Sisters Helping to SUCCEED, Volunteer, Inspire Community Service!
Tweet S.H.E. Rise (Sisters Helping Each other Rise) is more than a non-profit, it’s a MOVEMENT – about being who you are and being empowered to evolve into someone even better! About working hard and meaningfully – and more importantly, about helping other women do the same! Our organization is geared towards minority women and [...]
Creating Engaging Social Media Content
Tweet Have you sat at your keyboard ready to publish content for your social media sites, like Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn, and had your fingers freeze over the keyboard? Do you have a million ideas as you are driving or working through your day, but then your mind draws a blank when you are ready [...]
Local Business Honored
Tweet Home Video Studio, an award-winning local business in Columbia, Maryland which is owned and operated by Joe and Anna Yurick. Home Video Studio has been honored by being named, “Studio Owner of the Month” for the month of January 2013. Joe came to Home Video Studio from an extreme corporate background; in fact he [...]
Down the Up Staircase: Go Against Groupthink
Tweet Down the Up Staircase: Go Against Groupthink (With acknowledgement to Bel Kaufman, author of “Up the Down Staircase”) “Up the Down Staircase” is a 1965 novel and 1967 film about the bureaucracy encountered in a school system when a student is punished for expressing his individualism by committing an infraction—walking up the staircase the [...]
Congratulations to one of our Charter Members!
Tweet Jeffrey D. Carlson, CFP® ACHIEVES AMERIPRISE PRIVATE WEALTH ADVISOR STATUS Columbia, MD — 11/6/2012— Jeffrey D. Carlson, CFP® has become an Ameriprise Financial Private Wealth Advisor. Mr. Carlson with an office in Columbia, MD is one of approximately 5 percent of the nearly 10,000 Ameriprise financial advisors to achieve this status. Ameriprise [...]
Local Award-Winning Business Hosts Open House & Holiday Gathering
Tweet Home Video Studio, an award-winning local business in Columbia, Maryland invites the local community to its Open House/Holiday Party. Home Video Studio – Columbia, Maryland will be giving tours of its newly renovated space, providing demonstrations, refreshments and door prizes between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 15th. Home Video Studio [...]
Green Future Grand Opening
Tweet Join the Green Future team as they celebrate the Grand Opening of their landscape retail store on October 27th, 2012 from 12:00pm-5pm at their Laurel, MD store located at 14608 Old Gunpowder Rd. The day’s festivities will include free food, activities for kids, giveaways and special discounts on mulch, mums and pumpkins. The event [...]
Well-Intentioned Messages: It’s For Your Own Good!
Tweet “You want to start your own business? That´s terribly risky.” “You want to go where? But that´s so far.” “You want a new what? Now, that´s not very practical.” “You want to leave a ‘good job’ for that idea? How will you take care of your family?” Any of this sound familiar? From whom [...]
But What If They Don’t Like It? Strategies for Persuading People to Agree With and Support Your Ideas
Tweet Gaining others’ acceptance of your ideas can be difficult, and even downright frustrating without the proper approach. Why do you think so many companies look to a marketing or advertising agency to promote their products and services? Planning an effective persuasive strategy can be daunting; yet, with a few tips on how to do [...]
The Path Runs Both Ways: Mentoring to Support Someone Else’s Ideas
Tweet Chances are, at some point in your life, a friend, family member or colleague will come to you for advice or guidance on an idea that they have. You should view this as the ultimate compliment, because this person values your opinion and respects what you have to say. They are looking for you [...]