Welcome to 2023: New Year, New Ideas for Business! If you are like us, then 2023 seems like the first opportunity since 2020 for a full-year “post-pandemic” opportunity for business growth and expansion. For us at TouchPoint, we know that we must build a future based on where we are today, not focused on where […]Read More
Sponsored by Team Volusia Florida certainly is a popular place to move to – growing in population the second-most of any state between the 2010 and 2020 census counts. Only Texas grew by more people than Florida. That population growth in Florida is expected to continue higher growth than in most states. The current estimate […]Read More
There has never been a time in which the demands on coastal resources have been higher than they are today. More than 1,000 people a day make Florida their new home, a trend that did not decline during the COVID-19 crisis and one that does not appear to be changing anytime soon. With a constant […]Read More
What has happened? First, we had the Great Resignation, the economic trend of employees voluntarily resigning from their current employer. Now, based on demographics, the pandemic and a maddening world pace, some are calling our current state of the workforce…the Great Reflection. Like any reflection, seeing who we think we are in a window or […]Read More
Florida certainly is a popular place to move to – growing in population the second-most of any state between the 2010 and 2020 census counts. Only Texas grew by more people than Florida. That population growth in Florida is expected to continue higher growth than in most states. The current estimate from the Bureau of […]Read More
Volusia County is blessed with an abundance and diversity of amazing water resources. Emerald blue springs, world-class beaches, productive coastal bays and lagoons, dozens of freshwater lakes and the unique St. Johns “River of Lakes” are all integral to the beauty and quality of life in our subtropical paradise. As an environmental scientist who was […]Read More
COVID-19 resulted in significant changes in the education landscape, some of which were not previously seen. Education delivery and strategies are being reexamined across the country as a result of this paradigm shift to online and remote learning. Schools across the First Coast Region have responded with creativity and innovation. Despite this, emotional and stress-related […]Read More
COVID-19 has put a tremendous amount of pressure on the healthcare industry and has placed an immediate emphasis on employee health. The pandemic has taught us important lessons about how we can better address health concerns before the presence of a crisis, namely in handling chronic and underlying conditions. We quickly learned with COVID-19 that […]Read More
As business leaders and entrepreneurs, we often assess our business on a “curve.” The concept of the curve often causes us to think of our businesses as being “behind the curve (trailing edge)” or “ahead of the curve (leading edge).” It has been proven that businesses can be successful from either position. However, the strategies […]Read More
The Game Is Changing As I think about the role sports and sporting events play in our society, I am reminded of what sports fulfill in us––the reason we endure long hours of training to make only incremental improvement or why we still cheer our childhood team despite their consistent ranking at the bottom of […]Read More
