Interact Studio

Over the course of nearly two decades in leadership roles at Novant Health, Dr. Pamela Oliver identified three keys to transforming healthcare: creating access, providing remarkable experiences, and building relationships. Dr. Oliver speaks with us about how the pandemic has changed the human side of healthcare; the importance of relationships to the future of healthcare; and the bottom line on wearing a mask.

For years, Charles Thomas has been protecting and growing Charlotte’s Historic West End. His work as Program Director at the Knight Foundation is helping preserve the neighborhood’s rich history.? Here he shares what the Knight Foundation is doing for a long underserved part of town.?

On this episode of the Human Touch, Jessica Baryla and Porter Metzler will give you the benefit of their insight as experts at effective strategy.? When Jess isn’t being our Creative Director, she is a senior producer at WCCB. Porter is Director of Social Media for Interact Studio, as well as for Charlotte Is Creative.? Jess will help give you an understanding of the power of effective personal branding. And, Porter will give advice on how to share your personal brand with the world via social media.

In this edition of the Human Touch, Joni Deutsch, WFAE’s on-demand content & audience engagement manager and host of the Amplifier music podcast teaches us the basics of what makes a good podcast. Joni knows what it takes to create, produce, and host engaging, thoughtful, and entertaining podcasts, and she wants to share that knowledge with you in her "Podcasting 101" talk.

Blair Primis has 20+ years of marketing experience and is a master of knowing what to do (and not to do) to help build a brand’s image. He is currently the SVP of Marketing & Talent Management for OrthoCarolina.

On Thursday, March 25, Blair joined us on Human Touch to discuss something he’s been doing in the best way for years: “Breaking the Rules of Traditional Marketing.”

If building relationships is hard … building relationships in a virtual space can sometimes feel impossible. But for Stacy Cassio, that’s no problem at all.

Stacy is the founder and CEO of Pink Mentor Network, Charlotte’s first mentorship collective. She is a master of networking, mentorship, and relationship building.

Stacy's mentors helped shape her into the powerful woman she is today. Now she is helping others find mentors and create authentic connections that will propel them down a path to success.

She knows the power of having a strong network with even stronger mentors and on the Human Touch, she shares her wisdom as she speaks on “Virtual Relationship Building.”

On February 25, Chad Henderson, head brewer and co-owner of NoDa Brewing Company, shared his story and spoke on the theme of "Overcoming."

Henderson was the brewer at NoDa when it opened in 2011 on North Davidson Street. Despite massive growth, he has stayed true to the brand and homebrew roots, and he still excited.

Supposedly he does take a day off every now and then, though you wouldn’t know it. Whether it’s brewing new recipes (and participating in zany YouTube videos) for the weekly releases or representing the brewery at events, this homebrewer turned pro is seemingly everywhere.

Brewing is more than a job for Chad; it’s a passion—which shows in NoDa's beers.

On February 11, Dave Alpern, the President of Joe Gibbs Racing, spoke to us on the theme of "Resolve" from Daytona as the 2021 NASCAR season got underway.

Dave’s journey has taken him from being known as “The T-Shirt Guy,” through the life-changing loss of his best friend, J.D. Gibbs, to being named the head of a premier organization that has amassed five NASCAR Cup Series Championships.

Join us for Human Touch, our bi-weekly virtual seminar series, on Thursday, January 28, 11:00-11:30am EST as we chat with Garrett Tichy, the owner of hygge coworking & co-founder of smpl coworking software, on the topic of "Resilience."??

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Garrett knows firsthand the impact that COVID-19 has created on small businesses and how much entrepreneurs large and small have had to rely on their own resilience over the past year.??

Typically our thoughts turn to goal setting this time of year. In a time of such uncertainty, you might be tempted to put your goal setting on hold.

In this episode of Human Touch, we explore steps that will simplify the process and help set you up for success in 2021.

We are also joined by a guest speaker – Melissa Knicely of CMPD Animal Care and Control – who brought the adoption rate up to 90% in 2020 and qualified CMPD as a no-kill shelter. A huge goal and she met it!