How Volunteers of America’s Florida chapter helps the most vulnerable

It’s been a tough few months. Most of us are ready to get back to something close to normal. We don’t know when that will be, or what it will look like, but Volunteers of America is directly bringing resources and donations to the region’s most vulnerable. The faith-based, nonprofit organization has been serving low-income … Read more

One Liners Polk: Bank of Central Florida, Publix and more

►A new scholarship, named for Florida Polytechnic University trustee Frank T. Martin, was established to provide more opportunities to African American students and help them achieve their STEM career ambitions. ► Watson Clinic, based in Lakeland, added physician Yeneneh Desta to the infectious diseases department at Watson Clinic Main and Melissa Kham, a registered nurse … Read more

One Liners Sarasota and Manatee: Ringling Museum of Art, FCCI Insurance Group and more

►Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe announced its 2020-21 board of trustees, with a new board chair, Doris Johnson, and two new trustees, Mona Rankin and Dona Scott. ►Sarasota-based property and casualty insurer, FCCI Insurance Group, is expanding its geographic reach and will begin writing commercial insurance in the state of Pennsylvania as of Sept. 1. ►Centauri … Read more

One Liners Pinellas: Dynasty Financial Partners, Barkett Realty and more

►Benefactors and retired businesswomen, Kate Tiedemann and Ellen Cotton donated $1 million to the University of South Florida Foundation to create the Tiedemann-Cotton Endowed Professorship in Finance position at USF’s St. Petersburg campus. ►Rich Hume, CEO of Tech Data Corp., joined the board of directors of The AllState Corp. (NYSE: ALL). ►Bassano Cheesecake opened at … Read more

St. Pete Pier Discovery Center kicks off Shark Week with “Fin-Tastic” activities

The Tampa Bay Watch Discovery Center at the St. Pete Pier is jumping feet-first into Shark Week. On August 14 and August 15, the center if offering educational activities and programs focused on sharks. Located on the over-water walkway approaching the Pier, the Discovery Center encompasses about 3,000 square feet of indoor space, with 2,000 … Read more

Steve Griggs powered through crisis with positivity

Steve Griggs’ first question to a recent interviewer was, “How are you and your family doing?” This interview took place in June. The day before the Lightning practice arena reopened after three members of the team tested positive for COVID-19. Yet, his first question was to ask about the family of someone he had never … Read more

Top 6 Things you Need to do to Write an Effective Blog

If you’re like the 81% of B2B companies today who include blogging as a content marketing tactic, you may wonder if you’re executing it effectively. It is entirely possible to post regularly for years with no appreciable results. Writing B2B content takes not only time, but strategy and skill. I have seen blogging evolve since … Read more

Marketing through a pandemic: What has happened and what you should do

Just when everything was going so well, so right, the carpet was pulled from underneath us all.  Many of the clients my agency supports were having a record first quarter in 2020. Heck, even our own agency was. That all halted abruptly around mid-March. What I am about to share with you is data that … Read more