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Lloyd Jarrell and Myra L. Reeves with The Home Depot discuss Workforce Diversity Programs

January 16, 2013 by angishields

Performance Difference Radio

Lloyd Jarrell and Myra L. Reeves with The Home Depot discuss Workforce Diversity Programs

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Lloyd Jarrell

Lloyd Jarrell is currently Director of Talent Management, Diversity at The Home Depot. He has been in the home improvement industry for the last 21 years and with the Home Depot since 2008. During this time, Lloyd has had many assignments in several regions including the Mid-West, Mid-Atlantic/Deep South and Gulf Coast. He was a store manager for 6 years and a district manager for 10 years. The home improvement business has been a passion of Lloyd’s for a long time. Lloyd is married with three beautiful children and is a graduate of West Virginia State University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU).

Myra L. Reeves

Myra is the Manager of Diversity and Inclusion at The Home Depot and is responsible for managing a variety of programs and projects that drive associate engagement for more than 300,000 associates. Specifically, Myra is responsible for overseeing assigned aspects of short and long range Diversity and Inclusion strategies targeting recruitment, retention and development of diverse talent. In addition to managing the day to day operations of seven Associate Resources groups, she interfaces with key community leaders and external diversity partners to enhance the Company’s presence and engagement in the community.

Myra joined The Home Depot in April 1999 as a Learning Specialist and Facilitator for the Learning Department. As a Learning Specialist, she was responsible creating and implementing store operations training programs for associates.

Prior to joining The Home Depot, Myra spent 10 years with Verizon Wireless (formerly GTE Wireless) serving in wide range of roles focused on customer service as well as Training and Development. She has also served in the capacity of Public Information Manager for the City of Atlanta under the administration of former Mayor Shirley Franklin.

Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Myra is a graduate of Georgia State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism.

In addition to her active membership and involvement with the youth and women of Antioch Baptist Church North, she is also very active in numerous organizations including the Westlake High School PTSA and board of directors of the Urban League of Greater Atlanta.

Myra is married to Jeffrey C. Reeves and they have one daughter, Jasmin Joi and a son, Jebril Bryant.

Social Media and Healthcare

January 15, 2013 by angishields

Burr Forman's Results Matter Radio

Social Media and Healthcare

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Lynn Hood/Crackerjack Marketing

Lynn Hood is the Top Kernel at Crackerjack Marketing, an integrated marketing firm that helps medical device, bioscience, high tech and business-to-business companies strategically position themselves and increase sales. Crackerjack is the answer for businesses that need a right-sized solution for their marketing, branding or public relations needs.

Lynn has more than 25 years of experience working with agencies and corporations in marketing and communications. Before founding Crackerjack Marketing, she was President of Hood Marketing Solutions for 20 years. Prior to that, Lynn was a senior writer for the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) and served as Communications Manager for Oglethorpe Power Corporation. She has also worked with Liberty Life Insurance/Liberty Corporation, Southern Vital Record Center, Pearl River Basin Development District and the Appalachia Health Council, and began her career as a reporter for the Augusta Chronicle-Herald.

Lynn is active in a number of organizations that support Atlanta’s growth:

• Founding member of SEMDA (Southeastern Medical Device Association) and remains on the Board of Directors after eight years. This is the seventh SEMDA Conference she has worked with.

• Chair of the Marketing Committee for three years for the Health IT Leadership Summit, and served as Director of the inaugural Intel Innovation Award program for the 2011 Summit.

• Board of Advisors – TAG Health Society

• Board of Advisors – Metro Atlanta Chamber, involved with HIT and Medical Device subcommittees

• Board of Directors – Women in Bio – Atlanta Chapter

• Marketing Chair – Clinical Trials in Georgia Conference [Read more…]

Will Humility Take Your Leadership to the Next Level?

January 14, 2013 by angishields

Global Leader Radio

Will Humility Take Your Leadership to the Next Level?

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In this edition of Global Leader Radio, we discuss ideas that can appear counterintuitive to traditional thoughts of leadership, yet can increase your ability to influence! Jeremie Kubicek joined host Alvin C. Miles to explain a humble approach to increasing your ability to lead. Be prepared to shift your paradigms of leadership!

Here are seven takeaways from our discussion:

Leverage your influence to impact others.
“Humble leaders helps promote a cause, not looks for applause”.
Relationships are more important than opportunities.
Focus on finding “people of peace”.
Start with “DNA”, progress to the “Skeleton”, then to the “Skin”, not “Skin” to “Skeleton” to “DNA”!
What are you 1) trying to prove 2) trying to hide and 3) afraid of losing?
Write a “lessons learned” at the end of each year.
Being “abnormally imbalanced” on principles increases your “overall balance”.

Listen to Jeremie as he and Alvin unpack these takeaways. Then add Jeremie’s ideas to your leadership toolkit. Leadership IS a conversation!

Jeremie Kubicek / CEO, GiANT Impact

Jeremie Kubicek, President and CEO of GiANT Impact and Co-Founder of the GiANT companies, is an entrepreneur who has built world-class brands and events to serve influencers around the world. He is also an author of the national best-selling book, Leadership is Dead: How Influence is Reviving It.

Kubicek is passionate about helping leaders grow so they can serve others. His drive to liberate and awaken leaders is evident in the work of GiANT with the Chick-fil-A LeaderCast and LeaderTour’s, as well as in the Catalyst movement.

Today the GiANT Companies includes GiANT Partners, GiANT Capital, and GiANT Experiences. With offices in Atlanta and Oklahoma City, GiANT is tens of thousands of leaders around the world. As a relationship company, GiANT is focused on helping leaders and their organizations grow. Kubicek and his wife, Kelly, have three kids and live in Johns Creek, GA. He enjoys writing, connecting with leaders and creating programs that influence leaders. You can read more at www.JeremieKubicek.com.

Contact Jeremie: (877) 225-3311, jeremiekubicek.com

Which Book Has Most Impacted Your Leadership Ability?

Jeremie:

Special Edition: Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce

January 14, 2013 by angishields

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Debbie Fuse/Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce

Debbie Fuse is the Executive Director of the Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce. Debbieâ€™s background was in sales management, and sales to the construction industry. Prior to that, she held positions in management in the hotel and restaurant industry. She led highly successful sales teams in the Southeast â€“ from 11-28 sales reps with each position â€“ and requirements of traveling up to 80% of her time. After two downsizings, she decided to redirect her focus locally and work within the community where she lives. Sheâ€™sÂ been in Dunwoody for 14 years after moving from the Baltimore area.

Phil Gura/Gura Law General Counsel Services, LLC

Phil Gura, President of Gura Law General Counsel Services, LLC is a multifaceted general counsel with over ten years serving as chief legal officer of major corporations in the Southeast including RaceTrac Petroleum, Inc. and LaRoche Industries, Inc. Phil has almost thirty years of transactional and consulting corporate law experience with partnership in major law firms including Sutherland and Nelson Mullins.

Phil founded Gura Law General Counsel Services, LLC in December of 2012 with the purpose of arming companies large and small with the power and influence of a highly skilled, deeply experienced, corporate general counsel.

Philâ€™s specialties include: corporate law, M&A, procurement, contract drafting and negotiation, public relations, regulatory compliance, finance, supply and distribution, creation and protection of intellectual property, corporate governance, litigation management, and preparation/approval of policies/procedures.

Phil earned his law degree at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington DC and his BA in English at Emory University. He has been named one of Georgiaâ€™s Top Rated Lawyers and as selected as a Super Lawyer. Phil has lived in Dunwoody for the past 20 years with his wife Sarah, a medical imaging professional at CHOA and a faculty member at Gwinnett Tech, and his two children: Brian, a senior at the University of Arizona, and Alison, a sophomore at Appalachian State University. Phil, a competitive cyclist and triathlete, is a long time member of Dunwoody Cycling and the Depaula Racing Team.

Debbie Smith/Design Seven Inc.

Debbie Smith is the owner of Design Seven Inc., a design company based in Atlanta. For over 20 years, Design Seven has provided services for over 200 clients from start-ups to educational institutions to Fortune 500 companies.

Design Sevenâ€™s work has been featured in Print, Art Direction Magazine and The Best in Business Card Design and The Best in Brochure Design books. The firm has been recognized with design awards from Art Directorâ€™s Club, International Association of Business Communicators, Public Relations Society of America, Women in Communications and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.

Debbie is the creator of the idbids – iddy biddy steps for a greener world – eco-friendly characters and brand. The first idbids toy product was launched at The American International Toy Fair and was named a â€œTop Toyâ€ by Time Magazine and a â€œToy Fair Breakout Hitâ€ by CNN/Money.

idbids products have been the recipient of many industry and parenting awards including Creative Child Magazineâ€™s Preferred Choice Award, Dr. Toyâ€™s 10 Best Socially-Responsible Childrenâ€™s Products, NAPPA Honors Award Winner, Winner of The National Parenting Centerâ€™s Seal of Approval and the Toy Industry Associationâ€™s Nominee for Education Toy of the Year.

For her development and design of the idbids characters, Debbie was the recipient of a Wonder Woman of Toys Award in the Inventor/Designer category. The idbids Eco-friendly Starter Kit won the 2009 Grand Prize in the Georgia State Universityâ€™s MAX Awards program which honors the best in new products, services and marketing innovations developed by Georgia based companies.

Debbie is a founding trustee and a past president of the Atlanta Chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA).

Specialties include graphic design, front end web design, brand strategy and management, product design and development from concept to market.

Todayâ€™s show is brought to you by theÂ Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce. Â Be sure to check out theirÂ UPCOMING EVENTS.

Joe LaBranche – Warrior2Citizen, Adrian Queenan – ExpandaBrand, Marian Massie – Hypnotherapist/Success Coach

January 14, 2013 by angishields

BRX National

Joe LaBranche - Warrior2Citizen, Adrian Queenan - ExpandaBrand, Marian Massie - Hypnotherapist/Success Coach

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Our guests today all focus on helping people. One helps PTSD traumatized Veterans who have put their lives on the line for us and our way of live. Another works with individuals, helping them improve and find new answers to dealing with today’s challenges. The third helps firms use innovation and imagination in advertising to get attention and grow their companies.

Our first guest, Joe LaBranche, is Vice President / Director of Warrior2Citizen, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping returning Veterans deal with the effects of PTSD and combat stress.The program targets troops during that critical transition period in the weeks after returning home by providing high quality, focused psychological and spiritual counseling for the warrior and their family in a peaceful setting that will nurture the healing process without outside distractions. This is accomplished with one-month long residential programs filled with counseling sessions, interactive family activities and outdoor exercise in beautiful surroundings.

Joe discusses the unique challenges faced by today’s soldier and how their program is changing lives of not just the warrior but also their family. Contact Joe if you need help at joe.w2c@gmail.com or if you wish to contribute to this worthy cause, visit the organizations website at www.warrior2citizen.org.

Adrian Queenan is the founder and President of ExpandaBrand, an innovator in branding impact, product introduction, attracting attention at trade shows and high impact point of sale marketing. He is responsible for many of the signage innovations commonly used today. His approach to customer service is a big differentiator he says. By ensuring clients get solutions, not just marketing materials is key. Even where those solutions may range from a simple banner to working with the client to integrate trade show builders, I&D services, and event planning, ExpandaBrand will go the extra mile for clients. Adrians’s approach to business brings not just an incredibly talented team in on the project but also a mindset that delivers fresh, attention-arresting signage approaches to his customers. Get in touch with Adrian a 678-597-4265 and visit their website at www.expandabrand.com.

Tiffany Massie, Hypnotherapist and Success Coach, has been helping Fortune 500 executives, entrepreneurs, attorneys, physicians and individuals achieve greater personal and professional success by helping them eliminate subconscious barriers since 1985. She has authored two books and has proven time and again her approach works because it changes beliefs. Once beliefs are changed, making the changes you need to make to achieve grater personal and professional success is easy.

Contact Tiffany at 770-956-0554 and visit her website at www.marianmassie.com

Audio Dust Jacket Volume Two

January 12, 2013 by angishields

BRX National

Audio Dust Jacket Volume Two

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Audio Dust Jacket Volume Two features:

Rick Polson/Making a Superstar Company

Anne Sweazy Kulju/The Thing With Feathers

Anne Sweazy Kulju has won awards for editorials and honors for short stories; now she writes historical fiction adventures. Anne lives near Pacific City, Oregon, where she is writing her third book, and divides her free time between the beach and Mount Bachelor. Readers may learn more about Anne and correspond with her on her website at www.AnneSweazyKulju.com.

Anne, her husband and daughter, transplanted from Southern California to the Oregon Coast in 1990. They landed in the coastal hamlet of Cloverdale, where they completed restoration-slash-conversion of their 1906 Victorian farmhouse into a Bed & Breakfast Inn. Ms. Kulju published a recipe book for the Inn that also provided local history, stories and facts. Later on she contributed a series of articles about the area to a regional travel magazine. This earned her the award for Best Editorial Contribution. Her two short stories, “Not Quite Dead,” and, “A Party Favor,” were published and later earned inclusion in the anthology for horror fiction, Agony in Black. Recently, Ms. Kulju took honors in a flash fiction contest held by The Source Magazine, for her short story, “The Dog Sniffer-er“. On January 2nd, the short- short fiction piece was selected by U.K.‘s Flurries of Words.com, as their featured, “FLASH FICTION AT FIVE.” Ms. Kulju and her husband of twenty-four years, live in Pacific City, Oregon.

Raven Storm/Loving the Addict

Raven Storm is a 35 year old Licensed Cosmetologist from Chicago, Illinois. Single, she has long dark hair and hazel green eyes, slender and stands 5′”7 in her bare feet. Raven is the only child from divorced parents. Growing up she lived a very sheltered life. From the time she was a little girl, Raven was raised in and out of hair salons mainly because of her mother who was a nail technician and would take Raven to work with her. The first dollar she ever made was folding towels for her boss. She still has that dollar to this day. Raven had many jobs growing up from babysitting, to waitressing /bartending to working in an intimate apparel store. She thinks the most interesting of all was working for an adult entertainment store selling sex toys and apparel. Raven became engaged to her first love when she was 17. Raven left high school in her sophomore year and attended night school. After graduation she followed her dream and went to Cosmetology School where she graduated top of the class. Raven leads a very exciting life of travel, romance, and working as a manager for a major hair corporation. She is a huge animal lover and domestic violence advocate. Raven is passionate, creative and very spiritual. She loves shoes – “the higher the heel the better.”

Dean Tong/Elusive Innocence

Dean Tong is an internationally known trial consultant and expert witness in cases of contentious divorce, child custody and contested abuse charges, nationally. Tong has authored three books – including his critically acclaimed Elusive Innocence which has garnered rave reviews at amazon.com, and a peer-reviewed scientific article published in The American Journal of Family Therapy on the necessity of sexual interest testing when men are accused of child sexual abuse. Dean Tong has been retained as an expert by parents and attorneys in court cases from all 50 states and Canada. His work challenges the reliability and validity of well meaning but misguided child protection workers, therapists and the like in family, criminal and juvenile court cases. He has presented at conferences in multiple states as well as Toronto and Saskatchewan in Canada. Through his work, Tong has impacted changes in the child abuse laws in Florida. He has appeared on countless broadcast shows including CNN, Court-TV, Dateline, ABC Prime Time Live, CBS 48 Hours, and Dr. Phil as well as KABC, WOR, The Talk America Channel, Lars Larsen Show, Focus On The Family, et al. And he’s given interviews that have been published in Rolling Stone Magazine, Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Washington Post, salon.com, and momlogic.com. He has appeared as an expert commentator for Court-TV, MSNBC, Fox News Radio and WLW in the Casey Anthony case, Michael Jackson case, Kobe Bryant case, and Jon Benet Ramsey case. His primary web site is www.abuse-excuse.com.

Atlanta Gaming Development

January 11, 2013 by angishields

Disruptive Business

Atlanta Gaming Development

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Co-hosts Micah Porter and Dana Barrett welcome the following to the studio to discuss Atlanta Gaming Development:

Jesse Lindsley/Thrust Interactive

The driving force behind Thrust Interactive, Jesse Lindsley, started his company in 2004 with the vision that games can change the world.

Jesse and his talented team have put Thrust on the map by creating and publishing independent game titles including hits like Button Men and Boomblastica. In addition, Thrust has released 100+ third party games for clients such as the NFL, Cartoon Network, Mercedes, TBS/TNT, American Cancer Society, Autotrader and more.

Jesse has become a leader in the Atlanta Game Development community, where he founded the Unity 3D Atlanta User Group, runs the IGDA–Atlanta chapter and hosts the monthly Atlanta Game Developer Meet-up. He is an active board member of the Indie Developer Guild, APPNATION Atlanta and Digitainment Georgia. His industry experience and expertise have awarded him regular speaking engagements all over the country.

Jesse holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Tennessee Tech and plays and captains a five-time ALTA AA1 City Championship team along with two USTA (5.5 & 5.0) National Championship teams. In his free time, Jesse can be found taking his three dogs and cat (Gooch, Parker, Buckley and Slim), tenants at Thrust’s studio, out for a stroll in the Inman Park neighborhood.

Blake Lewin/TransGaming

As President of TransGaming’s digital home division Blake Lewin brings an extensive background to the company, most recently as VP, Media and Entertainment Platforms for Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.) Platform R&D Group. Blake is the inventor of GameTap, Turner’s first broadband entertainment network, and was responsible for its design and development. He was executive producer on Cyan Worlds’ Myst Online: URU Live and on TBS virtual worlds launched within Kaneva; has filed three patents for Turner on iTV and broadband systems; has led the production and management of web and interactive TV applications on various emerging platforms over the past 17 years; and has licensed and produced CD-ROMs and games such as Hell Cab,Dinotopia, The Pagemaster and Carl Sagan’s Murmurs of Earth.

Early in his career, Blake was a musician with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music composition, a minor in electronic music, and an associate’s degree in audio technology from Indiana University. Blake worked for inventor Emmett Chapman (The Chapman Stick), did transcriptions for artists such as Frank Zappa and Allan Holdsworth, and served as music coordinator for major motion pictures, including Thelma and Louise, Company Business, and Man In The Moon.

Alan Wilson/Tripwire Interactive LLC

Alan Wilson has worked in Oil, Defence and Finance sectors over a 30-year “serious” career, before moving over to the games industry. Alan has also been a military historian, mixing that with game design over the same period. This led to the “Red Orchestra” mod in 2003. When the team won the MSU contest, Alan supported the creation of Tripwire Interactive LLC along with the other key players in the original team. Alan worked on the design, budgeting and planning of the development of “Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41- 45”, as well as focussing on raising the required funding for the company to develop the game completely independently.

RO scored in the top 10% on Metacritic for 2006 (81) and has now sold over 600,000 units on PC worldwide. Tripwire launched the hit co-op zombie shooter, Killing Floor in 2009, which went to #1 on Steam and Red Orchestra 2: “Heroes of Stalingrad” in 2011. KF has now sold over 1.5m units on PC, making it one of the top 50 selling PC games of all time.

Tripwire has pioneered selling games digitally, alongside traditional retail routes to market, with great success. Additionally, Tripwire has got involved with other independent developers, publishing Zeno Clash, The Ball and Dwarfs!?, as well as mentoring and advising startups.

Today’s show is brought to you by Minerva Planning Group.

Lynn Hood with Crackerjack Marketing Presents Atlanta Healthcare Highlights

January 11, 2013 by angishields

Disruptive Healthcare

Lynn Hood with Crackerjack Marketing Presents Atlanta Healthcare Highlights

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On today’s segment of Disruptive Healthcare, Lynn Hood with Crackerjack Marketing focuses on these Atlanta Healthcare Highlights:

EndoChoice raises $43 million
Upcoming SEMDA Conference
TAG Health – January legislative meeting
TAG Health – March job fair

Greater Atlanta Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals

January 10, 2013 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Greater Atlanta Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals

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Lisa Kennedy/Bobby Dodd Institute

Maryum Lewis/Quality Care for Children

Jamie Tobias/Piedmont Healthcare Foundation

Lisa, Maryum and Jamie are volunteers and board members for the Greater Atlanta Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, a professional association representing nearly 30,000 members in 231 chapters throughout the world. AFP volunteers and staff work to advance philanthropy through education, training, mentoring, research, credentialing, and advocacy. The association fosters the development and growth of fundraising professionals and promotes high ethical standards in the fundraising profession.

In addition to their service for AFP, they are employed full-time as fundraisers for nonprofit organizations in the Atlanta community.