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Send us a textSummary: In this episode of the PIO podcast, Lauren Burton, the Director of Communications and Community Relations for the Douglas County District Attorney's Office in Georgia, shares her unique journey from victim advocacy to her current role. She discusses the importance of community engagement, the challenges of digital communication, and the strategies she employs to ensure consistent messaging and effective outreach. Lauren highlights successful media campaigns, the role of social media, and the impact of her office's visibility in the community. She also touches on the use of AI tools in her work and emphasizes the importance of self-care for public information officers.Lauren's Bio - Lauren Burden is the Director of Communications and Community Relations for the Douglas County District Attorney's Office. In this role, she oversees the office's social media, website, marketing, and media communications. She also coordinates and organizes the office's participation in community events, plans office-sponsored community events, and organizes all internal events.Lauren graduated from Georgia College and State University with a degree in Sociology. She began her career at the Douglas County District Attorney's Office as a Victim Advocate in April 2013. In 2021, she took on the role of communications coordinator before transitioning to her current position full-time in January 2022. She was honored with the office's Barry Wood Award in 2021.was recognized as a Top Young Professional in Douglas County in 2022, and received the InnovateHER award at the CelebrateHER awards with the Douglas County Chamber in 2024.In addition to her professional work, Lauren actively contributes to her community by serving on several boards, including New Georgia Baseball as Secretary, Paulding County Baseball Advisory Board as Secretary, Douglas County Young Professionals as Treasurer, and The ATIR Community. Outside of work and volunteering, she enjoys spending time with her fourteen-year-old son and her family.Support the showOur premiere sponsor, Social News Desk, has an exclusive offer for PIO Podcast listeners. Head over to socialnewsdesk.com/pio to get three months free when a qualifying agency signs up.

Join us this Saturday, when we re-air the interview that Shelia Johnson did last November with special guest Lauren Conway Founder & CEO InnovateHER KC. Lauren began her career in […] The post Every Woman • November 25, 2023 • What’s Cooking: Lauren Conaway Founder & CEO InnovateHER KC appeared first on KKFI.

Join us this Saturday, when we re-air the interview that Shelia Johnson did last November with special guest Lauren Conway Founder & CEO InnovateHER KC. Lauren began her career in […] The post Every Woman • November 25, 2023 • What’s Cooking: Lauren Conaway Founder & CEO InnovateHER KC appeared first on KKFI.

Welcome back to Of Primary Importance!  In this podcast series we are exploring all things EYFS and primary with different topics and special guests each fortnight.  In this episode, I am joined by Cat Allott to talk about empowering teaching assistants (TAs) and helping them feel a valued member of their school community. Cat is a Segment Assistant at Twinkl Teaching Assistants. Her role involves creating TA-specific resources, publishing blogs and running our @TwinklTA Twitter account and TA Facebook groups she has a keen interest in all things pastoral and enjoys networking with other education professionals to raise the profile of TAs, Learning Support Assistants (LSAs) and Higher Level Teaching Assistants (HLTAs). Cat if a former KS2 Teacher and TA, who qualified in Speech & Language Therapy before becoming a Teaching Assistant to gain some experience in schools before her PGCE. She was a KS2 Class Teacher for 5 years before transitioning away from the classroom to Twinkl Teaching Assistants.   Here are some of the questions I asked Cat: Could you please introduce yourself to our listeners? What prompted you to leave the classroom? How have you found the transition from teaching to working at Twinkl? What attracted you to being part of the Teaching Assistant Segment there in particular? What are some of the key challenges TAs are currently facing and how can we overcome these? Do teaching assistants feel valued enough? What are some things schools can do to help TAs feel more valued? What CPF opportunities would you want TAs to have access to? How can class teachers develop good working relationships with their TA? What advice would you give to someone considering becoming a TA? What are some ways that Twinkl TA Digest can support TAs? Where can listeners get support and how can they best contact you? You can connect with Cat on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. You can also check out the Twinkl TA website and YouTube channel.  You can follow me (Kat Cauchi) on Twitter at @ReallyschoolK Check out #OPIP and #OfPrimaryImportance for more content and see all our previous episodes here. If you are interested on coming on the show or have a topic suggestion, send me a DM on Twitter or email contact@reallyschool.com!   Kat Cauchi is NetSupport's Community Engagement Manager, the Editor of R.I.S.E. Magazine and the Product Manager of ReallySchool. She is also a former Primary School Teacher, Member of the Global Equality Collective, a Technocamps GiST Role Model, an InnovateHer role model and a Global EdTech Author.

Tom is joined by a special panel of teacher-guests to discuss how they are encouraging girls to embrace STEM in their schools. With an average 75-25 split of boys-girls graduating from university in STEM subjects, the panel of Science teachers discuss the strategies and projects they are initating in their schools to buck this trend. Mica from InnovateHer shares how Innovateher are supporting this drive. You can find out more about InnovateHer and access their resources at www.innovateher.co.uk 

Join us this Saturday, when Shelia Johnson will be welcoming a special guest Lauren Conway Founder & CEO InnovateHER KC. Lauren began her career in operational management roles working for […] The post Every Woman • November 26, 2022 • What’s Cooking: Lauren Conaway Founder & CEO InnovateHER KC appeared first on KKFI.

Join us this Saturday, when Shelia Johnson will be welcoming a special guest Lauren Conway Founder & CEO InnovateHER KC. Lauren began her career in operational management roles working for […] The post Every Woman • November 26, 2022 • What’s Cooking: Lauren Conaway Founder & CEO InnovateHER KC appeared first on KKFI.

In this episode of Build Momentum, we are joined by Dr. Barbara Kurshan and Laura Smulian.  Dr. Barbara "Bobbi" Kurshan is the president of Educorp Consultants Corporation and senior fellow and innovation advisor of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, and a former education industry entrepreneur who has more than 40 years of experience in education, including developing the first children's software products for Microsoft. Laura Smulian is a writer, an editor, and an award-winning learning designer who spent the past seven years building out operations for quickly growing edtech startups in Latin America. She also launched a venture called the E-Ship Bootcamp, a four-week program that takes teams of students through the process of building their own startup from zero to launch.Some Questions I Ask:How did the InnovateHer project come together? (2:19)What do you want potential and future innovators to achieve through this book? (4:07)How do you describe the benchmark for entrepreneurial mindset throughout the book? (5:03)Would you share a snapshot of some of the people you included in the book? (21:40)What would you love to see women pursue to embark on their careers as purposeful innovators after reading the book? (23:30)In This Episode, You Will Learn:The beginning of InnovateHers (2:26)Key takeaways from reading the book (4:19)About the “Entrepreneurial Mindset Profile” (5:22)The story of innovator Lisa Hall (21:53)Actions to be taken after reading the book to be a purposeful innovator (23:46)Quotes:“I wanted them to see that the stories were personal, that they could do it too, and that there were certain things they needed to be aware of along the way so they wouldn't have the traps that women have had in the past.”“I'd like to see [people] share the book with young innovators. I think it's a great gift to give to somebody that you're mentoring. The other thing I want to see them do with it is to share their story. I'd like to build a community of people that are sharing their stories so people understand that we're all not that different, but we can learn from our entrepreneurial mindset.”“There's no one right way to rise to the top. It has nothing to do with external indicators and checking off boxes, but rather traits and skills that are powerful that we can build and work to leverage in order to rise to the top. There's not a formula for this; everyone was a little different.”Connect with InnovateHer:InnovateHer websiteDr. Barbara Kurshan's LinkedInLaura Smulian's LinkedInAbout the book:Transformational Leadership Secret websitePurchase “The Secret to Transformational Leadership” print or ebookStay in touch with Sarah Williamson:Free Case Study GuideWebsiteFacebook

Greetings Glocal Citizens! My guest this week has travelled to more than 60 countries and worked on five continents. Currently based in southern Spain, Dr. Ronda Železný-Green is a digital changemaker creating social learning systems to empower Black people, women, people with disabilities, and other marginalized populations in the technology and education sectors. Serving as a mobile technologist, trainer, and researcher, Ronda's 16+ years of professional experience spans five continents and the public, private, and civil society sectors. A Black and Native American cis woman excelling with ADHD, Ronda also has extensive experience delivering action-oriented training that integrates the themes of racial equity and justice and gender with global perspectives. Hallmarks of her career include learning/educating with tech; championing, coaching, and mentoring women in tech; and empowering people to use technology as transformative tools to live their best lives. She is currently the Global Head of Training and eLearning at the Internet Society (https://www.internetsociety.org/) where she is leading the end-to-end rebuild and relaunch of our training programs, including the digital transformation of existing training activities due to COVID-19. She also serves in advisory and director roles at the Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) (https://digitalimpactalliance.org/) at the United Nations Foundation, InnovateHer (https://innovateher.co.uk/) - where she is the board chair, and Noise Solution (https://www.noisesolution.org/s/). At the same time she's a tech-prenuer as co-founder and director of Panoply Digital Ltd is a socially conscious organization using their expertise in ICT, education, and gender to create solutions to development challenges. Ronda is a whirlwind of digital dynamism! Where to find Ronda? www.rondazg.com On Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rondazeleznygreen/) On Twitter (https://twitter.com/rondaz_g) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/rondaz_g/?hl=en) What's Ronda watching? Flight 93 (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481522/) Love is Blind (https://www.netflix.com/title/80996601) La Granja de Zenón (https://www.youtube.com/user/cancionesdelagranja) Other topics of interest: What happened in 2009 in Madagascar? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Malagasy_political_crisis) About the Peace Corps (https://www.peacecorps.gov/) About Bell Hooks (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_hooks) About Paulo Freire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Freire) Seyi Akiwowo (https://www.linkedin.com/in/seyiakiwowo/?originalSubdomain=uk) and Glitch (https://glitchcharity.co.uk/) On Intersectionality (https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/5/20/18542843/intersectionality-conservatism-law-race-gender-discrimination) Special Guest: Ronda Zelezny-Green.

In this episode of Startup Hustle, Lauren Conaway and Sarah Tucker, Founder of Sales Cheerleader LLC talk about how you can grow your sales today. Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/startuphustle This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Learn more about Sales Cheerleader LLC: www.salescheerleader.com Learn more about InnovateHER KC: https://www.innovateherkc.com/   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Simone talks about her excitement about the NPW team coming together physically for the first time in over a year. Sam celebrates her daughter’s first vaccine in Arizona and what is coming up for Be Heard… Join us for the official launch of the Be Heard platform here for your one-way ticket out of your comfort zone. Life Lessons this week are from the co-founder of InnovateHer, Chelsea Slater who talks about the practicalities of changing careers, giving presentations, and the strength in just being yourself! Tell us your stories of work and life or share your life lessons (with brand new questions!) podcast@northernpowerwomen.com https://www.northernpowerwomen.com/npw-podcast/ Presented by Simone Roche and Sam Walker   Sponsored by Be Heard

In this episode of Startup Hustle, Lauren Conaway and Cynthia Fails, founder of Launch Crate, discuss Launch Crate, an independent publishing company. Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/startuphustle This episode is sponsored by Full Scale https://fullscale.io/ Learn more about InnovateHER: https://www.innovateherkc.com/ Learn more about Launch Crate: https://www.launchcrate.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We did it! We made it to 500 episodes! Join Matt, Matt, Lauren and Andrew as they go over some highlights from the first 500 episodes, and discuss what to expect for the future of Startup Hustle. Thanks for listening! Here's to 500 more! Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/startuphustle Learn more about Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/ Learn more about Stackify: https://stackify.com/ Learn more about InnovateHER: https://www.innovateherkc.com/ Learn more about Marknology: https://www.marknology.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of Startup Hustle, Lauren Conaway and Rachel Smith, Co-Founder and CTO of SquareOffs discuss STEMinism. Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/startuphustle This episode is sponsored by Full Scale https://fullscale.io/ Learn more about InnovateHER: https://www.innovateherkc.com/ Learn more about SquareOffs: https://www.squareoffs.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we’re chatting with Lauren Conaway, about the inspiring work of InnovateHerKC, investing in your networks and the permission to try new things.Together we create a phenomenal story about a turtle named Felicia on Planet Parable, then venture with us to Creation Comet, Can You Draw It, where we’re blindly illustrating, Felecia the Turtle. Be sure to stick around for this week’s 3-2-1, Go! where we’re chatting about the innovation that surrounds us.

This week we’re chatting with Lauren Conaway, about the inspiring work of InnovateHerKC, investing in your networks and the permission to try new things.Together we create a phenomenal story about a turtle named Felicia on Planet Parable, then venture with us to Creation Comet, Can You Draw It, where we’re blindly illustrating, Felecia the Turtle. Be sure to stick around for this week’s 3-2-1, Go! where we’re chatting about the innovation that surrounds us.

Tim and Greg talk about the rumors of a major Fortnite shake-up, give you a Hong Kong update, and more! Time Stamps - 00:02:00 - Housekeeping Thank you to our Patreon Producers: Black Jack & Mohammed Mohammed The Roper Report - 00:04:02 - Fortnite Chapter 2?! FortniteInsider.com 00:11:48 - Ubi Making More Shows, Patrick Shanly @ THR 00:15:09 - UPDATE On that Hearthstone Colligent Team, Nathan Grayson @ Kotaku 00:17:41 - Best Friend Q. - Why do you think these 3 escaped punishment? Is it sign that what Blizzard's own employees and public backlash is working? Do you see Blizzard ever rescinding or lessening the punishment to Blitzchung? - BJ Bernardo 00:20:54 -Riot says it’s not telling people to not say Hong Kong, Dustin Bailey @ PCGamesN 00:26:29 - New Apex Character Hinted at, Alysia Judge @ IGN 00:28:28 - PlayStation Teams with InnovateHer, Emily @ InnovateHer 00:33:05 - Out today 00:36:25 - HIMS 00:37:44 - QUIP Reader mail - 00:39:04 - Since (to my knowledge) no one in the Kinda funny core identify as LGBTQ+, how do you feel the portrayal of the community is within gaming as a whole? A new trope? - IGC 00:46:50 - - Chris RVA 00:53:59 - Squad Up: Jared’s Podcast - Top 100 Games 00:57:30 - You‘re Wrong Next Week’s Hosts: MONDAY: Greg and Cameron Hawkins TUESDAY: Imran and Fran WEDNESDAY: Imran and Whitta THURSDAY: Greg and Fran FRIDAY: Imran and Tim GAMESCAST: Thursday, 10/16 @ 2 p.m. Tim, Greg, Fran, Imran

The 21st Century opened a lot of possibilities for women and women-identifying individuals alike. In this era of women empowerment, InnovateHER KC creates a community of women of many professions: politicians, educators, doctors, designers and community leaders, both at a micro and macro level.   In this episode, Matt DeCoursey and Matt Watson are joined by Lauren Conaway, CEO, and founder of InnovateHER KC. InnovateHER KC aims to enrich the circle of influence among women to create a greater impact in the Kansas City community.   Through the enrichening and empowerment of other women, the organization is able to lead the way for many young women to find their way and reach their dreams. Are you interested in being a part of this extraordinary organization of strong, independent women or supporting their cause?   Learn more about:   Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/   Stackify: https://stackify.com/   InnovateHER: https://www.innovateherkc.com/   GigaBook: https://gigabook.com   Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startuphustlepodcast/   Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDXy14X95mzCpGSHyDvvoVg   Follow us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@startuphustle

If you are listening to this on the release day, it’s Valentine’s Day! That means the faint smells of love and capitalist greed are in the air. Such joy. Much happiness. Such card purchases. We have a jam packed show this week, filled with stories about islamophobia on twitter, we talk about cockroaches and how they relate to technology. Germany are being the heroes we all need now in the fight against intrusive advertising. AND we even have some time to talk about Captain Marvel. Because she’s totally all about using Kree technology - but only for good. Bex is back hosting this week, she's joined by a expletive heavy Greg Aston, Jonny Rae-Evans, and Dsposal's Tom Passmore. Our special guest this week is Jo Morfee from the excellent InnovateHer. You can find her on Twitter (@JoMorfee) Find out more about InnovateHer at: https://www.innovateher.co.uk/ This weeks topics: Stats of the week: New algorithm finds 48% of tweets from 45 far right accounts contain weak to strong Islamophobia: https://theconversation.com/how-we-built-a-tool-that-detects-the-strength-of-islamophobic-hate-speech-on-twitter-102536 Charity news of the week: Hemsley Conservation centre have great campaign idea for valentines, name a cockroach after your ex: https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/8175258/name-cockroach-ex-boyfriend-valentines-day/ Which was then stolen by a Texan zoo: https://www.npr.org/2019/02/08/692823603/this-zoo-will-name-a-cockroach-after-your-ex-and-feed-it-to-meerkats?t=1549817744495 Tech news of the week: Facebook advertising business could be outlawed in Germany and they’ve explained why this is an antitrust issue, a first step to reducing the power of their empire: https://www.wired.com/story/germany-facebook-antitrust-ruling/ Rant of the week: Ignorance or just plain apathy: https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/james-mullarkey-charities-change-relationship-big-tech-firms/digital/article/1525530 And finally... Captain Marvel promoters try to make a retro website but piss off some geeks: https://twitter.com/backlon/status/1094033539308314624?s=19 Thanks to podcast.co for hosting us in a beautiful mirrored studio. Which you can’t see. But it is pretty. Special thanks to @geekytom for the theme tune. Get in touch: Twitter: @techforgoodlive Instagram: techforgoodlive Email: hello@techforgood.live

Chaitra Vedullapalli, Co-Founder of Meylah.com. She is recognized as a Top 100 Small business influencer, holds a Patent and published the "PartnerTweet" book, and was awarded the Women of Inspiration title at the Microsoft Inspire Conference. Chaitra Is fiercely committed to empowering business owners to access digital economy. She is an accomplished business leader thrives on conceptualizing, analyzing, and executing strategic business initiatives to increase customer loyalty, margins, and maximizing sustainable competitive advantages. Chaitra is known for her thought leadership and social entrepreneurship for developing programs such as "Smart Tourism", "Women In Cloud” and facilitating the” Innovateher” pitch showcase for local businesses sponsored by the Small Business Association. Chaitra is a co-architect of Ignite Washington, a city by city digital readiness initiative to foster local economic development, Board member of Women in Cloud, Board member of YMCA Sammamish, and gives back to youth by mentoring Creative Children for Charity, a youth foundation for providing annual ACTON business fair for entrepreneurial kids, and led a 80+ youth Toastmasters group. With over 18 years of corporate experience delivering consistently high business growth through strategic tech initiatives, business development and partnering with customers. She is recognized for leading change, driving digital transformation in the 21st century, formulating public-private partnerships, and creating economic prosperity with modern technologies such as AI, IoT, and Cloud Computing. She is a highly sought after woman of influence and connected lives by the values of “rising tides lifts all boats” and believes that together we can go further.  

Bex and her Tech For Good Live pals Harry and Sasha are joined by the wonderful Chelsea Slater from Liverpool Girl Geeks and InnovateHer, to talk about the gender pay gap and question Jeff Bezos' motives, our Greg would be proud.   Things we mentioned:   Stat of the week Only 30% of brits know what the gender pay gap is https://metro.co.uk/2018/09/14/only-30-of-brits-know-what-the-gender-pay-gap-is-but-do-you-7946174/   Charity news of the week Charities, it seems, aren’t down with the kids: https://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2018/09/21/charity-retailers-failing-to-connect-online-with-generation-z/ Prototyping park projects https://www.nesta.org.uk/blog/prototyping-projects-parks/ Student Union platform helps societies get sponsorship http://www.businesscloud.co.uk/news/tech-for-good-platform-helps-student-unions-bag-funds Tech news of the week Has Jeff Bezos done something which isn’t Bond-villain-level-monstrous? https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/13/17855358/jeff-bezos-day-one-fund-nonprofit-preschool-amazon   Rant of the week Gamers continuously need to get their shit together: https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/total-war-rome-2-is-getting-review-bombed-on-steam-because-of-women-generals/ And Finally... Trump. Haha.     More from Chelsea: https://twitter.com/innovateheruk https://twitter.com/lpoolgirlgeeks   Thanks to The Federation in partnership with The Omidyar Network and the Co-op Foundation also thank you to the wonderful podcast.co.   Special thanks to @geekytom for the theme tune Get in touch:Twitter: @techforgoodliveInstagram: techforgoodliveEmail: hello@techforgood.live

Jessica shares her story as a busy mother and entrepreneur.  She has an interesting journey that's led to the founding of a sucessful venture and winning $20,000 in prizes, coming in second place in the InnovateHer SBA national competition.  This program is a production of KBMF 102.5 Butte America Radio and underwritten by Purse for the People. 

Founding an education business comes with challenges and rewards, far beyond the financials. Guest EJ Zain talks about this first-hand. EJ founded the startup Maker Kids Lab, LLC, in Austin, Texas. Her very new startup runs after-school programs for middle schoolers in science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM). In her lessons, Zain and her team of helper-teachers guide students of different ages to work together on hands-on, creative projects. She discusses her motivations for starting Maker Kids Lab as a parent, her strategies for engaging kids, and her hopes for creating a business with a social impact. Mentioned in this episode: • Maker Kids Lab on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Makerkidslab/ • Maker Kids Lab on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makerkidslab/ • The 4 C's of Problem-Based Learning (PBL): https://www.bie.org/blog/the_power_of_the_4cs_the_foundation_for_creating_a_gold_standard_for_projec • TechShop: http://www.techshop.ws/ • Hexbugs: https://www.hexbug.com/ • Small Business Administration (SBA): https://www.sba.gov/ • InnovateHER, an SBA business competition: https://www.sba.gov/offices/headquarters/wbo/resources/1465581 • Website of Maker Kids Lab, LLC: https://www.makerkidslab.com/ Mentioned in the post-show notes: • Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs • Panelpicker for South by Southwest (SXSW) 2018 (deadline July 21): http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ Our closing music is from "Late for School" by Bleeptor, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Subscribe and find more podcast information at: http://www.k12engineering.net. The K12 Engineering Education Podcast is a production of Pios Labs: http://www.pioslabs.com. Help Pios Labs continue! You can donate at: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs Also check out these projects from Pios Labs: • Engineering Word Of The Day (EWOTD) podcast: http://engineeringwordoftheday.com • Guidebook “Engineer's Guide to Improv and Art Games” by Pius Wong, on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other retailers: http://www.pioslabs.com/improv4design.html

Jessica Boyd with the Community Ventures Foundation joins us for a conversation on their mission to educate, engage, support, and build the entrepreneurial community by increasing the breadth, depth, and quality of free entrepreneurship initiatives. The Community Venture Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in July of 2015. Our organization was formed to address the need for more free entrepreneurship initiatives in our community. We are committed to building the entrepreneurial community in Arkansas and our surrounding regions. All of our activities fall within one or more of three focus areas: Entrepreneurship Education, Engaging Entrepreneurs, and Supporting Existing Efforts. ​We have provided support for and led efforts such as the Small Business Association's (SBA) Regional Innovation Cluster Initiative, the SBA's InnovateHER contest, the Winrock International and the state of Arkansas's Innovate Arkansas program, the 100 Girls of Code program, MentorCamp, Give Camp NWA, and many more entrepreneurship-focused initiatives.Our mission is to educate, engage, support, and build the entrepreneurial community by increasing the breadth, depth, and quality of free entrepreneurship initiatives. Our goal is to improve the quality of life in the regions where we operate, by increasing the number of entrepreneurial opportunities and success stories. www.communityventurefoundation.org Our contact information: Jeff Amerine / Jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com / www.startupjunkieconsulting.com Jon Cadieux / jon@455mediagroup.com / www.455mediagroup.com / www.bentonvilleworkplace.com

Connie Inukai had a BIG 2015!  She’s an inventor who recently launched her first product on QVC called the Tip n' Split. At about the same time, she retired from her teaching job at University of MD and her fifth grandchild was born. She won the Washington, D.C. version of Shark Tank and is a finalist for Shark Tank and is hoping to make an appearance in the near future. She won the gold medal at INPEX Invention Show and was awarded second place at InnovateHer, a showcase for inventions that benefit women. Listen to this interview to learn how Connie created the second career that she had been thinking about as she raised her children and worked as a college professor.   The Tip n' Split is the size of a small calculator. It features a magnifying glass, a light so that you can see your menu in a dark restaurant, and it calculates a tip and splits the bill which is handy for when you go out to eat with groups. Connie created the second career that she had been thinking about as she raised her children and worked as a college professor. Connie's working on other inventions and we will check in with her again to see what she's accomplished.  If you liked the movie Joy, about inventor Joy Mangano, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Robert DeNiro and Bradley Cooper, you'll enjoy this interview with Connie! Join the EverBetterU community on Facebook.   Learn more about Ever Better  at http://www.everbetteru.com/ or send an email to Lisa@EverBetterU.com.