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Small Business Week and MBEs

February 10, 2015 by angishields

Let's Talk Small Business

Small Business Week and MBEs

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Georgia declares its first official Small Business Week! Our February 10^th, 2015 show featured Ms. Mary McClanahan, Georgia’s Director of Entrepreneur & Small Business Development for the Georgia Department of Economic Development. The kick-off event at Georgia Tech for Small Business Week on Monday will highlight some of Georgia’s most innovative businesses in their “Rock Star” award series luncheon, so come prepared to get inspired by some of Georgia’s true path-blazers in some of the hottest sectors. As a precursor, however, tune in to find out what changes we can expect in 2015 for small enterprises, and mine the wealth of priceless information and resources Ms. McClanahan reveals will be the key to success in 2015 for small businesses. To find out more about Georgia’s first official Small Business Week kick-off at Georgia Tech, the amazing programs for 2015, and to get up to speed on some of the best resources for entrepreneurs and small businesses, please visit: http://www.georgia.org/business-resources/small-business-resource-directory/georgia-small-business-week/.

Mary Ellen McClanahan / Georgia Department of Economic Development

As Director of Entrepreneur & Small Business Development for the Georgia Department of Economic Development, Mary Ellen helps find solutions and effective ways to build an enabling environment and support small business through mentoring, professional development, strategic planning, processes and resource awareness. She also connects with Georgia’s business and community associations so that thousands of businesses, local leaders and practitioners are aware of resources and opportunities. She also directs any sized businesses to the specific resources they need.

Mary Ellen is also an Existing Industry Project Manager within the Metro Atlanta region. She calls on growing companies making them aware of state resources and incentives and provides assistance with their growth plans and decision-making process. Mary Ellen also works closely with the local economic developers with their economic development efforts.

During her 16 years with the department, she helped develop and grow its regional economic development program, the “Entrepreneur Friendly” Initiative and acted as legislative liaison. Prior to that, Mary Ellen was the economic developer and president of two rural South Georgia chambers of commerce in Dodge and Sumter Counties.

Originally from Erie, PA and in Georgia since 1973, Mary Ellen serves on the boards of GEDA (Georgia Economic Developers Association), GACCE (GA Association of Chambers of Commerce Executives), Georgia Mentor Protégé Connection, Advisory Council for the Edge Connection and the DeKalb Workforce Investment Board.

She is a 1997 graduate of Institute for Organization Management, Leadership Georgia and a 2000 graduate of EDI (Economic Development Institute).

Garth Peters with Buckhead Coalition, Kelly Green with Bank of North GA/Buckhead Business Assn, Chris Godfrey with Hire Dynamics

February 10, 2015 by angishields

Simply Buckhead Radio

Garth Peters with Buckhead Coalition, Kelly Green with Bank of North GA/Buckhead Business Assn, Chris Godfrey with Hire Dynamics

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Garth Peters / Buckhead Coalition

Execitive VP

Garth Peters is Executive VP for the Buckhead Coalition having joined the Coalition in 2006. Prior to the Coalition he was Senior Executive Officer NA for the Bermuda Ministry of Tourism. Garth is also a retired Capt. and Assistant Adjutant with the Bermuda Regiment, having also served as Aide-D-Camp to the Governor of Bermuda. His career has encompassed a variety of professional and civic interest including memberships or appointments to numerous business and civic boards in Bermuda, New York, and locally, and was founding president of the Memorial Park Civic Association. He was elected to two years as Vice Chair NPU-C, and three years as business rep with NPU-B. He represents the Coalition on a variety of boards, committees, and civic organizations. He was recently re-elected to serve another 2 yr term as President of the MPCA and is a founding member of the Atlanta Memorial Park Conservancy. Garth was the Buckhead Business Associations 2013 Bullish on Buckhead Award recipient.

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Kelly Green / Bank of North GA/Buckhead Business Assn

Relationship manager in the Professional and Executive division of Private Wealth at the Bank of North GA, a division of Synovus Bank. Volunteered for the Taste of Buckhead event in 2014 and have been newly appointed to the Board in 2015.

Chris Godfrey / Hire Dynamics

Account Manager

Chris Godfrey is from Powder Springs, GA and a proud graduate from The University of Georgia with his BBA in Management and Certificates in New Media and Entrepreneurship.

Godfrey has always enjoyed volunteering and being involved in making a better community so while in college he interned with the Red Cross in Athens, was an ambassador for his college, and president of his fraternity. After college he took a role with Beta Upsilon Chi Nationals, a national Christian fraternity headquartered in Dallas, TX. He spearheaded new fundraising campaigns that resulted in new donor gifts annually and developed college students by investing in them to grow as community leaders.

He moved back to Atlanta a little over a year ago, and he has become very involved in the business community here in Atlanta. He continues his journey at the Atlantas Best Places to Work, Hire Dynamics, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. He strives to excel in his work, spiritual and personal life by being involved in the community and make a difference with those lives he comes across by being a positive influence through his actions and character.

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Premises & Commercial Liability

February 10, 2015 by angishields

BRX National

Premises & Commercial Liability

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Emily Rowell (Host), Jeff Melcher, Walt Murray, & Shean Williams

Walt Murray w/ Horizon Background Screening

Walt Murray, Vice President of Horizon Background Screening, has been involved in background checks investigations for more than 10 years. His expertise ranges from pre-employment screening (including criminal and civil background checks, drug screening, motor vehicle and credit history, to surveillance and other field investigations. Walt has worked as an executive in two other companies, and has had to hire and dismiss employees, and so he has handled employment issues from both the on-boarding process side, and from the employer side.

Walt is a graduate of Kennesaw State University, and has lived in the Atlanta area since 1978. Walt is active in his church and he and his wife have served as foster parents, and adopted two children from foster care.

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Jeff Melcher w/ Gordon Rees Scully Monsukhani, LLP

Jeff Melcher is a partner in the firm’s Atlanta, Raleigh and Birmingham offices, and serves as the managing partner for the Birmingham office. Mr. Melcher specializes in commercial and insurance litigation. He has more than 25 years of litigation experience, which includes varied representation of civil trucking and transportation clients, and matters involving D&O and commercial litigation claims, insurance coverage/bad faith matters, business disputes, general liability, commercial liability, professional malpractice, real estate, premises and casualty, appellate, and domestic litigation. He has tried numerous civil cases in state and federal courts, and is admitted in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and North Carolina.

Mr. Melcher also has an extensive background in employment law litigation. He has successfully defended employers in a wide range of employment claims, including restrictive covenant litigation and negotiating employment contracts.

Admissions

Georgia

North Carolina

Tennessee

Alabama

U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia

U.S. District Court, Middle, Western and Eastern Districts of North Carolina

U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Alabama

Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit

Memberships

Defense Research Institute (DRI)

American Bar Association

Atlanta Bar Association

Lawyers Club of Atlanta

Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA)

Alabama Defense Lawyers Association

Claims & Litigation Management Alliance

Community Involvement

Atlanta Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Program

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Shean Williams w/ The Cochran Firm

Shean Decarlos Williams is a Partner and trial Attorney in the Atlanta office of the Cochran Firm – Cochran, Cherry, Givens, Smith, Sistrunk, & Sams. Mr. Williams pursued an academic and football career at Miami University in Ohio, where he received a Bachelor’s degree in Finance in 1993. He obtained his Juris Doctorate from Georgia State University College of Law in 1996. Mr. Williams is currently licensed to practice law in the federal courts, as well as the trial and appellate courts of the State of Georgia.

Shean Williams has been a member of the State Bar of Georgia since 1996. He is also a member of such professional organizations as the American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America), the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Gate City Bar Association, National Bar Association, and the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America (formerly the Association of Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America).

During his legal career, Mr. Williams has been committed to fighting for injured people and their families in areas of Trucking Litigation, Premise Liability, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home Litigation, Products Liability, and Business Litigation. His tenacity and work-ethic are key factors in his ability to get full value settlements and jury verdicts for his clients in even the most complex cases. Mr. Williams is proud to have obtained many multi-million dollar verdicts and settlement for his injured clients. Specifically, Mr. Williams was one of the lead attorneys that obtained a $20 million dollar wrongful death verdict in Clayton County, Georgia and a 17.5 million dollar verdict in Fulton County, Georgia.

In addition to his legal career, Mr. Williams is firmly committed to helping build a strong community, donating time and money to many diverse civic groups, including: New Mercies Christian Church, Project Destiny, Inc., Green Pastures Christian Church, The Winning Circle, and Star Struck Foundation.

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Special Edition: Cobb County

February 9, 2015 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Special Edition: Cobb County

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Desmond Williams and Brad Grimes / Top Scholar

Top Scholar is a learning management system for grades K-12. It is easy to use, engaging and powerful cloud based system for both teachers and students to assist in reaching new levels in education. Key features include classroom management, assignments, analytics, messaging system, calendar and pre loaded content including over 4,000 textbooks, videos and practice standardized test questions.

Desmond Williams is VP of Sales and Business Development focused on initiatives in the public and private education sector, as well as corporate partnerships targeting programs that create value in key communities. Prior to joining Top Scholar, Desmond spent thirty-four years in the technology industry in various sales, engineering and management roles with manufacturing, consulting and service provider companies.

With a background in sales and marketing, Brad Grimes advises businesses, organizations, and individuals on how to use marketing and social media to build relationships and deliver value. Brad works closely with the sales team and manages the marketing team, creating a synergistic bridge of operations.

Trade Show Radio Broadcasts LIVE from Kids Business Expo

February 9, 2015 by angishields

On February 7, 2015, Trade Show Radio co-hosts Max Kantor and Ryan McPherson broadcast live at the Cobb Galleria Center for Kids Business Expo 2015.

The Kids Business Expo featured a combination of a trade show expo and educational sessions where companies providing business services and technology can reach young professionals. Attendees and their parents learned about business solutions through keynote speakers, an open forum for discussions and information about hands-on business opportunities in addition to the businesses showcased on the Expo floor.

Designed much like a professional trade show, the Kids Business Expo offered many opportunities for young people to learn as well as share their ideas with others. The “Young Entrepreneur Center” enabled youth to present their ideas to the public and potential buyers. The Expo also featured a “Product Presentation Area” where participants put their products and ideas on display to present business concepts.

Check out these great interviews…

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Amanda Driggers

Brunswick Zone XL

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Amari Johnson

Amari & Mari

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Beau Shell

Lil’ Ice Cream Dude

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Bob Johnson

Club E Atlanta

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Dirk Ebener

Kids Business Expo

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Dr. Maggie Wray

Creating Positive Futures

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Henry Lust

The Tutoring Center

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Jake Johnson

Beaux Up

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Jeff Sheehan

Sheehan Marketing Strategies

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Kayla Abramowitz

Kayla Cares 4 Kids

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LJ Keller

YMBA Group

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Madison Potts

MadisonClarke24

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Mary Margaret O’Neill

Kids Are Heroes

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Nicole Rhoads

Sweet Sassy Molassey Bake Shop

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Remmington Youngblood

Change4Georgia

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RJ Patel

PCT Clean

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Stephanie Nelson

Costco

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Steven Yang

Jars

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Taylin Morris

Princess Singing Telegrams

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Walter Jordan

Youth Leadership Conference

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Healthcare Innovations Series Part 1

February 9, 2015 by angishields

This Just In

Healthcare Innovations Series Part 1

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2015 Healthcare Innovations Series: Part 1 – Gozio Health

Justin talks to Joshua Titus, Founder/CEO of Gozio Health.

Trade Show Radio Broadcasts LIVE from Kids Business Expo – Business RadioX

February 9, 2015 by angishields

On February 7, 2015, Trade Show Radio co-hosts Max Kantor and Ryan McPherson broadcast live at the Cobb Galleria Center for Kids Business Expo 2015.

Check out these great interviews…

Family Law Attorney and Guardian ad Litem Daniele Johnson

February 9, 2015 by angishields

Pro Advocate Radio

Family Law Attorney and Guardian ad Litem Daniele Johnson

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Daniele Johnson

Family Law Attorney and Guardian ad Litem

Attorney Daniele Johnson explains how the child custody process works in family court to help our listeners have a better idea of what to expect when engaging lawyers and how to work with a Guardian ad Litem.

Daniele has been practicing family law in the Atlanta, Georgia for about fifteen years.

She is a tireless advocate for children and for seeing the evaluation process work as it should to help the family court reach the outcome that is in the best interest of children. Please visit her website to schedule a consultation and learn more about her practice.

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James O’Brien/Pro Advocate Radio

Talk Show Host

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Deb Beacham/My Advocate Center

Founder, Executive Director

We are the Game-Changers in guiding improvements that affect the Family Law community, specifically high-conflict divorce, child custody disputes & family violence matters.

Bold moves are being made to help parents understand how to better transition through & out of conflict, meaning we help reduce stress for children, and preserve family time & resources for their benefit.

Professionals who are like-minded are encouraged to connect and become a part of our Resource Directory. Please visit the Counsel for Change group page here on LinkedIn to learn more about our discussions. Our advisory panel reviews professionals to ensure certain standards are met. If you are focused on upholding ethics rules, professional duty, and are committed to helping children receive the best that both parents have to offer, let us know.

Our investigations, initiatives & strategies are also well suited to supporting government agencies in making necessary improvements to programs & services. It is important that these changes are made to better serve parents & children; but it is also possible to yield a positive economic return for each community & state.

MAC’s purpose in contributing to agencies & other organizations is to improve the divorce/child custody process in a way that leaves our communities stronger & better able to support the needs of children. We now have opportunities to lessen the impact of family violence, addiction & other dysfunction, while putting our financial resources to better use.

Connect | Inform | Empower

When it comes to guiding public policy to improve the process, and to helping parents navigate through high-conflict custody cases, no other collection of experts and resources is better positioned to give you clear and actionable insight.

MyAdvocateCenter.com | LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin (Deb)

Randy Bortles, Director of Architectural Solutions with NanoLumens

February 8, 2015 by angishields

Display Your Vision

Randy Bortles, Director of Architectural Solutions with NanoLumens

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Randy Bortles

Randy joins NanoLumens bringing with him over 15 years of electronic hardware experience; several years at TTI, Reptron and Avnet electronics, (Global distributors of electronic components and systems), where he worked in various sales capacities in Florida and Georgia. He was also Corporate Account Manager for NCR – Solectron managing the global operations ($650m), an industry leading contract manufacturer. In his latest role he served as a consultant for Rojoli Technology private cloud infrastructure hosting solution company. Born and raised in Syracuse NY, Graduate of State University of New York–Brockport. He is married to Laura Ann Pierce and they have a daughter Randi Brooke. Randy is a full-time fan of all the “Bortles athletes” Brooke- college soccer, Blake- college/pro football, Colby- college baseball, Alexa- World ranked tennis and Elle- Lacrosse. Randy is also passionate about starting college wrestling programs in Georgia.

Excerpt from NanoCast…

Lee: So now, can you walk us through what’s your typical day or conversation with a new architect that maybe has never heard of you before? What is that?

Stone: Starts with a radio interview. Then he heads over to CBS Studios.

Randy: Exactly. Exactly. I try to build it in my celebrity day. Typically what happens, to get a little bit of inertia, we’ll call them up and ask them if they’re interested in what’s considered in the industry a lunch-and-learn type scenario, which is an educational opportunity for us to get our products in front of them, but as well as . . .

There’s an organization in America here called the Architectural Institute of America. We have some modules that have continuing education credits for those. So each architect, every year, has so many credits they . . .

Stone: They have to have so many credits. Right.

Randy: Exactly. So we try to offer that. So we’ll try to take 20 or 30 people and throw them in a room.

Lee: Teach them something.

Randy: Yeah, try to teach them something and then do a little commercial for NanoLumens. Also, some of those people are there for the continuing education credits and the lunch. Right? They’re there for the free lunch, which is fine. Then we try to deliver something there that if their role changes, and they have a need for a design, we’d like to provide an avenue for them to come and talk to us a little bit more about it.