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Virtual Properties Realty with Mike Beernink, Mark Mitchell, Veronica Urquilla, and Sandra Real

July 11, 2012 by angishields

Real Estate Atlanta

Virtual Properties Realty with Mike Beernink, Mark Mitchell, Veronica Urquilla, and Sandra Real

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Today Real Estate Atlanta met with four Realtors® from Virtual Properties Realty. In the past 5 years Virtual Properties has ranked #1 in total number of sales in the N.E. Atlanta area. Virtual Properties Realty is owned by Karen Burks and Steve Wagner(mother & son team), and the company has continued to grow in the number of agents due to the Broker Support and Great Training provided for all agents.

Mike Beernink

mhbeernink@gmail.com / 770.265.8580

Veronica Urquilla

veronicaurquilla@gmail.com / 770.856.0375

Mark Mitchell

mark@markmitchellhomes.com / 404.353.0185

Sandra Real

sandrarealhomes@live.com / 770.256.9744

July 17th – Writing For Your Target Reader

July 10, 2012 by angishields

Write Here Write Now

July 17th - Writing For Your Target Reader

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Smart authors know that writing to a specific audience not only makes your book more interesting to your target reader, but makes it’s easier to promote as well. Today’s guests have each written their book with a niche reader in mind.

Linda Hughes career has uniquely equipped her to author her recently released book, CEO Secrets to IT Success. Linda’s past roles include divisional CIO for The Coca-Cola Company and Vice President of the Technology Practice and CIO for The North Highland Company (an international management and technology consulting firm). Most recently she held the position of CIO for AIG Agency Auto. Currently she is the President and CEO of The Great Ridge Company, which provides consulting services focused on improving the operational and growth capabilities of businesses.

Also on today’s show is Sarah Hunt Engsberg. A professional farrier since 1991, Sarah has been serving the needs of horses and equestrians in the sports of Three-day Eventing, Combined Training, Dressage, and Endurance for nearly two decades. Sarah specializes in finding and maintaining proper balanced movement for each horse’s individual conformation. Her book, From Hoof to Helmet: Understanding Critical Balance for Peak Performance, is scheduled to launch in Fall 2012.

Karen Hilton: TRX, Inc. and Derreck Kayongo: Founder of The Global Soap Project

July 10, 2012 by angishields

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Karen Hilton and Derreck Kayongo joined host Alvin C. Miles for this impactful interview. Download and listen to the many tips and leadership advice from these two progressive leaders in both the corporate and not-for-profit organizations.

Karen R. Hilton/ Vice President, Human Resources for TRX, Inc.

Karen is responsible for providing global strategic human resources leadership in the U.S., the U.K., Germany and India for TRX, Inc., a world leader in travel technology. TRX helps top travel agencies, corporations, government agencies and other institutions maximize savings and efficiency through travel technology applications. Karen’s leadership philosophy is that “People Matter”. She oversees the development and implementation of global human resources policies, practices and services, working alongside a talented group of HR professionals.

Prior to joining TRX, Karen led the human resources function for AutoVIN, Inc. a technology company in the vehicle inspection and auction industries, with operations in the U.S. and Canada. Karen’s employment history includes progressive HR roles with Manheim, Cox Communications, General Electric Supply and The Boston Consulting Group. She earned her BS in Sociology, with a concentration in Cultural Diversity from Kennesaw State University and she’s Six Sigma Green Belt certified. Karen considers herself a business leader first, with a passion and commitment to connecting people to and through the organization.

When not leading strategic human resources initiatives, Karen enjoys spending time with her family, music and scrapbooking.

Derreck Kayongo/The Global Soap Project

is a social entrepreneur and the founder of The Global Soap Project. An executive and development expert, Derreck Kayongo has more than 15 years experience developing strategic social campaigns within organizations for cause-related advocacy, public policy, issue management, and community organizing. His work has made a profound contribution in raising awareness aimed at realizing permanent solutions to global poverty.

Kayongo’s journey from child refugee to fearless visionary is filled with moments of inspiration (along with the benefits of good, old-fashioned sweat equity) that make him one of the most popular – and authentic – speakers on the circuit today. From Africa to Atlanta with nothing but a dream and tenacity, Kayongo beat the odds, earned an education, and has served in leadership roles in some of the world’s most respected non-governmental agencies (NGOs) since 1994. Today, he shares his vivacious spirit and invaluable experience in the areas entrepreneurship, environmental sustainability, global health, social justice and professional engagement with audiences in both the corporate and not-for-profit worlds.

Derreck Kayongo’s ability to motivate others to understand the role their work and skills can play in problem solving is one of the many reasons he was chosen as a finalist for the 2011 CNN Hero of the Year Award. Add to that the mantra of being a voice for the voiceless through his noble work of giving back, including dedicating his life to improving the lives of marginalized and vulnerable people across the globe: he has worked with the American Friends Service Committee as Program Director for the Southeast Peace Education program; joined Amnesty International as the Director of the Southeast Region; and currently serves as Senior Advocacy Coordinator for the Southeast region with CARE International.

In 2009, Kayongo and his wife Sarah embarked on a new journey pursuing their life-long passion of starting an NGO of their own. The Global Soap Project focuses on repurposing partially-used soap from hotels into new soap for needy populations, particularly in Africa. To date, The Global Soap Project has been able to donate 9,000 bars of soap to Swaziland, 5,000 bars to Kenya, 10,000 to Ghana, 1000 to Uganda and another 3,000 thousand to Haiti.

Accolades:

Derreck Kayongo is a proud naturalized U.S. citizen. He has been recognized as a 2011 CNN HEROES finalist and a COX Enterprise nominee; honored by Congressman John Lewis with a Certificate of Congressional Recognition; is currently writing his autobiography; has been featured in more than 20 news stories in the U.S., featured on Fox News as part of the Real American story series; featured on CNN with Fredricka Whitfield.

Experience:

Since 1994, Derreck Kayongo has given more than 300 speeches on key issues related to poverty reduction in Africa; mainly on water and sanitation, soap, HIV/AIDS, Child Soldiers, Health and Sanitation, Impact of Landmines in Africa, Countries in Conflict and role of basic Education for Girls in Africa, et al.

Education:

Business Administration Major, Messiah College Grantham, PA

Communication Minor

Economic Development

Conflict Resolution Certificate, Ottawa University

Which Book Has Most Impacted Your Leadership?

Karen Hilton:

Derreck Kayongo:

Linda Lee Hughes: The GreatRidge Company, Frank E. Paterno: Intelliverse, and John W. Fowler: Facility Supply Group

July 10, 2012 by angishields

High Velocity Radio

Linda Lee Hughes: The GreatRidge Company, Frank E. Paterno: Intelliverse, and John W. Fowler: Facility Supply Group

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Linda Lee Hughes/The GreatRidge Company

Linda Lee Hughes is the founder and CEO of The GreatRidge Company. Prior to starting GreatRidge, Linda held executive positions at The Coca-Cola Company, AIG, and The North Highland Company. She contributes to numerous Fortune 500 companies as a C-level consultant, and provides interim CIO leadership to many Small to Medium Businesses.

Ms. Hughes is a frequent speaker and author on business and technology topics. She has presented at numerous industry conferences as a panelist, individual presenter, and key-note speaker. She is heavily involved in non-profit activities and serves on the board of multiple organizations headquartered in the Atlanta area. She has been interviewed for articles appearing inÂ CIO Magazine,Â TechRepublic, as well as many local Atlanta magazines and has written articles for publications such asÂ Optimize Magazine.

Be looking for Ms. Hughes book which will be coming out August 1st, 2012, CEO’s Secrets to IT Success. TheÂ book provides CEOs advice and insight about the Information Technology (IT) function of their company. Some secrets found in this book can be heard today in our interview with her on the show!

Frank E. Paterno/Intelliverse

Mr. Paterno,VP of Marekting at Intelliverse, is responsible for all of Intelliverse’s Marketing activities including marketing communications, product management, and strategic development. Frank and his team strive to generate maximum sales activity by continually evaluating market conditions and creating industry-focused service offerings that effectively meet the demands of Intelliverseâ€™s customers.

Before moving into his current role at Intelliverse, Frank was most recently the Director of Product Management and previously the Channel Manager for Wholesale Services. Prior to joining Intelliverse in 1999, Frank worked for MCI and Arthur Andersen.

John W. Fowler/Facility Supply Group/Preferred Service Group

John W. Fowler is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Facility Supply Group. He has 30 years of business-to-business management experience including 13 years in senior management roles with Kimberly-Clark Corporation. Mr. Fowler had responsibilities for the $600MM combined business units of Kimberly-Clarkâ€™s Filtration, Skin Care, Wiper, Office Building and Global Customer Contract divisions.

John is a pragmatic results-oriented business leader with extensive global experience in leading multiple P&Ls in Fortune 500 organizations, a clear leader in Industrial Supply Chain Management. He has an outstanding track record in design, developing and executing business strategies and operating plans, to consistently drive growth and performance targets, by sector, business and global regions.

Philanthropy, Giving that Gives Back! With Guests Marilyn Jentzen,VP, Thomson Reuters, Gloria Cartwright, UPS, Diana Waters, GACASA

July 9, 2012 by angishields

Career Advancement Radio

Philanthropy, Giving that Gives Back! With Guests Marilyn Jentzen,VP, Thomson Reuters, Gloria Cartwright, UPS, Diana Waters, GACASA

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On the July 9, 2012 edition of Career Advancement Radio, the topic of the Impact of Philanthropy on career, community, and personal success was our focus. We discussed how the use of talent, skills, abilities, and giving help to save lives and change the communities where we live and work while impacting our unique value proposition as community leaders, career positioning, and talent acquisition opportunities.

The topic was based on an article in the July/August 2012 issue of Fast Company Magazine by Ellen McGirt titled, “The League of Extraordinary Women.” The article spoke to

how an unprecedented network of high achieving women from the world’s largest companies, innovative startups, philanthropic organizations, government and the arts have combined forces to change the lives of girls and women everywhere, women such as Alicia Keys, Hilliary Clinton, Pat Mitchell, Melinda Gates and others.

In the Photo, Producer, Dana Barrett, Gloria Cartwright, Diana Waters, Dr.Marilyn Carroll

Our guests (joining by phone from India) included Marilyn Jentzen, Vice President, Operations Center Strategy, Global Growth and Operations Thomson Reuters, (In the Studio) Gloria Cartwright, Corporate Organizational Development, UPS, and Diana Waters, Metro Atlanta CASA Project Manager, Georgia Court Appointed Special Advocates,(GACASA ). Shared with our audience how they have teamed up with organization’s such as United Way, Georgia Court Appointed Special Advocates and others to help change the impact of education, family, women and children in their communities.

In the photo, Diana Waters, Gloria Cartwright, and Arnita McCoy Dhaamin(Dr. Carroll’s Assistant)

The following information further details some of the organizations discussed during the show and a list of upcoming events.

Georgia Court Appointed Special Advocates, Inc. (Georgia CASA) is a nonprofit organization which establishes and supports affiliate programs across the state that recruit, screen, train, and supervise CASA volunteers. Georgia CASA is committed to maintaining a network of well-administered, affiliate programs that operate independently

with mutual accountability, resulting in the highest level of advocacy for all of Georgia’s deprived children. Currently, 47 CASA programs exist in Georgia that are affiliates of Georgia CASA and members of the National CASA Association.

http://gacasa.org/

http://metrocasa.org/page183842.aspx

or contact Diana Waters (dwaters@gacasa.org 404.874.2888)

Metro Atlanta CASA 5K Superhero Run (11/10/12)

Metro Atlanta United Way Women’s Leadership Council (WLC)

The mission of Women’s Leadership Council (WLC) is to mobilize women to become powerful philanthropists through advocacy, leadership and philanthropy.

July 25, 2012 9:00am-11:00am Cherokee County: Babies Born Healthy Baby Shower Brunch
December 6, 2012 Coffee and Community
Legacy Awards August 25 at Marriott Gwinnett Place (11:00 – 1:00)
Women and Philanthropy: Leading a Life of Purpose, October 4, 2012 6:30 – 8:30 at Georgia Public Broadcasting

WLC is comprised of more than 3,400 women whose leadership contributions to United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta totaled over $4,925,943.

http://www.unitedwayatlanta.org/womensleadershipcouncil.html

khearn@unitedwayatlanta.org

July 10th – Faith, Market Place and Business: They Do Go Together

July 5, 2012 by angishields

Write Here Write Now

July 10th - Faith, Market Place and Business: They Do Go Together

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Dr. Tim, host of Write Here, Write Now, often shares a story about his dad who owned a very successful small business. His dad was also quite active in local and regional church matters in the United Church of Christ. As such, he dealt with ministers a lot. When Dr. Tim indicated his interest in studying for ministry, his father replied, “Then I want you to get as good a business education as you can. Ministers need to have a business sense about them and very few do.” Dr. Tim did that including taking business courses at Harvard Business School as part of his DMin. studies.

When Dave Doty felt called to seminary, it was to study economics, the marketplace in Christian perspective, and Christians in marketplace vocations. After eight years’ research and writing, Dave’s first book, Eden’s Bridge: The Marketplace in Creation and Mission, was published in 2011.

Timothy Read is licensed to practice law in Georgia, Virginia, Texas and California. He is also an ordained ministry within the Presbyterian Church, USA. Tim’s current writing interest is in areas of constructing (and often deconstructing) missional organizations to balance the competing needs of accountability, transparency and stewardship with priorities of freedom, creativity and external focus.

Guests Dave Doty and Attorney Tim Read along with Dr. Tim will discuss the challenge of bringing solid economic practices combined with accountability and well grounded theology to the market place. Faith, accountability and solid business practices should be solidly intertwined if folks claim the mantle of business leader and person of faith. Learn from these guest authors how they chose their topic of interest for writing and how they engage in research to write effectively.

Clint Crosby: Baker Donelson, Adam Ross: Socialvest, and Maury Margol: Pyramid Consulting, Inc.

July 2, 2012 by angishields

High Velocity Radio

Clint Crosby: Baker Donelson, Adam Ross: Socialvest, and Maury Margol: Pyramid Consulting, Inc.

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Clint Crosby/Baker Donelson

Clint Crosby is a shareholder in the Atlanta Office of Baker Donelson. Clint focuses his practice on intellectual property and the procurement and protection of intellectual property assets for his clients. Clint also works with entrepreneurs and emerging companies to guide them through business issues including formation, business agreements, employment agreements, joint- development agreements, intellectual property agreements, mergers and acquisitions, and related matters. Clint acts as outside general counsel for many of his clients.

The highlight of Baker Donelson’s platform is their Emerging Companies Institute which provides fixed-cost legal solutions for startup businesses including entity formation, stockholder and business agreements, mentoring on legal issues, access to all Baker Donelson training and education programs and document hosting on the firm’s extranet.

Adam Ross/Socialvest

Adam Ross, believing that people inherently want to do good, has made it his mission to turn the traditional business model into a sustainable social enterprise. Two years ago, Adam started his latest adventure as a social entrepreneur and formedÂ Socialvest, a company that capitalizes on three extraordinarily powerful forces: shopping, consumer consciousness and social media. The model allows consumers to buy the things they want and need, while simultaneously giving them a chance to support their favorite causes and inspiring their friends to join them.

“Everyone has something they care about, and fundamentally wants to give back,” Adam says. “My goal is to make it easy for people to invest in social good by providing tools to empower, support, and mobilize.”

Adamâ€™s light bulb moment to start Socialvest came to him during a brunch with some of the worldâ€™s largest brands. When the conversation steered towards how the companies gave back, Adam recognized a major disparity in how brands were giving back and why consumers were engaging with brands because of their philanthropic efforts.

So Adam set out to revolutionize the way brands and consumers interact by enabling consumers to shop at hundreds of leading retailers, including Target, Macyâ€™s, Home Depot, Best Buy, Nordstrom and iTunes. Registered users on the Socialvest website can earn money for their favorite charities by simply shopping through the Socialvest site or at participating local stores. And to make online shopping even easier, Socialvest offers a browser toolbar to make sure earning happens automatically.

Socialvest users earn between one and 35 percent of their total purchase from the companyâ€™s retail partners. The money earned is automatically deposited into Socialvest usersâ€™ online Giving Accounts. Each time a purchase happens, the event and the retailer who made the contribution â€“ can be broadcast to usersâ€™ friends via Facebook, Twitter and other social channels. Donations made by Socialvest users to their favorite nonprofits can also be publicized via social media, thus raising awareness for important causes and motivating usersâ€™ friends to get involved. Overall, Socialvest gives members the freedom to donate to over 1.5 million nonprofits in the United States.

In addition to running Socialvest, Adam sits on the board forÂ First Step, a non-profit social purpose-staffing agency. Heâ€™s also a loving husband to his beautiful wife, Gwen Ross, and new father to an adorable baby girl, Charlotte.

Maury Margol/Pyramid Consulting, Inc.

Maury Margol is the Co-Founder and past President of the Wireless Technology Forum, an Atlanta Technology Not-for-profit with over 650 members and a mailing list of over more than 7000 technology professionals.

Besides his volunteer work on the Wireless Technology Forum, Margol is the Mobile Practice Director at Pyramid Consulting where he builds channel partner relationships for Mobile Application Development and Mobile Application testing with companies such as Motorola Solutions and HP. Previously, Margol founded Productiv Wireless to leverage his experience launching tier 1 Telco products and services at BellSouth, AT&T Mobility, and Cox Communications and provide clients an efficient and productive business development process.

Margolâ€™s Mobile experience also includes his roles as Sr. Director Client Services, at Nielsen Mobile; Director, Business Development, Macquarium Intelligent Communications where he created a Mobile and Wireless practice; Senior Sales Director, North America Sales, Comverse Americas in charge of managing the Atlanta branch and selling into the AT&T, BellSouth, and Cingular, and Director, Wi-Fi Strategy and Product Marketing for BellSouth.

Ryan Jenkins: Next Generation Catalyst and Leroy Carson, Jr. : Success Looks Like Me™

July 2, 2012 by angishields

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In this episode of Global Leader Radio, Ryan Jenkins and Leroy Carson joined host Alvin C. Miles to discuss their views on global leadership. In the process, we are treated to tips and advice that can help advance your ability to lead!

Ryan Jenkins/Next Generation Catalyst

Ryan Jenkins is a Next Generation Catalyst that brings clarity to the largest generation on the planet, the Millennials (those punk kids born in the 80s and 90s). He equips leaders and organizations through speaking and training on how best to leverage the Millennials. His goal is to help his online and offline audiences gain the relevant tools, trends and tactics to thrive in tomorrow’s multiGen marketplace. Ryan is also a Founding Partner of the John Maxwell Team where he is certified to speak and train on Maxwell’s legendary material.

You can connect and partner with Ryan at www.ryan-jenkins.com or on twitter @theRyanJenks.

Leroy Carson, Jr./Success Looks Like Me™ and Boxed Businesses, Inc.

Leroy Carson, Jr. is a social entrepreneur and business developer. He currently is founder and president of Success Looks Like Me™ Mentorship Program and Boxed Businesses, Inc. In both organizations he seeks to empower others to meet their true potential. Success Looks Like Me™ Mentorship initiative is a dynamic adolescent development program creating exposure for at-risk youth to some of Atlanta’s most powerful and successful business leaders. The list of participants is truly an A-List of Who’s-Who in Atlanta’s top leadership. Boxed Businesses, Inc. is a business development organization dedicated to drive businesses success and creating new entrepreneurs through replicated business models like; franchising, licensing, agencies, dealerships and distributorships.

Leroy has over 22 years of sales, service and operations leadership experience within service organizations. His experiences include; InterContinental Hotels Group, PepsiCo and Hyatt Hotels. He also has an extensive background in eCommerce having enabled the first business models in the digital economy with the worlds former leader of electronic reservations (Worldspan). He helped launch Expedia, Orbitz and Priceline. His business travels has taken him to; England, Germany, Ireland, Argentina, Canada and throughout the United States.

Learning and teaching others is part of his passion. He currently holds undergraduate degrees from Johnson & Wales University, an MBA from the Michael J. Coles School of Business at Kennesaw State University and has taken some doctorial classes at both Argosy University and the nationally ranked Mandel School of Business at CASE Western Reserve University in Cleveland Ohio. He has provided community service through board participation to include: three boards at Kennesaw State University, an advisory board at Atlanta Metro College, The First Invictus Fund (Omega Psi Phi), National Black MBA and the PTA at his son’s elementary school.

His life’s ambition is to be a great father, respected son and an enabler of people to meet their truest potential.

Which Book Has Most Impacted Your Leadership?

Ryan Jenkins:

Leroy Carson, Jr.:

John Duisberg and Prem Bhatia from Cooleaf. David Schaeffer from Chilivis Cochran Larkins & Bever and Jared Lace and Chase Abernethy with CHASE Professionals

June 28, 2012 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

John Duisberg and Prem Bhatia from Cooleaf. David Schaeffer from Chilivis Cochran Larkins & Bever and Jared Lace and Chase Abernethy with CHASE Professionals

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John Duisberg and Prem Bhatia/Cooleaf

John Duisberg and Prem Bhatia are Co-Founders of Cooleaf, an Atlanta based company focused on building a health and wellness platform for individuals, employers, and fitness providers. Prior to Cooleaf, John spent eight years at Availity in the healthcare IT industry. During his tenure at Availity, John specialized in new product development and program management. Before Cooleaf, Prem lead business development and strategy initiatives at RelayHealth and has a background in health care payments and benefits from his time at American Express.

David N. Schaeffer/Chilivis Cochran Larkins & Bever, LLP

David Schaeffer earned his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1981. He graduated magna cum laude from Duke University in 1978 with B.A. in Economics and Religion. David started his legal career with the Atlanta firm of Kidd & Vaughan in 1981 and became a partner in 1987. The firm changed its name to Holland Schaeffer Roddenbery Blitch, LLP, in 2008. David joined the firm of Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever as a partner in January, 2011.

David served as President of the Atlanta Bar Association in 2009-2010 and Chair of its Litigation Section in 2003-2004. In his year as President, the Atlanta Bar Association was awarded the State Bar’s President’s Cup as the best overall bar association in the State of Georgia. David was awarded the Atlanta Bar’s Distinguished Service Award in 2004. As a successful litigator and appellate advocate, he was a statewide candidate for the Georgia Court of Appeals in 2010, and has been selected on the short lists for several state and federal judicial positions.

During his thirty years as a civil litigator, David has handled a wide variety of business and personal injury matters for individuals and businesses, both for plaintiffs and defendants. He has tried dozens of jury trials and argued almost twenty appeals in state and federal courts. David considers himself especially qualified and experienced in business litigation matters involving non-compete and other restrictive covenants, trade secrets, business fraud, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and partnership disputes; personal injury matters, including wrongful death claims and serious injuries such as amputations, paralysis and brain traumas; and school redistricting matters. David also represented St. Joseph’s Hospital in defending medical and nursing malpractice claims for 12 years, and has also represented businesses, patients or their families in professional malpractice claims against a variety of entities and professionals. He also assists professionals and managers in negotiating severance agreements and protecting employment rights. Finally, David has participated in hundreds of mediations and arbitrations and is available to mediate business and personal injury/professional malpractice disputes.

Jared Lace and Chase Abernethy with CHASE Professionals

Jared Lace and Chase Abernathy handle staffing and recruiting at CHASE Professionals.

CHASE Professionals is a Nationwide contingency recruiting firm headquartered in Sandy Springs, GA. with 35 branches across the United States, It is our objective to present only the highest skilled professionals to our clients, tailored to your company’s unique needs.