Talk Fusion Blog

Relive the Excitement of the Believe Corporate Event! News, Videos, Photos & More!

The Believe Corporate Event April 4 – 8, 2013, in sunny and beautiful Tampa, Florida, was a resounding success, full of Recognition, Inspiration, Celebration and Live Diamond Rush FAST TRACK Training with Founder & CEO Bob Reina. Relive the amazing five days; watch event videos that are now available in your Video Communication Center; see hundreds of photos capturing the exciting, life-changing experience! And look for a Full Recap Video & More Event Photos COMING SOON to your inbox!

Click here for the Believe Event Recap & Relive the Excitement!

Founder & CEO Bob Reina Continues to Make Headlines! $100,000 Donation!

Talk Fusion Gives Back: Founder & CEO Bob Reina is committed to Companion Animals! With another large donation at this year’s Humane Society of Tampa Bay annual fundraiser, Bob continues to make headlines! Watch the “Positively Tampa Bay” news segment from ABC Action News and read the profile about Bob and his cause in the June 2012 issue of Florida Trend Magazine. You’re a part of it all!

Click here to watch the video & read the article.

Talk Fusion Associates Raise More Than $40K for the Humane Society at NOW!

The Associates and staff of Talk Fusion are proud of their commitment to give back, and especially to help speak for those who can’t speak for themselves. At the recent NOW! Corporate event, Founder & CEO Bob Reina invited Executive Director Sherry Silk of the Humane Society of Tampa Bay onstage to help celebrate the strong relationship Talk Fusion has enjoyed with her organization during the past four years. The Associates attending the event from around the world were so moved that they donated more than $40,000 to the Humane Society in less than half an hour, including contributions of $15,000 by Royal Blue Diamonds Minh & Julie Ho of Utah and $10,000 by Grand Blue Diamonds Rob & Stephney Roder of Florida, among other generous gifts. The staggering amount raised in such a short time serves as inspiring proof of Talk Fusion’s dedication to creating a better world, for people and companion animals alike.

Talk Fusion and Bark In The Park

Bark In The Park is one of The Humane Society of Tampa Bay’s largest fundraisers, and Talk Fusion wasn’t about to miss the chance to help our best four-legged friends. We headed over to Al Lopez Park this past Sunday for the Humane Society’s centennial celebration and the 25th annual Bark In The Park. A larger-than-life birthday cake for the dogs, dog-treat hunts, a doggie spa, about 60 vendors and a mile-long dog parade kept us busy all day. Talk Fusion helped raise $79,000 for the Humane Society this year and was a Top Dog Sponsor! The goal this year is 6100 adoptions, so if you missed Bark In The Park, head over to the Humane Society of Tampa Bay to meet the stars of the show! Photo courtesy of Krista Sparkman

A Very Special Event & Office Hours Announcement from Talk Fusion!

The Talk Fusion Executive Team is proud to announce that Founder & CEO Bob Reina has donated $1 million USD to the Humane Society of Tampa Bay. It’s the largest single donation in the organization’s 100-year history, and will help make its new Talk Fusion Animal Health Center a reality. The new facility–to be dedicated in loving memory of Bob’s late dogs Thunder and Shadow–will offer low-cost spaying/neutering to help reduce homeless and companion animal euthanasia and other animal healthcare to the community, as well as providing expanded care for the shelter animals.

The groundbreaking event will be held this Monday, December 12th at 11 am Eastern, and will be covered by major media. The entire Talk Fusion Executive Team will be on hand to represent Associates & Customers the world over, and to support Founder & CEO Bob Reina and VP of Training & Development Allison Roberts as they take the first shovels so construction can commence!

Due to the event, the Talk Fusion Corporate Office will be closed from 9:30am until 1:30pm Eastern on Monday, December 12th.

Click here for more details.

A Very Special Event & Office Hours Announcement – Talk Fusion Gives Back!

The Talk Fusion Executive Team is proud to announce that Founder & CEO Bob Reina has donated $1 million USD to the Humane Society of Tampa Bay. It’s the largest single donation in the organization’s 100-year history, and will help make its new Talk Fusion Animal Health Center a reality. The new facility–to be dedicated in loving memory of Bob’s late dogs Thunder and Shadow–will offer low-cost spaying/neutering to help reduce homeless and companion animal euthanasia and other animal healthcare to the community, as well as providing expanded care for the shelter animals.

The groundbreaking event will be held this Monday, December 12th at 11 am Eastern, and will be covered by major media. The entire Talk Fusion Executive Team will be on hand to represent Associates & Customers the world over, and to support Founder & CEO Bob Reina and VP of Training & Development Allison Roberts as they take the first shovels so construction can commence!

Due to the event, the Talk Fusion Corporate Office will be closed from 9:30am until 1:30pm Eastern on Monday, December 12th.

Click here for more details.

Talk Fusion Donates the Funds for a New Canine for the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office!

In keeping with the company’s dedication to both speaking for those who can’t speak for themselves and helping to change lives around the world, Talk Fusion has made it possible for Florida’s Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office to add another smart young dog to its K-9 Unit. Reina “Thunder” Roberts, a German Shorthaired Pointer from Europe, is the latest addition to the unit. She is named after both Talk Fusion Founder & CEO Bob Reina and his late Basset Hound Thunder, who died of cancer at the young age of six, as well as her new handler, Deputy Mike Roberts. She is currently being trained to help keep the community safe by detecting explosives, and is at the top of her class!

Talk Fusion has always supported animal causes–Bob Reina and VP of Training & Development Allison Roberts both sit on the Board of Directors of the Humane Society of Tampa Bay–and Bob Reina spent time in public service as a Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Deputy himself, so this was a wonderful way for the company to combine its philanthropic passions.

Click here for more details.

A Message of Hope for Japan: Prayers and Support

Immediately after the earthquake and tsunami off the east coast of Japan rocked the world a few weeks ago, the Talk Fusion Executive Team invited Associates and Customers to create and send their own Video Emails in an outpouring of sympathy, support, hope and comfort for those directly affected by the tragedy.

They responded in kind, filling our inboxes with heartfelt messages and prayers, and now we’ve collected many of these marvelous and inspiring emails in a single, unified expression of caring and concern.

We also received a marvelous and touching letter from a woman in Sendai who survived the disasters; she tells an inspiring story of a community banding together, sharing resources and looking out for one another.

Click here for more information, and to read Anne’s letter.

A Call for Support: Talk Fusion Asks for Video Emails for Tsunami Victims

The Executive Team here at Talk Fusion was as profoundly affected by the recent natural disasters in Japan as the rest of the world. And we’d like to call on all of our Associates, Customers and Users to voice their sympathy, thoughts, prayers and concerns for the victims by taking the time to craft and send Video Emails to friends, loved ones and associates. Please include our address at support@talkfusion.com in your recipients, so we may create a unique video joining all of our voices as one, in a communal show of support during this darkest of times.

Please click here for more information. Thank you.

Talk Fusion Gives Back: Helping Brigadoon Service Dogs Spread The Word

Carolyn Wyandt, board member of Bellingham, Washington’s Brigadoon Youth and Service Dogs Programs, reached out to Talk Fusion to let us know how she uses our Video Email service to spread the word about the good her organization is doing in the community.

Brigadoon trains service dogs to help enhance the quality of life of children and adults with various disabilities; Carolyn herself has a wonderful canine friend who lessens the impact of her own balance and walking difficulties. The organization recently implemented a new program called Canines and Heroes for Independence (CHI) that conditions dogs to aid veterans who suffer from ailments such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury. Dogs can be trained to help these heroes deal with stress, anxiety and panic by providing companionship and tactile sensation–the very act of petting a dog has been shown to have a calming effect.

We are extremely proud to play even the smallest part in spreading awareness of Brigadoon and its marvelous contributions.