Montgomery Bell fund-raiser jumps to Belmont
Posted on July 2, 2009 at 7:27 am
Belmont has a new senior director of development in Kate Mosely. In a release, the university said Mosely will head up fund development and donor stewardship. Most recently, Mosely was the interim director for alumni and development at Montgomery Bell Academy, where she also spent six years as associate director for alumni and development and director of the Annual Fund.
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D.F. Chase CFO to lead national group
Posted on July 2, 2009 at 6:48 am
From a release:
The Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA) is proud to announce the election and installation of its new chairman, Jason W. Henley, for 2009-10. CFO of Nashville-based general contractor D.F. Chase, Inc., Henley was installed to the volunteer position at CFMA’s Annual Conference and Exhibition held recently in Las Vegas. The role is the highest-ranking volunteer position among its 7,000 members within the 28-year-old international professional organization.
Henley’s goals in the coming year include implementing better networking opportunities for the organization’s members. “Now, more than ever, our CFMA connections are the most reliable, credible, and trustworthy connections available,” he said.
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Southwest, American tweak BNA schedules
Posted on July 1, 2009 at 11:44 pmFlights to New Orleans, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Vegas, Oakland, Seattle and LaGuardia are being affected by various changes starting in August. When all is said and done, we’ll have three fewer flights per day.
Pinnacle snags big-shot Knoxville banker
Posted on July 1, 2009 at 11:25 pmThe largest bank headquartered in Nashville continues its push into Knoxville with the hiring of a former First Tennessee senior VP. Pinnacle (Ticker: PNFP) entered Knoxville two years ago and, based on these numbers presented last month, is on track to meet its goals there.
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A local media success story
Posted on July 1, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Our brethren at MusicRow pass on some stats detailing the double-digit increases in of Country Music Television’s metrics.
Music video hours have also increased on the channel, with ratings up +17% versus the same quarter last year among total viewers, and up +14% among adults 18-49. In addition, video streams are up +23% for CMT.com for second quarter when compared to the same quarter last year.
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We’ve got killer roads
Posted on July 1, 2009 at 10:18 pmTennessee’s deficient roads produce some of the highest crash costs in the country, says a transportation safety research shop. As for getting people to drive more safely…
“Although behavioral factors are involved in most crashes, avoiding those crashes through driver improvement requires reaching millions of individuals and getting them to sustain best safety practices,” continued Miller. “It is far more practical to make the roadway environment more forgiving and protective.”
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TPAC dumps Ticketmaster
Posted on July 1, 2009 at 2:55 pmThe downtown arts arena this morning began shilling its own tickets. And no matter how much they might windowdress the move, it all comes down to saving shekels.
“The new model supports direct relationships between TPAC and its customers, who will pay less handling fees and communicate directly with our staff during transactions.”
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Developers float Manhattan med mart concept
Posted on July 1, 2009 at 2:47 pmAnd they appear to have a big headstart on efforts in Cleveland and Nashville, with Cardinal Health, Zimmer and others already having signed deals.
Excavation on the World Product Centre site is scheduled for November, with construction finishing in 2013. WPC will license about one-third of the pavilion space and use the proceeds as collateral on a construction loan. “Marketing and development is–and will continue to be–financed by private equity,” says Michael Resnick, WPC’s executive vice president. “We are confident that we will have the financing in place to obtain a construction loan.”
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Who knew we drink a lot of Drank?
Posted on July 1, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Innovative Beverage Group, marketers of the “extreme relaxation drink” known as “Drank,” in a release marketing its new two-ounce shot version for those “consumers looking to relax in a hurry,” mentions that the new product is “thriving” in our fair city.
John Layfield, founder of Layfield Energy said, “Drank Deuce(TM) is the product of a complementary partnership between Layfield Energy and Innovative Beverage Group. Its title as first ‘extreme relaxation’(TM) shot has helped it to thrive in Nashville, TN, and now that it’s available online we expect the kind of results that drank beverage received in its first year.”
We’ve never seen the stuff, but have to admit we’re intrigued by the idea of relaxing in a hurry.
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Two from Saint Thomas named ‘Fellows’
Posted on July 1, 2009 at 1:54 pmTwo hospitalists from Saint Thomas Hospital, Steven Embry and Thomas Tesauro, have been named “Fellows” by the Society of Hospital Medicine.
To be designated as a Fellow in Hospital Medicine, an applicant must be a hospitalist for five years, a member of SHM for three years, demonstrate their dedication to quality and process improvement, commitment to organizational teamwork and leadership, as well as lifelong learning and education.
They join the 11 hospitalists from Cogent Healthcare who were also recently named to the inaugural class of fellows
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Private equity watches, waits
Posted on July 1, 2009 at 11:36 amBuyout funds and other private-equity investors continue to raise money, but they also continue to slow the pace of putting that cash to work. In the health care sector so important to Nashville, the money invested in the second quarter was down 75 percent from a year ago.
The decrease in private equity investment is not due to a lack of available capital, which remains at an all time high of $400 billion. PE investors continue to raise capital and currently have enough dry powder to more than support the combined deal activity of 2004, 2005 and 2006 with the use of moderate leverage.
Check out PitchBook’s full set of numbers here.
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Integrating new options
Posted on July 1, 2009 at 9:59 amHealthStream announced today that it has partnered with Lippincott Williams & Wilkins to integrate that company’s Lippincott’s Nursing Procedures and Skills as an option into its own learning platform.
Lippincott’s Nursing Procedures and Skills includes over 900 procedures for nurses formulated on recent evidence-based standards of patient care. Each of these procedures can now be offered as a course through HealthStream’s learning platform, which includes an assessment that is required to complete the course. Delivered as courses, this content can be utilized by healthcare organizations as an important component of their competency evaluation process that is required by The Joint Commission. Importantly, Lippincott’s Nursing Procedures and Skills was authored by practicing nurses for nurses and is regularly reviewed and updated to ensure currency.
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