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Career Strategist, Jasmine Omorogbe, will utilize her 13+ years of career coaching experience to thoughtfully talk participants through how to:

• Refresh your career materials and ensuring that your resume and cover letter are both concise and compelling
• Refine your mindframe and skill set
• Rethink your career strategy and HOW you are searching for positions

About Our Session Leader:
Jasmine Omorogbe is a career strategist with over 13 years of experience assisting clients with crafting compelling resumes, cover letters, and application materials. She is passionate about seeing others achieve their goals and with her support, her clients have landed their dream jobs and use insight learned from Jasmine to help others do the same. Jasmine earned an Ed. M. from Harvard University and a B.A. from the University of Minnesota and throughout her career, has gained a deep understanding of how candidates can best capture the attention of future employers. Connect with her at https://www.jasmineomo.com/ for a consultation!

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This virtual meditation gathering is a great way to break-up your day, and help you take your next, most brave step!

What we'll cover in each session:

• 6/30/2020 Session: Get Grounded, Get Clear
• 7/2/2020 Session: Self-Reflection, Self-Acknowledgement

About She Steps Up Founding Member Dominique Troy

Dominique J. Troy is a yoga guide and wellness advocate with a vocational call to build equitable communities where healing is a central component of its culture.

By day, she works remotely for a nonprofit organization that operates in six countries. Dominique considers herself an advocate for the dignity of all peoples. As a self-declared empath, finding ways to integrate wellness, gratitude and spirituality into each day is key to her leading a fulfilling life.

Stay connected via her website: www.unjar.co or find her on Insta @DominiqueTee or@unjar.co

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Does the thought of going out and pitching your product or service cause knots in your stomach? If the idea of a cold call makes you cringe, learn how to sell without being sleazy. In this interactive talk, we'll discuss some sales strategies to help you be more confident and close more business!

Due to the business impact of COVID 19 selling may be even more of a challenge for the coming months - we will also talk about practical ways to keep momentum moving forward without being insensitive to current challenges including the closure of nonessential businesses.

About the Speaker
Marissa Taffer is the Founder & President of M. Taffer Consulting, a boutique consulting practice with a focus on business development, project management, and content creation headquartered in Philadelphia, PA. She has worked with companies including the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau, Aramark, Billy Penn, WHYY, Almanac, Assemble & Partners, FAIRYGODBOSS, and Ollie. She's also a founding member of She Steps Up!

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This 101 session is designed to be the first building block in your small business social media game plan.

Please join us for this video call if:

• You're brand new to promoting your biz on social
• You've been on social media for a while, but are still kinda confused or not seeing the results you'd like
• You're looking to refine your current efforts

In this virtual session we'll chat about:

• Thinking about Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest, and YouTube in an 'audience-first' mindset
• How to narrow down what platforms you should be on
• How social is used in Branding, Engagement, and Advertising
• What small businesses can do on social during COVID lock downs
• ...and have time for Q&A!

About Our Host
Kris Weldon is a founding member of She Steps Up and a senior strategist at a mid-sized advertising agency in Philly. She's worked on accounts for a diverse set of clients including: Comcast, Temple University, The Flyers, Caron drug and alcohol rehabilitation services, Sunoco, The Richard King Mellon Foundation, and many more. Her specialty lies in audience research, cutting through social media BS, and content calendar creation.

She also definitely took that headshot photo in a bathroom and somehow it turned out really great. Who'da thought?

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What We'll Cover:

• Incentives for first-time home buyers
• Finding your home and actually paying for it
• How to find a real estate agent who you'll love working with
• Should you buy or sell during COVID? How does that even work with social distancing?
• And we'll have time for Q&A!

About She Moves Philly:

Brittany Nettles is a Penn State graduate with a degree in Business and Marketing, as well as a former startup employee with 4 years of small business experience. In 2017, Brittany earned the title of #8 solo agent at Keller Williams Philadelphia. In 2018, she earned the title of #1 solo agent and hired her first employee. When Brittany's not working, you can find her exploring the Philly food scene, drinking coffee at a local cafe, running the Ben Franklin Bridge, or traveling around the globe

Britt McLaughlinn grew up in Bucks County where her mom was a Realtor and her dadwas a residential builder, filling Britt's childhood memories with open houses, job sites, and day-dreaming about building her perfect home one day. Their passion instilled a work ethic, and drive in Britt to help others realize the home of their dreams could be a reality. While not messing with locks and keys, Britt enjoys family bike rides with my partner and his daughter and exploring Philly's best food, festivals, and fun. Becoming a cheesemonger is also in her future..!

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Special thanks to Guru for hosting us, and to Pure Fare for providing attendees with tasty complimentary snacks! Before and after the panel, attendees will have the opportunity to mingle and network with other awesome Philly women. We'll talk to our panelists about the importance of mental health for women, overcoming the stigma of therapy, and how to get started on your own mental health journey.

Meet Our Expert Panelists

Maia Rosser is a dj, doula and social worker. For over 15 years, Maia has worked in prison advocacy, women's health, emergent care, trauma and behavioral health. She is an alumnus of University of Pennsylvania and have made Philadelphia & NYC home for 10 years. Currently Maia is part time faculty in Alvernia University’s social work program. She has a boutique doula practice, Lovely Doula Services; her first birth was 2007. After 12 years of psychiatric care, labor support and DJing parties, Maia knows that positive connections are vital.

Anna Stewart is a Pre-Licensed Professional, MFT and graduate of Thomas Jefferson University’s Couple and Family Therapy Program with a concentration in sex therapy. She is a systemically-oriented therapist who has experience working with individuals, couples, and families. She specializes in distressed couples with one or both individuals experiencing diagnoses such as depression, and anxiety. Anna also specializes in clients that are working in the food and beverage service industry, a population she is well-acquainted with. Her style of therapy involves collaborating with clients in personalizing treatment plans to best suit their needs. She believes that clients are the experts on their own lives and how they prefer to navigate them.

Sue Ellen Zhang, M.S.Ed, LPC is an experienced Mental Health Counselor who focuses on women, young mothers and trauma-focused practice. Sue Ellen is also a serial entrepreneur who enjoys exploring new opportunities. She has a passion and purpose for inspiring others to be their best selves and live their happiest lives.

By day, Tonya Russell is a social media director and publicist, but in her spare time, fitness is everything. She is an avid runner, yogi, and traveler-sometimes combining all three loves. She's not afraid to talk about mental health, and she's open about therapy and her history with eating disorders and anxiety. She lives in South Jersey with her fiancee and four fur babies.

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Scared to log into your bank account at the end of the month? Does it feel like bills kinda sneak up on you? If you’re a newbie at balancing your expenses and income, this is the workshop for you 💸

She Steps Up Founding Member (and professional financial adviser!) [Heather][0] will be leading us through a simple personal fiance worksheet that will help you get ahold of the basics of personal finance--without the shaming for indulging in lattes or avocado toast.

During and after the workshop, attendees will have the chance to mingle and order food and drink from [Bloomsday Cafe][1]'s menu of uncomplicated food and superb coffee ☕No laptop required, but bring a pen or pencil if you'd like to take a stab at filling out the worksheet. You can also jot down and bring the following info about monthly expenses:

• Any health, disability, life, etc. insurance $ not deducted from your paycheck
• Property taxes
• Home/Auto/Renters/etc insurance
• Average utility costs
• Loan payments
• Credit card debt payments
• Education costs
• Childcare costs
• Other monthly recurring bills, like a gym membership or professional dues

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A casual happy hour where you'll have the opportunity to sit with and celebrate other likeminded women who want to step up their careers, side hustles, passions, and personal life.

Got a new side hustle? Bring your business cards! Looking to make a career change? Women from every career come to our happy hours and are glad to chat. Got a great idea for a company/app/event/invention but need to find a fellow founder/coder/designer/cheerleader? Start shaking hands and talking about your passion; everyone at our events is here to support fellow women make their dreams come true in 2020. Evil Genius has generously given us extended happy hour pricing until 7:30 for both food & bev (even though their happy hour usually ends at 6...!) and will be providing charcuterie & vegan friendly snacks, so we can celebrate each other in style (treat yo' self).

If you're a craft beer nerds like us, you can join Evil Genius Project Manager Jenna Greb at 6:15 for a tour of of the brewery, learn about the uniquely sustainable build of The Lab, and a bit about the brewing process.