05.26.10

POSITIVELY PITTSBURGH!

Posted in Humor~Business, Humor~Events at 12:41 pm by Dr. Trina Hess

My friend Joanne Quinn-Smith, aka, the TechnoGrannyTM and host of PositivelyPittsburghLiveTM is a cheerleader for business in Pittsburgh. Now it’s her turn to shine! Her show, PositivelyPittsburghLiveTM Talkcast (PPL Talkcast) was named a Finalist today in the Media Talkcast, Blog, and Website category in The 2010 American Business Awards.

More than 2,700 entries from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted for consideration in more than 40 categories, including Most Innovative Company of the Year, Management Team of the Year, Best New Product or Service of the Year, Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year, and Corporate Environmental Responsibility Program of the Year. PositivelyPittsburghLiveTM Talkcast is competing as a finalist in the Web, Talkcast, and Blog category for Media.

The American Business Awards are the nation’s premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit entries,public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small.

This year’s Stevie Award winners will be announced during the annual gala on Monday, June 21 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. More than six-hundred executives from across the U.S.A. are expected to attend. The event will benefit Oceana (http://oceana.org), the largest international organization focused on ocean conservation. The ceremonies will be broadcast on radio nationwide by the Business TalkRadio Network. As one of the finalists, the creative staff of PositivelyPittsburghLiveTM Talkcast will be attending and also covering the event and spread the good news about Pittsburgh. PositivelyPittsburghTM Radio and TV goes to New York City.

In 2007, Joanne Quinn-Smith, aka, the TechnoGrannyTM and host of PositivelyPittsburghLiveTM Talkcast created an internet radio Talkcast which has evolved into a total product, the Positively Pittsburgh Live Alliance which includes
PositivelyPittsburghLiveTM Talkcast, PPL Blog, PositivePittsburghersTM Networking site and PPLMag.com. As a result of this unique first to market Community Talkcast, blog, networking site and online community magazine, she was awarded the 2009 National Small Business Administration Journalist of the Year Award. She became the first person to be honored for this award who totally used Social/New Media.

PositivelyPittsburghLiveMagazine.com is a syndicated Pittsburgh internet radio and TV network with accumulated national and international listeners of over 200,000. The goal of PositivelyPittsburghLiveTM (PPL) is to disseminate only GOOD NEWS about Pittsburgh, often topics that are missed by major media outlets. In this mission of the PPL Talkcast, Good News Reporter, Joanne Quinn-Smith has interviewed over 800 Positive Pittsburghers representing the best news about Pittsburgh.

Details about The American Business Awards and the list of Finalists in all categories are available at www.stevieawards.com/aba. Final judging will continue thru May 28, 2010.

Listen to all of the syndicated Pittsburgh internet radio shows at:
http://pplmag.com

About PositivelyPittsburghLiveTM Talkcast and Alliance]
If you are tired of the negative news and would like to hear only the good news, PositivelyPittsburghLiveMagazine.com is in its second year. Positively PittsburghLiveMagazine.com is a Pittsburgh Online Community Magazine complete with calendar and forum and also a Pittsburgh Internet Radio and TV Network. So check out the Positive News for, about and by Pittsburghers, the Positive Trendsetter for Good News about Pittsburgh!

Positively Pittsburgh LiveTM internet radio talkcast features the weekly PositivelyPittsburhTM News, the Roving Pittsburgher ReportTM and the Steeltown HeroTM Spotlite

PositivelyPittsburghLive Alliance
All at: http://pplmag.com

PositivelyPittsburghLive Talkcast
PosiitvelyPittsburghLive Blog Show Notes, News
PositivelyPittsburghLiveMagazine.com

PositivePittsburghers Social Networking Site: http://positivepittsburghers.com
PositivePittsburghers LinkedIn Group

Follow PositivelyPittsburgh at https://twitter.com/pospittsburgh

About The Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about The Stevie Awards at www.stevieawards.com.

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