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Mark Hayes/Mark Hayes Consulting
A leading executive and celebrity media trainer, and an award-winning journalist, Mark Hayes brings vast knowledge and nearly 30 years of experience to clients who recognize the need to master the art of public speaking, presentation, and media skills. Mark Hayes Consulting understands that every single word matters, and so does the delivery. With nearly three decades of experience in front of the camera and interviewing guests from scholars to celebrities, Mark will help you learn the secrets to success to help you effectively manage your message. Mark will also share insider tips on how to look relaxed and authoritative on camera and in front of interviewers.
By paying attention to the details. he will help you in every aspect of the media training process, from what to expect when you arrive at the studio, or preparing for a corporate presentation with a teleprompter. From your delivery to the matching tie and wardrobe, he will leave nothing to chance. He will tailor a training program to your specific needs.
Contact Mark Hayes Consulting today to empower yourself with the kind of coaching that will leave you ready to communicate with class, clarity and confidence.
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.
Dr. Mike Majmundar/Northside Plastic Surgery
Dr. Mike Majmundar of Northside Plastic Surgery is a double board certified and fellowship trained facial plastic surgeon. He has made Alpharetta and Atlanta become destinations for excellence in plastic surgery with his signature Natural procedures. Physicians come from all over the country to learn about his nonsurgical injectable techniques and his trademarked MM Lift. Patients come from all over the world for his signature Natural Facelift and Natural Mini-Facelift, which is a product of years of experience and advanced surgical approach. Dr. Majmundar has been named a Top Doctor for 8 years in a row by Atlanta Magazine and Castle Connolly Medical; a National Top Doctor by U.S. News & World Report; Best Plastic Surgeon for Face by Best Self Atlanta; Best Botox and Filler Injector; and a top beauty expert.
Alex Van Winkle/Van Winkle & Associates
Van Winkle & Associates is Atlanta’s oldest independent advertising and marketing firm. Founded in 1984, VWA established itself as the agency that could provide senior level talent to solve complex marketing issues at a more reasonable cost than the network agencies. The agency has built a reputation of bringing value to a client’s marketing spend by providing thoughtful strategic direction and execution all the way through the sales funnel. With a track record of building brands from the ground up, such as Texas Pete Hot Sauce and Hennessy Lexus, VWA has been able to leverage past success with regional clients into relationships with national brands such as Homewood Suites by Hilton and Ancestry.com. Today, VWA continues to lead the rapidly evolving marketing landscape through innovative strategy that connects the digital-first consumer with brand strategy focused on results.
Michael Horwitz/CBA Group
With Michael Horwitz and The CBA Group, you are represented by outstanding, experienced and knowledgeable professionals who will provide you with sound financial, strategic and tactical advice to best achieve a successful transaction. The CBA Group has been helping business owners for over 17 years. The CBA Group brokers have over 175 years of collective business experiences.
Michael’s business experiences include senior management roles in Fortune 500 corporations to leadership positions with venture capital-backed high tech start-ups. Michael also brings small business knowledge through his seven years of owning and operating an independent bicycle shop in Alpharetta, where he has lived and worked for the past 22 years.
Tom Martin/Proactive Payroll
Proactive Payroll is a small business payroll service for employers with 1 to 100 employees. Tom Martin has been a CPA for over 40 years. He uses that experience to help small business in many ways. Proactive does not sell insurance, bookkeeping, retirement or tax services, but is extremely knowledgeable in all those areas. Proactive helps their clients by referring them to the best providers in the payroll ancillary businesses with total independence. Proactive Payroll also focuses on referring clients to each other. At Proactive, they provide clients with their cell phone number so you can reach them when you need to.
Ben Huard/GO
GO is a group of entrepreneur-minded creative individuals who have joined forces to become an award-winning full-service marketing and communications agency with offices in Hartford, CT and Atlanta, GA. Since 2004, they’ve believed that their client’s goals come first – not their services. It’s easy to create cookie-cutter marketing solutions that fit every client. But GO are not ones to take the easy road. Instead, they approach each client open and fresh, building unique strategies based on your intended outcomes. And yes, they have all the internal marketing and communications capabilities to do so. But so do a lot of agencies. What makes GO different is their ability to use those capabilities – creatively, efficiently, successfully.
Infusionsoft Regional Partner Manager Nathan Folmar
Having had a brief ON AIR conversation with Infusionsoft’s Nathan Folmer while broadcasting at ASBA’s Syntech earlier this year, we knew we wanted more time with him for a full studio interview. Nathan’s passion for helping small business owners to not only succeed but to bust their own definition of success wide open is simply contagious! As a Regional Partner Manager, with “his team” living and working in several different states, he has to lead in unique and fulfilling ways. Listen in as Nathan shares his journey and wisdom with us.
Infusionsoft is the first and still the ONLY all in one sales and marketing automation software designed exclusively for small business. Our mission: to simplify growth for millions of small businesses.
Nathan Folmar is the Regional Partner Manager for Infusionsoft, working with 200 Certified Partners to help grow their own businesses by offering Infusionsoft as part of their service. Nathan is an Army veteran, a small business growth leader, and the proud father of two, Braden and Avery.
Connect with Nathan on LinkedIn, and follow Infusionsoft on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
Manu Muraro is the founder of social media training business and agency Your Social Team. At Your Social Team, she has taught over 200 brands including Tiny Doors ATL, Ponce City Market and The High Museum of Art. It’s the only Atlanta business that offers a wide curriculum of hands-on Instagram training. Born and raised in Brazil, Manu has lived in Atlanta for 18 years. Her background is in creative and marketing and before starting her own business she has worked for two of the most loved Atlanta brands, King of Pops and Cartoon Network.
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Greg Young’s goal is to help students discover learning experiences that promote intellectual inquiry, foster spiritual growth, prepare them to serve Jesus Christ and others, and mobilize leaders who transform their world through faith, knowledge, love, and hope. He does this through his role as Director of Corporate and Community Engagement at Belhaven University. Belhaven University is a Christian liberal arts college dedicated to helping people grapple with the complex issues of life and to preparing them for positions of leadership in a rapidly changing society.
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Vecus Miller & Theresa Hayes/Waffle House
Waffle House was founded in 1955 in Avondale Estates, GA. by neighbors Joe Rogers and Tom Forkner. They both passed away last year. While not being involved in the day-to-day operations, they both were still very present throughout their lives. Waffle House grew from that one restaurant to 1,900 in 25 states. Waffle House also has a very unique culture which they celebrate. From being open 24/7/365, to their unique “Call-in” system, to how they deliver a great experience, Waffle House feels their culture is what puts them above the competition.
Lowell Smoker/Dynamic Media Consultants
Dynamic Media Consultants is a group of marketing professionals with over 20 years of experience committed to helping local SMB’s understand how to navigate through and prosper in the ever-changing Internet marketing space. They combine analytics, expertise, and specialized knowledge to assist the business owner in analyzing their digital footprint, or what the search engines and others see. Using specialized tools, an assessment is given of what their competitive strengths and weaknesses are compared to others in their marketplace. Dynamic Media Consultants then help them put systems in place to either capitalize on their strengths or repair the weakness. Sometimes it is as simple as repairing their on-line reputation. DMC’s systems then monitor the various campaigns or actions. This allows them – along with the business owner – to measure the results and where to focus their efforts.
The end result? Their business will be found when others search for their service or product, their phones will ring regularly, and their business will grow again. If their offer or service is in demand, the growth can be explosive and quick.
Bob Bennett
This blog focuses on the economic future of Northwest Florida by providing insight into little known facts and innovative concepts to stimulate discussion and progress.
The demographics of the counties can be found at the Northwest Florida Forward website.
ROBERT R. BENNETT
Summary
A dynamic global executive with 50 years of experience in establishing a broad range of energy and environmental related projects in over 70 countries. His principal strength is in developing implementable plans to establish new projects and companies in early adopter technologies.
Mr. Bennett is adept at building consensus among diverse groups. Throughout his career he has worked with groups with extremely varied backgrounds and cultural values. He gains public acceptance by working well with government, regulators, the public, and special interest groups to define vision and expectations guided by his personal discipline and integrity. He is adept at achieving conflict resolution and unifying a diversity of goals, views, and objectives. By adapting to local interests and involving the affected community in the decision processes he is able to motivate people to act in a coordinated fashion.
Mr. Bennett has served on 15 Boards of Directors in seven countries. He has hands-on experience in localization, technology transfer, restructuring, project financing, and business practices as they relate developing energy and environmental projects. Mr. Bennett has received six U.S. patents, 13 U.S. provisional and has published four papers.
