Susan Knox's guest appearances

Susan Knox

Atlanta Business Radio

bUnekeRadio

Kelli Davis

Michael Thomas

Philippe Cousteau

Michael Levin

Tom Hiddleston

Tyler Perry

Susie Rheault

Robert Bruce

Alice Faye

Agatha Achindu

Scott Reeder

Jimmy Fallon

Steve Cook

Jeff Kreisler

Jim Ross

OwlTail

Susan Knox Kopta is the author of Ballasted Wings: Why That Day? When her daughter, Alexis, was a senior at Barnard College, Alexis had a mental health breakdown. Her roommates took her to the ER. Alexis self-admitted to the psych unit. She was diagnosed with bipolar. Following acute care and prior to discharge Alexis did not receive transitional care. Rather, she was discharged without bipolar support resources. A few weeks later, while on medical leave and isolated from peers and mentors, Alexis abruptly stopped her meds, fell into deep despair and threatened suicide. Her cousin took her to a county hospital. Alexis was again admitted to the psych unit.Tonight, we talk with Susan about her efforts to help others, despite her own loss.Learn more at https://bipolarlinks.com

Susan Knox Kopta is the author of Ballasted Wings: Why That Day? When her daughter, Alexis, was a senior at Barnard College, Alexis had a mental health breakdown. Her roommates took her to the ER. Alexis self-admitted to the psych unit. She was diagnosed with bipolar. Following acute care and prior to discharge Alexis did not receive transitional care. Rather, she was discharged without bipolar support resources. A few weeks later, while on medical leave and isolated from peers and mentors, Alexis abruptly stopped her meds, fell into deep despair and threatened suicide. Her cousin took her to a county hospital. Alexis was again admitted to the psych unit. Tonight, we talk with Susan about her efforts to help others, despite her own loss. Learn more at <a href="https://bipolarlinks.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bipolarlinks.com</a>

bUneke UnScripted discusses Increased Suicide Risks with Susan Knox Kopta

Norman Conway

Please click on the POD button to listen to the latest Atlanta Business Radio show podcast broadcasting live each Wednesday at 10am EDT fromAtlanta, GA, USA.   Here's how to listen to the podcast of our show.  Firstclick on the title of the show you are interested in. Then there shouldbe a player in the upper right hand corner of the screen. Now justpress play and the show you chose should start playing. You can alsodownload the show to listen on your mp3 player. Weare now available on iTunes, click this link and you can find all ourpast shows. Press SUBSCRIBE and you will automatically get the latestshow when you sync your iPod to your computer.&amp;lt;!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal	{mso-style-parent:&amp;quot;&amp;quot;;	margin:0in;	margin-bottom:.0001pt;	mso-pagination:widow-orphan;	font-size:12.0pt;	font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;	mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;}a:link, span.MsoHyperlink	{color:blue;	text-decoration:underline;	text-underline:single;}a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed	{color:purple;	text-decoration:underline;	text-underline:single;}@page Section1	{size:8.5in 11.0in;	margin:1.2in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;	mso-header-margin:.5in;	mso-footer-margin:.5in;	mso-paper-source:0;}div.Section1	{page:Section1;}--&amp;gt;Today's show is brought to you by TAB of Northwest Atlanta.The Alternative Board of Northwest Atlanta brings togetherowners of privately held businesses to overcome challenges and seize newopportunities with a combination of peer advice and strategic businesscoaching. Board members meet monthly to learn from one another's successes andmistakes and create more valuable and profitable companies. Achieve GreaterSuccess with Peer Advice and Coaching with TAB of Northwest Atlanta.  www.tab-nwatlanta.comOur first guest this morning was Stone Payton a Sales &amp;Marketing Troubleshooter who specializes in helping Training &amp; Consultingfirms Solve Their Sales Problem.Affectionately known as "The Most Candid Consultant OnThe Planet," and widely recognized as the man who literally wrote the bookon SPEED®, Stone is no theorist. He works exclusively in the "No Bull” Zone,and has a real job just like you and your team. Several actually . . . servingas Chief Sales Officer, Trusted Advisor, Sales Troubleshooter, and Top Producerfor some of the world's most respected Training &amp; Consulting firms. For over 20 years, Stone has been helping organizationsdrive their business strategies more effectively. His unusual candor and energetic style provide a refreshing and much needed perspectiveto clients striving to improve their organizational SPEED (the ratio of resultsto time invested). Mr. Payton is an accomplished speaker, published author, andco-founder of MarketMateTM  a unique network of consulting firms andindividual specialists solely dedicated to helping clients Grow Their Business Fast. He is speaking at a Growth Answers event on Wednesday August 20 at7am at the Georgian Club for more information please go to www.growthanswers.com. For moreinformation about Stone please go to his website www.marketmate.org or blog www.stonesells.blogspot.com Next we had on Procurement Guru Norman Conway with Prorizon. Norman was just named the Pro to Know fromSupply &amp; Demand Chain Executive magazine. Normanexplained that if your company issues more than 500 POs per month, hisWeb-based e-procurement system can streamline and automate your processes,cutting costs by 45-75%, an average of $60 per PO.It"s so easy to implement you can go live on their Web services platform within45 days without having to buy and implement software or overhaul your currentsystems. Prorizon helps you Streamline procurement processes; Maximize resourceutilization;  Standardize user-controlledbuying; Track assets and Audit performance. For more information please go to Norman’s website www.prorizon.com Next we had on Michael Thomas National President of the CRMAssociation. Michael explained that Customer Relationship Management (CRM) isnow part of the mainstream.  Customer strategy is “ordinary” and somethingthat is a day-to-day concern for all enterprises, large or small.  Thebusiness universe has shifted its focus from the company at its center to thecustomer at its hub.  As a result, the CRM industry has matured.  More thanever, firms that do nothing but work involving the analysis and enrichment ofcustomers abound.  CRM as an industry has not just practitioners, butvendors, integrators, management consultants, boutique specialists,evangelists, analysts, pundits, bloggers, authors and even detractors!  As the industry has matured, so has the customer – not justthe industry’s customer but the customer that CRM was created to support. The customer experience, formerly an art and a gut check, is now a cutting edgescience that is necessary for business growth and differentiation in an era wherecustomers are fully empowered and highly volatile.    CRM Association represents the Customer RelationshipManagement (CRM) industry and all its constituents.  CRM represents whatis now becoming an organized body of knowledge and strategy to be reckonedwith.  The CRM Association aims at representing the industry as not just apurveyor of knowledge and information, but an action-oriented association thatwill protect and promote the interests of customer relationship management andits institutions and provide the members with the tools that it needs to enrichand improve that customer experience – be it the member’s direct customers orthe customers of the members customers.  Please learn how to join Michaelat his association’s big Return to Customer event August 26-27. For more on theCRMA please go to www.crmassociation.orgor to learn more about Michael and his company Neighborhood America please goto www.neighborhoodamerica.com We closed the show with Susan Knox Founder of Corporate Connections. Corporate Connections provides direct Access &amp; HighlyTargeted Introductions to individuals helping fill your Pipeline &amp;Accelerate the growth of your business. Susan explained that People Do Business with people they Know, Like and Trust.  The challenge is it may takes weeks, monthsand often years to get connected to the Right Relationships.  Being a native Atlantan, Susan has spent thelast 10 years of her career building Trusted Relationships which helps othersexpedite their business development initiatives.  Corporate ConnectionsAccelerates your opportunity to meet the right people at the right time at theright place.  For more information abouthow you can tap into Susan’s Golden Rolodex please go to her website www.corporateconnections.us Also ifyou know of a business in Atlanta that we should know about pleaseemail Amy Otto at Amy @ atlantabusinessradio.com and we will try andget them on the show.  

Please click on the POD button to listen to the latest <a href="http://www.atlantabusinessradio.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Atlanta Business Radio</a><a href="http://www.atlantabusinessradio.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> show podcast broadcasting live each Wednesday at 10am EDT from Atlanta, GA, USA.   Here's how to listen to the podcast of our show. First click on the title of the show you are interested in. Then there should be a player in the upper right hand corner of the screen. Now just press play and the show you chose should start playing. You can also download the show to listen on your mp3 player. <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=266308488&amp;s=143441&amp;i=19694045" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">We are now available on iTunes, click this link and you can find all our past shows. Press SUBSCRIBE and you will automatically get the latest show when you sync your iPod to your computer.</a> &amp;lt;!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal 	{mso-style-parent:&amp;quot;&amp;quot;; 	margin:0in; 	margin-bottom:.0001pt; 	mso-pagination:widow-orphan; 	font-size:12.0pt; 	font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; 	mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink 	{color:blue; 	text-decoration:underline; 	text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed 	{color:purple; 	text-decoration:underline; 	text-underline:single;} @page Section1 	{size:8.5in 11.0in; 	margin:1.2in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; 	mso-header-margin:.5in; 	mso-footer-margin:.5in; 	mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 	{page:Section1;} --&amp;gt; Today's show is brought to you by TAB of Northwest Atlanta.The Alternative Board of Northwest Atlanta brings together owners of privately held businesses to overcome challenges and seize new opportunities with a combination of peer advice and strategic business coaching. Board members meet monthly to learn from one another's successes and mistakes and create more valuable and profitable companies. Achieve Greater Success with Peer Advice and Coaching with TAB of Northwest Atlanta.  <a href="http://www.tab-nwatlanta.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.tab-nwatlanta.com</a>Our first guest this morning was Stone Payton a Sales &amp; Marketing Troubleshooter who specializes in helping Training &amp; Consulting firms Solve Their Sales Problem. Affectionately known as "The Most Candid Consultant On The Planet," and widely recognized as the man who literally wrote the book on SPEED®, Stone is no theorist. He works exclusively in the "No Bull” Zone, and has a real job just like you and your team. Several actually . . . serving as Chief Sales Officer, Trusted Advisor, Sales Troubleshooter, and Top Producer for some of the world's most respected Training &amp; Consulting firms. For over 20 years, Stone has been helping organizations drive their business strategies more effectively. His unusual candor and energetic style provide a refreshing and much needed perspective to clients striving to improve their organizational SPEED (the ratio of results to time invested). Mr. Payton is an accomplished speaker, published author, and co-founder of MarketMateTM  a unique network of consulting firms and individual specialists solely dedicated to helping clients Grow Their Business Fast. He is speaking at a Growth Answers event on Wednesday August 20 at 7am at the Georgian Club for more information please go to <a href="http://www.growthanswers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.growthanswers.com</a>. For more information about Stone please go to his website <a href="http://www.marketmate.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.marketmate.org</a> or blog <a href="http://www.stonesells.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.stonesells.blogspot.com</a> Next we had on Procurement Guru Norman Conway with Prorizon. Norman was just named the Pro to Know from Supply &amp; Demand Chain Executive magazine. Norman explained that if your company issues more than 500 POs per month, his Web-based e-procurement system can streamline and automate your processes, cutting costs by 45-75%, an average of $60 per PO. It"s so easy to implement you can go live on their Web services platform within 45 days without having to buy and implement software or overhaul your current systems. Prorizon helps you Streamline procurement processes; Maximize resource utilization;  Standardize user-controlled buying; Track assets and Audit performance. For more information please go to Norman’s website <a href="http://" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.prorizon.com</a> Next we had on Michael Thomas National President of the CRM Association. Michael explained that Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is now part of the mainstream.  Customer strategy is “ordinary” and something that is a day-to-day concern for all enterprises, large or small.  The business universe has shifted its focus from the company at its center to the customer at its hub. As a result, the CRM industry has matured.  More than ever, firms that do nothing but work involving the analysis and enrichment of customers abound.  CRM as an industry has not just practitioners, but vendors, integrators, management consultants, boutique specialists, evangelists, analysts, pundits, bloggers, authors and even detractors! As the industry has matured, so has the customer – not just the industry’s customer but the customer that CRM was created to support.  The customer experience, formerly an art and a gut check, is now a cutting edge science that is necessary for business growth and differentiation in an era where customers are fully empowered and highly volatile.   CRM Association represents the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) industry and all its constituents.  CRM represents what is now becoming an organized body of knowledge and strategy to be reckoned with.  The CRM Association aims at representing the industry as not just a purveyor of knowledge and information, but an action-oriented association that will protect and promote the interests of customer relationship management and its institutions and provide the members with the tools that it needs to enrich and improve that customer experience – be it the member’s direct customers or the customers of the members customers.  Please learn how to join Michael at his association’s big Return to Customer event August 26-27. For more on the CRMA please go to <a href="http://www.crmassociation.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.crmassociation.org</a> or to learn more about Michael and his company Neighborhood America please go to <a href="http://www.neighborhoodamerica.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.neighborhoodamerica.com</a> We closed the show with Susan Knox Founder of Corporate Connections. Corporate Connections provides direct Access &amp; Highly Targeted Introductions to individuals helping fill your Pipeline &amp; Accelerate the growth of your business. Susan explained that People Do Business with people they Know, Like and Trust.  The challenge is it may takes weeks, months and often years to get connected to the Right Relationships.  Being a native Atlantan, Susan has spent the last 10 years of her career building Trusted Relationships which helps others expedite their business development initiatives.  Corporate Connections Accelerates your opportunity to meet the right people at the right time at the right place.  For more information about how you can tap into Susan’s Golden Rolodex please go to her website <a href="http://www.corporateconnections.us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.corporateconnections.us</a> Also if you know of a business in Atlanta that we should know about please email Amy Otto at Amy @ <a href="http://atlantabusinessradio.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">atlantabusinessradio.com</a> and we will try and get them on the show.

Atlanta Business Radio Interviews Stone Payton, Norman Conway, Michael Thomas and Susan Knox