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TechStreet Houston recap: Present, Promote and Catapult Your Expert Status Using Digital Leverage #techstreet

TSH_LongLogo_RGB_Final_v1I’ve pulled together a few Storify boards from sessions I attended at the TechStreet Houston conference this week. I hope this helps you, in case you didn’t, or even if you did, attend.

Presenter: Kristi L. Jackson, Women CEO Project

About the session:

It doesn’t matter how much knowledge you have if you’re not savvy on how to package it, market your skills and brand your awesome. This hands on, content filled course will teach you how to leverage budget friendly, yet strategic tools for business development, increased brand influence, and to expand your reach. Attendees will learn:

  • How to create your own knowledge based platform that draws in leads, develops your expert angle and increase your profit streams
  • How to connect and develop business with key influencers and decision makers through strategic collaborations
  • How to create a digital content plan in combination with a multi-level marketing scope to increase your brand exposure globally
  • How to leverage new digital tools, knowledge and energy of others to create your own diverse products, services, events and platforms
  • Participants will receive a 44 page, digital eGuide and action plan by attending this course

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TechStreet Houston recap: LEAN IN Executive Roundtable: A New Conversation for Women in Leadership #techstreet

TSH_LongLogo_RGB_Final_v1I’ve pulled together a few Storify boards from sessions I attended at the TechStreet Houston conference this week. I hope this helps you, in case you didn’t, or even if you did, attend.

Panelists

  • Moderator: Danielle Forget Shield – President at 825 Basics, LLC
  • Suzan Deison – President at Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce
  • LaShonda Anderson-Williams – SMB&D General Manager at Microsoft
  • Muge Wood – Director of Dynamics Industry Architects at Microsoft
  • Dr. Melanie Johnson – Director of Education at Space Center Houston
  • Shelley Armato – CEO & President at MySmartPlans & Marathon Digital Services
  • Leigh Ann Arnold – Program Manager at Center for Houston’s Future
  • Nina Godiwalla – CEO at MindWorks
  • LEAN IN Story – Birgit Kamps President of Hire Universe LLC
  • Special Recognition & Presentation: Nation’s Most Powerful Woman Entrepreneur Maria Rios – CEO at Nation Waste, Inc.

About the Roundtable:

With women comprising just 4% of corporate CEOs, 14% of executive officers and 20% of America’s government officials, we’re facing a persistent leadership gap at the highest levels. This powerful women’s roundtable will to unlock the full potential of women in Business, Technology, Engineering, Education, Healthcare, Entrepreneurship and Nonprofit organizations.

Our awe-inspiring panel of women executives will engage in enlightening and empowering discussions that will energize women to take their businesses and careers to new levels of success. This is a phenomenal platform for you to learn from female power players about how to grow personally, professionally, and profitably while closing the executive leadership gap! Join us for this empowering conversation with successful, dynamic, and influential women executives and entrepreneurs to gain insights and guidance on what it takes to get to the top.

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TechStreet Houston recap: Morning keynote with Fred Trotter #techstreet

TSH_LongLogo_RGB_Final_v1I’ve pulled together a few Storify boards from sessions I attended at the TechStreet Houston conference this week. I hope this helps you, in case you didn’t, or even if you did, attend.

The morning keynote speaker was Fred Trotter:

Fred Trotter is a healthcare data journalist and author. He is a technical blogger for O’Reilly Radar and is the co-author of the first Health IT O’Reilly book Hacking Healthcare. | www.fredtrotter.com/biography

Trotter’s speech was “Hacking: I use it to fix healthcare and you can use it to fix your industry.”

Hacking, the playful, irreverent approach to improving software and hardware can work in order areas. Healthcare has lots of rules and many of the rules are themselves the problem. Learn how breaking, bending or ignoring rules that should never have been there in the first place is the first step in revolutionary technical strategies that enable positive social change. Social change has always been about power and the Hacking mindset is all about negating inappropriate power relationships.

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Video: Who should turn out for TechStreet Houston? #techstreet

TSH_LongLogo_RGB_Final_v1The TechStreet Houston Smart City Event is being held (in Houston) on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at the George R. Brown Convention Center.

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Video Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2ekAiaCFIE

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Reasons to attend the TechStreet Houston Smart City Event: Tracks for everyone — #techstreet

TSH_LongLogo_RGB_Final_v1Are you going to TechStreet Houston? The TechStreet Houston Smart City Event is being held (in Houston) on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at the George R. Brown Convention Center. And it’s free!

DISCLAIMER — I’m going to be posting about TechStreet Houston quite a bit this month, leading up to and possibly after the event is held. Be warned. 

For those of you who have never heard of the event, don’t worry. I’m about to give you more info so you can consider attending. (Yes, I’m going. In fact, to be transparent, I’m on a committee for the event.)

Why should you attend? TechStreet Houston has several reasons posted online:

  • It’s Great for Business — As the 4th largest and 2nd fastest-growing metro area (Forbes) in the United States, Houston is ideally positioned for expansion and innovation.
  • There’s Something for Everyone — Even if you’re not an investor or entrepreneur, we’ve still got you covered. In addition to all of the other , we’ll have the Hackathon for designers and programmers and a STEAM incubator for those eager to learn about a variety of topics in the science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics fields.
  • It’s Fun — We’ve got one full day of workshops . So whether you like technology, medicine, science and mathematics or design, there is so much for you to discover.
  • It’s Affordable — Shouldn’t innovation be affordable and beneficial to society on a whole? Well, that’s what we believe and because we do, we have kept the cost low and affordable for attendees. We’re here to support innovators and those who are interested in learning more about this community.

I’m going to cover just a few reasons of my reasons to add this conference to your calendar.

There is something for everyone. The event is offering sessions and workshops in several tracks:

  • HATCH pitch – HATCH, a revolutionary pitch competition, is coming to TechStreet Houston! Start-ups from around the world will pitch; entrepreneurs, venture capital investors, angel investors and corporate executives will judge; and attendees will watch the unveiling of Hatch Houston at TechStreet.
  • Code Street Showcase — Code Street is the platform for technology strategists  to present tools that make life sustainable, manageable, and efficient. At the TechStreet Houston Closing Party, we will showcase applications developed during the Hackathon events including the Code For America/TechStreet Hackathon on November to be held on November 16, 2013. The showcase is happening at TechStreet Houston.
  • TechStreet University/Developer Workshops – Hands-on programming workshops on the popular and emerging platforms for experienced and wanna-be programmers. We will have beginner level workshops for non-experienced developers, as well as intermediate and advanced level for more those more experienced. Developer workshops range from iOs, Android, and Windows 8 app development.
  • STEAM Street — STEM + Arts = STEAM! Middle school and high school students (and the rest of us) will have a chance to meet and interact with some of the best and brightest minds in science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics. There will be interactive exhibits, hands-on workshops, and much more!
  • Smart Street — Houston’s startup scene is hot! Houston is home to dozens of exciting new startups. Here’s your chance to meet them.  Tech Street Houston is bringing together some of the top innovators in one of the fastest growing business metropolises in the country. Throughout every major industry, Houston creates new concepts and contributes to both local and global business communities on a daily basis.

Still not convinced? Did I mention that it’s free?!! REGISTER TODAY!

(I will add more “top” reasons to attend in future posts.)

More info: www.techstreethouston.com.