By John Gibson and Felix Rioja Policymakers on both sides of the political divide are considering expanding infrastructure-related spending. However, the exact dollar amount needed and where best to target these funds is still a subject of debate. While new projects clearly garner more attention from the press, maintenance in the form of fixing roads […]
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What’s a 5-hug delivery?
After returning to United Way of Greater Atlanta’s Gifts In Kind warehouse from a delivery, United Way employee “Mr. Paul” Young said, “That was a 5-hug delivery.” Mr. Paul’s heartfelt delivery was providing brand new goods to one of our nonprofit partners. For more than a decade, United Way of Greater Atlanta’s Gifts In Kind […]
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Ebola: People + Public Health + Political Will
By Claire Stinson, senior communications officer for the CDC Foundation What was it like at ground zero of the worst outbreak of Ebola in history? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) David J. Sencer Museum will be the first U.S. museum to offer an overview of the devastating viral outbreak that killed more […]
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Will improved credit reporting standards help Atlantans?
By John Hope Bryant, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Operation HOPE, Inc. According to a recent Forbes report, though Atlanta is named the #14 best place for business in the U.S., its residents appear to have difficulty managing their money responsibly. As the capital city of the state with the worst credit profile in the U.S., […]
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Preparing the Peach State’s Future: The Georgia Center for Education Policy
A new Georgia Center for Education Policy at Georgia State University will help state education and policy leaders harness the power of research to improve the lives of students, from classrooms to careers. Using a $3.9 million grant from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, the center in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies […]
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Avoiding Toxic Corporate Cultures: Are CEOs helping or hurting their organizations?
By Chad Hartnell Leaders often trumpet organizational culture as a source of competitive advantage, but it can also be the source of an organization’s demise. Under the leadership of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Martin Winterkorn, Volkswagen admitted to cheating U.S. emissions tests to grow its market share in vehicles with diesel engines, a scandal blamed […]
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CLIMATE CHANGE, PARIS ACCORD, AND ATLANTA’S TREES
By Joe Thomas, Donor and Public Relations Coordinator, Trees Atlanta In the wake of the federal government’s withdrawal from the Paris Accord—the historic worldwide agreement addressing climate change signed by then-President Obama — we have to get serious about the climate crisis at the local level. Now is the time for states, municipalities, and neighborhoods […]
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Atlanta’s Player One: An interview with Hi-Rez Studios’ Todd Harris
By Patrick Adcock Atlanta’s digital transformation continues at a rapid pace, and with that comes a renewed interest in video games and esports. Competitive gaming grows by leaps and bounds each year and brings with it a rabid fan base of players and spectators. Atlanta is a hub in the southeast for this scene with […]
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Amid Adversity, Dedicated Vaccination Teams Battle Polio Outbreak in Nigeria
Photo:In Sokoto, Nigeria, a child receives a dose of oral polio vaccine during a campaign in response to a polio outbreak. The multi-partner Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) conducts periodic evaluations to assess the quality of polio outbreak responses. Photo credit: UNICEF By Meg Farrell, MPH, Polio Eradication Support, The Task Force for Global Health […]
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Charter Schools: Changing Property Values in Georgia Communities
Georgia State University researchers are finding that charter schools are having an impact on property values around their communities, potentially providing increased tax revenues for local communities. Researchers dug through a vast amount of data from 2004 to 2013, covering 15 school districts and 52 start-up charter schools in Georgia. They evaluated how home sales […]
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Celebrating Excellence in Nonprofit Management
By Lisa Cremin, director of community advancement, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta has a powerful annual award, Managing for Excellence. It is given to two nonprofit organizations that are exceptionally well-run in their operations, management and governance, and exhibit innovation, among other criteria. Now in its 33rd year, the […]
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Metro Atlanta Chamber’s supply chain council targets digital transformation
Photo: The Metro Atlanta Chamber’s Supply Chain Leadership Council convenes to discuss digital transformations in Atlanta. This is the second in a series of posts on the Metro Atlanta Chamber’s council groups. Learn more about the Chamber’s work by exploring these leadership councils and the impact they have on the metro region. The previous entry […]
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The Journey toward Polio Eradication
By Dr. Judy Monroe Sixty years ago few diseases struck as much fear in parents and children as polio. I know because my mother, who is now 95, was infected with polio in 1952 at the height of the epidemic. It’s difficult for us to imagine in the United States today, but the journey toward […]
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United Way of Greater Atlanta’s 2-1-1 Contact Center celebrates 20 Years
“I, Nathan Deal, Governor of the State of Georgia, do hereby proclaim June 12, 2017, as 2-1-1 Day in Georgia and join in recognizing the individuals and families who have found stability after crisis or emergency.” – 2-1-1 Day Proclamation issued by the State of Georgia This week marks the 20th anniversary of United Way […]
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WomenLead: How can we begin to level the playing field?
By Nancy Mansfield The statistics are well known: Women remain severely underrepresented in leadership positions, even though they now earn 60 percent of college and university degrees and are entering the professional workplace in greater numbers than ever. Somewhere along the way they get passed over, get stuck,or drop out. When they get to the […]
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IoT.ATL maps out Atlanta’s smart city future
Photo: IoT.ATL will work to define Atlanta as a globally recognized leader in Internet of Things innovation By Patrick Adcock IoT.ATL is a new IoT task force established by the Metro Atlanta Chamber and Accenture seeking to drive collaboration, engagement and excitement among the region’s Internet of Things community. The group will change Atlanta’s trajectory […]
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“I Quit!” Predicting When and Why Employees Quit
By Ashley Goreczny, Sarang Sunder and V. Kumar Rather than working employees to the point of burn-out and seeing them leave, retaining employees can save companies millions of dollars, research shows. Quitting employees represent great costs to the firm, particularly in recruitment and training. Managers need to predict, “Which of my employees is likely to […]
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Gates Foundation and Rotary International Accept First Bill Foege Global Health Awards
Photo Above: Bob Hope, Founder Hope-Beckham, Dr. Bill Foege, Steve Stirling, MAP International, Jeff Rosensweig, Director of the Global Perspectives Program at Goizueta Business School of Emory University, Ambassador Andrew Young, and John Germ, President, Rotary International More than 400 leaders and advocates came together Sunday evening, June 11, in Atlanta to recognize the accomplishments […]
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Launching a Second Century of Service
By Rebekah Henry Murphy, 2017-2018 President of the Junior League of Atlanta For our entire history, The Junior League of Atlanta (JLA) has played a major role in bringing about many of the services and social reforms that our community has needed – from providing free school books and lunches in the Atlanta Public School […]
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Creating a Digital University with Technology for Teaching and Learning
As we re-examine how we teach, Georgia State is using technology to enable new methods of instruction that can enhance learning moments in and out of class.
