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Start Exercise Fitness Training Without Injury – Top Docs Radio

March 20, 2015 by angishields

Top Docs Radio

Start Exercise Fitness Training Without Injury - Top Docs Radio

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Start Exercise Fitness Training Without Injury

This week, our new monthly partner, Dr. Andrew Pugliese stopped by to introduce us to Randy Nicholson, of Fitness Firm Studio. He’s a certified trainer who shared some very helpful information on how folks who have not previously trained or former athletes who haven’t trained in a while start exercise fitness training without injury.

As a former athlete who has experience in high intensity and high volume cardiovascular and weight/resistance training, I know too well what it’s like to resume working out after a prolonged layoff and experience overuse injuries. These come from a burst of activity with or without heavy weight/resistance. Too much exercise too soon can easily result in a incapacitating measure of pain or even injury that prevents continuing without another break to recover.

Randy shared what a person who’s motivated to start or resume training should ask a prospective personal trainer to determine what their philosophy is regarding the initial training phase. He also shared the value of using a roller to help facilitate muscle recovery as well as releasing trigger points that can cause muscle spasm.

We talked about the best way to approach beginning training in a step-wise fashion to insure that muscular imbalances, postural weaknesses, and flexibility have been improved upon before moving on to more intense training moves/activities. If you or someone you care about is thinking about resuming or wants to start exercise fitness training without injury they need to check out this week’s episode.

Special Guests:

Randy Nicholson Fitness Firm Studio

NASM
EGOUSE
4th Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do
BS Engineering, University of Chattanooga

Andrew Pugliese, MD, Infectious Disease Consultants

Doctorate in Medicine, St. George University School of Medicine
Fellowship, Infectious Disease, Winthrop University Hospital
Triple Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease
Pioneer in non-surgical treatment of acute and chronic sinusitis
President of Sinus Solutions

Special Edition: Women’s Telehealth

March 18, 2015 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Special Edition: Women's Telehealth

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Anne Patterson / Women’s Telehealth

Turner Smith / TeleHealth Solutions

Matthew Jansen / Iron Bow Technologies

Liv2BGirl

March 18, 2015 by angishields

Health Connect South

Liv2BGirl

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Liv2BGirl

We’ve all heard the news stories about young people who have been victims of cyberbullying through social media. In some cases, kids have even gone so far as attempting or committing suicide over the experience. This week we sat down with Cindy Abel and Tosha Marks, co-founders of Liv2BGirl. It’s a social media environment they’re building as a mobile app that will give girls a social media environment exclusive to them. The site will be free from cyberbullying and negative, attacking/abusive behaviors—these being clearly prohibited when a user sets up their profile.

A recent article by Cindy and Tosha published on Momeomagazine.com states these statistics cited from dosomething.org:

Nearly 43% of kids have been bullied online
68% of teens agree that cyberbullying is a serious problem
81% of young people think bullying online is easier to get away with than bullying in person
90% of teens who have seen cyberbullying ignored it
Girls are twice as likely as boys to be victims of cyberbullying
Only 1 in 10 victims tell there parent or trusted adult of the abuse.

In this short clip, Tosha Marks shares why they are building the Liv2BGirl app:

The concept proved to have traction with girls when they launched their beta website to evaluate interest and content offerings, gaining roughly 700 users who tested the site. Cindy and Tosha quickly found that the idea of a social media space free from hurtful, hateful behaviors is appealing to girls—enough so that average time per visit was ~30 mins.

We talked about some of the troubling statistics around cyberbullying as well as negative experiences Cindy and Tosha saw their own daughters face in various social media platforms. We also discussed the resources they need to bring their app to full realization and how folks can get involved to get this source of positive peer pressure and encouragement for our daughters into their hands.

Special Guests:

Tosha Marks, Co-founder, Liv2BGirl

BS, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Middle Tennessee State University
Previous Sole Proprietor, The Silver Sak
Former Sales Representative, Dixie Packing and Seal Company

Cindy Abel, Co-founder, Liv2BGirl

BS in Management Information Systems, University of Dayton
Co-President, North Springs Charter High School
Member, Advisory Board, Hands On Atlanta
Co-founder/Owner, Abel Solutions
7 years as information technology consultant, Accenture

This program made possible by ShareWIK Media Group

Sonja Williams with Shock Theory

March 17, 2015 by angishields

Let's Talk Small Business

Sonja Williams with Shock Theory

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Continuing our spotlight on exceptional women entrepreneurs for our Women’s Month series, we were just joined by Sonja Williams from Shock Theory on March 17th, 2015, who had more than a few words of advice on how to stay digitally relevant in our ever-changing digital ecosystem. More than breaking molds on a personal level, her company, Shock Theory, is breaking molds on an enterprise level, as well. Necessitated out of the rising need for a coherent ecosystem to house emergent and dependent technology and services in-house, the evolution of Shock Theory almost seems like the inevitable solution to the one-off boutiques that limit your marketing vision to the services they can implement in-house. Shock Theory covers everything from experiential event marketing with complimenting technologies such as apps, presentations, and in-house video production studio and crew to create the digital piece that best fits your marketing or experiential needs. Today, Sonja Williams is looking to break the mold in other arenas. For more information on her new Micro University and Entrepreneur’s Ivy League online courses, follow her new hashtag campaign: #whateverittakes.

Here are the top 3 take-aways for our listeners:

1) Always design to mobile.

2) Stay authentic as a brand.

3) Less is more in rhetorical content – but visual content is king.

Tune in to find out more about social media best practices, and how best to optimize your web portal in the new era of DIY websites!

Sonja Williams / Shock Theory

Sonja N. Williams is a serial TECpreneur, digital product architect and Chief Executive Officer of ShockTheory, a technology-‐driven marketing agency that develops social engagement transactional-‐based technology, produces live events such as conferences, conventions and tradeshows and digital content for on-‐demand training platforms, live shows, products and services. The company has developed projects for Amtrak, Ford, American Family Insurance, Burger King, Verizon, The National Recording Academy and more.

Williams grew her company by delivering result-‐oriented, technology-‐focused projects that has yielded numerous awards including Entrepreneur of the Year by FraserNET and The Atlanta Business League’s Non-‐Traditional Enterprise of the Year. With over 15 years of experience, Williams’ personal focus is on launching total-‐market digital platforms with strategic efforts to disrupt the small business sector by helping underserved microenterprises and entrepreneurs to launch sustainable companies through digital consumer engagement.

Drew French with Your Pie, John Plesnarski with Eighteen Eight Fine Men’s Salons, Dr. Tim Kelly with Buckhead Wellness Center, Trisha Cornett with Diptyque, Danielle Rollins

March 17, 2015 by angishields

Simply Buckhead Radio

Drew French with Your Pie, John Plesnarski with Eighteen Eight Fine Men's Salons, Dr. Tim Kelly with Buckhead Wellness Center, Trisha Cornett with Diptyque, Danielle Rollins

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John “Skip” Plesnarski/Eighteen Eight Fine Men’s Salons

Franchisee Owner Operator

John Plesnarski is President and Owner of Plezco, Inc. He has recently invested in Eighteen Eight, a franchise which provides Hair Styling and Grooming Services for Men. He owns the territory rights in Atlanta which he plans on developing over the next three years.

John retired from corporate America in 2012. He is an accomplished Senior Supply Chain Leader with a wide breadth of global experience at Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE:KMB). John began his career in Finance and moved to several business Operations leadership roles. He spent the majority of his career leading a Global Supply Chain organization which supported the Safety Business Unit in the contract manufacturing, importing and distribution of personal protective equipment.

As Director of Global Supply Chain, John was responsible for vendor management in Mexico, Malaysia, Thailand and China. He also led a shared services organization which included Logistics, Customer Service, Information Systems, Sourcing and Supply and worked closely with the Sales organization to support customer expectations. John was instrumental in the successful expansion of contract manufacturing footprints to support sales growth around the world.

John has been recognized for his expertise in organizational development, strategic planning, operations, and the ability to develop successful leaders. This unique combination of experience and skill set has enabled him to achieve success across the entire organization to meet business objectives in all key areas.

www.EighteenEight.com | Twitter | Facebook

Drew French/Your Pie

Founder

Like every pizza lover, Drew French wants his own pie, his own way. Drews passion turned into an obsession while he and his wife were honeymooning in Ischia (pronounced: eesh – Key – ah), Italy. Thats where he received his first taste of authentic Italian brick-oven pizza. In 2008, Drew created Your Pie. It was the very first down-the-line, fast-casual pizza concept where customers select their own type of crust, sauce, cheese and toppings and watch the pizza bake in front of them. Today Your Pie is one of the fastest growing pizza concepts with 21 locations.

www.YourPie.com | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

Dr. Tim Kelly/Buckhead Wellness Center

Founder/Owner

Chiropractor in Buckhead for almost 30 years, specializing in Applied-Kinesiology, nutritional wellness, gentle non-force chiropractic.

www.DrTimKelly.net | LinkedIn | YouTube

Trisha Cornett/Diptyque

Boutique Manager

Boutique Manager of Diptyque at Buckhead Atlanta. I’ve worked for Diptyque for 3 years now, in the cosmetic/fragrance industry for over 10 years. Prior to Diptyque I ran the cosmetic/fragrance department at Nordstrom in Nashville, Tennessee. I opened the very first Diptyque counter inside of a Nordstrom department store. I’ve trained with Diptyque Paris in New York several times, working at the Bleeker Street, Nolita & Madison Avenue Boutiques. I’m Nationally fragranced certified with a stellar nose! Diptyque is very dear to me & something

I stand behind as a consumer.

www.diptyque.com

Danielle Rollins

Author/Speaker

Author of bestseller, Soirée Entertaining with Style, (Rizzoli 2012), contributing editor for Veranda and writer for her own website, DanielleDRollins.com, Danielle Rollins has become one of the nations leading lifestyle experts. Designer, sought-out speaker, and mother of three, Rollins has been featured on national and local television, radio, print and websites.

www.DanielleDRollins.com | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

Motif Investing

March 17, 2015 by angishields

Midtown Business Radio

Motif Investing

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Motif Investing

This week I caught up with Peter Andes, VP of Research for Motif Investing. They’re an online investment platform that gives its clients the ability to invest in “motifs” built around particular themes or company types. Each motif consists of up to 30 unique company stocks and the investor has the ability to tailor the breakdown of percentage of funds that gets put into a given stock in the motif. In this way, Motif Investments clients get to achieve investment diversity as well as having a high level of control over the stocks in a given motif.

Here’s a link to an overview of Motif Investing.

Motif Investing’s experts have created numerous motifs, based upon market research and trends, that have potential for positive return when investors select that particular group. Should the investor wish to swap out companies or create a motif from scratch based on their own knowledge of market trends/data they have that ability. And trades are inexpensive, with investing in a given motif costing only $9.95 with a minimum starting investment of $250. For users to swap out companies in existing motifs it’s only $4.95 per company to do so.

Another benefit of this investment platform is that investors are actually holders of the respective stocks in these companies, not just investors in a fund that holds the stocks. That means that the investor can transfer their shares to a traditional investment agency should they choose to do so. Motif Investing doesn’t provide investment advice–it’s up to the investor to educate themselves on the stocks/market sectors they want to invest in. But their innovative approach to online investing makes participating in the stock market attainable for pretty much everyone who wants to do so. Check it out!

Special Guest:

Peter Andes, Director of Investment Products & Analytics, Motif Investing

BSc Computer Science, University of British Columbia
Chartered Financial Analyst, CFA Institute
Former Software Engineer, Google
Previous Associate, Equity Fundamental Strategies, Goldman Sachs

Kent Gregoire with EcoPlay Playgrounds and Sally Williamson with Sally Williamson and Associates

March 17, 2015 by angishields

CEO Exclusive Radio

Kent Gregoire with EcoPlay Playgrounds and Sally Williamson with Sally Williamson and Associates

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Kent Gregoire / EcoPlay Playgrounds from Safeplay Systems

EcoPlay^®Playgrounds from Safeplay Systems manufacturers commercial playground equipment, and during March 2014 Kent Gregoire became owner and serves as its CEO.

Kent Gregoire has dedicated his career as an entrepreneur where he has served as founder and CEO of a gazillion companies and transitioning them into rapid-growth. Having been the founder and lead stakeholder of more than a dozen organizations including a highly successful multi-division national software design and development company, he is well aware of the complexity of day-to-day operations. His expertise is in sales and marketing, with an emphasis on business development and channel sales.

EcoPlay Playgrounds from Safeplay Systems, based in Marietta, Georgia, was founded in 1989 –celebrating 25 years in business. The company custom-designs, manufactures, fabricates, builds and installs EcoPlay Playgrounds – made from post-consumer, recycled HDPE plastic (milk jugs). Target markets for these commercial-grade playgrounds include residential multi-housing communities, churches, preschool/daycare centers, parks, schools and government installations such as military base housing.

EcoPlay Playgrounds are impermeable to water, cannot be eaten by insects, never need painting or sealing, and won’t splinter, crack, rust or swell. EcoPlay Playgrounds do not use any PVC, making them Phthalate-Free; and they meet and/or exceed standards set by CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission), ASTM (American Standards for Testing and Materials), and ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act). EcoPlay Playgrounds products are certified by IPEMA (International Playground Equipment Manufacturers Association). In addition, installations are supervised by a Certified Playground Safety Inspector (CPSI) to assure compliance with all safety codes.

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Sally Williamson / Sally Williamson & Associates

Sally is a leading resource for improving the impact of spoken communication and executive presence. She is a nearly thirty-year veteran of developing key messages and coaching executives to deliver them effectively. As President and founder of Sally Williamson & Associates, Sally specializes in executive coaching and developing custom workshops for groups that focus on improving spoken communication skills, ranging from formal presentations to everyday communication, as well as selling situations.

Website LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Blog

Kim O’Connor with Elavon, Brian S. Smith with Snellings Walters Insurance Agency, Nicole Houser with Nikki’s Delightful Treats, Aunyx Burrell with Amenta’s Key – Buckhead Business Radio

March 17, 2015 by angishields

Buckhead Business Radio

Kim O'Connor with Elavon, Brian S. Smith with Snellings Walters Insurance Agency, Nicole Houser with Nikki's Delightful Treats, Aunyx Burrell with Amenta's Key - Buckhead Business Radio

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Kim O’Connor/Elavon

VP of New Product Innovation

Kim has been in the payments industry for 20 years, in product management, product marketing and market development roles. Kim has been at Elavon for over two years focusing on new product innovation initiatives. She currently has Product Strategy responsibility for Security solutions and EMV. Prior to joining Elavon, she successfully introduced encryption and tokenization services to both National and SmallMedium Business merchants, and was responsible for managing the Small Business PCI Program. She also introduced several wireless and mobile innovations, and helped bring the earliest electronic gift and loyalty card programs to market. Kim holds an MBA from Florida Atlantic University and resides in South Florida.

www.Elavon.com | LinkedIn

Brian S. Smith/Snellings Walters Insurance Agency

CIC, ARM

Brian Smith is a commercial insurance specialist with Snellings Walters Insurance of Atlanta. In his role, Brian serves business clients with risk management solutions focused on reducing hazards, enhancing profitability, and promoting a safe work environment. The basis of his business practice is client-centric, emphasizing truthful engagement, accountability , and measured results. In addition to his insurance career, he served 14 years as a US Army Reserve Officer as an evaluator. Brian is a certified insurance counselor and associate in risk management.

www.SnellingsWalters.com | www.TheRiskRecon.com | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook

Nicole Houser/Nikki’s Delightful Treats

Owner

Nicole is a native of Atlanta Georgia who been chosen as a winner of The American SmallBusiness Championship hosted by SCORE, mentors to Americas small businesses, and Sam’s Club. Nicole’s passion for baking inspired her to open Nikki’s Delightful Treats were she allows her creativity to follow. Nicole loves to make her customer happy by delivering unique desserts for their special events.

www.NikkisDelightfulTreats.com | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

Aunyx Burrell/Amenta’s Key, LLC

Founder/Owner

25 year old, Mother, Wife and Entrepreneur. Co-founder of Amenta’s Key

www.AmentasKey.com | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest

Small Business HR Advice

March 17, 2015 by angishields

BRX National

Small Business HR Advice

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GroupSit2 — Damon Elmore, Eileen Gray, & Emily Rowell (Host)

Damon Elmore w/ Nowell Sparks, LLC

Damon is a Member of Nowell Sparks, LLC in Atlanta. His work and practice areas focus on matters involving HR and Employment Law for non-profit, local government and small business clients. He has over 18 years experience representing public and private sector clients.

He has significant experience as an in-house corporate lawyer, advising corporate subsidiaries and divisions and successfully representing his clients in disciplinary actions and review grievances filed by employees and bargaining units. He is also a former Vice President of Human Resources for a Fortune^® 250 company, responsible for rebuilding and leading the human resources function for the manufacturing, import parts and transportation divisions of the company in the U.S. and Canada. His responsibilities included providing strategic oversight, guidance and direction for many functions, including general human resources controls, employee relations, compensation guidelines, workforce planning, investigations, compliance, recruitment and crisis management.

Damon is a native of Savannah, Georgia and fan of community related activities. He is the current president of the Board of Directors for the Georgia Legal Services Program (2014-2015); a member of the Board for the WDM Community Center in College Park, GA, and; he serves as the HR Liaison for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta. Out of his business attire, he is currently in the middle of a personal initiative to bike in every Georgia County (159) to raise money and awareness for GLSP.

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Eileen Gray w/ Gray & Associates

Eileen Gray, SPHR provides consulting services in the areas of:

Organizational Effectiveness
Training and Facilitation
Executive Coaching
Culture Change
Diversity
Recruitment

Key Capabilities and Experience

Eileen has over 25 years of business experience as an entrepreneur, sales executive, human resource leader, and trainer. She has worked with organizations of all sizes and industries helping them implement solutions that drive strategic organizational results by leveraging the talents and engagement of its human capital.

As a sales executive, Eileen led business development in the Southeast for Development Dimensions International (DDI), one of the largest global talent development and assessment firms, consistently exceeding million dollar sales goals through her ability to translate client needs into solutions and build relationships with senior corporate executives. Eileen was responsible for closing numerous high profile accounts with Fortune 500 and was responsible for overseeing the account and managing client relationships.

Prior to spending 10 years in sales, Eileen spent several years in human resources where she progressed though various levels of Human Resource management positions within ALCOA, Atlanta Journal/Constitution, Contel, and ADVO.

More recently Eileen has used her expertise in talent development and human resources as a consultant, trainer, and coach.

Eileen has engaged extensively with Cox Communications managing projects related to workforce planning, selection system design and implementation, executive search, and the development of strategic partnerships to meet diversity recruitment objectives. She also customized competency models for better alignment with the selection process and led RFP processes to select and implement assessment tools for sales positions.

Eileen also delivers training and facilitation in leadership, diversity, performance management, personal branding, trust, conflict resolution, change, team building, customer service, and interviewing skills.

Throughout her career, Eileen has helped others address their individual strengths and developmental areas in order to achieve the strategic goals of the organization including interpretation of assessment results and the development of action plans.

Eileen has training certifications from DDI, as well as Stephen Covey’s Speed of Trust, and Employment Learning International’s (ELI) Civil Treatment Series.

Eileen is a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). She has a bachelor’s degree in Personnel and Labor Relations from the University of Maryland and certificate in Human Resources Management from Kennesaw State University.

Eileen is a member of SHRM Atlanta, held various leadership positions in the Atlanta Human Resources Association and is the current president of the Atlanta Chapter of the National Association of African Americans in Human Resources.

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