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North Austin Creatives Spring Extravaganza

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North Austin Creatives is proud to announce their inaugural Spring Extravaganza on March 26th, from 1 – 5pm at  a big empty piece of commercial real estate at The Linc on 6406 N IH35 Austin Suite 2850A, TX  78752. The event will feature artisans, musicians, and food vendors highlighting local talent from the North Austin area.  North Austin Creatives is a network of several hundred creatives and their supporters whose mission is to strengthen the arts in North Austin. North Austin Creatives include many dynamic fields such as visual art, live music, photography, and more. The group connects local businesses, community organizations, and schools with the arts for the economic and cultural gain of North Austin. Their monthly formal meetings and happy hours build relationships and help spread the word about North Austin’s emerging arts scene. North Austin Creatives is a fiscally sponsored project by Austin Creative Alliance under the umbrella of Love North Austin.

North Austin Creatives is a fiscally sponsored project of Austin Creative Alliance with a Community Initiatives grant of $3,000 from the City of Austin to put on this event, but more help from wonderful North Austin businesses and individuals are needed.  Generous donations from local businesses ensure the success and strengthen the culture and creative economy of North Austin. Donors will have their business name and logo on the donor board displayed at the event.  Tax-deductible donations can be completed online at Austin Creative Alliance’s donation page. Gift cards and/or prizes for our raffle, along with other cash or in-kind donations are greatly appreciated!

Long term goals for North Austin Creatives include:

  • North Austin Creatives to feel community where they live.
  • Support creatives by building connections in our area.
  • Business districts where people can walk and enjoy arts.
  • Local artists’ work and musicians in local businesses.
  • North Austin economy to blossom artistically.
  • Studio, rehearsal, and exhibition space.
  • North Austin Studio Tour.
  • More murals and public art.
  • North Austin to become more beautiful and prosperous through the local development of artists, musicians, writers, dancers, actors, and anyone who wants more art in North Austin.

Attendance is FREE for the March 26th event. Raffle tickets will be available for purchase at $5 donation per ticket.  Please come out and support the arts in North Austin!

If you are interested in a booth at this event, please fill out the form at the link, here. If interested in sponsorship opportunity, contact Stuart Wallace at [email protected] .

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North Austin Creatives Board Members

Chair: Stuart Wallace | Vice-Chair: Angel Austin

Secretary: Tomas Fierro |Treasurer: Claire Simmons

Business Outreach & Marketing Chair: J Jolie Tan

Social Media Chair: Clarissa Cochran

Newsletter Chair: E.M. Adriana

Technology Chair: Amy Young

SCORE offers Small Business Workshops at Round Rock Public Library

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The Round Rock Public Library and the SCORE Austin chapter is resuming Biz.ability business workshops for small business owners (or those who are interested in starting their own business) this fall. SCORE is a nonprofit association dedicated to helping small businesses get off the ground, grow and achieve their goals through education and mentorship.

Biz.ability business workshops will be from 12:30  to 3:30 p.m. at the Round Rock Public Library, 216 E. Main Street, Round Rock, Texas and will include topics and speakers:

7 Steps to Small Business Marketing Success—March 4, 2016

You started your business because you love doing what you do…and because there are people who truly need your product or service. Not only do they need what you offer, but they are willing to pay a premium for your unique approach to meeting their need. But how do you connect with this “target market” in a way that builds “know, like, and trust” so that they will buy, buy more, and refer you to family and friends? You need a Marketing system!

Presented by Jeff Stec, Principal at Tylerica Systems, LLC, Certified Duct Tape Marketing Consultant, Duct Tape Marketing Total Online PresenceTM Expert and Contributing Author to “Renewable Referrals: How to Cultivate More Profits.”(Workshop attendees will receive a complimentary copy.)

Financial Forecasts and Reporting—March 18, 2016

In this workshop you will learn the basics needed to manage your small business financials. You will see how to forecast sales and expenses; see true start-up costs; discuss profit and loss and pricing; and how to set and use financial benchmarks. This workshop will be led by SCORE volunteer Carleton Smith who has extensive experience as a corporate executive and small business mentor and trainer.

Alternatives for Funding Your Start-up or Growing Your Business—March 25, 2016

In this workshop you will be exposed to options for financing your small business, including start-up and expansion. In addition, you will learn what is needed to qualify for various types of financing. The workshop will address traditional bank lending, SBA lending sources and alternative funding such as micro-lending.

A panel of experts including local banker Rene Flores of  First Texas State Bank, and representatives of alternative funding organizations Marco Melendez of People Fund, Arie Muniz of Lift Fund and Darin Thompson of Able Lending, will lead this engaging and informative workshop.

For more details, full list of workshops, and to register, visit here.

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Austin Partners in Education

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Focusing on Austin ISD’s schools located in under-resourced communities and serving predominantly economically disadvantaged students, Austin Partners in Education (APIE) delivers innovative, volunteer-driven academic and mentoring programs in reading and math designed to improve student academic performance. APIE’s 1,800 volunteers work with students at pivotal junctures in their education, providing a vital extension of academic and social/emotional support to students. Through the flagship Classroom Coaching program, students benefit from small group (3:1 or below) instruction from volunteers drawn from more than 200 Austin area government agencies, businesses and community organizations.

 In the 2014-15 school year, APIE served 3,300 students through the following programs:

  • Elementary Reading Classroom Coaching and Compañeros en Lectura: Volunteers in the classroom work weekly with students developing reading skills in either English or Spanish.
  • Middle School Math Classroom Coaching: Volunteers in the classroom work weekly with students to build a strong foundation in middle school math, putting them on track to succeed in high school algebra.
  • College Readiness (9th-12th grade) and Case Management: Advocates offer information, advising and tutoring to students “in the bubble” between being qualified to graduate and being college ready.
  • Mentoring (all grades): Volunteers work one-on-one with students during the school day to help students improve their social and study skills, strengthen their communication skills, and build self-confidence.
Quick Bites of APIE: Benefits of Being a Volunteer
  • Increases self-confidence – volunteering can create a significant boost to your self-esteem and overall life satisfaction.
  • Brings fulfillment – volunteer work can be energizing, inspiring, and give you an escape from the everyday work flow.
  • Helps develop new skills – it’s an opportunity to enhance your current skill set and carry those skills to advance your career.
  • A healthier body – research shows those who volunteer have lower mortality rates, greater functional ability, and lower rates of depression compared to those who do not volunteer.
  • Increases happiness – researchers studied the relationship between volunteering and measures of happiness and found the more you volunteer the happier you are.

Find out how to get involved, here.

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Influence Your Body, Influence Others: Body Language for Leaders with Kali Patrick

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Kali Patrick with A Journey into Health spoke at the North Austin Influencers February professional development on Influence Your Body, Influence Others: Body Language for Leaders #Influencers

Thank-you to Kali Patrick for sharing your wealth of knowledge on the subject, all who attended, and Pierpont Communications for hosting our group.

Click on photos below to access the Facebook album with more pictures from the event.

 

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January 2016 North Austin Influencers Professional Development

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Thank-you to everyone that joined us for Define Your Story and Raise Awareness Through Your Image and Video with international stylist, Priscilla Gallardo and award-winning filmmaker, photographer & Director of Content at Golden Arm Media, Chris Van Loan II. Special appreciation to Golden Arm Media for hosting our group.

Priscilla Gallardo, international stylist trained with European schools and techniques to achieve her client’s demands. She developed her skills working on film projects, editorial shoots and red carpets, making her award winner by Austin Fashion Week and Trash Makeover Challenge. You can enjoy her beauty TV segment at “Despierta Austin” (“Wake Up Austin”) by Univision 62.

Chris Van Loan II is an award-winning filmmaker, photographer & Director of Content at Golden Arm Media, a video marketing company specializing in high-end digital content for Austin brands and startups. Before joining the Golden Arm team Chris ran his own wedding photo/video company, Van Loan Film, for 5 years. He met the company founder, Alex Murphy, as a film student at UT Austin, working on various projects together and becoming good friends. As the primary videographer and photographer at Golden Arm Media Chris takes in pride in achieving the unique look and imagery of different brands, making people look good and putting clients at ease. View a highlights reel of Golden Arm’s video work at: www.GoldenArmMedia.com

Five helpful tips for delivering a great on-camera performance and connecting better with your audience, including:

1. Smile!
2. Speak with Passion
3. Stay Grounded
4. Visualize Your Success
5. Shake it Out!

Click on photos below to view photo album from the event.

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North Austin Creatives, an organization dedicated to strengthening the arts in North Austin

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North Austin Creatives  goal is to strengthen the arts in North Austin through business and community building, education, and events.  The organization celebrates the diversity of North Austin through the arts by creating awareness of the art galleries, live music, and theatre in North Austin. North Austin Creatives is a fiscally sponsored project by the Austin Creative Alliance under the umbrella of Love North Austin which meets once a month for meetings from 6:30-8pm.

North Austin Creatives strives to make residents in the area feel community where they live and to make Downtown and East Austin come to north Austin for a change to see the arts. The long term goal is to support creatives by building connections in the area with business districts where people can walk and enjoy arts. North Austin Creatives wants local artists’ work and musicians in local businesses to blossom artistically with the economy. The vision is for artist in the area to have more studio, rehearsal, exhibition space murals, and public art. The group wants North Austin to become more beautiful and prosperous through the local development of artists, musicians, writers, dancers, actors, and anyone who thinks that they don’t want to sit in traffic to enjoy Austin’s talents in north area of town where there is a variety of options.

Stay tuned as there will be an upcoming pop-up event in North Austin this year.

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Meet Maribel Garcia Valls, MPH, ACC, Cultivating a Bee Happi Community

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Maribel Garcia Valls, MPH, ACC, is the president and founder of Bee Happi.  Maribel is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) with the International Coach Federation (ICF) with years of experience in executive, professional, and life coaching, neuro-linguistic programming, positive psychology, journaling, and mindful meditation. In addition, Maribel has extensive experience in: culture, leadership development, team building, public health, health care, health disparities, and civil rights.

She has a Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching from the University of Texas at Dallas and is Associate Certified Coach (ACC) by the International Coach Federation (ICF). In addition, Maribel is also in the process of completing Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) practitioner certification.  Maribel is also a graduate from the Texas A & M School of Rural Public Health with a Masters of Public Health in Health Policy and Management. She also has undergraduate degrees in Health and Fitness from the University of Texas at San Antonio and Radiologic Technology from South Texas Community College. Prior to serving as the president for Bee Happi, Maribel worked in state government and the health care system for over fifteen years.

Maribel created Bee Happi after discovering that the process to become happy was simple, but not easy. After struggling through some periods of unhappiness, Maribel learned how to create states of happiness through coaching, journaling, meditation, and neuro-linguistic programming. Maribel was deeply inspired by many great influencers like Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Martin Seligman, Richard Bandler, John Grinder, Oprah Winfrey, Tony Robbins, Wayne Dyer, Eckhart Tolle, and Deepak Chopra.

The Bee Happi Coach helps coaching clients to create happier and more positive attitudes so they can be more productive in reaching their life and career goals. Bee Happi Coaching using the principles of Positive Psychology, neuro-lingustic programming, journaling, and mindful meditation. The specific services offered include:

  • Journal with a Coaching Twist & Mindful Meditation Exercises: Coaching Sessions in the form of journal prompts on various topics such as: gratitude, happiness, relationships, personal leadership, time management, and so much more. These journal exercises can be purchased on the online store at www.beehappi.com.
  • Group Coaching Sessions: In the Bee Happi Community, we do things together. Group coaching offers a small supportive environment to brainstorm your happiness goals. Group coaching is a series of sessions on various topics. The groups are small with six to eight people that have committed to join this group for the duration of the sessions. After each session, participants will receive homework exercises to continue the learning and stay on track.  There are many benefits to group coaching. It is an affordable way to receive coaching in a supportive environment with peer-to-peer learning from the group’s collective wisdom. In addition, the group serves as accountability partners to each other as they strive toward similar goals and experience similar situations. Sessions can be done live, phone, or videoconference.
  • Individual Coaching : Private coaching is a great option for clients wanting one on one support. The individual coaching will include a series of sessions, homework exercises, limited e-mail support, and accountability checks. This coaching program will give clients the structure and support to lead them in the right direction. Clients will finish the program with a clear, customized step-by-step blueprint for the change they want to make. Sessions can be done live, phone, or videoconference.
  • Bee Happi Funshops:  There are many ways to learn with the Bee Happi Community! We have live funshops, webinars, and self-paced online learning. The goal is to teach participants how to use happiness strategies to flourish by working smarter not harder all aspects of life.

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2016 Applications for Governor’s Community Achievement Awards due February 2016

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For more than two decades, Keep Texas Beautiful, in partnership with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), has awarded the prestigious Governor’s Community Achievement Awards (GCAA) to ten Texas communities with the best grassroots environmental programs in the state each year.

The competition distributes $2 million in funding from TxDOT across the 10 communities, with the amount based on population size. The funds are used for landscaping projects along local rights-of-way. A community’s environmental program is judged on achievements in seven areas:

* Community Leadership and Coordination

* Public Awareness

* Education

* Beautification and Community Improvement

* Litter Prevention and Cleanup

* Solid Waste Management

* Litter Law and Illegal Dumping Enforcement

While many applications come from cities and towns that are part of the KTB affiliate network, that is not a requirement. The goal is to recognize communities who are working diligently to create and sustain comprehensive environmental and beautification programs.

Why should your community apply?

* Applying for the GCAA creates a written record of your community’s environmental achievements, helpful when applying for grants and state funding.

* Working toward the GCAA brings together various segments of the community, including schoolchildren, adult volunteers and law enforcement, creating a sense of community pride.

* Studies show that a focus on litter prevention and beautification has positive economic effects on the community, reducing crime rates, and increasing tourism and economic development.

For questions or more information, email [email protected].

 

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Holiday cheer?

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By Rachel Lupercio, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist Associate with Excelerated Living

During this time of year the hustle & bustle of the holiday season can get the better of us if we don’t take care.  Here are three simple tips to create a less stressful season.

1. Get plenty of rest.  Your mind & body work more effectively when you are well rested especially when you have the added stress of the demands of the holiday season.

2.  Know your limits.  It’s ok to say no and have boundaries on how you spend your time and with whom you spend time with.  The effects of taking care of yourself in this way create a positive attitude that can be felt by you and seen by those you choose to spend time with.

3. If you have emotional health concerns that you are having trouble navigating consider seeking professional help.  Sometimes due to our life experiences such as a loss of a close relationship the holidays can be especially difficult or lonely.  Seeking professional help through a counselor will provide you with a therapeutic, nonjudgment and confidential place to express your thoughts and feelings.

If you feel that you would like to spend a little more time in an environment where you could regroup during this season please join us on December 12, 2015 at The Center For Relationships for the “Holiday Cheer?” workshop. The workshop will be held from 10:00 – 11:30 am, 8810 Business Park Drive, Suite 200, Austin, Texas 78759.  The cost for this workshop will be $10.00 per person to encourage you to take some time for you and enjoy a moment with others who may be going through some of the things that you are experiencing.

 

Rachel Lupercio, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist Associate

www.thecenter4relationships.com

Contact 512-465-2926 with any questions.

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Small Business Saturday

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Small Business Saturday is the day created to celebrate the Shop Small Movement to drive shoppers to local merchants across the United States. Studies have shown that modest changes in consumer spending habits can generate substantial local economic impact. For every $100 in customer spending at a national chain, the total local economic impact is only $13. The same amount spent with a local merchant yields $45, more than three times the local economic impact. This year’s Small Business Saturday is on November 28th .

There are a couple of ways to get involved and be part of the these efforts.

* Local businesses can generate excitement by creating a special event at their location.  Merchants can attract new customers on this day by promoting this event on social media platforms and list the occasion on web sites that audiences turn to for local activities like Eventbrite.

*  Visit and shop at a local business. Be a part of Small Business Saturday 2015 and help our communities grow and prosper.

National collaborative efforts from Shop Small Movement create stronger bond between local businesses and the community; while aiming to reverse the trend of losing locally owned independent businesses. Be part of the movement.

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