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	2. Photo filename
	3. Position
	4. Company Name
	5. Logo filename
	6. Industry
	7. Age
	8. Years in business
	9. Full time employees
	10. Location
	11. Website
	12. Twitter Link
	13. Facebook Link
	14. LinkedIn Link
	15. Bio
	16. Q+A
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panelists[0][0] = 'Karin Deutschler'; 
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panelists[0][2] = 'President';
panelists[0][3] = 'Guhdo';
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panelists[0][5] = 'Distributor/Custom Tools';
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panelists[0][7] = '16+';
panelists[0][8] = '8';
panelists[0][9] = 'Marietta, GA';
panelists[0][10] = 'http://www.guhdo.com';
panelists[0][11] = 'http://twitter.com/GUHDO';
panelists[0][12] = 'http://www.facebook.com/pages/GUHDO/308007319440?ref=ts';
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panelists[0][14] = '<p>Spending an idyllic early childhood, in the green hills of mid-Wales and a few years in the picturesque coastal city of St John\'s, Newfoundland, Canada, for the most part, she was educated in Germany and attended boarding schools there. By the age of 10 she was fluent bi-lingual in English and German.</p><p>Following her Baccalaureate degree, being a somewhat adventurous spirit, she took a sabbatical from school and travelled throughout Europe, hitchhiking from Germany to Casablanca, Morocco, and back!</p><p>Upon her return, she accepted a position as Executive Secretary with the National Bank of Detroit, Frankfurt Branch where she stayed for 4 years, thus abandoning her plans to return to school. A bank client, who was establishing a US manufacturing facility wanted a bi-lingual assistant to help with their new US subsidiary in Battle Creek, Michigan, and in 1978, she was offered that position by C.A. Picard Inc. and came to the US.</p><p>She met her German-born husband in Battle Creek, and together, they started a family.</p><p>In 1982, Karin was forced to give up her budding career at C.A. Picard, when her husband\'s company transferred him to another State. The United States was mired in a fairly deep recession and available jobs were slim to none. Karin\'s life-long motto came to the rescue: "if it is to be, it is up to me", and she promptly found a German company willing to come to the US and hire her to manage things. (Lach Diamond Inc.)</p><p>After 4 successful years with Lach Diamond Inc., Karin decided it was time to build her own business. She contacted another wood-industry related manufacturer in Germany, (GUHDO) who was prepared to enter into a partnership with her to gain market share in the US. Together they founded GUHDO USA in 1986.</p><p>Many years later, following the death of GUHDO Germany\'s President and partner in the US venture, Karin acquired the shares of her former partner and relocated the business, now 100% hers, to the outskirts of Atlanta.</p><p>Today, GUHDO USA is a WBENC certified, small business employing 9 people with an annual sales volume of $3 million. The company sells precision cutting tools throughout the US and Canada and does some exporting to South America. Its customer base is varied, ranging from large, well-known companies such as Mill\'s Pride, Ashley Furniture, Mannington Wood Floors and similar corporations, to smaller cabinet shops, moulding and millwork manufacturers, store fixture manufacturers and the likes. The company\'s expertise lies in custom tooling and high-tech synthetic (polycrystalline) diamond tooling. Although all new tools are imported from Europe, the company has numerous CNC profile grinders to produce some custom tooling and service diamond tooling in their 5000 sq. ft facility in Marietta, GA. Apart from tooling for the woodworking industry, GUHDO also supplies and sharpens specialty cutting tools to some niche markets, such as commutator manufacturers, Printed Circuit Board manufacturers and Teflon manufacturers.</p><p>Karin has been actively involved in the woodworking industry over the past 28 years, attending aand exhibiting at major trade shows, participating in Woodworking Industry Conferences and member of industry trade associations. She has authored numerous articles published in leading trade journals regarding cutting tool technology and she has previously spent 6 years on the Board of Directors of the industry\'s major Trade Association, the WMIA (Woodworking Machinery Industry Association). She has just been elected to serve another 3 year term on the WMIA Board starting later this year.</p><p>Karin lives in Roswell, GA. with her husband of 28 years. They have 4 children and 2 grandchildren. When she is not engaged in business projects, Karin has plenty of passions to take up her time. Some of them include oil painting, tinkering on her piano, a good book, spending time with family or travelling to Europe where she still visits several times a year.</p>';
panelists[0][15] = '<span class="purpleQuestion">Thinking of the relationships you have/could have with your business suppliers, how would you define "interactive" outside of phone calls you receive from representatives?</span><br/><div id="panelAnswer">Emails, Facebook, Twitter, Webcasts, Go to meetings (product intro), Linkedin</div><br/><span class="purpleQuestion">Thinking of the relationships you have/could have with your business suppliers, how would you define "immediate"?</span><br/><div id="panelAnswer">Real Time! Now!</div><br/><span class="purpleQuestion">Think of a business supplier that has offered you individualized products, services or support.  What has this supplier done to individualize these things for you?</span><br/><div id="panelAnswer">Personalized sales flyers. Trade show participation. Technical support. Assisted with graphic production.</div>';
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panelists[1][0] = 'James Nadeau'; 
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panelists[1][2] = 'Owner';
panelists[1][3] = 'Nadeau\'s Ice Sculpture';
panelists[1][4] = 'images/panelists/logo_nadeau.gif';
panelists[1][5] = 'Manufacturing';
panelists[1][6] = '35-54';
panelists[1][7] = '16+';
panelists[1][8] = '10';
panelists[1][9] = 'Forest Park, IL';
panelists[1][10] = 'http://www.nadeauice.com';
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panelists[1][14] = '<p>Founded in 1980, Nadeau\'s Ice Sculptures, Inc. is one of the oldest ice sculpting companies in the country and the largest full time operation in the Midwest.<br/><br/>With a talented staff of professionals and state of the art technology, Nadeau\'s is uniquely qualified to handle ANY ice related project and has worked closely with the most hotels, restaurants, country clubs, caterers, banquet halls and ad agencies locally as well as nationally.<br/><br/>"ICE IS HOT", says Jim Nadeau (owner), and this can easily be seen from some of his past projects ranging from hotel openings to television commercials. Among his personal favorites are the life-size nude which was "blown away" with a tommy gun used in an episode of the Untouchables television series and the 100 foot long, 84 ton train for the annual Nabisco Christmas Party in New Jersey. But holding the most special place in his heart is his original rendition of "Symphony On Ice" which included all the instruments of the orchestra, even the conductor. This exhibit, which originated in Chicago, has made special appearances in Arkansas, Michigan, Ohio and various other cities.</p><br/><br/>';
panelists[1][15] = '<span class="purpleQuestion">Thinking of the relationships you have/could have with your business suppliers, how would you define "interactive" outside of phone calls you receive from representatives?</span><br/><div id="panelAnswer">We are constantly receiving visits from our suppliers along with their suppliers/supervisors. It\'s a wonderful way to build a relationship that truly helps them understand the needs that our company might come across. The internet has also opened us up to correspondence from suppliers that may never have heard of Nadeau\'s Ice Sculptures or suppliers that we may never have heard of. Thank goodness</div><br/><span class="purpleQuestion">Thinking of the relationships you have/could have with your business suppliers, how would you define "immediate"?</span><br/><div id="panelAnswer">RIGHT NOW! Immediate has become even more immediate due to technology...no one seems to want to wait for anything anymore...whether it\'s for a quote or a delivery or even for our computers to provide us necessary information!</div><br/><span class="purpleQuestion">Think of a business supplier that has offered you individualized products, services or support.  What has this supplier done to individualize these things for you?</span><br/><div id="panelAnswer">For over 25 years, we were using industrial plug-in lighting to illuminate our ice designs. After seeing how and what we were using for lighting, an out-of-state illumination expert approached us and customized, specifically for our needs, a great new way to light our ice sculptures. It has revolutionized a new opportunity for our customers, to now eliminate the unsightly taped down extension cords spreading across a banquet room into being able to use a self-contained unit.</div>';
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panelists[2][0] = 'Jeff Freedman'; 
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panelists[2][2] = 'President';
panelists[2][3] = 'Wizard Security Inc.';
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panelists[2][5] = 'Event Security';
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panelists[2][9] = 'Chelsea, MA';
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panelists[2][14] = '<p>Wizard Security is a professional security service with many years of experience and expertise (licensed, bonded, and insured). We handle, on a regular basis, venues of all types - from small and large clubs to outdoor facilities, arenas, and stadiums.... We are available for consulting, overseeing, managing, and controlling dance areas (including mosh pits), stages, barricades, backstages, dressing rooms, VIP areas, "in-store" appearances, etc. We have worked extensively with such organizations as the Boston Police Department, The Massachusetts State Police, The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation The US State Department, the FBI, as well as many city and college police departments. We are experienced in all areas of the music, movie, and entertainment industry and have close, and in many cases personal relationships, with many of the large international touring acts and their management... We are available to help you in any capacity - from consulting to managing your crews, or providing you with all necessary personnel. In short, we have worked with most of the major promoters, venues, radio stations, and groups that stage major events... We are also experienced and available for any type of corporate, private, or special event as well as principal, VIP, and executive protection.</p><p>Our services and products: Corporate, private, or special event security - Principal, executive and VIP protection - Concierge services - Industrial, commercial & construction guard service (uniformed and plain clothes) - Secret shoppers - Store and theft determent - Metal and bomb detectors (walk-thru & hand held) - General labor and concert & event specialists.</p><p>Also, Wizard Services, a division or Wizard Security, Inc. is an event and meeting planning resource with a full service travel agency... Wizard Services provides personal, family and corporate support, concierge, and travel services as well as exceptional event and meeting planning... Wizard Services brings to you the widest range of services to accommodate both personal and family desires to corporate needs... Our multi-faceted full service can fulfill the smallest personal whim to the largest corporate event.</p><p>Wizard Services is poised to create some of the most magical and memorable worry-free events in the industry. We are a full service event planning and production company with over 25 years of experience, producing events for corporations and private individuals, ranging from the smallest group to several thousand people.</p><p>Wizard\'s event planning services offer turn-key solutions and one-stop-shopping for small and large events of any type; ranging from finding and contracting the location, to total design, and on-site production.</p><p>Wizard Services will design, plan, manage and produce the entire process. They create imaginative special events, worry-free corporate events, meetings, trainings, road shows, incentive trips and product launches as well as memorable holiday and milestone parties (weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, Bar Mitzvahs, etc.).</p><p>Wizard Services will rapidly locate an appropriate facility for your event and negotiate a contract. After developing creative concepts with the capacity for custom fabrication, they will then manage the entire project. Wizard will do it all from start to finish!</p><p>The scope of Wizard\'s services with their partners includes; but is not limited to:<ul><li>Reservations & tickets - VIP treatment</li><li>Shopping</li><li>Gifts and incentives - selection and procurement</li><li>Leisure activities</li><li>Errand and messenger services</li><li>Personal pampering and services</li><li>Security and Protection (Personal & Corporate)</li><li>Labor pool</li><li>Guides and escorts</li><li>Transportation</li><li>Event planning - large and small</li><li>Talent procurement - local and national</li><li>Catering</li><li>Meeting and Event production</li><li>Audio visual / sound equipment procurement and rentals</li><li>Corporate and personal solutions of any kind</li></ul></p>';
panelists[2][15] = '<span class="purpleQuestion">Thinking of the relationships you have/could have with your business suppliers, how would you define "interactive" outside of phone calls you receive from representatives?</span><br/><div id="panelAnswer">In our recruiting process, social networking and peer recruiting have become our major methodology. In that regard, Facebook, instant messaging, My Space, Craigs List, email and texting have become primary means of interaction for advertising, disseminating information, and managing crews. In fact at this point in time, email is used to interact with suppliers as much if not more than the use of telephones. Emailing has almost completely replaced the use of faxes.</div><br/><span class="purpleQuestion">Thinking of the relationships you have/could have with your business suppliers, how would you define "immediate"?</span><br/><div id="panelAnswer">Given the fact that much of what we do comes closest to chaos management and dealing with last minute plans, confirmations, and changes. Immediate in the business sense has come to the point of almost instantaneous. Therefore cell phone, texting, email, and instant massaging have become so important. Quite often things have to be done in hours and minutes - not days, weeks or months.</div><br/><span class="purpleQuestion">Think of a business supplier that has offered you individualized products, services or support.  What has this supplier done to individualize these things for you?</span><br/><div id="panelAnswer">I have designed additional company logos that can be used on clothing for advertising giveaways and promotion. Also I have and continue to design with my silk screener/embroider\'s help a line of clothing that is and will be sold to the general public, creating another profit source for my company. </div>';
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panelists[3][0] = 'Karen Strickland'; 
panelists[3][1] = 'images/panelists/karenStrickland.jpg'; 
panelists[3][2] = 'Owner';
panelists[3][3] = 'Ayer Moving and Storage';
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panelists[3][5] = 'Moving and Storage';
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panelists[3][7] = '';
panelists[3][8] = '';
panelists[3][9] = 'Dunstable, MA';
panelists[3][10] = 'http://www.ayermoving.com';
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panelists[3][14] = '<p>I was born and raised in Harvard, MA. Graduated from the Bromfield School in 1978. Graduated cum laude from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY with a major in French and minor in History in 1982. I worked for Ayer Moving & Storage (the family business started by my grandfather in 1950) for one year. I received an MBA in Marketing, Accounting and Finance from the Simon School of Management at the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY in 1985. Returned to Ayer Moving and became VP in 1988. I\'ve been the President/Owner of Ayer Movin since 1995. In 1988-2000 I participated in Landmark Education continuing education with courses in communication, team building, leadership and relationship building.joined the Ayer, Harvard, Shirley, Devens Rotary Club in 1990 as the first woman member of the club.became the first woman president of the club in 1998 joined the Nashoba Valley Chamber of Commerce in 1992 and was their president from 1995-1997 I am still active in both organizations and still on the board of directors of the Nashoba Valley Chamber of Commerce in January 2010, I was appointed to the Board of Overseers of Fruitlands Museums in Harvard, MA. I was married in 2000 to David Sampson and we have two children, David Jr (8) and Ashley (6). We reside in Dunstable, MA and our children attend Groton Country Day School.</p>';
panelists[3][15] = '<span class="purpleQuestion">Thinking of the relationships you have/could have with your business suppliers, how would you define "interactive" outside of phone calls you receive from representatives?</span><br/><div id="panelAnswer">Personal meetings with my suppliers</div><br/><span class="purpleQuestion">Thinking of the relationships you have/could have with your business suppliers, how would you define "immediate"?</span><br/><div id="panelAnswer">People I do business with every month or every couple of months</div><br/><span class="purpleQuestion">Think of a business supplier that has offered you individualized products, services or support.  What has this supplier done to individualize these things for you?</span><br/><div id="panelAnswer">Our bank came up with programs to fit our current situation (without my asking!)</div>';
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panelists[4][0] = 'Kelly Kodama'; 
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panelists[4][2] = 'Owner';
panelists[4][3] = 'Zoe Design';
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panelists[4][5] = 'Design/Engineering';
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panelists[4][7] = '19';
panelists[4][8] = '7';
panelists[4][9] = 'Alamo, CA';
panelists[4][10] = 'http://www.zoe.com';
panelists[4][11] = 'http://twitter.com/zoedesignsf';
panelists[4][12] = 'http://www.facebook.com/pages/Zoe-Design-Associates/116781001669210';
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panelists[4][14] = '<p>Kelly Kodama is founder and CEO of Zoe Design Associates, a 19-year old full-service product development consultancy with headquarters in San Francisco and a branch office in Taipei. Zoe Design provides design research, product branding, industrial design, mechanical engineering, and production support services for a wide range of international clients such as Acer, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, and Siemens in diverse fields such as consumer electronics, communications, industrial, and medical products.</p><p>A graduate of the Stanford University Product Design Engineering program, Kelly has over 22 years of experience bringing innovative products to market. Prior to founding Zoe Design, he worked as a Mechanical Engineer at Watkins-Johnson and Siemens Ultrasound. He and his firm hold multiple design patents.</p><br/><br/>';
panelists[4][15] = '<span class="purpleQuestion">Thinking of the relationships you have/could have with your business suppliers, how would you define "interactive" outside of phone calls you receive from representatives?</span><br/><div id="panelAnswer">"Interactive" means that I can get answers to my questions and "what-ifs" instantly. For example, we typically use Company A to order our computers and equipment because their website provides instant price quotes, and allows me to change various components and see the quote update in real-time. This is truly interactive and let\'s me quickly and efficiently gauge the impact (in this case, cost and schedule) of different options. </div><br/><span class="purpleQuestion">Thinking of the relationships you have/could have with your business suppliers, how would you define "immediate"?</span><br/><div id="panelAnswer">"Immediate" means right now. Oftentimes decisions need to be made quickly, so I need suppliers to be able to respond in real-time.</div><br/><span class="purpleQuestion">Think of a business supplier that has offered you individualized products, services or support.  What has this supplier done to individualize these things for you?</span><br/><div id="panelAnswer">Very few small business suppliers provide truly individualized service. It seems like consumer products like Amazon are much better at and focused on this. The only instance I can think of recently is our Internet Service Provider, which is a small regional company and is proactive in trying to understand our business needs and offer services that may be of benefit to us.</div>';
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panelists[5][0] = 'Mary Pat Pace'; 
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panelists[5][2] = 'Owner';
panelists[5][3] = 'The Bonbonerie';
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panelists[5][5] = 'Retail/Bakery';
panelists[5][6] = '55+';
panelists[5][7] = '25';
panelists[5][8] = '31';
panelists[5][9] = 'Cincinnati, OH';
panelists[5][10] = 'http://www.thebonbonerie.com';
panelists[5][11] = 'http://twitter.com/bonbonerie';
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panelists[5][14] = '<p>My partner and I started the Bonbonerie in 1983.  Previous to that I was a social worker and Sharon, my partner was an artist.  We started out with the idea that we could be pastry chefs to restaurants who did not, or could not hire a full time chef.</p><p>Although not formally trained in the pastry field, Sharon and I brought a great love for food and knowledge from grandmothers who were excellent bakers. Our lack of training worked to our advantage because we would try anything, and we weren\'t afraid to fail.</p><p>Our philosophy was always that our food was made with the finest ingredients, from scratch and it had to taste good.  We would make our own syrups from vanilla beans, use the best butter, chocolate, cocoa liquor etc.  I feel that the unique quality of the Bonbonerie is that we have an enormous respect for the taste as well as the artistry of our products.</p><p>Little by little the word spread through the restaurants we served and individuals started to contact us.  Our retail business began to take off.</p><p>In the past 26 years we have moved 3 times, and have expanded our present space from 2000 sq.feet to 6600 sq.ft.  We have 60+ employees.  Our new adventure is the caf&eacute; which we opened in the middle of March.  Previously we had limited space to serve food in our tearoom. The new caf&eacute; has doubled the capacity of the tearoom. We plan to convert the tearoom space into a space for cooking classes and demonstrations.</p><p>We are very well known in the Cincinnati area.  We have been awarded, "best bakery" "best wedding cake" "best torte" "best tearoom" "best scone" etc.etc.  We are in Zagats and have been published in Gourmet Magazine, Bon Appetite, In Style as well as many trade journals, local and regional publications.  In 2008 we were awarded by the Chamber of Commerce runner up for the best woman\'s business in Cincinnati.</p><br/><br/>';
panelists[5][15] = '<span class="purpleQuestion">Thinking of the relationships you have/could have with your business suppliers, how would you define "interactive" outside of phone calls you receive from representatives?</span><br/><div id="panelAnswer">Interactive means to the Bonbonerie personal interaction and some face to face attention. The idea that the vendors are on a team with us trying to solve our problems. We tend to be a very personal.</div><br/><span class="purpleQuestion">Thinking of the relationships you have/could have with your business suppliers, how would you define "immediate"?</span><br/><div id="panelAnswer">Our business is a perishable production business so immediate has a special meaning. When we are short of product, a call is made to the vendor--the turn around is usually within 24 hours or less if it is needed to complete production.  Our vendors appreciate this and will oblige our request most of the time.</div><br/><span class="purpleQuestion">Think of a business supplier that has offered you individualized products, services or support.  What has this supplier done to individualize these things for you?</span><br/><div id="panelAnswer">I feel we have very good suppliers.  One in particular will always go the extra mile.  We will describe a product and the next week he has 3 samples to show us.  Also I love the suppliers who are the true resources, who know their products and how to apply them to our bakery.</div>';
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panelists[6][0] = 'Paul Forman'; 
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panelists[6][2] = 'Owner';
panelists[6][3] = 'Solidcad';
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panelists[6][5] = 'Software';
panelists[6][6] = '55+';
panelists[6][7] = '11';
panelists[6][8] = '37';
panelists[6][9] = 'Richmond Hill, ON';
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panelists[6][14] = '<p>Paul D. Forman is President and co-founder of SolidCAD. He earned his Masters of Computer Science and immediately joined Manulife Financial as a Programmer Analyst.</p><p>Paul rose through the Manulife Financial ranks to become a Senior Executive responsible for Corporate Information Technology. His strength was management and analysis - his passion was delivering value added, customer service. In Paul\'s 25 year tenure at Manulife he developed the many management and business skills that have allowed him to succeed in business today. Manulife offered him the opportunity to run his departments as though they were his own business and his own accountability.</p><p>In 1994 Paul embarked on his first entrepreneurial venture when he purchased Caddgroup Educational Services. His vision was to expand from a niche government based vocational training provider to a broad based corporate training enterprise. In 1999 he achieved his goal through a merger to form SolidCAD. Since the merger, SolidCAD has continued its growth from one of smallest Autodesk resellers in the Canadian channel to become the largest in Canada. Strong management, valued solutions and unsurpassed customer service continue as the cornerstones of the company\'s success. Sound, annual business planning built on the skills learned at Manulife Financial has allowed SolidCAD to succeed and grow in an environment of tightening costs and increased competition.</p><p>Paul Forman also sits on a variety of charitable and community based, social-service Boards of Directors returning time and value to the communities at large.</p><br/><br/>';
panelists[6][15] = '<span class="purpleQuestion">Thinking of the relationships you have/could have with your business suppliers, how would you define "interactive" outside of phone calls you receive from representatives?</span><br/><div id="panelAnswer">We purchase a great deal of supplies. Having the ability to review our purchases on line would help immensely. We could track their shipping, due date, costs, and could access our statements for reconciliation purposes. All of this is without the need to speak to someone. </div><br/><span class="purpleQuestion">Thinking of the relationships you have/could have with your business suppliers, how would you define "immediate"?</span><br/><div id="panelAnswer">When I need to speak to someone, I need to do it immediately (or very soon).</div><br/><span class="purpleQuestion">Think of a business supplier that has offered you individualized products, services or support.  What has this supplier done to individualize these things for you?</span><br/><div id="panelAnswer">One supplier gave us an account in $US and $CDN. Another supplier is giving us a product with our logo on the product. </div>';
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panelists[7][14] = '<p>The uniqueness of YAS Architecture, LLC is based on more than thirty years of highly varied design experience, a problem-solving approach unencumbered by any pre-conceived notions, close personal collaboration with the client, and a seasoned perspective drawn from a distinctive educational experience and hands-on involvement in projects of international reach. Operationally, YAS Architecture is best characterized as a boutique firm: large enough to provide sufficient depth of experience and know-how to handle complex assignments of varied scale, yet small enough to be consistently responsive to, and engaged with, its client base. YAS Architecture\'s services range from urban design, to architecture, to interior design. Though user requirements drive the design process, YAS buildings exhibit a deep respect for their relationship to the communities and urban places where they have been built. Firm president and design principal Stephen Yas earned his educational credentials at Ohio University (Bachelor of Architecture), and Oxford Brookes University (Master of Architecture). He received additional postgraduate instruction at the Moscow Architectural Institute (USSR) and Harvard Graduate School of Design.</p><br/><br/>';
panelists[7][15] = '<span class="purpleQuestion">Thinking of the relationships you have/could have with your business suppliers, how would you define "interactive" outside of phone calls you receive from representatives?</span><br/><div id="panelAnswer">Interactive to me means that the supplier "engages" us, gives us a value add. For example we have carpet reps that can come in for a visit. We tell them the budget. They show us what they have in that budget. They tell us the material properties of the carpet...i.e. better suited for hospital or hospitality or office or residential, etc. these are the people we continue to work with over and over even if the material cost is higher. They provide a service, make our job more time effective and make us look good! </div><br/><span class="purpleQuestion">Thinking of the relationships you have/could have with your business suppliers, how would you define "immediate"?</span><br/><div id="panelAnswer">They are there to service us the next day if required. Not next week because they are too busy! This allows us to give a quick response to our clients who many times give us unrealistic deadlines (which we always meet). As a result of this we feel special and in turn so do our clients.</div><br/><span class="purpleQuestion">Think of a business supplier that has offered you individualized products, services or support.  What has this supplier done to individualize these things for you?</span><br/><div id="panelAnswer">We work with a very large graphics reproduction house in Chicago. We usually try to create something that hasn\'t been done before. Many times they volunteer to come to our office with samples and a technician to assist our needs. Then go back to their shop and create samples. The key is service, service + service !!</div>';
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