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May 21, 2024
Consumer Stories

John Deere honored with Good Neighbor Award

The company slogan is “Nothing runs like a Deere” and the Red Cross couldn’t run their humanitarian response without the support of businesses and individuals. As the volunteer partner for the Red Cross “Sound the Alarm” campaign, more than 30 John Deere employees volunteered their time to go door to door recently with Red Crossers and the Augusta Fire Department installing free smoke alarms and providing fire safety education to families in the Harrisburg Community. “It was truly inspiring working with such dedicated John Deere employees visiting homes, installing smoke

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Staff Report May 21, 2024 No Comments
B2B Stories

Kemp signs legislation targeting workforce and education

Ga. Gov. Brian Kemp (R) has signed more than half a dozen bills dealing with workforce development that were passed during the 2024 session of the Georgia Legislature. One of the bills, House Bill 982, requires the State Workforce Development Board to create a high-demand career list. The goal is to make sure the state is creating programs and educational opportunities to fill the most critically needed jobs. “Every job creator who calls Georgia home and every prospective company looking to expand tells me that, along with our business-friendly environment

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Dana Lynn McIntyre May 21, 2024 No Comments
B2B Podcasting

What happens when you hit rock bottom in biz?

Sometimes, perhaps through no fault of your own, your business hits rock bottom. What’s next? You have nowhere to go but up. That’s when you are on a roll. In Stephanie Stuckey’s case, it’s a pecan log roll.

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Stephanie Stuckey May 21, 2024 No Comments
B2B Stories

Equity in Opportunity, Not Equity in Outcomes: The Case for Appropriate DEI

After taking a three-week hiatus, I thought I would “come out swinging” with a column on a controversial, yet critically important topic: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, or DEI. While the term DEI is a relatively new one, it has its roots in the civil rights movement in the 1960’s. While its origins are primarily race-related, over time, DEI addressed a number of identities, such as gender, sexual orientation, and ethnicity, along with race. Early on, DEI was primarily informed by affirmative action and other equal employment legislation, but DEI programming

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Dr. Rick Franza May 21, 2024 No Comments