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George L. Addison, CEO

 

of BeeNetwork Media Group (BMG), Publisher / Editor of the online news site beenetworknews.com and CEO of the Business, Entertainment and Education (BEE) Network.  BeeNetwork specializes in media development, online content, news, public affairs, documentaries, blogs and more.

 

A broadcast and media professional with 20+ years of experience in television / cable programming, he’s worked and produced content for the following: PBS television Corporation for Public Broadcasting – Independent Executive Producer, WMBM Radio – News Director, WINZ – CBS Radio -News Correspondent, WPLG – ABC/CNN television – News Reporter, NBC Radio -WVAG – News Anchor / Announcer.

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Mr. Addison also serves as a Certified Mentor Counselor, a National Media Mentor and Legislative Committee Member of the Small Business Administration’s Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) Association.  He also serves as a personal consultant to small businesses / not-for-profits and currently produces video vignettes of the public affairs program “The Business of Giving” which highlights the impact giving has on company brands and the communities they service. 

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Mr. Addison has coordinated media events for the Olympics and the National Football League (NFL), served as Public Affairs Specialist / Journalist for the Department of Defense and the Pentagon.  He is the former executive producer of the National Black Business Report public affairs program, which broadcast to some 14 million households via PBS and cable stations in the U.S. and Caribbean.

 

He is an associate member of the Kentucky Broadcasters Association (KBA),Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), and has interviewed such notables as former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young, Olympian Jesse Owens, Filmmaker / Author Gordon Parks, Sr., former 3-time Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali and many others.

 

As a consultant to small businesses / not-for-profits and educational institutions Mr. Addison provided input, taught or lectured for a number of organizations such as; the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) School-Based Management Project, the Murray State University – International Studies Program, the Kentucky State University Land Grant Program – School of Business, the Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine, the Department of the Army, the Office of the Virginia State Attorney General, the National Alliance for Restructuring Project, Jefferson County Public Schools, Kentucky Education Cabinet Office of Career and Technical Education, Bellarmine University, Frances S. Tucker Elementary – Miami-Dade, Florida and Washington, DC – Public Charter Schools.

 

A long-time advocate of educational / business concerns, and new media, he also serves as the Executive Director of the Positive Images That Invoke Self Esteem (P.I.T.I.S.E.) Institute, and Dean of PITISE University an online learning center.

PITISE University’s goal is to give students and organizations the opportunity to positively impact families, communities and society through traditional and digital social media.

 

PITISE University specializes in providing entrepreneurs and career professionals with access to business and social media related programs and workshops. P.I.T.I.S.E. Institute develops motivational, educational, leadership and entertainment programs for youth, businesses and community-based organizations.

 

His online contributions include writing for the following:  at http://beenetworknews.com/ ,  http://pitiseinstitute.blogspot.com the examiner.com blog at http://www.examiner.com/pop-culture-in-louisville/george-addison ,  and Technorati.com blog at http://kitchen.technorati.com/people/beenetworknews/