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What I’ve Learned Along the Way: Your Employees Are Your Best Ambassadors

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I didn’t know anything about being a dental receptionist when I was 15, and the dentist I was working for at the time didn’t make my first-ever job very pleasant. He was embroiled in a contentious divorce, and every time his wife called, I was told to park her on…
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Consociate Media Named One of the 2022 Best Places to Work in Virginia

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Consociate Media has been named one of the 2022 Best Places to Work in Virginia by Virginia Business magazine and Best Companies Group, earning the highest ranking of small businesses in the Hampton Roads region. This statewide survey and awards program is designed to identify, recognize and honor the best…
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Why You’ll Feel Good about Weekend Plans at the Williamsburg Winery

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Raise your hand if wine is often part of your weekend plans. If you can combine a bottle of American Riesling with an opportunity to support a deserving cause, wouldn’t that be even better? Good news. You can! Support the Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg House that Small…
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What I’ve Learned Along the Way: We Didn’t Start the Fire

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Billy Joel might as well have been giving a concert at the University of Missouri that morning. Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe My Advanced Reporting class was minutes from…
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What I’ve Learned Along the Way – Gratitude is Hard

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Being honest here. Gratitude is hard. Sure, being grateful comes easy sitting around the Thanksgiving table with family and friends, a homecooked meal waiting. In a blink the food’s gone, and our feeds are filled with Black Friday tempts and Cyber Monday deals. Then onto the Christmas frenzy of trying…
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