David DeFilippo with Suffolk Construction Company

October 7, 2015 by angishields

Learning Insights

David DeFilippo with Suffolk Construction Company

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Suffolk Construction Company’s David DeFilippo stopped by our TrainingPros Boston studio to discuss lessons in leadership.

David DeFilippo, Ed.D. / Suffolk Construction Company

David is the Chief Learning Officer for Suffolk Construction and is a member of the firm’s Management Committee. David leads the firm’s learning, leadership and organizational development strategy which is aimed at fostering Suffolk’s “Build Smart” approach in order to transform the construction experience by focusing on people and culture.

This includes enhancing Suffolk’s leadership, technical skill and career development capabilities for its growing workforce. David regularly speaks and writes about topics related to leadership development, executive coaching and learning and talent management and, as a result, has been recognized with several industry awards.

David joined Suffolk Construction from BNY Mellon where he established and led the corporate university for its more than 50,000 employees worldwide. Prior to that, he held similar roles at Capital One Financial and Comcast. David began his career 20+ years ago as a high school Spanish teacher and track coach.

David received his Bachelor’s degree from Union College, his M.A. from New York University and his Doctorate with distinction from the University of Pennsylvania. David is also a graduate of Georgetown University’s Leadership Coaching Program. He serves as a mentor to students in the Year Up Program and as a Member of the Corporation for the Perkins School for the Blind. David is also an adjunct faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania and an executive coach at Harvard Business School.

Business Babies and Beauty on Cobb Business RadioX Features Dr. Myla Bennett Powell – Business RadioX

October 7, 2015 by angishields

ATLANTA, GA–(Marketwired – October 07, 2015) – On September 30, 2015, Business Babies and Beauty welcomed to the studio Dr. Myla Bennett Powell, Owner of Ederra Bella MedSpa and Preserve Your Beauty. Host Shanda Cadet spoke with Dr. Powell about her medical expertise and contributions to the business community.

Dr. Myla is a plastic surgeon with several years of experience. She has dedicated her career to performing advanced plastic surgery procedures. Dr. Myla honed her plastic surgery skills by completing surgical residencies in general surgery and plastic and reconstructive surgery, as well as specialized aesthetic surgery fellowship training. Dr. Myla focuses on delivering aesthetic enhancements that emphasize her patients’ natural beauty while concealing undesirable imperfections. She uses cutting-edge techniques, revolutionary instruments and has been a pioneer in the art of combining treatments in order to deliver exceptional outcomes.

“I love helping women unleash, restore and maintain both their inner and outer beauty,” said Dr. Myla. “I’m asked all the time to share my beauty secrets and strategies on everything, from how to have radiant skin to how to get your body back after babies. I share these tips with my friends and family all of the time.”

Dr. Myla and her family recently moved to the Atlanta area where she has begun work in her new practice, Ederra Bella Plastic Surgery and MedSpa. Currently operating out of a temporary office, Dr. Myla is building out her new location and is expected to have her grand opening by the beginning of 2016. “Ederra Bella literally translates into Pretty Pretty,” explained Dr. Myla. “I chose this name for the MedSpa because I like to focus on the inner and outer beauty of my clients.”

To learn more about Dr. Myla Bennett Powell, listen to the entire interview on Business Babies and Beauty.

About Business Babies and Beauty:

Business Babies and Beauty highlights successful women entrepreneurs of all facets including the fashion, baby and beauty industries. We help entrepreneurs get the word out about their services, products and events and help them connect with other industry leaders. Listeners gain useful information, insights, and tips on how to build a successful business and balance work with family life. Sponsored by Airbender HVAC Maintenance, Business Babies and Beauty is hosted by Shanda Cadet and airs weekly on Wednesdays at 12pm Eastern.

About Business RadioX®:

Business RadioX® interviews dozens of innovative entrepreneurs and successful leaders each week. Its mission is to help local businesses Get the Word Out about the important work they’re doing for their market, their community, and their profession. With a pro-business slant and a long-form interview format, guests don’t have to worry about being ambushed or talking in “sound bites.” Guests have enough time to tell their whole story and to share their insights and experience without interruptions. Business RadioX® hosts are business professionals interviewing their peers, drilling down on the critical issues, and delivering practical information to an engaged business audience. Business topics that are frequently covered include: Law, Finance, Healthcare, Technology, Trade Shows, B2B Marketing, Venture Capital, Training and Development and other issues impacting the business community. For more information, visit: https://businessradiox.com.

LaShanda Neal, Sales & Marketing Manager of Riverside EpiCenter

October 6, 2015 by angishields

The Owners' Manual

LaShanda Neal, Sales & Marketing Manager of Riverside EpiCenter

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LaShanda Neal/ Riverside EpiCenter

LaShanda Neal is the Sales & Marketing Manager of the Riverside EpiCenter. She is responsible for all marketing, sales and advertisements for the entire facility.

The Riverside EpiCenter is LEED*Silver certified with nearly 113,000 sq. ft. Designed by Pieper/ O’Brien/Herr Architects, we are built with care for you and our environment. Built with recycled materials, we reduce our use of water through the utilization of water efficient fixtures, deliver 30% more fresh air to indoor spaces than required by code, and use efficient indoor and outdoor lighting to reduce energy consumption. Along with our indoor recycling program we are committed to ‘being green’.

Unique in our concept we provide a collage of events, entertainment and wellness activities. Where else can you see a concert or play, work out, shoot hoops, play arcade games, rock climb, have a video conference, record in our recording studio and enjoy a gala in our Grand Ballroom all under one roof?

LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a rating system used by the U.S. Green Building Council that certifies healthier and more sustainable development practices while minimizing impact on the environment and human health.

October is Energy Awareness Month

October 6, 2015 by angishields

Let's Talk Small Business

October is Energy Awareness Month

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Jim Earley and Steve Morton / Georgia Power, A Southern Company

Jim Earley is an Energy Systems Team Manager with Georgia Power, A Southern Company. Jim is a Professional Engineer and graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. As a 30 year employee of Georgia Power he currently manages the Energy Systems team that performs commercial and industrial audits statewide.

Steve Morton is a Commercial Energy Efficiency Program Manager for Georgia Power Company. In this role, Steve has responsibility for implementation and oversight of energy efficiency measures for the Commercial market. These measures include high efficiency lighting, HVAC, thermal envelope, and other electric equipment measures. Steve has 32 years of experience with Georgia Power Company.

Pensacola Business Radio 10.06.15 – Guests: Patricia Madison w/ Campfire, Kolleen Chesley w/ Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast and Laurie Murphy w/ Coastal Keeper

October 6, 2015 by angishields

Pensacola Business Radio

Pensacola Business Radio 10.06.15 - Guests: Patricia Madison w/ Campfire, Kolleen Chesley w/ Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast and Laurie Murphy w/ Coastal Keeper

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Patricia Madison/Campfire

Camp Fire was founded in 1910 as Camp Fire Girls, this cherished Movement became Camp Fire USA in 1975 when they began to serve both boys and girls. Today, the contemporary, coeducational Camp Fire is one of the nations’ leading not-for-profit youth development organizations, serving nearly three quarters of a million participants annually in the United States. By design, Camp Fire programs are not only fun; they build specific skills and characteristics like self-direction, confidence, school preparedness and social responsibility. Programs include VPK, after-school and child care programs, family clubs, environmental day camps, abstinence program, service-learning and youth-driven leadership.

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Laurie Murphy/Emerald Coast Keeper

Executive Director

Laurie Murphy is the Executive Director and Coastkeeper of Emerald Coastkeeper, one of over 240 Waterkeeper Alliance members; a grassroots nonprofit organization that helps to enforce the Clean Water Act. Laurie has a B.S. degree in Oceanography and a Masters Certification in Geographical Information Science from the University of West Florida. Her background includes research and development in the effects of global climate change, including an in-depth study of the demise of mangrove forests in Senegal, Africa.

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Kolleen Chesley / Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast

Founder / Co-Director

Kolleen Edwards Chesley is the Executive Director for Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast which is a networking group for women who meet twice a month with the purpose of growing themselves personally and professionally. Kolleen enjoys her various speaking engagements where she educates attendees on topics such as networking, referrals, and business building. Kolleen has the heart of a teacher and thru her endeavors both personally and professionally, she strives to build long-lasting and beneficial relationships with all she meets. In addition, Kolleen is a Junior Advisor with Mainstay Financial Group and has worked in the financial services industry for more than 20 years.

Founded after Hurricane Ivan, Women’s Business Lunch (WBL) was organized by Kathleen Shoop, Natasha Parvey, and Kolleen Edwards Chesley to provide a venue for women in business to come and share ideas, information, networking contacts, etc to help each other be more successful in business.

In the Fall of 2013, the WBL reorganized and took on the name “Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast” and are a recognized not-for-profit organization.

Meeting information — Like clockwork, we meet for PWGC-Pensacola always on the 1st Friday of every month, always from 11:30-1:00pm, always at theGulf Coast Kid’s House on 12th Avenue. We also have PWGC-Gulf Breeze, always on the 3rd Friday of every month, always from 11:30-1:00pm, always at the Hampton Inn and Suites, Gulf Breeze. There is no charge to attend our meetings. They are WOMEN ONLY events, so feel free to grab a couple of girlfriends to bring with you and help share the WBL experience.

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Buying or Selling a Business

October 6, 2015 by angishields

Midtown Business Radio

Buying or Selling a Business

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Dave Ragland and Joe Schum talk Buying/Selling Businesses

Buying or Selling a Business

We continued our monthly series with IRC Wealth, talking about buying or selling a business. Dave Ragland and Joe Schum came by with Chet Burgess of Burgess & Associates to share some expertise regarding how to approach choices that arise when coming into a large sum of money through the sale of a business. An example of this was an IRC Wealth client company that was an Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) that sold.

In this case, the employees were seeing pretty sizable amounts of money coming their way from 5 figures to as much as $500,000-1,000,000 or more. Dave and Joe talked about the importance of sitting down with a financial expert to identify the best plan for what to do with those funds to get the greatest value for the employee’s needs.

The group also talked about the importance of establishing a sound operating agreement for partners in a young business that will accommodate the various possibilities for separation for the partners, whether it’s a sale, or a partner opting to leave, or other potential situations.

Chet, a CPA and tax expert, shared how important it is to select a corporate structure that provides the greatest long-term flexibility for a business that will facilitate selling later or transitioning a business to heirs or other partners.

We also discussed options for the business owner who would like to offer rewarding compensation plans that inspire a sense of ownership and increased productivity, without having to give away shares of stock in the privately-held company.

Special Guests:

David Ragland, CEO/Founder of IRC Wealth

Masters of Accounting, University of Georgia, Terry College of Business
Former Manager–Tax, Ernst & Young
Previous CFO, Allied Foods, Inc
Previous CFO, Afterburner

Joe Schum, VP of Business Development of IRC Wealth

Bachelor’s of Science, Economics/Commerce, Niagara University
Previous VP of Sales, Midwest Medical Enterprises, DVT/Lite
Board of Advisors, Safe Haven Museum & Education Center
Board Member, Visions Anew Institute

Chet Burge, Founder of Burge & Associates

BS Accounting, Bob Jones University
Previous Senior Accountant, Price Waterhouse
Former P/T CFO/Partner, Three Taverns Brewery

Pensacola Business Radio 10.06.15 – Guests: Jerold “Buck” Hall with Eggfest and Chain Reaction

October 6, 2015 by angishields

Pensacola Business Radio

Pensacola Business Radio 10.06.15 - Guests: Jerold "Buck" Hall with Eggfest and Chain Reaction

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Jerold Hall / Chair
Pensacola Eggfest

About Chain Reaction

Chain Reaction’s mission is to empower teens to learn through service. The program is teen-directed, teen-driven and teen-organized using volunteerism as its teaching tool. Since 2003, Chain Reaction has provided local teens ages 13 to 18 in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties with safe, meaningful and educational service activities.

In a safe, fun and empowering environment, our teens discover their innate strengths and untapped abilities; unite as a team of connected, committed citizens; and believe in themselves to achieve more and aspire to see the good in all things.

To learn more or sign your teen up, please visit www.mychainreaction.org.

ABOUT EGGFEST

Join us on November 14th, 2015, from 11am until 2pm, at Blue Wahoos’ Stadium for Pensacola Egg Fest to benefit Chain Reaction.

Over 1300 people attended our 2014 EggFest and sampled food from more than 75 EggChefs. Don’t miss out! Your $25 ticket includes entry to the event, samplings, entertainment and Big Green Egg demonstrations! Come sample what our chefs and local celebrities have cooked up for you on their Big Green Eggs. Best of all, proceeds benefit Chain Reaction, Pensacola’s only Teen Leadership Institute.

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Michael White and Carl Widdowson of The Creative Momentum

October 6, 2015 by angishields

CEO Exclusive Radio

Michael White and Carl Widdowson of The Creative Momentum

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Michael White / The Creative Momentum

Michael White is President of The Creative Momentum and has over 7 years of experience in understanding what clients’ needs are and how to exceed their expectations. He leads overall client service and is passionate in making sure that the client’s vision is met, they are well-informed throughout the process, and that the client gets the results they deserve.

An Atlanta native, White enjoys rock climbing, tennis, camping and international travel.

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Carl Widdowson / The Creative Momentum

Carl Widdowson is CEO and founder of The Creative Momentum, a leader in creative and marketing services. He is a web strategist and designer/developer with more than a decade’s worth of experience, ranging from user research to visual design, UI/UX, front-end/back-end development. Carl has a full understanding of campaign, marketing, website launches from start to finish, since he has been involved in every aspect of these areas.

Over the past decade Carl has worked with advertising agencies, marketing firms, print/online magazines. He has worked with a variety of clients from your local mom and pop shop to Fortune 500 companies and any industries from B2B to B2C.

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Chris Stanley with Techcelerator

October 5, 2015 by angishields

This Just In

Chris Stanley with Techcelerator

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Justin’s guest is Chris Stanley from Techcelerator. Techcelerator provides fractional CFO and strategic financial services to high-growth technology companies.