Join us for a special episode with very emotional and inspiring stories from a few Scott Foundation kids and our junior host, Ivan Nowicki. These girls are poised to do incredible things! To find out more about how YOU can help make a difference (by donating your time or money), please visit their homepage www.scott-foundation.org
Hosted by Adam Wozniak and Darren Parkinson
Paul Beckett / Beckett’s Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Service
Beckett’s is one of Atlanta’s oldest and most respected carpet cleaning companies. They have been satisfying clients in Metro Atlanta since 1968. Becketts is a family owned and operated business with three generations of carpet cleaners. They are experienced in all aspects of carpet cleaning, offering over five decades of knowledge. Sidney Beckett started the company, along with the slogan Satisfaction Guaranteed, in 1945. This has become more than just a slogan, it is a promise that they are not finished until the customer is satisfied. Follow them on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Tim Grady is the Executive Producer and Co-Host of Manufacturing Talk Radio, a live show and podcast discussing issues important to the growth and health of the industry. He is also Vice President of All Metals & Forge Group, an open die custom parts and rolled ring manufacturer for heavy industry. In addition, Mr. Grady is Editor-in-Chief of Metals & Manufacturing Outlook, an eZine circulated to over 40,000 readers in the manufacturing industry. He is also involved in other entrepreneurial projects with individuals, start-ups and non-profits. Learn more about Tim and Manufacturing Talk Radio on their website, and follow them on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
David Thurston is the owner of Zippy Shell of Greater Atlanta. Before owning Zippy Shell, David had a long career at Emory University as the Vice President of Financial Operations. Previous to this, David’s family owned an industrial distribution business, which is where David learned the ins and outs of running a business. For more information, visit their website, and connect with them on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
C Nicole Henderson, the Social Impact Catalyst, is Author, Speaker, and sought after Industry Expert. C Nicole Henderson & Associates offers Hi-touch Consultancy with a vision to create community and a better world filled with loving and lasting relationships among organizations that are purpose driven and impactful. Active in the nonprofit community for more than 25 years as a professional, volunteer, board member, and consultant. She has a proven Fast Track 501c3 System to attain exemption for nonprofit organizations. Since beginning, she has assisted well over 150 organizations from small, all-volunteer start-ups to multi-million-dollar foundations. Her portfolio has spanned the United States and included organizations in Haiti, Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.
Proven results raising money for organizations with annual budgets ranging from less than $25,000 to millions of dollars. Deep experience with organizational capacity-building, group facilitation, Social enterprise, and corporate grants and funding. C. Nicole helps organizations discover the resources that are already available to fulfill their missions and visions.
She is fully familiar with the challenges and rewards of working in the nonprofit sector – too often under-resourced, under-staffed, and over-worked, yet full of passionate and committed people capable of extraordinary things. C Nicole is a Facilitator and Instructor. For more on Nicole, visit her website, and follow her on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
Carolyn Wright is Co-Owner of The LONA Gallery.
Colleen Jones, CEO of Content Science and a Star Wars fan, regularly advises top organizations on becoming Jedi Masters of effective content. Colleen spearheaded the development of ContentWRX, a software product that has collected more than 90,000 data sets to assess content effectiveness for a wide range of companies. Content Science also publishes the online magazine Content Science Review and runs Content Science Academy, an online training portal to equip professionals with modern content knowledge and skills.
Colleen wrote the cornerstone content book Clout: The Art and Science of Influential Web Content. She speaks at conferences and client events around the world to make content a force in marketing, user experience, sales, and customer satisfaction. Learn more about Colleen and Content Science on their website, and follow them on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Toni Pashley is Senior Vice President of Product at Sharecare, the digital health company helping people manage all their health in one place, where she leads product strategy and design with a human-centered approach.
Prior to Sharecare, Pashley worked at CNN leading major product initiatives including 2008 Presidential Elections, mobile applications and strategy for the networks’ product experience.
Pashley has always worked at the intersection of design and technology, leading many high-profile projects for CDC, NCR, AT&T and a number of startup ventures. Her work has won several product design awards, and she was instrumental in leading the product design team for Sharecare’s award-winning AskMD mobile app, which won the 2014 and 2015 Appy for Best Medical App and was a Webby Award Honoree in both 2014, 2015 and 2016 for Best Health App.
Pashley currently sits on the boards of several technology start-ups as a strategic advisor and served on the Executive Board for CHI Atlanta, a special interest group on Computer-Human Interaction. She has a M.S. in Human Computer Interaction from Georgia Tech’s College of Computing. Connect with Toni and Sharecare via their website, and on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
Justin’s return guest is Greg Fulton, Industry & Public Policy Lead for Philips Wellcentive, discussing the recent CMS QPP proposed rule for 2018 reporting.
Are you losing more than 50% of all RFPs / proposals submitted? Is your business development team stressed out and full of drama? Are your business development processes ineffective and inefficient? If you said YES to any of these questions, then you need to have Business Strategist, Lisa Rehurek, on speed dial.
Lisa helps service-based businesses increase their bottom line by improving their business development functions (proposals, people & process). Lisa achieves this through a variety of ways, including: consulting, training and digital content to make your business development efforts more efficient and effective. Areas of specialization include business development strategy, proposal content and process, talent assessment, and leadership development.
Lisa Rehurek is a Business Strategist, Speaker, and Author, helping businesses increase their business development success in the areas of Proposals, People and Process. She does this by helping to creating proposals that WOW and WIN; developing teams and leaders that SUCCEED and MOTIVATE; and developing processes that SIMPLIFY and STREAMLINE. Lisa is the author of 7 books including 101 Ways to Win More Proposals Now, and her passion project, Martini Mindset.
Today’s guests give “matchmaking” a whole new meaning in their respective industries. Listen in on our conversation with Nicole Bandes, The Productivity Expert, and Matt Dunn, CEO/Founder of Dunn Logistics as they describe how they connect their clients with the right people – Nicole helps hire/manage Virtual Assistants and Matt coordinates and provides transportation for your freight.
Known as “THE Productivity Expert“, Nicole Bandes and her team help overwhelmed entrepreneurs and small business owners find more time for what matters most. Using both practical and outside-the-box strategies, Nicole’s clients often tell her that she has the magical ability to create time where it didn’t exist before.
Nicole has been a featured productivity expert in Inc Magazine, Fast Company, Huffington Post, USA Today and many more.
The Productivity Expert is a premier productivity company helping solopreneurs and small business owners focus on business growth by providing virtual assistant teams, coaching, training and other resources that get them unstuck and out of overwhelm.
www.TheProductivity.Expert
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bettertimemanagement/
Twitter: @NicoleBandes
LinkedIn: www.LinkedIn/in/NicoleBandes
Matt Dunn knows it’s hard to determine what kind of equipment you’ll be needing for your shipment. It’s with that challenge in mind that Matt started his company, Dunn Logistics, a full-service logistics company specializing in the transportation of goods. Matt and his team of professionals meticulously arrange the transportation of commodity for their shippers nation-wide. Working with commercial and military clients, they strategize each shipment so that you don’t have to. Dunn Logistics will make sure every need is met, and every shipment is delivered on time, every time.
When it come to logistics, they do it all: Less Than Truck Loads, Full Truck Loads, Expedited Shipments, Heavy Hauls, Exclusive Use, Specialty Trailers and more!
DunnLogistics.com
Dunn Logistics, LLC
64 E. BROADWAY STE 209
TEMPE,AZ 85282
602.358.9548
Dispatch@DunnLogistics.com
Vito Papariello serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Billion Technology Laboratories, Inc., and is responsible for the day-to-day leadership and general management of the company. In this role, Mr. Papariello has helped establish Billion Technology Laboratories, Inc. as a respected, a well recognized software company, both domestically and internationally. Under his management, Billion Technology Laboratories, Inc. consistently achieves year-over-year growth, expanding its customer base by 100 percent or more each year.
Prior to joining Billion Technology Laboratories, Inc., Mr. Papariello served as a Regional Representative and a Territory Leader of Paychex, Inc, where he held a management position for four years. Prior to that, Mr. Papariello’s responsibilities and influence extended throughout other areas of the business including venture capital, investor relations, development management, product development, technology deployment, and customer and network operations.
Mr. Papariello received his bachelor’s degree from West Virginia University and currently participates in various Leadership and Management programs. He currently lives in Las Vegas. In his spare time, he is avid local sports enthusiast and frequently speaks publicly about technology and Corporate Performance Management. Learn more about Vito and Billion Technology Laboratories on their website, and connect with them on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
