Free-spirited and a joy on the open road is the convertible 2016 Buick Cascada. Making a brand shift for the past few years, Buick surprises with its marketing campaign to elevate the brand to a “hip” car manufacturer. Well, there is some meat behind what it is pushing. Many of the Buick models are competing with German luxury vehicles and winning out. One such vehicle is the … [More]
Get Charged
In a time when all we do is work and play on our various devices, the charging has become a great need so that we can stay connected. Here are some of our picks for the office to keep the smartphone, tablet and laptops charged. Multi-Device Charging Station and Dock With room for a laptop, tablet and up to three other devices, this sturdy stand holds and hides unsightly … [More]
Negotiating the Impossible
Malhotra identifies three broad approaches for breaking deadlocks and resolving conflicts, and draws out scores of actionable lessons using behind-the-scenes stories of fascinating real-life negotiations, including drafting of the U.S. Constitution, resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis, ending bitter disputes in the NFL and NHL, and beating the odds in complex business … [More]
Beyond the Sales Process
The average executive spends less than 5 percent of his time engaged in the buying of products and services. This means that in this post-recession business environment, sales professionals who focus solely on the moment of the sale have made a fatal miscalculation. Featuring instructional case studies from companies that include Hilton Worldwide, Merck and Siemens, this … [More]
Advocate Marketing
This book shows CMOs, business development leaders, customer success professionals and sales executives exactly how to leverage this powerful approach. Barbara Thomas helps readers make the business case, outlines the strategic requirements, and presents powerful best practices and case studies. Learn from the experience of recognized leaders in advocacy marketing, from Intel … [More]
Feedback: March 2016
Question: What has your company’s philanthropic giving or activities done for the morale of your workforce? Bo Calbert President McCarthy Building Companies Southwest Division Sector: Construction Heart Hats is the volunteer-based community outreach arm of McCarthy Building Companies’ Southwest Division, based in Phoenix. Heart Hats is organized by McCarthy employees and … [More]
Business Advocate … Not JUST the Title of the Tempe Chamber of Commerce’s Newsletter #truth
So what happens when your 5,000-square-foot commercial kitchen floor gets ripped up and the city denies your permit for construction unless you come up with an additional $30,000? Besides freak out … I’ll tell ya, you call Wonder Woman. The holiday season was upon us in no time and as we put a close to our best year yet, we reveled in excitement for what was to come next. … [More]
Tempe Leadership: Thirty Years of Community
Since 1985, Tempe Leadership has worked with more than 700 community leaders to make a difference for the next generation. Each class takes the opportunity to develop positive solutions to real problems. Projects have ranged from the development of a business resource guide, to improving the effectiveness of the City of Tempe Boards and Commissions process, to working to … [More]
Advice for Women in Business
Celebrating the success of great leaders isn’t just about the accomplishments of what one individual has achieved. Rather, it is an opportunity to recognize your own potential and carve out a path that will allow you to reach new heights, achieve goals and celebrate with those who have supported you along the way. This is the goal of the Tempe Chamber of Commerce’s Women in … [More]
AZ Tech Council Spring 2016 President’s Message
Talk about timing. I had just arrived in Washington, D.C., recently to lead Arizona’s delegation for the annual DC Fly-In, an opportunity for members of the nation’s technology community to share their hot button issues directly with lawmakers. Suddenly, Capitol Hill was ground zero for one of our topics: cybersecurity. That day the word came out a hacker or hackers had just … [More]
Preparing for the Future
The Arizona Technology Council has partnered with the Arizona Commerce Authority on separate yet related initiatives to prepare the state’s workforce for technology jobs expected to be in demand well into the future. While their joint efforts actually began nearly two years ago, both organizations are starting to see a more solid game plan take shape for preparing more people … [More]
Congressman turns to students in STEM fact-finding
When it comes to a fact-finding trip for members of Congress, that often can mean they pack their passports and head off to exotic lands for meetings with heads of state. For the representative of Arizona’s 3rd District, the destination was Estrella Mountain Community College in Avondale to meet with front-line experts in science, technology, engineering and math … [More]
Fast growth for SciTech Festival
Barely beginning its fifth year of existence, the Arizona SciTech Festival already ranks as the third largest science and technology festival in the nation, only surpassed by Washington, D.C., and New York City. Newcomers Fountain Hills, El Mirage and Surprise are among more than 50 Arizona communities and 800 organizations partnering to stage more than 1,000 events in 2016 as … [More]
Cybersecurity Summit comes at the right time
If the statement “Cybersecurity is the No. 1 priority for the FBI nationally” comes as a surprise, the third annual Cybersecurity Summit should take the mystery out of this revelation. The statement is not just hype for the May 5 summit that will be presented by the Arizona Technology Council, Arizona Commerce Authority and the Arizona Cyber Threat Response Alliance … [More]
Big Plans
While size may make a company nimble when it first launches, that same size can become more of an obstacle when it comes to providing benefits for the team. Following the adage “there’s strength in numbers,” the Arizona Technology Council is offering plans that can make participating member companies as competitive as more established organizations when acquiring … [More]
Council names two newest board members
Rick Nielsen, the regional director of engineering for Cox Communications’ Southwest Region, and Teresa Snyder, vice president of marketing for Scottsdale-based OneNeck IT Solutions, have been named to the board of directors of the Arizona Technology Council for three-year terms ending Oct. 31, 2018.Nielsen leads the engineering team for Cox’s largest region, covering Phoenix; … [More]
Addition to Tucson staff
Tracy Sole de Hoop has joined the staff of the Arizona Technology Council as director of operations and events for its Southern Arizona office in Tucson. In her role, she will direct the Council’s operations and events schedule in Southern Arizona and will be an integral part of expansion plans for Cochise, Santa Cruz and Yuma counties. Sole de Hoop’s entry into the Council … [More]
