By Eric Tanenblatt, Rick Jackson [Ed. note: This article first appeared in the Atlanta Business Chronicle.] Solving problems like poverty, or inequities in housing, education or healthcare, is an expensive undertaking, and the gap between what’s required and what’s actually available, especially from public resource pools, is dramatic and widening. With every passing day, the social and […]
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The Metro Atlanta Chamber 2017 Year in Review
In 2017, we celebrated Atlanta, and you celebrated with us. With the help of our business community and Georgia legislation that recognized and worked to support our vision of a more vibrant and prosperous region, the Metro Atlanta Chamber was proud to serve. In Atlanta, we connect, we invent, we inspire and we thrive, and […]
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Leaders, Beware the Pitfalls From the “Gift” of Feedback
By Nathan Bennett Chances are you have heard the expression, “Feedback is a gift.” The cliché is a salve against the sting of criticism, but what it more assuredly does is make giving bad news easier for the leader. Two lessons from extending the metaphor of feedback as a gift are worth consideration. The first […]
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Gov. Deal wants grant expansion to more majors
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal said on Monday that he wants to expand a grant that’s meant to steer students toward the subjects that employers say will help them fill unfilled jobs.
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Georgia State University Opens Groundbreaking New Legal Analytics Lab
By Charlotte S. Alexander, Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Director, Legal Analytics Lab If the job of a lawyer were reduced to its essential tasks, analyzing text and making predictions would be high on the list. For example, what proposed contract terms are problematic? How might a judge rule, given legal precedent and the […]
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Inaugural Atlanta Cyber Week Successfully Unifies Region’s Cybersecurity Community
By Justin Daniels, Baker Donelson The success of Atlanta Cyber Week is a testament to what happens when the cyber community speaks with one voice. Thanks to all of our sponsors, partners, influencers and event organizers for helping to market and execute a top-notch series of events that were fun, informative and filled with great […]
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ATL Takeover: The Silicon Valley edition
Diversity is in Atlanta’s DNA By Kornelius Bankston, director, bioscience ecosystem expansion, Metro Atlanta Chamber Last week I traveled with a delegation of Atlanta’s business leaders and influencers to the tech mecca, Silicon Valley, from September 25-26. The ATL Takeover arrived in Silicon Valley to open a pipeline of resource sharing around two themes: health […]
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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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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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Fast-Moving Change and the Scholar-Executive: The Executive Doctorate in Business
Change and adapting to change have become the norm in today’s business world. To be successful, executives need new learning and a more sophisticated understanding of the what’s, how’s and why’s than ever before.
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Atlanta Committee for Progress laying foundation for next mayor
While it’s anyone’s guess who will be the next mayor of Atlanta, one thing is certain. The Atlanta Committee for Progress is already putting the pieces in place to ready to help make sure the next mayor is successful.
ACP, as it’s known in powerful circles, is composed of many of the top CEOs and civic leaders in Atlanta.
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Three Reasons Why Atlanta is Ripe for Exporters
By Zaheer Faruqi, Aventure AviationOver the past decade, Atlanta has climbed to 64th from 71st amongst the Top 100 United States metros for exports. In fact, export businesses can now be found in every single metro Atlanta county and more than 80 percent of Georgia’s 159 counties. As the founder of Aventure Aviation, an aircraft […]
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TIME ranks two Gwinnett County cities among nation’s ‘Most Genius Places’
TIME magazine has included two cities in Gwinnett County on its list of, “The 100 Most Genius Places in America.”
Norcross ranked 14th on the list. Suwanee ranked 99th.
