As we close out the year, and the editorial team features the region’s top business stories, I look back at Renaissance Publishing’s year and reflect on our developments.
This year, we launched Biz Leaders — a small cohort of 12 people focused on growing professionally in their leadership journey. In 2023, we hosted three cohort sessions, all with great reviews and impactful results. We have planned two sessions in the first quarter of 2024 and registration is filling up fast.
If you want to start your year off with awesome learning and impactful leadership growth, click here to sign up.
This year, Biz New Orleans stepped up and became a sponsor of the Junior Achievement Biz Town, an excellent organization and program teaching young students about financial literacy. In July, we were excited bring people to Biz Town to honor our 2023 class of Biz New Orleans New and Notables.
Also this year, our Louisiana Life and Acadiana Profile magazines experienced tremendous growth. This team continues to win national awards from the International Regional Magazine Association (IRMA) and our readership and revenues continue to climb.
In New Orleans, we hosted record-breaking crowds at our New Orleans Bride magazine bridal shows, which signals the wedding business is growing locally. We also hosted an overflowing crowd at our annual New Orleans Home magazine Design Masters and Best of Home event, which showcases the beauty inside the area’s most desirable houses.
For 2024, we are looking ahead to a new website design for bizneworleans.com. Two years ago, we redesigned myneworleans.com and have experienced great growth in traffic engagement. A new design with enhanced back-end software will allow our editors to continue to deliver you award-winning news coverage and enhanced web tools.
Speaking of awards, did you know that Biz New Orleans has won a national award from The Alliance of Area Business Publishers (AABP) every year since its launch? Next year we will celebrate our 10th anniversary and look forward to a great celebration.
Merry Christmas and have a blessed
New Year.
Todd Matherne, CEO and Publisher
Renaissance Publishing
