On October 11, the
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
hosted Vision FW members for Spooky Science on Tap, a quarterly event for guests 21 and over after hours. Guests celebrated Halloween with ghoulish activities, spine-tingling chats and bewitching drinks. Vision FW members enjoyed an exclusive experience at the museum, including a liquid nitrogen experiment with complimentary cocktails.
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PRESS YOUR LUCK
Click on the links below to enter for prizes
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Who remembers candy corn?
Or creamsicles?
Alchemy Pops
founder Carolyn Phillips, just in time for fall and Halloween, is featuring popsicles with her take on candy corn. Layered with vanilla, orange and orange plus cream to look like candy, Alchemy Pops is featuring its
Orange Dreams
flavor during October. The look is “beautiful,” the idea whimsical, the taste
fabulosa
. Alchemy Pops always has seasonal offerings and uses mostly locally-sourced ingredients. Treat your office mates or freeze them for 12 times the fun yourownself because Carolyn has a dozen Dreamers for one reader.
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A true Marathon Man:
The
Fort Worth Marathon
is Sunday, Nov. 10, starting and ending at
Panther Island
, and includes a half marathon, 20-miler and full marathon. But it’s really the story of Steve Looney’s dream marathon. He is the race director and Nov. 10 is more about his non-profit,
Run Like a Cheetah
, than run like a marathoner. Run Like a Cheetah is dedicated to ending childhood obesity through lectures, physical activity and instruction. Looney has world-class athletes working with him in after-school running programs, hoping kids will become more engaged in active lifestyles. If you like to run with fun, hear some Looney tunes and raise money to keep kids active, race on out to Panther Island Nov. 10. Here’s one entry for a
B2B Insider
reader.
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This is omni-present:
Sayeth Mr. B—“Alexa, get us tickets for the Omni showings at the
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
.” Sayeth Alexa -- “Mrrr. Bbbb. Onnn theirrr wayyy.” Well, maybe not
that
Alexa, but Alexa Canipe. Premier of PR and Maven of Marketing at the museum, delivered two sets of four admission tickets to the
Omni Theater,
good for any showing through November. Shows include
Apollo 11: First Steps Edition
,
the first lunar landing;
Under the Sea
, underwater dwellers;
Tornado Alley
,
the least understood weather phenomena; and
Superpower Dogs
, the remarkable science behind their life-saving superpowers. One person could see all four, two peeps could see two or …
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Turnaround is fair play:
In business, they call this a pivot (of sorts). Daniel Pullin (teeth), the recently-appointed Dean of the
TCU Neeley School of Business
, hosts four or five Speaker Series breakfasts a year with C-level executives, many of them graduates of Neeley. Nov. 6,
Dean Pullin (teeth) will be jawin’
with Skip Hollandsworth. BUT, to introduce hisownself to the TCU business community, the Dean will be the one interviewed. Hollandsworth, the senior editor for
Texas Monthly
, was snagged by TCU communications guru Elaine Cole. “He’s a friend,” she said. “I wanted a journalist to interview Daniel. I didn’t want to choose between the Metroplex media outlets, all of which I hold in high esteem, so I reached out to Skip, a high-profile Texas journalist and TCU alum.” There’s a seat at the table for you.
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Congratulations to the October 9th
Prize Winners:
- Stephen Fink, Spirit of Texas Bank
- Cathy Sheffield, ThinkGiving
- Angela Sweet, Silverstone Retirement Community
- Jana Harris, Harris Packaging
- April Dalton, TownePlace Suites Lake Worth
- Gus Clary, Freeman Mills
- Corinne Fiagome, Project Partners
- Carla Eakman, Courtney & Courtney Properties
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A WORD FROM OUR GOLD SPONSORS
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HE SAID, SHE SAID, THEY SAID
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Will they? Won’t they? Sterling Barnett Little
architects have a left-field office in Globe Life Park. The
Texas Rangers
are moving, and SBL might ... Or it might not. For now, Principal Michael Barnett said SBL has been hired to do a stadium re-configuration to accommodate the XFL Dallas Renegades football team and FC Dallas’ minor-league soccer team.
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Happy Mr. B-day!
Next Monday is
Mayor Price Is Right’s
70
th
and still super birthday and she is acting mayoral by partying a bit all week. The celebration’s conclusion is her annual Halloween Spooky Bike & Ball, which is Sunday Oct. 27 in
Sundance Square
Plaza.
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Apple of our eye day:
Monthologist
John Fletcher
says today is Steve Jobs Day and Boss’ Day. Think about this: Apple’s iPhone is just 12 years old.
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Van go:
Brent Russell of
DPC Healthcare
had the company’s mobile unit out one morning, then “had to take it to pick up my daughter (from pre-school)." She asked, "Dad will you take me for a ride in it after school.’”
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“Too dumb to know any better.”
--Darien George, Mackenzie Eason
on starting executive search firm at age 24
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Most interesting man in the (future) world
: Michael Sherrod, Entrepreneur in Residence at
Neeley School of Business at TCU
, is pitched by students, faculty and community all the latest and greatest entrepreneurial ideas. He is a fabulous speaker about life in the future.
- For cybersecurity, swipe recognition is coming to your phone and laptops.
- Cobots -- robots/employees working in tandem -- eventually will be a 60/40 ratio. Speculation is that productivity will increase 800% and quality 100%.
- Trainers will be in great demand. Advanced technologies mean employees will need to learn, un-learn, learn again.
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Judges are people, too:
Lisa Cobb, CFO of
Precise Energy Concepts,
won a
Chamber
small business Forte Award in 2015. The company manufactures oilfield equipment for global sales. “There’s nothing sexy, fun or exciting about that,” Lisa said. “One (Forte) judge said the fact we support 100 vendors in Fort Worth put us over the edge for her.”
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Did you know I?
The
Corporate Employees Recreation Association
(CERA) off Bryant Irvin has 38 corporate members and more than 50,000 individual members. It also owns Squaw Creek Golf Course toward Aledo, where a Ben Hogan Learning Center in association with
First Tee Fort Worth
will debut in 2020. Here’s a partial list of available activities at CERA: fitness, racquetball, handball, volleyball, ballroom dancing, camera club, gem, mineral and glass club, jazz band, pottery, fishing, golf, adult basketball, massage therapy, pottery, softball and pickleball (look it up), which is the fastest growing activity at CERA.
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Did you know II? Locavore,
the event space and
rent-by-the-hour kitchen business
, was the former school for
Edna Gladney Home
children.
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Bean me up, Scotty:
Astronaut Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon and a Fort Worth native, is a prominent part of the
Launchpad: Apollo 11 Promises Kept
exhibit at the
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
. Bean was a painter, too, and in addition to the lunar artifacts, the exhibit features an original Bean painting, several prints and personal descriptions of his artwork.
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS
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October Meetup
Oct. 17 - 5:30 p.m.
Wild Acre Brewery
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State of Higher Education
Oct. 23 - 11:30 a.m.
PalmWood, Frost Tower
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Business After Hours
October 24 - 5:30 p.m.
Alley Cats Entertainment
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Walk To End Alzheimer's
Oct. 26 - 9:00 a.m.
Panther Island Pavilion
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Infrastructure Symposium: The Future of Transportation
Nov. 6 - 7:30 a.m.
The Fort Worth Club
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Ribbon Cutting
(see events)
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or call (817) 338-3335.
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