Client Press

Frank Paterno is the senior vice president of marketing and customer success at GlobalMeet, a scalable, flexible and secure event solution built and backed by event professionals who have extensive experience in facilitating engaging and accessible virtual and hybrid events. We had a Zoom meeting with Frank recently to get his thoughts how virtual and in-person events can work together to enhance an organization’s meetings strategy. Here’s what he had to say.

Jaime Tartar, Ph.D., professor of neuroscience at Nova Southeastern University and sleep specialist with the National Academy of Sports Medicine, finds noise-canceling headphones so essential for getting good sleep on the road that she includes them in her travel sleep kit. They work by emitting the opposite frequency of outside noise that may be around you, effectively preventing you from hearing unwanted noise.

When asked about what feedback has been like for eSight and its glasses, Mattern told me there are 3 million people in the United States who cope with vision loss. An even greater number, he added, have retinopathy. As such, the “pathological need is there” for solutions to help these people with their eyesight.

Wendover has kicked off construction work for affordable housing on Universal Orlando-donated land. The Altamonte Springs-based developer started work Nov. 1 on the first phase of the $350 million, 1,000-unit Catchlight Crossings apartment community near the future Epic Universe theme park. Universal Orlando — owned by Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA) — provided 20 acres for the development.

In partnership between eSight, an eyewear company for those with visual impairments, and Marathon Medical, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business, the two companies are coming together with the Department of Veterans Affairs to increase accessibility for life-altering devices for veterans.

Particularly for longtime EV skeptics, it'd be easy to interpret all the recent talk of slowing demand for electric cars as a scathing indictment of the technology — and a comforting reminder that gasoline will always be king. But EVs don't have a demand problem. They have an affordability problem.

Medication costs continue to rise year after year, but one of the ways consumers can manage rising drug costs is through a prescription discount card, said Alexandra Robertson, senior vice president of growth at Visory Health. She said these cards are completely free to use, don’t require insurance and can offer discounts of up to 80% on medications.

The Orlando Race For Inclusion participants came out Saturday morning to support the community. Runners met at the Sunset Walk Orlando and the Margaritaville Resort Orlando. The 5K is part of Special Olympics Florida’s statewide Race for Inclusion Campaign.

Most libraries manage their electronic materials through apps like Libby, SimplyE and cloudLibrary. Some use apps like PressReader, Hoopla or Kanopy for lending digital magazines and videos; look for instructions on the library’s site for what items it offers for lending and the apps you need for borrowing. Once you have the app installed, log in your library user name and password and start browsing for things to borrow. If you already have a library card, use your card number to sign into the app.