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The Streets Don’t Love You Back

November 2, 2017 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

The Streets Don't Love You Back

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The Streets Don’t Love You Back is an Arizona based non-profit organization Co-Founded by Rob and Lucinda Boyd.
They are committed to helping youth reach their highest potential through a variety of life-transforming programs available throughout the US. Joining us for the Phoenix Business Radio interview is Rob Boyd, Co-Founder, Marc David Montgomery, Board Member and Marc’s mom and The Streets Don’t Love You Back Supporter, Dee.

Educating people about the dangers of gangs, drugs, violence, abuse and other life issues. Their focus is education and teaching the life skills needed to make changes in your life. Prevention and Intervention!

Their six-week Life Skills Intervention Program includes education and discussions on Substance Abuse Dependency, Making Decisions, Anger Management, Attitude, Behaviors, Problem Solving, Self-Improvement, Setting Goals, Identifying Strengths and Skills.

They have many mentoring programs and community service projects. These include: Feeding the homeless monthly, Ex-offender Workshops, Back to School Drives, Christmas Toy Drives, Domestic Violence Awareness Program, Goof100 Skateboard Club, Speaking engagements, Internship and Scholarship programs.

Through their vision and The Streets Don’t Love You Back Movement, change and healing is spreading throughout our country.

https://www.facebook.com/Thestreetsdontloveyouback/

http://thestreetsdontloveyouback.ning.com/

RESILIENCE RADIO: Dr Robyn Conrad Hansen

October 27, 2017 by Karen

RESILIENCE RADIO: Dr Robyn Conrad Hansen

Dr. Robyn Conrad Hansen has a sincere desire to work with today’s youth and school leaders. Cultivating an educational environment that is rigorous and relevant, rich in real life experiences taught by world-class educators preparing them for a career that excites them for a lifetime, better enabling them to be the leaders of tomorrow.

Dr. Hansen was the principal of Playa del Rey Elementary School from 2001 to 2016. Playa is a three-time Arizona A+ School of Excellence, a Title I Rewards School, and has earned an “A” Label from the Arizona Department of Education for academic achievement. In the spring of 2015, Playa del Rey was honored by the US Department of Education as a Teach-To-Lead Lab School. Prior to leading Playa del Rey, she was the assistant principal at Highland Junior High School from 1999 – 2001 and Highland High School from 1993 – 1999 earning the Assistant Principal of the Year Award in 2000 sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals.

Robyn was recognized as Arizona’s National Distinguished Principal of the Year in 2010 sponsored by the National Association of Elementary School Principals.

In 2016, she was honored to serve as the President of the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) representing 65,000 principals in the United States and around the world. Robyn served three years on the NAESP Board as the Zone 9 Director representing the 8 Western United States, as well as Guam and Island of Samoa prior to being elected President.

She completed her under graduate degree in education from the University of Wisconsin and her graduate degrees at Northern Arizona University (NAU) in Educational Leadership. Currently, she is an assistant professor with Northern Arizona University teaching leadership classes at the Masters and Doctoral level in the College of Education.

Robyn has presented at over 30 state and national conferences, as well as at the CEESA Convention in Dubrovnik, Croatia (2015), Bogota, Columbia (2015) and the Association of International Schools in Africa in Cape Town, South Africa in 2016.

Robyn is happily married to James Hansen. Together they have four adult children, Brady and Blake Conrad with daughter-in-law Megan, and Tyler and Samantha Hansen, with daughter-in-law, Emily. They have two adorable grandchildren, Kayla and Jameson! Robyn and Jim enjoy spending time with family and friends, traveling, and touring the country on their Harley-Davidson Motorcycle.

Twitter @RobynHansenAZ
LinkedIn: Dr. Robyn Conrad Hansen

ABOUT RESILIENCE RADIO

Resilience Radio was born out of Cynthia’s passion for our youth. In reading articles and research papers on what our youth are challenged with today, Cynthia became overwhelmed with frustration that more is not being done to come alongside this community of young people.

The majority of our youth have very little ‘hope’ for their future and lack the ‘resilience’ needed to set and achieve specific goals for their future. With articles like “Teen Suicide Continues to Rise Throughout Arizona” (Today’s News-Herald, January 9, 2017) stating that, “Healthcare officials across the state are trying to figure out what is behind the alarming increase in teen suicide, up 81 percent since 2009”, Cynthia knew that she needed to create a positive media platform to help encourage the next generation of leaders… and the good people who support them.

Resilience Radio features CEO’s and Community Leaders who are having a positive impact on Arizona’s youth and young adults.

ABOUT YOUR HOST

From youth programs to corporate groups, large government agencies to nonprofits, Cynthia Diehl has experience working with organizations and individuals of all shapes and sizes. Her approach gives clients a better understanding of who they are and how they can capitalize on their strengths — instead of focusing on their weaknesses.

Cynthia Diehl is the Founder and CEO of RISE Strengths – a company dedicated to helping their clients identify (and effectively execute) their talents and strengths, facilitating strong personal and professional success. With 14 years as a Marketing Consultant and with her experience as a Certified Gallup StrengthsFinder Consultant, Cynthia developed a series of proprietary workshops and training sessions to help bring out the best in people and has been successfully leading, teaching, training, coaching and consulting ever since!

She is a true advocate for her clients, offering support, encouragement, confidence and a sense of direction. Clients and colleagues alike consider her a trusted advisor and mentor.

cynthia-d@risestrengths.com
(602) 777.1556

WINNING BUSINESS: Kerry Kuykendall with Entrepreneur Simplified Phoenix

October 26, 2017 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

WINNING BUSINESS: Kerry Kuykendall with Entrepreneur Simplified Phoenix

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WINNING BUSINESS: Kerry Kuykendall with Entrepreneur Simplified Phoenix

Kerry Kuykendall is the President of Entrepreneur Simplified Phoenix. He has started or been part of five separate start-ups over his 20 years’ in business ownership. His breadth of experience spans over multiple industries including investments, mortgage, marketing, importing and manufacturing. Kerry is an avid Brazillian Jiu Jitsu player and lives by his five key pillars – God, Family, Work, Jiu Jitsu, and Making a Difference with People.
kerry@enterpreneursimplified.com
602-326-1236

SUMMARY OF SHOW

In case you missed the live broadcast of Winning Business Radio, here’s what you missed:
> You are NOT the secret sauce in your business
> If you don’t systematize, your business won’t scale and will likely eventually fail
> Systems aren’t sexy, but they are essential

We have some great conversation around the points above, and Kerry shares some of the business lessons he’s learned through his Jiu Jitsu practice. You won’t want to miss it.

ABOUT WINNING BUSINESS RADIO

What sets a successful business apart from those that fail? 80% of new businesses will fail in the first 18 months, and that statistic is not okay. Winning Business Radio connects you with business owners who are winning at business, and gives you insight into their successes, their challenges, and their strategies for winning. Tune in for some amazing discussions!

ABOUT YOUR HOST

Lisa Rehurek, the #1 leading authority on winning RFP responses, is CEO and founder of Win The Business™, a Consultancy and RFP Support Services Firm that helps businesses increase their success rate in responding to government and corporate Requests for Proposal (RFP’s). Our multi-touch point system provides RFP support services, strategy, consulting, training and team development to companies who wish to improve their response process and outcomes. The thoroughness our team provides coupled with our direct and fun approach is what separates us from our competitors. We are also home of RFP University™, an online virtual training and resource platform designed to support a business’s RFP efforts for maximum success.

After 20 years in the corporate arena responding to hundreds of public sector RFPs, Lisa started her own business and now transfers that knowledge to her clients to help improve their win rates. Lisa keeps herself very busy with life as a business owner, speaker, trainer, author, and radio show host. As a seasoned speaker, Lisa loves to inspire audiences large and small with her engaging and practical speaking topics. She is the author of 7 books including her ebook, 101 Ways to Win More Proposals Now! and her upcoming book, Win the {Damn} Business!. She is also the creator of the STARR Proposal System™ which brings simplicity and efficiency to the overall response process.

Lisa is a member APMP (Association of Proposal Management Professionals) and is Membership and Program Chair for the Valley of the Sun chapter. She is also a WBENC-certified Women Business Enterprise (WBE). She holds certifications in numerous talent assessment tools including Certified Professional Behavior Analyst (CPBA), Certified Professional Driving Forces Analyst (CPDFA), Certified Professional Emotional Quotient Analyst (CPEQA), and Certified Professional TTI TriMetrix HD Analyst (CPHDA).

LisaRehurek.com

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention – Arizona Chapter

October 22, 2017 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - Arizona Chapter

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American Foundation for Suicide Prevention – Arizona Chapter

After Dawn Hunter’s 19 year old son Justin died by suicide in 2008, she attended her first Out of the Darkness Walk in the Phoenix area. Dawn was so moved that she felt called to bring more support, education and awareness to Arizona through American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). In the summer of 2010, the Arizona AFSP Chapter came to life. The organization is volunteer driven and the Chapter operated solely by volunteers until the summer of 2015 when staff was needed. Dawn left her Sales Career and continues to serve as the Arizona Area Director.

At the local level, each Chapter’s goal is to carry out the national organization mission: Save Lives and bring hope to those affected by suicide. AFSP creates a culture that’s smart about mental health by engaging in the following core strategies:

- - Funding scientific research
  - Educating the public about mental health and suicide prevention
  - Advocating for public policies in mental health and suicide prevention
  - Supporting survivors of suicide loss and those affected by suicide in our mission

www.afsp.org
www.afsp.org/arizona
https://www.facebook.com/ArizonaChapterAFSP/

Max Gonzales with CPLC and Randal Breaux with Ascend Consulting

October 20, 2017 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Max Gonzales with CPLC and Randal Breaux with Ascend Consulting

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Max Gonzales with CPLC and Randal Breaux with Ascend Consulting are interviewed by Karen Nowicki on Phoenix Business Radio.

Max Gonzales/Chicanos Por La Causa

Max Gonzales is Executive Vice President of Strategy and Relationship Management at Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc (CPLC). Max is recognized for his methodical approach in developing organizational strategy and brand management. He maintains a consistent corporate image that unifies complex service and product offerings. Max’s ability was instrumental in developing and implementing CPLC’s first ever brand and communication strategy. Max’s management responsibilities include corporate communications, public and corporate relations, resource development, events, information and technology, and research and evaluations.

Prior to joining CPLC, Max spent more than 20 years at SRP, a water and power utility based in Tempe, Arizona. The last ten years at SRP, Max lead service marketing outreach to the Hispanic consumer, which included; direct marketing, social marketing, market research, public relations, advertising, and strategic planning.

Max has used his skills to benefit a number of community organizations. He is currently a member of the Advisory Boards for the Morrison Institute and the Arizona Center for Economic Progress. He has previously held board positions with Chicanos Por La Causa, Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Friendly House, and Valle Del Sol. He has also served in an advisory capacity to the College of Teacher and Education Leadership at ASU West, Hispanic Leadership Institute, Channel 8, and BizAZ Magazine.

A native Arizonan, Max believes in the adage that. ”Continuous learning promotes continuous improvement”. He participates in a number of seminars and workshops each year and holds a bachelor’s in management and a Masters of Business Administration from Arizona State University.

Chicanos Por La Causa was founded in 1969 to confront oppression facing Latinos in Phoenix, Arizona as part of the movement led by Cesar Chavez, who undertook a fast at our original headquarters. Since then, we have become one of the largest Hispanic nonprofits in the country, promoting stronger and healthier communities throughout the southwestern United States. We provide direct services impacting more than 250,000 individuals annually in Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico.

Our vibrant community presence spans a comprehensive range of bilingual and bi-cultural services in Health & Human Services, Housing, Education, and Economic Development. As one of the largest community development corporations in Arizona, we are focused on individuals and families with low to moderate income levels and complement our services with cultural and linguistic competencies.

Chicanos Por La Causa
1112 E. Buckeye Rd
Phoenix, AZ 85034
602.257.0700
CPLC.org
@CPLCdotORG

Randal Breaux/Ascend Consulting

Randal Breaux has over twenty-five years’ experience in business consulting with organizations large and small in a wide variety of industries from all across the United States and Canada. He specializes in creating business value through change implementation, and he brings a rare practical perspective with his field-tested principles of “achieving more by doing less.”

Randal earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard University in Computer Science / Operations Research and has an MBA from Tulane. He is a Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA) through the Exit Planning Institute.

He grew up in a family business and could run a forklift with the best of them long before he was old enough to drive a car. He lives in Prescott, AZ, with his wife and two bad dogs.

Ascend Consulting helps small business owners multiply the value of their companies. We serve primarily successful entrepreneurs of the Baby Boom Generation who want to ensure they harvest the wealth they have created. We partner with an array of business advisors to provide complete solutions – integrating business, financial, and personal goals.

Our projects are based on proven, field-tested methods – especially the Value Acceleration Methodology developed by the Exit Planning Institute, one of the world’s most prestigious professional organizations for small business planning.

AscendConsulting
AscendConsulting.com/webinar

Tony Urbanovich with CyberGRX and Barbara Barnstead with Phoenix Business Journal

October 19, 2017 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Tony Urbanovich with CyberGRX and Barbara Barnstead with Phoenix Business Journal

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Tony Urbanovich with CyberGRX

Tony Urbanovich is the Chief Operating Officer CyberGRX. In this role, Tony is responsible for development, deployment, and management of CyberGRX’s third party risk assessments and supporting operational processes. Prior to CyberGRX, Tony was President of Cyber Insight LLC, where he supported financial services clients, including a major hedge fund. He has previously served as Vice President, Security Assurance for American Express, Principal on Booz Allen Hamilton’s commercial cyber security team, and Vice President, Privacy, Ethics, and Compliance at ChoicePoint (acquired by Lexis Nexis).

He served in the U.S. Air Force in electronic security and intelligence. Tony holds a B.A. from the University of Maryland, as well as CISM and CIPP/US certifications.

About CyberGRX

CyberGRX provides enterprises and their third parties with the most cost-effective and scalable approach to third-party cyber risk management today. Built on the market’s first third-party cyber risk Exchange, the CyberGRX platform applies advanced analytics to eliminate waste and streamline the assessment process to help entire partner ecosystems effectively manage, monitor and mitigate risk. Based in Denver, CO, CyberGRX was designed with partners including ADP, Aetna, Blackstone and Mass Mutual, and is backed by Allegis Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Blackstone, ClearSky, GV (formerly Google Ventures), MassMutual Ventures, Rally Ventures and TenEleven Ventures.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/cybergrx
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/10632406/
Website: https://www.cybergrx.com/

Barbara Barnstead with Phoenix Business Journal

Barbara Barnstead is originally from the East Coast. Presently with the Phoenix Business Journal almost 6 years as a Senior Audience Development Executive. Barbara is responsible for educating sales teams, business owners, sales & business development professionals along with entrepreneurs on properly leveraging the Business Journal as a major sales tool for warm sales prospecting and revenue growth.

Barbara provides insight into maximizing daily content, featured stories, utilizing our robust 24/7 digital website and annual Book of Lists.

Prior professional experience includes owning her own direct mail company that sold computer supplies & accessories throughout the United States to Fortune 100 and 500 companies. Barbara was also employed by Gannett for an East Coast newspaper to sell display and online advertising.

About Phoenix Business Journal

The Phoenix Business Journal is the premiere media platform in the Valley for business news and information. They publish a weekly newspaper covering breaking news and trends, offering business leads and tips, and feature special sections on a variety of topics. They also provide latest breaking news on our 24/7 full robust digital website, along with daily AM/PM email business updates to our readers. They also host a variety of signature events honoring businesses and individuals throughout the Valley.

Phoenixbusinessjournal.com
Twitter @phxbizjournal
Barbara’s Twitter is @phxbizbarbara
LinkedIn page is under Phoenix Business Journal

Sherry Anshara with QuantumPathic Center

October 15, 2017 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Sherry Anshara with QuantumPathic Center

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SHERRY ANSHARA WITH QUANTAMPATHIC CENTER

With over thirty years of business and entrepreneurial experience, Sherry Anshara with QuantumPathic Center has been a business leader for companies, corporations, non-profits, and associations. She laser focuses her skills and talents in Marketing, Sales, Sales Training, and Product Development. Without a college degree, Sherry Anshara became Vice President of Marketing of a National Corporation. She earned her pilot’s license, flew her own plane, produced air shows, and was nominated for Defense Advisory for Women in the Services. She never takes “No” for answer. If she gets one, she turns it into a YES!

Her Motto in life is… “No Matter What!”

Sherry Anshara is the Founder of the QuantumPathic Center of Consciousness and the QuantumPathic Institute in Scottsdale, AZ. She is the innovative creator of the Anshara Method, formerly the QuantumPathic Energy Method, which is recognized and embraced by science, medicine, business, and alternative medicine, as well as by the lay community. She is the author of several books: The Age of Inheritance, And the Point Is…Beyond Duality, The Intelligence Code, and the Glossary of QuantumPathic Terms…How to Understand the Quantum Energy of Human Life, as well as 12 books and Master Courses for the QuantumPathic Institute Membership. She is a contributing writer to local, national, and international publications. She was a radio show host of Conscious Healing for over five years.

Sherry Anshara’s private practice clients include all ages and stages of life. She is a Business and Wellness Coach, and brings her clients to new levels of successful, productive, and positive achievements through the Anshara Method. She loves working with pregnant couples and their children because they are the future.

A member of the National Speakers Association, Sherry Anshara speaks to the expanding Consciousness and Awareness within each individual to create, implement, manifest, and actualize healthy and wealthy lives.

21 Day Business Transformation Program
OPT-in to the Program at No Charge HERE

For more information on the Anshara Method and to connect with Sherry:

www.quantumpathic.com
www.sherryanshara.com
www.quantumpathicinstitute.com

WINNING BUSINESS: Brandon Barnum with Refer.com

October 11, 2017 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

WINNING BUSINESS: Brandon Barnum with Refer.com

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WINNING BUSINESS: Brandon Barnum with Refer.com

93% of businesses rely on referrals and yet, only 3% of business owners have a solid referral strategy. As our Winning Business Radio guest and referral expert shares, “you’ve got to flip those numbers because referrals is how business gets done!”

Brandon Barnum with Refer.com is a master at the art & science of referrals. In this interview with Host, Lisa Rehurek, Brandon shares how he has maximized the use of referrals in his successful career. He has been featured on NBC, CBS, ABC & Fox as well as the best-selling book Cracking the Millionaire Code by Robert Allen & Mark Victor Hansen.

For more information about Refer.com and to connect with Brandon:

www.refer.com
www.refer.com/profit
www.refer.com/quiz
https://www.facebook.com/referdotcom
https://twitter.com/referdotcom
www.linkedin.com/in/brandonbarnum

Winning Business Host, Lisa Rehurek and Brandon Barnum with Refer.com

ABOUT WINNING BUSINESS RADIO

ABOUT YOUR HOST

Lisa Rehurek, the #1 leading authority on winning RFP responses, is CEO and founder of Win The Business™, a Consultancy and RFP Support Services Firm that helps businesses increase their success rate in responding to government and corporate Requests for Proposal (RFP’s). Our multi-touch point system provides RFP support services, strategy, consulting, training and team development to companies who wish to improve their response process and outcomes. The thoroughness our team provides coupled with our direct and fun approach is what separates us from our competitors. We are also home of RFP University™, an online virtual training and resource platform designed to support a business’s RFP efforts for maximum success.

LisaRehurek.com

Brooke Walker with Transamerica

October 10, 2017 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

Brooke Walker with Transamerica

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Brooke Walker with Transamerica spent decades successfully working in law firms, medical offices and the beauty industry for established and growing firms before launching her career as a Financial Representative. It was her time in various fields that drove her to the financial industry. Brooke knows what truly drives people—and it’s the desire to see them grow and succeed. It’s how well you connect with the people you’re trying to help and communicate your ability to help them reach their goals.

Brooke graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s in Psychology which she attained while raising two children as a single mother.

Her passion is to inspire other women and help them to reach financial success. She is very active in volunteering in the community.

Transamerica / World Financial Group

In 1904, a young entrepreneur named Amadeo Giannini created the Bank of Italy in a converted San Francisco saloon. His goal was to make financial services available to everyone — not just the wealthy few. And so he did; after the 1906 quake and fire, Giannini set up a makeshift bank on the San Francisco docks, giving residents loans to rebuild, secured with only a handshake .

In the mid-1980s, Transamerica refocused its core business on its founding mission of making insurance and financial tools available to more people. And in July 1999, Transamerica began a new chapter in its history when it became part of one of the world’s leading international financial organizations: Aegon N.V.

Today, the Transamerica companies are as committed to helping people as we were 100 years ago. Customers now have access to an even wider range of services, from life insurance to retirement plans, to secure their financial futures.

From our very beginning we’ve been committed to helping you build a solid financial foundation for now and the future. And we’ll continue to do so with insurance and financial products that are as affordable as they are exceptional.

For more information about Transamerica/World Financial Group and to connect with Brooke:

BROOKE WALKER
Financial Representative
Direct: 480-586-5018
1839 S. Alma School Road, #380
Mesa, Arizona 85210
Offic480-262-8102
howmoneyworks.com/brooke
joinwealthwave.com/brooke
www.facebook.com/bswalker10