I recently was invited to start posting the Mr. Media podcasts at DigitalJournal.com, a wonderful site that encourages readers to become citizen reporters. That was nice in and of itself, but then the site’s editor, David Silverberg, had this to… Continue Reading →
The Greening of Your Workspace By Bob AndelmanMaddux Business ReportJune 2008 Go ahead – be skeptical and suspicious of the “green” building concept. But while you do that, better look over your shoulder because the competition is already cashing in…. Continue Reading →
By Bob AndelmanMaddux Business Report June 2008Cover Story In the business of luring Super Bowls, communities must nail the brutal politics of pro football, tackle the gentle embrace of team owners, try a quarterback sneak with free golf, and, most… Continue Reading →
The fishing is getting better for local companies looking for venture capital. By Bob AndelmanMaddux Business ReportApril 2008 If you ever cross paths with Field Forensics president and CEO Craig Johnson in the security line at Tampa International Airport, don’t… Continue Reading →
Judy Genshaft is Tampa Bay’s undisputedtop female executive. No bull. By Bob AndelmanMaddux Business ReportMay 2008Cover Story (NOTE: This is the original, longer, and unedited version of the story that appeared in print.) Hold that thought a moment. Judy Genshaft… Continue Reading →
I think everyone remembers where they were when they first heard about the planes flying into the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon. For our generation, it’s that horrifying moment that matches up with when other generations remember the… Continue Reading →
Return to Part 1! LISTEN to this interview by clicking here! BOB ANDELMAN/Mr. MEDIA: Hi. Do you have a question for Phil Shenon? CALLER FROM CANADA: I just tuned in, so I just wanted to know if you guys could… Continue Reading →
For Diane Miller, the appeal of being a meeting planner is in the variety of challenges and responsibilities the job entails — sometimes, all hitting at once. “It’s like a puzzle — you put it all together,” says the senior… Continue Reading →
In a lackluster economy, Tina Little’s luxury jewelry business is shining. Bob AndelmanBiz941.comFebruary 2008 Gemologist Tina Little discovered up-and-coming jeweler Michael Beaudry at the 1996 New York Jewelry Show, and it changed her professional life. At the time, Little was… Continue Reading →
The South-Central states are beefing up their infrastructure and courting meeting business. By Bob AndelmanAssociation MeetingsApril 2008 There may be a housing crisis nationwide, but the meetings business is still being courted with downright ferocity in the South-Central states, where… Continue Reading →
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Locals didn’t see a market for the empty mammoth warehouse, but Steve Kossoff made it a mega-success. Bob AndelmanBiz941 MagazineJanuary 2008 Who could really blame Carl Wise and other Sarasota-based commercial realtors for being skeptical? On paper, Meridian Development Group’s… Continue Reading →
The Rev. Don Roberts celebrates 30 years at the helm of the most successful Goodwill in the world. By Bob AndelmanBiz941.com May 2008 The Rev. Don Roberts knew early on that he was an entrepreneur. But he was always an… Continue Reading →
I think the only thing cooler than seeing your book published… is seeing it published in another language! So it delights me to announce that my authorized biography, WILL EISNER: A SPIRITED LIFE, has been published in Spain by NORMA… Continue Reading →
Good ‘Ol Times: Mason Dixon Marks 30 Years On The Air By WALT BELCHERThe Tampa TribuneMarch 23, 2008 ST. PETERSBURG – The week always begins with “Blue Monday” and ends with “Friday on My Mind.” In between are jokes, parody… Continue Reading →
Good ‘Ol Times: Mason Dixon Marks 30 Years On The Air By WALT BELCHERThe Tampa TribuneMarch 23, 2008 ST. PETERSBURG – The week always begins with “Blue Monday” and ends with “Friday on My Mind.” In between are jokes, parody… Continue Reading →
Slacker Punks are taking over. R u ready? By Bob AndelmanMaddux Business ReportMarch 2008 They’re called Generation Y by the mainstream media, slacker punks by their elders who don’t care for their ever-present iPods, BlackBerrys, laptops and disinterested attitudes. But… Continue Reading →
Mort Walker is the dean and — in some ways — the curator of American cartoonists. Best known for his long-running strips “Beetle Bailey” and “Hi & Lois,” Walker, 84, is also a bedrock member of the National Cartoonists Society,… Continue Reading →
WILL EISNER: EL ESPÍRITU DE UNA VIDA, de Bob AndelmanNúmero únicoFormato: Rústica con solapas. 15 x 22,4 cm. 376 págs. B/N. 18,00 €El espíritu de una vida es la biografía oficial de Will Eisner: el maestro de maestros del cómic… Continue Reading →
By Bob AndelmanDec 1, 2007 12:00 PM RCMA Member After reading this profile of Carolyn Collins, you’ll probably imagine that while being interviewed she simultaneously answered e-mail, shuffled office paperwork, filled gaps in her calendar, chose ethnic recipes, planned a… Continue Reading →
Wynn Las Vegas took its star employees on a luxe cruise and hired a personal shopper to dress them and limos to whiz them to the airport. Why? To give the the same first-class treatment they give Wynn guests. By… Continue Reading →
(The following is an expanded transcription – edited only for clarity and grammar – of the 2007 Real Estate Roundtable printed in our December 2007 issue.) Maddux Business ReportReal Estate RoundtableDecember 2007 Moderated by Bob Andelmanbob@andelman.com Let’s talk commercial real… Continue Reading →
A Sarasota company finally recognizes that women drive the car-buying market. By Bob AndelmanBiz941 MagazineOctober 2007 Research shows that women influence buying decisions on more than 85 percent of all new car purchases. So why do the dealerships selling the… Continue Reading →
By Bob AndelmanCorporate Meetings & Incentives MagazineOctober 1, 2007 12:00 PMPicture a dramatic atrium lobby, sleekly adorned with glass, marble, and granite, featuring a cascading water wall that soars 28 feet high and a curving, chrome staircase that leads to… Continue Reading →
By Bob AndelmanMaddux Business Report Cover StoryNovember 2007 Windy Zou Kohl “The Born Diplomat” Windy. It’s a great first name, clearly, but it’s not real. “When I first came to the United States to go to grad school,” says Windy… Continue Reading →
By Bob Andelman Maddux Business Report Cover Story October 2007 Put yourself in Jay Feaster’s shoes. Year in and year out, your team, the Tampa Bay Lightning, is a playoff contender. That would be good enough in most cities, but… Continue Reading →
By Bob Andelman Maddux Business Report September 2007 You can’t appreciate the allure of St. Petersburg’s new mid-rise and high-rise residential and office towers until you’re standing above the low-rise profile of the older part of the city. Suddenly the… Continue Reading →
By Bob AndelmanReligious Conference Manager MagazineAug 1, 2007 12:00 PM Profile of Jonathan Laabs Jonathan Laabs can’t understand why Religious Conference Manager would want to profile him. “I’m not a typical planner,” he says in that gentle, unassuming Laabs manner…. Continue Reading →
By Bob AndelmanReligious Conference Manager MagazineOct 1, 2007 12:00 PM Don’t Make the Mistake of thinking that Elnora P. Hamb, president of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church’s Women’s Missionary Council, is retired, just because hers is a volunteer job. “How… Continue Reading →
By Bob AndelmanFinancial & Insurance MeetingsSep 1, 2007 12:00 PM At some companies, nonmandatory training is the first thing to be cut when budgets are tight. Not at Commerce Bank. Here, training is a top priority for all employees —… Continue Reading →
By Bob AndelmanCorporate Meetings & Incentives MagazineSep 1, 2007 12:00 PM We asked Mr. Twentysomething himself, David Morrison, what gets the youngest generation of employees pumped David Morrison knows about people in their twenties. When a reporter from The New… Continue Reading →
Jul 23, 2007 11:08 AM Corporate Meetings & Incentives Magazine In a recent interview with freelance writer Bob Andelman, Elliott Masie–founder of The Masie Center, a Saratoga, N.Y., think tank that focuses on learning, technology, business, and workplace productivity–buttressed the… Continue Reading →
Medical researchers, Hollywood filmmakers and animal rights activists stand to benefit from Chris Sakezles’ synthetic human body parts. By Bob Andelman When Robert Cresanti met Sarasota inventor and entrepreneur Dr. Chris Sakezles in February, Sakezles shook his hand and showed… Continue Reading →
Dan Miller and his Movo Mobile technologyshake up the marketing industry. By Bob Andelman When the flash mob materialized last February outside the Adidas store in Las Vegas within 30 minutes of being summoned via mobile phones and PDAs, it… Continue Reading →
Who else but hall-of-famer Lee Roy Selmon has his name on a restaurant chain and an expressway? And, oh yes, his mama’s cake is to die for. By Bob AndelmanMaddux Business ReportAugust 2007Cover Story Dessert. A palate-cleansing, sweet treat at… Continue Reading →
Part one of an audio interview with Bob Andelman, author of “Will Eisner: A Spirited Life,” on the syndicated radio show, “Sci-Fi Overdrive.” Click here for part 2!
Part one of an audio interview with Bob Andelman, author of “Will Eisner: A Spirited Life,” on the syndicated radio show, “Sci-Fi Overdrive.” Click here for part 1!
A close look at two potentially huge research deals. Details as to how they came about have been widely publicized, but there’s more. Like what will it take for them to succeed? By Bob AndelmanMaddux Business ReportJuly 2007Cover Story Tampa… Continue Reading →
Across Florida, as real estate professionals look into their crystal balls, the only thing certain is a storm of uncertainty. Will sky-high insurance rates come back to earth? Will prices for construction materials hold steady awhile longer with new residential… Continue Reading →
What hasn’t Greg Kehoe done? There was the South Florida gang he took down.Then the Bosnian Croat general.And the ultimate – taking Saddam Hussein to Trial. By Bob AndelmanMaddux Business ReportJune 2007Cover Story Every February for nearly two decades, Tampa… Continue Reading →
Toss It!Talking Heads Take a Back Seat at Disney’s UnconferenceBy Bob AndelmanCorporate Meetings & Incentives magazineJun 1, 2007 12:00 PM, The Topic of the session he was in charge of facilitating was: “E-mail Sucks!” That was how Ben Christen, manager… Continue Reading →
By ERIC DEGGANSTV/Media criticPublished June 4, 2007 He only worked for the St. Petersburg Times for a few months in 1984, the beginning of an eight-year journalism career that ended when he got a job writing for Bill Nye the… Continue Reading →
“Faithful Traveler:Service Led to Posts Around the World”By Bob AndelmanReligious Conference Manager MagazineJune 2007 J. Robert Fiol – Bob, if you please – grew up in India in a family of ministers. His parents were missionaries, and his two older… Continue Reading →
Minors bank on entertainment options Unlike the big leagues, good times in downtimesmay be difference between profits and lossesBy Bob AndelmanStreet and Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal April 23-2007Anybody can sell the ticket buying public on a night at the ballpark with… Continue Reading →
“Site Selection Tips From RCMA”By Bob AndelmanSMERF Meetings JournalFall 2006www.smerfmeetings.com
“Meeting Planning: More Than a Hobby”By Bob AndelmanReligious Conference Manager MagazineOctober 2006 Hobbies? Who needs hobbies when you spend your free time planning meetings and conferences? If Harry Schmidt has free time — when he’s not in his professional capacity… Continue Reading →
“Devoted: Miller Works Hard for RCMA”By Bob AndelmanReligious Conference Manager MagazineDecember 2006 You’ll have to forgive Elaine Miller if she seems a bit distracted. After all, how focused would you be on being interviewed if you were reclining on a… Continue Reading →
“The Big Time: Clemmer Embraces Challenging Job”By Bob AndelmanReligious Conference Manager MagazineOctober 2006 Is there anything tougher than following in the footsteps of a legend? No matter what line of work a person is in, the challenge of living up… Continue Reading →
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