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Corporate DevelopMint to host philanthropic event
Corporate DevelopMint will host a two-day Healthcare CEO Forum at Kiawah Island Sanctuary to provide insight and instruction on how health care organizations can maximize their fundraising capacity.
The invitation-only forum on philanthropy will be attended by approximately
30 health care CEOs and their development professionals representing locales from Ohio to Florida. The forum will offer educational sessions focusing on how hospitals can increase their community’s philanthropic support and will also address the fundamental aspects of capital campaign structure as it relates to the decision-making processes of the health system, best practices for donor cultivation and role-playing exercises that will reinforce gift cultivation and invitation skills.
The keynote speaker for the event will be Eugene Cochrane Jr., president of the Duke Endowment, a Charlotte, N.C.-based private philanthropic foundation. Cochrane’s keynote address will focus on “National Trends in Healthcare Funding.”
During the forum, Corporate DevelopMint will also unveil the results of its Healthcare Benchmarking Research Study. The research project surveyed a range of health care systems and hospitals to examine the relationship between local conditions, such as the community’s philanthropic culture, and future potential.
Ad firm wins Addy Award
Brandon Advertising won 66 awards at the Coastal Advertising and Marketing Professionals 2006 Addy Awards, which were presented Feb. 4. The Special Judges Award for Collateral Material and the Best of Show, Best of Print, Best of Interactive and Best of Public Service honors topped off the awards won by the advertising agency. The Best of Show award has been presented to Brandon Advertising six times in the past eight years.
The Best of Show and Best of Print Awards were presented for Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday’s Golfapalooza “Celebration of Golf” campaign.
The Best of Public Service Award was given for Make-A-Wish Foundation of South Carolina’s “Memories of a Lifetime” mixed media campaign.
The Special Judges’ Award was earned for the “Bobber” collateral material for Crew Carolina’s Boathouse restaurants, and the Best of Interactive award was won for Slearshotz, renowned golf and travel photographer Michael Slear’s photography Web site.
Brandon Advertising won a total of 32 Gold Addy Awards and 34 Silver Addy Awards.
The annual CAMP Addy Awards recognize exceptional advertising created in the Myrtle Beach, Wilmington, N.C., and Florence regions in the areas of print, broadcast, out-of-home, Internet and public service advertising.
S.C. international trade community creates a coalition
A number of key players in South Carolina’s international trade community have come together as a coalition in order to streamline their efforts and clarify which entity local companies should contact for answers to their trade-related questions.
The South Carolina International Trade Association’s members include personnel with South Carolina’s Departments of Commerce, Agriculture and Forestry, the South Carolina State Ports Authority, the South Carolina World Trade Center, the U.S. Export Assistance Center and other non-governmental groups like the South Carolina Export Consortium.
Rebecca Marriott, spokeswoman for the SCWTC said, thus far, the coalition’s meetings have focused on identifying areas where there has been a duplication of efforts in the past and coming up with ways to avoid those in the future.
“Better coordination between the facilitating agencies and entities like the World Trade Center will help us provide better service to businesses involved in importing and exporting and to provide that service more quickly,” Marriott said. “That’s what business people tell us they want and what we’re all intent on delivering.”
Record invested from new companies in 2005
The South Carolina Department of Commerce reported new companies entering the state in 2005 set a record for investments with more than $1.27 billion, the department said in its 2005 Capital Investment Report.
Looking at the investment and job totals, the state has recruited more new jobs and new investment to the state during the first three years of Gov. Mark Sanford’s term than during the comparable three-year periods of the three preceding South Carolina governors.
Total new jobs recruited to the state for 2003-2005 were 16,969 as compared to 13,238 jobs (1999-2001), 16,388 jobs (1995-1997) and 10,775 jobs (1991-1993). New capital investment for the same periods totaled $2.65 billion, $1.03 billion, $2.49 billion and $2.06 billion, respectively.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ most recent employment numbers, there are 95,692 more people employed in South Carolina at the end of the comparable three-year period (December 2002-December 2005) than when the Sanford administration began.
The commerce department reports significant efforts in raising the state’s income levels. According to Secretary of Commerce Bob Faith, new jobs recruited to the state pay on average $39,283, which is 45% higher than the state’s per capita income of $27,153. This also represents a 13% increase from 2004 reported wages.
In 2005, the Department of Commerce made 137 announcements of new business entering the state and existing industry expansions, with investments in excess of $2.66 billion and more than 12,000 new jobs created. Rural communities also made significant strides in 2005, with 46 announcements resulting in $1.16 billion in investment and creating 3,685 jobs.
Some of the new companies joining South Carolina’s business community in 2005 include DaimlerChrysler, Urban Outfitters, QVC and LSP Automotive Systems.
Magazine names Daniel Island a top 100 golf community
Travel + Leisure Golf has named Daniel Island one of “America’s Top 100 Golf Communities” in its January/February issue. During an extensive review process, editors evaluated several hundred golf communities across the country according to location, range of amenities and standard-setting service.
Conceived more than 10 years ago, Daniel Island’s master plan incorporates many of the elements that today’s best golf communities are now offering, which, according to the magazine, include “superb golf with homes and facilities of the highest quality, extraordinary location and a wealth of lifestyle opportunities.”
As the recreational centerpiece of Charleston’s only 36-hole private country club community, the Daniel Island Club is also the nation’s only club with private courses designed by Tom Fazio and Rees Jones, who are widely recognized as the game’s top traditional designers, that play on the same property. Members and their guests also enjoy a state-of-the-art golf learning center, a comprehensive practice facility, golf clubhouse and outstanding swim, tennis and fitness facilities.
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