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Michelle Enjoli Beato with Connect

September 14, 2020 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Michelle Enjoli Beato with Connect

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Michelle Enjoli Beato – A bilingual keynote speaker, career and leadership mentor who has spent my entire career connecting people and ideas through the art of storytelling, travel and a hot cup of coffee! My passion for human interest stories and professional development has translated into a career in television broadcasting, public relations, event management, digital marketing, mentoring and public speaking.

I’ve always taken the unconventional path in life and my career has been nothing short of that. I landed my first dream job as a morning show producer in NYC while I was still a college student. Since then, I’ve had the privilege to have worked for some amazing brands via opportunities in television and marketing. I’ve worked for television networks, entrepreneurs and global brands with a staff of 5 to an employee count of 80,000 plus.

In 2016, I founded a business resource group at Mercedes-Benz USA, to connect and assist a multigenerational and multicultural workforce with professional and leadership development.

I’ve taken my vast array of experiences and created a toolbox of strategies to assist students, professionals, leaders and entrepreneurs in using the power of connection to grow and develop professionally.

Connect with Michelle on LinkedIn.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

About Michelle’s background and her business Connect
How Michelle found success in starting a business during COVID
Advice for others looking to start or restart their business now
How the Tedx opportunity came about

About Our Sponsor

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Our award-winning customer service includes an accuracy guarantee, deep integrations with popular accounting software, and we’ll even enter all your employee information for you — whether you have five employees or 500. Take a closer look to see all the ways we can save you time and money in the back office.

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BRX Pro Tip: Audit Your Expenses Periodically

September 14, 2020 by angishields

GWBC Radio: Littie Brown with SpeedPro Marietta

September 14, 2020 by angishields

GWBC Radio

GWBC Radio: Littie Brown with SpeedPro Marietta

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Inspirational, influential, creative, dynamic communicator, are words most often used to describe Littie Brown. She is in her seventh year as an entrepreneur. She is the President/Co-Owner of LittKare, LLC (dba) SpeedPro Marietta, specializing in large format printing. From banners to vehicle wraps, SpeedPro Marietta helps companies bring visibility to their business or organization. Her motto is “if you can image it, they can print it.”

Since becoming an entrepreneur, Littie is active in the business community. Serving on several boards, currently, Littie is the President of National Association of Women Business Owners, Atlanta Chapter (NAWBOAtlanta), the 1st Vice Chair for PIAG (Printing and Imaging Association of Georgia) and a Board Member for Zion Baptist Academy. Littie is a graduate of Leadership Cobb, Class of 2018 and a member of the Leadership Cobb Alumni Association.

In 2019, SpeedPro Marietta was selected as one of the Top 25 Small Businesses of the Year by the Cobb Chamber. Littie is known as a mentor, teacher, advocate and an author. In 2016, Littie published her first book, “Leadership Lessons from the HART,” keys, tips and insights on successfully leading in business and in life. You will have to read the book to understand the meaning behind the word HART. She is beginning to work on her second book and plans to launch it in December.

Littie earned a B.B.A. in Management from Texas State University. She is very active in leadership roles in her church, Turner Chapel AME in Marietta, GA and the community. She is an active member and officer of the Rho Zeta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Her interests include travel, golf, movies, sports, and spending time with friends and family. She resides in Mableton, Georgia.

Connect with Littie on LinkedIn and follow Speedpro Marietta on Facebook.

Transcript

Intro: [00:00:04] Broadcasting live from the Business RadioX studios in Atlanta, Georgia, it’s time for GWBC Radio’s Open for Business. Now, here’s your host.

Lee Kantor: [00:00:16] Lee Kantor here. Another episode of GWBC Open for Business. And this is going to be a good one. Today, we have with us Littie Brown with SpeedPro Marietta. Welcome, Littie.

Littie Brown: [00:00:29] Thank you. Thank you, Lee.

Lee Kantor: [00:00:30] Well, before we get too far into things, tell us about SpeedPro. How are you serving folks in Marietta?

Lee Kantor: [00:00:36] Well, we’re trying to help people get back to normal by providing them with all types of signage that they might need. We’re a large format graphic printing company. So, everything from your social distancing sign to your banner that says we’re now open. We want to support our customers any way we can to help them through this time and get their business back going.

Lee Kantor: [00:01:00] So, now, I would imagine that even during the pandemic, there’s been a lot of demand for things that people had never used before. Like you mentioned, those social distancing things on the floor, and then signage, and maybe some education about, you know, what a company is doing for safety. Has your business been dramatically impacted by the pandemic?

Littie Brown: [00:01:24] We have been impacted. I try not to say dramatically because it helps keep me feeling pretty good and I’m getting caught up in, “Oh, my God. It’s bad.” We have been impacted, because if you think about the industries that are gone, things like trade shows and events, sporting events, where we produce quite a few signs, that part of the business is not back. But, fortunately, there are always nuances that comes with the printing industry. And that is, being able to provide the signage for those people who are back to work or schools and other organizations that need to make sure they have all the proper distancing signs, all the proper just the protocols.

About GWBC

The Greater Women’s Business Council (GWBC®) is at the forefront of redefining women business enterprises (WBEs). An increasing focus on supplier diversity means major corporations are viewing our WBEs as innovative, flexible and competitive solutions. The number of women-owned businesses is rising to reflect an increasingly diverse consumer base of women making a majority of buying decision for herself, her family and her business.

GWBC^® has partnered with dozens of major companies who are committed to providing a sustainable foundation through our guiding principles to bring education, training and the standardization of national certification to women businesses in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina

TMB E43: Linda John, Linda John Consulting

September 12, 2020 by angishields

Tucson Business Radio

TMB E43: Linda John, Linda John Consulting

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Linda John is my special guest for this TMB proudly sponsored of course by the 49’s Golf & Country Club which is open both for golf and the Rincon Grill freshly sanitized and design-oriented for the pandemic rules or take after order pick up.

Linda John, Owner & CEO,
Linda John Consulting
Tucson, AZ 85713
(727) 272-7296
Linda@lindajohnconsulting.com
www.lindajohnconsulting.com
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Twitter |

Linda John is the CEO and founder of Linda John Consulting, LLC, providing Executive Coaching and Destination Consulting services to clients throughout the USA. From 1993 – 2020, Linda served as the Executive Director for Visit Eau Claire in west-central Wisconsin. Some of Linda’s top accomplishments at Visit Eau Claire included the development of a successful regional tourism program, the creation of a sports commission for the Eau Claire area, and launching two successful mobile visitor center programs, all resulting in record-setting tourism growth for the region during her tenure.

In most recent years, John was at the table for the completion of the Pablo Center at the Confluence, where Visit Eau Claire opened its new Experience Center, as well as collaborating to craft the community partnership strategy for the new Sonnentag Event and Recreation Complex. She also was the lead voice in advocating for a new convention center, including the completion of a feasibility study and the development of a collaborative strategy for the project.

Linda now owns and operates her professional consulting practice, Linda John Consulting, through which she offers a variety of professional training and human resource development services, including team development and organizational rebuilding initiatives.

Linda is a Certified Destination Marketing Executive (CDME) and an accredited practitioner of the Integrative Enneagram for both individuals and teams. She holds memberships with Destinations International and the International Coach Federation (ICF). Linda holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Minnesota State University in Mankato and a Master’s of Science degree in Training and Human Resource Development from UW Stout.

Forty-Niner Golf & CC – Tucson’s Hidden Jewel

Rome-Floyd Chamber Small Business Spotlight – Oliver Robbins of U Public Relations and Evie McNiece of Accounting Solutions

September 11, 2020 by angishields

Rome Business Radio

Rome-Floyd Chamber Small Business Spotlight - Oliver Robbins of U Public Relations and Evie McNiece of Accounting Solutions

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Chris Thomas with Yonder Agency

September 11, 2020 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Chris Thomas with Yonder Agency

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Chris Thomas founded Yonder Agency to help businesses maximize their impact. He brings 20+ years of experience working for the big dogs in marketing, tech, and design.

Our clients rest easy knowing they can rely on their websites and ads to bring in high-quality leads all year round.

Their marketing machines just hum along, which means they can focus on delivering top-notch services for their customers. We can make that happen for your business, too.

Connect with Chris on LinkedIn and Facebook.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

Growing your business online
Marketing your website
How to grow your email list
How to have a website that converts

About Our Sponsor

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BRX Pro Tip: Ask for Referrals More Often

September 11, 2020 by angishields

Retirement Tips Radio: Renee Cohen with Northwestern Mutual

September 11, 2020 by angishields

Retirement Tips Radio

Retirement Tips Radio: Renee Cohen with Northwestern Mutual

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Renee Cohen is a financial strategist, partnering with couples to help them achieve confidence and peace of mind on their path to financial wellness.

Renee helps her clients have a healthy money mindset & up-level their financial game with customized strategies and solutions to authentically design their retirement lives.

Connect with Renee on her Website and LinkedIn

Retirement Tips Radio: Kevin McCarthy with On-Purpose Partners

September 10, 2020 by angishields

Retirement Tips Radio

Retirement Tips Radio: Kevin McCarthy with On-Purpose Partners

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Kevin W. McCarthy is a classically educated businessman with an undergraduate degree in business and economics from Lehigh University and an MBA from The Darden School on the grounds of the University of Virginia. He’s the Chief Leadership Officer of On-Purpose Partners, a business strategy advisory firm serving CEOs and CLOs that is based in Winter Park, FL. He founded the firm in 1983.

Those are the raw facts about Kevin. Now let’s meet the real Kevin—the person, the entrepreneur, and the business owner for over five decades. His first sweet taste of a business start-up was in elementary school selling penny candy at a 500% markup to his classmates on the school bus. Not only did he feed his sweet tooth, it enriched his dentist’s business at his parents’ expense.

Years later … as a “much older and wiser” 8^th-grade class president at Shady Side Academy in Pittsburgh, Kevin successfully negotiated for his class to obtain the first-ever Coca-Cola fountain concession in the Middle School lunchroom. Kevin says, “That venture funded our class parties through senior high. Being elected class president every year thereafter, in my senior yearbook the editors nicknamed me “The Resident President.”

Fast forward past the earlier adult years when Kevin was a USPTA teaching tennis professional, a greeting card publisher, and a commercial real estate developer. Since the late 1980s, Kevin has likely directly or indirectly influenced your life and work through his visionary thinking and writing in the field of business leadership. At that time, he began a conversation about purpose and being on-purpose. Even today, his On-Purpose^® Approach is the gold standard in this field and still remains on the leading edge of personal development and business leadership thinking.

Connect with Kevin on LinkedIn and Facebook