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This month’s First Friday Female Founder post features Annie Franceschi, who is a former Disney storyteller that transitioned to bestselling author, six-figure founder and branding expert, helping coaches and consultants clearly and confidently grow their greatest businesses without burning out on marketing.
Read MoreWhᥲt gᥙιdᥱs ყoᥙ toᥕᥲrd ყoᥙr dᥱᥱρᥱst dᥱsιrᥱs? Whᥲt ιᥒsριrᥱs ყoᥙ? Whᥲt groᥙᥒds ყoᥙ ιᥒ ყoᥙr trᥙᥱst sᥱᥣf? In leaning into my many layers, I find a word of the year helps boost productivity and bring the year into focus. Here are the details regarding my word of the year for 2023.
Read MoreThis month’s First Friday Female Founder post features Emily Brennan, who helps people look and feel their best selves from the inside out with clean, plant-based products, which is timely as many of us are resolving to live healthier lives and can benefit from her continual learning.
Read MoreAmidst all the challenges of 2022, I’m inspired by the creativity, resilience, collaboration, thoughtfulness and emphasis on self-care shared by my squad and this community. As we mourn what many have lost, we celebrate those who’ve stepped up and the many ways in which we’ve all grown.
Read MoreThis month’s First Friday Female Founder post features Shirnetta Harrell, Founder and Executive Director of The No Woman, No Girl Initiative. She and her team work to ensure hope, essentials and education are accessible to women and girls in crisis or transition, and the energy she uses to transition her empathy into action is contagious.
Read MoreDo you ever reflect on your life and the path you took to get where you are currently? In this post, Emily takes a moment to examine the path to her here and now. Sometimes, the input from those along the way you've traversed can boost productivity.
Read MoreThis month’s First Friday Female Founder post features Sarah Glova, CEO of Reify Media, writer, instructor, public speaker, advocate, active member of our community, mother and wife, who continually strives to make the world a little better each day.
Read MoreAlthough the phrase "𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂" 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 for all that so many put into making October 8th’s 15th Annual Triad LUNGe Forward 5K so wonderful, here are a few shoutouts that must be shared with some notable contributors.
Read MoreThis month’s First Friday Female Founder post features Nikki Huebner, CEO, designer and founder of Endurelash, Endure Beauty and Endure Productive LLC, who uses her business’ sales to spread the light of the daughter she lost while supporting Ronald Mc Donald House Charities of North Carolina.
Read MoreYesterday, Emily had the honor of sharing productivity power plays with Wine and Design franchisees. If you are looking for a presentation to impact and energize your team, organization or event attendees, get help from Emily Parks, established professional speaker on productivity.
Read MoreThis month’s First Friday Female Founder post features Crissy Fishbane, co-founder of the HER Health Collective, who utilizes her expertise as a Certified Therapeutic Exercise Specialist, Personal Trainer and Wellness Coach specializing in training postpartum women to support moms in her community and across the region.
Read MoreThere's no getting around the old adage that "you can't pour from an empty cup", which is where the real value behind work-life integration comes into play. Thus, a few weeks back, after scouring resources, I figured out a way to get to Colorado for a couple days, and I’m so grateful for this experience.
Read MoreThis month’s First Friday Female Founder post features Kaylynne Leggett, founder of Houseplant Hippie. In a COVID-19 pandemic pivot, Kay joined her family at Haven Farm, launching a mobile plant truck, which she has subsequently expanded to include interior plantscaping and maintenance, events in her family’s greenhouse, succulent martini workshops as well as Door Dash plant deliveries. She thrives helping all who are looking to invite life into their spaces.
Read MoreSince productivity is not “one size fits all”, creating productivity solutions personalized to your personality, to how you think and to what you're looking to accomplish better enables moving beyond getting organized for success that can be maintained. These words of wisdom from Whoopi Goldberg really illuminate this concept.
Read MoreThis month’s First Friday Female Founder post features Maria Scimeca Glenn, co-founder of Assenter Coaching LLC, who is an executive coach and leadership trainer that inspires leaders to realize their full potential. Maria clearly envisions what she wants to accomplish as well as how she wants to live life, and she enthusiastically pursues making that vision a reality with impressive energy, focus and drive.
Read MoreIt feels like that concept of really breathing has become a little harder lately amidst all the stress and uncertainty. We all know that it is super important, but, somehow, it's harder. Here is an exercise to make sure you’re minimizing stress’ negative impact on your respiratory and cardiovascular systems.
Read MoreThis month’s First Friday Female Founder post features Candice Smith, a Harvard-educated public relations and visibility consultant for emerging, mission-driven brands looking to expand their digital footprints with data-driven strategies and powerful narratives to engage media. Candice brings great energy to every interaction with clients, fellow women business owners and her entire community.
Read MoreIt was 15 years ago today that Organize for Success, LLC officially received its Articles of Organization from Secretary Elaine Marshall as North Carolina's Secretary of State. Here are 6 things we’ve learned about putting productivity to work for efficiently and effectively accomplishing what matters most.
Read MoreThis month’s First Friday Female Founder post features Erin Cohen, the REALTOR and personal chef turned Travel Designer of Personal Touch Travel Design in Washington State. Erin truly cares about the needs of her clients, other women business owners and her community, making her your go-to for alleviating the overwhelm of buying a home, creating a meal as an experience or planning a vacation.
Read MoreWhether you use your automobile simply to get from Point A to Point B or you feel like you live in it, you need an organized space to serve you well in meeting your transportation needs. Here are 9 steps to make sure your car, truck, van, SUV or crossover vehicle is in tip-top share for the days, weeks and months ahead.
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