QUEER NEWS TONIGHT IS PROUD TO HOST OUR THURSDAY NIGHT BUSINESS PROFESSIONAL SEGMENT WE ARE CALLING "NET... WERQ" WITH A Q, WHERE WE WILL HIGHLIGHT & NETWORK LIVE WITH LOCAL LGBTQ BUSINESS LEADERS, INDIVIDUALS, & ORGANIZATIONS FROM AROUND SOUTH FLORIDA! TONIGHT'S SEGMENT FEATURES WMEG COMMUNITY MARKETING & EVENTS. FORMALLY THE WILTON MANORS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, IT WAS ORIGINALLY SET UP SIX YEARS AGO AS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF WILTON MANORS AND THE WILTON MANORS DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE TO SAVE THE CITY’S ANNUAL STONEWALL PRIDE FESTIVAL, THE NON-PROFIT HAS JUST BEEN REBRANDED WITH THE GOAL OF PROMOTING SOUTH FLORIDA, AND PARTICULARLY WILTON MANORS, AS A WELCOMING LGBTQ+ DESTINATION.
OUR FIRST GUEST JOINING US IS JEFFREY STERLING. HE IS A HIGH-PROFILE AND CHARISMATIC ENTREPRENEUR, BUSINESS LEADER, PHILANTHROPIST AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZER WHOSE SUBSTANTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY HAVE EARNED HIM WIDESPREAD RECOGNITION AND PRAISE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. HE IS THE CHIEF MANAGING PARTNER OF STERLING HOLDINGS, A GROUP OF COMPANIES HEADQUARTERED IN WILTON MANORS, AS WELL AS THE CEO OF WMEG COMMUNITY MARKETING & EVENTS.
HIGHLY REGARDED FOR HIS BUSINESS ACUMEN, HE IS ACTIVE IN NUMEROUS OTHER NON-PROFITS AND SITS ON THE BOARD OF THE WILTON MANORS BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.
OUR SECOND GUEST IS PETER JACKSON. HE IS AN ENTREPRENEUR, BUSINESS STRATEGIST AND MARKETING VETERAN. HIS 30-YEAR MEDIA CAREER INCLUDED SERVING AS VP OF SALES & MARKETING OF ONE OF THE LARGEST PRIVATELY-OWNED MEDIA COMPANIES IN THE NATION. HE RETIRED FROM MEDIA IN 2009 AND MOVED TO FORT LAUDERDALE,
WHERE HE BUILT THREE SUCCESSFUL FITNESS-RELATED BUSINESSES IN SEVEN YEARS, AND NOW FOCUSES HIS ENERGIES AS THE PRESIDENT OF WMEG COMMUNITY MARKETING & EVENTS AND PUBLISHER OF HOTSPOTS MAGAZINE.
HERE TO TELL US MORE, LET’S PLEASE WELCOME CEO JEFFREY STERLING & PRESIDENT PETER JACKSON OF WMEG - COMMUNITY MARKETING AND EVENTS TO NETWERQ... HERE ON QUEER NEWS TONIGHT!