Sun, 27 May 2018
Dr. Art Langer founded Workforce Opportunity Services (WOS), which is a nonprofit charitable organization that helps empower young adults and military veterans through unique, innovative work-study programs. WOS works with companies to identify specific staffing needs and then trains its students to fill those roles. The goal: To provide these students with long-term career and educational opportunities, along with the tools to become productive citizens. WOS works with academic partners (including Rutgers, Penn State, Georgia Tech, University of Texas at El Paso, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and others) to create company-appropriate academic curriculums. Carefully-selected students are then trained to fill roles in IT services, programming and design, cybersecurity, finance & accounting, customer services, operations, and other areas requested by the companies. Program graduates are now working with Johnson & Johnson, Prudential, ADP, HBO, Hewlett Packard, Merck, Panasonic, and other global and national organizations. To learn more about Dr. Langer, visit: http://www.alanger.com/about-art.html To learn more about Houston Money Week visit:
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Mon, 21 May 2018
What if the real secret to greater productivity, happiness and success is a habit that is thousands of years old?Productivity has become an international obsession. We celebrate a work culture where people boast of long working hours, their extreme schedules and how little they sleep. A constant stream of emails, texts, tweets and more keeps us connected every minute and we rarely put our phones down. Every moment needs to be maximized and no time can be wasted. Aaron M. Edelheit is the Chief Strategy Officer of FLO Technologies. Since selling his company, The American Home in 2015, Aaron founded Mindset Capital, a private investment firm. Aaron has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Bloomberg, and the New York Times and has given lectures on entrepreneurship and investments all over the U.S., Canada and South Africa. Aaron serves on the board of the Moishe House Foundation and is a Partner of Social Venture Partners in Santa Barbara working on homelessness. To learn more about Mr. Edelheit, visit: https://www.thehardbreak.com/about-the-author/ To learn more about Houston Money Week visit:
Financial Advisor Magazine Articles: http://www.fa-mag.com/news/advisors-stay-the-course-amid-monday-s-market-drop-22864.html?section=3 You can listen live by going to www.kpft.org and clicking on the HD3 tab. http://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/moneymatters or #KPFTHOUSTON #HoustonMoneyWK #aaronvalue
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Sun, 13 May 2018
The chief scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) turns a critical eye toward such practices as telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition and psychokinesis. Are such powers really possible? Science says yes. According to noted scientist and bestselling author of The Conscious Universe, Dean Radin, magic is a natural aspect of reality, and each of us can tap into this power with diligent practice. Dean Radin, PhD, is Chief Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and Associated Distinguished Professor of Integral and Transpersonal Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He earned an MS in electrical engineering and a PhD in psychology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Before joining the research staff at IONS in 2001, he held appointments at AT&T Bell Labs, Princeton University, University of Edinburgh, and SRI International. He is author or coauthor of hundreds of technical and popular articles, four dozen book chapters, and four popular books: The Conscious Universe (1997), Entangled Minds (2006), Supernormal(2013), and Real Magic (2018). To learn more about Mr. Radin, visit: https://www.realmagicbook.com/bio To learn more about Houston Money Week visit:
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Tue, 8 May 2018
Tommy Servos is a trial attorney who focuses on representing clients that were injured in car, truck and bus accidents, plant and refinery explosions, offshore accidents, and by dangerous prescription drugs. He has tried—and won—a number of cases across Texas and recovered millions of dollars for his clients. Mr. Servos was born and raised in Texas, living the majority of his life in Houston. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Government from the University of Texas at Austin. While there, Mr. Servos accepted an invitation to join the Silver Spurs and served as a Handler for the school’s longhorn mascot, Bevo. After graduating from the University of Texas, Mr. Servos moved back to Houston to attend law school, where he graduated at the top of his class. To learn more about Mr. Servos, visit: To learn more about Houston Money Week visit:
Financial Advisor Magazine Articles: http://www.fa-mag.com/news/advisors-stay-the-course-amid-monday-s-market-drop-22864.html?section=3 You can listen live by going to www.kpft.org and clicking on the HD3 tab. http://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/moneymatters or #KPFTHOUSTON #HoustonMoneyWK #thomasservos
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Thu, 3 May 2018
Houston Money Week (HMW) is a community-wide financial education initiative that empowers families and individuals to be successful in making financial choices. The Women’s Resource helps women and girls make choices toward becoming independent, productive and financially stable. In its programs, women acquire the essential financial knowledge, skills and confidence they need to make sound decisions and improve their lives - for themselves and for generations to come. Christine has led The Women’s Resource since 2014. She is a passionate advocate for social equality and has devoted her career to helping the underserved in her community. Christine began her career with the YMCA, eventually working her way up to an Executive Director. There she had the unique opportunity to work on a national pilot project with the Institute of Healthcare Improvement and Stanford University challenging attitudes and beliefs around health and wellness in underserved communities. Drucilla has spent her career as a zealous advocate for underserved communities. Prior to joining the team at The Women’s Resource, Drucilla was an attorney specializing in consumer advocacy, which included extensive Fair Credit Reporting Act and Fair Debt Collection Practice Act litigation. As a result, she has an in-depth understanding of credit reporting, credit reporting agencies, and debt collection. To find out more about the The Women's Resource, visit: https://www.thewomensresource.org/what-we-do To learn more about Houston Money Week visit:
Financial Advisor Magazine Articles: http://www.fa-mag.com/news/advisors-stay-the-course-amid-monday-s-market-drop-22864.html?section=3 You can listen live by going to www.kpft.org and clicking on the HD3 tab. http://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/moneymatters or #KPFTHOUSTON #HoustonMoneyWK
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