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“Healthy” investment in CSRA telemedicine

Telemedicine is growing by leaps and bounds and Augusta University’s Medical College of Georgia (MCG) Center for Telehealth will be ready. The center has received 1 million dollars in federal funding that will be used to support health care for those living in more rural areas. The MCG Center for Telehealth will use a digital network to support rural patients with the goal of reducing health care disparities. It will also train future physicians to be able to provide telehealth-related health care. U.S. Representative, Buddy Carter (R-GA1) helped secure the

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Dana Lynn McIntyre May 8, 2023 No Comments
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Listen up business owners: Take care of YOU!

The internet is full of articles about how to start or run your own business. But there’s a glaring hole when it comes to advice about taking care of yourself, after all, you’re juggling finances, inventory, employees, customer deadlines, and other obligations. What’s too often left out of the conversation are the potential side effects on your health, whether physical or mental, or both. Aiken Regional Medical Centers will be addressing some of those health and wellness topics this month called Better Health Forum. It’s a series of breakfasts and

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Mitzi Oxford May 8, 2023 No Comments
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Businesses want an educated, skilled workforce and education is the answer

Events touting education, partnerships between business and educational institutions, and how they prepare local residents for highly skilled in-demand careers stood center stage last week in Augusta. Three events, the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Augusta University and the Savannah River Nuclear Lab, A.R. Johnson High School students getting hands-on education in cancer research and a new format for the dual enrollment program between Augusta University and the Columbia County School District will all impact workforce development and how education is the silver bullet to make this area

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Dana Lynn McIntyre May 8, 2023 No Comments
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Simon Says: Connection between innovation and higher education?

In 2015, according to the latest year data available, there were 10 utility patents granted that originated in Richmond County. A recent study by Michael Andrews (https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pol.20200320), examines the role of higher education institutions, such as Augusta University and Georgia Tech, in local invention. Higher education institutions may affect invention directly by conducting research or indirectly by driving population growth. Ideally, to understand the role of higher education on economic development and innovation, we would want to randomly assign universities to locations and measure innovation and economic activity before and

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Simon Medcalfe May 8, 2023 No Comments
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Mondays with Rick: Employee Retention–It’s All About Your Culture

“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” That quote from a famed management expert, Peter Drucker, is familiar to any of us who have studied how to lead modern organizations. Drucker’s quote implies that your company’s culture is what determines your firm’s success, regardless of how effective your strategy may be. However, I take issue with that interpretation. What I believe Drucker meant is that in order for a company’s strategy to be successful, it must have a company culture that allows it to execute the strategy appropriately. The bottom line is

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Dr. Rick Franza May 8, 2023 No Comments
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Real estate development in a growing area

Nancy Powell, owner of Powell & Associates, Inc., sits down with Augusta Business Daily publisher, Neil Gordon to discuss the CSRA’s growing real estate market. Powell says that when comparing prices, newly built homes might actually be a less expensive alternative. Those interested in learning more about real estate can visit Nancy Powell’s website at https://www.powellpropertypros.com.

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Neil Gordon with Nancy Powell May 8, 2023 No Comments
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Economic Update: Thanking the next generation

Just as Dana Lynn discussed in our top story this week, Coach Dave Holdeman from The Alternative Board of the CSRA and Augusta Business Daily publisher, Neil Gordon talk about programs that will not only bring jobs, but could provide vital treatment options for cancer in the future. Be sure to get to know the details on all this and more in the latest economic update.

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Neil Gordon with Dave Holdeman May 8, 2023 No Comments
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Economic Update: Thanking the next generation

Just as Dana Lynn discussed in our top story this week, Coach Dave Holdeman from The Alternative Board of the CSRA and Augusta Business Daily publisher, Neil Gordon talk about programs that will not only bring jobs, but could provide vital treatment options for cancer in the future. Be sure to get to know the details on all this and more in the latest economic update.

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Neil Gordon with Dave Holdeman May 8, 2023 No Comments
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Georgia Business Minute: Turning lemons into lemonade

It’s just what you need on a Georgia summer day! The state recently passed a law that would exempt minors from needing to access a permit to set up a lemonade stand, as long as they make under $5,000. Mike Petchenik reports from Atlanta on that and other stories in this week’s Georgia Business Minute.

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Mike Petchenik May 8, 2023 No Comments
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Thoughts from the General: Lighting up a room – a guide to public speaking

One of the secrets to outstanding leadership is the ability to make really good speeches and briefings. Although trust and integrity are more important, speaking skills are high on any list of qualities of great leadership. The following are suggestions on how you might make your future speeches lead to “oh wows” and standing ovations from your audiences—large and small. This list contains many ideas on how to make a better speech. It also suggests areas which are not helpful or are counterproductive. When you introduce yourself, take no more

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Ret. Maj. General Perry Smith May 7, 2023 No Comments
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