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LEADER DIALOGUE: Georgia Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan

August 16, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

LEADER DIALOGUE: Georgia Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan

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Duffie Dixon, Jennifer Strahan, Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, Ben Sawyer, Lisa Counsell

Georgia Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan joins Ben, Jennifer, Lisa and Duffie to discuss leadership, education, healthcare, technology and more on “Leader Dialogue”.

Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan

A former professional baseball player and successful entrepreneur, Geoff Duncan was elected Georgia’s Lieutenant Governor in November of 2018. Geoff’s faith inspired him to a life of leadership and prompted his upstart run for political office. He was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 2012. During his time in office he authored several important pieces of legislation. These include HB 749 – The Cargo Theft Act, HB152 – Michael’s Law, and most recently SB258 – the Rural Hospital Tax Credit.

About SOAR Vision Group

The SOAR Vision Group mission is to: Align People with Purpose to Achieve Exceptional Results. SOAR provides best practice strategy execution, business process optimization services, and a structured organizational development approach for organizations to effectively implement the Baldrige Performance Excellence framework. For more information, contact SOAR Vision Group at (888) 294-3303 or visit soarvisiongroup.com.

About the Baldrige Foundation

The mission of the Baldrige Foundation is to ensure the long-term financial growth and viability of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, and to support organizational performance excellence in the United States and throughout the world. The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is presented annually by the United States President to organizations that demonstrate quality and performance excellence. For more information, contact the Baldrige Foundation at (202) 559-9195 or visit baldrigefoundation.org.

Atlanta Knights 25 Year Anniversary – 1994 Turner Cup Champions

August 16, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Atlanta Knights 25 Year Anniversary - 1994 Turner Cup Champions

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From this excerpt from “Gwinnett Business Radio” on Business RadioX, Craig Jenkins shares the news about a 25 Year Anniversary of the Atlanta Knights 1994 Turner Cup Championship and plans for a reunion on the weekend of October 18-19, 2019.

About the Atlanta Knights

The Atlanta Knights were a minor league hockey franchise that played at the Omni Coliseum from 1992 through 1996. The arrival of the Knights marked the return of pro hockey to Atlanta for the first time since 1980, when the NHL’s Atlanta Flames departed for Calgary. The Knights served as the top farm club to the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning. In 1994, the Knights won the International Hockey League (IHL) championship, the Turner Cup.

2019 marks the 25th Anniversary of the Turner Cup championship team. Fans are encouraged to join former Knights’ players, coaches and staff in a 25-year celebration and reunion at the Atlanta Gladiators home game on Saturday, October 19.

Players scheduled to attend include Stan Drulia (Captain), Chris LiPuma, Colin Miller, Jason Ruff, Cory Cross, Jeff Buchanan, Shawn Rivers, Christian Campeau, Brent Gretzky, Jeff Madill, J.C. Bergeron, Jim Cummins and others. Coaches Gene Ubriaco and John Paris are also scheduled to attend.

In addition to the Atlanta Gladiators game, other weekend festivities are being planned. For more information and updates, visit the Atlanta Knights Facebook page.

Brian Fitch with the Carbon Thread Agency

August 15, 2019 by Mike

ePresence

Brian Fitch with the Carbon Thread Agency

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Brian Fitch/Carbon Thread Agency

Carbon Thread is a boutique digital and creative agency comprised of professionals bringing years of digital strategy experience. They have executed specialized digital marketing campaigns for businesses and personalities that have left their mark on a variety of areas. Each campaign Carbon Thread executes is designed to boost their client’s creative efforts across the digital space.

Mark Galvin/ePresence

ePresence provides personal branding services for individuals, executives and entrepreneurs. They leverage social media on an individual level since that is where the audience is most engaged. Mark Galvin, CEO and Founder of ePresence, is a personal social media expert with 29 years of business management and hotel industry experience including stops with Marriott, Hyatt, Omni and IHG.

SIMON SAYS, LET’S TALK BUSINESS: Skot Waldron with Skotwaldron.com, Allen Read with M3, and Steve Phillips with Northwest Exterminating

August 15, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

SIMON SAYS, LET'S TALK BUSINESS: Skot Waldron with Skotwaldron.com, Allen Read with M3, and Steve Phillips with Northwest Exterminating

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Skot Waldron, Allen Read, Steve Phillips, Al Simon

Skot Waldron/Skotwaldron.com

For the past 18 years, Skot Waldron’s work for clients such as J.P. Morgan Chase, CDC, Georgia Tech, Royal Caribbean, Sesame Workshop, Chiquita, and The Coca-Cola Company has included national and international branding campaigns as well as positioning, naming, corporate identity development, video, web, print, trade show, digital marketing, and event design, and communication development.

His focus is on small businesses and entrepreneurs, and how he can use his extensive experience and a proven process to help them clarify their positioning, develop a clear brand strategy, and build a “brand first” mentality in everything they do.

In addition to running his own agency, Skot has been teaching branding and design at the Portfolio Center. Skot has also traveled to different cities in the U.S. to conduct communication workshops, and speaks about how the value of branding pertains to us as individuals, families, and businesses.

Allen Read/M3

Built by hoteliers, exclusively for hoteliers, M3 is a powerful cloud-based financial platform and services company serving the hospitality industry that drives cost savings, revenue enhancement and business insight. After 20 years in business without increasing prices, M3 has added customers and properties every single month and is expected to add the 6,000th property using one or more of M3’s solutions before the end of this year (2019). Used by management groups and hotels of all sizes, the platform works seamlessly with other key systems and tools in the hospitality industry and offers robust accounting and financial analysis across entire portfolios with optional operations and time management features. M3’s professional services team provides on-demand support for hotels of any size by offering a full range of customized accounting solutions to scale with a hotel’s needs. Privately held and employee owned, M3 also includes a proprietary hotel benchmarking index that combines data from thousands of properties into a single accessible data set to compare hotel financial performance.

Steve Phillips/Northwest Exterminating

Northwest Exterminating was founded in 1951 by L.A. and Emma Lene Phillips. The company was founded on the values of honesty, integrity, and excellence, and it is now in its 3rd generation of the Phillips’ family leadership. Northwest Exterminating has grown to include over 600 teammates in 27 service centers across five states, with a focus on providing green solutions for pests, termites, lawns, mosquitoes, wildlife, and insulation. Their goal is to create healthier living and working environments while keeping to their “Customers for Life” motto. Northwest Exterminating has been recognized as one of the AJC’s Top Workplaces for 7 consecutive years.

Amadi Brooks with the Atlanta Hawks and Nona Jones & Star Legg with Bahama Breeze Island Grille – Duluth

August 15, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Amadi Brooks with the Atlanta Hawks and Nona Jones & Star Legg with Bahama Breeze Island Grille - Duluth

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Mike Sammond, Nona Jones, Amadi Brooks, Star Legg, Tom Sheldon

Amadi Brooks/Atlanta Hawks

Membership consultants with the Atlanta Hawks and State Farm Arena provide businesses with year-round events to deliver a unique experience to their employees, clients, and prospects.

Nona Jones and Star Legg/Bahama Breeze

Bahama Breeze brings the feeling of a Caribbean escape, offering the food, drink and atmosphere found in the islands. The Bahama Breeze menu features familiar favorites, including seafood, chicken and steak, accented with the flavorful and colorful ingredients you’d find in the islands and reflecting the growing popularity of Caribbean and Latin flavors.

Mike Fulton with Oconee State Bank and Craig Jenkins with the Atlanta Knights

August 14, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Business Radio

Mike Fulton with Oconee State Bank and Craig Jenkins with the Atlanta Knights

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Mike Fulton/Oconee State Bank

Oconee State Bank is a leading financial institution with a vision to be essential to the lives, businesses, and communities they serve. With more than 59 years of service in the banking industry, Oconee State Bank continuously strive to create remarkable experiences that significantly mark the lives of others. They are proud to provide an unparalleled commitment to personalized service, innovative products and solutions, and to bringing exceptional value to their customers through local ownership, involvement, and decision making. #beyondthecupola

Craig Jenkins/Atlanta Knights

2019 marks the 25th Anniversary of the Turner Cup championship team and the players and staff will participate in a 25-year celebration and reunion at the Atlanta Gladiators home game on Saturday, October 19.

Making the Right Move

August 14, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

Making the Right Move

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Michael Leguay, Alice Leguay, Victoria Collier

Senior Salute Radio brings timely information to leading age Boomers and Seniors addressing the issues of aging, care-giving and maintaining quality of life. Learn from both professionals and regular people going through the process with their families. This episode will focus on business planning and succession planning for Seniors.

Special guests Alice Leguay and her son Michael join Victoria on this episode to discuss long term care options such as assisted living and nursing homes, why they chose them, and their experiences when “Making the Right Move”.

About The Estate & Asset Protection Law Firm, of Victoria Collier

The Estate & Asset Protection Law Firm was established to serve the legal needs of senior citizens when their health care needs increase. The Firm focuses its entire practice on Asset Protection and Estate Planning matters, which encompasses the areas of Medicaid Planning, VA Benefits Planning, Special Needs Planning, and Estate Planning. Victoria Collier has grown her law practice through her personable nature and good management skills. The office is located in downtown Decatur, GA. The Firm makes house calls to those clients who are unable to come to the office. They understand that you might not be able to make it into the office, so they have no problem coming to you! Take comfort in knowing that it is the mission of Victoria Collier to support her clients in the creation of a long-term care plan for preserving assets, maximizing independence, and enhancing quality of life.

Technology in the Trucking Industry

August 14, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

Technology in the Trucking Industry

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Rebecca Brewster/American Transportation Research Institute

The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) has been engaged in critical transportation studies and operational tests since 1954. ATRI is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit research organization headquartered in Arlington, VA with offices in Atlanta, Minneapolis, Sacramento, and New York.

ATRI’s primary mission is to conduct transportation research, with an emphasis on the trucking industry’s essential role in a safe, efficient and viable transportation system. ATRI’s research focus includes: Congestion and Mobility; Economic Analysis; Safety and Security; Technology and Operations; Environment; and Transportation Infrastructure.

ATRI’s extensive experience covers a broad range of commercial vehicle operations including leadership and/or participation in numerous national freight analyses, technology research initiatives and field operational tests.

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Jason Chandler with Gwinnett Medical Center Foundation

August 14, 2019 by Mike

Case In Point

Jason Chandler with Gwinnett Medical Center Foundation

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Jason Chandler/Gwinnett Medical Center Foundation

Accelerating access to quality healthcare has always been what the Gwinnett Medical Center is all about. In recent years, they have transformed the healthcare landscape of Gwinnett by adding the Concussion Institute, the Center for Weight Management, Graduate Medical Education, an expansion of their Cancer Institute, the Strickland Heart Center, and the Circelli Newborn Intensive Care. “Imagine what we can continue to do together.”