DyNAMC "New Beginnings" February 2014 Issue 3 | Page 10

President’s Perspective

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“Nothing is
predestined. The
obstacles of your
past can become the
gateways that lead
to new beginnings”. Ralph Blum

A new year has just begun.
A traditional time for individuals and organizations
to take stock, re-group and
re-focus for the year ahead.
It’s a new beginning.
I used the two quotes at
the beginning because
they demonstrate the
choice we have in our
attitudes towards new
beginnings. Instead of the
negative perspective that
focuses on the challenges
we face and what is left to
be done, in the first issue of
DyNAMC for 2014 we want
to focus on the positives.
In this issue, you will find
plenty of new beginnings
worth celebrating: New
opportunities, new economic initiatives, and new
business startups – positive steps that are being
taken around our nation
that will benefit the NAMC
membership of minority
business owners.
DyNAMC Nominated for
2014 Association Media
& Publishing Excellence
Award!

DyNAMC • ISSUE 3

DyNAMC – Leaders for
a Changing World was

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launched in 2013 as a
means to provide diverse
businesses as well as those
diversity professionals and
corporations that champion diversity inclusion with
fresh perspectives. It was
also intended as a vehicle
for insightful inspiration

“We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year,
to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives...
not looking for flaws, but for potential.” ~ Ellen Goodman

President’s Perspective

New Beginnings
Forward March

Aldrica Latimore
Founder

and practical business advice. Our first issue in
July of 2013 was received with great enthusiasm by our readers.
The second issue, published in October of
2013, reached an even broader spectrum of the
national audience. Again, the high-quality of
the content and the professional presentation
of the publication caught the eye of people of
note in the business world, political circles, and
also the media and publishing sectors themselves..
As a result, we are celebrating the nomination
of the magazine for a 2014 Association Media
& Publishing Excellence Award. Nomination by
this organization is a prestigious and coveted
place of recognition, which includes names
such as Leaders Edge Magazine and BizEd
Magazine in its past award listings.
In keeping with the newest technology options
for media, DyNAMC is now available in print
form as well as the option to read the publication on digital media. We encourage you to
share the magazine in either form with your
business colleagues and other members of
your network.

New Initiatives
One of the primary themes you’ll find
running through the various articles in
this issue is new beginnings. City and
state governments around the country
are launching new and exciting opportunities to help create more prospects for minority, veteran and women
owned businesses. Small business is
being recognized in many sectors as an
important ingredient in job creation and
stimulation of the economy. Our voices
are being heard!
At the same time, we do not want to let
these advances in the right direction lull
us into a place of lethargy and inaction.
The philosopher Plato is quoted as saying, “The beginning is the most important part of the work.” I would agree, but
to start well and never progress further
makes that important work futile.
At NAMC, we expect each New Year
to begin stronger and at a place closer
to our goals than the year before. In
order for that to happen, we need to
continue to grow our membership and
strengthen our unified front. 2013 was a
tremendous year of new beginnings for
us. We can make 2014 even better! But
only with your continued support and
participation.
Let’s end 2014 even stronger than we
have begun!

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