Mentor Select: Parenting Teens To Be Successful Adults

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MS-077: Parenting The Whole Teen- Lancaster ISD Elementary Teacher of the Year Traci Thompson shares strategies for gaining your teen's trust Jan 08, 2020

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Lancaster ISD Elementary School Teacher of the Year 2018-19, Traci M. Thompson is a native of South Dallas, Texas. She is a graduate of Lincoln High School and received her Undergraduate Degree from HBCU, Texas College in Tyler, Texas. She is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated. This mother of three is passionate about her family, community and teaching.

An innovative, connected teacher with a high-class teaching style when serving her students. She has chosen to target students and schools that have been labeled ??? (what have they been labeled) due to their socioeconomic status. Reaching these students and grasping the attention of their parents has been impactful.

MS-075: Happy New Year- Derrich reflects on Mentor Select's biggest milestones of 2019 and makes a surprise announcement about the future of the Mentor Select podcast Jan 01, 2020

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Mentor Select Podcast is the premier career guidance resource for students, professionals, and entrepreneurs. Derrich Phillips created Mentor Select to provide you with the essential mentorship and support to follow your passions.

MS-074: How to Hit Like A Girl- Former World Champion boxer Masako Mai shares what it takes to Hit Like A Girl Dec 26, 2019

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Hit Like A Girl with Masako Mai brings you the latest, hippest information on how to be your best and live your best life. It's definitely unique, providing information about manifestation, philanthropy, exercise, and enterprise. We discuss topics like food, fashion, and fitness of the body, mind, and pocketbook. Interwoven into our daily lives making the savvy choices design specific per detail specific to the choices best for the modern-day age of excellence.

Watch & Listen every Tuesday Live 7-7:30 PM CST; around the clock, on-demand TV Channel Facebook Live @HitLikeAGirlwithMasakoMai where strong, loving, and courageous is hip and sexy.

Love, Honor, Obey Your Feminine to attract your equal masculine. Hit Like A Girl doesn't hurt, it feels downright divine. Your smile is beautiful, your laugh is infectious, your capacity is growing. Hit Like A Girl with Masako Mai; around the clock, around the globe.

MS-073: How to Create Your Own Opportunities- Retired United Airlines pilot Rachel Smith shares her experiences being one of the first female pilots for a commercial airline Dec 18, 2019

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Retired United Airlines pilot Rachel Smith shares her experiences being one of the first female pilots for a commercial airline.

MS.072-How to Share Your Unbelievable Story-Toastmasters 2019 World Champion of Publish Speaking shares tips on how to better connect with people through authentic communication Dec 11, 2019

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Aaron Beverly is a project manager at J.P. Morgan's Corporate Investment Bank. A dynamic leader with extensive expertise in strategic projects, communication, and team leadership, he specializes in operating model enhancement, business technology adoption and end-user training & development. A highly skilled communicator and public speaker, Aaron became the 2019 Toastmasters International World Champion of Public Speaking emerging from a field of over 30,000 participants worldwide. As an international keynote speaker and trainer, Aaron helps individuals find success in their lives and careers with topics such as: - Corporate & Personal Storytelling - Advancing your Career with Public Speaking - How Introverts can Succeed and Thrive in the Workplace Aaron aims to deliver exceptional results and has a long reputation as a resourceful team player who has benefited from career progression evidenced by the execution of several operational projects and communication excellence.

MS-071: Discovering What Energizes You: Dr. Dawn Owens talks about the importance of selecting a career that you love Dec 04, 2019

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Dawn is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas. She works in the Jindal School of Management teaching various Information Systems courses. She is also the Program Director for their Undergraduate degree program titled Information Technology and Systems. Her most recent accomplishments include the creation of the ITS Academy which focusses on conducting events for current and prospective ITS students. Under her guidance, the school organized the 2nd Edition of the ITS Exploratory Summer Camp for High Schoolers and the 1st ever STEM Symposium for Middle School Girls. She has also been the driving force in changing the ITS Degree Program to a STEM designated degree and updating the curriculum to include more technical rigor for students. She was also instrumental in implementing the AIS and Women In Technology Student Chapters on campus for the undergraduate ITS students, apart from being the Faculty Advisor for a Toastmasters Club in JSOM.

MS-070: Your Road to Financial Freedom- Financial Planner and Pension Advisor Mike Romig shares practical steps that anyone can take to ultimately achieve financial freedom Nov 27, 2019

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Pension advisor Mike Romig advises companies and their employees on how we think they might maximize the value of their 401(k). At the company level, we typically work with the financial and human resources leadership with the goal of aligning the design and operation of the 401k plan with company profitability goals. With employees, we strive to illustrate for them how the plan works, where they are currently on the road to retirement well-being, and what changes they should consider to potentially bring them closer to their goal. If you would like to learn more about Transform401(k) and what we do please visit our website, www.transform401k.com.

MS-069: Prison Entrepreneurship Program- Derrich talks about the impact that PEP is having on families and the economy. Nov 20, 2019

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Restored Hope

At PEP, we are servant leaders on a mission to transform inmates and executives by unlocking human potential through entrepreneurial passion, education and mentoring. Our success hinges on the execution of this mission and the application of our Ten Driving Values.

MS-068: How to be G.R.E.A.T- Entrepreneur Kenneth Biz Allen shares how he started his first company at age 12 out of the necessity Nov 13, 2019

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Kenneth "Biznessman" Allen, founder of the Kenneth Allen Foundation for Entrepreneurship, Inc. (KAFFE, Inc.) CEO of K.S. Consultants and Managing Editor of Prominent Magazine which he co-owns with Entrepreneurial Icons Farrah Gray and Bill Mays. Allen was born and raised in an impoverished neighborhood in Gary, Ind. Growing up in a single-parent household, Kenneth defied national statistics for Black males and graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School at age 17. Allen's love for entrepreneurship began early. At 12, he started his first business venture, K.S. Candies, in his grandfather's garage. Operating for more than six years, K.S. Candies ranked 79 out of 100 youth businesses in the nation according to Young Biz, Inc. By 15, Allen was sharing his love for entrepreneurship with others as a Certified Entrepreneur Instructor. He is Young Biz's youngest certified instructor in the country.

MS:067- How to Discover Your Personal Brand- Carl Bracy has served as VP of Marketing for Procter & Gamble Company and Chief Marketing Officer at Essilor he shares how strategies for discovering your personal brand Nov 06, 2019

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Carl Bracy has served as VP of Marketing for Procter & Gamble Company and Chief Marketing Officer at Essilor, he shares strategies for discovering your personal brand. Mr. Bracy is a proud University of Michigan graduate and currently serves as the Director of Education for the Prison Entrepreneurship Program (PEP eSchool).

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