to guide and help them think through what to have on their site, how to make their firm stand out and get viewers to take the step of buying or contacting the company.

Go to the 3×400 website at www.3by400.com or call 678-379-9321 for complete information.

The Royak Group, headquartered in Johns Creek, helps companies, large and small, find skilled technology professionals who are a perfect fit to the culture while possessing the technology background and business skills to do the job. Direct placement of candidates, retained search, career guidance and a broad range of business oriented services for technology dependent companies set The Royak Group apart from other firms.

Tim Brennan, Latonya Jackson Cecile Francis and Todd Tolford are recruiters for The Royak Group who explain what makes their company consistently get rehired by firms and recommended while candidates tell their friends and colleagues that when the time for a career change is needed, they must work with this company.

The Royak Group takes on the task of finding top performers who are technically solid so firms see great matches, even in a highly competitive hiring market like today and candidates go on interviews that result in offers.

The recruiters say their secret is their company’s disciplined, person and client centric and data driven approach that puts people and culture front and center. This helps create a perfect fit between employer and candidate. Helping find those hidden technology wizards is the firm’s detailed database of people they have interviewed and placed, all available to fill positions or to recommend people who are a great fit.

Working with candidates and the hiring companies, there is a strong focus on ensuring there is cultural, personal and career fit before anyone ever interviews. They do that through a 19 point process that includes fact to face interviews and screening of candidates so no one wastes time running to interviews or sorting through stacks of electronic applications.

In other words, The Royak Group delivers time-efficient, comprehensive solutions for both clients and candidates. Following up with them and helping put people where they can excel.

Beyond recruiting, The Royak Group has a solutions consulting group who can bring teams of technologists together on a project basis to help firms take on critical projects on an as needed basis.

You can find the full story and reach The Royak Group at www.theroyakgroup.com or call 770-772-5111.

Robert Grashuis and Joshua Schwarber with OneSpring, and Catherine Cattles with GTSI

January 21, 2013 by angishields

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Robert Grashuis and Joshua Schwarber/OneSpring, LLC

Robert Grashuis, CIO, and Joshua Schwarber, Resource Manager, are with OneSpring, LLC. TheyÂ believe software and interactive products have a direct impact on the world and daily lives. At OneSpring they are committed to making a positive impact by helping individuals, corporations, and government agencies create the best software and products in the most effective and efficient manner possible. To achieve this goal, OneSpring employs a diverse background of highly trained and talented consultants with experience across many industries and disciplines, including user experience, visual design, business analysis, product design, and presentation layer development.

OneSpring has created a powerful approach to product design and software definition through the use of visualization. They use innovative tools and techniques that enable its people and process to ultimately deliver the greatest value for the investment to its clients by producing products and software in less time with greater usability and accuracy, reducing ambiguity by gaining stakeholder and user buy-in early, prior to costly development, reducing defects and eliminating re-work by producing high quality artifacts that everyone can understand.

Catherine Cattles/GT Solutions International

Catherine Cattles is the Director of Business Development for GT Solutions International.Â GTSIÂ representsÂ AccountMateÂ business & accounting software.Â Through its strategic partner network they offerÂ exclusive AccountMate applicationsÂ for the smart phone or notebook,Â to track business whether in the office or on the road .

Business Radio Interviews: This Week At Business RadioX® Sandy Springs January 14 – January 19, 2013

January 20, 2013 by angishields

This Week At Business RadioX® Sandy Springs

January 14 – January 19, 2013

Featuring Business Radio Interviews with Executives and Entrepreneurs from our Sandy Springs Studio

Audio Dust Jacket Volume Three

January 19, 2013 by angishields

BRX National

Audio Dust Jacket Volume Three

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Tara Alemany/The Character Based Leader

Tara Alemany is the Owner and Founder of Aleweb Social Marketing, a consulting company that helps creative types (authors, speakers, performers, musicians, and entrepreneurs) build a comprehensive online platform.

Tara has more than 20 years of experience writing, training, and providing application support and process analysis to businesses. She uses these skills to educate technophobes and trendsetters alike, while helping her clients create the visibility they need for successful launches of new books, talks, music, performances, and services.

The Character Based Leader explores character-based leadership, leading from who you are, not from your position of power. By doing so, you accentuate all that is good about human beings. Character-based leaders recognize when it is their duty to guide and direct and when they need to allow others the freedom and responsibility to grow into leaders themselves.

Mary Fran Bontempo/Not Ready For Granny Panties-The 11 Commandments for Avoiding Granny Panties

Mary Fran Bontempo is an author, teacher and speaker who writes with humor and insight about the lives of women as they journey through life’s various phases. A former newspaper columnist, her first book, Everyday Adventures or, As My Husband Says, “Lies, Lies and More Lies,” was published in 2007. Her work has received notable mention by the Erma Bombeck Writer’s Workshop, Pearl Buck International and Humor Press, among others. She currently writes for her blog, Not Ready For Granny Panties, and Technorati Media.

Not Ready For Granny Panties—The 11 Commandments for Avoiding Granny Panties is the new “Bible” especially for women in life’s “middle ground.” The women who take care of everyone else before themselves. The women for whom FUN is has become a dirty word. The women who are stuck in a middle-aged rut and headed towards a life trapped in a giant pair of literal and figurative bloomers. But a few simple “tongue-in-cheek” commandments, along with delightful illustrations and some exercises to get the gals motivated will lead women back to life in the lite lane, and back to finding some fun in each and every day. Aging is inevitable, but looking, and acting, like your grandma is not. Join Mary Fran Bontempo and learn a new set of commandments that will help you avoid the Granny Panties and love life in the middle years. You’ll laugh, learn a few things and bid a permanent goodbye to GRANNY PANTIES!

Melda Beaty/LIME

Author, playwright, English lecturer, and writing consultant, Melda Beaty is the “one to watch.” Melda resides in Chicago, Illinois with her three gifted and beautiful daughters.

Her debut novel, Lime (2012), is being hailed as America’s Next Top Model meets Burning Bed. It is the first book to explore notions of beauty against the horrors of domestic violence. Melda is also the author/editor of a diverse and cathartic compilation of non-fiction writings by black women from across the United States. My Soul to His Spirit: Soulful Expressions from Black Daughters to Their Fathers won the 2006 National Fresh Voices Award. She published articles on minority student recruitment and retention in Black Issues in Higher Education, Illinois Committee on Black Concerns in Higher Education, In Search of Fatherhood Forum and Proud Parent Journal. Melda’s prolific writing style led to an invitation to pen several short stories and poems for the Educational Testing Service for the California Achievement Test. Her current play, Front Porch Society, delves into the complex lives of four elderly black women in rural Mississippi Delta on the eve of the 2008 presidential election.

Melda earned a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a M.A. in Writing at Illinois State University. She currently teaches college Composition at South University. She is also a college writing specialist for Chicago Public Schools through her consultingbusiness, College Bound Consulting.