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Religion, Art and Meaningful Work

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In today’s edition of Good Morning Atlanta, Host Dana Barrett hosts a panel discussion about finding meaningful work and purpose as well as attunement and the power of listening.   Each of the guests also discusses their current projects.  Guests featured are:

– Author Jeffrey Small talking about his new book The Jericho Deception

– Jennifer Schwartz talking about The Jennifer Schwartz Gallery and Crusade for Art

– and David Papa talking about his work as an Transformational Innovation Consultant and Coach with Blue Earth Network

 

Winners of Atlanta’s 101 Best & Brightest Places to Work

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Today’s episode featured some of this year’s winners from the Atlanta’s 101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work For event.

Andrew Wells and Brent Collins from Daugherty Business Solutions, Tim Gordon with InfoMart, Nathan Feather from PrimeRevenue and Rashid Brown with Kingdom Fortunes Development Group joined in a panel discussion in and around what it takes to be a great place to work.

The group covered everything from resumes and hiring practices to salary negotiation, and retention and the conversation was both frank and forward thinking.  Whether you’re an employee frustrated by your experiences, or an employer who wants to improve your HR practices, this episode is not to be missed!

 

Ferris Wheel Open and Baby Pandas at Zoo Atlanta!

new_logoCentral Atlanta Progress Membership Manager and regular contributor to GMA, Dan Williams joins host Dana Barrett along with President & CEO of Zoo Atlanta, Raymond King to talk about developments in downtown, including the new SkyView Ferris Wheel and the call for development around the King Memorial Marta Station.  The group then focuses on the latest from Zoo Atlanta including the teensy tiny twin baby Pandas and the new baby rhino the Zoo will be getting very soon.

Other tidbits from the episode: Dana doesn’t know how big baby pandas are – how embarrassing!  But she does know which cars the thieves like most, and what new restaurants are coming to Lenox Mall.  Dan shares info on new levels of membership in CAP for individuals and small businesses and Raymond reminds us that the Zoo is world class and not just for the little ones!

 

Atlanta’s Cyclorama and Emerald Data Networks Featured

footerlogoIn the first part of the podcast Host Dana Barrett is joined by Monica Prothro and Anthony Knight from Atlanta’s Cyclorama to talk about the attraction and the upcoming events there.  The group talks candidly about the Civil War and roles that African Americans and others played.  They also talked about the balancing act of presenting history without alienating anyone.  Monica and Anthony also talked about some of the upcoming programming and encouraged Atlantans who hadn’t been in awhile to come back to Cyclorama!

emerald_logo_191x42In part 2 of the interview, Dana chats with the Darrell Rodgers, the President of Emerald Data Networks about his companies recent recognition at Atlanta’s 101 Best & Brightest awards, his unique and careful employee selection process and his beliefs about a positive work environment.  They also discuss how Emerald Data Networks helps their customers select and implement the right technologies for their business and Darrell stressed that your technology should meet your needs in both times of growth and in tougher times.