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Posted on: Friday, July 4th, 2014


Have a Happy 4th of July! #Batya150 #SocialConnect #4thofJuly #Independence http://ow.ly/i/67uyC

Posted on: Thursday, June 26th, 2014


Naples always above average || Business Observer http://ow.ly/yum0s

#NaplesFL #Aemc #AndyHill #NaplesFL #Kelly Capolino #ESueHuff

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Posted on: Monday, June 23rd, 2014


 

 

 

 

 

 

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Thank you Safe & Healthy Children’s Coalition of Collier County for allowing me to be part of Naples making history,   Everyone had a blast It was all for such an amazing cause saving childrens life and it was truly amazing to see the community coming together to make it happens , Special Thank you to my friend and Photographer Nick Shirghio for outstanding pictures, Thank you Paula Arrubla-Digrigoli for the opportunity , Thank you Commissioner David StedmanSam J. Saad IIIHernán Fratto from UNIVISION

 

 

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Media Coverage

More than 1,400 Collier kids participate in World’s Largest Swimming Lesson By Naples Daily News 

Southwest Floridians help break swimming lesson world record By: nbc-2 

Tens of Thousands of Children from Twenty-Six Countries Simultaneously Usher in the First Official Weekend of Summer with World Record Swim Lesson http://www.wfsb.com/ story 

 

 

Posted on: Thursday, June 19th, 2014



Starbucks has also proven itself as a leader in mobile with their mobile app, integrated with a seamless mobile payment system.  Since introducing mobile payment features in 2011, Starbucks has seen mobile payments increase to 14% of its in-store transactions in the U.S. Starbucks has a total of 10 million app downloads and sees over 5 million mobile transactions in the US every week.  Love my Starbucks app #Starbucks #app #leader

Starbucks has also proven itself as a leader in mobile with their mobile app, integrated with a seamless mobile payment system. Since introducing mobile payment features in 2011, Starbucks has seen mobile payments increase to 14% of its in-store transactions in the U.S. Starbucks has a total of 10 million app downloads and sees over 5 million mobile transactions in the US every week. Love my Starbucks app ‪#‎Starbucks‬ ‪#‎app‬‪#‎leader‬

Posted on: Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014



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Imagine you’ve agreed to speak to a group of business students but you can’t think of a theme. Here’s a guaranteed winner. Go with, “Follow your passions and do what you love!”

That’s advice everyone loves to hear. You’ll kill.

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Yet you might also be wrong.

“Telling someone to follow their passion — from an entrepreneur’s point of view — is disastrous,” says Cal Newport, Georgetown University professor and author of So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Search For Work You Love. “That advice has probably resulted in more failed businesses than all the recessions combined… because that’s not how the vast majority of people end up owning successful businesses.”

“Passion is not something you follow,” he adds. “Passion is something that will follow you as you put in the hard work to become valuable to the world.”

According to Cal, here’s why.

Career Passions Are Rare

It’s easy to confuse a hobby or interest for a profound passion that will result in career and business fulfillment. The reality is, that type of preexisting passion is rarely valuable.

Don’t believe me? Think about something you’re passionate about. Or something you were passionate about when you were in high school.

Then apply this test: Will people pay you for it? Will people pay you a lot for it?

“Money matters, at least in a relative sense,” Newport says. “Money is a neutral indicator of value. Potential customers don’t care about your passion. Potential customers care about giving up money.” (That same logic, of course, also applies to potential employers.)

A passion people won’t pay you for is hardly the basis for a career — it’s a hobby. You can still love your hobbies. Just love them in your spare time.

The key as an entrepreneur — or as an employee — is to identify a relevant passion.

Passion Takes Time

The “hobby” passion is much different from the kind of passion you hope to find in your business career.

“Producing something important, gaining respect for it, feeling a sense of control over your life, feeling a connection to other people — that gives people a real sense of passion,” Newport says.

Roughly speaking, work can be broken down into three categories: a job, a career, or a calling. A job pays the bills; a career is a path towards increasingly better work; a calling is work that is an important part of your life and a vital part of your identity. (Clearly most people want their work to be a calling.)

What is the strongest predictor of people seeing their work as a calling? The number of years spent on the job. The more experience you have, the more likely you are to love your work.

Why? The more experience you have the better your skills and the greater your satisfactionin having those skills.

The more experience you have the more you can see how your work has benefited others.Plus you’ve had more time to develop strong professional and even personal relationships with some of your employees, vendors, and customers.

Where business success is concerned, passion is almost always the result of time and effort. It’s not a prerequisite.

Passion Is a Side Effect of Mastery

“The myth of the virtuoso is also a problem,” Newport says. “In the majority of cases people think of someone who became a virtuoso as having had unusual talent when they were very young.”

Instead, most highly skilled people were exposed to something in a way that made it interesting. Take musicians. Something (a song, an instrument, a teacher, etc) initially inspired them. They started learning and then benefited from what Newport describes as a feedback effect.

“If you practice hard, soon you might find you’re the best in your group of students,” he says. “That’s great feedback and it motivates you to keep practicing. Then you’re one of the best in a larger group and that’s motivating too. Practice and achievement is a gradual, self-reinforcing process.”

If the work is interesting and you think there’s a market — meaning people will pay you for that work — that’s enough to get started. Then the work itself will give you the feedback you need.

Creating a viable product will motivate you to develop your skills so you can refine that product or create more products. Landing one customer will motivate you to develop more skills so you can land more customers. Gaining greater responsibility and authority will motivate you to develop more skills so you can keep climbing your ladder.

The satisfaction of achieving one level of success spurs you on to gain the skills to reach the next level, and the next, and the next.

And one day you wake up feeling incredibly fulfilled.

“The satisfaction of improving is deeply satisfying, as eons of craftspeople will attest,” Newport says. “The process of becoming really good at something valuable is a fulfilling and satisfying process in itself… and is the foundation for a great entrepreneurial career.”

Working Right Trumps Finding the Right Work

Want to love what you do? Pick something interesting. Pick something financially viable — something people will pay you to do or provide.

Then work hard. Improve your skills, whether at managing, selling, creating, implementing — whatever skills your profession requires. Use the satisfaction and fulfillment of small victories as motivation to keep working hard.

And as you build your business or career, stay focused on creating something that will eventually provide you with a sense of respect, autonomy, and impact.

“Don’t focus on the value your work offers you,” Newport says. “That’s the passion mindset. Instead focus on the value you produce through your work: how your actions are important, how you’re good at what you do, and how you’re connected to other people.”

When you do, the passion will follow — and if you work hard enough, someday you’ll be so good that, as Cal says, they can’t ignore you.

Posted on: Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014


​Meet Steve Ballmer, The New Los Angeles Clippers Owner (Probably) http://ow.ly/xylO1

Posted on: Sunday, June 1st, 2014


So was so tired when I realized last night I’m 10 years in America
Feb 10th, 2003 Coming to USA was hard decision to make
I haven’t spoken any English or ever been in school here but I’ve self learned and was never afraid to try and talk anyway.

I’m thinking wow I’m 10 years here and still have this broken English and ask myself many time why aren’t people correcting me ? So I ask and some of them say we don’t feel comfortable correcting you and some say we love your broken English we think its cute.

I wanted to thank many people who come to my life in past 10 years
So many wonderful people who have worked with me,for me or partnered with me in few different project I was involved with, amazing people who believe in me and challenge me with so many great opportunities and ideas that come alive and some never, but it never has stopped us from trying again.

People know me and learn how much I love the challenge and my passion is to take something small and make it big and negative into positive so they keep bringing it up to me everyday now… That’s why I came to USA to meet these people …

Now special thank you to my children who came here with me and learn how to adjust here to this new country, culture , people religion, friends and not to much family .
They were only 10, 6, and 2 years old and the beginning wasn’t so easy but their strong and smart kids and it took only a few months for them to speak English, to find new friends, to love naples, become such great students and make mom so proud everyday in their progress.

In conclusion I wanted to say that i am very happy to be here in Naples/Paradise and thankful for all the lost and gained

 

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My 10 Years Anniversary In the US

 

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Posted on: Saturday, May 31st, 2014


May 6, 2014 at 6:14pm

Do you have a “Social media policy at your work“? Is it used and if so, how do you make sure everyone listens. Or is it even necessary to have one? Come meet our panel of experts on Monday, May 12th and find out the pros and cons! Bring your questions and let’s find the answers together! Must RSVP before Friday to get discount prices here http://tinyurl.com/mh2esey

 

Meet one of our panelists  Batya Maman, Owner of Social Connect, LLC. Batya connects people with businesses and non-profits through social media.  She believes when it is done well, social media programs can be very effective components of any marketing program. I bring you the tools, techniques and technologies to ensure your program is properly implemented and managed as you increase your social media presence. Prior to relocating to the United States, I taught computer technology in Israel. After moving to Florida in 2003, I opened several businesses. In 2010, social media consulting became a natural transition where I could utilize my computer technology and education background to teach others and opened Social Connect. 

 

Social Connect provides small businesses and non-profit clients with a comprehensive and coordinated program to master social media behavior and get the best results — without the need to add to add staff or devote valuable hours from your day. We teach our clients how to utilize the most up-to-date software and technology so they can tailor content that is attention-getting. After implementing our programs, most clients spend an average of three hours a week on their social media programs, and have seen up to a 20% increase in revenue. Batya connect her clients with  and teaches them to ✓ Increasing Social Media presence without adding staff✓ Social Media Marketing✓ Social Media Management and Maintenance✓ Social Media Training and Speaking✓ Website Design✓ Social Media Consulting. Her specialties are: SEO,SEM,Web Site Design,Mobile Sites,Mobile Applications,Social Media,Social Media Consultant,Social Media Marketing, Corporate Blogging, Facebook Marketing Consulting,Social Media Speaking, Social Media Monitoring, Social Media Training, Social Media ROI,Social Media Metrics.

 

Meet our other panelists:

 

Cassandra Engeldinger Internet Marketing Communications & Social Media Specialist | SEO Strategist | Email Marketing Expert at Arthrex

 

Todd Allen, PA 

 

Ingrid Molina President of Fuller Online Solutions

 

Emcee: Sue Huff, President of E. Sue Huff and Associates

 

Featured Non-Profit Collier Child Care Resources, Inc. Sponsored by Mark Gable, Owner at Safe & Sound Locksmith & Security Services

 

Location: Hilton Naples 5111 Tamiami Trail North, Naples FL 3410311:30 –

11:45 Networking

11:45 – 1:00 Program

 

Pay on or before Friday, May 9th. Members $25 Friends $30 at the door Members $28 Friends $33 Must RSVP http://tinyurl.com/mh2esey

 

Please note: vegetarian meals will not be available the day of the event unless they are pre-ordered when you rsvp on line. 

 

The Above Board Chamber of Florida is the 2012 -2013 winner for “THE BEST for Professional Organization” for the 10th and 11th Annual SW Florida Choice Awards by the Naples Daily News.

 

Non-Members are invited to attend two meeting, then we would like them to consider joining us and to be part of the Above Board Chamber of Florida. For more information call 239-910-7426 or visit our website at www.aboveboardchamber.com

 

Here is the link for our Ft. Myers meeting which is Thursday, May 8th with the same subject and will be held at “The Landing”.

Here is the link for that event http://tinyurl.com/pe2p5c9

 

 

 

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