Chancellor Eugene Giovannini,
Tarrant County College
, Chancellor Victor J. Boschini Jr.,
Texas Christian University
, Vistasp M. Karbhari, President of the
University of Texas at Arlington
, and moderator Erik Haven,
GM Financial,
were panelists for the inaugural
Chamber
State of Higher Education at
PalmWood
. They discussed what the bridge between higher education and business looks like, and how their institutions are helping their students adapt and prepare for the workforce.
Pictured (L to R):
Eugene Giovannini, Victor Boschini Jr., Vistasp Karbhari, Erik Haven.
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PRESS YOUR LUCK
Click on the links below to enter for prizes
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Setting the table:
Playing the role of the Thanksgiving turkey…Mr. B. Playing center of attention for beautiful centerpieces…you? They will be throwing petals at your feet when you center your festive holiday table with a
beautiful large centerpiece
or
small centerpiece
from
Gordon Boswell Flowers.
Mr. B favs are the Artisinal Autumn, Fall Cornucopia, the Fall Garden Basket and either of the Happy Everything selections.
Cheri Kirkman, GM at Gordon Boswell Flowers, should be on your list for thanks this year, especially if you win one of these two centerpieces.
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Don’t let parade pass you by:
Beginning at 2 p.m. Sunday Nov. 24, a parade of cars, bikes and walkers will descend in and around downtown
Fort Worth
to watch the 6 p.m. parade of energetic marching bands, 100+ professionally-designed floats, each with more than 12,000 lights; antique cars, precision equestrian units, festive horse-drawn carriages and carolers spreading Christmas cheer. It’s the
GM Financial
Parade of Lights
, the 37
th
in downtown Fort Worth produced by
Downtown Fort Worth Initiatives, Inc
. Arrive early to get your picture with the majestic
Sundance Square
Christmas Tree and stay late to try for a selfie with Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus.
Claire Bloxom Armstrong, Princess of PR at
Pavlov,
has a
Family Four Pack of reserved Street Seats along the parade route.
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Happy Mr. B-day:
Goodwill Fort Worth
is 70, started in 1949 with four employees. It was the 100th Goodwill in the country. Today, it employs 1,000, and during 2018, Goodwill Fort Worth touched the lives of 10,372 individuals with disabilities or other barriers to employment through job training and placement services. It assisted the homeless, the formerly incarcerated, veterans, at-risk youth and those with lack of education or work experience. Goodwill has 25 retail stores to provide revenue from donated goods, but it’s
so much more than thrift stores.
Goodwill says that work has the power to transform lives by building self-confidence, independence, creativity, trust and friendships. Everyone deserves this chance. Here’s your chance to celebrate 70 with a $70 gift certificate to any Goodwill store.
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Getting engaged:
John Wright, founder and President of
Simple Leadership Strategies
, has offered a few
B2B Insider
giveaways and four of the five businesses that have won now are
worth $Billions$.
Only Mr. B has continued to founder. John shared a recent Gallup report that says employee engagement has barely budged in more than a decade.
So John developed a seminar to answer why “
so many culture and leadership initiatives are failing and how to implement change that is meaningful and lasting.” The one-hour workshop differentiates between training and development and offers communication, collaboration and accountability measures to transform your organization. If your team has been left behind, you still can find the Wright path to success.
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Congratulations to the October 30th
Prize Winners:
- Anne Lydahl, Marsh Wortham
- Brandon Brewer, Republic Title
- Leila Peeples, MedStar Mobile Healthcare
- Scott Fredricks, Cantey Hanger
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A WORD FROM OUR GOLD SPONSORS
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HE SAID, SHE SAID, THEY SAID
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(not) Lazy Susans:
Coincidentally, the three panelists for the Nov. 14 Women’s Insight Network (WIN) annual conference…
inspireHER
are named Susan. Developer Susan Gruppi of
M2G Ventures
, Tax Principal Susan Roberts of
CliftonLarsonAllen
and Susan Sheffield, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
GM Financial
.
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Going for gold:
“Pretty amazing building to sell. We are only just scratching the surface.” That was Jason Sands, driver of the
Fort Worth Sports Commission, a division of
Visit Fort Worth
, on
Dickies Arena
. He was talking after having secured Dickies as the site of the 2020 U.S. Gymnastics Championships June 4-7. They are a prelude to the June 25-28 U.S. Olympic Trials for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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Just a suggestion:
Leads, Area Council or networking groups could discuss and share what apps members are using.
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Book it:
Little did
Avadel
marketing genius Kenn Scott know that his dream of being a Hollywood action hero would eventually land him in a green rubber suit portraying Raphael in the original “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” films of the 1990s. In a just published candid book,
Teenage Ninja to Mutant Turtle: Becoming the Reel Raphael
, Kenn shares stories of the blood, sweat, tears and laughs shared by the dedicated artists that brought the comic book characters to life. The book is an
Amazon
#1 Best Seller and a #1 New Release. Ten percent of proceeds go to the Sea Turtle Conservancy.
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Book it, 2:
La
DEE
da
, a famous attorney at
Kelly Hart Hallman
that writes under the pseudonym Landon Wallace dropped his third novel,
The Next Election
, last Friday. It is a sequel to
The Election
. Next up, due in 2021, is
Saving St. Nicholas
.
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“Why will we have robots? 74% of employees say they would forego a raise to see their boss fired.”
--Michael Sherrod, Entrepreneur in Residence
Neeley School of Business at TCU
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Tour de force:
Mr. B was searchin’ and searchin’ for statues, monuments and artwork near Italy, Texas to see how this
Chamber
sightseeing bonanza was going to work. What? You mean that Italy. All aboard, folks. It’s early deadline and deal time (by Dec. 16) for the Chamber’s April 26-May 4 trip to southern Italy. Nine days of accommodations, as you breeze the area’s treasure trove of art and history. Travel, tours, meals and more are included in the price. The friendships and memories made are free. Click
here
for all the information.
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Leftovers:
Last week,
PeopleFund,
a nonprofit finance company, and the
City of Forth Worth
announced a partnership to ensure Fort Worth small business owners would have financing options to provide healthy food access. Check with Erika Hersh at PeopleFund about the support for healthy food access and capital opportunities, including an interest buy-down program.
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A very special welcome:
To Dickies Arena, which officially opens Friday with Twenty One Pilots. Superstar kudos to
Ed Bass, Trail Drive Management
and the
City of Fort Worth
.
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Member freebie: Blue Jean Networks
is
hosting a free security event, “The Owners Guide to Cyber Security,” from 2-4 p.m. Nov. 14. Founder Sunny Lowe says “we will explain each threat we see in language any CEO can understand, what to do about the threat and what tools are available to take care of each of these events.” Immediately afterward, Blue Jean Networks will have an open house with nourishments in Suite 600. It all starts in the auditorium at 4055 International Plaza.
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Kudos: United Way of Tarrant County
looked far and wide and found the best candidate to unite its way in the next office. Leah King moves up to President and CEO.
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Click icons below for details and to register
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WIN Conference
Nov. 14 - 11:30 a.m.
The Worthington Renaissance Hotel
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Oval Table Series:
A Small Business Discussion
Nov. 18 - 3:00 p.m.
Fort Worth Chamber
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Table of 10
Nov. 20 - 11:30 a.m.
North Texas Community Foundation
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November Meetup
Nov. 20 - 5:30 p.m.
Punch Bowl Social
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Vision FW: YP Wake Up
Dec. 6 - 8:00a.m.
Sundance Square Event Pavilion
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Ribbon Cutting
(see events)
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The
Media Directory
is an annually updated publication that provides detailed contact information for more than 150 local media outlets in the Greater Fort Worth Area. $50 for members and $75 for nonmembers. Members must sign in to receive discount off the listed price.
For sponsorship inquiries in
B2B Insider
, contact
Beth Puilliam
or call (817) 338-3335.
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