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Sharon Lynne Baldwin with Healthcare Businesswomens Association, Chris Schroder with Schroder Public Relations and Gabriela Gonzalez-Lamberson with the Latin American Chamber of Commerce

November 19, 2013 by angishields

Burr Forman's Results Matter Radio

Sharon Lynne Baldwin with Healthcare Businesswomens Association, Chris Schroder with Schroder Public Relations and Gabriela Gonzalez-Lamberson with the Latin American Chamber of Commerce

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Sharon Lynne Baldwin/Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association

The Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association is the leading not-for-profit global organization committed to helping women in healthcare, across all areas of functional expertise, achieve their leadership goals at every stage of their career. Its mission is to further the advancement and impact of women in healthcare wordwide.

The first HBA chapter was launched in Atlanta. Today, the HBA serves its expanding membership in a variety of roles and diverse areas while remaining true to its roots to further the advancement and impact of women in healthcare worldwide.

Chris Schroder/Schroder Public Relations

Schroder Public Relations’ Founder and President Chris Schroder opened his firm’s doors in 2002 coming from the “other side” of the media as a newspaper reporter, editor and publisher for more than 25 years.

Located in the heart of Midtown Atlanta, Schroder PR is a full service communications firm offering a wide range of capabilities designed to help clients achieve their corporate public relations and marketing objectives. We believe the best way to clearly communicate and break through the daily information clutter is through the preservation and telling of compelling stories that are delivered through traditional media and in websites, blogs, videos, eNewsletters and social media.

Today he has built a strong team of experts that include former reporters, veteran public relations executive legends, media relations connoisseurs and social media buffs. Our clients range from multi-million dollar companies to small startup firms. We have clients in a wide range of industries including commercial real estate, law, finance, health care and more.

Gabriela Gonzalez-Lamberson/Latin American Chamber of Commerce

Desiree Scales Interviews New Co-Host Sander Biehn from Thought Horizon About Becoming an Entrepreneur

November 19, 2013 by angishields

High Velocity Radio

Desiree Scales Interviews New Co-Host Sander Biehn from Thought Horizon About Becoming an Entrepreneur

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Sander Biehn

Sander recently left a Fortune 500 telecom in Atlanta and now owns Thought Horizon, a B2B social selling consultancy based on principles he learned while working forÂ a major telecom providerÂ for the past 17 years. Sanderâ€™s proven approach helps B2B sales and marketing teams work together to create content and engagement with target markets and customers. Sander holds a provisional patent in Social Media and is finishing a book on workplace innovation entitled, â€œThe 30 Year Paycheck.”Â He has spoken at conferences and on the radio about innovation. Sander loves amateur geology and astronomy. He went to Duke University where he holds a degree in Philosophy and Classical Studies. He lives in Atlanta with his wife and two children. Find Sander at www.thought-horizon.com.

Brian Easter with Nebo Agency, Betsy Pickren with Exceleration Partners, Jen Renshaw with KSU Coles College of Business and Sean Cook with ShopVisible

November 19, 2013 by angishields

Midtown Business Radio

Brian Easter with Nebo Agency, Betsy Pickren with Exceleration Partners, Jen Renshaw with KSU Coles College of Business and Sean Cook with ShopVisible

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Brian Easter/Nebo Agency

Brian is a co-founder and CEO of Nebo, a human-centered digital marketing firm founded in 2004. Under his leadership, Nebo has enjoyed nine straight years of growth, has never laid a single employee off and has won over 100 digital awards in 2012/2013.

Brian is known for being a fierce advocate for the end user, a vocal and avid supporter of animal welfare, and writing and speaking about weighty and controversial subjects. He is an Appalachian State University alumnus and has 15 years of experience in the digital marketing industry. In the beginning stages of his career (or about a millennium in internet time), he even helped organizations optimize for archaic and dinosaur-like platforms such as Alta Vista and Lycos.

An energetic and passionate speaker, Brian has presented at SES, SEMPO, AMA, the INC 5000 Speaker Series and many other industry events. He has also been published in publications such as Ad Age, iMedia, Mobile Marketer and Social Media Today.

Betsy Pickren/Exceleration Partners

Betsy Pickren is Co-Founder and Executive Coach of Exceleration Partners, a boutique leadership development and executive coaching organization.

Jen Renshaw/KSU Coles College of Business

Jen has over 20 years of experience in operations, program design, curriculum and training plan development, product development, marketing and launch. She has worked in a variety of industries including education, health & human services, advertising, and consumer products in the U.S. and abroad and has worked in both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. In addition to her work in Executive Education at Coles College, Jen is a freelance business development and marketing consultant for entrepreneurs and start-ups and is actively involved with several promising new ventures. Jen has spent a good part of her career working in higher education. Prior to coming to the Kennesaw State University, Jen served for 8 years as the Associate Director at the Lang Center for Entrepreneurship at Columbia Business School in New York City. Jen holds an MBA with concentrations in Entrepreneurship and Marketing from Kennesaw State University and a BFA in Theater Performance from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. A Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native, Jen now lives in Roswell, Georgia with husband and two children.

Sean Cook/ShopVisible

Sean’s career spans 30 years of innovation, leadership, and providing extraordinary value to businesses, employees, and his local community. In early 2006, Sean co-founded ShopVisible, an award winning SaaS commerce platform. In his role as CEO of ShopVisible, Sean provides the strategic leadership and vision that has propelled the growth and success of both ShopVisible and ShopVisible’s clients. Prior to ShopVisible, Sean held several leadership positions in companies such as Earthlink, BellSouth and iXL.

As the author of Evolving Commerce and as a recognized industry thought leader, Sean has been published in publications such as Forbes, 1to1 Magazine, Internet Retailer and CMO.com. He is also a frequent presenter at events such as IRCE, Shop.org and Online Digital Summit. He takes pride in the recognition that the ShopVisible commerce platform has received through awards such as the SIIA CODiE award for Best Electronic Commerce Solution and takes even greater pride in the recognition of ShopVisible as an organization through awards such as Atlanta’s Best Places to Work. Sean’s entrepreneurial spirit was recently recognized with a top 10 placement as one of Atlanta’s Top Entrepreneurs.

Sean earned his M.B.A. from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School and a Bachelor of Arts from Emory University.

Ashish Thakur with TiE Atlanta

November 18, 2013 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Ashish Thakur with TiE Atlanta

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Ashish Thakur/TiE Atlanta

Ashish Narayan Thakur is a recovering banker, had a failed startup and successful non-profit entrepreneur. Ashish is currently Executive Director at TiE Atlanta, a global non-profit that fosters entrepreneurship through mentoring, networking & education. Ashish has raised over $750k and rose to a chapter rank of #4 from #40 for TiE Atlanta in the past 4 years. Previously, he spent over 12 years in sales and management roles with the globe’s largest financial institutions: Deutshce Bank, Merrill Lynch, Invesco & Bank of America.

Ashish is a board observer on 5 privately held companies and a non-profit, equity investor in the public markets & volunteers his time mentoring at risk youth at Usher’s New Look Foundation, The Nicholas House, Raksha and GA Pacific’s Young Entrepreneurs Atlanta program. He is a past Oglethorpe University Young Alumni Award winner & VP of Career Services on the OU Alumni Board for the past 4 years where he has assisted over 300 OU students in career related mentoring. His hobbies include running, yoga, public speaking, juggling and mentoring youth around the world.

Sunday November 17th, 2013

November 17, 2013 by angishields

Week In Review

Sunday November 17th, 2013

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On this past Sunday’s edition of Week In Review (aired on Biz1190AM in Atlanta), Host Dana Barrett aired the following BusinessRadioX clips:

From Results Matter Radio: Syed Ahmed, President & CEO of VDart, Inc. talks about how his company improved Delta’s ranking in the list of best places to work in Atlanta by surveying employees.
From Doctors Roundtable: Dr. Albert Baawo – a hospital dentist, talks about helping special needs kids get through dental procedures. He talks about phobias being real, and the fear of the dentist being one of the most common.
From the Silver Lining in the Cloud: Jason Tatum with The Gateway Center shares a story about a civil rights activist ending up homeless. He wants us to remember that everyone has a story.

Bridges to Business launching soon – stay tuned!

November 15, 2013 by angishields

There are more than 12,700 bridges in North Carolina, connecting people and work. Bridges-to-Business (BtoB) features interviews with fascinating people who are helping North Carolina grow and prosper – no matter which bridge they crossed to get here.

Bridges to Business is hosted by Business RadioX^®North Carolina’s Ann Revell-Pechar and will air each Friday at 3:30pm EST.

Business Radio Interviews: This Week At Business RadioX® Sandy Springs November 11 – 15, 2013 – Business RadioX

November 15, 2013 by angishields

This Week At Business RadioX® Sandy Springs

November 11 – 15, 2013

Featuring Business Radio Interviews with Executives and Entrepreneurs from our Sandy Springs Studio

Trade Show Radio

Trade Show Radio Broadcasts LIVE from TEDx Peachtree 2013

Trade Show Radio Broadcasts LIVE from the Metro Chamber Health IT Summit

High Velocity Radio

Special Edition: Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce

Desiree Interviews Rajesh Jyotishi, Brad Nix and Becky Babcock About Giving Customers True Value

Atlanta Business Radio

Kennesaw State University The Center for Accountable Leaders

Mark Dvorak with GolinHarris, Austin Dickson with Literacy Action and Dick Jones with Jones Simply Sales

Meeting Pros Radio

Shane McIntosh with Ocean Catering, Musician Krista Berutti, Tamara Eckles with Jem of the South and Carmaleita Lyght with Lyght House Cocktails

The Doctors Roundtable

Specialized Dentistry: Hospital, Special Needs Kids, Dental Trauma

Growth Matters

John McKinney of CRB Atlanta

Mark Dvorak with GolinHarris, Austin Dickson with Literacy Action and Dick Jones with Jones Simply Sales

November 15, 2013 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Mark Dvorak with GolinHarris, Austin Dickson with Literacy Action and Dick Jones with Jones Simply Sales

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Mark Dvorak/GolinHarris

Mark Dvorak, APR, Fellow PRSA, is an executive director in the Atlanta office of GolinHarris. His 23-year career has spanned agency, government and nonprofit – including stints as chief marketing officer at the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta and a public information officer for the City of New Orleans. During his career Mark’s teams launched United Way 2-1-1 – the nation’s three-digit phone number for community services and involvement – and helped drive a resumption of consumption of peanuts following a 2009 salmonella outbreak.

Mark served as president of the Georgia Chapter in 2002, leading the creation of special interest groups to provide more industry-specific programming and networking for members. He is currently an assembly delegate for the chapter. Nationally, Mark has been a member of both the Universal Accreditation Board and the Task Force for the Business Case for PR. He earned a master’s degree in journalism administration from the University of Memphis and a bachelor’s degree in communications and history from Loyola University New Orleans.

Austin Dickson/Literacy Action

Austin Dickson is the executive director of Literacy Action, the oldest, largest, and leading adult basic education nonprofit in the Southeast. There he leads management, fundraising, and advocacy efforts for the 45-year old organization. Literacy Action is a grassroots driver of economic development and provides various levels of educational services to advance adults towards employment, better wages, technical college, and the University System.

A Texas native and TCU graduate, Austin earned master’s degrees in religion from The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and Emory University. He also holds a Master of Public Policy from Georgia Tech. Austin has taught philosophy at Clayton State University since 2008.

Austin is deeply engaged in community work. He currently serves in a leadership role at the East Lake Family YMCA and at several startup nonprofits, including the Atlanta Music Project, L’Arche Atlanta, and Community Farmers Markets – operating the Grant Park, East Atlanta Village, and Decatur farmers markets. He calls bingo every month at the senior center in his East Atlanta neighborhood.

After his tenure as the president of the East Atlanta Community Association (2010-2011), the community received DeKalb County’s Ernest Prather Neighborhood Award, which recognizes best practices in community development. Austin is a member of Leadership Atlanta’s LEAD Class of 2012 and the Leadership DeKalb Class of 2013. He was named to Georgia Trend magazine’s 2013 “40 Under 40: Best and Brightest” and named a 2014 “Young Gamechanger” by GeorgiaForward.

Dick Jones/Jones Simply Sales, LLC

Dick Jones is the Founder & President of Jones Simply Sales, LLC. As a 4th generation sales professional, he has over 30 years of experience advising, coaching, consulting and working with small business owners.

He started his business career in 1980 with IBM where he spent the majority of his time working with small businesses in sales, sales management and management consulting positions. He joined Deloitte in 1996 where he was responsible for national sales operations and managing a 300-person sales force, and also held several senior business development and relationship management roles.

In 2012 Dick founded Jones Simply Sales to help small business owners to grow revenue by leveraging the power of technology tools and management systems.

Dick grew up in Massachusetts and graduated from Brown University before stepping into the business world. He has resided in the metro Atlanta area for the past 23 years, is an avid marathon runner, and when he is not working or training he enjoys spending time with his family and friends, and volunteers his time working with local nonprofit organizations.