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E85 PMO Community a Global Perspective with Americo Pinto

August 23, 2021 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

E85 PMO Community a Global Perspective with Americo Pinto

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E85 PMO Community a Global Perspective with Americo Pinto

In this episode of Project Management Office Hours, Americo Pinto shares his passion and story with PMO Joe about what brought him to the project management world. From professional actor to chairman of the PMO Global Alliance; Americo Pinto has had a fascinating career.

PMO Joe and Americo discuss several topics including, how the PMO Global Alliance revolutionized the PMO world, challenges building community globally such as language and politics, and taking chances outside your comfort zone. “Believe in your dreams. You can really conquer the Galaxy if you want. So if I could, you can, I assure you that.” -Americo Pinto

Americo shared his story to help us understand the beginnings of the PMO Value Ring methodology (www.pmovaluering.com) and the PMO Global Awards (www.pmoawards.org). He also provides his prediction for the future of the PMO based on feedback and analysis from some of the leading PMOs in the world.

“Finding your synergy within your PMO, is the key” -Americo Pinto

Connect with Americo Pinto today, visit:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/americopinto/?locale=pt_BR
https://twitter.com/americopinto?lang=en

Discover more with PMO Global Alliance at https://www.pmoga.world/

Thank you to THE PMO SQUAD and The PMO Leader for sponsoring this show.
Learn more about The PMO Squad – www.thepmosquad.com
Learn more about The PMO Leader – www.thepmoleader.com

PMO Global Alliance is the world’s largest community of PMOs and PMO professionals in the world. It was founded in 2017 and currently has over 12,000 members in more than 120 countries.

Americo Pinto, PMP, PMO-CC, PMO-CP, has more than 25 years of international experience in PMOs, Strategy, and Project Management, working as a Practitioner, Consultant, Professor, Researcher, Speaker, and Author.

He leads relevant global initiatives on the PMO topic, such as the PMO Value Ring methodology (www.pmovaluering.com) and the PMO Global Awards (www.pmoawards.org).

Americo was the recipient of the PMI Distinguished Contribution Award in 2012, and he is a Ph.D. candidate at Rennes School of Business in France.

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.

Where do PMO Leaders go for Information, Learning, Networking and Services? The PMO Leader community has “Everything You Need to Become a Great PMO Leader”. One PMO World, One Community! Learn more about The PMO Leader – www.thepmoleader.com

Always Improving E68

August 19, 2021 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

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Dave Euse joins the Tycoons to drop some serious life lessons that all business owners should hear. The Tycoons follow Dave through his career path and the successes and failures along the way. His journey has led him to realize a few things that business owners need to understand.

Success in a business is not always guaranteed, but you plant your seed and water and nurture it everyday. You have to care for it every single day for it to one day grow.

Being a business owner requires Constant and Never-ending Improvement. Pick something you are passionate about and know that sometimes you will fail, but you have to get up and try again.

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Just download the SavonServices app and for just $29.99 you get a one-year membership and guaranteed discounts on any invoice up to $20,000 – Friends of the Tycoons of Small Biz show can save $10 by entering TYCOONS when you join.

Hurry, the promo code is for a limited time. Check it out at SavonServices.com or download the app and start saving!

Building value for business owners, franchisees, and consumers is nothing new to Dave Euse. Using the Internet, Euse has a history of generating more traffic and leads for small to mid-sized companies all over the USA. A seasoned marketing pro, Dave has leveraged his SEO experience and created lead generation traffic from high-ranking websites that produced over 7,000 calls per month.

Now, his latest project co-founded with David Esposito is called SavonServices – “Think of SavonServices like a Costco style membership. We’ve curated the best home service companies in nearly 300 markets. Our homeowner members get automatic discounts on any service, deal with the best contractors and their personal data is never shared or sold. Members can save hundreds, even thousands each year for just $30 per year! says Euse.”

The duo of Dave Euse and David Esposito believes their mobile app is a more user-friendly experience for consumers and instead of charging contractors for lead calls, they give the calls for free in exchange for contractors giving discounts to their members. “We profit when consumers continue to renew year over year. The way to make that happen is to help them save a couple of hundred dollars each year and they will gladly pay their $30 annual renewals, says Euse.

Connect with Dave on LinkedIn and follow SavonServices on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

About the Show

Tycoons of Small Biz spotlights the true backbone of the American economy, the true tycoons of business in America… the owners, founders and CEO’s of small businesses. Join hosts, Austin L Peterson, Landon Mance and the featured tycoons LIVE every Tuesday at 1 pm, right here on Business RadioX and your favorite podcast platform.

About Your Hosts

Austin Peterson is a Comprehensive Financial Planner and co-founder of Backbone Planning Partners in Scottsdale, AZ. Austin is a registered rep and investment advisor representative with Lincoln Financial Advisors. Prior to joining Lincoln Financial Advisors, Austin worked in a variety of roles in the financial services industry.

He began his career in financial services in the year 2000 as a personal financial advisor with Independent Capital Management in Santa Ana, CA. Austin then joined Pacific Life Insurance Company as an internal wholesaler for their variable annuity and mutual fund products. After Pacific Life, Austin formed his own financial planning company in Southern California that he built and ran for 6 years and eventually sold when he moved his family to Salt Lake City to pursue his MBA.

After he completed his MBA, Austin joined Crump Life Insurance where he filled a couple of different sales roles and eventually a management role throughout the five years he was with Crump. Most recently before joining Lincoln Financial Advisors in February 2015, Austin spent 2 years as a life insurance field wholesaler with Symetra Life Insurance Company. Austin is a Certified Financial Planner Professional and Chartered Life Underwriter. In 2021, Austin became a Certified Business Exit Consultant® (CBEC®) to help entrepreneurs plan to exit their businesses.

Austin and his wife of 23 years, Robin, have two children, AJ (21) and Ella (18) and they reside in Gilbert, Arizona. He is a graduate of California State University, Fullerton with a Bachelor of Arts in French and of Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management with a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in sales and entrepreneurship.

Connect with Austin on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Landon Mance is a Financial Planner and co-founder of Backbone Planning Partners out of Las Vegas, Nevada. He rebranded his practice in 2020 to focus on serving small business owners after operating as Mance Wealth Management since 2015 when Landon broke off from a major bank and started his own “shop.”

Landon comes from a family of successful entrepreneurs and has a passion and excitement for serving the business community. This passion is what brought about the growth of Backbone Planning Partners to help business owners and their families. At Backbone Planning, we believe small business owners’ personal and business goals are intertwined, so we work with our clients to design a financial plan to support all aspects of their lives.

In 2019, Landon obtained the Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA) designation through the Exit Planning Institute. With this certification, Backbone Planning Partners assists business owners through an ownership transition while focusing on a positive outcome for their employees and meeting the business owner’s goals. Landon is also a member of the Business Intelligence Institute (BII) which is a collaborative group that shares tools, resources and personnel, and offers advanced level training and technical support to specifically serve business owners. In 2021, Landon became a Certified Business Exit Consultant® (CBEC®) to help entrepreneurs plan to exit their businesses by counseling owners about exit options, estimating the value of the business, preparing the business for exit and tax considerations.

Landon enjoys spending time with his beautiful wife, stepson, and new baby twins. He grew up in sunny San Diego and loves visiting his family, playing a round of golf with friends, and many other outdoor activities. Landon tries to make a difference in the lives of children in Las Vegas as a part of the leadership team for a local non-profit. He regularly visits the children that we work with to remind himself of why it’s so important to, “be the change that you wish to see in the world.”

Landon received his B.S. from California State University Long Beach in business marketing and gets the rest of his education through the school of hard knocks via his business owner clients.

Connect with Landon on LinkedIn.

Austin Peterson and Landon Mance are registered representatives of Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp. Securities and investment advisory services offered through Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp., a broker/dealer (member SIPC) and registered investment advisor. Insurance offered through Lincoln affiliates and other fine companies. Backbone Planning Partners is a marketing name for registered representatives of Lincoln Financial Advisors. CRN-3708785-080921

Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp. and its representatives do not provide legal or tax advice. You may want to consult a legal or tax advisor regarding any legal or tax information as it relates to your personal circumstances.

The content presented is for informational and educational purposes. The information covered and posted are views and opinions of the guests and not necessarily those of Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp.

Business RadioX® is a separate entity not affiliated with Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp.

Jennifer Kimmell with TruWest Credit Union E25

August 16, 2021 by Karen

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Phoenix Business Radio

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TruWest® Credit Union is headquartered in Tempe, Ariz., and operates as a cooperative providing its members with a lifetime of quality financial services and a culture of caring for its members, employees and communities.

TruWest is a strong and sound financial institution with more than 93,000 members and assets totaling more than $1.4 billion. TruWest® Credit Union has 13 branch locations – nine in metro Phoenix and four in Austin, Texas. For more information, visit truwest.org.

Jennifer Kimmell is the senior vice president and chief marketing officer at TruWest. She has been a member of the TruWest team for 15 years. Previously, she worked as vice president for both the strategy and member service departments.

Kimmell was also the assistant vice president at BBVA Compass, a bank holding company, before starting her journey with TruWest. In her role, Kimmell leads the credit union’s marketing and communication efforts, including developing and promoting the credit union’s digital channels.

Kimmell also volunteers as a committee member for the Credit Union National Association in her spare time. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business management and her Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix.

Follow TruWest on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.

About Arizona Good Business

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

Join Arizona Good Business 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 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.

Building a Bridge of Healing E4

August 12, 2021 by Karen

Mind Well

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On this week’s episode of Mind Well, we welcome back Mandy Aidukaitis and ate joined by Monte Hauck. We hear both perspectives from the moment of the accident that took the life of Mandy’s daughter. We talk about forgiveness and what it really means on the other side of trauma. Each shares what made the difference in transitioning to healing after this traumatic loss.

People who have experienced traumatic loss, or who want to understand how to respond and support someone who has will want to tune into this episode, as well as those who seek to understand how to heal from the unimaginable and what forgiveness means in these situations.

As a Certified Trauma Integration Practitioner, Mandy Aidukaitis mindfully guides people through trauma. She is passionate about helping people identify and resolve issues, past and present, that create anxiety, depression, and unhappiness in their lives.

Mandy helps people develop self awareness through a variety of strategies. This includes anger and grief awareness, mentoring, creative visual imagery, meditation, and relaxation exercises. Mandy’s goal is to provide a safe place to talk and inspire balanced thinking, so you can make clear decisions.

Mandy was born and raised in London, England and has been living in Arizona with her husband, Lee, for several years. She is a mother of five including one that passed away 20 years ago. She enjoys eating all kinds of food, working out, playing with her eight grandkids and spending time with her children.In addition to all of this, she truly enjoys the work that she does connecting with her clients. She is a Certified Trauma Integration Practitioner. Her goal is to empower people to understand and integrate trauma, create wholeness within and form a mind, body, spirit connection.

Knowing firsthand the staggering toll that anxiety and depression can have in our lives, Mandy is passionate about helping others find peace. She focuses on personal growth by working through trauma. Self discovery will act as the guide regarding behavior, thoughts, emotions and spirituality. Mandy’s end goal is to help others find peace in their journey through life.

About Mind Well

Mind Well radio show and podcast is all about connecting with wellness professionals and individuals with unique perspectives about developing wholeness and well being.

We recognize that every individual has the ability to connect to wholeness.

About Our Host

Michelle Jones is the President and Co-Founder of Trauma Integration, LLC.

Michelle is an educator and Certified Trauma Integration Practitioner. She loves truly connecting with people.

Michelle firmly believes in the inherent resiliency within each of us and loves uncovering the light and strength in the people she meets.

About Our Sponsor

Mind Well is sponsored by Trauma Integration LLC. Trauma Integration is an educational company that is passionate about helping people understand their own response to trauma.

We provide resources to individuals and train practitioners to guide clients to mindfully integrate their trauma response and find wholeness within. You can find us at www.integratetrauma.com.

Follow Trauma Integration on Facebook and Instagram.

E84 Channel Your Curiosity with Carsten Ley

August 12, 2021 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

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In this episode of Project Management Office Hours, Carsten Ley shares his journey with us through navigating the project management world, globally. Carsten Ley and PMO Joe discuss topics about being open-minded, curious, and having cross-functional thinking.

After 20+ years working in Deloitte Germany, VW Mexico, Rolls-Royce UK and Lazada Vietnam, he founded Asia PMO in 2018. Carsten shares his experiences traveling, exploring new cultures in different countries, and the international reach and familiarity of Project Management and PMOs from a global perspective. The more open you are to taking risks and challenges, the more you’ll explore what’s out there.

We familiarize ourself with the idea of channeling your curiosity in to something you’re passionate about. Stop the questioning and start today. “The moment you go full power in, things happen because before when you do it only on a Saturday, Sunday, and you say, oh, I have to come over a certain threshold, you may not reach that threshold because you don’t go full power in.” -Carsten Ley

We realize as we listen it’s about the customer journey and what the customer experience is defined as: the essence of the company. Carsten Ley has just the answers you need.

Listen to the full episode and subscribe to the podcast

Connect with Carsten Ley today on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram. Visit https://www.carstenley.com/ to discover more about Carsten and Asia PMO

Thank you to THE PMO SQUAD and The PMO Leader for sponsoring this show.

Learn more about The PMO Squad – www.thepmosquad.com

Learn more about The PMO Leader – www.thepmoleader.com

Asia PMO is a digital transformation & agile consulting company to enable clients to succeed in fast-changing & customer-centric markets. We support to implement PMO’s, Customer Experience & goal-setting by OKRs / KPIs.

Carsten Ley is an Entrepreneur, Enabler & ProjectLead in Customer Experience, Agile / OKR / Change Management and Business Transformation. Leading large scale project implementations in Europe, Latin-America &South-East Asia.

After his 20+ year career in Banking, Consulting, Project & Customer Experience Management for companies like Deloitte Germany , VW Mexico, Rolls-Royce UK and Lazada Vietnam, he founded 2018 Asia PMO.

His consulting firm is focusing on getting clients fast and efficient into implementation of company objectives, customer experience improvements and all sorts of projects to foster a result- and team-oriented environment to excel today’s accelerated environments.

Beside helping 30+ clients to sustainably implement OKRs, Experience and Project Management, he is an internationally accomplished keynote speaker, trainer & Coach. He was recently elected in the top 150 CX global thought leaders.

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Coconut Dreams E67

August 11, 2021 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

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Tune into hear about CocoVinny’s long term goals and plans with giving back to the environment by planting coconut trees and providing the right tools to enjoy the delicious, and multi-functional coconuts.

He also shares his experience of being on ABC’s hit tv show Shark Tank and The Profit on CNBC. You don’t want to miss his song at the end of the show. Crowd pleasing comes easy to this entrepreneur.

CocoTaps is the first ZeroWaste certified food and beverage technology company. Seen on ABC’s hit tv show Shark Tank and The Profit on CNBC CocoTaps has partners with Mother Nature and is changing the world one Freshtapped coconut at a time.

Their products can be found in every major resort in Las Vegas and their patented technology is starting to make major in roads into the cap and straw sectors of the beverage industry.

CocoTaps is the world’s first patented #zerowaste coconut water removal system with ocean safe, backyard compostable Taps, making coconut water fun convenient and better for the planet.

CocoTaps has created the zero waste ultimate vacation beverage B2B distribution that’s now in most major 5 star resorts, juice bars, restaurants, and often part of music festivals in Las Vegas and beyond.

Their goal is to disrupt the status quo and innovate the coconut hydration and beverage sector by tapping into resorts, retail, theme parks, and cruise ships. Any places that currently serve artificial plastic packaged and processed coconut water will soon become CocoTaps customers.

CocoVinny Zaldivar prides himself as being a problem solver, Eco-Inventor, Zero Waste Educator, and Speaker. He’s been featured on #TheProfit on CNBC and ABC hit TV Show Shark Tank.

When not spreading the CocoLove gospel, CocoVinny can be seen playing ukulele and working on the CocoFarm project where the goal is to plant 1,000,000 coconut trees in Hawaii and Puerto Rico.

CocoVinny has founded and funded a variety of business ventures over the past 20 years. He plans to spend the rest of his career as The Chief Coconut-In-Charge at CocoTaps.com.

Connect with CocoVinny on LinkedIn and follow CocoTaps on Instagram and Twitter.

About the Show

About Your Hosts

Connect with Austin on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Landon received his B.S. from California State University Long Beach in business marketing and gets the rest of his education through the school of hard knocks via his business owner clients.

Connect with Landon on LinkedIn.

Business RadioX® is a separate entity not affiliated with Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp.

Tell the World About Your Brand With Karen Nowicki and Kitty Carlisle E8

August 6, 2021 by Karen

BRX National

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In this episode Sean and Mark welcome Karen Nowicki, the owner of Phoenix Business RadioX, and Kitty Carlise, the founder of Grammatical Activist. Karen invites entrepreneurs to investigate where they are getting in their own way and shares strategies for success. Kitty shares the power of storytelling and the impact good editing can have on your brand. The Avontage community joined in as live studio audience. Listen as Karen and Kitty answer ways to handle the common questions and challenges many entrepreneurs face.

Karen and Kitty share best practices on the power of storytelling in helping others connect with your brand. Karen shares the story of how her past created the business path of building and selling businesses, She discusses the impact intentionality and authenticity can have on your community-building efforts. Kitty shares challenges with authenticity and discusses her new approach to “asking.” Karen and Kitty share their expertise and what things they are up to. Enjoy!

Karen Nowicki is a successful author, speaker and the creator of Deep Impact Leadership™ and SoulMarks Coaching™. She is a two-time recipient of the prestigious national Choice Award® for her book and personal development retreat. Karen was crowned the first-ever “Mompreneur of the Year” Award in 2010 for the southwestern states. She was recognized for her leadership, business acumen and work-life balance.

Karen has been an expert guest on regional TV and radio shows, including Fox Phoenix Morning Show, Sonoran Living, Good Morning Arizona, The Chat Room, and Mid-Day Arizona. She has been a regular contributor to many print and online magazines – publishing articles and blogs for business and education.

Karen is an impeccably trained Integrative Coach Professional through The Integrative Coaching Institute at John F Kennedy University (2006) and has mentored more than 200 coaches worldwide. In addition to this intensive 3 year coaching certification program, Karen is also a Tao Healing Guide (2014) through the Sedona Mago Retreat Center; and most recently, has become a certified Trauma Mentor (2020).

In addition to working with private coaching clients, Karen is also the Owner & President of Phoenix Business RadioX. The Business RadioX® Network amplifies the voice of business – serving the Fortune 500,000, not just the Fortune 500. Phoenix Business RadioX helps local businesses and professional associations get the word out about the important work they’re doing to serve their market, profession, and community.

Follow Phoenix Business RadioX on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.

The Grammatical Activist offers copyediting services for solopreneurs, entrepreneurs, and small business owners. Additional specialties include copywriting and optimizing website content.

Considered by some to have a “Black Belt in English,” it can be said that The Grammatical Activist is a pathological nitpicker who homes in on mistakes and offers more professional, relevant alternatives to your content.

Available for editing LinkedIn profiles, web content, blogs, newspaper and magazine articles, pamphlets, whitepapers, and personal and professional summaries. Editing masters theses, doctoral dissertations, resumes, newsletters, e-newsletters, personal statements, cover letters, introductory and resignation letters, as well as documents and correspondence of all kinds.

Copyediting is the last step in preparing content so hiring a professional copyeditor will not only enhance your content, but also your brand.

Kitty Carlisle has a passion for polishing people’s professional message and specializes in helping successful, driven people achieve great things by improving their message when they do not have the time or ability to focus on anything other than providing their services or products.

She enjoys reviewing client communications and translating them into impactful, professional statements.

Connect with Kitty on LinkedIn and follow The Grammatical Activist on Facebook and Twittter.

About Cultivating Collaboration on Avontage

Sean Sarram, CEO and Founder Avontage is the host of this interview-style live radio/podcast show to highlight the members of the Avontage community. His co-host, Mark Jamnik, is Owner and Time Creation Coach at Enjoy Life Daily.

On this podcast we learn about the skills and services offered on our platform and how our members collaborate to grow their businesses; hence the name “Cultivating Collaboration on Avontage”.

About Avontage

Avontage is the future of work. We are a like-minded community of experts, forward-thinking entrepreneurs, and highly skilled freelancers solving each other’s pain points. We do that by trading skills and services on a trusted and safe platform.

Business barter trading is on the rise and it is the smartest way to achieve scalable growth during these challenging times.

About Your Hosts

Sean Sarram, the CEO and Founder of Avontage, is a seasoned executive with an entrepreneurial mindset. With a software engineering degree in Computer Science from Arizona State University, Sean enjoys building technology to solve hard problems that affect everyday life.

His mission is to build a trusted community marketplace for local business owners, marketers, entrepreneurs, freelancers, and creatives to collaborate, gain high quality clients, and help them grow your businesses without spending money.

Sean believes in Collaborative Capitalism, where small businesses collaborate and trading-exchange their skills and services to elevate one another.

Connect with Sean on LinkedIn, and follow Avontage on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Mark Jamnik lives and breathes productivity & coaching. After a decade in advertising sales, he was recruited by the Tony Robbins’ organization, to be 1 of 100 active global coaches. He coached over 300 CEO’s, entrepreneurs, & sales professionals, maximizing their effectiveness in achieving their goals.

Over the last decade he focused on his own entrepreneurial journey creating a healthy relationship with time. Now he consults CEOs and entrepreneurs with time creation and organization strategies to maximize productivity stress-free.

Connect with Mark on LinkedIn and Facebook.

Changing the Family Tree E66

August 4, 2021 by Karen

Phoenix Business Radio

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The Tycoons welcomed Kay Bodude and Myrrie Hayes to the show to discuss a topic that should be talked about more, especially considering current events and the mental strain our society has been under this last year – mental and behavioral health. These ladies have an inspiring story to tell and it all started from a very personal experience that moved them to dedicate their lives to helping others.

Best Care truly provides the best care because the business was built on the foundation of helping people the way they would help their own family. They nurture the business by building reciprocal relationships and incorporating all aspects in-house that are needed to make the business successful.

Kay and Myrrie talk about how they are inspired to “change their family tree” to give their children choices and freedom. They followed their heart and spirit to fulfill a calling and it took hard work and dedication to make it happen, but they never gave up. They are passing on these lessons to future generations. Tune in to hear the full story and be inspired by the change Best Care is making in the community.

Best Care Behavioral Homes provides residential housing for clients that have been certified by the state of Arizona as Severally Mentally Ill (SMI).

Best Care provides a stable home setting to assist clients with community skills, medication management, counseling, activities of daily living and/or other life skills deemed necessary by their interdisciplinary team.

Residents average stay is approximately 6 months.

As numbers 13 and 14 of 14 siblings and the mothers of seven children and six children, Kay Bodude and Myrrie Hayes never imagined one day they would own and operate a multimillion-dollar company.

As early as eight, Kay can remember falling in love with the white uniforms nurses were required to wear.

When she was 22 years old, Kay became a nurse. Myrrie Hayes, on the other hand, has always been a true salesperson, from starting her own candy store delivery in elementary school to selling message-grams in Junior high.

Both of them seemed to flourish with planning, selling, and being social butterflies. Somewhere along the way they realized they had the skills. Event planning, sales, marketing, and networking were some passions and the perfect ingredients to become entrepreneurs.

Their first “legitimate” business was a uniform store. They sold medical uniforms, medical equipment, and school uniforms.

Business expanded to three locations before selling it in 2012 and moving to Arizona. In Arizona, they established themselves a new “home base.

In 2016, Kay and her husband started their own skilled home health company. Three years later they sold it for a nice profit.

During her time with her home health company, Kay noticed a need in the mental health industry and in 2017, Kay and Myrrie, along with 2 partners, filled that need by starting Best Care Behavioral Homes. Best Care Behavioral Homes, LLC, known as BCBH, has grown to be a million-dollar company in under 3 years.

A good entrepreneur has seven streams of income. Along with BCBH, Kay and Myrrie also own Best Care Staffing, Best Care Consulting, Best Care Academy, 321 Event Space Rental, MC Beauty Supply, and KM Management, their joint non-profit endeavor.

Kay and Myrrie are always looking for their next successful venture as they build a lasting legacy for their families.

Follow Best Care Behavioral Homes on Facebook and Instagram.

About the Show

About Your Hosts

Connect with Austin on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Landon received his B.S. from California State University Long Beach in business marketing and gets the rest of his education through the school of hard knocks via his business owner clients.

Connect with Landon on LinkedIn.

Business RadioX® is a separate entity not affiliated with Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp.

Arizona Commerce Authority – 10 Years of Growth Re-Imagined E16

August 4, 2021 by Karen

AZ TechCast

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Arizona Commerce Authority – 10 Years of Growth Re-Imagined E16

This episode of AZTechCast features three members of the ACA’s leadership team: Andy Lombard, Executive Vice President of Innovation and Venture Development; Jena Coolidge McGovern, SVP of Marketing and Communications; Brian Sherman, Chief Innovation Officer. These dedicated leaders are ushering in a new era of economic development — the passionate pursuit of business, the creation of jobs and the stimulation of the economy to benefit all of Arizona.

Moderated by Phoenix Business RadioX, a distinguished panel of business leaders from the Arizona Commerce Authority will join Arizona Technology Council CEO Steve Zylstra to discuss how this successful agency has evolved over the last 10 years, the monumental success it has achieved to improve the state for business and innovation, and the future of economic development in Arizona.

From its inception, the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) has been guided by some of the best minds in private industry, the legislature and state universities. This unique collaboration has been one of the chief strengths of the ACA, and the work of the last 10 years would not be possible without the time, leadership and dedication of many individuals.

The Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) is the state’s leading economic development organization with a streamlined mission to grow and strengthen Arizona’s economy.

The ACA uses a three-pronged approach to advance the overall economy: recruit, grow, create – recruit out-of-state companies to expand their operations in Arizona; work with existing companies to grow their business in Arizona and beyond; and partner with entrepreneurs and companies large and small to create new jobs and businesses in targeted industries. The ACA is overseen by a prestigious public-private sector board of directors bringing together industry, academia and government.

Chaired by Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, the board is comprised of the state’s most prominent private-sector business leaders, university and community college presidents, and elected officials.

To learn more, visit www.azcommerce.com.

Andy Lombard serves as Executive Vice President of Innovation and Venture Development for the Arizona Commerce Authority. Prior to joining the ACA full time, he was a Technical Advisor for entrepreneurship. As part of his passion for entrepreneurship, Mr. Lombard helped construct the ACA’s $3 million annual business plan competition, the Arizona Innovation Challenge (AIC). Since its inception seven years ago, more than 1,200 technology start-ups have participated in the Challenge, which has resulted in approximately $20 million of invested, non-dilutive capital. He also created and has led Venture Ready, the ACA’s tech start-up mentoring program.

Prior to his work with the ACA, Mr. Lombard spent 14 years at Motorola, leading its Asia wireless business. During that time, he advanced to the director of Motorola Ventures, where he was responsible for managing a $750 million portfolio of technology investments while serving on 22 boards in six countries.

Following Motorola, he joined Silicon Valley tech company Adaptive Broadband, where he led strategy and mergers & acquisitions in a highly successful turnaround which saw the stock price increase to $205 from $6 in 24 months.

In 2000, he founded airBand Communications, a broadband wireless start-up backed by Battery Ventures, Sevin Rosen Funds and Cisco, with $76 million in capital raised, building the company to a more than $400 million valuation. Mr. Lombard has founded two additional venture-backed startups during his career.

Mr. Lombard has earned several recognitions and honors for his work, including Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist; CEO of the Year – CEO World Awards 2014; Executive of the Year, Network Products Guide 2013; Selected by President George W. Bush to serve on the Presidential High-Tech CEO Forum; and Red Herring Top 10 Wireless Startups 2002 for airBand.

Mr. Lombard also volunteers extensive time to mentoring entrepreneurs, community activities and is a volunteer National Ski Patrol for Brighton Ski Resort in Utah.

Mr. Lombard has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Missouri and a degree in Executive Management & Finance from Stanford University.

Jena Coolidge McGovern is the Senior Vice President, Marketing & Communications at the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA).

In this role, McGovern enthusiastically leads the ACA’s marketing and communications team and provides oversight, vision and strategy to all marketing functions.

She previously served as the Vice President, Digital Marketing & Communications at the ACA where she worked in close collaboration with the EVP of Strategy to lead an integrated approach to all marketing and communications projects, as well as developed agency-wide marketing strategies and digital marketing enhancements.

Brian Sherman serves as the Chief Innovation Officer of the Arizona Commerce Authority.

Brian approaches economic development as a social entrepreneur, startup evangelist and bureaucracy hacker. He believes human-inspired, market-leveraged, data-driven entrepreneurship can create a better world.

His work is focused on public sector strategy, technology-based economic development, entrepreneurship, early-stage capital formation and technology commercialization, as well as innovation in public policy, strategy and finance.

Brian is a 20+ year public service veteran serving in executive positions at the Arizona Technology Council, Arizona State University, the Town of Gilbert, the State of Arizona and on the founding team of the Arizona Commerce Authority.

Brian has a Bachelor’s degree in Geography/Geographic Information Systems and an MBA from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.

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About AZ TechCast

AZ TechCast is dedicated to covering innovation and technology in Arizona and beyond.

Through the art of connected conversation, AZ TechCast’s guests will share their expertise, success stories, news and analysis about the region’s leading startups, companies and emerging technologies, as well as the latest industry trends and critical issues propelling the state’s growing technology ecosystem.

About Your Hosts

Steve Zylstra serves as president and CEO of the Arizona Technology Council, a role he assumed in 2007. He is responsible for strategy, operations, finance and policy development. Zylstra is a vocal spokesman for the value technology can provide in raising social and economic standards in Arizona.

Zylstra serves on numerous councils, committees and boards, was named “Leader of the Year, Technology,” by the Arizona Capitol Times, and “Most Admired Leader” by the Phoenix Business Journal. In addition, he was awarded an honorary doctorate of science in technology from the University of Advancing Technology in Tempe, Ariz.

Zylstra earned a bachelor’s degree in automotive engineering technology from Western Michigan University.

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About Our Sponsor

The Arizona Technology Council, Arizona’s only statewide organization serving the technology sector, fosters a climate of innovation to enhance technology in Arizona.

A trusted resource in strengthening Arizona’s technology industry, the Council proactively eliminates impediments that companies face, accelerates the entrepreneurial mindset in the state’s expanding innovation ecosystem, and works to create a destination for companies to be, thrive and stay.

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