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The Business of Art

A degree in business and logistics and a career in marketing led Kate Gary Loyd down an unexpected path. Her story is one that should resonate with any business owner. After growing up in Augusta, she earned her degree at Georgia Southern University and ended up staying in the area for 20 years. She moved back to Augusta to be near family. Five years ago, Kate started sketching and then painting part-time outside of her job with a local marketing agency. “I sketched some 2” x 3” pictures of local

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Mitzi Oxford August 19, 2024 No Comments
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Work It Out: The Onboarding Process

H.R. consultant and professional mediator, TeKay Brown-Taylor says employers miss out on a great opportunity to develop loyal employees from the beginning. In today’s video, she shares examples of the right and wrong way to onboard. The full segment can be heard this Saturday morning at 7:30 on Classy 1230 AM.

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TeKay Brown-Taylor August 18, 2024 No Comments
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Biz Bits: Giving CSRA entrepreneurs a leg up

The Downtown Development Authority and a local college are finding ways to re-purpose a vacant building while helping start-up companies get off to a successful start. Mike Petchenik has more in our Biz Bits.

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Mike Petchenik August 18, 2024 No Comments
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Creative “job reviews”

Tomorrow morning at 7:30, you can hear the latest episode of “Work It Out” on Classy 1230 AM. It’s the push and pull between employers and employees. In today’s video clip, HR consultant, TeKay Brown-Taylor discusses a simpler and better way to review how your staff is doing.

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TeKay Brown-Taylor August 15, 2024 No Comments
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Terminating an employee the right way

Is there someone on your CSRA team you think would be a better fit somewhere else? In this video clip, H.R. specialist, TeKay Brown-Taylor says it’s important to follow a process when you terminate an employee. This clip is part of our half-hour program that will air this Saturday morning at 7:30 on Classy 1230 AM.

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TeKay Brown-Taylor August 14, 2024 No Comments
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Meet the $2 million robot and the CSRA surgeons who use it

Aiken Regional Medical Centers is inviting the community for an up-close look and a chance to test drive their da Vinci Xi® Robotic Surgical System. A team of surgeons will also be on hand to answer questions about procedures used with the robot and the benefits of robotic surgery. The event will be held today, August 15, from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. in Aiken Regional’s main lobby, at 302 University Parkway in Aiken. “The da Vinci Xi® Robot has taken minimally invasive surgery to a new cutting edge,” says Lorenzo Sampson,

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Mitzi Oxford August 14, 2024 No Comments
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This Simple Task Could Be the Key to Hiring Good Workers

There are many questions to be asked when you are hiring an employee, but there is one that stands out above the rest. You can catch Neil and TeKay’s discussion on this topic and more, each Saturday at 7:30 AM, on Classy 1230 on “Let’s Work It Out.”

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TeKay Brown-Taylor August 13, 2024 No Comments
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Breaking ground on CSRA’s small business future

It’s a $2.3 million project that Augusta Technical College (ATC) and the city’s Downtown Development Authority (DDA) predict will be a cornerstone for small business development in Downtown Augusta. A ceremony to kick off Accelerate Augusta was held yesterday to bring the region’s newest small business incubator and microenterprise to fruition. Dirt was shoveled, but this is really a renovation project led by longtime CSRA contractors, McKnight Construction. Housed in the former headquarters for Augusta Metro Chamber in the I. M. Pei Building located at 600 Broad Street, the center

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Mitzi Oxford August 13, 2024 No Comments
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Knowing Your People is Good Business

Fall Semester 2024 at Augusta University starts today! I will be meeting with my first class of undergraduate business majors early this evening. The course I am teaching that starts this evening is “Operations Management.” Operations Management (OM) is part of the “business core” that is required of all students seeking a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree, no matter their major or concentration (e.g., Accounting, Finance, Marketing). OM is a required course because it shows students how to manage the creation of goods and delivery of services. If a

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Dr. Rick Franza August 13, 2024 No Comments
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Is your worker an employee or a contractor?

Conflict can boil down to something as simple as wording in a job description. Crossing your t’s or dotting those i’s could make a big difference between a business owner and staff. TeKay and Neil dive into the subject here and every Saturday morning at 7:30 a.m. on Classy 1230 on “Let’s Work It Out.”

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TeKay Brown-Taylor August 12, 2024 No Comments
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