There have never been more opportunities to be in the spotlight and get your message out there than now. Wouldn’t it be good to know that you are showing up as your best self, prepared to give a compelling interview? Publicist, author and media insider Joanne McCall offers tips for how to overcome … [Read more...] about Media Insider Teaches How to Be Your Best in an Interview
Two ATHENAs Rule
It was a packed house at the 2023 Greater Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce/Optimum Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon, one of Northern Arizona’s largest business events of the year. More than 525 people, including elected officials, businesspeople and non-profit leaders, attended the Feb. 10 event, … [Read more...] about Two ATHENAs Rule
Restaurateur Promotes Plant-Based Dining at Plantasia Eatery
She’s at it again, only this time, Toasted Owl restaurateur Cecily Maniaci has made her new culinary escapade a bit more down to earth with the recent opening of Plantasia Eatery. Featuring fine dining entrees clad with plant-based, vegan and vegetarian ingredients, Maniaci has a lot of healthy … [Read more...] about Restaurateur Promotes Plant-Based Dining at Plantasia Eatery
Common Future Providing Support for Native Businesses
It’s not yet springtime, but Change Labs, a Native-led non-profit located in Northern Arizona, has just received a grant that will help it further its work to close the racial wealth gap in Native American communities. With headquarters in Tuba City on the Navajo Nation, the mission of Change … [Read more...] about Common Future Providing Support for Native Businesses
Businesses Finding Paid Volunteer Time Off Valuable
When engaged in the rigors of the working world, employees may find it challenging to afford time to give to community causes. However, some companies, like Loven Contracting and W. L. Gore & Associates, consider it a valuable benefit for both organization and employees to support workers’ … [Read more...] about Businesses Finding Paid Volunteer Time Off Valuable
Flagstaff’s Past Revisited Through Ghost Adventures
A young bellboy continues to stand duty, a caring doctor walks the street outside his office and a bride and groom remain united in the afterlife. U.S. Ghost Adventures brings a whole new perspective to “Till death do we part,” and lists Flagstaff among the nation’s most haunted cities. The company … [Read more...] about Flagstaff’s Past Revisited Through Ghost Adventures
Cancer Support Community Helps with Wigs, Resources
When Karen Beeson was told in July 2021 that she had Stage 4 ovarian cancer, it was hard for her to even hear the word “cancer.” The reality of her diagnosis did not take hold until she began losing her hair as a side effect of treatment. Not long after that, she heard about Cancer Support … [Read more...] about Cancer Support Community Helps with Wigs, Resources
Daniella Murphy Finds Barre3 a Lifestyle and Professional Fit
From the film industry to fitness studio, native Californian Daniella Murphy has found her dream job as owner of Barre3, a franchise gym and fitness center with more than 175 locations nationwide and as far as the Philippines. Moving to Flagstaff about seven years ago, Murphy and her husband, … [Read more...] about Daniella Murphy Finds Barre3 a Lifestyle and Professional Fit
Ray’s Barber Shop Serves as ‘Clubhouse’ for Men
A brief stopover in Tuba City from New Hampshire provided just enough time for Miles Diaz to be born. Although there’s been much hardship in his life, Diaz has managed to clip through it all. Today, he owns Ray’s Barber Shop, opened by his grandfather, Lazaro Adame Diaz, in 1961. “My parents … [Read more...] about Ray’s Barber Shop Serves as ‘Clubhouse’ for Men
Feel the Fear, Do It Anyway, Ignore the Lily Pads
Can you remember back to a time when you could twirl, leap and sing with abandon? Not only that, if someone were watching, you might have loved it even more! Sadly, that wild, uninhibited freedom of feeling completely alive, joyful and spontaneous seems to get trained out of most of us, probably … [Read more...] about Feel the Fear, Do It Anyway, Ignore the Lily Pads
