Consumer Stories

Culture of inclusion starts with you

14 speakers shared their take on workplace culture in various keynote and breakout sessions—in both the Azalea and Magnolia rooms of The Space. Two of the speakers AU Professor and SMR Leadership business owner Stacy Roberts (see above) and Walton Options/Hire Me GA communications executive Ann Campbell-Kelly (see below) tackled tough topics like discrimination, disabilities and inclusion in the workplace. “If I want change let me be that change,” said Ms. Roberts. It’s all about communication and language, but we must all be ready to have that conversation,” before we

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Consumer Stories

Real Talk Real Estate: New Construction!

Let’s talk about new construction homes. Buyers often prefer to buy a new home or would like to build their dream home. There are a few ways you can buy or build a new home here in the CSRA and I wanted to give you a brief explanation. One option would be to buy what I consider a national builders development. Here you have one specific builder, building all across the country. In these developments you can typically walk through model homes and choose what you want to build, the

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Cyber Security

Keynote speakers discuss company culture at ABD Fall Expo

Company culture can make or break even the most financially successful organizations. Culture was the focus of the Augusta Business Daily Fall Expo, which was held on Thursday, Oct. 28 at The Space located on Greene Street. The event, titled Culture Shift, featured three keynote speakers who discussed various aspects of culture and how it can positively or negatively affect the success of an organization. The speakers were: Patrick Reynolds, President and Chief Executive Officer of CrossLink Consulting, Declan Scott, Director of Operations for The Collaborative Way and Darin Myers,

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B2B Stories

Negotiating tactics for a job

Robert Kelly, VP of several staffing companies will speak at 1:45 this afternoon on how negotiations are going now for employers and employees in this “Culture Shift”. To buy tickets day of go to www.abdexpo.com and type in adb50 as a coupon code. Here’s a preview.

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Consumer Stories

Downtown business event raises $6,500 and counting

The Augusta Handmade Fair is back and bigger than ever this year. The indoor/outdoor fair – sponsored by several local businesses, such as Augusta Candle Company, New Moon Café, and Little Guide Augusta, will be held Friday, Nov. 5 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 6 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Redemption Church located in the Doris Building at 930 Broad St. It will feature a total of 77 local and regional vendors selling a variety of handmade items, including jewelry, pottery, food, and art,

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B2B Stories

Effects of bad culture

Patrick Reynolds of Cross Link Consulting will speak at 8:30 this morning and 3 this afternoon on the effects of a bad culture. Here is a preview. To buy tickets day of go to www.abdexpo.com and type in abd50 as a coupon code.

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Consumer Stories

Real Restaurant Review: Broad Street Bullies

Editor’s Note: Wes Hennings never met a meal he walked away from and is an opinionated eater! Each Monday he shares the results of a business lunch he’s had with a colleague as a way to advise our business community on the good, bad and the tasty across the CSRA. He doesn’t let ABD or the restaurant know where he is going and his opinions are his own. He grades the restaurants he visits on a 1-5 scale with “5” being outstanding. We call this our “Real Business Lunch Review”.

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Cyber Security

Effects of bad culture

Patrick Reynolds of Cross Link Consulting will speak at 8:30 this morning and 3 this afternoon on the effects of a bad culture. Here is a preview. To buy tickets day of go to www.abdexpo.com and type in abd50 as a coupon code.

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Consumer Stories

New twist on the food truck business

Food trucks have been a convenient and versatile alternative around the country for a decade, or so this writer hears, but not so much around Aiken County, S.C., until the last few years. One of the things that purveyors of the mobile restaurants love about them is that they can pack up and re-appear at the next social event as fast as their permits will allow them. One of the few things that their customer’s sometimes regret is that they don’t know where they are today. Dos Potrillos Mexican Restaurant

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B2B Stories

Communication and Culture

Click on Robbie King’s take on how communication affects culture. He’s speaking on Thursday. To save 50% go to www.abdexpo.com and type in abd50.

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