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Meet Eyal Gallico: Sharing his Knowledge in Technology

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Technology. We can’t live without it. Our computers and cell phones are amazing devices that simplify our hectic lives – EXCEPT – when they are not working properly. Viruses, malware, and sluggish systems can be more painful than a root canal. But who has the time to lug their computer to the shop for repairs? That’s where Eyal Gallico comes in. As the founder of TopMac, he provides IT support to commercial and residential customers. He can support anything that has a keyboard, touch screen or remote. Eyal loves to work on Macs, but won’t shy away from a PC with problems. His resume includes 20+ years in corporate IT, holding executive positions in Apple Israel, Kodak, and most recently US Apple Resellers. He launched TopMac to share his extensive knowledge with people and businesses who really need it. He found it so rewarding professionally to know that he is making difference in people’s lives. He takes pride in his extensive training. Eyal is only one of eight ACSP – Apple Certified Support Professionals – in the Austin metro Area who is not an Apple or Apple re-seller employee. That is part of his commitment is to the people he serves in the area. Every customer receives the highest level of service and satisfaction. The fact that he provides in-home service means he has earned the trust of his clients.

As the father of two step-daughters, taking care of families is paramount. Once a week he volunteers at a senior-residence home conducting free workshops about technology. He teaches seniors how to use their mobile devices, specific software and why they need to be wary of phishing scams. In today’s digital age, there is no such thing as being private anymore. We have to be aware of what we post, and most importantly, we have to protect our vitally important data with at least three different backups. Eyal can help. “Gallico from TopMac came to my home and easily fixed the adware that had completely locked up my desktop computer – saving me valuable time and a lot of money.” – Erica Woodford, Resident, Life in the Ranch Photographer.

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Austin Creative Reuse Center

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Austin Creative Reuse is a nonprofit organization that collects, sells, and distributes donated reusable materials. Reuse centers are more efficient than recycling, because it requires no industrial processing. Reuse also gives us a tangible and inventive way to engage in a sustainable lifestyle.   For the past thirty years, more than 25 creative reuse centers have been thriving in the US. Many of these organizations report diverting 60,000 lbs from landfill each year while also being economically viable organizations. Through tinkering and creative exploration, reuse inspires the engineers, designers, architects, and artists of tomorrow.

They give  materials a second life and here is how:

  • By collecting, distributing, and selling reusable materials donated from industry and individuals. This makes creative materials affordable and accessible to the community.
  • Educating the community about how to reduce, reuse, and create in responsible and fun ways. Staff and volunteers make instructional kits, have a library of design and art ideas, and share these online and in the Creative Reuse Center.
  • Uniting the community by hosting a range of events, activities, and classes that bring people together to build awareness around conscious consumption, sustainability, and art.
  • Promoting awareness of like-minded organizations to reduce overlap and increase awareness of city resources.

Make a donation and keep creativity affordable in Austin! Find out other ways to get involved HERE.

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Meet Larissa Davila: Providing Businesses with Quality Control and Process Standardization

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Larissa Davila, graduated from Texas A&M International University with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a major in Management. She has a certification as an ISO Internal Auditor from PENTA in Vancouver, Canada and she is 100% fluent in Spanish and English. Davila has more than 15 years of experience working with large corporations like FedEx, Sony and IBM. She has worked with international markets including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America; some European countries, Africa and Asia.

Her areas of expertise are marketing, sales, auditing, customer service, administration and logistics. Davila’s passion is to help her local community and she has worked pro-bono with several non-profit organizations for many years. She has volunteered her expertise in organizations such as V-Day, Jovenes Unidos, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Habitat for America and Latino Policy Coalition. In 2014, she co-founded Voces Latinas and in 2015 she helped to establish the Latino Arts, Culture and Education organization. She also serves in the board of Amhiga Hispana, an organization that aims to empower Spanish-speaking women in the United States.

Every year, Larissa also helps V-Day to host the One Billion Rising in Austin, Texas while supporting many other local non-profit organizations. Larissa firmly believes with a little strategy and a lot of passion, small and mid-size business can reach higher levels of profit and with this theory in mind, in January of 2015 she decided to start BCO Consulting Group. BCO Consulting Group offers Bilingual Community Outreach, Business Development, Quality Control Methods, Process Standardization, Marketing Strategy, Corporate Identity, Online Presence and Website Development. In March of 2016, BCO Consulting Group was a nominated finalist in the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Facebook Rising Star award.

The operation of BCO Consulting Group began long before the company established as a business. The owners of BCO Consulting Group, Gerardo and Larissa Davila have donated their time, knowledge and skills pro-bono for several years in the Austin community and in 2015 they decided to establish BCO Consulting Group to extend their services in a more professional way to the community of Central Texas. Their services include Bilingual Community Outreach, Business Development, Quality Control Methods, Process Standardization, Marketing Strategy, Corporate Identity & Branding, Online Presence, and Website Creation and Development.

Larissa Davila

 

North Austin Influencers April 2016 Mixer

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Thank-you to everyone that came out to our April North Austin Influencers mixer.  This month’s highlight was business owner Daniel Rodriguez , Real Estate Photography and Google Trusted Photographer at Net Visual Tours . As a “Google Trusted Photographer” who has enrolled and successfully completed Google’s Training Program, he has unique access to Google’s special support and publishing resources. With this exclusive access, he is able to market businesses on Google Search, Google Places and Google Maps. Special thank-you to Casa Chapala Mexican Grill & Cantina for hosting us! Always good food and great service!

Below are a few pictures from the mixer at Casa Chapala.
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This month's highlight was business owner Daniel Rodriguez , Real Estate Photography and Google Trusted Photographer at Net Visual Tours .
This month’s highlight was business owner Daniel Rodriguez , Real Estate Photography and Google Trusted Photographer at Net Visual Tours .  

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Conversation Corps

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Conversation Corps is a way for all Austinites to get involved at convenient places near their home or work through monthly, one-hour conversations hosted on a different topic impacting the greater Austin community.  Input from these discussions go directly to decision-makers at the City of Austin, Capital Metro and Austin Independent School District.

Every month, groups meet all around town, discussing the same “issue of the month.” Conversations take place in a variety of venues – schools, houses of worship, community centers, coffee shops and restaurants – and will last about an hour. Trained facilitators lead the group through a structured dialogue, giving everyone a chance to share their thoughts and respond to what they’ve heard others say. Check in regularly to see what the topic of the month is on the Conversation Corps web site and find a meeting convenient for you!

Get involved today! Find a conversation. Host a conversation. Comment on a conversation.

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Meet Alka Bhanot: Brings South Asian Independent Films to Austin through Indie Meme

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Started in February of 2013, Indie Meme is a product of Alka Bhanot’s passion for cinema, and her compulsive desire to make independent films available in the United States for everyone and not just the festival goers. The idea germinated as a dear friend of Alka, Surabhi Sharma, had a screening of her lovely film in Austin and very few people knew about it. The world of Facebook informed her of amazing films being done in India by old friends and acquaintances and at the time she had no way of watching them. The need to watch something more rewarding than what was usually available, made her believe that surely there were others like her – seeking good meaningful cinema from India.

Alka Bhanot

“Anjalika Sharma, my first partner in crime, fueled the company with her energy and spirit. Tripti Bhatnagar, my partner today, is keeping it all together as we grow and spread our wings. Indie Meme has been approved as a fiscally sponsored  project of the Austin Creative Alliance for 2015. It was the next step for us and quiet a milestone for the company. This means that our sponsors can avail of tax benefits for their donations and we can begin the arduous task of fundraising. ” –  Alka Bhanot

Alka Bhanot has extensive experience producing for Indian Television and was the Executive Producer for the first Late Night Show, ‘Movers & Shakers’ in India, which won numerous awards. In Austin, since 2003 her film credits include Bryan Poyser’s ‘Dear Pillow’ (2003) Winner, Best Narrative Feature, Atlanta Film Festival, Margaret Brown’s ‘Be Here To Love Me’ (2006) a film about the life and music of Townes Van Zandt and ‘Sunshine’(2009) a documentary about adoption and single parenthood by Karen Skloss which aired as part of the Independent Lens series on PBS. She also worked on the ‘Trevor Romain Video Series’ (2005) an animated kids show which aired on PBS.  Confirmed as an Austin native (yes the allergies finally got to her) Alka lives with her husband & two children.

Indie Meme aims to build communities around film by promoting meaningful cinema via theatrical, non-theatrical, educational & event based platforms. Find more about Indie Meme and find out about the upcoming Indie Meme Film Festival here.

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“It’s been such an incredible journey till date, with tremendous support from the community, which enables us to continue to move ahead – one screening at a time! The support from family, old friends and new has been steadfast. And every Indie Meme event has been led by volunteers, who ran the show and truly cared about what we were trying to build.” – Alka Bhanot

Indie Meme Film Festival this Month

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Indie Meme is about building communities around film by showcasing South Asian Indie Documentary and Fiction Films and their filmmakers. The main belief behind Indie Meme is that there is an audience who is looking for thought provoking meaningful films and the belief that the independent films from South Asia today are amazing at entertaining within the reality that they reflect.

Indie Meme presents the FIRST SOUTH ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL at The Marchesa Theater, 6226 Middle Fiskville Road, Austin TX.
Unique, bold, contemporary films from India, Pakistan & Afghanistan!  Come watch the many faces of the region. There are films for the family and those recommended for mature audiences only.
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​Join them on facebook event page for updates as they continue to announce programming and special events around it. AND invite your friends for 3 days of engaging entertainment.

North Austin Influencers™ is a proud Community Partner of

First Indie Meme Film Festival   |   Best of South Asian indie cinema
April 15 – 17   |  The Marchesa Hall & Theater

Indie Meme Film Festival

Keep Austin Beautiful three month beautification project at Quail Creek Park

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Half dozen University of Texas Black business students, North Austin Civic Association members, and another half dozen Keep Austin Beautiful volunteers gathered at Quail Creek Park to kick off  the creek cleanup three months beautification project in February and the efforts continue in April.  Quail Creek Park is recognized by its large grove of hack-berry trees.  This park boasts a playground and picnic tables in 16 acres in north Austin.  Few Austin parks boast such wonderful shade.  Keep Austin Beautiful empowers citizens to take personal responsibility for enhancing the community’s environment by hosting these types of projects.

April 16th and 30th the efforts will continue, “we will engage the community around the park in litter abatement, creek restoration, native landscape installation, and park beautification,” and “future projects will include restoration work such as invasive removal, bank stabilization, and planting of natives plants, as well as mulching of park trees and possible public art installation”, announced Keep Austin Beautiful. View more details on how to get involved:  http://keepaustinbeautiful.org/calendar

Picture source: texashiking.com
Picture source: texashiking.com

 

Meet Stuart Wallace, founder of North Austin Creatives and visual artist in North Austin

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Stuart Wallace grew up in Texas to a British mother and a Canadian father whose family emigrated from England and Scotland. Growing up, Stuart felt as though he was living in a British enclave. Feeling out of place drove him to move abroad after university. He studied abroad in Spain, and then moved to rural Nagasaki, urban China, Hong Kong, Okinawa, Tokyo, Panama, and Turkey. His 7 years abroad were transformative and his art expresses foreignness, identity, and place.

After Turkey, Stuart taught bilingual 5th grade in Austin Independent School District (AISD). That experience prompted him to pursue his art full-time at his home studio. Becoming a full-time artist in North Austin frustrated him due to a lack of consolidated information and opportunities. To serve his community and improve these conditions, he worked with Love North Austin to transform that organization into North Austin Creatives.

North Austin Creatives works to strengthen the arts in North Austin. They hold monthly formal and informal meetings which are fiscally sponsored by Austin Creative Alliance for easy tax-free donations, and are planning a pop-up event this year to highlight local talent. They started with 30 members and now count in the hundreds. Sharing information, making connections, partnering with local businesses and organizations, and developing an open-source Google Map of North Austin creative resources are just some of the activities they engage in to make North Austin a destination for the arts.

In November, Stuart became a father of a little girl. He is a stay-at-home dad and wants her to grow up in cool Austin without having to drive to East Austin or Downtown.

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Influence Your Body, Influence Others: Body Language for Leaders

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By Kali Jennifer Patrick with A Journey into Health

I had the pleasure of speaking with members of the North Austin Influencers Group about body language. It’s been awhile since I’ve presented to a more corporate / entrepreneurial audience so truth is I was a bit nervous. Which was actually FANTASTIC, because it gave me a perfect opportunity to practice what I was preaching: a completely different way of exploring body language that was mostly rooted in yogic philosophy and my training as a (therapeutic) yoga instructor!

My audience was interactive, open, and willing to try something new. I received several complements after the talk, which was very nice to hear since I had put a lot of work into doing something different yet accessible on the topic. In the preliminary exercise I had attendees write down a word to describe the last person they spoke to and what it was about their body language communicated that this–the man I had been talking to wrote “confident”, because my “back was straight/chest out w/ smile”. :-)

For those of you who missed it or are just curious, click on the link for the the talk, here. 

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A Journey into Health ‘s next workshop is Get a Refreshing Night’s Sleep:  Heal Your Insomnia on March 19th.

  • Do you have trouble falling sleep, either because your body or your mind (or both) are restless?
  • Do you fall asleep fine, but wake during the night, unable to return to a restful state?
  • Even if you fall asleep and stay asleep, do you wake feeling refreshed? Do you have energy “dips” during the day? How is your mood?

For more details and to register, click here. 

About A Journey into Health:

In 1998 Kali added power yoga into her fitness routine to increase her flexibility, and started exploring meditation to offset the stress of her high-tech corporate job. It wasn’t until many years later–after several significant challenges and deep internal work–that she started to see more clearly what it meant to be healthy.

In 2012 Kali took the full leap into mind-body wellness, forming A Journey Into Health. She became a 200-hour certified yoga instructor, found energy healing and holistic nutrition: she’s also an Usui Reiki Master and an Eating Psychology Coach. Kali also achieved the “experienced” yoga teaching designation along with her 500-hour certification in Yoga Therapy. She teaches group classes, offers private yoga, coaching, and Reiki sessions, as well as gives workshops in and around the Austin area.

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