Mindful Hour Presented by LaCroix Sparkling Water with Parker Sloan
Monday, April 26th, 2021
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For this Monday’s Mindful Hour presented by La Croix we had Parker Sloan known as @TheRollingSloan, guiding us through some yoga and mediation.
Parker Sloan is a Miami Yogi, she is 22 years old and a recent graduate from Florida State University. She has been practicing yoga for a few years but has been officially teaching yoga for a year now. Sloan is very passionate about cultivating mindfulness through healthy eating, healthy and mindful movements, and in the way we think. She is very happy to be able to share this journey with more people and have them be intuned with themselves.
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Story Hour #VolunteersWithAVoice with Mark Samuelian
Tuesday, April 27th, 2021
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This Tuesday for our #VolunteersWithAVoice Story Hour we had Miami Beach Commissioner, Mark Samuelian reading The Nice Book by David Ezra Stein.
Mark Samuelian’s roots in South Florida and Miami Beach run deep. His grandfather lived in Coral Gables and Mark’s love for the area started in early childhood. A homeowner in Miami Beach since 2003, he enjoys the richness and diversity of its residents and neighborhoods. Mark met Laura Dominguez (his life partner) in 2012 and they live on the Venetian Islands.
This passion for his community allowed him to be elected to the Miami Beach City Commission in November 2017 with overwhelming resident support. He received 68% of the votes cast and won the majority of votes in all 24 precincts.
Mark combines the skills of a seasoned business executive with the experience of a proven community leader. A former partner at the professional services firm Accenture, he brings three decades of business and technology expertise to the City Commission. He is the past President of Miami Beach United, an established city-wide resident advocacy organization. He has served on the Board of the Belle Isle Residents’ Association and the Pets’ Trust Advisory Board. He has both attended and lectured for the Good Government Initiative.
Mark is a graduate of the Miami Beach Leadership Academy and serves on the Board of Governors of the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce. As a former national chess champion, he also actively supports Miami Beach scholastic chess as a coach and mentor.
Mark was born in Boston, MA, where his grandparents settled after immigrating to the United States. He attended public schools and was the first person in his family to earn a college degree. Mark learned much from his mother and father – a hardworking small business owner who worked tirelessly for 50 years. His parents approached every day with enthusiasm, a desire for excellence and a selfless dedication to providing a better set of opportunities for the next generation. Mark carries these qualities of commitment and passion to all his work.
Mark holds an engineering degree cum laude from Georgia Tech and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Story Hour #VolunteersWithAVoice with Stephanie Saunders
Wednesday, April 28th, 2021
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This Wednesday for our #VolunteersWithAVoice Story Hour we had founder of The Suskind Foundation, Stephanie Saunders reading All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold.
Stephanie entered the job market just as the subprime mortgage crisis was wreaking havoc on the economy in 2006, and she took a job in the one sector that was hiring — distressed properties. Stephanie spent the next decade in corporate America building a reputation in creditor-owed real estate by leading client acquisitions and strategic marketing. Or, simply put, she helped banks foreclose on property owners.
After ten years, she thankfully turned to the “good side” and became an equity stakeholder in United Claims Specialists — a dynamic public adjusting firm specializing in residential and commercial properties. Finally able to put her love of real estate and knowledge of marketing and branding to use for a proper cause with a national reach with her Husband Joe Suskind who is the founder.
Her main objective with this venture is to help property owners keep money that is rightfully theirs – – after the many years on the other end. And speaking of the “good side,” what’s not to love about helping people recoup their losses, restore their properties and protect their hard-earned assets.
On the heels of that success, I’ve also launched S2 Marketing to help other business professionals effectively harness the potential of social media to advance their brands. And I’m also hosting a podcast on that subject called The S2 Show.
Finally, and something I’m equally passionate about, is my role with the Suskind Foundation — a charity I founded in 2019. We specialize in meeting the immediate needs of communities, often on a block-by-block basis, that have been severely impacted by natural and economic disasters.
Subsequent to her corporate life in the distressed real estate market, Stephanie is an active note buyer and multi-family property owner and stays in the know of distressed real estate trends as markets ebb and flow.
Fast forward to 2016 she launched a consulting firm applying her skills in brand positioning and brand storytelling for service based businesses looking to up their ante in a visual sense. And began dabbling in social media marketing.
Social media is an awesome way to educate potential customers about your services and Stephanie did this for a niche market during the 2020 pandemic in a new way. After 10 months of execution and ditching the former B2B perspective, She was named one of the nation’s Top 10 Social Media Influencers of 2020 by Forbes Magazine. It was an unexpected honor and high praise coming from Forbes.
On the heels of that success, Stephanie launched S2 Marketing to help other business professionals effectively harness the potential of social media to advance their brands. As well as a podcast on that subject called The S2 Show, where experts join Stephanie in discussing their business models, how they achieved success and how they have changed their branding techniques since the pandemic shift.
Finally, and something she is equally passionate about, is her role with the Suskind Foundation — a charity Stephanie founded in 2020 during the corona virus outbreak. Which initially set out to provide assistance in the community for housing and disaster preparedness related to economic and natural disasters but quickly – – a mentorship program was introduced to the foundations efforts. After the two recession pivots Stephanie mastered she became determined to help others who are in need of a career change and way forward.The foundation is looking to the future generations abilities to become innovators in the technology spaces and has several continuing ed grants available within this space. She speaks at many organizations to assist in how to place yourself in the right light as markets and career aspirations pivot. After all the pivots Stephanie is a businesswoman who has a passion for servant leadership and plans to pursue a philanthropic life through the Suskind Foundation.
Thank you once again to Stephanie Saunders for sharing a beautiful story and supporting #VolunteersWithAVoice!
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