Atlanta Gears Up For Ovarian Cycle Event
Over 200 indoor cycling enthusiasts will converge on Windy Hill's Midtown Athletic Club on Saturday, April 24, for Ovarian Cycle's "Ride to Change the Future©". Read More
Help your boss connect the dots
Homicide is the second leading cause of death for women in the workplace. Read More
Summer Camp, Campus Style
Some of the most exciting summer experiences for kids are on college campuses. Kids can spend a week immersed in music, satisfy their inner geek, or play everything from lacrosse to golf to basketball. Bonus: Kids get to preview life on a college campus. Read More
The Heroes Project Returns
The Heroes Project returns in 2010 with a new original song, but the same mission of creating awareness for the fight against cancer. As a tribute to cancer survivors, The Heroes Project has a goal of breaking a Guinness World Record at this year's Gwinnett County Relay for Life event. Read More
Atlanta International Soccer Fest 2010 Launches to Benefit SOS Children's Villages
Sponsors, volunteers and participants are being recruited for a metro-area celebration, Atlanta International Soccer Fest 2010, currently being organized to coincide with the soccer matches of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™, June 11- July 11. More than 88,000 Georgians play soccer! Read More
You've Got the Look
Tuesday, April 27, IABC and AIGA Atlanta are teaming up for a great luncheon on visual communications. Leading designers and brand strategists will present case studies showing how visual media are used to advance business strategies and get results. Read More
Join National Black Arts Festival for the 2010 Summer Festival in Centennial Park
Experience music, dance, film and more at NBAF's Summer Festival, July 14-18th. Highlights include BrazilFest, A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield, Roy Ayers & Common Ground Collective, the popular Children's Education Village & much more! Read More
Atlanta City Councilmember Kwanza Hall to Attend "Never Too Late For Justice" Panel Discussion
Atlanta City Councilmember Kwanza Hall to attend "Never Too Late for Justice," a panel discussion exploring the legal, historical, and societal impact of unsolved racially motivated murders during the civil rights era. Read More
15,000 Atlantans to Lace Up for March for Babies - April 24th
This Saturday April 24, thousands of families and business leaders in metro Atlanta will walk, stroll or run in the March of Dimes annual March for Babies - the nation's oldest walk fundraiser honoring babies born healthy and those who need help to survive and thrive. Read More
The Role of Trust
A great product and exceptional service is all it takes, right? Not so fast! Today, trust in your business matters as much as your reputation for quality. Learn the results of the 10th annual Edelman Trust Barometer at Atlanta Women's Network on April 27. Read More
Author John Jung to Discuss Growing up Chinese in the American South at the National Archives at Atlanta
In the preface to his book, Southern Fried Rice, John Jung asks the question "What was it like to be entirely isolated culturally?" He was born into the only Chinese family in Macon, Georgia. His family lived above their laundry between 1928 and 1952. Those years were ones of staunch segregation and Jim Crow laws. Read More
Play Music. Be a Star. Change the World.
Five corporate bands compete to win the Battle of the Corporate Bands and offer a great night of entertainment for a low cost and a good cause! Read More
Save the Earth and Save Lives
In honor of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, MedShare celebrates the environmental impact made and lives improved by hospitals and medical companies participating in MedShare's Medical Surplus Recycling Program. Read More
What Can Five Hours of Volunteering Earn?
In honor of National Volunteer Week, Do Good Get Rewards is offering a Bahamas Cruise or a Mexico Caribbean Getaway for only five hours of volunteering. Read More
Nonprofit Executive Ellen McCarty Launches McCarty & Co.
McCarty presents "Finding Tomorrow's Leaders for Today's Nonprofits" morning of May 5 at Roswell Doubletree Hotel. Register now for special price on this "sector switching" workshop by leading nonprofit CEO. Read More
Cadence Group CEO Tina Baker Chosen to Speak at ARMA Southeast Region Educational Conference
CEO Tina Baker to discuss "Developing an International Records Retention Policy and Schedule" where she will address the global business environment and records management pressures facing companies that have an international reach. Read More
South Fulton Substance Abuse Prevention Network Comes Together for Town Hall Meeting on Underage Drinking April 27
SAPNET comes forward to alert and educate parents, teachers, officials, youth, and other community members about the risks of underage drinking, and the impact underage drinking has on the community by hosting a Town Hall Underage Drinking Forum. Read More
Have Brunch with Award-Winning Journalist Christiane Amanpour at the Atlanta Press Club
Former CNN chief international correspondent and upcoming host of ABC's "This Week", Christiane Amanpour, will be the featured speaker at an Atlanta Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon on Saturday, May 15. Read More
Kennesaw State University's Next Certified Managerial Coach Program Starts May 15!
The effectiveness of talent development within an organization is a critical determinant of the degree of competitiveness in the current business environment. Register today for Kennesaw State University's next Certified Managerial Coach Program starting May 15, 2010. Read More
Number of display ads in Facebook during the first three months of 2010: 176 billion.
Amount fo sales conducted on PayPal in 2009: $60 billion.
Amount of that from Zynga (Farmville and other games): $500 million
(Forbes)
Number of items on the Starbucks menu through August 31: 70.
As of September 1: 25
Number of Starbucks outlets: 1,000
Number with drive-thrus: 335
(USA Today)
Number of people who have put down a deposit to buy a Terrafugia Transition flying car when it goes on sale later this year: 80.
Amount each vehicle will sell for: $194.000.
"What comes with ease goes with ease."
Arabian Proverb
Daybook Welcomes:
Ali Mangkang, Atlanta Bicycle Coalition;
Brooke Anglin, MixIt Marketing;
Emily Hargrove, Forte Public Relations;
Colette Haywood, Three GIrls & A Mic.
How leadership built a church in rural west Georgia
A story for the season: the lesson I learned about how leadership built a church in rural west Georgia. Read Richard Warner's full blog post here....
4 B2B best practices from BtoB Magazine's NetMarketing Series
BtoB Magazine’s NetMarketing breakfast series stopped in Atlanta last week, and our team was there. Bright and early at the Four Seasons hotel in Midtown, we were excited to sit down and hear from four kickass B2B marketers:
Tara Bianco of SPX Corp.
Nicole Lipson of Georgia-Pacific Gypsum
Liz McClellan of Sage Software, Inc.
Rachel Spasser of Ariba, Inc.
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A Holiday message from What's Up Interactive and Atlanta Daybook
Thu, 23 Dec 2010
Here's a special message from our teams here at What's Up Interactive and Atlanta Daybook. Wishing you all a joyous and safe holiday season, and a happy 2011!
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