Tag: General Business

  • Your Life. Your Business. Your Legacy

    Your Life. Your Business. Your Legacy

    An educational seminar for self-employed and small business owners on protecting your income, planning ahead, and building your legacy. When you’re self-employed or running a small business, you’re responsible for more than just making a living. You’re building something of your own, supporting yourself, the people who depend on you, and planning for a future that may look different from someone with traditional employment benefits. But what happens if an unexpected change in your health interrupts your ability to earn an income? Are you preparing for retirement? And have you thought about how the decisions you make today could impact the legacy you leave behind? Protecting Your Income: Understand why having a plan matters in case an unexpected change to your health affects your ability to make an income. Preparing for What’s Ahead: Discover how life insurance and insurance-based strategies provide additional protection, support your retirement goals, and prepare you for the future. Creating a Lasting Legacy: Learn how planning today can help lay the foundation for your future and create opportunities for the next generation. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, independent contractor, or small business owner, this seminar is for anyone who wants to make informed decisions about protecting what they’re building and planning for the future. No matter where you are in your journey, you’ll have an opportunity to gain valuable information, ask questions, and explore options you may not have considered before.

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  • Roll for Connection: Leading and Storytelling Together w/ Travis Willingham

    Roll for Connection: Leading and Storytelling Together w/ Travis Willingham

    TCU’s Schieffer College of Communication, College of Fine Arts, and Roach Honors College present a conversation with Travis Willingham! TCU is proud to host Travis Willingham, university alum, voice actor, and CEO of Critical Role, back on campus this December as a Premiere Green Honors Chair through the Cecil H. & Ida Green Honors Chair program. Travis will join us in a conversation about leadership and storytelling and how his dual roles as a voice actor and media brand CEO have shaped his approach to art, business, and everything in between. Attendees will also receive an event-special TCU d20 for their own games to commemorate the evening!

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  • WSA – Workforce Wednesday: E Houston Job Fair

    WSA – Workforce Wednesday: E Houston Job Fair

    Take the next step in your career at our upcoming Job Fair. Join us for an exciting opportunity to connect with employers. Whether you’re looking for your first job, seeking a career change, returning to the workforce, or ready to advance professionally, this event is designed to help you take the next step. Meet with employers, learn about available positions, explore different industries, and make valuable connections that could lead to your next opportunity. Opportunities to connect directly with employers and recruiters. Information about current job openings and hiring opportunities. Take advantage of this opportunity to meet employers, expand your professional network, and explore your next career move.

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  • Built to Connect: Sharing What Works in the Field and in Business

    Built to Connect: Sharing What Works in the Field and in Business

    CALLING ALL TRADES: Join us in person to swap practical ideas, field-tested tips, and business know-how that help us connect and grow. Built to Connect is an in-person event about sharing what works—in the field and in business amoungst the various home service trades orgainzations in Houston. Come connect, swap ideas, and learn from what others are doing while unwinding with a Happy Hour Drink and Apps.

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  • 2026 NANR Summit

    2026 NANR Summit

    America’s premier convening for electoral reformers since 2017. Learn, connect, strategize, collaborate – changing the system starts here. The NANR Annual Summit is a convening of the electoral reform movement. The event provides the opportunity for reform leaders to deepen alignment, foster collaboration, work through disagreements, and strategize for the future. The Summit includes ample time for professional networking and finding inspiration for the work. Attendees typically include staff from NANR member organizations as well as many of their business, legal, fundraising, and legislative partners. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we are pleased to offer free registration to attendees this year.

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  • Houston Business Connection Lab: Meet, Share & Collaborate

    Houston Business Connection Lab: Meet, Share & Collaborate

    Connect with Houston business folks, swap ideas, and find new ways to collaborate – in person and without the awkward pitch. Join us in person for Houston Business Connection Lab: Meet, Share & Collaborate – a chance to meet , share , and collaborate with the Houston business community. Great business relationships start when people understand what others do, what they need, and how they might contribute. Houston Business Connection Lab brings together entrepreneurs, small-business owners, independent professionals, founders and business operators for a structured afternoon of practical conversations and purposeful networking. Instead of spending the entire session collecting business cards, participants explore professional interests through guided introductions, business connection mapping, collaboration exchanges and action planning. The experience combines a welcoming professional atmosphere with practical tools designed to make networking more intentional. No keynote presentations. No mandatory pitches. No guaranteed business matching.

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  • Negotiation Skills for Business Professionals | Dallas, TX | Nov 25th, 2026

    Negotiation Skills for Business Professionals | Dallas, TX | Nov 25th, 2026

    Explore negotiation preparation, communication, bargaining, conflict management, and strategies for reaching mutually beneficial agreements. Join Strive Wisdom in Dallas for a practical Negotiation Skills for Business Professionals workshop covering negotiation preparation, bargaining strategies, active listening, conflict management, supplier discussions and mutually beneficial agreements. Effective negotiation helps professionals communicate business needs, manage disagreements and reach mutually acceptable agreements. This Negotiation Skills for Business Professionals session explores negotiation planning, active listening, bargaining strategies, handling objections and evaluating proposals. Through practical activities, role-plays and business scenarios, you will learn to clarify objectives, assess trade-offs, respond to challenges and communicate proposals confidently. These skills can help you navigate supplier discussions, customer agreements, project negotiations and stakeholder relationships more effectively. Whether you work in management, sales, procurement, operations or business development, this session provides practical approaches to achieving workable outcomes and strengthening professional relationships. NOTE: The course will be delivered by experienced local trainers. We aim to assign a qualified professional trainer based in or near the advertised training location. The trainer’s details and professional profile will be shared with registered participants before the session. Negotiation is part of many professional responsibilities, including managing suppliers, discussing contracts, coordinating projects and resolving workplace disagreements. Effective negotiation involves understanding interests, preparing alternatives, communicating clearly and evaluating possible agreements. Negotiation Preparation: Define objectives, priorities and acceptable outcomes. Communication and Listening: Understand interests, ask relevant questions and clarify expectations.

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  • Risk Management Professional (RMP) Certification Training in Houston, TX

    Risk Management Professional (RMP) Certification Training in Houston, TX

    Turn risks into rewards. Gain the skills to identify issues, grasp risk fundamentals, and enhance project outcomes for a competitive edge. Risks pose significant challenges, and if left unmanaged, they can lead to delays, increased costs, missed objectives, and potential project failure. However, when effectively managed, risks can provide a competitive advantage and create new opportunities. Effective risk management is a critical component of all organizational activities. Enhance your skills and position yourself as the Risk Specialist to meet your organization’s needs. With the PMI-RMP, you’ll gain the expertise to spot problems early, master risk fundamentals, and enhance project outcomes, giving you a competitive edge. The Project Management Institute-Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMP) credential recognizes a Risk Manager’s expertise in identifying Project Risks and Mitigating Threats while maximizing available opportunities. It certifies that you have knowledge, skills, and experience in all areas of Project Management. Save resources for your project and your organization. Our 3-day course will guide you through Project Risk Management concepts, tools, techniques, and processes based on different project and risk management standards and will train you for a specialized role in project Risk Management. If you are a project manager, risk manager, functional manager, or C-suite executive, then PMI-RMP certification sets you apart. If you are a Project Manager focused on project risk management, including for large projects in complex environments, then PMI-RMP® is an excellent choice.

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  • The Road to Leadership: Official Book Signing Experience

    The Road to Leadership: Official Book Signing Experience

    Celebrate The Road to Leadership with Dr. Lance Parker! Enjoy an author interview, interactive Q&A, and exclusive book signing. Join us for an exclusive evening celebrating the release of The Road to Leadership, the newly published book by Dr. Lance Parker, Ed.D. This special event offers attendees an opportunity to go beyond the pages and explore the inspiration, personal experiences, psychological insights, and leadership principles that shaped this compelling work. Throughout the evening, guests will enjoy an engaging author interview, an interactive Q&A session, and an exclusive one-on-one book signing experience with Dr. Parker. More than a traditional book signing, this event is designed to inspire meaningful conversations about leadership, personal growth, self-awareness, and the psychological dimensions of becoming an effective leader. Whether you are an aspiring leader, established professional, educator, entrepreneur, or someone committed to personal development, this experience offers an opportunity to connect, reflect, and gain a deeper understanding of the journey toward leadership excellence. Come for the book. Stay for the conversation. Leave with a renewed perspective on leadership. Powered by Sarah Linda Consulting : Where Leadership, Psychology, and Organizational Excellence Converge.

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  • The Wholesale Workshop 5 | Systems & Processes

    The Wholesale Workshop 5 | Systems & Processes

    Sessions 1 through 4 covered finding deals, structuring them, protecting them through closing, and selling them to buyers. Now it’s time to build the machine that runs all of it. Each session in this series digs deep into one core piece of the wholesaling puzzle instead of skimming the surface. Next month’s final session will cover scaling your business. Come back to finish building your full playbook. Andrew Howard — Founder, Homefortable A seven-figure wholesale real estate investor who’s done the deals, made the mistakes, and built a real business out of it. He’s here to break down exactly how he sources, analyzes, and closes deals at scale. Mark Barata — Vice President of Investor & Wholesale Division, Stewart Title Mark not only has past experience wholesaling but now works directly with investors and wholesalers every day, and knows where deals fall apart at the closing table and how to make sure yours doesn’t. He’ll cover what most title companies never explain, and you’ll walk away with a complimentary copy of his Investor & Wholesaler Playbook. Spots are limited and will sell out fast — this isn’t a webinar, it’s 25 people in a room getting real answers. Reserve your seat today.

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