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Mary Beth West Consulting Wins “Best in Show” and Sweeps Evening with 11 Awards at PRSA Ceremony May 12

Friday, May 13th, 2011

PRSA Honors Kevin Painter of LeConte Wealth Management with Community Service Award

Maryville, Tenn. — Mary Beth West Consulting, LLC, a public relations and reputation management firm in Maryville, Tenn., won “Best in Show” and multiple top honors at the annual awards dinner of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Volunteer Chapter on May 12 at Hunter Valley Farm.

The event also honored Kevin Painter of LeConte Wealth Management with the Community Service Award, which recognizes an individual or organization who has used public relations practices to improve the quality of life within East Tennessee communities.

The agency won “Best in Show” for the 2010 holiday media relations campaign for Dandy Lions as well as 10 “Award of Excellence” honors in the following categories:

  • Public Service: Blount Education Initiative
  • Media Relations: Dandy Lions 2010 Holiday Campaign
  • Public Affairs/Government: Expanding Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Scientific User Community
  • Marketing Consumer Products: Rainscapes
  • Marketing Consumer Services (Financial): LeConte Wealth Management
  • Marketing Business-to-Business: Interactive Springboard 2010 Launch Campaign
  • Writing (Column): LeConte Wealth Management “Purpose-Built Portfolio”
  • Collaterals (Direct Mail): Rainscapes 2010 Direct Mail Campaign
  • Website (Professional Service): Rainscapes website
  • Blogs: Mary Beth West Consulting “In the Profession” Blog

Joe Bogardus, Mary Beth West, Amy Schwinge, Mallorie Mendence and Tyra Haag following the V Awards ceremony.

Interactive Springboard – a collaboration between Mary Beth West Consulting and Knoxville-based Blue Media Boutique – shared top honors for the newly redesigned Avistelé website; Avistelé Lifestyle Communities is managed by Knoxville-based RenaissancePG.

 “I’m so appreciative of the clients we’ve been privileged to serve,” said agency principal Mary Beth West. “Throughout my career, I’ve held tremendous respect for the public relations profession; my team is honored with the overwhelming response by our colleagues to recognize the work we so highly value.”

Painter – a graduate of Maryville High School and co-founder of LeConte Wealth Management– was  honored with the Community Service Award.

“Kevin has been a client for three years and a dear friend for many years longer,” said West. “Of all the colleagues I have in my age cohort in the local community, I can think of no one who takes on more community service efforts to support the non-profit, social service and arts sectors than Kevin.” 

Established in 2003 and located in the Law Building in downtown Maryville, Mary Beth West Consulting works with clients to advance their communications, relationships and reputations to meet business objectives. 

The firm’s services include integrated brand marketing communications strategies and campaigns; media, community and employee relations programs; social and interactive media strategies and program management; crisis preparedness; and special events.

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“Capitalist Pigs” Turn Barbecue into Bucks to Fight Cancer

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

New “Relay Roast” Event April 9 to Benefit Blount County Relay for Life

Maryville, Tenn. – For local Blount County residents Kevin Painter, Bill Eanes, Bryan Daniels, Chip Webb, Will Carver and Lynn Cox, roasting great barbecue is not just a fun past-time – it’s nearly a spiritual calling, and all for a good cause. 

On Saturday, April 9, starting at 6 p.m., these six cooks along with friends and event sponsors will host the first-ever Relay Roast at Smithview Pavilion, with live music by the Chillbillies to benefit Blount County Relay for Life, which raises funds locally for the American Cancer Society. 

As barbecue aficionados armed with a moniker that harkens to Painter’s day job as a financial adviser, the team proudly flies their banner as the “Capitalist Pigs” of Blount County. 

With a mix of passion, humor and secret-in-the-sauce, the team has roasted barbecue competitively for some 10 charitable and community events over the past three years. 

For their first-ever Relay Roast, however, the Pigs are stoking up the heat.  While they raised $3,000 last year for Relay for Life, this stand-alone event is expected to net more than $10,000. 

“We want this to be a major fund-raiser for Relay for Life, with the hope that it will become an annual event,” Painter said.  “We’ve already raised $8,000 in ticket sales and sponsorships so far – more than we’ve ever raised as a team for the other benefits we’ve supported.  Relay Roast is looking to be a sell-out event, all the while boosting awareness for Blount County Relay for Life, which is coming up in June.”

The public can purchase tickets, $30 each, at Dandy Lions, Chip Webb Family Dentistry or at the Blount Chamber.  Sponsors include Blount Today, Chip Webb Family Dentistry, EddieCheck, LeConte Wealth Management and C2RL Engineers.  The public can learn more about Relay Roast by following the event on Facebook.

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How to Develop a Serious Mindset about Finances in the New Year

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

Alcoa, Tenn. – LeConte Wealth Management provides simple and useful tips anyone can use to get more serious about finances in the fast-approaching new year.  

“If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging,” said Kevin Painter, co-founder and managing partner at LeConte Wealth Management.  “Folks need to realize that they can make a change in their financial lives, but they first must change their behavior; the first step in the process is to keep a positive attitude about making changes in the new year.”

LeConte Wealth Management recommends the following steps to create a new financial life in the new year:

  • Analyze your current situation.  Are you spending more than you are earning?  Have you clearly defined your saving, investing and retirement goals?
  • Push away from the table.  The next step to creating a new financial life is to change your current habits.  Do not go back for that second helping of eggnog for example. 
  • You must have a financial vision and plan, then stick to it.  “Vision without execution is hallucination.”  Many people attribute this quote to Thomas Edison, but it is not confirmed where or when he said it.  Either way, this quote is great motivation to keep your New Year’s resolution to live a better life financially. 

In addition to changing habits, getting serious about finances also includes assessing risk.  LeConte points out that there are many types of risks that investors face.  Most focus on the risk of losing money.  Many often overlook interest rate risk, the risk of inflation or higher prices, the risk of not being able to sell a home when they need to or the risk of not having enough money to educate a child or retire when the time comes. 

“During the holiday season, it’s far easier to overindulge at a holiday party than to get up for a morning jog; excuses are much easier to make than appointment with your Stairmaster as old habits die hard,”  said Hoy Grimm, co-founder and managing partner at LeConte Wealth Management.  “If you’ve been financially irresponsible, it’s far simpler to continue to abuse the credit card rather than save your pennies for a purchase down the road.”

For more information about LeConte Wealth Management and access to a variety of free online financial tools and calculators, visit http://www.lecontewealth.com/.

 

ABOUT LECONTE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC:
Established in 2007 and located at 269 Cusick Road, Alcoa, Tenn., 37701, LeConte Wealth Management, LLC (http://www.lecontewealth.com/) and can be reached at (865) 379 2800, helps clients develop a plan to accumulate and preserve their wealth in pursuit of their unique financial goals.  With more than 30 years of cumulative experience, the firm’s team provides asset management, retirement planning, estate planning, risk management and business planning. Securities and Advisory Services offered through Commonwealth Financial Network, Member FINRA/SIPC, a Registered Investment Adviser.

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Kevin Painter Earns Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF) Designation from fi360

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Maryville, Tenn. – Kevin Painter, managing partner of Alcoa-based LeConte Wealth Management, has been awarded the Accredited Investment Fiduciary® (AIF®) designation from Fiduciary360 (fi360), an organization offering training, tools and resources to promote a culture of fiduciary responsibility and improve the decision-making processes of fiduciaries.

Fiduciary responsibility can be defined as the ethical and/or legal relationship of confidence or trust between two or more parties. The AIF designation signifies knowledge of fiduciary responsibility and the ability to implement policies and procedures that meet a defined standard of care. The designation is the culmination of a two-day course and examination.  

 “The AIF designation will allow me to consult with retirement plan trustees and business owners on their fiduciary responsibility to their employees,” Painter said.   

Fi360, based near Pittsburgh, Pa., is the first full-time training and research facility for fiduciaries and conducts training programs at universities throughout the United States and abroad.


ABOUT LECONTE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC:
Established in 2007 and located at 269 Cusick Road, Alcoa, Tenn., 37701, LeConte Wealth Management, LLC helps clients develop a plan to accumulate and preserve their wealth in pursuit of their unique financial goals.  With more than 30 years of cumulative experience, the firm’s team provides asset management, retirement planning, estate planning, risk management and business planning. Securities and Advisory Services offered through Commonwealth Financial Network, Member FINRA/SIPC, a Registered Investment Adviser.

About fi360
Fi360 offers training, tools and resources to promote a culture of fiduciary responsibility and improve the decision making processes of investment fiduciaries – individuals who manage money for others. It licenses the Prudent Practices for Investment Fiduciaries from the Foundation for Fiduciary Studies. Fi360 provides investment education and training programs and awards the Accredited Investment Fiduciary® (AIF®) and Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst™ (AIFA®) professional designations through the Center for Fiduciary Studies. It develops sophisticated Web-based tools and reporting, including the innovative Fiduciary Score™ and the Family Fund Fiduciary Rankings™ for trustees and investment professionals through Fiduciary Analytics.

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LeConte Provides Insights on Setting Realistic Goals to Achieve Financial Fitness in 2010

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Alcoa, Tenn. — New Year’s resolutions are tough to keep.  Most resolutions deal with losing weight or quitting smoking, but what about financial fitness? 

“Wishful thinking won’t get the job done when it comes to improving one’s financial health,” said Hoy Grimm, managing partner at Alcoa, Tennessee-based LeConte Wealth Management. 

In order to help community members make positive changes to their monetary belt, LeConte suggests following the below five simple steps:

Resolution No. 1:  Take control of your financial future.
Stop hoping that you will have enough money (or income) to fund your future — start saving more money now. The economy may get better or it may get worse, but you can take control of your individual situation to prepare either way. Find the one thing that is sucking the financial life out of you and get rid of it! It could be a hobby, your house or your car.

Resolution No. 2:  Take control of your spending.
If you do not know where your income is going, you probably won’t have any left to save! Look back at the money you spent in 2009. Find one habit, activity or thing that you paid good money for that you now regret. Resolve to replace it with one new behavior that will improve your financial future in 2010.

Resolution No. 3:  Assess the limits of your fiscal self control.
Are you a saver or spender? Do you budget and balance your checkbook or do you rely on “retail therapy” more than financial discipline? Take some time at the beginning of the year to be realistic about your behavior and what you need to change to make 2010 a financial success. Either from a friend or professional, seek help in addressing your greatest behavioral weakness. Do you realize that large retail businesses spend millions on research, store design and product displays to induce you to spend more than you intend? You can counter this by not giving them the chance to work their marketing magic. In other words, stay off the enemies “turf.”

Resolution No. 4: Take control of your credit score.
For better or worse, financial institutions weigh your credit score heavily before extending an offer to you. You cannot change the past, but you have total control of your financial future. Make 2010 the year that you learn what your credit score is and how to improve it. Some improvements are very easy and with a small effort you can save money by reducing your cost of credit. Armed with your improved credit score, call all of your banks, credit card companies and insurance companies to bargain for their best rates. Be aggressive. Lenders are more eager to keep their best customers than they are to terminate their worst. Lenders more than likely will offer you an incentive to stay if you have a high credit score. 

Resolution No. 5: Assess the risks in all your investments.
Many investors spend most of the time looking at the potential return of a particular investment while dismissing the risks. They ask, “How much can I make on this?” If they see a stock chart, they instinctively imagine the line ascending instead of declining. In 2010, try asking, “How much risk will I have to assume for the potential to make a certain return?” Professional money managers live in the world of “risk adjusted returns” and if you are serious about your financial future you should too. Risk is defined in many different ways. You are aware of the risk of capital loss. Are you equally aware of interest rate risk, reinvestment risk, inflation risk, liquidity risk and currency risk? Which one is exerting the greatest influence on your investments? What can you do about it in 2010?

“Even making small financial adjustments can yield worthy results,” said Kevin Painter, managing partner at LeConte Wealth Management.

Visit LeConte Welath Management’s web site for free financial calculators and additional information.

ABOUT LECONTE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC:
Established in 2007 and located at 269 Cusick Road, Alcoa, Tenn., 37701, LeConte Wealth Management, LLC helps clients develop a plan to accumulate and preserve their wealth in pursuit of their unique financial goals.  With more than 30 years of cumulative experience, the firm’s team provides asset management, retirement planning, estate planning, risk management and business planning. Securities and Advisory Services offered through Commonwealth Financial Network, Member FINRA/SIPC, a Registered Investment Adviser.

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