{"70077":{"#nid":"70077","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Impact Speaker Series: Let\u0027s Talk Business Live!","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPlease join us for a special IMPACT session on\u003Cstrong\u003E Wednesday, October 12 at 4:30 pm. \u003C\/strong\u003EMitch Schlimer, founder of the radio program \u0022Let\u0027s Talk Business\u0022 will host a live show\u003Cstrong\u003E in the College of Management at Georgia Tech. \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n The live show will feature guests Doug Shipman, CEO of the National \nCenter for Civil and Human Rights and A.J. Robinson, president of \nCentral Atlanta Progress (CAP) and the Atlanta Downtown Improvement \nDistrict (ADID).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPlease join us for this event in the LeCraw Auditorium, College of\nManagement, or watch the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.learnitlive.com\/event\/1335\/Let-s-Talk-Business-Live\u0022\u003Elive webcast\u003C\/a\u003E provided by our partners at Learn it\nLive.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMore about the speaker:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMitch Schlimer has been a serial and social entrepreneur for the\npast three decades. He is the founder of the EPICENTER, which is the home of\nthe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.theehalloffame.com\/\u0022\u003EEntrepreneur Hall of Fame\u003C\/a\u003E and is also the host of \u201cLet\u2019s Talk Business,\u201d \u0026nbsp;which is an award winning\nradio show that now airs every Saturday from 12noon-1PM on Georgia Tech\u0027s\n100K Watt WREK, 91.1 FM or on the web at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.wrek.org\/\u0022\u003Ewww.wrek.org\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ELet\u0027s Talk Business is dedicated to entrepreneurship, small\nbusiness, innovation and youth empowerment. Through his radio show and other Let\u0027s\nTalk Business Live! events, Mitch has interviewed noted entrepreneurs such as Sir\nRichard Branson, Ben \u0026amp; Jerry, Fred DeLuca (Founder of Subway), the late\nAnita Roddick (founder of the Body Shop), Earl Graves \u0026nbsp;and more than 400\nother entrepreneurs, business leaders and authors from around the world.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EConsidered the \u201cvoice of entrepreneurship\u201d and the \u201centrepreneur\u2019s\nentrepreneur,\u201d Mitch has been featured in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ENew\nYork Times\u003C\/em\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EWall Street\nJournal, Newsday,\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ESuccess\nMagazine\u003C\/em\u003E, on CNN and in various\nother media outlets. He was also voted one of the 100 most important radio talk\nshow hosts in America.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMore about guest Doug Shipman:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDoug Shipman is currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer of the \nNational Center for Civil and Human Rights (NCCHR).  Prior to this \nposition, Doug was a Principal in the Atlanta office of the Boston \nConsulting Group. He has been featured in articles in the Atlanta \nBusiness Chronicle, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Atlanta Magazine, \nBusiness To Business, and Southern Voice. He was named one of Atlanta \nBusiness Chronicle\u2019s \u201c40 Under 40\u201d in 2008, one of Georgia Trend\u2019s \u201c40 \nUnder 40\u201d in 2009, and he received the New Leaders Council 40 Under 40 \naward in 2010.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMr. Shipman has a master\u2019s degree in Public Policy from the Kennedy \nSchool of Government at Harvard University, a master\u2019s of Theological \nStudies from the Harvard Divinity School with an emphasis on religion in\n public situations and politics, and a bachelor\u2019s degree from Emory \nUniversity with majors in Economics and Political Science. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cem\u003EMore about guest A.J. Robinson:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nA.J. Robinson is the president of Central Atlanta Progress (CAP) and the\n Atlanta Downtown Improvement District (ADID). CAP has created and spun \noff a number of organizations such as Trees Atlanta, Research Atlanta, \nCOPA, Inc. and the Midtown Alliance. In 1995, CAP created the ADID and \nthe Ambassador Force\u00ae of downtown to address public safety and cleaning \nconcerns. Mr. Robinson has guided the organizations in accomplishments \nthat include the passage of public space vending legislation, the \ncreation of a City wide anti-panhandling program, the continuing \nrevitalization of Woodruff Park, the successful passage of new \nlegislation involving tax allocation districts Statewide, and the \ncreation of the Atlanta Dream, a WNBA team. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe former President of Portman Holdings, he was responsible for all \nactivities of this multi-dimensional real estate company with offices in\n Atlanta, Charlotte, Shanghai and Warsaw.  Mr. Robinson is a graduate of\n Harvard School of Business, where he received a Master\u2019s Degree in \nBusiness Administration. He also has a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Business \nAdministration from Emory University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAbout\nthe Impact Speaker Series\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESince 2002, the IMPACT Speaker Series has brought highly successful business\nleaders from a variety of industries to campus to share their experiences and\ngive advice to students and other entrepreneurs on topics ranging from\n\u0022building a venture around intellectual capital\u0022 to \u0022successful\nentrepreneurship in large organizations\u0022 and \u0022socially responsible\nleadership\u0022. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe weekly series provides Georgia Tech students, alumni and the Atlanta\nbusiness community an opportunity to network and learn from successful\nentrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and notable business and non-profit\nleaders. Events for the series take place in the LeCraw Auditorium in the\nCollege of Management building at 4:30 pm on Wednesdays unless otherwise noted.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe series is free and open to the public, and reservations are not\nrequired.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn Wednesday,\nOctober 12 at 4:30 pm, Mitch Schlimer, founder of the radio program\n\u0022Let\u0027s Talk Business\u0022 will host a live show in the College of Management at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp; Featuring guests Doug Shipman, CEO of the National Center for Civil and Human\nRights and A.J. Robinson, president of Central Atlanta Progress (CAP) and the\nAtlanta Downtown Improvement District (ADID).\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Mitch Schlimer hosts his award-winning show, \u0022Let\u0027s Talk Business\u0022 in front of a live audience in the College of Management"}],"uid":"27336","created_gmt":"2011-09-19 17:55:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:55:46","author":"Dori Pap","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-10-12T17:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2011-10-12T18:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-10-12T18:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-10-12 21:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-10-12 22:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-10-12 22:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ile.gatech.edu\/programs\/impact.html","title":"IMPACT Series"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.learnitlive.com\/event\/1335\/Let-s-Talk-Business-Live","title":"Webcast provided by Learn it Live"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.wrek.org\/letstalkbusiness\/","title":"Let\u0027s Talk Business radio show"}],"groups":[{"id":"1274","name":"Scheller College of Business"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1072","name":"Business"},{"id":"2183","name":"communications"},{"id":"3472","name":"entrepreneurship"},{"id":"341","name":"innovation"},{"id":"2762","name":"marketing"},{"id":"623","name":"Technology"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dori.pap@ile.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EDori Pap\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}