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

• From Good Morning Atlanta: Dan Williams from CAP talks about the selection of the “south site” for the Falcons Stadium and why it will be good for the city.  He also discusses the multi-modal passenger terminal that is in the works.
• From Gwinnett Business Radio: Dr. Mark Newton, the Director of the Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management Program at Gwinnett Technical College in Lawrenceville discusses the growth of the school, the various programs they have and talks about the career placement services.
• From Atlanta Business Radio: Elyse Hammett, APR – VP, Public Relations at EOS Marketing & Communications talks about the APR accreditation (Accredited in Public Relations) and it’s value in the marketplace.

Other topics covered on the show:

• The 5 most popular halloween costumes for 2013
• Atlanta’s Antico Pizza among the best in the US!
• New Falcons stadium groundbreaking date set.
• Sweetwater 420 festival moving to a new location!
• Should parks have WiFi?  And should stores REALLY open ON Thanksgiving?  Can’t we have one day of family and no commercialism?
• … and lots more!

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

• From The Doctors Roundtable: Dr. Scott Leibowitz, President of the GA Association of Sleep Professionals explains the two types of sleep studies they do to determine if a patient has sleep apnea.
• From Gwinnett Business Radio: Lisa Anders, Executive Director of Explore Gwinnett explains why her organization changed it’s name from the Gwinnett County Convention and Visitors Bureau to Explore Gwinnett
• From Midtown Business Radio: Caren West with Caren West PR talks about PR has changed and the active role that clients really need to take.

Other topics covered on the show:

• The government shut-down.
• What will happen the financially troubled Gwinnett malls?
• Is the Atlanta sprawl over?  More and more development happening closer in.
• Nobel Peace Prize Winners coming to Atlanta in 2015 – go ATL!
• Movies to go and see — Captain Phillips – and listen in for the great personal story of the actor who plays the villain, Barkhad Abdi.
• … and lots more!

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

• From Good Morning Atlanta: Andrew Keenan and Charles Willi from Workshop 4 talk about customers as brands.
• From Gwinnett Business Radio: Susan Johnson, VP of Global Marketing for NCR shares a new technology that NCR is bringing to Falcons football!
• From Booth 61 (Live at the CEO Council): Professor Thad Starner, founder and director of the Contextual Computing Group at GA Tech’s College of Computing explains the mobile music touch: a new technology that lets you learn how to play music with muscle memory.

Other topics covered on the show:

• The government shut-down.
• Obamacare and the little website that couldn’t
• Does anyone care that two GA congressman have refused their pay during the shutdown?  Or do you care more that they make $174,000/year to not do their jobs?
• Movies to go and see — The Fifth Estate with Benedict Cumberbatch (Dana’s new favorite name to say) and Gravity!
• … and lots more!

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

• From Growth Matters: James Franklin, CEO of TechBridge talks about the perception of running a non-profit and how people think you should be able to do it on the cheap.
• From Gwinnett Business Radio: Travis and Patsy Gatson, the husband-wife owners of the “Popcorn Palladium”, talk about many of the 41 flavors of popcorn they offer and how they’ve added birthday parties and movies to their offerings.  Of note:  There is a difference between talkers and doers.  Travis and Patsy are doers!
• From the Burr+Forman Results Matter Radio show: Dorothéa Bozicolona-Volpe, a strategic digital marketing executive and owner of Social Espionage talks about how to use social media to draw attention and to make money.

Other topics covered on the show:

• The government shut-down.
• Bill Gates says Ctrl-Alt-Del was a mistake.
• Gigantic Fungus returning to Georgia.  Yes, you read that right…mushrooms the size of trash can lids are coming people… lock your doors and bar you windows!
• Georgia Obamacare premiums lower than expected.
• … and lots more!

And on Dana’s personal soapbox:

• Um – the government shut-down.
• Contests – why do we keep falling for it?  And if you added up all those minutes that you spent entering your name, address and email into stupid contests – you maybe could have say… talked to your kids more… or written the great American novel!

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

• From High Velocity Radio: Dave Sherman of Infusionsoft details the 7 Steps of Lifecycle Marketing.
• From Gwinnett Business Radio: Brad Raffensperger of Tendon Systems & Revitalized Structures talks about finding structural problems in buildings AND actually finding manmade stalactites in parking structure!
• From the Burr+Forman Results Matter Radio show: Mike Young of Web.com talks about how so few small businesses have an online presence.  Of note, he says that despite the low numbers,as many as 83% of customers expect small businesses to build a good e-relationship with them.

Other topics covered on the show:

• Blackberry expects to post an almost $1 billion loss for the second quarter.  How did they get it so wrong?
• Georgia Congressman named to the ‘most corrupt members of Congress’ list.  Is it just me, or does the name of that list imply that they are all corrupt  with those named as just the “most” corrupt?
• If you like camping and electronic music, go check out TomorrowWorld in Fairburn next weekend.  Sounds really cool!
• … and lots more!

And on Dana’s personal soapbox:

• Outlet Malls.  If companies are manufacturing lower cost “brand name” products FOR the outlet malls, then are they really the same as having the “real” version?  Why don’t why just buy a cheaper product and save ourselves the 60 mile drive?  And doesn’t having the “cheaper” version tarnish the actual brand?

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

• From Burr & Forman’s Results Matter Radio Show: Kirk Hancock, CFO of North Highland Consulting talks about how much emphasis they place on people fitting into their culture.
• From Gwinnett Business Radio: The Gwinnett Chamber’s new President & CEO talks about the diversity of Gwinnett and how that will benefit the community going forward.
• From Eugeria Radio: Susie Brown, the Executive Director of the Neuroscience Foundation talks about the time and cost to get a drug to market.

Other topics covered on the show:

• Mumford & Sons kicked out of the Clermont Lounge in Atlanta for something you wouldn’t expect.
• Vanity license plates.  Vain?  Yes.  But should Georgia be limiting what you can put on them?
• Home Depot getting sued by its shoplifters.  What is this world coming to – and can we please fix the justice system?
• Atlanta is #7 for eligible bachelor millionaires, so if you’re digging for gold, you just might be in the right city!
• … and lots more!

And on Dana’s personal soapbox:

• Unsubscribes.  Are you sick of the ridiculous hoops you have to jump through just to get OFF someone’s email list?  Dana is.