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February 13, 2012
Diana Rivenburgh Interviewed at Training 2012 Conference and Expo
(Atlanta, GA) - Diana Rivenburgh was interviewed on Business RadioX at the Training 2012 Conference and Expo along with Kevin Lane, Commercial Learning Leader of GE Energy. Diana and Kevin discuss the role of learning and development (L&D) in building sustainable, prosperous businesses and provide advice to L&D professionals for their own careers.
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Press Releases
MAC ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF THURD ANNUAL GLOBAL IMPACT AWARDS
Strategic Imperatives CEO Diana Rivenburgh Helps MAC Select Award Recipients
(Atlanta, GA) –The Global Commerce Council, a large group of corporate executives who strategize and execute the global commerce strategy of the Metro Atlanta Chamber (MAC), today announced the winners of the third annual 2012 Global Impact Awards at the Hotel InterContinental Buckhead. The Global Impact Awards honor MAC members for their international presence and their excellence and innovation in international business in the Metro Atlanta area during 2011.
The finalists and winners in each category were:
Economic Development - Foreign Investment: Winner: Surya Carpets, Inc. Finalists: SANY Americas and SELF Electronics.
Economic Development – Trade/Business Development: Winner: Hannah Solar. Finalists: St. Joseph’s Translational Research Institute and Suniva.
Global Partner – Service Provider: Winner: HLB Gross Collins. Finalists: UPS and Wesley Company.
The Global Impact Award was awarded to NACA – Atlanta (National Association of Chinese-Americans).
Strategic Imperatives CEO Diana Rivenburgh served on the selection committee for the award, along with Cathy Harper of McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, Jeff McCoy of Atlantic Capital Bank, and Steve Baldwin.
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About Strategic Imperatives Inc.
Strategic Imperatives is a strategy, leadership and organization change consulting firm helping to build sustainable, profitable organizations. Strategic Imperatives works with clients to help companies build leading-edge strategies, develop strong leaders, transform cultures, and engage stakeholders.
April 18, 2012
STRATEGIC IMPERATIVES SUPPORTS NEW CLEAN TECH INITIATIVE
Strategic Imperatives Joins Metro Atlanta Chamber's Clean Tech Leadership Council
(Atlanta, GA) – Strategic Imperatives, a leader in the sustainability consulting industry, announces their participation in a Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce (MAC) initiative to bring 6,000 “clean tech” jobs to Atlanta by 2017. The initiative, announced last Thursday, will attempt to attract companies to Atlanta while growing already-established businesses here.
Diana Rivenburgh, CEO & President of Strategic Imperatives, represents the company on the Clean Tech Leadership Council, a group of corporate executives, university scholars and community leaders collaborating to accomplish the growth vision. The council will concentrate on seven verticals: smart grids, alternatively-fueled vehicles, solar power, water, green building and sustainability services, biofuels and batteries, and recycled products.
Clean tech is an umbrella term used to describe innovative green jobs across several different industries. Clean tech jobs include ocean-based energy production, solar-panel manufacturing, and biofuel research. "Cleantech is a large market, it's a growing market, it’s a market that has high wages, and it's a market in which Atlanta starts from a very significant position of strength," said John Brock, chairman of the Metro Atlanta Chamber. According to The Brookings Institution’s Sizing the Clean Economy’s 2011 study, Metro Atlanta is already a leader in the clean tech industry, with more than 43,000 people working in related jobs.
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About Strategic Imperatives Inc.
Strategic Imperatives is a strategy, leadership and organization change consulting firm helping to build sustainable, profitable organizations. Strategic Imperatives works with clients to help companies build leading-edge strategies, develop strong leaders, transform cultures, and engage stakeholders.
Contact:
Diana Rivenburgh
drivenburgh@strategic-imperatives.com
September 12, 2011
Diana Rivenburgh Leads Off Georgia Tech’s IMPACT Speaker Series
(Atlanta, GA) – Begun in 2002, the Georgia Tech IMPACT Speaker Series brings highly successful business leaders from a variety of industries to campus to share their experiences and offer cutting-edge insights to students and business leaders. The weekly series provides Georgia Tech students, alumni and the Atlanta business community an opportunity to network and learn from successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and notable business and non-profit leaders. The Georgia Tech College of Management’s Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship hosts the series. Previous speakers have included Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, Coca Cola Enterprise CEO John Brock, Author Steven Hill and Admiral James Ellis, Jr.
The lead-off speaker for the 2011-2012 Series was Strategic Imperatives' CEO, Diana Rivenburgh. Ms. Rivenburgh spoke on the topic Creating a Culture of Sustainable Success. The audience of over 300 learned the three principles that successful organizations use to create a culture that both celebrates and benefits from sustainability. She illustrated her three key points of leadership, engagement and alignment with examples and stories from her work with clients such as Novo Nordisk, the Danish pharmaceutical company and mentioned the role of several prominent Georgia Tech graduates in sustainability such as Ray Anderson (Interface), John Brock (Coca-Cola Enterprises) and Mike Duke (Wal-Mart). Following her remarks was a lively question and answer period where students and business leaders discussed issues ranging from compensation in sustainable organizations to Atlanta's goal of being one of America's leading sustainable cities.
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About Strategic Imperatives Inc.
Strategic Imperatives is a global consulting firm that guides organizations in harnessing the tremendous power of sustainability to drive innovation, develop leaders, transform cultures, achieve prosperity and create a better world for future generations.
Contact:
Diana Rivenburgh
drivenburgh@strategic-imperatives.com
SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
DIANA RIVENBURGH SPEAKS AT THE GWBC POWER OF PARTNERING ANNUAL CONFERENCE
(Atlanta, GA) – The 2011 Power of Partnering conference is staged for the benefit of the over 900 women business enterprises (WBEs) comprising the Georgia Women's Business Council (GWBC). The conference is a key part of the GWBC's commitment to the success of women's businesses in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. According to the most recent American Express Open State of Women's Business Report, Georgia ranked #1 for the fastest growing number of women businesses in the USA. The efforts of the GWBC, including this conference, have been one factor in that remarkable achievement--all the more impressive in these challenging economic times.
The GWBC identified sustainability as one of the key drivers for success in today's business climate. And when the topic is integrating sustainability for business growth, Strategic Imperatives is widely recognized as the 'go-to' organization. Strategic Imperatives’ Diana Rivenburgh was, therefore, invited to join the panel on Sustainability: Find Your Capacity to Endure. In her presentation, “Sustainability Transforms Business: How Does Your Company Add Sustainable Value?”she provided proven methods for reinventing their businesses, engaging employees and creating sustainable growth strategies. Quoting Rivenburgh, “Integrating sustainability into the supply chain is a key imperative for large corporations. As part of the supply chain, women-owned businesses can provide innovative solutions to these corporations.” The entertaining and engaging presentation was illustrated with stories from real-life experiences with her top clients, such as the Danish pharmaceutical company, Novo Nordisk. Rivenburgh closed her comments with a call to action by quoting Ray Anderson's 1994 challenge to his company, Interface, "Unless somebody leads, nobody will. Why not us?"
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About Strategic Imperatives Inc.
Strategic Imperatives is a global consulting firm that guides organizations in harnessing the tremendous power of sustainability to drive innovation, develop leaders, transform cultures, achieve prosperity and create a better world for future generations.
Contact:
Diana Rivenburgh
drivenburgh@strategic-imperatives.com
August 24, 2010
GREENBUSINESS WORKS INVITES LEADERS IN SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS PRACTICES TO A C-SUITE AND SUSTAINABILITY SERIES
“The C-Suite and Sustainability Series is more than a networking event; it is more than best practices; it is a place where trusted relationships develop and accelerating sustainability begins.”
(Atlanta, GA) – Diana Rivenburgh of Strategic Imperatives has been invited as a facilitator in at an exclusive C-Suite and Sustainability Series breakfast this Tuesday at The Buckhead Club. GreenBusiness Works and its sponsors will be hosting the event. The Series provides those in attendance with ground-breaking ideas and strategic discussion about sustainable business practices, solutions and market opportunities.
Invitations are granted to the organizations that did remarkably well in GreenBusiness Works’ first annual Southeastern Corporate Sustainability Rankings launched in May. The Rankings is a leading effort in making the Southeast a more sustainable region. So far, it has had a very positive effect on the organizations it has recognized and encourages other leaders in business to join their efforts. If interested in attending, you may register for the event. The cost is $65 per person.
GreenBusiness Works is hosting the event in partnership and collaboration with Strategic Imperatives, Partnership for a Sustainable Georgia and ers Global. The event is sponsored by The Callaway Boone Group at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, GreenBusiness WORKS and the Reznick Group.
June 15, 2010
THE COPING WITH DROUGHT AND WATER SCARCITY PANEL DISCUSSION
A report to the US Army Corps of Engineers by The Chronicles Group, Inc.
(Atlanta, GA) – The Chronicles Group, Inc. will be hosting a panel discussion at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Wednesday June 16 and Thursday June 17. The panel discussion is part of the Chronicles Group RUNNING DRY project which deals with the challenges facing the planet as it relates to drought, water scarcity and international security.
Water scarcity is a challenge faced by individuals, organizations, industry, and countries all over the world. However, scarcity and drought have the potential to drive innovation and investment. While many businesses recognize the need to practice conservation and recycling practices, there is still a need for the innovative technology to help solve water scarcity issues.
“I’m one of the people that believes that for real change to occur, we are going to have to heavily involve business and industry,” said Diana Rivenburgh of Strategic Imperatives who was in attendance.
The panel discussion will be hosted by CEO & Executive Producer of the Chronicles Group, Jim Thebaut, and Erick Webb, Manager, Government Relations Office, Sandia National Laboratories. It will include 16 experts in water issues divided into three panel sessions addressing three key areas: “Trends and Projections,” “Public Policy and Management Strategies” and “Funding and Resources.”
