Chess is a game of wits, a battle between two minds attempting to prevail over the other. So how is chess able to help out at-risk youths in urban environments? Orrin Hudson, founder of the Atlanta-based non-profit group Be Someone, has found a connection between at-risk youths and helping them stay away from the pitfalls […]
In this powerful guide, business leaders and entrepreneurs Ken Sherman, Patty Pivonka, John Herring, Kim Lenz, Chris Soto, Doug Rusk, Tim Rochford, Lori Neff, Jennifer Riggs and Jason Wiseman have teamed up to share with you their “winning ways,” offering insight into their “insider secrets” for creating business success. Winning Ways: Insider Secrets for Business […]
Yoga studio owner, Sherry Zak Morris of Yoga Vista Studio in Vista, CA was selected out of thousands of yoga studio owners to appear in a national photo essay in USA Today on Seniors Yoga. Sherry Zak Morris was selected because of her track record of helping senior citizens take up yoga and her standing in the local […]
Business owners are accustomed to selling themselves with an introduction and elevator pitch. Most, however, aren’t pitching to insatiably curious, enormously engaging Harrison Ramsey. The soccer-playing, sushi-eating young man from Atlanta, known simply as ‘H’ to family and friends, wants to know what business owners actually do for a living. After hearing their two-minute pitch […]
It’s well-known and documented that transitioning (or returning) veterans consistently encounter more barriers to employment than do their civilian counterparts. In fact, the Bureau of Labor Statistics currently reports first Gulf War veteran unemployment at almost 10%. Compare this to roughly 6% civilian unemployment for the same demographic, and the problem becomes more than clear. […]
Irene West, a San Diego wealth building advocate says, “We are facing a global dilemma with the biggest wealth transfer in history within the next decade.” Wealth never disappears, it merely transfers. When we face a crisis there are two ends to the pendulum, the crisis end and the opportunity end. Most people want to […]
The Cuyahoga Falls Chamber of Commerce recently recognized three business leaders for their outstanding involvement in making Cuyahoga Falls a better place to live, work and enjoy life. Cuyahoga Falls was settled in 1812 and is located just north of Akron Ohio (the hometown of LeBron James) and is the second largest city in Summit […]
A three dentist practice, Tarpon Shores Dental was named three times to the latest Top Dentists 2015 list that was just released in April. Tarpon Shores Dental dentists, and Dr. C. Romesh Weerasooriya, Dr. R. Scott Thompson and Dr. Shanaka Weerasooriya, DMD were all awarded “Top Dentist” status on the list and featured in the […]
A three-dentist practice, Tarpon Shores Dental was named three separate times to the latest Top Dentists 2015 list. Tarpon Shores Dentals dentists, Dr. Shanaka Weerasooriya, DMD, Dr. R. Scott Thompson and Dr. C. Romesh Weerasooriya have all been awarded “Top Dentist” status on the list and featured in the April Edition of Sarasota Magazine. Dr. […]
This Mother’s Day, Judy Kauffman is paying a special tribute to retailers who also happen to be Mothers and Grandmothers. Kauffman, a “trend” sales specialist to the retail trade is betting that many retailers who are also “Mothers” will push back their own Mother’s Day celebration in order to serve their consumers. According to Kauffman, “Mother’s Day shopping […]