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Kingdom
Connections is a powerhouse networking event in which industry
leaders bring real world lessons to inform and energize the
audience. During these events, power networking occurs in
which participants are able to pitch and connect.
Kingdom Connections is a
free event held bi-monthly. Don't miss the next event.
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Norrene Duffy,
President of Red Bridge Consulting
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Mark your calendars and make
plans to attend the final BBI Kingdom Connections Networking Event for 2008.
The event will be held on Tuesday, December 9th, 6:00PM in room 108C of
the Word Of Faith Life Training Center.
Coping with rapid change
can be difficult, even for the seasoned entrepreneur or executive. BBI is
pleased that Ms. Norrene Duffy, President of Red Bridge Consulting has
accepted our invitation to come and share from
her knowledge and experience about managing transistions.
She brings more than twenty five years of experience in information technology. She has witnessed the challenges system changes bring to executives and end-users alike. As a result, Red Bridge Consulting has developed techniques to identify and address not only technology issues, but the even more difficult organizational and people issues.
Her early career as a NASA mathematician taught her the importance of precision. Through software development roles, she learned how technical people tick. As Director of Information Systems for the City of Atlanta, she oversaw the transition of a traditional data processing operation into a customer-centric organization and discovered the importance of relationships in effecting change.
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Larry Jordan
Featured
Presentation |
The Bronner
Business Institute held its bi-monthly Kingdom Connections
Networking Event on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007. The evening
featured a presentation by guest speaker Larry Jordan, CEO
of Telpro Technologies. Mr. Jordan is a true man of action
with over 35 years of experience in the Telecommunications
Industry. Over time, Mr. Jordan became COO in 1990 of TELPRO
and CEO in 1998. He developed it into a superior engineering
and installation company. Telpro served SBC, BellSouth and
Verizon as well as AT&T and GTE. As the head, Mr. Jordan led
a workforce of 1,000 employees and attained revenues of over
$200M in fiscal year 1999.
Mr. Jordan challenged the attendees to stop procrastinating
when it comes to implementing their business visions.
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Glenn Henderson
Featured
Presentation |
The Bronner
Business Institute held its bi-monthly Kingdom Connections
Networking Event on December. 12, 2006. The evening featured
a presentation by guest speaker Glen Henderson, CEO of Glenn
Henderson Economic Development Institute.
His
business career started in St. Louis, MO with ADCom Express,
a small package air freight company which he grew and
leveraged into co-founding AFC Worldwide Express, Inc. in
1987 where he now serves as CEO. AFC is a global logistics
company, transporting goods domestically and internationally
which is based in Atlanta, GA and is tracking $100 million
in sales with 15 offices nationwide. Under his leadership
the company has been recognized as Vendor of the Year by
Hallmark Cards, Inc. for 1993 and 1994. Clients include
Motorola, Sprint, Nextel, Chrysler, Ford, Coca Cola, Proctor
& Gamble and numerous other Fortune 500s.
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Nathaniel
Bronner, Jr.
Featured
Presentation |
The Bronner
Business Institute held its bi-monthly Kingdom Connections
Networking Event on October 10, 2006. The evening featured
presentations by two guest speakers. One speaker was
Nathaniel Bronner, Jr., President of Century Systems.
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Dr. Juanita
Baranco
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Presentation |
The Bronner
Business Institute held its bi-monthly Kingdom Connections
Networking Event on October 10, 2006. The evening featured
two guest speakers. One speaker was Dr. Juanita Baranco, COO
of Baranco Automotive Group.
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Oz Hillman
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Presentation |
The Bronner
Business Institute held its bi-monthly Kingdom Connections
Networking Event on August 08, 2006. The evening featured a
presentation by guest speaker Oz Hillman, Founder and
president of Marketplace Leaders.
Hillman
formerly owned and operated an ad agency for 12 years.
Today, he is founder and president of Marketplace Leaders,
an organization whose purpose is to help men and women
fulfill their God-ordained calling in and through their work
life.
Hillman is an internationally recognized speaker on the
subject of faith and work and writes on various faith and
work related subjects. He is a faculty member of the Wagner
Leadership Institute on Workplace Ministry. Dr. Peter
Wagner says “Os Hillman is arguably the most broadly
informed individual in the faith and work movement today.
God is using Os to cast the vision for the church and the
workplace for this new move of God in the body of Christ.”
Hillman writes a daily internet devotional entitled
TGIF Today God Is First
Marketplace Meditations that is read by several hundred
thousand people worldwide, and he has authored ten
books including
The Faith @ Work
Movement: What Every Pastor & Church Leader Should Know.
He is also founder and director of the International
Coalition of Workplace Ministries (ICWM), president of Aslan
Group Publishing and directs an online website called
faithandworkresources.com.
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Gwen Thomas
Featured
Presentation |
The Bronner
Business Institute held its bi-monthly Kingdom Connections
Networking Event on June 13, 2006. The evening featured a
presentation by guest speaker Gwen Thomas, President and CEO
of HR Now!.
HR Now!
is a Georgia based corporation and a leader in HR outsourced
tools and services including Surveys and Assessments,
Affirmative Action Plans, Life Cycle Management and
Recruiting & Selection. HR Now!’s customers encompass
government, property management, education, construction,
retail, manufacturing, technology, distribution and
not-for-profits.
Thomas is
a highly accomplished HR professional with more than 20
years in Human Resource Management with graduate and
undergraduate degrees in Human Resource Management. At a
major division of General Motors Corporation, she managed a
multiplicity of human resource functions including labor
relations. As the vice-president of a multi-state
distributor, she was responsible for all human resource
management functions including conducting mergers and
acquisitions and risk management. She has also served as a
HR subject matter expert witness. Thomas is a graduate of
three business development programs: E-Myth Mastery, 2000;
FastTrac, 2003; and the Dartmouth Basic and Advanced
Minority Business Executive Program in the Tuck Executive
Education Program, 2005/2004.
HR Now!
is a certified woman/minority-owned business enterprise (W/MBE)
with certifications from the Georgia Women’s Business
Council (GWBC); the Georgia Minority Supplier Development
Council (GMSDC); the National Women Business Owners
Corporation (NWBOC); the State of Georgia DOT, City of
Atlanta, county governments and the Small Business
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Dwight Pullen
Featured
Presentation |
The Bronner
Business Institute held its bi-monthly Kingdom Connections
Networking Event on April 11, 2006. The evening featured a
presentation by guest speaker Dwight Pullen, Director of the
5th Runway Director, Hartsfield-Jackson Airport.
Pullen is
a program management consultant for the City of Atlanta and
an employee of H.J. Russell & Company. He oversees the
execution of a $1.284 billion dollar runway expansion. The
runway project is currently $99M under budget and slated to
open on time in May 22, 2006. Pullen has been recognized in
Fortune Magazine (2004), Southeast Construction (2005) and
the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (April 2005).
Pullen
received his B.S. in Civil Engineering. He attended the
Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of
Pittsburgh. He is a member of World Changers Church. He
serves on several non-profits Boards: Caring For Others
(Homeless Prevention), New Beginnings (Marriage & Family
Counseling) and Kings & Priests (Christian Business
Leaders). Also: Project Management Institute, National
Society of Black Engineers and the Georgia Tech Alumni
Association. A native of Pittsburgh, PA, Pullen is husband
of Eleanore and father of four sons: Dwight III, Blake,
Grant and Devon.
Pullen is
the Managing Partner of Kingdom Development & Holdings, LLC
(a real estate development company) and Kingdom Investments,
LLC (a real estate investment, management and finance
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Wes Moss
Featured
Presentation |
The Bronner
Business Institute held its bi-monthly Kingdom Connections
Networking Event on Feb. 07, 2006. The evening featured a
presentation by guest speaker Wes Moss, VP of Investments,
USB.
MOSS, bootstrapped his first venture when he was in his
teens, turning his business into award-winning enterprises.
Moss appeared as a candidate on NBC’s The Apprentice a
popular reality show hosted by Donald Trump. A graduate of
economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, Moss built a substantial investment practice and went
on to become a vice president at on of world’s largest
investment banking firms, UBS, and along with his partners
he manages a portfolio of over $100 million in assets for
high net worth individuals. He is also a Certified
Financial Planner, Speaker and Author of his first book:
Starting From Scratch: Secrets From 21 Ordinary People Who
Made The Entrepreneurial Leap
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Rodney Sampson
Featured
Presentation |
The Bronner
Business Institute held its bi-monthly Kingdom Connections
Networking Event on December 13, 2005. The evening featured
a presentation by guest speaker Rodney Sampson, Founder of
World Christian Times and CEO of the Intellect Group.
SAMPSON, quickly emerging as Black America’s expert on
leadership, speaks to thousands of people each year.
Mentored by Dr. John Maxwell, he has communicated his
principles to Fortune 1000 level companies, mega-churches,
privately held corporations, and international governmental
leaders. He is the founder of several for-profit companies
and The Living Legacy Foundation – a newly formed
not-for-gain organization with the specific purpose of
training 1 million leaders in hip-hop and popular culture.
He is the Publisher & Founder of World Christian Times, the
nation’s only national Christian newspaper. He is also about
to release a book:
Activating The Trillion Dollar Universe: Introducing
Symbiotic Economics
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