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#sustainability #nobelprize Burgers, fries, and soda, the American version of German meat and potatoes with a drink, from the icon of American cultural globalization, the golden arch of Ray Kroc’s McDonald’s, gave the comeback kid from Hope, Arkansas, Bill Clinton, a triple bypass. Taste and health cannot be more perfectly uncorrelated, -1, or are they perfectly correlated, 1, because what Clinton and Bill Gates consider taste is reality the lack of it? This lack of taste is giving the planet a nona-bypass along all the nine planetary boundaries, as the Amazon burns to let the cows graze to feed the world’s growing appetite for their flesh along with economic growth and aspiration of the one human family to converge. Gates wrote a book on climate. Invested in how to mitigate cows passing methane. But his addiction to money and cows remains, undermining both his book and investments. The way to save humanity is not to make rounds of both Norway and Sub Saharan Africa, far far above and far far below the equator, the Great White North and the Great Black South, but walking the talk on global sustainability. Does this sound good or do you want me to give you consent to talk about my vision to showboat and make a quick buck?

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Diversity, equity and inclusion. We are proud that these values are paramount in our company’s ethos, and integral to Storkcraft’s strength, cohesion, harmony, and success. Storkcraft® could not be more proud to be recognized by the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA: Built for Baby) as the 2024 Winner of the Core Values Recognition Program, for the category of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. "The parents, caregivers, babies, and young children we serve depend on us to have their best interests in mind," said Lisa Trofe, executive director of JPMA. "Upholding our industry’s Core Values is one way we can prove to them that we do. These are values that matter to our customers as we work to earn their business and their trust. I’m proud of this year’s winners for demonstrating leadership across these Core Values." Read more here, and learn about the other Winners who are upholding our industry's core values: https://lnkd.in/gRhhDuG2

Celebrating 2 years of making the marketing magic happen at Aha Media Group 💖 People often ask me how I went from owning a coffee shop and bakery to healthcare marketing. A lot of the things I do in life are strategic. But most of them (often the best of them) just sort of naturally evolve from the people I meet and interests I pursue. Story time! I started growing my coffee business the year Facebook first allowed non-college students to join. There were no business accounts back then. I built a social media strategy around The SweetSpot having a personal profile. First name: The SweetSpot Last name: Coffee Shop Relationship status: It’s complicated I became obsessed with social media marketing. Growing followers 100x and revenue 10x over 10 years. When I graphed it out, the correlation was uncanny. A few years into that, I started teaching other small business owners how to use social media to build their brands. I wanted to know everything I could about social and local SEO so I could share it with others. So I gobbled up every resource I could. In 2016 I took a class on content marketing from Andy Crestodina and it opened my eyes to a world beyond local SEO and social. I have a tendency to go all in on something I’m interested in so … hello, new obsession! Content marketing! ✨ When I sold my business 4 years later, I knew I wanted to focus solely on marketing. After a couple of years working as a consultant across almost every industry you can imagine (no, seriously, I did everything from Pinterest marketing for Gulf Shores Tourism to web copy for industrial saw blade sharpeners), I wanted to find a role where I could learn more and focus on growing a brand. I reached back out to Andy, who is as generous with his time as he is with his expertise. He put me in touch with his marketing director, Amanda Gant, who met with me and said … “I know just the role for you”. A few days later I was interviewing with Ahava Leibtag and felt immediately and inexplicably “at home”. That feeling of just clicking into place. The next month, I had a new job. And my new obsessions are patient experience, health literacy, and AI in healthcare. … There’s a lot more to that story. Like how I was sitting by the pool in a campground in Palm Springs, CA when I met with Andy… Or how I did my Aha Media onboarding from the back of my RV as we drove through Oklahoma… But today I am focusing the power of: 1. Pursuing interests obsessively 2. Reaching out and building connections Both take a growth mindset and a little bit of bravery. And I would not be here today without them. … P.S. Big thanks to Andy and Amanda for your help in guiding me here.

A few proud comments about my company: There are a lot of companies that offer software as a service products to health plans… but to the best of my knowledge, Beacon Healthcare Systems is the example where the core of the company and all of the initial products werecompliance. They foundational focus on compliancechanges everything we do, from a deep focus on data lineage built into the software, to our sensitivity to our clients compliance controls needs now, as well as over the next years. If you’re doing an RFP or RFI, or maybe you’re just a bit unhappy with your current solution and would like to take a look at something different…you owe it to yourself to take a quick look at the products from Beacon Healthcare Systems… Truly differentiated.

Cheers! 🍷 Team Achieve has officially completed a big program alongside our clients and it’s time to celebrate! If you have been following along our adventures, you know we were extra busy hosting tons of kids activities. Olympics…movie nights…ice cream parties…Jiu Jitsu lessons..all the fun. And in the distance, we were also helping our clients pamper, and create some romantic moments for their award winners (ya know, cuz the kids were all taken care of). It required a lot of partners to make this all happen, and we are especially grateful to Wine Unify and DLynn Proctor for joining us. They made the “adult date nights” extra special with some wine education. Here is bit about why we love this organization: Wine Unify was founded on the belief that education is the cornerstone to progress in any field. But as we know - many ethnic and racial minorities experience significant barriers to entry - financial, mentorship or just a general feeling of exclusion. So Wine Unify works to change that by fostering wine education for underrepresented minority groups and amplifying the voices of the people of color who are already thriving within the wine industry. Plus, they lead incredibly engaging wine tastings that sure made our client’s date nights a huge success. Friends - if you plan events and want to level up your beverage experience, make sure to check out Wine Unify. 💫 Achieve Incentives & Meetings

Man what a year it has been! Enjoyed celebrating with some of our guys talking about the highs (and lows) of the first year. Certainly the word pride comes to mind when I look back on the start of this journey. I’m proud of the relationships we have made in such a short time. We’ve worked in more locations and markets than I could have ever imagined. Those relationships with different developers, contractors, owners, government municipalities, etc. have made the difference. I’m proud of our quality. As a team, every decision we try to make centers around quality. How can we provide the best product for our client? Quality will always survive. I’m proud of our willingness to think outside the box and work on all types of projects. Facility maintenance, design build, govt, private, industrial, sub work, GC work, etc. Moving in and out on this type of work takes extreme organizational communication. Our guys have worked hard on this. However, what I’m most proud of is our TEAM. I’ve said it plenty of times but the hardest part of growing a business is getting people to join the journey. We’ve added critical pieces along the way that have made us better at each step. Our guys grind. They work in the rain. They travel. They work nights. Early morning. Late evenings. To them, it has become part of our culture; it is a culture that defines us. As I look back on this past year, I smile thinking about those tough days. Days that every business owner has had. Nothing is going right…working your tail off, etc. etc etc. But, the reason I smile is because I had a team standing right there with me willing to do anything to make it better. If that doesn’t wake you up in the morning, I don’t know what does…Cheers!

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