Graphicast on NH Public Radio on Friday, February 26 at Noon

February 24, 2010

I will be interviewed by Jon Greenberg of NH Public Radio between noon and 1 PM on Friday, February 26 during his live, call-in program, “Working It Out”.  Working It Out (WIO) is about the economy and its impact on the state. Notes are collected from NH residents and posted on WIO’s website to provide a panoramic view of the economy from the various regions of the state.  Monthly, Jon does a live, call-in program to supplement the web postings. The response to the program has been enthusiastic, as people have been eager to tell their stories and share their experiences.  On Friday, Jon will be exploring the recovery. He’ll be trying to find out what people are seeing around the state , is the recovery for real, are people confident or wary? It should be an interesting program. For those out of the immediate New Hampshire area, NHPR does have a streaming audio feed for its broadcasts.

A Busy Spring Trade Show Schedule

February 19, 2010

Breakfast with the Best

February 12, 2010

Location: Show map
Radisson Hotel/Center of NH
700 Elm St.
Manchester, NH 03101

Phone: (603) 626-6354
Email: eventsNH@businessNHmagazine.com

Price: $35.00 Register
Come celebrate Business NH Magazine’s 2009 Best Companies to Work For and learn how employers of choice in NH create great work environments and attract, reward and retain outstanding employees.

Featured Companies:

• BAE Systems in Nashua
• BittWare in Concord
• Clark-Mortenson Agency Inc. in Keene
• Comcast in Manchester
• Dynamic Network Services Inc. in Manchester
• Graphicast Inc. in Jaffrey
• Hypertherm Inc. in Hanover
• RiverWoods at Exeter in Exeter
• St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua
• WireBelt Company of America in Londonderry

Graphicast Featured in Business NH Magazine’s Best Company Issue

December 11, 2009

A full page of Business NH Magazine’s December 2009 issue is devoted to Graphicast’s successful quest to become a Best Company to Work For in New Hampshire in 2009.

Check out the article here

Val Zanchuk at 2nd annual VISUAL User Education Conference

December 7, 2009

One of the highlights of this year’s second annual VISUAL User Education Conference was hearing our own Val Zanchuk talk about how Graphicast has thrived in such a difficult economy. Val shared his application of new business process and technology strategies. If you missed the event, Synergy Resources, has posted a summary of the event, along with video highlights from the presentations.

Watch Val’s Presentation here.

Graphicast Named Among Top Ten Companies in New Hampshire

December 1, 2009

Manchester, NH — Business NH Magazine and NH Businesses for Social Responsibility are proud to announce the 2009 Best Companies to Work For in NH.

At a time when the economy is testing the most solid company cultures, this year’s Best Companies to Work For competition demonstrates how making employees partners in a company’s success is not only good for morale, but also good for the bottom line. Respect for employees, no layoff policies and creative strategies to keep everyone employed have earned Wire Belt Company of America in Londonderry the title of Best Small Company to Work For in NH, and Hypertherm Inc. in Hanover the title of the Best Large Company to Work For in NH, in Business NH Magazine’s 13th annual competition.

Wire Belt has 94 employees in NH, and Hypertherm has 870 in NH (1,077 total.) Both are profiled with eight other Best Companies to Work For in the December issue of Business NH Magazine.

Named to the Best Large Companies list are:

#1- Hypertherm Inc. in Hanover (1,077 total employees/870 in NH)

#2- Comcast in Manchester (100,000 total employees/1,500 in NH)

#3- St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua (2,032 total/NH employees)

#4- BAE Systems in Nashua (9,000 total employees/4,736 in NH)

#5- RiverWoods at Exeter in Exeter (338 total/NH employees)

Named to the Best Small Companies list are:

#1- Wire Belt Company of America in Londonderry (94 total/NH employees)

#2- Dynamic Network Services Inc. in Manchester (29 total/NH employees)

#3- Clark-Mortensen Agency Inc. in Keene (52 total employees/47 in NH)

#4- BittWare in Concord (40 total employees/30 in NH)

#5- Graphicast Inc. in Jaffrey (28 total/NH employees)

Stryker Biotech of Lebanon enters the Hall of Fame, which honors companies that have been named Best Companies to Work For four out of the past five years.

Companies across New Hampshire answered Business NH Magazine’s call to compete, completing extensive applications detailing their benefit packages, company culture, communication and employee development strategies, workplace philosophies and letters of support from employees. The field was narrowed to 21 semi-finalists by a panel of Business NH Magazine judges. From there, a panel of four outside judges evaluated all 21 applications while site tour judges, consisting of CEOs and human resources professionals from across the state, visited each company to interview their CEO and employees and tour the facility. Bruce Mast and Associates in Exeter organized the site tours. The outside panel of judges then reviewed scores from the applications and the site tours to determine the 10 finalists.

The 11 semi-finalists are: Bottomline Technologies in Portsmouth, Colby-Sawyer College in New London, Harbor Homes Inc. in Nashua, Lonza in Portsmouth, McLane Law Firm in Manchester, Southern NH Health System in Nashua, Geophysical Survey Systems Inc. in Salem, On Call International in Salem, PixelMEDIA in Portsmouth, Whipple Hill Communications in Bedford, and Wiggin & Nourie, P.A. in Manchester.

This year’s judges include: Therese Gesel-Towne, principal consultant and president of Aegis Consulting in Bedford; Daniel W. Griffiths, state director of the Human Resources Council State Council of NH; David Henderson, executive director of the Safety and Health Council of Northern New England in Concord; and Molly Hodgson Smith, executive director of NH Businesses for Social Responsibility in Concord.

The 2009 Best Companies to Work For in NH offer their employees an impressive variety of benefits, from on-site gyms and childcare, to profit sharing and tuition reimbursement.  One thing they all have in common is the creativity and flexibility to keep their employees motivated and happy. While not immune to recessions, the Best Companies to Work For have a strategic advantage—motivated, loyal employees.

The Intrinsic Value of Bad Show Food – Design 2 Part Marlborough MA November 4&5

November 6, 2009

The economy being what it is these days, there have been questions about how good show attendance will be.  Do people still have jobs?  If they do, is enough staff in the office to “squeak” out and get to a show?  Or is it the opposite, is it so slow people attend because it beats pretending to work all day?   Will those people have any $ to kick off a project?

Getting out there, seeing what’s new, different or flat out better is so important.  Making connections face to face and “seeing it” as opposed to “looking at it” from the screen at your desk has a value much greater than the mileage check and reimbursement for that over priced, over cooked, tasteless piece of pizza you’re going to grab at the show.

The Design 2 Part show in Marlborough Massachusetts was GREAT…!!!  I arrived yesterday at the Best Western Royal Plaza Trade Center and it was packed (see my tweet from the show).  There were very few slowdowns in foot traffic. In fact, attendees were walking the show mostly right ’til the end.  The mood was upbeat, connections were being made, and it might have been one of our best shows for leads taken in.  It sure looked like a economic recovery to me.  I had a chance to talk to one of the show personnel (the D2P  people are always great to work with), and she said they had over 1700 attendees walk through the door, and with a few hours left, would certainly hit their goal of 1800 people.

If you had a snapshot of this show you would be hard pressed to say there was an economic slowdown here.  How have your shows been?  What have you seen at the shows you’ve been to?  Let me know what you’re seeing and what shows you’re going to next so I can see you there…!

Graphicast to Attend Marlborough Design2Part Show – Nov 4/5 2009

October 29, 2009

Graphicast will again exhibit at the Marlborough, MA Design2Part Show on November 4 and 5, 2009. The show will be held at the Royal Plaza Trade Center, and Graphicast will be at Booth 239. We have an exciting, new Design and Rapid Prototyping Service to introduce. Please stop by to talk to Gary Barrett, Kirk Barrett, Gary Lord, and Jim Weber. We look forward to seeing you.

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