Posts by The Roam Team
Meet Meeting Coordinator, McKenzie Strawn
McKenzie Strawn, Roam Meeting Coordinator Hailing from McDonough, Georgia, McKenzie is an Auburn graduate (War Eagle!) with a degree in apparel merchandising. After a stint in Manhattan working in e-commerce, she traded her MetroCard for an SUV and returned to the south. When she’s not organizing your next meeting, McKenzie enjoys traveling, trying new restaurants,…
Read MoreLead with Purpose
The world is searching for leaders. Leaders worth following. It’s the team players, vision casters and culture champions who are Powered by Purpose. Not for the sake of a framed mission statement to hang on an office wall, but for the purpose of uniting their teams to achieve something greater. From C-level execs to small business owners, leaders who are…
Read MoreTogether We Grow – Announcing Roam’s 5th Atlanta Workplace
Growth. It allows us to expand our reach, increase our impact and pursue uncharted territories. As we have shared on Instagram this week (@meetatroam), the stories of growth within our invested community are intricately intertwined. From the members working within our spaces to the designers crafting our statement woodwork pieces, each individual story of growth…
Read MoreTogether we… #GrowWithRoam
Roam is able to grow because of the people who make up our space and community. Roam members, vendors, partners and team members all contribute to the growth we have experienced. And as we grow, those in our community also grow. We’re sharing these stories along with an exciting Roam announcement on our Instagram account next week, Monday, March 6th…
Read MoreRoam Internship Experience: Shaping the Next Generation of Leaders
To kick off the recruiting phase of our 2017 Internship Experience, we wanted to provide testimonials of individuals involved in our internship program. Our hope is that these experiences will help interested students gain insight into why working for Roam is beneficial to their future careers. Mollie Maner, Internship Experience Coordinator There are…
Read MoreRoam’s 2017 New Year’s Pledge
New Years. A day characterized by midnight count downs, silver confetti and a meal of collards and black-eyed peas. To top off the festivities, there’s that New Year’s resolution that will inevitably become forgotten or broken by mid-March. But what if we weren’t so distracted by the traditions of the holiday, and instead raised our…
Read MoreValue-charged Communication
Everyone knows that in order to sell, you have to be an effective communicator. But if wordsmithing isn’t in your skillset, a sales pitch can come off feeling robotic and impersonal, or like a slick $19.99 infomercial. So what gives? Communicate in a way that conveys value. Today’s consumers are savvy shoppers- they are constantly…
Read MoreMarketplace Coming Soon!
Roam is a collective of big corporations and small startups, for profits and nonprofits, millennials and baby boomers, creatives and CEOs. It’s this unique diversity of individuals and businesses that makes Roam’s community so rich. And out of this richness, Marketplace was set into motion. The value of Marketplace is a direct result of the…
Read MoreThe Power of Rest
In the midst of adversity, how do you find the strength and energy to press on? It can be a daunting road to live up to the expectation that perseverance means relentlessly giving everything you have until you see positive change. But is that healthy? Or even feasible? In order to press on with excellence,…
Read MoreAnnouncing Roam Virtual
Often times business is conducted in a silo devoid of opportunities for engagement and collaboration. Odds are, you have experienced this in the past or you may even be experiencing it right now. But if you’ve been to Roam, you know we believe it doesn’t have to be this way. Our vision is to renew…
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