🙌WICT Greater Ohio Tech It Out 2019 Recap Edition Newsletter🙌

WICT GREATER OHIO

INSIDE LOOK-Tech It Out 2019 Recap Edition

VOLUME 1 | OCT 2019

Greetings from the President

This is my favorite time of year! Crisp fall nights, everything pumpkin spice and the start of a reflection period – where we look back on this last year and start planning for all the things we want to accomplish in 2020!

As WICT Greater Ohio reflects on this last year, we are so thankful for the opportunity to interact with so many of you – new and old friends. We have been fortunate as a chapter to have continued, growth in our membership – almost a 300% increase year-over-year. This is quite an accomplishment for our footprint, which includes the State of Ohio, Southeast Indiana, Northern Kentucky, West Virginia, Southern Michigan, and Western Pennsylvania. We are so thankful for this strong community!

At this time we ask you to help us continue to provide the programming you need and deserve. Keep reading our newsletter to learn more about the great webinars remaining between now and the end of the year. 2020 is already shaping up to be another incredible year of programming.

We are seeking sponsorship for 2020 and are asking for your help and support.

If you or your leadership team are able to support the WICT Greater Ohio Chapter, please email us at info@wictgreaterohio.org Forward this newsletter and help grow our community.

We look forward to hearing from you with your support, sponsorship and ideas to help us continue to grow.

Kind Regards,

Stephanie Shawler

2019 WICT Greater Ohio Chapter President

WICT Greater Ohio 2019's Tech It Out Event was a huge success!!

Keynote Speaker - Lisa Panos - Life and Relationship Coach

She gave a wonderful and memorable discussion on processing the way that we think based on an emotion or feeling, and how it can change the result of a decision that we've made.

Thank you to our breakout session panelists and moderator, who offer great advice on women in technology, balancing out family/work life and taking charge in the working industry. Our moderator, Jeffrey Gehrig, had some great questions and dialogue for our guest panelists.

L to R: Megan Gelfgot , Founder, Keep Her Wild/CEO Live the Pride, Iron Will Lifestyle Brands; Melissa Doss , Attorney/Mediator, Melissa Doss Law, LLC; Courtney Campbell , VP, Customer Operations – Internet and Voice Repair; Shannon Atkinson , Regional VP, Carolina Field Operations for Charter Communications; Heather Day , Sr. Dir, Regional Field Ops, Field Operations.

Panel Discussion: Let's Talk about S.T.E.M.

Student / Guest Participation

We had special guests from Columbus Public Schools' East High School. They were a joy to host and they enjoyed their time with us as well.

Director of Regional Field Operations - Phillipe Harris, presented a breakout session with our guest students speaking on "Exploring Different Career Paths in the Cable Telecommunications Industry".

Tour and Tech Displays

All attendees had an opportunity to learn about the cable telecommunications industry from its inception and early years of development the modern technologies, which make it one of the fastest growing industries today! Attendees were able to interact with the following stations:

Cable History Display - hosted by Todd Lotz, Director Field Engineering
MT Bucket Truck Display - hosted by Mike Seflers, Mgr, Field Maintenance
Cable Town – Internal Training Systems - hosted by Tom Mobley, Mgr, Field Training
Internal Training Systems/Managed Wi-Fi - hosted by Marcus Beatty, Service Delivery

MT Bucket Truck Display

Cable Town-Internal Training Systems

Cable History Display

The WICT Greater Ohio Leadership Board would like to thank everyone for their attendance and participation at our amazing Tech It Out event this year.

Halloween 2019 Safety Tips

A lot of us are excited for Halloween coming up soon, especially for the kids. Here are five safety tips to keep in mind:

Keep toxins out of costumes. It all starts when we get our little ones dressed.
Plan your night ahead.
Wear bright colors and/or add reflective tape to costumes.
Accompany small children all the way to the doors.
Always check candy before eating it.