Fun, food, art, celebs benefit AIDS Survival Project
Fifth annual Art of Dining event at Lowe Gallery brings together Chef Marvin Woods, deejay Melissa Carter, food from Cowtipper's and great art. But how does Jane Fonda fit in? Come find out - tonight! Read More
Rosario Dawson to Appear at Atlanta Comics Expo!
Rosario Dawson, who made her debut in the critically acclaimed role of Ruby in 1995's Kids, (and has since gone on to star in such films as Sin City, Rent, Clerks II and the recently released Grindhouse) has chosen to direct some of her creative energy towards the world of comic books. She will be appearing this weekend at Atlanta Comics Expo in support of her new comic O.C.T. (Occult Crimes Taskforce) published by Atlanta's 12 Gauge Comics. Read More
Channel 2 Launches Local Green Initiative
Channel 2, WSB-TV and wsbtv.com mark Earth Day with extensive coverage of the local events this weekend as well as launching a first of its kind local website dedicated to anything "green" in Georgia. Read More
Learn How the Georgia Economy Affects your Business - Atlanta Women's Network
Kristin W. Diver, Asst. Director of the Economic Forecasting Center, Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University, will explain the latest employment trends, how the economy drives Atlanta's key sectors and the outlook for the Georgia and Atlanta economy for the next 3 years. Read More
24th Annual ADAC Sample Sale to benefit Atlanta Humane Society on April 21 & 22
The excitement generated by the annual event is obvious, as shoppers, anticipating finding that perfect piece, begin lining up well before the doors officially open at 9am. Read More
Brock Built City Neighborhoods Certified as Atlanta's Second Largest Builder of Earth Craft Homes
Brock Built City Neighborhoods is pleased to announce that the company has earned its Earth Craft certification - making it the second largest builder of Earth Craft Homes in metro Atlanta. Read More
Best-Selling Author Pat Conroy Comes to Cobb April 21 at 12:30 p.m.
Atlanta Native Makes Rare Appearance at The Walker School to Benefit Cobb Library Foundation -- the 501c3 non-profit arm of the Cobb County Public Library System. Conroy's books will be available for sale and a book signing by the author will follow at 1:30 p.m. Read More
Atlanta Regional Commission ‘Growing a Greener Region'
New web resource shows region how to support Green Efforts - "Growing a Greener Region" details ARC's efforts at making the region greener as well as shows how local governments are contributing. Read More
Look and Sound Like a Leader! Deliver Messages that Inspire!
The International Association of Business Communicators hosts Joey Asher, President of Atlanta-based selling and communications firm, Speechworks at their monthly luncheon meeting and educational program. Luncheon will be held at Maggianos in Buckhead. All welcome! Read More
Streaming Video and Audio Emerges as a Powerful Way for Management to Communicate with Employees
Atlanta-based What's Up Interactive says employee message delivery is improved dramatically when streaming video and audio podcasts are integrated into corporate messaging, compared to plain text alone. Read More
Georgia Businesses are Saving Big by Going Green
Businesses are saving money and the environment through an new, free, state environmental leadership program, the P²AD Partnership Program. With free technical assistance, Partners have already saved 237.5 million gallons of water, enough to fill the Georgia Aquarium almost 30 times. Read More
Atlanta City Councilmember Carla Smith to host Electronic Waste Recycling Day 2007
A variety of appliances and household electronic items will be accepted at Atlanta's 2007 Electronic Waste Recycling Day from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., April 21. First 100 cars to receive Best Buy gift certificates. Read More
Missing Person Alert: Director of Local Non-Profit Missing Since April 13, 2007
Location: All Metro Atlanta Read More
Number of handsets Nokia sold in Q2: 97.9 million
(Mashable)
Percentage of Americans that don't have $1,000 in savings if needed for and emergency: 64%
Breakdown of what the 64% of Americans above would do if they suddenly needed $1,000:
Take out a loan - 9%
Borrow from friends or family - 17%
Cash advance on your credit card - 9%
Disregard other monthly expenses - 17%
Sell or pawn assets - 12%
(TIME)
The median wealth of white households is 20 times that of black households and 18 times that of Hispanic households.
More than 2.2 billion people live in countries where either government restrictions on religion or social hostilities involving religion rose substantially between mid-2006 and mid-2009.
(Pew Research)
"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it."
-Edith Wharton
Percentage of college students that own a digital device: 98%
Percentage of college students that say they can't go more that 10 minutes without using a digital device: 38%
Percentage of college students that say their laptop is the most important item in their backpack: 27%
Percentage of college students that say their textbooks are the most important: 10%
3 out of 4 students say they wouldn’t be able to study without technology
1 in 4 students use video podcasts as study materials
Percentage of students that say they'd be more likely to read an assignment if it was in digital format: 46%
Students Average Minutes/Day
Cell Texting - 181.43
Search - 131.35
Facebook - 101.93
Email - 58.68
Cell Talking - 54.18
IM - 19.54
Percentage of students that use social sites to contact their teachers: 8%
(onlineeducation.net)
"Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one."
-Malcolm Forbes
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Five months left to go - here are 3 ways to increase your sales
Mon, 01 Aug 2011
Congratulations! Your company made it through the first six months of the year. So, how are you doing? Is your sales team amped over their “leads,” or are you witnessing a bad Glengarry Glen Ross re-enactment?
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