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When organizations come together with a shared vision, everything can change. And that's where United Way of Greater Charlotte comes in.  Host Pamela Escobar is joined by United Way of Greater Charlotte President and CEO Kathryn Firmin-Sellers to hear how this kind of collaboration can create lasting change.

What happens when you combine mentorship, emotional intelligence, and people-first leadership? You get the award-winning culture of Novant Health Rowan Medical Center. In this episode, Nicole Greer, the Vibrant Coach, sits down with two transformational healthcare leaders: Kendra Bowman, Radiology Manager and engagement award-winner, and Gary Blabon, President and COO of Novant Health Rowan Medical Center.Together, they dive into what it really takes to create a workplace where people thrive—from remembering names to empowering frontline workers to rise into leadership. With heart, humor, and wisdom, Kendra and Gary share stories of growth, resilience, and the power of seeing potential in others.Whether you're in healthcare or any high-impact industry, this conversation will ignite your passion for leadership with purpose.Highlights from this episode:[04:36] – “Be Better Tomorrow Than You Are Today” – Kendra reveals her personal leadership philosophy rooted in resilience, growth, and mentoring those who may not have had a strong foundation.[08:47] – "Listening and Taking Action:" Kendra shares how simple acts of presence and empathy led to the highest employee engagement score in Novant's Greater Charlotte region.[20:43] – “You Should Run the Practice”: Gary tells the emotional story of the unexpected mentor who first saw leadership potential in him—and how it changed the trajectory of his life.[28:05] – “Care for Your Team First” – Gary challenges the traditional patient-first model by emphasizing the importance of investing in your team before you can deliver exceptional patient care.[33:57] – “It's the Connections”: Gary reveals the real “secret sauce” to career growth—and it's not just talent. It's about respect, relationships, and showing up for people.Connect with Kendra:Email:  kdbowman@novanthealth.orgLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kendra-bowman-a9a914266/Connect with Gary:Email:  gablabon@novanthealth.orgLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-a-blabon-42835676/Listen today at vibrantculture.com/podcast or your favorite podcast platform!Learn more about Nicole Greer, the Vibrant Coach: https://www.vibrantculture.com/

In a world where the disparity between different socioeconomic classes is increasing, organizations like United Way of Greater Charlotte play a critical role in forging paths toward greater economic mobility for future generations.United Way of Greater Charlotte is one of the Charlotte region's largest health and human services nonprofits. The nonprofit stands at a unique confluence of the public sector, private corporations, philanthropy and nonprofit organizations, which allows it to harness resources and expertise from different arenas.United Way has put nearly $18 million in community investments into 134 nonprofit organizations across a four-county area: Anson, Cabarrus, Union and Mecklenburg.In this episode of the Charlotte Ledger Podcast, Kathryn Firmin-Sellers, who first joined United Way of Greater Charlotte in 2018 as chief impact officer before becoming president and CEO in April 2025, sits down with Ledger editor Tony Mecia to discuss the organization's mission to lift children and families out of poverty by leveraging community partnerships. This episode of The Charlotte Ledger Podcast was produced by Lindsey Banks.You can find out more about The Charlotte Ledger at TheCharlotteLedger.com. Be sure to sign up for our newsletter! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit charlotteledger.substack.com/subscribe

Segment 3, February 1st, 2025 The new year brings new resolution.  Gym membership rises, diets begin, and thoughts of spring and summer camp become important to think about.  YMCA of Greater Charlotte has many programs throughout the region.  It also has two great camps for people to utilize as a day camp or an overnight:  Thunderbird & Harrison. Segment Highlights: Preparing for spring and summer camps are important Camp helps develop independence and interests that youth may have Thunderbird is on the banks of Lake Wylie & Camp Harrison is located 95 miles from Charlotte in Boomer, NC. Harrison just celebrated its 25th year. Adventure and Skills Classes are available at both camps Lake Broyhill is a 140 acre lake that goes next to the 120,000 acres Things You'll Learn by Listening: Peterson has been involved with the Y for years.  He, his wife, and children have all attended camp as a family and as individuals. The Carolina Outdoors is sponsored by local Charlotte outfitter, Jesse Brown's

In this episode, we chat with Brittany Fountain who covers the Carolinas as a Business Development Officer with Huntington Bank's Practice Finance division. She specializes in providing capital to practice owners in the Dental & Medical community across both North & South Carolina for start-ups, acquisitions, real estate projects, and so much more.   With more than 15 years of experience serving small business owners, Brittany uses her multi-disciplinary background in Business Development, Financial Services and Consulting to bring a relational approach to guiding business owners on their unique path to success.   Brittany currently resides in the Greater Charlotte metropolitan area in the Carolinas with her husband and 3 young boys. And let's be honest… between family, work, sports (so many sports!), etc. she has no free time; both shocking to read in a bio and yet, totally relatable!   We interviewed her about how practice financing is tied to marketing, the right time to expand a practice, why a practice finance division is vital, and much more. Med Rank Interactive: https://medrankinteractive.com/   Website: https://www.huntington.com/SmallBusiness/loans/dentist-veterinarian-loans  LinkedIn Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittanyjoyfountain/ #healthcaredigitalmarketingpodcast #brittanyfountain #lamarhull #practicefinancing #practicelending #huntingtonbank #medrankinteractive #doctorpodcast #practicesprodcast #dentalpodcast #financingmarketing 

Rebuilding Together of Greater Charlotte mobilizes contractors, community volunteers, and a skilled construction team to provide critical home repairs and accessibility modifications for free to low-income homeowners.  Host Pamela Escobar is joined by Rebuilding Together's Will Rimer, and volunteer and board member Maghan Cook.

Collective impact—a framework where organizations across sectors come together with a shared vision—can play a big role in addressing complex issues like economic mobility. This is especially important in cities like Charlotte, where decades of structural barriers have limited upward mobility for many residents. Collective impact brings together nonprofits, businesses, and government agencies to work toward common goals, using data to measure progress and drive decisions. Today's guest, Khalil Salim, Ph.D., Director of Research and Evaluation at United Way of Greater Charlotte, shares his expertise on how this collaborative approach is being used to address Charlotte's challenges, and his thoughts on Raj Chetty's latest research. You'll Hear: (03:09) What is the United Neighborhoods program and how does it use collective impact (06:01) What makes collective impact different from other collaborative approaches (11:00) How to measure and document success from a shared goal (17:53) The challenges of doing collective impact work (20:45) How to balance broader indicators with community-defined success metrics Connect with Khalil Salim and learn more about his work with the United Neighborhoods program.

Send us a Text Message.In this episode of Gaston's Great, we sit down with Karen Gipson, the Executive Director of Girls on the Run of Greater Charlotte. Karen shares the inspiring mission of the organization, its impactful goals, and her personal journey that led her to become involved in empowering young girls through this incredible program. Tune in to learn how Girls on the Run is making a difference in the lives of many and how you can get involved. WEBSITEFACEBOOKINSTAGRAMBOOK OF THE WEEK: The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business

elcome to this episode of the award-winning BrandBuilders Podcast powered by The Dunstan Group. Today, we've got something special teed-up for you, with Daniel Fogarty in the studio. He's the one of the driving forces behind a remarkable organization called the First Tee of Greater Charlotte. (Could we use another golf pun in here?!) Daniel is the Executive Director of The First Tee of Greater Charlotte. Since 2003, The First Tee has been making a significant impact on the lives of young people by teaching them the game of golf and instilling valuable life skills.  Daniel—welcome to the show!   

Ron Weatherly, longtime friend, business partner and mentor to Trent and Patrick, joins the guys on “At Home with Roby”.  Ron shares details about the start of Dry Pro Foundation and Crawl Space Specialists that he founded in 1999, how the business grew from $0 to $30 million thanks to a strong leadership team focused on creating a positive company culture and happy employees, and his leaderships roles within the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) of Greater Charlotte.  Tune in to meet Ron, learn about his longtime friendships with Trent and Patrick and his passion for the Charlotte Rescue Mission.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Salvation Army of Greater Charlotte, a leader in providing solutions for families experiencing homelessness has received a $3.75 million dollar grant from the Bezos Day 1 Families Fund. Grants from the fund are annually awarded to organizations doing compassionate, needle-moving work to help families experiencing homelessness secure housing and achieve stability.   The overarching goal of The Salvation Army in Greater Charlotte is that family homelessness should be rare, brief and non-recurring. This investment from the Day 1 Families Fund will allow The Salvation Army to expedite growth plans and impact even more families in need.   This one-time, uniquely flexible grant will support The Salvation Army of Greater Charlotte in serving as a critical lifeline to families experiencing homelessness, who represent more than a quarter of the homeless population nationally. The plan is to use the grant to expand diversion and outreach programs, grow counseling and employment services, and create a flexible fund for short-term assistance. In addition, funds will help to renovate a recently purchased hotel now called Booth Commons.   To read the full story, visit SOUTHERNSPIRITONLINE.ORG  

Banking, leadership and philanthropy have always been intertwined in Charlotte, and we explore that history and those connections in a conversation with Dee O'Dell, head of business banking sales at U.S. Bank, which is the fifth-largest bank in the country. O'Dell is based in Charlotte, where U.S. Bank has about 1, 200 employees, and his division serves customers nationally that have between $2.5 million and $25 million in annual sales.O'Dell has served in multiple community roles, including chairman of the United Way of Greater Charlotte board of directors and co-chair of the Opportunity Task Force, which examined ways to improve economic mobility.In this episode of The Charlotte Ledger Podcast, O'Dell shares his insights about Charlotte's banking sector, the evolution of banking in Charlotte, the changing landscape of leadership and philanthropy, U.S. Bank's growth in the city, and where the economy appears headed.For more information about The Charlotte Ledger, or to sign up for our newsletters, visit TheCharlotteLedger.com.This episode of The Charlotte Ledger Podcast is hosted by Ledger executive editor Tony Mecia and produced by Ledger staff writer Lindsey Banks. Get full access to The Charlotte Ledger at charlotteledger.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to the Business Legends Podcast! Where we interview business leaders and entrepreneurs to draw insights from their successes, helping us enrich our own entrepreneurial journeys. In today's episode of Business Legends, we're thrilled to host Robert Hackney, CEO of Charlotte Business Group, Founder of Smooth Monkey, and Managing Partner of Securance Financial. In our chat today, we'll delve into Robert's journey and his expertise in helping business owners and executives overcome challenges. We will also touch upon his role as Managing Partner at Securance Financial, and his leadership in Charlotte Business Group, the largest network of businesses in the Greater Charlotte, North Carolina area, focusing on philanthropy, professional development, and personal growth. Want to learn more about Robert? Check out his socials: Securance's Website: https://www.linkedin.com/company/securance-financial/about/ Robert's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roberthackney/ Connect with us! Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.businessmarketingsolutionsgroup.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/BusinessMarketingSolutionsGroup⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/businessmarketingsolutionsgroup⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ …and don't forget to subscribe! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-legends⁠

Listen here to this Thursday episode of Breaking with Brett Jensen on WBT! Brett begins the show by talking about his first experience at a Presidential Debate watch party last night with the Republican Women of Greater Charlotte and shares if he found it more or less enjoyable than a sporting event party (which he doesn't care for). Then Brett shares some think tank results from the debate + if he agrees or disagrees with the results as well as who he personally thought won and lost the night and gets the listeners' biggest takeaways as well. In the second half of the show Brett and producer Tommy preview this year's editions of WBT's "Talktoberfest," which starts with Bo Thompson, Beth Troutman and traffic-legend Boomer VonCannon + Brett's experience at the One Blood Little Heroes Blood Drive for pediatric cancer at the WFNZ Dog House in Uptown Charlotte at Mint and Morehead this afternoon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tune in here for this Thursday edition of Breaking with Brett Jensen! Brett begins the show by sharing more audio from yesterday's event hosted by the Republican Women of Greater Charlotte, where four of the five GOP candidates for North Carolina Governor explained their stances on many different issues, including that of mask mandates. Then we are joined by WBT News' Scott Hamilton, who explains some of the drama going down with the Indian Trail City Council, Brett also shares more exclusive audio in the form of an interview with Charlotte mayor Vi Lyles from election night this week who talks about her first endorsement for City Council coming up short and how she plans to work with Renee Johnson since she's back. Finally Brett shares a report from WBTV's Dave Whisenant, who talks about the Mayberry Days event starting next week in Mount Airy -- the famous home of Andy Griffith.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we are joined by Jim Morgan. Jim Morgan is a Christian business leader who has led six different companies, including Executive Chairman of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and Chairman/CEO of Wachovia Securities.  He is on the board of Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc., The YMCA of Greater Charlotte, and Youth Commission International. In helping lead Krispy Kreme's successful turnaround, he said of his approach, “I wanted to be like Jesus to the employees.  They just needed someone to love on them.  That's all I did.” 

Rebuilding Together is rebuilding and repairing homes in Charlotte. Host Pamela Escobar is joined by Executive Director Beth Morrison and volunteer Skip Hudspeth.  

Our guest on this episode is Tony Tennaro.Tony is a C 12 Chair Principal for C 12 Greater Charlotte.C12 is a faith-based business group that helps members run their businesses in a God-honoring way.We discuss the current business environment and the importance of having a healthy company culture.You can find Tony at LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonytennaro

Ryan speaks with William McNeely, founder and CEO of local nonprofit Do Greater Charlotte, which has transformed the underutilized space under Shiloh Institutional Baptist Church into CRTV Lab at Shiloh, a high-tech creative hub for teens in west Charlotte. 

Davidson Day hosted an outstanding Community Engagement Summit on February 8, spotlighting non-profit and industry leaders locally who are making a difference in the Greater Charlotte community. Our Community Engagement Committee comprised mostly of students and led by Director of Community Engagement Jenn Shiley, thoroughly planned and executed a successful event and introduced our new Community Engagement initiative and its vision to deepen students' connections in their communities through leadership and service. Head of School Pete Moore sat down with members from our Community Engagement Committee to discuss this new program at Davidson Day.

The REal Advice Podcast, hosted by Katie Day. Listen in on interviews with top Real Estate Agents to discover their advice, tips, tricks, & best practices that have propelled them to the Top 1% of their marketplace. This week, our guest is Heather Cook, REALTOR® based in the Greater Charlotte area, servicing both NC/SC!Follow Heather Cook on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.real.heather.cook/Follow Katie Day on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/movemetotx/Follow the REal Advice podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realadvice.podcast/

Introduction Mike Sposato is the Owner and Managing Broker of Carolina Realty Advisors in Charlotte, North Carolina. He has been a Realtor for over 20 years and works with buyers and sellers all over the Greater Charlotte area. When not working Mike loves to travel, go to his beach house, and be on his boat. He is also an avid sports fan. Get In Touch With Our Guest, Mike Sposato If you'd like to get in touch with our guest today, click on the link below and I will send you a warm introduction: Get In Touch With Our Podcast Guest Today Find The Perfect Real Estate Agent Near You If you'd like to find a great real estate agent near you, just go to this link: Real Estate Agent Near Me Podcast Sponsors Find an Agent with HomeFlow: The key to having a calm and successful home buying experience starts with having the best real estate agent. This is why you need to interview a few. To get the process started just go to Tryhomeflow.com Dovly: 10 million of Americans have errors in their credit reports that lower their credit score. To fix those error try Dovly.com MyFico: 90% of top lenders use FICO® Scores—do you know yours? Check your FICO Score at MyFico.com The Smart Home Buyer Calculator: Use our 4-in-1 super-smart calculator to make sure you know your numbers before buying your first home. Get it now at The Smart Home Buyer Calculator Rate The Podcast Click on this link to Rate and Review "The First Time Home Buyer Podcast" on iTunes. You can also subscribe to the podcast there. I will really appreciate it, thanks so much in advance! Listen To A Podcast Guest In Your Area If you'd like to find podcast guests for your specific location or profession just click on the link below to search for them: Podcast Guest Search Awesome Resources For First-Time Home Buyers If you'd like to access other great resources for first-time home buyers just click on this link: First-Time Home Buyer Resources Let's Talk I'd love to talk to podcast listeners and get to know you all better! I can also help you answer any questions you have about buying your first home! So if you'd like to talk about that let's jump a quick call! Just schedule a time that works for you here: Schedule A Call With Laura Moreno Feedback I love receiving feedback so please, if you'd like to tell me how you'd improve the podcast, send me an email or schedule a call with me for that works for you here: Schedule A Call With Laura Moreno Share The Love If you know someone looking to buy their first home and you think this information would help them,  just share it with them. They will really appreciate it. Subscribe To The Podcast Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Connect On Social Media YouTube | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn Do you want to start your own podcast? Then enroll in The Free Podcast Course today, which is the course that I followed to create this podcast! Transcript This is an automatic transcription (sorry for the typos in advance!

The benefits of working with oversees remote specialists (VA's) | Featuring Nancy Braun 25 years in Real Estate for NC & SC, following a law career and chef owner of a restaurant. Own & Manage Showcase Realty, LLC (general brokerage) and Carolina Property Management (Property Management for SFR and Condo's/townhomes and 15 investment properties. Nancy Braun is the creative force behind Charlotte's Showcase Realty and its several divisions. Focusing on technology and delivering a new kind of real estate experience, Nancy has created a new model for the Charlotte real estate industry. Showcase Realty specializes in luxury real estate, buying homes, selling homes, short sales and foreclosures and can help you in every step of the process. With her team of top real estate professionals, Nancy has positioned Showcase at the leading edge of the industry, earning national recognition from HousingWire that ranked Showcase Realty 46th in the nation among a very elite group of firms for their fastest growing companies report, HousingWire Fast50™. Showcase has been ranked as the 7th best real estate company in the nation in 2015 and 2016 by Wall Street Journal/REAL Trends top 1000 real estate companies, after rising in national ranking from 11th in the nation in 2014. Nancy Braun was featured as a 5 Star Real Estate Agent in 2015 by the Charlotte Magazine. In 2012 and 2017 Nancy was honored to be selected as one of the top 50 Most Influential Women by The Mecklenburg Times. The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) and FORTUNE ranked Showcase among the fastest-growing inner city businesses in the U.S. for the 2014 Inner City 100. Nancy also won the 2014 Charlotte Business Journal Woman in Business award, City of Charlotte Crowns of Enterprise Award, and was a finalist for Charlotte Athena Leadership Award. Nancy has been featured numerous times in the Mecklenburg Times, showcasing her achievements and real estate prowess. With her highly regarded expertise and forward thinking, Nancy is frequently called upon to share her insights with many local publications and national brands such as Market Leader and DSNews. Nancy was honored to speak at INMAN conference 2015 in San Francisco. She is also former Chairperson of The Force of The Five Star and spoke at 2016 & 2017 The Force Rally. Nancy Braun is one of Charlotte's best real estate agents (Charlotte Magazine, Five Star Real Estate Agents In Charlotte) and is leading her team to become Charlotte's top real estate team. Showcase Realty prides itself in its dedication and commitment to serve their clients. Each person on Nancy Braun's team brings specialized knowledge in real estate, marketing, administration and sales to deliver top real estate services to their clients. Showcase Realty is committed to enriching the community through selling homes, fostering neighborhood stabilization and promoting homeownership. Nancy is a proud contributor towards the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Charlotte. She was honored to serve as Chairperson of the Resource Development Committee, and on the Advisory and Executive Boards for 9 years. Showcase Realty is consistently one of the organization's Top 10 corporate Donors. Certifications & Designations: Certified Residential Specialist CRS, WBENC, WOSB, NC HUB, Short Sale & Foreclosure Resource SFR, CDPE, Property Management Five Star, NARPM, Five Star REO Certified, Institute for Luxury Home Marketing CLHMS, Certified Probate Real Estate Specialist Certified Short Sale Specialist CSSS, NRBA, BBB, Charlotte Region Commercial Property, REOMAC Leave a comment if you have any questions and don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to our channel. Click the Bell Icon so you'll receive notifications for new informative Craig Proctor videos, Real Estate Coaching!

When JJ Pace tells us that he was hired in 2002 to build and eventually lead a finance team that would create and implement monthly budgets for a four-location building materials company located within Charlotte, North Carolina's greater metro area, the sense of accomplishment that he exudes never falters even when he eventually confides: “In the end, I was the last employee there.” It turns out that Pace's 5-year stint as a controller (2002–2007) for Build It With Brick of Greater Charlotte was transformational not necessarily for the company but certainly for Pace, who first joined the company as an operations-minded executive but soon found himself knee deep in Excel spreadsheets and month-end reporting tasks. “My job was to basically build the finance team from scratch for what was at the time an expanding business,” explains Pace, who grew into a finance leader as he contributed to the management insight that made Build It With Brick a successful company—until it wasn't. “Unfortunately, there was nothing that we could do. We were undercapitalized to ride out the downturn, and the decision was made to close the company,” comments Pace, who despite the bitter outcome refused to exit Charlotte's building materials and construction corridor and over the next few years found work as a controller for several small to midsize Charlotte firms. Along the way, Pace would also return to school locally and receive an MBA with a concentration in finance from Queens University of Charlotte. It was with an MBA in hand and nearly a decade of controllership experience behind him that in 2013 Pace accepted a CFO role with Service Pros Installation Group, a flooring installation company that today has 68 locations across the 16 states. “It's been a fun ride: Over the past 9 years, our compound annual growth rate has been 52.9 percent,” remarks Pace, whose finance team today serves Service Pros as well as two other operating companies—each with its own controller and a combined workforce of more than 500 employees. –Jack Sweeney

Season 3 Episode 10- Wayne Woodbury- Community Oncology and Community Service On today's episode of The PQI Podcast we welcome Wayne Woodbury, BSPharm, R.Ph Mr. Woodbury is the Pharmacy Director at Southern Oncology Specialists, a Medical Oncology/Hematology practice with five locations in the Greater Charlotte, North Carolina area.  He has overseen the growth of the practice's medically integrated pharmacy by broadening new to market product offerings, expanding payer relations, and improving medication therapy management and patient outcomes by adhering to accreditation performance standards.  A graduate of Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Boston, MA, he has over 20 years of service in the fields of community, retail, long-term care, oncology/hematology and specialty pharmacy. He is a certified immunizer with experience in pharmacy management, legal and regulatory adherence, drug compounding, medication therapy management, and patient care. He currently sits on the Advisory Board for WeINSPIRE (www.weinspiremovement.org ),  a multimedia platform that connects people doing good, generates inspirational stories, and ignites positive action. Through Ambassadors, internships, and stories WeINSPIRE seeks to ignite positivity and joy. Mr. Woodbury is also the Founder & Principal Clothier at Woodbury Collection, a clothing brand that focuses on concierge image curation.  Woodbury Collection was founded in 2009 on the premise that every individual is the sum of their unique composition and experiences. The mission is to help individuals discover their personal style by pinpointing and accentuating that individuality. Today we discuss his path into oncology, the importance of community service and challenges he faces in Community Oncology.

In this episode of the Move to Value Podcast, we talk with Marque Macon, MBA, FACHE, Assistant Vice President, Atrium Health's https://www.carolinasphysicianalliance.org/ (Collaborative Physician Alliance), who discusses the importance of using support teams to assist providers in value, including accurate documentation and coding. Hi Marque. Can you give a brief overview about the Collaborative Physician Alliance? Sure thing. Well, Collaborative Physician Alliance, or CPA as we like to refer to ourselves as, we are a physician-led, clinically integrated network, focusing on collaboration to redesign healthcare for better quality and efficiency, better health for our patients, better satisfaction for our providers, and better value for all. We are made up of about 2,700 physicians, 2/3 are employed by Atrium Health, and about 1/3 are what we consider affiliates. These affiliates are community physicians with whom we share patients. Together, we have about 300 physician practices and over 370,000 covered lives in our value agreements, and we are anticipated to grow to over half a million covered lives by 2023 and 2024. Since our first performance year in 2017, we have achieved over 136 million dollars in total savings and over 8 million dollars in pay-for-performance incentives. How does CPA use population health data and analytics to create strategies to promote health equity and access to care? Well, we often like to say that we have the holy grail of data. Through collaboration with our payer partners, we have access to robust claims information which is really helpful as we understand the disease prevalence of our population. We also leverage real-time clinical data through our Electronic Health Record and will have even more capabilities as we transition to a standard Electronic Health Record across our enterprise. Additionally, we lean into the expertise of various teams in developing strategies to promote health equity and access to care, by including Atrium Health's Population Health and Analytics team, our Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE), and our community and social impact team. For example, based on our research, we know that when it comes to hypertension, there is a higher prevalence of uncontrolled hypertension among African Americans within our Greater Charlotte region. This data also shows that there is a higher prevalence of patients in hypertensive crisis among this population as compared to white patients. And we see similar trends in our diabetes population. So, Atrium Health's Equity Executive leadership, in partnership with the Quality & Equity of Care Committee of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Association. These boards requested a focus on Health Equity. And as a result of our findings, the Greater Charlotte Region selected Hemoglobin A1c control and Diabetic Blood Pressure control in African American patients as areas of focus. Healthcare mergers and practice acquisitions are happening with greater frequency. What impact can this have on the provider and the patient? Yeah, sure. So, for the most part, healthcare mergers and practice acquisitions have had favorable impact on providers and patients, particularly within Atrium Health. Since 2018, we have expanded our footprint through strategic combinations with Atrium Health Navicent, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, and most recently, Atrium Health Floyd. So, now Atrium Health has over 70,000 teammates across the Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama and have 38,000 patients encounters each day – that's about one patient encounter every two seconds. We've also leveraged our economies of scale to experience a cost avoidance of overhead and IT expenses, provide greater access to care, and increase our influence with our payors. These efforts have allowed us to move closer to achieving the triple aim: improving the patient experience, delivering high quality, and managing our medical costs. And by expanding our...

Becky Knight  0:00  Thank you for joining us today with me is Sonia Hart. And she's going to be with us to talk about the significance of Black History Month, really the significance of what's happened in the last year and how that's impacting the members of the Business Resource Group. And then what she sees is the future.Sonia, welcome. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself by way of introduction.Sonia Hart  0:21  Thank you Becky, for having me here. Um, my name is Sonia heart. I am in my day job, the program manager for heart failure for the Greater Charlotte market. I'm also the former chair for the African American BRG had been in that role for the last couple of years and was really excited to be able to pass that torch on to our new chairs. I have been with Novant for 21 years. So and we've seen a lot of changes throughout that time and just really excited about what the future holds.Becky Knight  0:56  Well, we are recording this in February, which is Black History Month. And I thought we'd begin with a reflection from you on a historical figure or maybe someone that is personally meaningful to you, someone that you think of this month and the contributions that they've made to Black history and American history.Sonia Hart  1:14  I think for me right now, the person that comes to mind is Cicely Tyson. And with her recent passing, just really learning about her life, and she had lived for 96 years. So she had a very full life. Also reading her book right now, which is very interesting. And just to kind of see the parallels of the things that she went through to get where she was as this world renowned actress, um, she's very introverted, very thoughtful. So she really reminds me of myself in a lot of ways as far as really being thoughtful about what's the next step or what's the next plan, and always having a purpose in mind. So I think for me, that's who comes to mind for me as a historical figure.Becky Knight  2:03  So you are a part of this modern history. So this last summer 2020, and really the whole year 2020 is one that will go down in the history books as being quite memorable for several reasons, both for the COVID-19 pandemic, and also the racial and social unrest following the killing of George Floyd. And I wondered if you had any thoughts on what it was like to be a part of the the leadership of the BRG, which is over 600 members strong, and what that was like to be a part of this time in history and to lead folks during such an upheaval and such a time filled with so many emotions.Sonia Hart  2:48  I think for me, personally, what I saw the BRG do was two things, it was a safe space, for those people of color, to really kind of just, you know, get together to talk about the issues that were at hand, especially with the pandemic and having to social distance. And then with the social unrest with George Floyd and, you know, trying to still remain professional at work, we're still having these feelings of how do I cope with this as an individual, and we did some really great sessions during the summer to really kind of bring home the point of it is okay to have the feelings that you have, and to make sure that they have outlets to be able to express their feelings and to know that they had support in the BRG and I thought we did a really good job of facilitating that and providing that safe space for them.Becky Knight  3:49  As someone who's been here, you said 21 years? How do you see or do you see a change in how maybe Novant Health would have responded 20 years ago to how it responded now? Have you seen a change in how we're able to talk about race and racism?Sonia Hart  4:06  I will honestly say I really applaud Carl Amato and his efforts as well as the executive team for the insight that they have on things and really taking a stand when it may not be the most popular at the time. We're always taught as young people that two things that you don't discuss in the workplace is your salary, and politics, or racism, or any of those types, untouchable subjects and I really think this past year in particular, that those subjects have now come to the forefront and it's important to have those discussions and share those feelings and have people be able to voice their concerns or their opinion respectful way, but to know that they everybody is not going to be the same or everybody is not going to agree and it's okay to be disagreeable, but just to always be respectful and I think call and the executive team did a really good job of showing that with their leadership.Becky Knight  5:08  How do you see the African American BRG as a place for understanding both the past, and also what's going on in the present?Sonia Hart  5:17  I will say to that question, Becky, that I do feel like we still have a ways to go with addressing the present. I think there are opportunities out there for us as BRGs to really reach across the aisle and have those courageous conversations and discussions to move race relations forward, as well as you know, developments of equity in our hiring practices, as well as just in general in day to day reactions with other employees, I think we still have, I think we've come a long way, in especially the part of being able to have conversations with a co-worker that may not look like you or may not have the same belief that you have, but I still feel as if there is still much more work to be done in that area.Becky Knight  6:12  Any last parting thoughts or words of wisdom as we close our episode?Sonia Hart  6:17  I would probably just say, in closing that I feel like Novant Health is on the cutting edge of what diversity and inclusion looks like. And I think that we have a really significant blueprint that I think other companies really want to learn from and follow. So I'm extremely proud to say that I have been a part of that for a very long time and still look forward to see what's next.Becky Knight  17:10  We're very fortunate to have you as a 20 plus veteran of Novant Health and hope you'll continue to to be with us and I know you're still involved in the Black + African American BRG as kind of a senior sage leader. And so really value that that history and that perspective that you bring as someone who's been involved for a long time, and people come in with energy and ideas. And we need those kind of elders in the group who can share their wisdom and expertise. So thank you for all that you've done for the BRG and for Novant Health as a whole. And thank you for being our guest today on Mosaic.Sonia Hart  17:46  Thank you BeckyTranscribed by https://otter.ai

Francene Marie interviews Amy Hudson the new Executive Director of The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Charlotte. Hudson specializes in nonprofit leadership, business management and developing community partnerships. She spent the past six years as the executive director of The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club of High Point, North Carolina. Welcome aboard Any Hudson!

The Cybercrime Magazine Podcast brings you our daily alert, which provides boardroom and C-suite executives, CIOs, CSOs, CISOs, IT executives and cybersecurity professionals with a breaking news story we're following. If there's a cyberattack, hack, or data breach you should know about, then we're on it. Airs every day on WCYB and our podcast. For more on the latest cyberattacks, hacks, and breaches, visit https://cybercrimewire.com

  The Backyard Naturalists are absolutely thrilled to feature Dr. Carrie, DeJaco, Ph.D. on this episode to have a conversation about invasive plants. Dr. DeJaco is an Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Science at Pfeiffer University in North Carolina. She also holds a B. A. and Masters Degree in Biology from the University of Louisville. Carrie loves using Pfeiffer's extensive Misenheimer campus as an outdoor classroom in which her students can conduct projects with invasive species, succession, and landscape reconciliation.     We start the conversation at the very beginning with the simple question, “what is an invasive plant” and during the discussion, we review items such as: The Top 10 List of invasive plants in the Greater Charlotte, NC region Which invasive plant can you get rid of to help control mosquitoes in your yard Once you've rid your yard of invasive ground cover, what's a good, drought tolerant replacement During this episode, Debbie mentions a document published by the City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County which reviews invasive exotic plants in the area and how it serves as a guide to their identification and removal. The publication can be accessed here. Carrie's website provides a comprehensive list and detailed information on native and invasive plants for your yard and garden.  We encourage you to regularly visit Dr. DeJaco's Facebook page, For the Birds and the Bees and connect with the Backyard Naturalists on the Web, Facebook and Instagram. Please visit and support our presenting sponsor, Backyard Birds at http://www.thebirdfoodstore.com. A mecca for bird lovers and bird watchers, Backyard Birds is an independent family-owned business located in Matthews, NC (next to Dairy Queen), just southeast of Charlotte. Thanks for listening to The Backyard Naturalists.  We hope you have a day filled with the wonders of nature. Get outside and take a walk on the wild side! Please don't forget to leave a 5-star review for The Backyard Naturalists podcast. Production services for The Backyard Naturalists podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.

Hello friends, we are back with another episode of "The Life Of Produk Podcast"! This week, Produk had the pleasure of interviewing his long time friend Ivan Jones. Ivan is one of the first certified coaches in the Greater Charlotte area (Charlotte, N.C.). They spoke about parenthood, religion, school, success and many other topics. We hope you enjoy! www.ProdukIzTheFuture.com For Interviews/Sponsorships: Korporate.Ent@Gmail.Com KorporateEntertainmentLLC@Gmail.Com @LifeOfProduk @KorporateEntertainmentLLC JonesIvan5@Gmail.Com @IvanJonesEmpowers https://mymentor.life/coaches-frontpage/?coach_id=1026 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

One of the many things that changed around video games is their role in kids' lives. Initially, video games were seen as alienating, isolating, and addictive flashing lights that kept the children in front of the screen for hours. Today, and since the massive use of online games, video games are much more than just games; kids use them to socialize, make friends, learn teamwork, and many other things.  Gaming became, in many ways, an enriching experience, and we will discuss that with our guest, Keith Vinson.   Keith Vinson is the Vice President of Operations at the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas and former executive director of Greater Charlotte's YMCA. Keith has over 20 years of leadership experience, building effective teams, highly productive, and immersed in a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.  In this episode, we talk about the role of video games in people's lives, the career opportunities they offer, and the evolution of the relationship between parents and gaming. Keith shares part s of his journey to YMCA, his experiences with video games as a kid, and his reaction to having a gamer son. We also talk about YMCA's numerous inclusive programs, Keith's relationship with parents at YMCA, and much more.  Visit the YMCA Dallas website: https://www.ymcadallas.org/ or connect with Keith at LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithvinson/

LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER IN DALLAS TEXASTHIS THURSDAY @ 1:00PM CSTAndrew and Clifford partnered in 2019 to create the independent residential brokerage, BLANQ MOR Real Estate Group servicing the Greater Charlotte and Lake Norman areas of North Carolina. While most real estate agents build their business gradually over time, Andrew and Clifford went ALL-IN with a “build it and they will come” mentality. So far, they seem to be on to something as they're currently on pace to close over $60M in only their 2nd full year. “We want to be a company that, not only talks about the power of a positive mindset but lives it by having people walk out of here better than when they stepped foot in the front door,” Andrew says. After Andrew attended a Brent Gove event in Scottsdale this past spring he came back on FIRE!! After discussing the opportunity, he and Clifford jumped in head first to move both their residential and commercial teams over to EXP bringing over $150M in production collectively! Andrew, a 3rd generation Real Estate professional is the Managing Broker for BLANQ MOR Real Estate Group in Charlotte, NC. Having worked his way up the ranks at another top-producing team in his market, Andrew credits his Grandfather who owned and operated a residential real estate brokerage for over 30 years as his inspiration for creating his own Real Estate company. His hard work, charisma and passion for the business helped Andrew been recognized as a “Top 200” agent in his local MLS (20k+ agents!) for the last 5 years in a row…Andrew specializes in all facets of the residential Real Estate business but truly shines when it comes to building a powerhouse network of Real Estate professionals around him. He takes great pride in his ability to train and support new or newer agents into the business in order to help them establish sustainable careers in real estate! Clifford's real estate brokerage career began at a small boutique commercial firm in Concord, NC (just outside of Charlotte) in 2014. I didn't know anyone when I moved to Concord after college and did any deal I could get my hands on at the time including property management. My strategy was to network, knock on doors, mail letters, and use social media to gain opportunities. After a couple of years of pouring my blood, sweat, and tears into learning CRE, I decided to open Blanq Real Estate so that I could mentor others and create a legacy in CRE.

113: How to Balance the Mission and the Business as a Nonprofit Leader (Jim Warren)SUMMARYMany nonprofit leaders struggle to maintain their passion for the organization's mission as they grapple with the management realities required to run a complex nonprofit business.  If you're wrestling with that “mission versus business” tug-of-war, Jim Warren is the perfect person to know.  Jim is the Executive Director of the Carolina Raptor Center, and brings his energy and wisdom from 40 years in the nonprofit sector to episode #113 of the Path Podcast.  Jim and I discuss what's helped him maintain his passion over the years as well as the practical approach he's taken to leadership development, life-long learning and building a team of talented staff and board members.ABOUT JIMJim Warren has been at the Carolina Raptor Center since January of 2006, and has served as its Executive Director since May of 2011.  Jim's journey in nonprofit leadership began as an intern with the Charlotte-area YMCA, and led to a job offer from that organization before graduating from Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. He continued to develop his leadership skills as the Superintendent of Aquatics for Mecklenburg County, NC, and then as Associate Executive Director for the YMCA of Greater Charlotte and Chief Operating Officer for the Upper Marlboro YMCA in Rock Hill, SC. He returned to the Raptor Center as the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and then assumed the senior role.  Jim notes the best part of his job is working with others who are passionate about CRC, both staff and volunteers. (Who wouldn't love driving into a nature preserve each day?). IN case you were wondering, if he were reincarnated as a raptor, he would be a Great Horned or Barred Owl, “because they seem laid back, but they know how to get down to "business, and are extremely protective of their families.”  Jim enjoys mountain biking, snow skiing, hiking, spending time with my family, reading, and listening to music.EPISODE TOPICS & RESOURCESTom Peters' book In Search of ExcellenceSteven Levitt's book FreakonomicsCheck out Quest at the Carolina Raptor CenterReady for a Mastermind?  Check it out here

The First Tee of Greater Charlotte is making a difference by using golf to teach the game of life. Two First Tee participants as well as the organization's Director of Operations and the former Executive Director join John and Kelly to share how the values and skills learned through golf can help shape the lives of young people from all walks of life.    

This episode features Ken Haynes, President of the Greater Charlotte Region at Atrium Health. Here, he discusses his role as a leader, his pride in Atrium Health, what he's most excited about for the future, and more.

This episode features Saad Ehtisham, President of Novant Health Greater Charlotte Market & Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center. Here, he discusses his career, his pride in Novant Health, top priorities for the year, and more.

Kiesha, a full-time yoga teacher and trainer, has a respected and well-deserved reputation in the national yoga community. She is Co-Director of the Yoga Retreat for Women of Color™ and a member of the board of directors for Amplify and Activate, a nonprofit community that focuses on yoga as a form of self-care and social justice. In addition to teaching through her own I Am Yoga organization, Kiesha has been Yoga Director at Charlotte Family Yoga Center and has taught for the YMCA of Greater Charlotte. She is a Yoga Alliance registered yoga teacher trainer, and has conducted numerous impactful workshops. She has been featured in the book Yes Yoga Has Curves and other publications. With a graduate degree in Asian studies, Kiesha brings knowledge of Asian philosophy, religion, and language, as well as Eastern philosophy including Taoism, Buddhism, and Hinduism. In addition to being a teacher, she is a wife and mother. When Kiesha does sit down, she is reading, meditating and breathing. The yoga experience with Kiesha: Kiesha teaches with a confidence that comes from strong training and rich experience. Her instruction is careful and crystal clear; she gives options and variations that make her classes accessible for students at any level. Kiesha specializes in Yin Yoga, which allows for deep stretches and in-depth exploration of each pose. She also has training in prenatal yoga, Curvy Yoga, restorative, and Grounded Kids as well as Chinese medicine. Current mood: Waiting for things to be revealed. Favorite movie: Under the Cherry Moon (1986) Musical/RomanceIn this episode Kiesha offers teachings about:The meaning of the practice of yogaYoga philosophy Death as a teacherBalanceThe need to keep movingThe need to grieveThe practice of grievingThe practice of rememberingHow to bring playfulness in during a time of great lossThe importance of communityHow to live your yogaThe Bhagavad Gita There are many different pathsTeachers/AncestorsBlack Yoga Teachers AllianceRenewal Connect with Kiesha on her website and on Instagram @iamyogacltPodcast music by Charles Kurtz+ Read transcript

"I knew I was talented enough to do anything, but never was ready to do any of it. I felt like I wasted my 20s and the early part of my 30s with this mindset. I realized there was an absence of confidence, purpose, and direction." - Jason LamptonIn this episode, Corey and Sharma talk with Jason Lampton, a marketer and entrepreneur who currently works in marketing for a large financial institution in the Charlotte, North Carolina area, where he helps drive the strategy and execution for development programs for marketers. Jason is a marketing leader who has held various non-profit and government leadership roles including leading marketing and creative services for the City of Charlotte, and community marketing director for the YMCA of Greater Charlotte. During this conversation, Jason shares how imperative it has been for him to learn to take good care--whether it is taking good care of his own mental and emotional health, of the critical relationships in his life that are anchored in trust, of his personal leadership brand, or of the organizational culture around him.

A lot of us already belong to a business networking group, which means we’ve attended some happy hours, met people, collected business cards, and…. moved on. One professional networking group, though, wants you to put your time and talents to work for a good cause NOT necessarily related to your business – to help you grow personally and professionally. The Charlotte Business Group calls itself the largest business networking group in the Greater Charlotte area, founded in 2017 on 3 basic principles—and first among them, is PHILANTHROPY. Their founder, Robert Hackney, is a volunteer at Loaves & Fishes food bank, a boys basketball coach at church, and a crew leader for Habitat for Humanity… and he serves in the National Guard Reserves. When does he sleep? We don’t know, but we’re happy to welcome him to the BrandBuilders Podcast.

Get to know how Jemarion follows a career path working at the Y and his passion for teen and youth development.

Founder and Head Coach of Do Greater Charlotte William McNeely shares with host Pamela Escobar how they are helping doers, dreamers and makers in Charlotte.  Thanks to Do Greater Charlotte kids are gaining access to technology, creativity and entrepreneurship to attain their personal goals. 

Michael Moulton is the founding member and has been real estate investing in the greater Charlotte NC area since 1998. He and his team have bought and sold hundreds of properties. Michael T. Moulton Broker-In-Charge/Realtor Bee Home Solutions, Inc. The Creative Realty Firm. Phone: 704-885-0488 Fax: 704-200-2805 Visit us on the web: www.BeeHomeSolutions.com Mike Moulton has been a full-time real estate investor in the Charlotte, NC market since 2005 when he officially “fired” his manager at GE and launched his real estate brokerage and investment companies. Utilizing his 6 sigmas and IT background, Mike has built systems in place to run the various businesses. His team maximizes a range of strategies: fix and flips, new construction, rentals, Airbnb's, wholesaling, brokerage, and commercial adaptive reuse projects. Mike owns a Charlotte-based real estate brokerage called Bee Home Solutions, Inc. which is the brokerage arm and dispositions platform to a number of investment companies he owns. He acquires properties through his buying brand 866FairOffer.com and utilizes multiple platforms for acquisitions. If you are looking for off-market properties in the Greater Charlotte market, be sure to sign up to receive deals at doubleyourclosings.com .  Carolina Capital is a hard money lender serving the needs of the “Real Estate Investor” and the "Small Builder" borrower who is striving to build wealth and generate income for themselves and their families. We offer “hard money rehab loans” and "Ground up Construction Loans" for investors only in NC, SC, GA, VA and TN (some areas of FL, as well). As part of our business practices, we also serve as consultants for investors guiding them to network with other investors and educating them in locating and structuring transactions. Rarely, if ever, will you find a hard money lender willing to invest in your success like Carolina Capital Management. Listen to our Podcast: https://thealternativeinvestor.libsyn.com/ Subscribe: http://thealternativeinvestor.libsyn.com/rss Visit our website: https://carolinahardmoney.com YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYzCFOvEt2n9TchgECLwpww/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarolinaHardMoney/ #Northcarolinahardmoneylenders #Southcarolinahardmoneylenders #HardMoney #RealEstateInvesting #realestatefinancing #mortgage #privatelending    

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For a lot of people, when they think of Charlotte businesses, they think of Uptown. On today's episode, we are hoping to expand their perspective and talk about how neighboring counties can help fuel business growth in the Charlotte region. Today we will be speaking with Terry Cox of TechWorks Gaston on how they are fostering entrepreneurship in Gaston County and how she thinks there's a benefit to the region as a whole.

Mini-cast featuring Kara Culp: Kara Culp, Engagement Coordinator at the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte, shares how she and her husband are juggling working from home and their two young children’s needs during the stay at home order.  Reclaimed family time is the highlight of her days.   charlottejcc.org   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqd9kd9Tp603yKnD8dIxG8A

In Episode 32, I interview Jessica Martin the Founder of Over The Chessboard, which provides chess instruction in the Greater Charlotte area, including Lake Norman. She originally hails from Canada and spent the greater part of her childhood in Tucson, Arizona. After beginning her chess teaching career at Chess in the Schools for six years, she taught in Tucson for a few years before foundingOver The Chessboard, in Charlotte in 2008. She is a published author, having written "My First Chess Book" and "How to Play Chess For Kids."

Hear stories of where God is working and know the best practices for making disciples in and around the Greater Charlotte area. Speaker: Caleb Sprinkle 

April Walker is an exciting Salon owner who dove into her business from the ground up, literally remodeling her space herself with the help of her husband and a few friends. She created Knock Out Hair Studio to fit her personality and vision, and has been growing a successful business. In this episode you will learn how salons are designed and work, and I am sure that you will come away with a better understanding of the salon business. Located at 3775 Concord Pkwy S., Suite 104, in Concord, North Carolina How to Connect with Knock Out Hair Studio: Website: https://www.knockouthairstudio.com/ (https://www.knockouthairstudio.com/) IG: https://www.instagram.com/knockyouout.color/ (https://www.instagram.com/knockyouout.color/) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/knockyououthair/?view_public_for=204127600232013 (https://www.facebook.com/knockyououthair/?view_public_for=204127600232013) April's Facebook Group: Mompreneuers of Greater Charlotte: https://www.facebook.com/groups/634671030617514/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/634671030617514/) Support this podcast

Jake Elgin is currently owner of Rainbow International of Greater Charlotte. Prior to Rainbow, he spent three years working in Catawba Nuclear Station in York, SC, and five years at the US Department of Energy Hanford Site in Washington State. He holds numerous IICRC Certifications, and graduated from Purdue University with a BS in Industrial Hygiene. You can rely on Rainbow International® to provide emergency response and quick professional service 24 hours a day for home restoration, because we understand how important it is to react quickly in the unfortunate event of water, smoke, or fire damage. We also have the expertise and experience necessary to provide you with a comprehensive scope of the job, while immediately beginning to minimize losses. Our training and equipment is top notch, and we use the latest technologies available to the restoration industry. Whether you need fire damage restoration, water restoration, or smoke restoration, you can rest assured, once Rainbow International is on the job, mitigation of property services will proceed smoothly. Whether a residential or commercial customer, all of Rainbow International's professional restoration franchise resources work together to ensure quality results as well as totally satisfied customers.

As a new year rolls around, and we think about getting in shape and all of our new year's resolutions, our next guest is working on ways to make personal betterment a global process. Michael DeVaul is a Senior Vice President at YMCA of Greater Charlotte, but also its Chief Social Responsibility Officer.

Hanukkah/Chanukah The only publicly celebrated Jewish holiday I can think of.  There are many ways to celebrate this year all over the Greater Charlotte area, from Lake Norman to Uptown to South Charlotte to Sun City to SC.  Light the candles, give a gift to JFS, teach your child's classroom and eat donuts.   http://www.charlottejewishnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/12-Dec-2019-Web.pdf https://www.charlottejcc.org/events/2019/12/21/events/kids-night-in-the-j/ http://jfscharlotte.org

Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) Update Part 2: Israel and Building Relationships Laurel Grauer, Director of Community Relations and Israel Affairs for the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte talks about educational programming that helps the Charlotte Jewish Community have more comfortable and informed conversation about Israel. laurel.grauer@jewishcharlotte.org https://jewishcharlotte.org https://www.charlottejcc.org/events/2019/10/17/events/book-club-in-the-sukkah/

Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) Update Part 1: SchoolsLaurel Grauer, Director of Community Relations and Israel Affairs for the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte talks about the rise in anti-Semitism in our schools and how the JCRC helps build relationships with administrators and staff to support our Jewish Community students and their families.   laurel.grauer@jewishcharlotte.org https://jewishcharlotte.org https://jewishcharlotte.org/community-calendar/hebrew-cemetery-annual-memorial-service-1545334190

Pamela Excobar is joined in-studio by Kristen Hampton, emcee of this year's Buddy Walk Charlotte for families of children and adults with Down Syndrome. Listen to the podcast, and learn more about The Down Syndrome Association of Greater Charlotte here: https://dsagreatercharlotte.org/buddy-walk/  

Meet Executive Director, Katy Ryan from 24 Hours of Booty, in Charlotte NC. 24 Foundation’s mission is to inspire and engage communities to make an immediate impact on the lives of those affected by cancer. For us, that means more than funding research and goes beyond finding a cure. To 24 Foundation, that means investing in services that untangle the maze of appointments, tests, and treatments after diagnosis, and funding programs to increase the quality of life for survivors decades into the future. Founded in 2002 by one man riding a bike for 24 hours, 24 Foundation’s signature annual events now serve as celebrations of survivorship, the power of peer-to-peer fundraising, and the spirit that our participants live with every day. Event participants commit to cycling or walking as much or as little as they’d like within 24 hours. It isn’t a race. Miles don’t matter. It’s an experience, celebration, and triumph. United by the common vision of cancer navigation and survivorship for all, 24 Foundation has raised more than $21 million to date to support our mission. Katy is an avid athlete, passionate community advocate and fundraiser, in that order. A native of Alaska, she studied neuroscience and psychology at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. Following her first (and only) job in corporate America, Katy jumped feet-first into the non-profit sector where she’s worked in fundraising, partnerships and community relations for more than 18 years. Prior to joining 24 Foundation, Katy served as the Vice President of the Alexander Children’s Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Alexander Youth Network. In that role, Katy managed major gifts, special events, and donor stewardship. She was also responsible for oversight of the agency’s grant seeking efforts as well as their robust volunteer program, which engages more than 1,200 individuals and corporations each year. Katy has also served as Senior Development Director at the YMCA of Greater Charlotte; Vice President of Partnerships and Development at Girls on the Run International; Director of Business and Alumni Relations at Wake Forest University and Associate Director of Development at UNC-Chapel Hill. She lives at Lake Twitty, NC, with her husband Steven and her three step-daughters, Amanda, Rebecca and Samantha. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sprout-connectors/support

Carolina Jews for Justice Greater Charlotte Chapter  - CJJ CharlotteCommitted to creating a just, fair, and compassionate Charlotte through combining advocacy and education to organize non-partisan Jewish voices in the Charlotte NC area.  “We build relationships where people help each other" infocjjcharlotte@gmail.com https://carolinajewsforjustice.org/cjj-charlotte https://www.facebook.com/CarolinaJewsForJustice/ https://www.charlottejcc.org/events/2019/09/19/events/making-space-for-yourself-free-event/  

  This is Beth Morrison, the executive director of @rebuildingtogetherclt, a nonprofit dedicated to repairing homes to keep people in safe, affordable housing in the greater Charlotte area. Beth is doing some incredible work with the organization, but she's also one of the kindest people you'll ever meet. When Honey Well said they wanted to help fund a larger project through Rebuilding Together of Greater Charlotte that would impact more people and help a neighborhood, Beth wanted to spread the love. Listen to learn more about Beth, her nonprofit, and how she's supporting the whole NPO community.

Jewish social justice activists on and off campus have reported that they have been required to “check their Zionism at the door.” Two JCRC directors—one who infamously had been asked to leave the Chicago Dyke March in March 2017, and another with experience in ensuring Jewish participation in intersectional circles—share their stories and strategiesJackie Congedo is the Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati. She brings a decade of strategic communications, public relations, current affairs, and journalism experience to the JCRC, which works to protect Jewish security, recognizing that Jewish security depends on a just society for all. Congedo received a BA in journalism from the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism, where she graduated summa cum laude. After graduation, she worked the next nine years as an award-winning reporter at television news stations in Washington, DC; Lexington, KY; and Cincinnati, OH. Most recently, Congedo led public relations efforts for the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati and directed and implemented marketing and communications strategy for the JCRC and the Federation’s Israel Center. Congedo is also a graduate of the Jewish Nonprofit Leadership Institute.Laurel Grauer is the Director of Community Relations and Israel Affairs at the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte.

The 2019 Main Event for the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte: The Main Event featuring Bari Weiss, a New York Times editor and writer, was organized by Emily, Sam, Bill and Angie Zimmern, a multigenerational effort.   https://www.picatic.com/mainevent https://jewishcharlotte.org/community-calendar/the-main-event-2019 https://jewishcharlotte.org/community-calendar/federation-umbrella  

Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte’s Annual Campaign: Raising the funds needed to grow every part of the Jewish community in Greater Charlotte, in Israel and around the world.   www.jewishcharlotte.org    

Yolanda R. Bynum is a graduate of Winston-Salem State University and holds a BA in Psychology with a minor in Elementary Education. Yolanda also holds a Master of Science in Leadership and Organizational Change (MSL) from Pfeiffer University. Yolanda is certified in Nonprofit Management by the Office of Continuing Studies at Duke University. As a result of her professional training and over 15 years of experience, Yolanda provides consultation and trainings regularly for executives, youth, professionals, youth serving agencies and individuals.Yolanda served as the Director of Out of School Time Programming for Bethlehem Center of Charlotte. There she provided strategic oversight of the elementary, secondary and adult education programs. Prior to her time with Bethlehem Center of Charlotte, she served as the Learning and Development Specialist for Charlotte Mecklenburg Library where she oversaw staff development and training, as well as provided support for organizational development initiatives. Before joining the Library team, Yolanda served as Sr. Program Director of School Age Initiatives for the YMCA of Greater Charlotte where she provided leadership for the youth learning team and the national office at Y USA in the area of summer learning loss prevention.  Before joining the YMCA, Yolanda was the Regional Director of Youth Programs for the YWCA Central Carolinas and an elementary school teacher in Forsyth County Schools and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.​Reared in small-town Pinetops, NC by her parents Barbara B. Williams and Reverend Jack L. Bynum, along with her 3 beautiful sisters, Yolanda currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina. Yolanda is motivated and driven by the words of Oprah Winfrey, “The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work.”Podcast Music by Dj QuadsSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/BlkWomenRising)

Khalilah Harrison is an Executive Director for The YMCA of South Hampton Roads. She is an 11 year YMCA Professional known for her creativity and ingenuity in operations and developing others. Khalilah's accomplishments include 2008 Recognition of Service Excellence (ROSE) award while serving the YMCA of Greater Charlotte; 2016 Outstanding New Rotarian (Norfolk Sunrise Rotary); and a nominee for the YMCA of South Hampton Roads Professional Excellence award in 2014, 2015, & 2016. She currently serves the Y Movement as a member of the Emerging Leader Resource Network, and Employee Resource Group of the YMCA of the USA. Khalilah is passionate about supporting others to reach their goals and a consummate learner. Guided by the African principle of Ubuntu, I am because You Are, Khalilah believes in the connectivity of people who understand and leverage their talents for the greatest good.   Join us on A Chat in the Garden with Monique A. J. Smith at 11:30 am est Come listen to our guest’s career path, her advice for others and current initiatives. Right here On A Chat in the Garden with Monique A J Smith, where Significance Blooms via 347-989-8385 orwww.chatinthegarden.com

  data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Michael DeVaul is Senior Vice President and Chief Social Responsibility Officer for the YMCA of Greater Charlotte. He is responsible for strategic alliances, accountability and data measurement, advocacy & public policy, global partnerships, volunteerism, and diversity and inclusion strategies. He began his career at the McGaw YMCA in Evanston, Illinois where he served for just over 15 years before joining the YMCA of Greater Charlotte in 1999. Michael was most recently honored as a Champion of Change by the White House in 2014 for his efforts in community building. Michael earned a bachelor’s degree in human services from Columbia College in Columbia, Missouri.   data-pm-slice="1 1 []">This episode is perfect for anyone interested in the circumstances of black and brown boys, connecting dots, code-switching and a personal story of love and humanity.   IN THIS EPISODE Michael explains diversity and inclusion work at the YMCA. He identifies the issue on his mind and what he wants to focus on during his remaining years at work. He addresses the circumstances of black and brown boys in Charlotte. He shares how the YMCA is helping black and brown boys. Michael reveals what he is good at and the dots he connects at work. He discusses the historical wave we are undergoing and leaders who are emerging. He talks about the difference between charity and philanthropy. He addresses whether the YMCA is a Christian organization and the image of White Jesus. Michael reflects on growing up in Evanston, Illinois and what his neighborhood taught him. He remembers his parents and what he learned from them. He considers how public school integration shaped him. He shares a defining moment for him during his teenage years. Michael talks about being the ultimate code-switcher and having double-consciousness. He equates playing baseball in college with the work he is doing today. Michael explains what it means to be an Omega man. He reflects on working at the YMCA for 32 years and why he loves what he does. He talks about his marriage to his wife and how they met. He discusses the story of humanity and holding each other with love and affection. Michael reveals what he wants his sons to know. plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: A Masculine Faith To learn more, visit On Life and Meaning

Irving was kind to share part of his Holocaust story with me as the Jewish Community Commemorates the 80th Anniversary of Kristallnacht, Night of Broken Glass, at Temple Israel on November 7th at 7pm in partnership with Jewish Family Services of Greater Charlotte, The Butterfly Project, and The Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice.    https://www.facebook.com/events/182598175963847/  

On the Table with Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte: Learn how to share, listen, learn with our neighbors about issues that impact our Greater Charlotte Community.  This year's On the Table topic is segregation.  Join the JFGC at the Simmons YMCA for lunch on Oct 24th. email Laurel.Grauer@JewishCharlotte.org for more information https://www.onthetableclt.org https://jewishcharlotte.org/community-calendar/on-the-table-charlotte-2018

This week were joined by Beth and Tim of Rebuilding Together to learn more about the program and how it approaches the affordable housing crises in Charlotte. John also continued his new history segment with the history of Kannapolis.

Life Coach, Terri Carver, of TLC Life Coaching in Greater Charlotte, North Carolina, knows that shame, guilt, and worthiness are some of the most common barriers for living the lives we want. To discover your dreams, you also need to know what's keeping you from them, and then you need to know what you can do about it, right where you currently are! Terri has a gift of simplifying the steps on the journey of self-discovery. Join us for an interview with her about living "flawsome" and putting one foot in front of the other on the journey of living the life you love and want!

Chris and Brian sit down with Shawn and Lindsey Turner of Turner Contracting Services. Turner Contracting Services provides general contracting, home remodels, and construction services in the Greater Charlotte area. Shawn and Lindsey are a husband and wife team that will come in, do a consultation, help with the design and then execute your project to perfection. They are the Charlotte area's version of Chip and Joanna from HGTV's hit show, Fixer Upper. They specialize in bathroom remodels, kitchen remodels and outdoor living spaces. But if you can dream it, they can probably design and build it. They share their personal story and talk about how two high school sweethearts built a family and a business together. www.thejoneszones.com www.turnerresidentialgroup.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/undisputedawareness/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/undisputedawareness/support

Improving your mindset and increasing your business is a matter of reaching out and getting involved in a Mastermind.  Join Our Team in Greater Charlotte!Receive FREE Scripts to Promote Your Real Estate Career!As an individual agent, what can you do to improve your mindset and increase your business?Being a lone agent can sometimes feel like you’re on an island. If you’re looking for some guidance, I recommend enlisting the help of a coach first and foremost. If you don’t have the budget for that, however, there are many good Facebook groups you can join. I myself run a real estate Facebook group called Real Estate Hustlers. Feel free to hop in there any time to find some Mastermind partners. I’ve seen people who are in that group double and triple their business in the last 12 months. At the very least, my best advice is to get into a Mastermind. Pre-qualify the people that you’re talking to just like you would a buyer or seller—don’t just get into a relationship with anybody. Check out their Facebook and see what kind of stuff they’re posting. Is it positive or negative? Is it a good fit for what you’re trying to accomplish? After that, it’s all a matter of reaching out to them via Facebook. That’s what I did when I was getting started. “Don’t be on an island—reach out! ”As far as the structure of the Mastermind goes, we typically use the first 15 minutes of ours to practice accountability. Each member states their wins from the last week and reports their numbers. After that, we go into an open Mastermind topic for the week. It’s all very structured, and we have an agenda with a specific goal in mind. With every event that you go to or video that you watch, take one thing you learn from it and implement it into your own business. Otherwise, you run the risk of getting overwhelmed If you’re looking to get into a coaching environment, please feel free to give me a shout so I can lend you a hand. Just call or email me, and I’d be happy to help!

As you begin planning for 2017, I recommend that you figure out where your business is coming from. What three business sources will you focus on next year?  Join Our Team in Greater Charlotte!Receive FREE Scripts to Promote Your Real Estate Career!Now is a great time to start planning for 2017. As you reflect on your business sources of the past year, ask yourself which sources you would like to focus on next year. How many business sources should you have, anyway? Recently, I had a conversation with a real estate agent who only had six or seven deals this year. They listed out where they want their business to come from next year, and their goal was to have seven different business sources. I actually recommend that you only focus on three business sources. That is what our team does and we are able to do 100 deals by prospecting (calling expired listings), using internet leads, and keeping in touch with past clients. We go deep into those three business sources, and we only added that third pillar this year. “I recommend focusing on three business sources. ”So, don’t scatter your business sources. That is why the average agent only sells six to eight homes a year. Don’t use more than three business sources unless you are growing a team and are doing more than 100 deals a year. If you go deep on these three business sources, you will see business come in from other sources. That is OK. For instance, we will see business come from 10 other sources this year, but we’re only focused on marketing to those three sources I mentioned earlier. Think about that when you are coming up with your business plan for 2017 and figure out what your top three business sources will be. If you have any questions or are interested in joining our real estate team, give me a call or send me an email. I would be happy to help you!

My team and I recently put together a list of personal and professional goals that we're committing to over the next few months. They range from better focus on lead generation to getting to bed on time every night.  Join Our Team in Greater Charlotte!Receive FREE Scripts to Promote Your Real Estate Career!As a real estate agent, what does your best look like? As a team, we got together and built a list that we're going to leave up for a couple of months as a reminder.What can we commit to? At our past team meeting, we each picked one item to commit to, and here's what we put together for both personal and professional goals:Two to four hours of focused lead generation daily. You can lead generate, but if you're not focused, you're not going to get the results you want. 30 minutes per day of script practice. We do script practice in the office two days a week for about an hour, so they've got to be doing some script practice on their own if they want to do their best.Two appointments per week.Wake up early. Maybe this means you've got to be in bed by 10 p.m. This might also mean unplugging before bed because there are studies that show if you're attached to your phone or watching TV before bed, it messes up your sleep.Eating healthy.Exercise daily.Read 30 minutes a day. This is huge for your mindset. If you're not spending about 30 minutes per day reading and working on your mindset, the rest of this stuff doesn't really matter, because you're not going to do it anyway!Be at the office on time every time. How you show up here is how you show up out in the world, so if you're not showing up on time at the office, how are you going to show up on time for your clients?Staying on your time block. This one is huge. If you say you're going to lead generate from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. every day, just do it and be focused!Afternoon lead generation if you have no active clients. If you don't have appointments with people who want to buy or sell a house, you need to be at the office prospecting in the afternoon. As a newer agent, what else do you have to do? On my team, we do the transaction coordination for you, so there are no excuses.What can you do every day to get uncomfortable? You should do something outside of your comfort zone every day. Outside of your comfort zone is your money zone.“Outside your comfort zone is your money zone. ”I hope you can take something valuable from this list we put together. If you're thinking about joining a real estate team, just give us a call or send us an email. We look forward to hearing from you!

Charlotte View interviews Fara Robinson volunteer for The Greater Charlotte SPCA. Founded in 2010. Greater Charlotte SPCA is a group of dedicated rescuers with many years of experience helping homeless pets. We are a 501c3 organization and rely on public donations to help us save homeless animals.  Mission: to improve the quality of life of homeless animals through veterinary care, foster care, humane education and spay/neuter programs. SPCA do not own and operate a shelter facility. All pets are fostered in the homes of our volunteers. Since our pets come from shelters and other rescue situations, we find that fostering in our homes gives us the opportunity to assess the pet's personality & needs and match them with the right adoptive family. In addition, we are able to provide all care and medical needs for our animals and it enables the pet to develop a happy frame of mind prior to adoption. *How the Process of Pet Rescue works in Charlotte**How to Adopt a Pet**How to Volunteer in the Process of Pet Rescue* Twitter: @gcspca / Instagram: @charlottespca  / Phone 704-000-0000  / Email: info@charlottespca.org  / P.O. Box 77491, Charlotte, North Carolina 28271 Website www.charlottespca.org