May 2016 Features

  • Communicorp: Simply Manage Your Creative Assets Using OnDemand Technologies

    May 25, 2016

    With all of your graphic design elements in place, you may be wondering how to manage these creative assets throughout your entire organization. Well, technology is a great solution to your dilemma. To help you understand the various solutions that come into play and how they work, let’s walk through a real-world scenario.

  • Are Exhausted Employees Destroying Your Business?

    May 24, 2016

    Very few entrepreneurs get enough sleep, and the “sleep shortage” is affecting employees too. Seven out of 10 workers in a recent survey (PDF) by Accountemps/Robert Half report they are frequently tired on the job — which could be putting your business at risk.

  • Southwest Georgia District Extension Director Embraces New Job

    May 23, 2016

    Tim Varnedore’s 28-year experience working in University of Georgia Cooperative Extension, not to mention his youth as a 4-H’er spent on his family’s farm, has prepared him for his newest Extension position: Southwest District director.

  • Synovus Launches “Here Matters” Community Outreach Program

    May 19, 2016

    Synovus has introduced Here Matters, the company’s refreshed community outreach program for the 28 locally-branded banks it operates across its five-state footprint. Here Matters will focus Synovus’ and its team members’ outreach efforts on three areas of local community service: education, needs-based opportunities, and health and wellness.

  • Lt. Gov. Cagle Launches Georgia Consortium for Advanced Technical Training

    May 17, 2016

    Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle launched the Georgia Consortium of Advanced Technical Training (GA CATT) Program, the first of its kind in the United States, with the Central Educational Center, Coweta County’s College and Career Academy. Beginning in the 10th grade, high school students will now have the opportunity to complete their education with a high school diploma, German apprenticeship certificate and an associate degree in Industrial Mechanics through West Georgia Technical College.

  • Georgia 2030: The Chamber's GPS Device to Reach State's Business and Economic Future

    May 16, 2016

    A hundred years ago, the then-newly formed Georgia Chamber of Commerce wisely initiated a road map with the intention of planning the future of business in the Peach State. Today, one year into the second century of the Chamber, President and CEO, Chris Clark and the Chamber Board are instead utilizing modern GPS tracking and other digital tools to explore and research emerging commerce trends, needs and resources for Georgia’s future. This initiative is entitled “Georgia 2030.”

  • Phoebe Putney Health System Generates $1.2 Billion for Local and State Economy

    May 04, 2016

    Phoebe Putney Health System generated more than $1.2 billion in revenue for the local and state economy in 2014 according to a recent report by the Georgia Hospital Association, the state’s largest hospital trade association. The report also found that, during the same period, the health system provided nearly $60 million in community benefit while supporting over 10,000 full-time jobs throughout Southwest Georgia and across the state.

  • Albany Area Chamber of Commerce Celebrates “Small Business Week” in Big Way with Entire Community

    May 02, 2016

    Many diverse groups and individuals in Georgia may celebrate later this week on the fifth of May, but the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce “Celebrate Small Business Week” festivities will run the entire week through Thursday, climaxing that evening with naming the winner of the “Small Business of the Year” at a Cinco de Mayo fiesta.