Today at Advocate Capital we take time to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. , who is widely considered as America’s advocate of nonviolence and one of the most exceptional nonviolent leaders in world history.
Dr. King advocated the use of nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, as a means to end racial segregation in federal and state law. The K...
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Smartphone Apps to Better Your Personal Finances
Most people carry their smartphone with them 24/7. Your smartphone is a great source for communication and entertainment, but it can also be a tool to help monitor your personal finances and accomplish your financial goals.
Budgeting and All-in-One Personal Finance Apps
If you would like to take control of your spending and save money, there are apps that...
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Why Reclining Your Car Seat Puts You at Risk
Authored By: Iris Garrett
If you’ve taken a road trip recently, or are planning to take one this summer, you will most likely want to lean your seat back at some point to rest. Of course, this seems perfectly safe (and well deserved) as you ride in the passenger seat after completing your turn behind the wheel, but it can actually be deceptively unsafe. T...
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Backup Cameras Required in all New US Cars
Authored By: Krista Kemmerly
As of this month all newly manufactured vehicles sold in the United States are required to have back up cameras as a standard feature. Back up cameras could decrease accidents caused by lack of visibility.
This rule has been a long time coming. In 2008 the National Highway Transportation Safety Agency was ordered to issue a st...
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Employee Appreciation: Cinco De’Bunco
Employee appreciation is very important to Advocate Capital, Inc. Each month a different department hosts an event for the whole Advocate team.
For May, the “Dream Team” (Executive Client Managers, Quality Assurance Analysts & Training Staff) hosted Cinco De’Bunco. Employees were treated to Mexican fare provided by Moe’s in Nashville, a margarita mach...
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Employee Appreciation: BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH!
Authored By: Krista Kemmerly
Earlier this month the Strategic Solutions Team hosted a festive “Beware the Ides of March” luncheon for our employee appreciation event.
Employees enjoyed traditional Greek food from Greco Greek Street Food.
We also listened to great Greek music and played a round of trivia.
To conclude the event, we had a costume contest. O...
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Donna Jones Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary
Our Senior Vice President, Donna Jones, recently celebrated her 10-year anniversary here at Advocate Capital! Donna joined our team as Operations Manager back in February of 2008.
Since then, Donna progressed to Director of Operations and then Vice President of Operations. In 2012, Donna was promoted to her current position of Senior Vice President.
Don...
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Why You Shouldn’t Be Averse to Reverse Mentoring
Authored By: Iris Garrett
When we hear of a mentoring program, many of us automatically assume it involves an older, more experienced worker giving advice and guidance to a younger one. However, this isn’t always the case. Sometimes these programs are executed in the opposite format, where younger workers help those who are older. It is what’s known as re...
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Solutions Team Paying It Forward
One of the great things that we do here at Advocate Capital is celebrate the hard work and dedicated of our staff. We use Pay It Forward as a platform to publicly recognize staff members who have lived out our Core Values of professionalism, integrity, continuous improvement, teamwork and service in exemplary fashion.
Last Monday, Elaine Aniton (a Senior...
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Advocate Capital, Inc. Remembers Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Authored By: Iris Garrett
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a day for celebration, not only of the man for which the holiday is named after, but of the lasting impact that man made on our country, and an impact we should never forget.
Without his efforts, those of Dr. Martin Luther King, our society could still be crippled by injustice, intolerance and inequ...
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