Matt and Ryan were back in Bayonne with its Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) and Special Improvement District (SID) to give a hands-on workshop on how small businesses can best utilize Facebook as a tool for success. Matt showed participants how to register a business and delved into the tools offered by the social media platform to gauge performance, advertise, and have maximum impact on consumer interaction.
For this year’s New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Trip, Lenox Consulting hosted a special reception at the Irish Embassy in Washington, DC. Guests gathered in the Embassy for an evening of networking, food and drink. In addition to the Embassy reception, Lenox Consulting co-hosted their annual dinner with Millennium Strategies, NW Financial and McManimon, Scotland, Baumann on Capitol Hill.
In late March, associates Ryan Cangialosi and Matt Krayton worked in conjunction with the Bayonne Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) and Special Improvement District (SID) to provide the resources necessary for small and medium businesses to be successful in communicating with consumers and untapped markets via Facebook. Aside from the presentation offering the strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for businesses on social media, both Ryan and Matt were also available to answer any questions directly.
At the core of Irish Network USA’s mission are efforts to connect Irish and Irish American communities across the United States with each other- and also back home to Ireland. These efforts come in many forms: business networking, celebration of Irish arts and culture, supporting efforts to populate local pitches with top class Hurling and Gaelic Football players.
We take special pride in our ability to bring the entire community together in recognition of our common bonds to Ireland. At any of our chapter’s events, now spread out to 16 cities in every corner of America, you are as likely to find yourself shoulder to shoulder with a firefighter as you are a Fortune 500 business executive. It is as common to be sought after for advice from a newly arrived immigrant seeking to set a new course in life as it is to get advice from a ‘veteran’ who set roots in the US decades ago and started their own chapter in the great story of the Irish Disapora.
For the month of March (also known as Irish American Heritage Month) IrishCentral is tapping into the heartbeat of the Irish American community. The Unsung Heroes series features inspiring individuals from across the US who do extraordinary work in their communities and respective fields. From advocates to artists, from local legends to dedicated educators; from a high school baseball team to dynamo nuns in their 80s, these people are making a difference and to them we tip our hats in thanks.
As proud to put on the uniform as his brothers Brian and Sean and his uncle Bobby were before him, Kyle Hughes (40), a professional firefighter in Paterson, NJ grew up learning that the Irish have a gift for storytelling. Early in life he decided that his story would be one told not just by words but through action. This trait, he believes, is representative of an Irish people dedicated to public service.
This principle has guided Hughes from his days growing up in New Jersey and continues to be a mainstay in the way he conducts himself both within the walls of the Paterson Fire Department Headquarters and as a private citizen.