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Daniel Gheorghiu with Core Media Productions E12

December 20, 2019 by Karen

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Over the past two decades, Core Media Productions has continued to be the one-stop-shop for all production needs. From corporate meetings to broadcasts/webcasts to festivals and anything in between.

Core Media Productions has the know-how, professional staff and high-quality equipment to successfully produce any live event or video. The team of Audio Visual professionals assembled by Core has won many prestigious national and international awards including Emmys, Tellys, National Cable Ace, Aurora Awards and many more.

Daniel Gheorghiu is a multi-award winning showbiz expert that started his career in the 80’s as a break-dancer and performer in the Romania National Circus. In the 90’s, after relocating to Phoenix, Arizona, he transitioned to working behind the camera, where he began shooting, directing and producing for television and live event productions. In 2000 he founded Core Advertising, which rebranded under the DBA Core Media Productions in 2012.

Over the past few decades Daniel has worked for most major TV Networks and continues to direct live video events for some of the largest corporations in the world. Some of his experience includes being the Engineer In Charge (EIC) of the world feed for John McCain’s concession speech, covering multiple presidential events with the POTUS and other world leaders, at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference, directing the cast & crew interviews at San Diego ComicCon for Entertainment Weekly, directing Super Bowl events, and is the co-creator and Executive Producer for the award winning TV show Inside The Artist’s Mind.

Currently, Daniel runs Core Media Productions where he works with dozens of corporations and not-for-profit organizations all over the country, helping them grow their live events. He understands that all companies have access to production equipment, but the biggest differentiator will always be the people.
Working with Daniel and Core Media Productions on an event is a true partnership. When a client trusts their A/V team to execute flawlessly, the client can focus on their responsibilities and goals.

Connect with Daniel on LinkedIn and follow Core Media on Facebook.

About Arizona Good Business Radio

What is good business? What are local businesses doing to build a better Arizona?

Join Arizona Good Business Radio to hear from local companies who are:

Centering purpose at the forefront of business
Creating social well-being for the community
Prioritizing sustainability and positive environmental practices
Growing strong company cultures through building authentic teams
Ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion are involved in all business decisions

Arizona Good Business Radio features local business leaders that are redefining what it means to do good business.

About Your Host

Thomas Barr is the Executive Director for Local First Arizona, the largest coalition of local businesses in North America. He advocates for a strong local business community that contributes to building vibrancy, equity, and prosperity across the state. A proud Arizona native and graduate of Arizona State University,Thomas leads the business coalition of Local First Arizona by advocating for the economic and cultural benefits provided by building strong local economies.

Thomas steers the strategic direction of LFA’s major programs and initiatives as well as the engagement of over 3000 businesses across Arizona. As Executive Director, Thomas guides a team of statewide senior directors overseeing the execution of LFA’s communication strategy, major initiatives and key partnerships, as well as the collaboration of over 30 staff implementing work in entrepreneurship programs, small business advocacy, local food initiatives, sustainability, urban development and community building. He frequently speaks to groups locally and nationally, presenting the impact of Local First Arizona and the importance of local economy work in building prosperity.

Outside of Local First Arizona, Thomas has participated in volunteering his time to many causes and organizations throughout the Valley including Young Nonprofit Professionals – Phoenix, Equality Arizona, Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Heritage Square Foundation and Phoenix Legal Action Network. Additionally, Thomas is a 2018 Phoenix Magazine 40 Under 40 honoree, alumni of Arizona Leading for Change, and current participant in Valley Leadership Institute’s 40th cohort.

Connect with Thomas on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Local First AZ

Local First Arizona is a nonprofit organization that celebrates independent, locally owned businesses. We support, promote and advocate for a strong local business community and raise public awareness of the economic and cultural benefits provided by strong local economies. Local businesses contribute to a sustainable economy for Arizona and build vibrant communities we’re all proud to call home.

AZ BRANDCAST Year End Review with Mike Jones and Chris Stadler

December 19, 2019 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

AZ BRANDCAST Year End Review with Mike Jones and Chris Stadler

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AZ BRANDCAST Year End Review with Mike Jones and Chris Stadler

Welcome to AZ Brandcast – where we talk to all sorts of awesome people about the power of brand and how to build great brands in our remarkable state of Arizona.

In this episode, Mike and Chris review the state of Arizona’s brand in 2019, looking at last year’s events from the news and then review last year’s guests and what they had to say.

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ABOUT AZ BRANDCAST

Branding isn’t just for companies. In fact, Arizona is its own brand. Every month, Mike Jones and Chris Stadler tap into Arizona’s rich community of thought leaders and business owners to find out how the state is developing that brand. Join them as they interview business and thought leaders from in and around Arizona about higher purpose in their companies and Arizona’s development as a brand. AZ Brandcast is powered by Conscious Capitalism AZ and Resound Creative.

ABOUT YOUR HOSTS

It’s Mike Jones‘ mission to see brands grow and succeed – to reach their full potential. He believes every brand, like every person, has DNA that’s remarkable, but not every brand knows how to act like it (and communicate it to the world). It’s not about what’s trendy, whatever consumers are demanding, or whatever will turn the fastest profit. It’s about the long game – building real relationships with your customers and your community.

Chris Stadler likes to see great plans executed. In a world looking for magic formulas, his stoic outlook tends to point people back to doing the basics really well. Accountability and measurement are his tools. In the past, Chris served as the staff copywriter for a large credit union, UX/human factors researcher at the University of Iowa and full-time teaching faculty, teaching design, copy and strategy at the University of Oregon.

Author Tim Slade and International Raw Food Chef Crystal Bonnet E2

December 18, 2019 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Author Tim Slade and International Raw Food Chef Crystal Bonnet E2

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Tim Slade is a speaker, author, and award-winning freelance eLearning designer. Having spent the last decade working to help others elevate their eLearning and visual communications content, Tim has been recognized and awarded within the eLearning industry multiple times for his creative and innovative design aesthetics.

Tim is also a regular speaker at international eLearning conferences, author of The eLearning Designer’s Handbook, and creator of The eLearning Designer’s Academy.

Connect with Tim on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Crystal Dawn Culinary is an online professional plant-based culinary school offering the most comprehensive training with high-quality instructional videos, culinary theory, assignments, quizzes and more.

Whether you are an at-home chef, culinary student or professional chef, you will gain the confidence and knowledge to prepare living foods, lead a healthier life and take your business to the next level.

They currently offer a raw desserts chef certification course taught by industry professionals with ongoing support from lead instructors, an online community and monthly live Q and A’s.

Crystal Bonnet is an International Raw Food Chef, Instructor and Cookbook Author. Her culinary passion started with living, plant-based food in her own kitchen, which led her to train at industry-leading Culinary schools: PlantLab (formerly Matthew Kenney) and Pure Joy Academy.

Also, a graduate of plant-based and raw food nutrition programs, she knows the importance of teaching not only the culinary aspect but also nutrition of living foods. Crystal believes her students should be given as much knowledge as necessary to gain a full understanding of raw foods and their health benefits.

Crystal’s extensive knowledge of the plant-based culinary industry has led her to develop unique plant-based menus for new restaurants, catered multiple health retreats within Canada and Europe and even started her own professional raw chocolate and dessert business.

She believes everyone should have the knowledge and skills to incorporate healthy food alternatives into their lifestyle. Her greatest reward is seeing the positive impact this can have on others which is why she created Crystal Dawn Culinary.

Follow Crystal Dawn Culinary on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.

About The Lurnist Radio Show & Podcast

Join us as we discuss the latest trends, “how to’s” and the fascinating things people are doing in the course creation business!

About Your Host

Debra Hildebrand is the Founder and CEO of The Lurnist. She has over 20 years’ experience in consulting and over 10 years in corporate training and teaching in higher education.

She is one of the architects for the Project Management Certification program at the University of Washington, where she received the Team Teaching Excellence Award and currently instructs in the online portion of the program. Additionally, she developed and currently teaches two highly popular online courses at Stanford University. She has developed and produced over 200 educational videos.

Prior to building her own business, she worked as a management consultant for a boutique consulting company in the Pacific Northwest where her role included creating successful solutions for high profile, complex, cross-functional projects in the public sector.

She earned an MBA from Columbia Business School in New York, NY and she serves on the advisory board for the University of Washington Project Management Certificate Program and is a National Mentor for SeedSpot.

About Hildebrand Solutions, DBA “The Lurnist

The Lurnist provides strategic solutions for online business startup, marketing and course creation. We provide entrepreneurs, small businesses and service professionals with coaching and training to help them build a successful and revenue generating business. We do this by providing real action steps that can be implemented right away and strategies for automating work that is slowing down progress. Our motto is SIMPLE and ACTIONABLE.

Follow The Lurnist on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

LEADERSHIP LOWDOWN Rick Dircks with Dircks Moving and Logistics and Mike Jones with Resound Creative

December 18, 2019 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

LEADERSHIP LOWDOWN Rick Dircks with Dircks Moving and Logistics and Mike Jones with Resound Creative

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LEADERSHIP LOWDOWN Rick Dircks with Dircks Moving and Logistics and Mike Jones with Resound Creative

Brothers Chip and Rick Dircks started Dircks Moving & Logistics nearly 30 years ago, building it into what is now Arizona’s largest and most diversified moving company and the 4th largest agent in the U.S. for Mayflower Van Lines.

Dircks performs household goods moving services including local, national, and international moves, commercial moves including local and national office and industrial moves, and logistics services. They’re also proud to be the Official Mover of the Arizona Cardinals, the ASU Alumni Association, ASU Athletics, and the Better Business Bureau, and the title sponsor for community events such as the Big Haul for St. Vincent de Paul and Operation Toy Box.

Dircks is considered a national leader in the Moving & Storage Industry, with Chip being on the Boards of the major industry organizations, as well as UniGroup (the parent company of Mayflower).

Dircks is also a leading community-based organization in Phoenix, with Rick being on 9 local Boards. Dircks’ passion and differentiation is all-around quality and doing the right thing. Dircks is among the national quality leaders in the industry and have won numerous local awards.

Rick Dircks, Executive Vice President of Dircks Moving and Logistics, has been in the moving industry for nearly 30 years. In that time, Rick has worked in various sales and management positions throughout the western United States. Rick is responsible for all Sales and Marketing activities for Dircks and personally manages certain accounts.

Rick is very involved in industry and community entities. He is currently the Board Chair, for a second consecutive term, for the Better Business Bureau (BBB) in Central, Northern and Western Arizona, a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for WESTMARC, the Arizona State University President’s Club and the Fiesta Bowl.

Rick lives in Chandler with his wife Robin and children, Madison and Morgan.

Connect with Rick on LinkedIn and follow Dircks Moving and Logistics on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Resound believes that because people are intrinsically remarkable, —and organizations are created by human beings—every organization is remarkable too. Unfortunately, most organizations don’t act like it.

Over the past 11 years, the Resound team has helped a variety of B2B organizations find their authentic identities in order to resonate with their audiences and build lasting customer relationships through brand development activities: brand strategy, website design, content marketing, and media production.

Some of the organizations they’ve helped include Shamrock Foods, Infusionsoft, Dignity Health, and PrePass Safety Alliance.

Based in Arizona, the Resound team spans the globe, utilizing creatives, strategists, and technologists who best fit the culture of Resound and the needs of each individual client.

Remarkable brands require authenticity and a die-hard commitment to values & purpose. Mike Jones passionately preaches these beliefs as Co-host of AZ Brandcast and pursues them with clients as CEO of Resound – a brand consultancy for B2B service-based firms. (He also founded an apparel brand devoted to American history lovers, called Taftly. But that’s neither here nor there.)

He’s helped grow brands both large and small including Infusionsoft, AppointmentPlus, Henry+Horne, and Shamrock Foods. He’s a member of the Legal Marketing Association, Association of Accounting Marketing, the Arizona Technology Council, Conscious Capitalism, and AIGA. He co-leads Arizona’s largest entrepreneurial event: PHX Startup Week – a 6-day conference hosted in 3 Arizona cities with over 1600 attendees.

In recognition of the work he’s done, this AZ native has been named one of the state’s top entrepreneurs under the age of 35. Mike lives in the very, VERY sunny vale of Mesa with his wife and three kids. If you want to connect, Twitter’s usually where you’ll find him – @remarkamike.

You can also connect with Mike on LinkedIn and follow Resound on Facebook and Instagram.

ABOUT YOUR HOST

Jodi Low is an accomplished corporate trainer, inspirational speaker, and the Founder and CEO of U & Improved. Jodi has trained thousands of entrepreneurs and executives on how to build a booming business, master a mindset for success, and achieve the lifestyle they desire through heart-fueled leadership.

Through U & Improved—an award-winning personal and professional leadership development company based in Scottsdale—Jodi has redefined traditional leadership training by creating a sustainable and actionable model that is personal, challenging and meaningful to each and every individual who enrolls in any of the two-and-a-half-day experiential training classes. She and her elite training team have advanced the charge in heart-based leadership
development and empower U & Improved graduates with knowledge, tools and awareness to immediately be more effective and responsive leaders at work, home and within their communities.

Among her many accomplishments as a Valley leader, Jodi launched a teen leadership program in 2014 to empower young adults to become more confident, motivated and focused stewards of our future. In 2016, she founded a non-profit arm of the company—the U & Improved Leadership Foundation—that makes the program more accessible to deserving teens.

Jodi has been recognized by industry publications and organizations for her work in leadership development and serves as a source of inspiration within the community. In 2015, she was honored as an “Outstanding Women in Business” by the Phoenix Business Journal and by the Phoenix Suns and National Bank of Arizona with the “Amazing Women” award. She has received both the prestigious “Diversity Leader of the Year” and the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce’s “Sterling Award.” She was also awarded a Silver Stevie Award for Female Entrepreneur of the Year 2015 and was a finalist for the Junior League of Phoenix’s Valley Impact Award. Jodi is a devoted single parent who volunteers her time at her daughters’ school programs and with organizations such as Angel Mamas, where she’s served on the board for three years.

E43 Barbara Trautlein with Change Catalysts

December 16, 2019 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

E43 Barbara Trautlein with Change Catalysts

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E43 Barbara Trautlein with Change Catalysts

Do you know your IQ? We are all familiar with IQ as a measure of our Intelligence. There has also been a lot of buzz about EQ and our understanding of Emotional Intelligence. In this episode we learn about CQ as a measure of our Change Intelligence with Change Management expert Barbara Trautlein.

This was a fascinating discussion that helped me better understand change concepts from Barbara who is the creator of the CQ System for Developing Change Intelligence. Barbara shares the meaning of CQ and provides easy to follow examples to relate to our own experiences. She walks us through her model and the meaning of leading with Head, Heart, or Hands.

After taking the CQ Assessment I learned that my Change Leader Style is Coach. What is your style? Are you a Coach, Visionary, Executer, Adapter or another Change Leader Style? Listen in to hear Barbara explain the different Styles and how we can use this understanding to improve our ability to deliver successful change initiatives.

Tune in for upcoming shows with Project Management leaders and subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcast, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Spreaker, Stitcher,or your favorite podcast platform!

Thanks to our sponsor THE PMO SQUAD. Visit www.thepmosquad.com to learn about the Purpose Driven PMO and all their project management services.

At Change Catalysts, LLC we design and deliver customized solutions that catalyze change to produce transformational leadership, organizational, and bottom-line business results. We have partnered with clients for over three decades to plan, design, implement, evaluate, and improve organizational, team, and individual performance. We structure programs and processes responsive to our clients’ unique visions and cultures that have proven to be successful and sustainable compared to alternate approaches.

We keep our fingers on the pulse of global business trends through our innovative, proprietary research initiatives, enabling our strategies to be continually fresh, relevant, and grounded. Change Catalysts is a certified woman-owned business and a Qualified Education Provider with the Association for Talent Development (ATD), Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP), the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI), the International Coaching Federation (ICF), the Project Management Institute (PMI), and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).

Our tremendous amount of repeat business compellingly demonstrates our quality and customer focus. We have earned a reputation for exceeding expectations and delivering value. We have a wealth of experience in providing customized solutions serving dozens of organizations in diverse industries.

Clients served include Abbott Laboratories, AbbVie, Allstate, Amnesty International, ArcelorMittal, Ascension Healthcare, Baxter, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, BP, CareerBuilder, Cisco, Deloitte, DSM, Dunkin’ Brands, Exelon, Ford Motor Company, Grainger, GM, Harvard University, Hyatt, Liberty Mutual, Motorola, the National Institutes of Health, NiSource, Northwestern University, the NYPD, RSM, Rush Medical Center, Save the Children, Schneider Electric, Steel Dynamics, Sears, United Airlines, University Hospitals, US Cellular, ThyssenKrupp, and Whole Foods.

Barbara A. Trautlein, PhD is author of the best-selling book Change Intelligence: Use the Power of CQ to Lead Change that Sticks, principal and founder of Change Catalysts, and originator of the CQ System for Developing Change Intelligent Leaders and Organizations. For over 25 years, Barbara has coached executives, trained leaders at all levels, certified change agents, and facilitated mission-critical change management initiatives – achieving bottom-line business and powerful leadership results for clients.

In 2015 she had the honor of being awarded Change Management Consultant of the Year by the Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP) Midwest Chapter. She is gifted at sharing strategies and tactics that are accessible, actionable, and immediately applicable. Her blend of research and real-world expertise makes her an in-demand speaker at conferences in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Barbara has a unique ability to connect with her audiences, from C-level executives in Fortune 500 organizations to front line employees, and across industries, from steel mills to sales teams, refineries to retail outlets, and healthcare to high tech. Clients served include Ascension Healthcare, BP, Cisco, Ford, the NYPD, and Save the Children. Barbara holds a doctorate in Organizational Psychology from the University of Michigan.

Connect with Barbara on LinkedIn and Twitter and follow Change Catalysts on Facebook.

ABOUT PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE HOURS SERIES

Project Management Office Hours is intended to provide Project Management professionals a place to drop in and discuss Success Stories, Best Practices, and Lessons Learned. Project Management Consultant Joy Gumz has shared with us, “Operations keep the lights on, strategy provides the light at the end of the tunnel, but project management is the train engine that moves the organization forward.”

Each of us has a unique story to tell, but collectively we share a message that organizations who embrace Project Management Best Practices perform better than those which don’t. Organizations which align Projects to Strategy perform better. Organizations with Engage Executive Sponsors deliver better results. Organizations which measure Project Management performance outperform those which don’t.

During our Project Management Office Hours, we hear directly from Industry leaders how to make an impact in our profession. How we, collectively, will Advance Project Management Best Practices, One Listener at a time!

ABOUT YOUR HOST

Joe Pusz started THE PMO SQUAD to bring real world PMO Leadership experience to the consulting space and to advocate for Project Management through his blog PMOJOE.com. The old saying is “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” Following this mindset Joe left Corporate America in 2013 to start THE PMO SQUAD and work with fellow Natural Born Project Managers to advance Project Management Best Practices.

ABOUT OUR SPONSOR

THE PMO SQUAD focuses exclusively on PMO and Project Management consulting. Corporate America is full of Accidental Project Managers running projects who haven’t been trained to be PMs. To help solve this problem THE PMO SQUAD is on the Leading Edge with PMO As a Service. PMO As a Service allows our clients to focus on their respective core competencies while THE PMO SQUAD delivers Project Management expertise. Contact Joe at 678-591-7868. Follow The PMO Squad on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Lori Shepherd with Arizona Humane Society and Tiffany House with Gift Planning Institute E28

December 13, 2019 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

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The Mission of Arizona Humane Society is to save the most vulnerable animals and enrich the lives of pets and people.

Their lifesaving programs, including the Second Chance Animal Trauma Hospital™, Mutternity Suites, Kitten Nursery, Bottle Baby Kitten ICU and Parvo Puppy ICU save the lives of pets routinely euthanized in shelters. AHS’ comprehensive medical, behavioral rehabilitation, surrender intervention and spay/neuter initiatives have helped them save an additional 80,000 lives over the last five years and become a safety net for the Valley’s most vulnerable pets.

As a modern open admissions shelter, the Arizona Humane Society sees cases daily that are beyond the scope of imagination – abuse, neglect, abandonment. Their Ethical No-Kill Philosophy ensures that they never euthanize a pet for space or length of time. And although they can not save them all, there is not a day that goes by where they don’t try.

Lori Shepherd is the Planned Giving Manager for Arizona Humane Society. In that role, she helps connect donors interested in planned giving with the many ways that they can join Arizona Humane Society’s Legacy Circle; such as including AHS in their will or trust, creating charitable remainder trusts, or naming AHS as a beneficiary to an IRA or life insurance policy.

Another exciting program at AHS that Lori loves to share with donors is their Continuing Care Program. This program is a special benefit provided to Legacy Circle members. Pets who are enrolled in the program and have owners who predecease them are placed with loving forever families who have been carefully selected by AHS staff.

Lori loves connecting people with pets and their passion for animal welfare.

Follow AHS on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

The Gift Planning Institute is dedicated to empower and inspire people to contribute tax advantaged assets to non-profit organizations. Financial Advisory services are offered through Raymond James Financial Services.

Tiffany House is a financial advisor and Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy, CAP®, dedicated to Charitable Planning and helping her clients create a master game plan that incorporates their intellectual, ethical and financial legacy. Tiffany also provides outsourced planned giving services to non-profit organizations.

Her experience of helping clients donate complicated assets, tax efficiently, provides a unique opportunity for organizations to benefit from her vantage point.

Being an active member of the community is important to Tiffany. She is the Past-President of Planned Giving Round Table of Arizona (PGRT) and Vice President of the Board at A.T. Still University Women in Philanthropy.

She is a board member of Junior Achievement and Don’t be a Chump!, Check for a Lump! She is an advisory board member for multiple non-profit organizations.

She a mentor in the Arizona Community Foundation’s Endowment Building Initiative and is a graduate of Scottsdale Leadership Class 31.

Connect with Tiffany on LinkedIn and Facebook.

About 3C Amplified

3C Amplified puts the spotlight on change makers in our communities. Listen in as we share how businesses, nonprofits and community minded individuals are connecting, creating and collaborating to amplify their impact and create positive change in the world.

Want to be part of the conversation? Join us in The 3C Community! Our members create together a collection of stories, experiences, and practical ideas for taking action and implementing change through collaboration and community partnerships between individuals, businesses and nonprofits.

About Jacqueline Destremps

Jacqueline Destremps is a creative marketing strategist and founded Another Hand Advantage, LLC in 2014 to help community minded small business owners and nonprofit professionals move forward more confidently with their marketing strategy. After graduating from Arizona State University with a degree in Psychology, she has spent her professional career working in both the nonprofit and for-profit sector.

She now enjoys being self-employed and the flexibility it provides to allow more time to volunteer, serve on nonprofit boards, choose pro-bono projects, run 100+ Women Who Care Valley of the Sun (which she co-founded in 2014) and travel the world. Jacqueline believes in creating connections between businesses and nonprofits in the community to stimulate growth and collaboration.

Follow AHA on Twitter and Facebook.

Steven Harris with Journey Employer Solutions E13

December 11, 2019 by Karen

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Phoenix Business Radio

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Journey Payroll Arizona is a locally owned and operated full-service payroll, HR, and tax compliance company. Journey focuses on Arizona based small to mid-sized businesses to bring a refreshing way to payroll through top technology, high level of service, all at a value.

Along with online payroll processing, Journey offers integrated solutions for paperless new hire on-boarding, electronic time tracking, employee portals, worker’s compensation, human resources, etc. Each client is assigned a local single point of contact for support (no call centers here!).

Steven Harris has been in the payroll industry for over 11 years and is a Certified Payroll Professional. During his career, he has put a lot of focus into learning the ins and outs of business.

Follow Journey Payroll on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

About Arizona Good Business Radio

What is good business? What are local businesses doing to build a better Arizona?

Join Arizona Good Business Radio to hear from local companies who are:

Centering purpose at the forefront of business
Creating social well-being for the community
Prioritizing sustainability and positive environmental practices
Growing strong company cultures through building authentic teams
Ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion are involved in all business decisions

Arizona Good Business Radio features local business leaders that are redefining what it means to do good business.

About Your Host

Connect with Thomas on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Local First AZ

Scott McIntosh and Jennifer Burwell with MAC6 E11

December 11, 2019 by Karen

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Phoenix Business Radio

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Scott McIntosh and Jennifer Burwell with MAC6 E11

MAC6 Communities offers 150,000 square feet of office, light industrial coworking, and enterprise solutions for entrepreneurs, professionals and scaling businesses. MAC6 offers (actual) flexible workspace, programs to help your team grow, and a community of growing businesses, just like yours.

Scott McIntosh co-founded MAC6 with his son Kyle in 2011 after he grew and sold a $50M (annual revenue) mining engineering business.

After six years of working operationally in the business, Scott now sits on the ownership team and works strategically with the invested company portfolio, utilizing EOS® to strengthen the leadership teams.

Jennifer Burwell seamlessly integrates each of the MAC6 business units assuring that they are all being managed effectively towards the long term company vision. She is also a student of human behavior as a Certified Professional Behavioral Analyst, with other certifications in Emotional Intelligence and Acumen.

She uses this knowledge to work with businesses to facilitate culture focused leadership programs, which integrate the company’s values and create higher performing teams.

Follow MAC6 on Facebook.

About Arizona Good Business Radio

What is good business? What are local businesses doing to build a better Arizona?

Join Arizona Good Business Radio to hear from local companies who are:

Centering purpose at the forefront of business
Creating social well-being for the community
Prioritizing sustainability and positive environmental practices
Growing strong company cultures through building authentic teams
Ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion are involved in all business decisions

Arizona Good Business Radio features local business leaders that are redefining what it means to do good business.

About Your Host

Connect with Thomas on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Local First AZ

Troy Pottgen with Narwhal Stories and Drew Shaw with Voyce Threads E10

December 11, 2019 by Karen

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NARWHAL STORIES was founded in 2018 to create branded content that tells great stories and invites audiences to join in the fun. When you work with NARWHAL, you get a “blessing” of nationally award-winning writers, directors, editors and designers who provide outstanding creative, production and post for your content projects—from websites and TV commercials to long-form web series and documentary-style storytelling.

Troy Pottgen is a pretty good husband, dad and creative director/writer with two decades of experience helping brands share their stories.

Troy earned degrees in Business at Illinois and Copywriting at Miami Ad School. He is a two-time recipient for Copywriter of the Year, a nominee for Creative Director of the Year and winner of Best in Show at the Phoenix ADDYs, and his work has been featured in Communication Arts, the One Show and Art Directors Club of NY.

He once claimed to watch 100 movies and read 100 books a year until his wife’s meticulous documentation in 2012 proved otherwise. Through his volunteer work, Troy tries to live the words of Marian Wright Edelman: “Service is the rent we pay for being.” If you ever greet him with, “Hey TP, I love NARWHAL Stories,” he’ll buy you a coffee.

Connect with Troy on LinkedIn and follow Narwhal Stories on Facebook and Twitter.

Voyce Threads is a socially conscious lifestyle brand that brings awareness to important causes by designing unique pairs of mismatched socks inspired by the work of charitable organizations. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of each pair is donated back to the nonprofit the socks represent.

Elementary school teacher turned sock peddler, Drew Shaw lives to show others what’s possible when you have time and good ideas.

As a budding serial entrepreneur, he founded an education consulting company, wrote a children’s book, and launched a retail brand in just three years.

His most recent venture, Voyce Threads, is a socially conscious lifestyle brand that brings awareness to important causes by designing mismatched socks that tell the inspiring story of charitable organizations. His passions intercept at the point of education, community, and entrepreneurship as evidenced by his numerous board positions on community organizations and nonprofits in Phoenix.

Connect with Drew on LinkedIn and follow Voyce Threads on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

About Arizona Good Business Radio

What is good business? What are local businesses doing to build a better Arizona?

Join Arizona Good Business Radio to hear from local companies who are:

Centering purpose at the forefront of business
Creating social well-being for the community
Prioritizing sustainability and positive environmental practices
Growing strong company cultures through building authentic teams
Ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion are involved in all business decisions

Arizona Good Business Radio features local business leaders that are redefining what it means to do good business.

About Your Host

Thomas Barr is the Executive Director for Local First Arizona, the largest coalition of local businesses in North America. He advocates for a strong local business community that contributes to building vibrancy, equity, and prosperity across the state. A proud Arizona native and graduate of Arizona State University, Thomas leads the business coalition of Local First Arizona by advocating for the economic and cultural benefits provided by building strong local economies.

Connect with Thomas on LinkedIn and Twitter.