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Sylvia Acevedo is an entrepreneur, investor, business leader, and rocket-scientist. Passionate about building, scaling and leading market transitions. Startup mindset; global outlook. Devout believer in the power of transformation and disruption to change and improve lives, communities, organizations – and the world. Author of Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist, which details Sylvia's personal journey from the dirt streets of Las Cruces, New Mexico, to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the top executive tiers of Apple, Dell, IBM and other U.S. technology leaders. Ms. Acevedo served as Chief Executive Officer of the Girl Scouts of the USA from May 2017 to August 2020, and as interim Chief Executive Officer from June 2016 to May 2017. She was a board member from 2008 until 2016. One of the most enduring non-profits in the world, Girl Scouts supports more than 2.5 million girls worldwide and generates more than $800 million annually through its iconic cookie program to support local Girl Scouting. Chair of President Obama's White House initiative for Educational Excellence for Hispanics in early childhood leadership. Driver of the Administration's Early Childhood Dual Language Education Policy. National speaker on Education, STEM, cybersecurity, demographic trends and leadership. Ms. Acevedo currently serves on the Qualcomm Board of Directors. Learn more about Sylva on her website sylviaacevedo.org Her book: Path to the Stars is available in English and Spanish Instagram: SylviaEliaAcevedo LinkedIn: www.linkedin/in/SylviaAcevedo Shout-out: Today's Diversity Leader Shout-out goes to the ALPFA network! Are you doing what it takes to be found by the people looking for you? Sponsor: We Are All Human Gala - Find out more, attend, provide support! https://www.weareallhuman.org/ Music: Intro - Vente by Mamá Patxanga is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License Outro - Amor Y Felicidad by SONGO 21 is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/si-suite/message

Sylvia Acevedo is an entrepreneur, investor, business leader, and rocket-scientist. Passionate about building, scaling and leading market transitions. Startup mindset; global outlook. Devout believer in the power of transformation and disruption to change and improve lives, communities, organizations – and the world. Author of Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist, which details Sylvia's personal journey from the dirt streets of Las Cruces, New Mexico, to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the top executive tiers of Apple, Dell, IBM and other U.S. technology leaders. Ms. Acevedo served as Chief Executive Officer of the Girl Scouts of the USA from May 2017 to August 2020, and as interim Chief Executive Officer from June 2016 to May 2017. She was a board member from 2008 until 2016. One of the most enduring non-profits in the world, Girl Scouts supports more than 2.5 million girls worldwide and generates more than $800 million annually through its iconic cookie program to support local Girl Scouting. Chair of President Obama's White House initiative for Educational Excellence for Hispanics in early childhood leadership. Driver of the Administration's Early Childhood Dual Language Education Policy. National speaker on Education, STEM, cybersecurity, demographic trends and leadership. Ms. Acevedo currently serves on the Qualcomm Board of Directors. Learn more about Sylva on her website sylviaacevedo.org Her book: Path to the Stars is available in English and Spanish Instagram: SylviaEliaAcevedo LinkedIn: www.linkedin/in/SylviaAcevedo Shout-out: Today's Diversity Leader Shout-out goes to the ALPFA network! Are you doing what it takes to be found by the people looking for you? Sponsor: We Are All Human Gala - Find out more, attend, provide support! https://www.weareallhuman.org/ Music: Intro - Vente by Mamá Patxanga is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License Outro - Amor Y Felicidad by SONGO 21 is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/si-suite/message

An entrepreneur, investor, business leader, and rocket-scientist, Sylvia Acevedo is the author of Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist, which tells the story of her journey from a small town in New Mexico to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Acevedo most recently served as CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA. In this conversation with Stanford professor Tina Seelig, she shares how some important early lessons in perseverance built a mindset that allowed her to excel as both a scientist and an entrepreneur.

An entrepreneur, investor, business leader, and rocket-scientist, Sylvia Acevedo is the author of Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist, which tells the story of her journey from a small town in New Mexico to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Acevedo most recently served as CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA. In this conversation with Stanford professor Tina Seelig, she shares how some important early lessons in perseverance built a mindset that allowed her to excel as both a scientist and an entrepreneur.

Entrepreneur, investor, business leader, rocket-scientist. Passionate about building, scaling and leading market transitions. Startup mindset; global outlook. Devout believer in the power of transformation and disruption to change and improve lives, communities, organizations – and the world. Author of Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist, which details Sylvia’s personal journey from the dirt streets of Las Cruces, New Mexico, to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the top executive tiers of Apple, Dell, IBM and other U.S. technology leaders.   Most recently served as CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA. One of the most enduring non-profits in the world, Girl Scouts supports more than 2.5 million girls worldwide and generates more than $800 million annually through its iconic cookie program to support local Girl Scouting. Committed to STEM as a critical platform for providing girls with the skills they’ll need for entrepreneurship, coding, cybersecurity, robotics, and leadership. Strong believer in mentoring, with a focus on encouraging the rising generation. Chair of President Obama’s White House initiative for Educational Excellence for Hispanics in early childhood leadership. Driver of the Administration’s Early Childhood Dual Language Education Policy. National speaker on Education, STEM, cybersecurity, demographic trends and leadership. “There’s more to life than being a passenger.”                                                                    -- Amelia Earhart

This episode of Shaping the Future is about K-12 education's democratic responsibility to teach civics. Dock is joined by Sylvia Acevedo, Chief Executive Officer of the Girl Scouts of the USA and author of Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist, and Dr. Emma Humphries, Chief Education Officer at iCivics.Read more on our Shaped blog, including a full transcript and research for this episode: https://www.hmhco.com/blog/why-is-civic-education-important-in-schools-podcastInspire your students to become active and informed citizens with HMH Election Connection 2020: https://hmcurrentevents.com/presidential-election-connection/More info about Sylvia Acevedo's book: https://www.hmhbooks.com/shop/books/Path-to-the-Stars/9781328809568To learn more about iCivics: https://www.icivics.org/ 

This episode of Shaping the Future is about K-12 education's democratic responsibility to teach civics. Dock is joined by Sylvia Acevedo, Chief Executive Officer of the Girl Scouts of the USA and author of Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist, and Dr. Emma Humphries, Chief Education Officer at iCivics. Together they discuss questions like: - Why is civic education important in schools?- How can we empower students to make changes in their communities?- What are some ways we can successfully teach civics and remain nonpartisan?- How does the historical role of schools impact how we teach civics today?Read more on our Shaped blog, including a full transcript and research for this episode: https://www.hmhco.com/blog/why-is-civic-education-important-in-schools-podcastInspire your students to become active and informed citizens with HMH Election Connection 2020: https://hmcurrentevents.com/presidential-election-connection/More info about Sylvia Acevedo's book: https://www.hmhbooks.com/shop/books/Path-to-the-Stars/9781328809568To learn more about iCivics: https://www.icivics.org/ The HMH Learning Moments: Shaping the Future series is hosted by Dr. David Dockterman (AKA Dock), a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, as he talks to both K-12 education experts and thought leaders from other industries. Dock and guests will examine leading issues from across the K-12 industry and offer insights for educators in shaping the future of education. This episode was recorded via phone.

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, this episode of Broadband Conversations features Sylvia Acevedo, CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA. She is a longtime advocate for STEM education, engineer, and author of "Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist." In her conversation with Commissioner Rosenworcel, Sylvia how it was her own Girl Scout troop leader who noticed her early interest in space and encouraged her to earn a science badge by building a model rocket. That experience led Sylvia down a path to eventually becoming a rocket scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Listeners will also hear how under Sylvia's leadership Girl Scouts are encouraged to take on science, technology, math, and engineering projects and pursue badges in areas like cybersecurity. In fact, as a result of her efforts, during the past six months over 84,000 Girls Scouts have earned cybersecurity badges.

As Karen previously stated, LinkedIn is the best place to be in 2019. This also applies to podcasts!   If you are a podcaster, or you want to be a podcaster, this week’s Good Girls Get Rich episode is definitely for you! On this episode, Karen gave strategic tips on achieving your podcast goals. And of course, as you may already know, Karen’s expertise is LinkedIn so expect this episode to dive deep on specifically converting your LinkedIn connections to your podcast’s success.   Karen recently became a guest speaker of Podfest Multimedia Expo and some of the things she talked about on this episode are rounded up from her talk on the said event. Listen and learn about the best practices for your LinkedIn profile that can get you more strategic visibility which will then lead to doubling your podcast goals – more downloads more guests and greater success!   #GoodGirlsGetRich We want to hear your thoughts on this episode! Leave us a message on Speakpipe or email us at info@karenyankovich.com. Episode Spotlights: Karen’s LinkedIn inbox is more valuable than her email inbox right now. (3:15) Spend few hours a week on LinkedIn to double your podcast goals. Get strategic visibility. (4:04) Learn how LinkedIn became the money tree for monetizing Good Girls Get Rich Podcast (5:08) Realizing the importance of your personal brand as the podcast host. (7:15) BE YOU. Your podcast is most successful when you are you on your podcast. Same is true with LinkedIn. (8:19) Think about your LinkedIn profile strategically. Take advantages of the best practices for your LinkedIn profile (9:10) The power of keywords: When do you want your profile to come up? Use those words in your LinkedIn headline and summary. (10:26) Utilizing LinkedIn’s ‘My Dashboard’ section strategically. (13:04) Make your LinkedIn experience section stand out. (16:30) Use LinkedIn to get in front of the EXACT RIGHT people. (18:10) Be Proactive, Not Reactive to Building your LinkedIn network (19:52) Are you connecting with your local media? (23:04) Take advantage of LinkedIn’s new feature on building network on your next event (25:39) 6 Tips Converting Your LinkedIn Connections to Podcast Success (28:30) For podcasts, audio is KING. (30:38) LinkedIn also loves video. They’ve recently come out native video and will release Live video soon. (32:45) Creating LinkedIn long form post for your show (34:40) LinkedIn has become very hashtag centric. Create a hashtag for your show. (36:00) At the end of the day, this is about building powerful relationships, not just about building a network (37:55) Learn about the 8 step system Karen is using on LinkedIn (39:40) Resources Mentioned In This Episode: A conference for podcasters, digital influencers and change-makers, check out Podfest Multimedia Expo where Karen recently became a guest speaker Make a first great impression by building a high-quality LinkedIn profile. Learn more by listening to GGGR Episode 58: Your LinkedIn Profile – Bragging or Owning? The LinkedIn headline is one of the most important things in our profile, it’s the first thing that people see. Develop a great LinkedIn headline with these tips from GGGR Episode 16: 3 Secrets to Writing a Great LinkedIn Headline In Case You Miss It: GGGR Episode 59: Girl Scouts is an Entrepreneurial Training Ground with Sylvia Acevedo Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist – an inspiring memoir for young readers about a Latina rocket scientist whose early life was transformed by joining the Girl Scouts.   Help Us Spread The Word! It would be awesome if you shared the Good Girls Get Rich Podcast with your fellow entrepreneurs on twitter. Click here to tweet some love! If this episode has taught you just one thing, I would love if you could head on over to Apple Podcasts and SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW! And if you’re moved to, kindly leave us a rating and review. Maybe you’ll get a shout out on the show! Ways to Subscribe to Good Girls Get Rich: Click here to subscribe viaApple Podcasts Click here to subscribe viaPlayerFM You can also subscribe viaStitcher Good Girls Get Rich is also onSpotify Take a listen onPodcast Addict  

This week on Good Girls Get Rich, Karen sat down with Sylvia Acevedo, author, entrepreneur, engineer and Girl Scouts of America’s CEO, and talked about Sylvia’s journey from being a girl scout to a rocket scientist.  Sylvia Acevedo is an award-winning entrepreneur who has earned worldwide recognition for her work in addressing one of society’s most vexing challenges. She holds a Master’s degree in Systems Engineering from Stanford University where she was one of the first Hispanics, male or female, to have earned a graduate engineering degree. Sylvia earned her Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from New Mexico State University. One day, upon reminiscing, she realized that the greatest inflection point in her life was the day she decided to be a girl scout.   Listen and get inspired to do what you love and create your own path. Also, don’t forget to show your support to the younger girls by finding your local girl scouts and buy delicious cookies from them. #GoodGirlsGetRich We want to hear your thoughts on this episode! Leave us a message on Speakpipe or email us at info@karenyankovich.com. Episode Spotlights: Meet today’s Guest, Sylvia Acevedo (1:52) A peek on Sylvia’s book: Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist and why she wrote it (3:15) Math is being used now to form communities. It opens a new world of opportunities. (6:32) Know the inspiring story about how being part of Girl Scouts of America turn Sylvia’s life around (7:45) One of the good things about Girl Scouts: Project Management and Problem Solving 101 (13:10) Girl power is rising! Sixty percent (60%) of the women who are recently elected are girl scouts (17:00) The Cookie Program: Entrepreneurship in Action – A great foundation to show entrepreneurial spirit. (20:20) Keep younger girls inspired and motivated. Continue making things happen! (25:30) What do you love doing? Create your OWN path. (28:33) Find the right people and surround yourself with them. (30:12) Confidence doesn’t come from being good at something. It comes from knowing that you can figure it out. (33:10) Be a G.I.R.L. girl. Go getter.IRisk-taker.Leader. (34:10) Entrepreneurs are risk-takers by nature. Risk taking is an important part of our journey. (35:04) Check out other ways to support the Girl Scouts aside from buying their delicious cookies! (36:30) Summary of this episode and an inspiring closing message from Karen (42:45) Resources Mentioned In This Episode: Check out the official site of Girl Scouts of America – the preeminent leadership development organization for girls. Connect with the Girl Scouts of the USA on LinkedIn. Learn more about author, entrepreneur, engineer and Girl Scouts of America’s CEO, Sylvia Acevedo. Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist – an inspiring memoir for young readers about a Latina rocket scientist whose early life was transformed by joining the Girl Scouts. Karen and Sylvia started their relationship through LinkedIn. Make a first great impression by building a high-quality LinkedIn profile. Learn more by listening to GGGR Episode 58: Your LinkedIn Profile – Bragging or Owning? Help Us Spread The Word! It would be awesome if you shared the Good Girls Get Rich Podcast with your fellow entrepreneurs on twitter. Click here to tweet some love! If this episode has taught you just one thing, I would love if you could head on over to Apple Podcasts and SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW! And if you’re moved to, kindly leave us a rating and review. Maybe you’ll get a shout out on the show! Ways to Subscribe to Good Girls Get Rich: Click here to subscribe viaApple Podcasts Click here to subscribe viaPlayerFM You can also subscribe viaStitcher Good Girls Get Rich is also onSpotify Take a listen onPodcast Addict  

Bestselling novelist, award-winning playwright and Oprah Book Club pick’s inspiring memoir of juggling marriage, motherhood and politics as Pearl Cleage worked to become a successful writer and self-fulfilled woman. In this revelatory and deeply personal memoir, Cleage takes readers back to the 1970’s and 1980’s, retracing her struggles to hone her craft amidst personal and professional tumult. Pearl Cleage is an Atlanta-based writer and author of eight novels, including What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day, which was an Oprah's Book Club pick and spent nine weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Her novel Baby Brother's Blues, was awarded an NAACP Image Award for Literature. She is also a widely produced playwright. Deborah Santana is an author, philanthropist, activist for peace and social justice, and founder of Do A Little, a non-profit that serves women and girls in the areas of health, education and happiness. Her memoir, Space Between the Stars: My Journey to an Open Heart was published in 2005. She is a member of the Board of Directors at MoAD.