Last Wednesday, 35 new members of Vision FW (young professionals program) gathered for an orientation meeting at the Fort Worth Chamber office. Over breakfast tacos from
Z’s Café and Catering
, the group received an overview of membership benefits, met members of the
Steering Committee
and staff all while learning how to get involved with events and outreach this summer. For information on how to join and get involved, check out
www.visionfw.com
.
Pictured (L to R):
Kasadi Cole,
Edward Jones
; Nathan Draughn,
BB&T
; Joseph Poverelli and Ryan Whitlock,
Fidelity Investments
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PRESS YOUR LUCK
Click on the links below to enter for prizes
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Still play-ing:
Post-football, former
Dallas Cowboy
Greg Ellis is man about film and stage. He produced the movie
Carter High
and has written, directed and produced two plays. The latest,
Juneteenth The Stage Play
, will be presented Tuesday June 18 at
Will Rogers Memorial Center
. Juneteenth (June 19) commemorates the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln finally reaching Texas in 1865. Ellis uses that as the foundation of the play, which explores the strength of faith, love and ingenuity that sustained the slaves to hold on until freedom came. These two VIP tickets, courtesy of Dione Sims, include a catered reception by
Reata,
a meet-and-greet with Ellis and the show.
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Firecracker fun:
Mr. B is guessing you missed the deadline before VIP ticket prices were raised for the greatest 4
th
of July show in the area. Well, don’t worry.
B2B Insider
and Megan McMullen with
Tarrant Regional Water District
have your life vest for a day of food, floating and fireworks. Two of you are going VIP-style to
Trinity River Vision’s
Fort Worth’s Fourth at Panther Island Pavilion. VIP includes parking, air-conditioned (OMG) seating, a cash bar with liquor options and prime views of the fireworks show, which concludes a full day of free family fun on the Trinity. Join the activities in the kid zone, go tubing, be entertained by live music and flyboard shows. There’s
nothing funner than Fort Worth’s Fourth.
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Threading the needle:
“Good ideas should be worn out.” So cleverly sayeth
Printed Threads,
a north Fort Worth company founded by El Capitan, Brett Bowden, and specializing in screen printing, embroidery, retail finishing and fulfillment for items such as caps, tees, tank tops, leggings (made that up) and more. It even does live printing at events. The printing peeps at
Printed Threads have their roots in music, but rock it
with an eclectic group of companies, including the
Dallas Mavericks, 95.9 Ranch
, Toadies, Heim BBQ, Gateway Church and RG29 (Rusty Greer). Maybe you’ll be the next great client with this first order of 200 custom, one-color, screen-printed koozies thanks to customer relations superstar Justin (not related to Mary or Gerry) Schlegel.
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Marketing to your market:
During the past 10 years, marketing has changed dramatically because of social media. The past 10 minutes, social media has changed drastically. And it will in another 10 minutes. Keeping up with the constant evolution is near impossible … unless you’ve taken Megan (
MB Marketing
) Brown’s
Evolve Your Social Media seminar
.
B2B Insider
has a ticket for two readers, with lunch included, for her June 20 socializing and you will learn how to keep your social media manageable and successful. You’ll gain a better understanding of demographics, personality of each platform, setting objectives, defining your social media brand, planning content, goal setting and more.
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Congratulations to the May 29th
Prize Winners:
- Bryan Delgado, Pytchblack
- Michelle McWethy, City Kitchen
- Nick Martin, Concorde Asset Group
- Marquerite Jones, Tarrant Co. Community Development
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A WORD FROM OUR GOLD SPONSORS
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HE SAID, SHE SAID, THEY SAID
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Old school:
CPA Sarah Caldwell of
JTaylor
on phishing: “The IRS definitely isn’t e-mailing you. We still have fax machines because they won’t even give us their e-mail addresses.”
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Mr. B ain’t in any halls:
A jealous Mr. B asked Randy Landers of
Speed Fab-Crete
how it feels to be in the Design-Build Hall of Fame. “I’m a legend in my own mind,” he said.
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Costs of doing business:
Brett Jeffreys, franchise owner of
Handyman Matters,
says hiring employees, not contractors, and being properly insured means “w
e’re not the low-cost provider; we’re the lowest-risk provider.”
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Do they have lunch boxes ready?
The first class of the
TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine
is July 8, just 33 days. Sixty students, 60 percent of them women and 30 percent diverse. One from Alaska. TCU and UNTHSC set out to devise a very different medical school, so much so that the curriculum – practical training and doctors with empathy -- has been trademarked.
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1984 + 40:
Michael Sherrod is the William M. Dickey Entrepreneur in Residence at
TCU
. He has started 17 businesses. His desk is where ideas come to blossom … or die. Some tidbits about the future from his recent presentation at the
Business Assistance Center
:
- By 2025, more than 50 percent of workers will be 1099s.
- There’s a shift from robots to co-bots. “People and robots are more effective than either one by itself.”
- People will have more than 15 jobs in their lifetimes. “Competition for the right people will be fierce. Training and HR positions will be in great demand.”
- Healthcare can expect the most disruption – AI, robots, tele-medicine, Amazon-JP Morgan Chase-Berkshire Hathaway health system initiative. “Doctors are going to be working for retailers.”
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“Paying attention on your time off pays off.”
--Marketer John (The Fletch) Fletcher
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Law & Order:
The idea for
Tarleton State’s
new offering of a PhD in criminal justice came after Fort Worth's Bass family asked the school to assist with the training of its security teams
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Cleaning up: Technology Team
has launched an extension of its data relocation services. It’s called Computer Maids. In its initial outings, it cleaned and sanitized 900 computers and keyboards, 1,800 monitors and even zapped one mouse. President Sherry Green joked that technicians were thrilled they didn’t have to wear French Maid outfits.
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And that’s a rap:
Among the five things you probably didn’t know about
Decker Jones
attorney and Shareholder Leslie Hunt was this gem: She knows every word to Sir Mix-A-Lot’s ’80s rap hit “Posse on Broadway” and his ’90s hit “Baby Got Back.”
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Click icons below for details and to register
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YP Wake UP
June 7 - 8:00 a.m.
Frost Tower
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Leader Insights Series Luncheon
June 20- 11:30 a.m.
PalmWood Event & Conference in Frost Tower
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Table of 10 Mentoring Lunch
June 18 - 11:30 a.m.
Chadra Mezza Grill
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Garrett Hull Flag Football Tournament
June 22 - 8:00 a.m.
Farrington Field
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Economic Development Update
June 19 - 8:00 a.m.
Ridglea Country Club
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Ribbon Cutting
(see events)
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FORT WORTH AND METRO AREA MAP!
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This four-color street map covers Tarrant County and includes a special Metro inset indicating the location of the DFW International Airport in proximity to Fort Worth and Dallas.
*Single copies are free, or bulk orders can be made in our
online store
!
Grab your FREE copy of the 2019 version
here
, or email us to order multiple copies.To advertise in the 2020 map, contact
Scott Robinson
at Target Marketing.
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For sponsorship inquiries in
B2B Insider
, contact
Jennifer Vuduris
or call (817) 338-3335
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