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CULTURE CRUSH RX Levelhead CEO Saundra Schrock and Tallwave COO Ed Borromeo

August 6, 2018 by Karen

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CULTURE CRUSH RX Levelhead CEO Saundra Schrock and Tallwave COO Ed Borromeo

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CULTURE CRUSH RX Levelhead CEO Saundra Schrock and Tallwave COO Ed Borromeo

In this episode of Culture Crush Rx, Deb dives into mindfulness in the workplace with Saundra Schrock, CEO and founder of the app Levelhead, a workplace mindfulness program that helps encourage a clear mind and optimal performance on the job, and Ed Borromeo, COO of Tallwave, the design and innovation company that helped develop Levelhead (and also uses it in their own workplace).

Listen in to learn how even two or three minutes of mindfulness practice a couple of times a week can help lower stress, boost happiness and spur more creativity and innovation. If you’re a leader looking to get your team to perform better and be more engaged at work, you won’t want to miss this episode!

Levelhead is a mindfulness-based program designed specifically for the workplace delivered through a digital engagement. We understand that people perform best when their mind is clear and their emotions are balanced. Our practical approach delivers scientifically based benefits to help employees understand “what” to do and “why” it works.

Levelhead’s CEO, Saundra Schrock, has had a dynamic and wildly successful career in the financial services industry. From her career beginnings as a bank teller to her role as Executive Vice President of J.P. Morgan Chase, Saundra credits much of her success to embracing the main tenets and practices of mindfulness. The dramatic impact these practices had on her life ignited her passion for sharing the practice with as many people as possible.

Follow Levelhead on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Tallwave is a business design and innovation company that helps its clients transform great ideas into commercial successes. Specializing in development of new products and services, values-based branding, engaging and highly- relevant marketing, and creating an enhanced customer experience, the company has grown to more than 70 team members who have helped hundreds of companies solve their biggest business challenges and achieve true transformation. Launched in 2009 and headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., Tallwave has ranked on the prestigious Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest growing companies three years in a row.

As Chief Operating Officer, Ed Borromeo oversees Tallwave’s business operations, and he is most passionate about making its clients successful and helping build great teams. In addition to his managerial responsibilities, Ed has led some of the company’s largest engagements for clients including American Express, Equality Health, PayPal, and Shutterfly.

Prior to Tallwave, Ed consulted for early stage and growth companies and their executive teams, and was also the VP of operations for a publicly traded company in the utilities technology space. Previously, Ed was a captain in the United States Air Force. He holds an engineering degree that he never got around to using and a MBA dwarfed by the hard lessons learned in real world business.

Outside of work, Ed enjoys films, food, Googling stuff, and quality time with his two sons and better half.

Connect with Ed on LinkedIn, and follow Tallwave on Facebook and Twitter.

ABOUT CULTURE CRUSH Rx

Culture Crush Rx is an exploration of what makes a great company culture, how successful leaders create it, and how it affects the overall success of the company. We highlight the companies in our community who are crushing it with culture and get practical tips from local experts on how to do the same.

Each episode, we dive into real-life experiences, tips, and best practices for creating a healthy work environment in which everyone is functioning at their highest level and finding joy and satisfaction in their work. Whether you’re a top-level leader, a startup entrepreneur, or part of team, we aim to provide you with valuable insights to help make your work enjoyable and your life well-rounded.

If company culture isn’t consciously created, it will still be created.

ABOUT YOUR HOST

Deb Caron is the owner and principal consultant of Anahata Marketing, a Phoenix-based marketing and brand communication consultancy that focuses on empathic listening and content creation to foster real connection between businesses and the customers they serve. She hosts Culture Crush Rx as part of her personal passion for helping people live healthier, more fulfilling, well-rounded lives. Deb is also a registered yoga teacher and she truly enjoys sharing her knowledge and love for the practice with her community. Deb can be reached at deb@anahatamarketing.com and on Linkedin.

E12 Eric Wright Founder Vets2PM and Vet Stone and John Baley President and Nicole Langston VP Marketing from PMI Phoenix

August 6, 2018 by Karen

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E12 Eric Wright Founder Vets2PM and Vet Stone and John Baley President and Nicole Langston VP Marketing from PMI Phoenix

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E12 Eric Wright Founder Vets2PM and Vet Stone and John Baley President and Nicole Langston VP Marketing from PMI Phoenix

In this episode of Project Management Office Hours, Joe Pusz, PMO Joe has a great discussion with special guests Eric Wright, Founder Vets2PM, and John Baley, President and Nicole Langston, VP Marketing from the PMI Phoenix Chapter. John and Nicole provide great insight into the activities and benefits of membership in the Phoenix PMI Chapter. Eric gives us a clear understanding how service in the military can translate to a civilian Project Management career. We also received several questions/comments from Twitter and encourage listeners to interact with guests tweeting questions using #pmojoe.

Eric kicks off our discussion providing background and his motivation for starting both Vets2PM and Vet Stone. As a decorated two-Service, two-Era United States Military Veteran, Eric shares his in-depth understanding of how to translate military experience to project management for developing resumes, preparing for PMP certification and landing a PM job in the CIVDIV. The Vets2PM team encourages participants to join local PMI chapters and actively participate. Joe and Eric also share with us the Veterans Project Management Mentoring Program they kicked off in January serving over 50 Veterans across 29 states and 3 countries. Listen to hear Eric respond to Twitter questions, “Has the military adopted standard project management processes such as those from PMI? Do they prefer to use their own brand of project management processes?”

John and Nicole share all the events and activities ongoing within the Phoenix PMI Chapter. This is the 40^th anniversary for the Chapter and the year has been highlighted by a great series of speakers and educational opportunities including James Snyder, Harold Kerzner, Dr James Brown, and most recently Steven Fullmer. The Chapter conducts dinner meetings every other month and has numerous breakfast meetings and social events. John and Nicole also share the work the Chapter is doing to assist members and Veterans with career services and mentoring. Great feedback for John came in from Twitter, “I want to commend John and the Phoenix PMI chapter for expanding PMI meetings beyond that of just the Phoenix area.”

Thank you to our Sponsors, TALAIA and THE PMO SQUAD. TALAIA is a European based PPM Software solution provider which is entering the US market. To sign up for a free 30-day trial and learn more about this PMBOK aligned solution visit – http://en.talaia-openppm.com

Tune in for upcoming shows with Project Management leaders discussing a wide range of current topics and events!

The PMI Phoenix Chapter is your local Valley of the Sun link to the Project Management Institute (PMI), the largest and most diverse international organization in the world dedicated to the profession of project management. The Chapter was founded in 1978, as the 29th Chapter to be chartered in the United States. The Chapter has grown and evolved, and today it has approximately 2400+ members, representing project management in industry, consulting, government and academia. Over two-thirds of our members have earned the PMP credentials. We were incorporated on September 29, 2000 as a 501(c)(6) non-profit corporation as defined by the United States Internal Revenue Service.

John C. Baley has been in Information Technology for the past 30 years and is currently retired. Most of his experience is in IT Systems Development and Data Center Operations area. He has worked on Projects or Programs for many of the largest Petroleum and Retail companies in the world, such as Shell Oil, Conoco/Phillips, JCPenney, 7-Eleven, CITGO and Union 76.

John also is a top strategic volunteer for PMI, having been a volunteer for the past thirteen years. He started his volunteer work with the Dallas Chapter of PMI. He was the President from 2004 -2006 as the chapter continued in growth, and lead changes in the Chapter board structure adding positions to meet that growth. He left the Presidency to take on the Region 6 Mentor role for PMI, Region 6 is the South Central North America region containing 20 chapters. He then worked on the Chapter Member Advisory Group for three years followed by the OPMAG for three years. After that he worked on a special Chapter Awards project while sitting on the Alaska BOD as a Director at Large and is currently in a new role of Chapter Mediator for PMI.

John earned his PMP Certification in 2002, and graduated with a Masters of Business Administration from University of Texas at Dallas in December of 2007.

Nicole Langston is a successful Project Manager across with experience in Technology and Digital projects. Nicole has extensive experience across a variety of industries (Pharmaceutical, HealthCare, Employee Benefits, Insurance, Technology, TelCo and Hospitality). Her background includes software implementation, website builds, training, process development and improvement.

Nicole’s digital knowledge complements the technical and her role within the Chapter. Nicole joined PMI in 2012, and has been an active volunteer since 2014. Nicole held Social Media Director and was promoted this year to the VP of Marketing on the board. Nicole enjoys giving back to the PMI community and helping mentor future PM’s.

Nicole has been an active volunteer with Career Connectors as a LinkedIn and Job seeker coach since 2011. Nicole also does freelance digital marketing, social media and LinkedIn coaching.

Connect with Nicole on LinkedIn and follow PMI Phoenix on Facebook.

Vets2PM helps Military Veterans become Project Managers. We do this through professional PM-specific education, training, preparation and placement, for the Veteran’s lifetime!

One of our services is PMP application completion and defense, and we provide a proven, secure, cloud-based deep learning AI algorithm to them to help them do so easily and accurately! Vet Stone software is the tool, and it’s brought to them free of charge by Vet Stone, LLC; my AI software development company.

Eric Wright is a decorated two-Service, two-Era United States Military Veteran; Founder and CEO of Vets2PM, LLC and Vet Stone, LLC; an experienced, credentialed project manager and PMI-Chapter recognized mentor; and an entertaining instructor/public speaker on project management, deep learning and the military transition, PMI’s PMP® and CAPM® exams, and on project manager development. He helps Military Veterans change their lives profoundly through project management through inspiration, translation, training, and placement. For more information, please visit http://www.vets2pm.com or https://militaryvetstone.com/.

Connect with Eric on LinkedIn and follow Vets2PM on LinkedIn, Twitter and 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!

Project Management Office Hours is powered by The PMO SQUAD and TALAIA OpenPPM.

TALAIA OpenPPM is a 6 years old solution. TALAIA started in 2012 and is today present in more than 15 countries. TALAIA is a business line of the company SM2 Software and Service Management. SM2 is a 120 person company established more than 20 years ago. SM2 provides end to end solutions delivering projects and Consulting services, integration systems, outsourcing services, software products; helping to empower its customers with the latest IT Technology.

Sign up for a free 30-day trial and learn more about this PMBOK aligned solution.

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.

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.

Sara Regester with Directions 4 Wellness and Cindy Gordon with Business Rescue Coaching and Kimberly Roland with the Better Business Bureau

August 3, 2018 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

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Sara Regester with Directions 4 Wellness and Cindy Gordon with Business Rescue Coaching and Kimberly Roland with the Better Business Bureau

What happens when you bring dynamic individuals and organizations together to teach, share, lead and encourage others? You get Badass Leadership! In this full-day seminar, you’ll better understand how to be an authentic female leader, step out of your comfort zone and achieve your greatest potential with more presence, magnetism and self-confidence.

In this segment of Phoenix Business Radio, listen in as Cindy Gordon and Sara Regester share about the collaborative spark that ignited the Badass Leadership Workshop; and, hear from Kimberly Roland, Director of Entrepreneur Programs for Better Business Bureau, about why the BBB is hosting this event and other educational events for local business owners.

Sara Regester, Registered Nurse, Stress Expert and Integrative Health Coach, supports success driven individuals to free themselves from the push-pull of their stress and resistance that keeps them stuck where they are in the comfort zone.

She leads highly transformational Stress Mastery Programs for individuals and groups, so they can become stress responders, innovative problem solvers, less reactive and more confident in their leadership.

An international teacher of Shamanism, unique mind-body-spirit techniques are embedded into her programs for a holistic approach to rewire mindset and lifestyle.

Sara is the founder of Directions 4 Wellness, an international health and lifestyle-consulting practice and is the author of the ebook “How to Grow from Your Stress.” For a free download visit www.Directions4Wellness.com

Connect with Sara on LinkedIn and Twitter, subscribe to her YouTube channel, and follow Directions 4 Wellness on Facebook.

Cindy Gordon is the founder of Business Rescue Coaching a boutique coaching company that provides a unique leadership experience to executives who are overwhelmed by the challenges that arise from the growth of their organization.

As a Canadian CPA, Cindy spent over 20 years working with leaders and business owners to build their organization’s financial wealth through “traditional” means – increase revenues, reduce expenditures and taking calculated risks. After receiving her coaching certification from the Coaches Training Institute in 2007, she found that there were so many additional nuances to “success”. This helped her create more dynamic and effective programs to empower clients to achieve meaningful change that creates their desired outcomes more rapidly and with less resistance. Now Cindy is hired by companies whose executives and/or owners want to build their leadership skills to access the best potential of their team and exponentially grow the financial success of their business or division.

In 2013, Cindy began hosting and facilitating Executive Peer Group. Groups with just men, both men and women and just women had different dynamics and outcomes. What surprised Cindy was that the all women groups achieved significantly higher outcomes for the participants than the others. This helped her to see that when women are safe to lead authentically, their feminine leadership style can move mountains. Working with ATHENA Valley of the Sun, Cindy brings the ATHENA Leadership Model which offers 8 principles that reflect how women intuitively lead to women in business. Empowering women to lead authentically will not only transform their life but will transform society as we know it.

Connect with Cindy on LinkedIn and Facebook, and follow Business Rescue Coaching on LinkedIn and Facebook.

Kimberly Roland is the Director of Entrepreneur Programs for Better Business Bureau serving the Pacific Southwest (BBB). She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Humanistic Studies from Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame and her Master of Arts in Social Justice and Human Rights with a Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership Management from Arizona State University.

Kimberly is responsible for the design and implementation of entrepreneur programming at BBB, including the development of new services for both accredited businesses and small business startups. Prior to joining the BBB, she served as the Manager of Partner Relations in Entrepreneurship + Innovation at ASU where she managed programs and external partnerships in the greater business and startup community.

Kimberly also serves on the Young Nonprofit Professional Network Phoenix Board of Directors and the Arizona Technology Council Startup + Entrepreneurship Committee in addition to being the City Organizer for the House of Genius Phoenix Chapter. She is a native Arizonan with a passion for serving and supporting local businesses.

BBB Info:

Vision- An ethical marketplace where buyers and sellers trust each other.

Mission

BBB’s mission is to be the leader in advancing marketplace trust. We do this by:

Setting standards for marketplace trust
Encouraging and supporting best practices by engaging with and educating consumers and businesses
Celebrating marketplace role models
Calling out and addressing substandard marketplace behavior
Creating a community of trustworthy businesses and charities

BBB sees trust as a function of two primary factors – integrity and performance. Integrity includes respect, ethics and intent. Performance speaks to a business’s track record of delivering results in accordance with BBB standards and/or addressing customer concerns in a timely, satisfactory manner.

Sunny Energy with Joe Cunningham and Chris Wood

August 2, 2018 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Sunny Energy with Joe Cunningham and Chris Wood

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Sunny Energy with Joe Cunningham and Chris Wood

Sunny Energy is a residential solar company that is dedicated to helping homeowners save money on their electric bills. The company focuses on delivering superior performance by using the best design, installation, equipment, and financing options to ensure the best combination of value and performance. Each project is customized to provide homeowners with the most advantageous option to produce their own clean and inexpensive energy. With offices in Arizona, California and Texas, Sunny Energy provides solar installation, battery storage, energy management, financing and service and repair. The company has been named one of the top solar contractors in the United States by Solar Power World magazine for the last three years. For more information, call (480) 257-3283 or visit www.sunnyenergy.solar.

Joseph “Joe” Cunningham is a co-founder and director of operations of Tempe- headquartered Sunny Energy, one of Arizona’s largest providers of residential and commercial solar energy systems. Joe is also a founding member and president of the Distributed Energy Resources Alliance (DERA), a non-profit trade organization dedicated to the development of distributed energy resources, including solar, battery storage, active demand management, distributed grid services and smart grid solutions for a reliable and sustainable energy supply. An industry leader, Joe is active in photovoltaic (PV) standards development with The SunSpec Alliance as chairman of the Orange Button Construction working group. He has co-authored two white papers, through SunSpec, on PV System Performance Metrics and PV System Commissioning for Performance Guidelines. He is recipient of the SunSpec Open Standards Champion award for years of voluntary standards work. Along with SunSpec, Joe works closely with standards working group members from the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Sandia Labs and others. Through this work he is intimately knowledgeable on the value of PV system standards and certifications.

Prior to co-founding Sunny Energy, Joe was director of operations for five years for Centrosolar, a solar energy equipment supplier. He managed operations for North American markets, overseeing logistics, system design, sourcing and purchasing, private label manufacturing and outsourcing, order fulfillment, a nationwide technical services network and online systems. Prior to Centrosolar, Joe spent three years in the PV integration business. He managed, at various times, operations, business development, maintenance programs, sales and marketing. Prior to joining the PV industry, Joe worked for more than 20 years in wireless telecommunications and cable TV, and as an entrepreneur. He has held the positions of president, chief operating officer, vice president, and business development with various companies. He helped develop advanced wireless technology and services, as well as industry standards, government regulations, hardware and software to increase wireless spectrum use efficiencies and performance. He was instrumental in forming and managing a nationwide organization of operators and manufacturers to address equipment reliability and warranty issues. He has been recognized by the Wireless Communications Association International as a Wireless Pioneer and for outstanding contributions throughout his career.

Joe has a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from Cornell University, where he was a four-year letterman in crew. He lives with his wife, Resa, in Carefree, Ariz. and is an avid road cyclist, riding more than 5,000 miles annually. He is a past Arizona State Road Racing age-group champion.

Chris Wood is a co-founder and business development director for Tempe- headquartered Sunny Energy, one of Arizona’s largest providers of residential and commercial solar energy systems. He is responsible for all of the company’s business development needs including recruiting, hiring and training of the sales team, as well as conducting financial analysis of the products Sunny Energy creates and sells. He also oversees Sunny Energy’s vendor relations.

Prior to co-founding Sunny Energy, Chris was the director of North American sales for Centrosolar, an international solar energy equipment supplier. As Centrosolar’s second U.S. employee, he was responsible for taking the company from a garage start-up to a successful U.S. operation. During his seven-year tenure with the company, he built a network of 720 solar contractors spanning from New Jersey to Guam. His professional career includes work in land development, commodities trading and the food and beverage industries.

Chris is a Florida native who grew up in Montreal. Fluent in English and French, he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in finance from McGill University in Montreal. He enjoys playing tennis and poker. He and his family reside in North Scottsdale.

Connect with Joe and Chris on LinkedIn, and follow Sunny Energy on Facebook and Twitter.

AZ BRANDCAST with DollarDays Vice President Shelly Chaney

August 1, 2018 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

AZ BRANDCAST with DollarDays Vice President Shelly Chaney

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AZ BRANDCAST with DollarDays Vice President Shelly Chaney

VP & GM of DollarDays, Shelly Chaney, is on with Chris and Mike as they discuss the heat, desert wildlife and how one company is serving a higher purpose in the community.

Hear how Shelly Chaney made her way from Arizona to New York and back again. Why Arizona is awesome and what Arizona businesses like Dollar Days are doing for the community; and then, how they’re transcending state boundaries and doing even more.

DollarDays (OTCMKTS:AASL) is a leading supplier of wholesale goods for charities, communities and betterment organizations. Since 2001, we’ve helped our customers fuel their projects and missions through a unique collaboration that pairs trusted partnerships with vendors with a passion for delivering more than just goods to communities around the globe. With 50,000 products from which to choose, no minimum order requirements, and a team that knows your organization’s needs, it’s no wonder we’re “The Brighter Way to Shop.”

Shelly Chaney, Vice President and General Manager at DollarDays, is responsible for daily operations, brand development, creative, merchandising, sales and business development. Chaney is a merchant and marketer with more than 18 years of experience in specialty retail, online marketing and e- commerce. Prior to joining DollarDays in 2015, she served as the head of merchandising for Fender and played a pivotal role in the replatform and launch of the direct-to-consumer website. Previously, Chaney consulted for various apparel brands in Los Angeles specializing in e-commerce launches, website redesigns and marketing initiatives for high-end fashion and lifestyle brands with clients like AG Jeans, BCBG, Ella Moss, J Brand, Kelly Wearstler, Linea Pella and Splendid. Prior, she was the VP of Marketing and E-commerce for designer tee-shirt company Michael Stars for eight years.

Chaney received a B.A. in Journalism with an emphasis in Public Relations from Arizona State University, as well as a M.A. in Education from National University.

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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.

2020 Women on Boards Initiative with Kathleen Duffy and Sharon Lechter

July 31, 2018 by Karen

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2020 Women on Boards Initiative with Kathleen Duffy and Sharon Lechter

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2020 Women on Boards Initiative with Kathleen Duffy and Sharon Lechter

On one day in cities across the United States and throughout the world, thousands of C-Suite and senior level executives will discuss and explore the benefits that gender diversity brings to corporate boardrooms.

The goal: to raise awareness and continue the momentum of today’s national and global brands committing to 20 percent or more of their board seats held by women.

Last year 2020 Women on Boards Initiative celebrated achievement of the 20% goal. The national organization continues its efforts to communicate with organizations and raise awareness about the importance of Gender Diversity on Boards.

Duffy Group CEO Kathleen Duffy and renowned author, keynote speaker, and business strategist Sharon Lechter had an engaging conversation with Karen Nowicki, owner of Phoenix Business RadioX, about the 2020 Women on Boards initiative and the need for board diversity. The campaign is dedicated to increasing the percentage of women on corporate boards by 2020. Kathleen and Sharon serve as Co-Chair and Chairman respectively for the Phoenix initiative.

Click here for more information and to register for the Arizona Women on Boards November 15, 2018 Event.

Duffy Group, Inc. is a premier executive recruitment firm known for delivering the highest quality services to their clients while ensuring value for their recruiting dollars. Acting as a virtual extension of your Human Resources team, they can assist you in identifying and hiring the right talent in order to achieve your business objectives. An extensive global network allows Duffy Group to source and recruit candidates in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, Europe and Asia.

Becoming one of most respected recruiting firms in the country did not just happen. It was Kathleen Duffy Ybarra’s single-minded dedication to helping individuals find joy in their work that became her life mission. She, in fact, embodies her fundamental value: that people deserve to be enriched by the activity they focus at least 500,000 hours of their lives on. As President of Duffy Group, Inc., Kathleen’s mission is to exemplify “Recruitment Redefined” for each client’s particular needs and continue to build their reputation as the best in the business.

Her commitment to serving candidates and clients alike motivated Kathleen to develop the Recruitment Research model, which enables Duffy Group, Inc. to harness marketplace intelligence, work as a discrete (and transparent) partner and deliver quality candidates with up to 50 percent savings over traditional recruitment fees.

Kathleen has served as the National District Coordinator for National Charity League and President of the NCL Moon Valley chapter, supporting many Phoenix area non-profit organizations, including: Make-A-Wish Arizona; Back to School Clothing Drive; Desert Mission Food Bank; St. Vincent de Paul; and Phoenix Children’s Hospital.

Kathleen earned a bachelor’s degree in Communications from Arizona State University. An avid Sun Devil, she served as Chair of the ASU Alumni Association National Board of Directors and Council, member of the ASU Board of Trustees serving on the Arizona Leadership Counsel and the ASU President’s Club, and founding member of the ASU Greek Alumni Advisory Board. In addition, Kathleen is also a member of the Chapter Advisory Board for Kappa Delta Sorority.

Follow Duffy Group on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

As an entrepreneur, best-selling author, philanthropist, international speaker, mentor, licensed CPA and a Chartered Global Management Accountant, Sharon Lechter is the premier expert for financial literacy and seeker of success. She is the co-author of the international bestseller Rich Dad Poor Dad, and has written 14 other books in the Rich Dad series and built the empire into the world’s leading personal finance brand. Starting in 2008, she began working with the Napoleon Hill Foundation to help re-energize the brand and has released three bestselling books in cooperation with the Foundation, including Think and Grow Rich-Three Feet from Gold, Outwitting the Devil, and Think and Grow Rich for Women. Sharon has also released Save Wisely, Spend Happily, in cooperation with the American Institute of CPAs.

Sharon is a highly sought-after mentor and has worked with major brands like Disney and Time Warner and served on the first President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy. As CEO of Pay Your Family First, she has dedicated entrepreneurial efforts to the creation and distribution of financial education books, games, curriculums, and other experiential learning projects. Everything about Sharon’s career centers around impacting others to improve their financial IQ, access untapped potential personally and in business, and be the best.

Connect with Sharon on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

JOURNEY RADIO with Tom Otstot and Atheria Scott and Ed Tate

July 31, 2018 by Karen

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JOURNEY RADIO with Tom Otstot and Atheria Scott and Ed Tate

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JOURNEY RADIO with Tom Otstot and Atheria Scott and Ed Tate

Atheria, Tom and Ed are successful leaders and members of Toastmasters. This segment’s experts will share importance of clarity of message, finding your brand, finding your voice and simple leadership.

This segment will be valuable to the listener who wants to:

1. Improve their sales presentation
2. Learn how to use the PAR Method (Problems are faced, Action is
taken and Results are achieved) to communicate clearly
3. Become a better leader by following “Simple Leadership”
4. Improve Talent Retention
5. Learn the importance of a Belief Based Vision

Listen in for these gold nuggets, several stories and laughter, as these experts passionately share their “Journey” to success with us.

Tom Otstot has over thirty years of progressive Executive Management experience in the Consumer Products Industry. Tom’s wide-ranging expertise in the areas of Leadership, Branding and Brand Management, Product Innovation and Development, are drawn from extensive experience working with such iconic brands as Coca-Cola, NFL, NBA, Anheuser-Busch, Disney, and McDonald’s as well as with national retailers Target, Kohl’s, JC Penney, Pier One, Walmart, Pottery Barn, Macy’s, Cost Plus World Market and others.

Tom is an Award-Winning Speaker specializing in Leadership and Speech/Presentation Training. Concentrations include Leadership Training, Speaker/Presentation Training, and Professional Development.

Design Direct Global Inc., is a global product development, design and sourcing company focused on developing cutting-edge, upscale and innovative Tableware Programs for leading retailers worldwide. DDG develops private label programs in a variety of materials for casual dining and entertainment, as well as in the kitchen.

Connect with Tom on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Toastmasters International Region 3 Advisor, Atheria Scott lives in San Antonio, TX. As Region Advisor, her role is to support, coach and mentor the district leaders (in 8 districts) in their efforts to fulfill the district mission. Atheria has trained, mentored and coached countless individuals over the years. She has worked as a speech language pathologist in public/private schools and private practices. She is currently a certified coach, trainer and speaker with the John Maxwell team. Atheria has served in many different club offices in several clubs during her career as a Toastmaster. She has also enjoyed preparing the Youth through Toastmasters Youth Leadership Program. Atheria has been a leader in Toastmasters for over 20 years. She works in the Children’s Ministry at her church where she teaches the children and supervises teachers. She and her husband David have been married for 41 years and they have one son, Donovan. She enjoys learning, listening to music and growing her plants. Atheria is a (DTM) Distinguished Toastmaster, Past Distinguished District Governor 2006- 2007. Now serving as Region 3 Advisor 2018-2019.

Connect with Atheria on LinkedIn.

Established in 1998, Ed Tate & Associates, LLC, is a professional development firm that provides keynote presentations and workshops, as well as in-person and do-it-yourself tools and expertise on Leadership, Business Presentation Skills and Pitching Your Products, Services or Yourself to Win!

Ed Tate is an award-winning international keynote speaker, trainer, and author. Worldwide he is known as “The Speaker Who Energizes, Educates and Entertains.” To date, he has spoken professionally in 50 states, 25 countries and on five continents.

Ed won the “American Idol of Public Speaking”; becoming the 2000 World Champion of Public Speaking – Toastmasters International’s most prestigious speaking award among its 352,000+ Global members.

In 2008, Ed earned the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation by the National Speakers Association; It is the speaking profession’s international measure of professional platform skill. It is an honor bestowed on slightly more than 12% of its members.

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Toastmasters began as a series of speaking clubs organized by Ralph C. Smedley during his time as director of education, at the YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) in Bloomington, Illinois in 1905. He saw a need for the men in the community to learn how to speak, conduct meetings, plan programs and work on committees, and he wanted to help them. However, these clubs did not have the support needed to sustain them. In 1922, 17 years later, he transferred and began working at the newly organized YMCA in Santa Ana, California. His dream to have speaking clubs for men did not die. Two years later, October 22, 1924, the first official Toastmasters meeting was held. Ralph C. Smedley died in 1965. In 1970, Toastmasters International admitted its first female member, Helen Blanchard, under the name Homer Blanchard. In 1973, Toastmasters began officially admitting women, and in 1985, Helen became Toastmasters’ first female international president. Today, 94 years later, Toastmasters has 16,400 clubs in 141 countries with over 352,000 memberships.

ABOUT JOURNEY RADIO

Tune into Journey Radio to learn from successful professionals who will provide you with a roadmap for your own Journey to success. Our guests are individuals who want to share stories, tips and guidelines based on their own journey. Listeners will be encouraged to stay the course after learning that a journey that ends successfully is not a straight line but is a winding road of experiences that teaches life lessons that can be built upon, providing us grit and knowledge to complete our Journey.

Journey Radio’s mission is to ensure all listeners have the opportunity to learn from guest’s experiences, failures and successes enabling Journey listeners to complete their “Path to Success” at a faster pace, with fewer failures. Every lesson learned does not need to be through experience, but can be learned by listening and learning from other’s experience. Journey Radio connects listeners with guests who have completed the journey that the listener is on.

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Tucson’s Leader in Extensions, Color, Healthy Hair and All your Spa Needs. Connect with Divinity Beauty Bar on Facebook and Instagram and via email.

ABOUT YOUR HOST

Journey Radio’s host and sponsor Enid Moore-Cranshaw is a consummate business professional. Enid holds a Master’s Degree in Finance and Accounting from Regis University. She is the Immediate Past District Director of Toastmasters International, District 3 (state of Arizona) with a membership of over 4,000. District 3 Toastmasters is ranked seventh in Arizona’s networking and is one of the top organizations for communication and leadership development in the world. She is a Financial Professional and owner of Divinity Beauty Bar. Divinity Beauty Bar specializes in nails, hair styling, wigs, hair extensions, maintenance and growth. Enid is the Immediate Past Board President of Child Parent Centers (Headstart). Child Parent Centers is a leader in early childhood development and serves Southern Arizona’s underprivileged children. Her passion is early childhood development, community service, personal development, effective communication and empowering others to realize their full potential.

Phoenix Community Toolbank with Jana Smith and Toolbank USA with Patty Russart E6

July 31, 2018 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Phoenix Community Toolbank with Jana Smith and Toolbank USA with Patty Russart E6

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Phoenix Community Toolbank with Jana Smith and Toolbank USA with Patty Russart E6

On this episode of 3C Amplified host Jacqueline Destremps talked about community partnership and the strategy behind the expansion of ToolBank USA from Atlanta to 7 other markets, including Phoenix. ToolBank is truly a resource amplifier and source multiplier, serving the servers by providing access to tools for organizations who are regularly charged with solving some of the most entrenched issues in the shared community and have limited resources to do so.
Phoenix ToolBank equips organizations to do more, build more, and be more!

ToolBank’s over $250,000 inventory enables multiple organizations and projects to be equipped weekly and they couldn’t have done it without the generous support of manufacturers such as Stanley Black and Decker, AMES, Little Giant Ladders, and Home Depot. Their partnership creates a more efficient resource for the community. Tune in to hear how community is the driving force behind each ToolBank location and at the heart of ToolBank USA.

Phoenix ToolBank loans tools and equipment to nonprofits, schools, neighborhood associations, government departments, and other charitable causes to equip volunteers, staff and students as they create sustainable change in their local communities. By investing in ToolBank, nonprofits are able to equip volunteers and staff to support projects without having to redirect agency funding away from their critical missions. This also allows the nonprofit to avoid having to store, clean and maintain the tools, which may only be used for a one-time project and incur additional expenses.

Phoenix Community ToolBank, an affiliate of ToolBank USA, opened locally in April of 2015 and has loaned $1,325,478.70 worth of tools to Arizona communities, equipping 47,193 volunteers on 1,293 projects to date. ToolBank tools have supported projects throughout the state including the rehab of a low- income family housing complex through Labor Community Services, beautifying schools in the west valley during the “Love our Schools” week sponsored by School Connect, assisted with a floor renovation at Chrysalis Domestic Violence Shelter, planted trees at a Tempe elementary school through Trees Matter, and much more.

ToolBank’s over $250,000 inventory enables multiple organizations and projects to be equipped weekly. The majority of the tool inventory has been donated by tool manufactures such as Stanley Black & Decker, AMES, Little Giant Ladders, and Home Depot. Currently ToolBank serves over 150 charitable and community organizations statewide with various missions ranging from supporting children/education, seniors, low-income housing, arts, homeless and more.

Jana Smith is the first Executive Director of Phoenix Community ToolBank, a local nonprofit who stewards an inventory of tools and equipment available to borrow by charitable organizations for mission related efforts. Jana, started her ToolBank journey in May of 2014, working to establish, launch and build the tool lending program in the Phoenix market, an affiliate organization of ToolBank

USA. Since opening, Jana has worked at creating innovative solutions to support local nonprofits. Jana believes nonprofits have a responsibility to create an engaging experience for their volunteers by having the “right tool for the job” and ToolBank is committed to making that happen for Arizona nonprofits. Jana attended Indiana University, completing a double major in Biology and Criminal Justice. Since leaving IU, she has found a passion within the nonprofit community, later completing a Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership and Management from Arizona State University. Before Jana set out to shake up the tool world in Arizona, she worked with homeless youth for 10 years, sparking her passion to advocate for young people’s rights as a voiceless population. Jana also had the honor of supporting the Arizona National Guard as the Family Assistance Center State Coordinate, which supports our local guard families during deployment. Jana is an active member of her community serving on the Board of Directors for AZ VOAD and previously serving on the Board of Directors for Tempe Leadership and YNPN. Jana is a graduate of Tempe Leadership Class 26 as well as ASU’s Gen Next Leadership program, Class 4. She is also the proud mom to her sweet daughter, Charlie and pug Walter. When not chasing after Charlie who is crawling and standing, Jana enjoys yoga, running and watching IU basketball. And her favorite tool is a nail gun as it is big, powerful, and gets the job done efficiently, which speaks to her for some reason.

Patty Russart joined ToolBank USA as CEO in May of 2018. Since late 2008, Patty was the Executive Director for the Atlanta Community ToolBank (ACTB). She began her career in Engineering for almost ten years, working in bridge rehab and road construction. A passion for reading led to a transition into the non-profit sector, first through volunteering as an adult literacy tutor and then as a certified English as a second language instructor. In 2002 she received an MA in Organizational Management to help her better serve charitable organizations. Patty has worked for Literacy Volunteers of America at a local and state level, United Way-Canada, Retired & Senior Volunteer Program/Senior Companion Program and Little City Foundation. She has had the opportunity to serve the charitable sector in West Virginia, Saskatchewan, California, Illinois and now Georgia. Her mantra is ‘where there is a will there is a way’ and that is how she approaches fundraising for the ToolBank. Patty successfully completed a $1.525 million Capital Campaign for the ACTB, which allowed them to purchase a much larger warehouse space and add a Tool Training Center. Today the ACTB has grown from an inventory valued at $250k to almost $500K and to date it is serving over 1050 unique charitable organizations. The Tool Training Center serves over 300 students per year including youth, ages 11-18 from low-to moderate income families, children and young adults in foster care, Girl Scouts, first responders for disasters and Veterans in transitional housing. Patty has led and been part of a multitude of fundraising campaigns over the past 23 years.

During 2011, Patty led one of the most major changes in the history of the Atlanta Community ToolBank. ToolBank USA, born out of the ACTB, had been established by the end of 2008 and Atlanta ToolBank became the model for them. At the same time, the Atlanta ToolBank divided into two distinct nonprofits. At the end of 2011, the Tool Bank turned over its HouseProud Program to the newly formed HouseProud Atlanta Inc. organization. In 2012 the ToolBank began its ReTooling the Future Capital Campaign to raise $1.6 million for the purchase and renovation of a larger warehouse. By 2013, enough funds had been raised to purchase and move into a much larger facility. All outstanding debt on the building was paid in early 2015. At the beginning of 2017, ACTB began a second Capital Campaign to renovate the interior and exterior of the building. Renovations of the interior were completed by the end of 2017 and the campaign should reach its goal of just under $1 million by the end of 2018.

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About 3C Amplified

3C Amplified is a space to highlight businesses, nonprofit organizations and individuals collaborating to amplify their impact in the community. We share real world examples for how partnerships allow for growth both within our businesses and our communities. Listen in as we share how others are connecting, creating and collaborating and how you can be part of something greater.

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.

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Corrina Steward with Soul Wealth Coach and Michelle Lee with Athena Rising Now

July 31, 2018 by Karen

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Phoenix Business Radio

Corrina Steward with Soul Wealth Coach and Michelle Lee with Athena Rising Now

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Corrina Steward with Soul Wealth Coach and Michelle Lee with Athena Rising Now

Corrina Steward is leading Team Prosperity to bring more than 150 conscious entrepreneurs who are changing wealth and business on the planet to her business coach, Shanda Sumpter’s, annual ZONE Event. Both Corrina and Michelle Lee emphasize that this event is one they never miss and is a must for entrepreneurs that want to change the world doing what they love… and to prosper at the same time.

The ZONE Event will be held September 28-30 in Phoenix, Arizona, where you’ll learn from HeartCore Business™ Founder, business coach Shanda Sumpter and her carefully selected roster of speakers how to do what you love – and make millions at it.

Shanda went from being completely broke to building several multimillion-dollar businesses, and she’s helped thousands of her clients build their movements to the six- or seven-figure mark.

When you come as Corrina’s guest you will also be invited to her private kick off the evening of September 27th where you will get her update on her New World Bank vision, how you can be involved and a live wealth activation. Because Corrina is a client of Shanda’s, she has a limited number of special priced guest passes for $197.

You can get access to these tickets here and join leading edge entrepreneurs changing wealth and business on the planet.

Corrina Steward is a Soul Wealth Coach. She is known for activating peoples soul purpose and creating miracle money and life breakthroughs to live their dream life. Corrina is an energy re-alignment specialist and teacher of the Spiritual Science of Heart Manifestation. A former United Nations consultant and Ivy League graduate, she awakens the transformation leaders to pioneer evolutionary change on the planet.

Following many years of awakening into her soul purpose, her “activation” into her divine spiritual blueprint (Corrina calls this the New Human Embodied!) occurred during a near death experience during the birth of her son Emmanuel.

What followed afterwards was an expansive opening into love and the knowing that money is love. Corrina uses her gifts of healing, intuition and manifestation to lead the Money is Love revolution and activate transformational leaders soul’s wealth to manifest abundance and money required to fulfill their souls mission.

Soul Wealth Coach is made up of a group of people, who collectively help other’s activate their soul purpose and create miracle money and life breakthroughs. Corrina Steward and her team, are using her gifts of healing, intuition and manifestation to lead the Money is Love Revolution and help others find their souls purpose.

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Michelle Lee is the founder of Athena Rising Now, LLC, has been a women’s empowerment coach for 16 years and is a powerful conduit of the Sacred Feminine. She deeply understands that when women are healed the planet can thrive.

Michelle’s Soul’s purpose and mission is to transform the female experience on the planet by helping women embody their innate value and worth, identify their Soul’s purpose and turn it into a thriving business that fits their desired lifestyle.

Women working with Michelle, shed their doubts and fear of inadequacy, learn to trust their intuition, tap into their unique expression and live as the sacred being they were born to be.

Michelle is the author of Fall in Love…with your Self hypnotic journey CD and the creator of countless weekend workshops including Mind Magic and Self-Love How to Get There from Here and most recently her book, Women: From Profit to Power, Your Guide to Claiming Your Worth.

Connect with Michelle on LinkedIn and follow Athena Rising Now on Facebook and Twitter.