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Jacqui Chew, TEDxAtlanta

May 12, 2023 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Jacqui Chew, TEDxAtlanta

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North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 660)

Jacqui Chew, distinguished speaker, TED Talker, and President of TEDxAtlanta, joined host John Ray on this episode of North Fulton Business Radio. She discussed this year’s theme for TEDxAtlanta, “WE RISE,” a few of the dynamic speakers and topics which will be offered, why you should come to the live event versus watching on YouTube, how TEDxAtlanta operates as a community-driven project, and much more.

TEDxAtlanta 2023: WE RISE will be presented on May 19, 2023, at the Rialto Center for the Arts. For further information and tickets, go to the TEDxAtlanta website.

North Fulton Business Radio is broadcast from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.

TEDxAtlanta is an initiative of Ideas into Action, a Georgia-registered nonprofit founded on the belief in the power of ideas to build stronger communities. It is one of 3000+ local TED affiliates across the globe and its license holder Jacqui Chew is widely recognized in the global TEDx community as a pioneer organizer.

Originally operating under the TEDxPeachtree name, the founding team produced one of the first 26 TEDx events in the world in 2009!

In 2018, TEDxPeachtree rebranded to TEDxAtlanta and continues to organize the largest, and longest-running TEDx event in Georgia and beyond.

Website | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

Jacqui Chew operates at the intersection of technology, innovation, and impact. She is a TED Talker and actively speaks on community-building, mental health, culture, and inclusion. Her work has been recognized by Spelman College and the Technology Association of Georgia. In 2019, Jacqui was named to the 25 Most Influential Asian Americans list by Georgia Asian Times.

Today, she leads iFusion Consulting, a strategy and storytelling firm for high-growth startups and innovation-forward enterprises. The firm’s work has led to more than $100M in venture funding raised, multiple successful launches, and exits. Jacqui has personally coached dozens of TEDx speakers with a special focus on executives from the STEM and life sciences industries. She is the licensee of TEDxAtlanta, the largest TED affiliate in Georgia. TEDxAtlanta talks have garnered 33 million views and counting.

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Questions and Topics in this Interview:

What’s the theme for TEDxAtlanta this year?
How is attending a live event different from watching the talks on YouTube?
How does TEDxAtlanta stay a community-driven project?
What does the future look like for TEDxAtlanta and Ideas into Action?

North Fulton Business Radio is hosted by John Ray and broadcast and produced from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.

Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions with over $13 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management, and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.

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Laura DiBenedetto, Author of The Six Habits

November 19, 2021 by John Ray

Business Leaders Radio

Laura DiBenedetto, Author of The Six Habits

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Laura DiBenedetto, Author of The Six Habits

After a phenomenally successful run building a marketing firm, Laura DiBenedetto retired at age 37. Contrary to what she expected, she found she was miserable, and she began searching for the keys to change her life. That search morphed into an extensive research project, the results of which Laura outlined in her book, The Six Habits. She joined host John Ray to discuss her journey, the book, the habits, and much more. Business Leaders Radio is produced virtually from the Business RadioX® studios in Atlanta.

The Six Habits

At nineteen, Laura founded Vision Advertising, a Massachusetts marketing firm. Over the years, the company grew to become a multi-award-winning agency with a solid reputation, millions in revenue, and national recognition. For nearly twenty years, Laura relentlessly pursued the highest of standards, defying tradition to be the first to bring many cutting-edge technologies to her clients. She is a well-known marketing thought-leader and educator in the area, responsible for educating many other marketing companies on new strategies and tools.

During her career at Vision Advertising, Laura accumulated 18 awards, including two Torch Awards from the Better Business Bureau and the Forty Under 40 Award at age twenty-three. She was frequently featured on TV and radio, most notably including multiple appearances on FOX News. Laura routinely gave speeches and led workshops for area business organizations, universities, and special interest groups like the Massachusetts Restaurant Association.

With a soft spot for ambitious college students (having been a very young entrepreneur herself), women’s issues, and animals, Laura always felt it was important to be a helper and a mentor in the community. She built many entrepreneur-education and internship programs and became the benefactor of a handful of local organizations dedicated to women’s abuse recovery and animal rescue services.

At thirty-seven, Laura retired as active CEO of Vision Advertising, turning over the reins to her successor, maintaining ownership of the company.

Right before her retirement, Laura was exhausted and depressed. She had made the disappointing discovery that no matter how much you love something; you can still get burnt out. This inspired her to take massive, motivated action and set out on a personal research project that changed her life, and subsequently many others. Laura’s research project resulted in a massive change in her own life, her energy level, physical health, emotional healing, and for the first time in years – genuine happiness. Laura sold her beloved home in Massachusetts and moved to Maui with her husband, and has been adventuring, sharing her ideas, and empowering others to find true happiness.

The astounding results of her research project resulted in findings that became The Six Habits.

Laura had uncovered the truth of happiness and what it really is. She further uncovered what habits are required for a truly happy life, and how to master those habits. The Six Habits is a book that teaches the importance of a constructive relationship with ourselves and provides specific instructions on developing mastery. The Six Habits is available as a paperback, ebook, and audio book at thesixhabits.com.

The powerful impact of The Six Habits seen in Laura’s own life, clients, and colleagues paved the way for “The Six Habits – 90 Day Habit Mastery” program, and “The Six Habits Coaching Framework” – both available now.

Laura is a TEDx speaker and is a guest on popular podcasts including “Wings of Inspired Business” and “Soul Powered.” She is an active blogger with an engaged blogging and social platform. She is available for speeches, guest-appearances on podcasts, TV, and radio, guest-appearances in magazines and online channels.

Website | LinkedIn | Instagram | The Six Habits

Questions and Topics

Give a brief summary of your career to date and what led you to write your best-selling book, The Six Habits.
You retired from the business you had run for nearly 20 years. How did you go about rediscovering what you do next at 37?
You talk about a radical journey of self-discovery that followed your retirement and a search for purpose – what was the first step you took in this direction? How did you know where to start on your journey?
What was the catalyst that finally led you to pick up the pen write The Six Habits?
What do you believe is the single biggest challenge entrepreneurs face today?
For all those business women and men listening to this podcast – what is the one thing you recommend they do for themselves tomorrow that that has the potential to make a discernible difference both personally and by virtue of this, their business?

Business Leaders Radio is hosted by John Ray and produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta. The show can be found on all the major podcast apps and a full archive can be found here.

Telling Your Story in a Pandemic, with Mark Hayes, Mark Hayes Consulting

May 5, 2020 by John Ray

North Fulton Business Radio

Telling Your Story in a Pandemic, with Mark Hayes, Mark Hayes Consulting

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Telling Your Story in a Pandemic, with Mark Hayes, Mark Hayes Consulting (“North Fulton Business Radio,” Episode 228)

How do you go about telling your story in a pandemic if you’re a business owner? Former journalist Mark Hayes of Mark Hayes Consulting joins host John Ray to discuss this question and much more. “North Fulton Business Radio” is produced virtually by the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta.

Mark Hayes, Mark Hayes Consulting

Mark Hayes is the President and CEO of Mark Hayes Consulting. The firm’s mission is to help everyone from CEOs to small business owners make the most of their opportunity for media exposure. Providing media training and placement consulting, Mark’s firm helps businesses and brands find media placements and create content to build and enhance their brand. The firm also provides media training and communication skills workshops and seminars. Mark is a Certified Jack Canfield Trainer.

Mark is scheduled to appear on the TEDx stage in Woodstock in November.

Mark Hayes has spent nearly three decades bringing news viewers in major cities across the country their news and information of the day. Some of his stops include major markets like Dallas, Denver, Detroit and Baltimore. His proudest accomplishments, however, came during his tenure in the great city of Atlanta, GA. For more than a decade, Mark was a staple of early morning television on Good Day Atlanta on Fox 5 Atlanta. He believes his most noteworthy achievement, was the nearly 20 hours he spent on air during the Fulton County Courthouse shootings and the subsequent capture of Brian Nichols. He has been recognized nationally with two Emmy nominations and recognition for spot news coverage from the National Press Photographers Association.

For more information, go to https://markhayesconsulting.com/ or call Mark directly at 678-829-4632.

Questions and Topics in this Interview:

Mark’s background in journalism and how he works with business owners
community impact
credibility and reputation in story-telling
social media management
branding and personal branding
media relations
digital media

North Fulton Business Radio” is produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, iHeart Radio, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others.

Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has grown to become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions with over $13 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.

Al Meyers with TEDx, Arthur Fessenden with The Art of Cruising and Paula Washington with Wise Women Speak Foundation, Inc.

October 15, 2012 by angishields

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Al Meyers/TEDx Peachtree

Al Meyers serves as theFounder, Official TEDx Licensee, Team Cheerleader for TEDx Peachtree. Â Al is aÂ Senior Executive Leader experienced in leveraging Fortune 100 companies. Â His background is in Strategic Planning, Corporate Development, Start-ups,Â and M&A with a proven impact in Marketing, Operations, Finance, and International business, coupled withÂ expertise in digital/new media, television, home video, and kidsâ€™ media. Â Al’s specialties include critical thinking, negotiation, leadership and vision, managing people, cultural awareness and sensitivity, global perspective, relationship building, execution, digital media, video games, innovation, organizational behavior, and strategy development.

Arthur Fessenden/The Art of Cruising

Arthur Fessenden has been in the Atlanta area as a travel consultant for over 30 years. His company is named The Art of Cruising. He has also had the experience of traveling to over 110 countries and all 50 states. Arthur has owned two successful travel agencies in the last 30 years. Travel Made Easy was formed in 1984. The Art of Cruising is affiliated with the largest cruise agency in North America. This enables clients to have opportunities, benefits, knowledge, experience, and buying power (special promotions can be passed on due to the volume of business). The Art of Cruising books many groups including family, religious, business incentives, and of course, friendsâ€™ groups. They are constantly reviewing rates, updating itineraries, or any other changes, and all services are absolutely free. The Art of Cruising handles all aspects of a client’s vacation including air transportation, transfers, hotels, and pre and post packages.

Arthur attended North Fulton High School in Atlanta and graduated from West Georgia College with a BS degree in Geography; therefore he has many, many friends in the area. His main objective is to help clients travel and see this beautiful planet.

Paula Washington/Face2Face Solutions, Inc. and Wise Women Speak Foundation, Inc.

Paula Washington is with Face2Face Solutions, Inc. Paula assists executives in advancing their careers and business owners in transforming their companies and achieving incredible results. Paula has over twenty years of corporate and entrepreneurial experience that affords her the ability to address many facets of business and personal development. Her clients have benefited from her expertise as Speaker, Corporate Strategist and Executive Coach.

Paulaâ€™s passion for the empowerment of women, girls and families, led her to establish Wise Women Speak Foundation, Inc., where she serves as Founder & Chair. Currently W.W.S. mentors career women, business owners and young professional women.