Business Off The Beaten Path  

Guest: Alison Whitmire, Group Chair, Vistage International, the worlds largest CEO organization. Alison has 20 years of leadership in strategic planning, accounting, finance, sales and marketing in a variety of corporate settings. Alison has consulted with multiple companies to include those in the Fortune 500, on a broad range of challenging issues.In complex, high-stress business situations, clients have called Alison “the voice of reason”. She has the ability to see through to the crux of a matter and articulate it in a way that promotes understanding and forwards action. Alison has worked with more than 50 Puget Sound area CEOs, business owners and executive directors of small to medium sized for-profit and non-profit organizations. She is known to have a gift for clarifying and narrowing business leaders focus, accelerating their decision making and forwarding their action. Through their work with Alison, these people have become better leaders, who make better decisions and get better results. Join us as we discuss today's economy and what we as leaders can do to maximize our current opportunities to position our companies for what is to come.

Guest: Paul Anthony, CEO of Rumblefish. So what does your brand sound like? Paul Anthony is Rumblefish’s entrepreneurial Pied Piper: his vision for a company that simultaneously improves the quality of music being used by the business world while enabling “middle-class” musicians to earn a good living is what drives Rumblefish’s constant evolution. Paul founded Rumblefish in 1996 after recognizing that music can create powerful emotional connections between organizations and their audiences. Paul also recognized that this is possible only when businesses have easy access to high-quality music. So he and his team began reinventing music licensing. A musician in his own right, Paul produced recordings with Grammy award-winning artist Sarah McLachlan, composed full orchestral scores for feature films, and frequently co-produces with established artists such as the King of Funk, George Clinton. Paul frequently shares his expertise with regard to music-related copyright issues, speaking at industry events and giving interviews to a range of media outlets, including CNBC, CNN, Inc. Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, and Billboard. Today, Paul’s brainchild is thriving: the Rumblefish Music Licensing Store is widely recognized as the leading online source of music for businesses; and Rumblefish’s sonic branding practice is setting the standard for the strategic use of music in building brands and delivering transformative customer experiences. Mary Anne Dorward is CEO of Speaking To Win and an award winning radio host. Mary Anne "brings out the genius" in the the professional speaking of CEO's and Rising Stars within a Company, Politicians, Not for Profit Leaders and Sports Celebrities around the world. Her website is www.speakingtowin.com.