Main Meeting Presentation Archive

Here are presentations from January through March, 2020.

#IAmRemarkable

Presentation Date: March 31, 2020 Presenter Website: JaniferWheeler.com Description: Janifer Wheeler presents: "#IAmRemarkable: JOYFully Celebrating Your own BadAssery!" In this interactive session, you will participate in group discussions and exercises to develop the confidence and skills to promote yourself effectively. What you learn will be especially useful when updating resumes and LinkedIn profiles and when preparing for interviews. During the workshop we will:

• Examine data and research regarding self promotion and unconscious bias.
• Go through an exercise to help you articulate your achievements and practice self promotion.
• Discuss what we learned.
• Take away some at-home exercises.

#IamRemarkable is a Google initiative empowering women and underrepresented groups to speak openly about their accomplishments in the workplace and beyond, thereby breaking modesty norms and glass ceilings. Learn more at #IamRemarkable.

Keep Stress and Worry in Perspective

Presentation Date: March 10, 2020 Presenter Website: Dale Carnegie Austin Description: Chris Wright will help us develop and practice stress management strategies based on physical, mental, and social perspectives. So many circumstances impact our day-to-day attitudes, stress levels, and work productivity. Keeping stress in perspective allows you to see things in a new light, whether at work, in relationships, or in life in general. During this presentation you will learn to develop ways to frame things during difficult situations and manage stress levels empowering you to see circumstances in a whole new light. You will learn to:

• Evaluate your perspective on stress,
• Discover what can trigger stress,
• Commit to principles to see worrisome situations in a new light and
• Plan to keep stress in perspective and achieve more.

So, Your New Year’s Resolutions Are a Bust…Now, What?

Presentation Date: March 3, 2020 Presenter Website: Candy Barone International Description: Candy Barone will teach you how to gain rapid momentum in your job search and create your most amazing year yet. In this presentation, Candy will share with you powerful, yet simple, model that will help you:

• • Understand the overall vision you have for your life
  • Gain greater clarity on what’s truly important for you this year
  • Create theme for yourself that helps hold you accountable
  • Identify your big rocks or biggest priorities you want to focus on
  • Access the right strategies to effectively achieve those priorities
  • Align & implement the right inspired action to create maximum success

Headshot Tips & Tricks

Presentation Date: February 25, 2020 Presenter Website: Freeman Photo Description: Photographer Bill Freeman shares tips and tricks to ensure your headshot photo sends the right message for your job search. What does your headshot say about you? Does your headshot:

• • • • Make a good first impression?
      • Engage your intended viewer?
      • Tell the right story?
      • Say what you mean to say?

Send the message you want your audience to take away? This week at HIREDTexas, Bill Freeman will teach us what the ingredients of a good headshot are. You will learn to see how well a photograph helps make the case for connecting with you, recommending you, and hiring you. Bill Freeman is a Professional Photographer with 30 years of experience photographing people from all walks of life. Come learn some of the tricks of his trade!

Create, Revisit, and Work Your Marketing Plan

Presentation Date: February 11, 2020 Presenter Website: N/A Description: Patti Boyle discusses the the importance of your marketing plan. What is the best job for you? Which company is most likely to hire you to do that work? These are questions with answers. If the answers escape you, or if you wonder if you have the wrong answers, or if now that you have good answers you don’t know what to do next, then ... you should come to HIREDTexas this week! To find a new opportunity sooner than later with more income and profitability, you need a marketing plan. If you have a marketing plan, it may be time to revisit and update it.

Three Keys to Interview Success

Presentation Date: February 4, 2020 Presenter Website: Coach One Up Description: Chris Oroshiba will discuss the impact of one's entire mindset on interview outcomes. Chris will discuss 3 keys to interview success: mindset, physiology, and social skills. Tips for improving your effectiveness in each area will be provided, as well as a Q&A session afterwards. Chris is an Austin entrepreneur and business owner. The company he founded, Coach 1 Up, provides executive and business coaching, speaking, and training for individuals and groups in various industries. He strongly believes in every person's value and their ability to do, become, or achieve whatever it is they choose.

Get Past the Applicant Tracking System (ATS)

Presentation Date: January 28, 2020 Presenter Website: N/A Description: Linda Aleman will try to help you keep your resume from falling into that great online black hole. Come and learn how today’s Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) work and what you can do to improve your chances of having your resume reach the hiring manager. Many companies use an ATS to assist with recruiting, hiring needs, and human resources. There are many ATS versions but they operate on similar premises, which we will examine. We will also look at ways to edit your resume to try to improve your results when submitting through an ATS.

Entrepreneurship, The Real Story

Presentation Date: January 21, 2020 Presenter Website: The Betty Brigade Description: Sharon McRill shares how she made the transition from corporate employee to owner of 3 businesses. If you're considering starting or buying a business, this is a must-attend event. You will learn about:

• • • • Three mistakes every entrepreneur makes (and how to avoid them),
      • Deciding if you want to start or purchase a business, and
      • What makes a good entrepreneur great.

Laid off from a corporate marketing job in 2003, Sharon turned the setback into an opportunity.

The Mental Game of Job Search

Presentation Date: January 14, 2020 Presenter Website: Life Coach Amanda Description: Amanda McPherson shares how we can move past negative mindset blocks to bring our most productive and confident selves to our job search. The job hunt is not for the faint of heart. We all know that the more positive and confident we are, the better our chances are for securing a job. We can stay motivated, confident and positive through the sometimes frustrating and disappointing parts of the process. Amanda will show us how.

Think a Better Thought

Presentation Date: January 7, 2020 Presenter Website: N/A Description: Shane Boring reminds us that each of us is a genius. A NASA study proves it and shows us how to recapture it. Is your life what you expected? Do you often feel stuck? Like you are re-living the same moments, events, and problems over and over? Does it feel like your thoughts are spinning out of control? Do you wish you could turn off your mind and just have some peace and quiet? There is a reason this is happening. And there is a simple way to change it. A simple way to get back to the genius you already are. Learn the fast and simple steps to creating days you enjoy. Lay the foundation to create complete success in every area of your life. You can have the greatest self-help material and instruction in the world, but it is useless without the right foundation. Shane is a successful business owner, author, and speaker. He has spent a lifetime studying success and has a passion for helping others realize success in their lives. In his studies, he has had the opportunity to learn from some of the top influencers in industries ranging from Search Engines to Professional Sports. The greatest lesson for Shane has been "learning who the little voice inside my head is and how to control this voice." Learning this caused Shane to change his conception of everything in his life and inspired him to share his personal experience in his book, Think A Better Thought™.