by Cristen James | Jun 23, 2014 | Featured Home, General Info, Membership, WCAustin
The 2014-2015 WCA board of directors just completed the annual board retreat. As they are getting prepped for a new year, Immediate Past President Susan Jahns shares her thoughts on the 2013-2014 year. What an honor it has been to serve during our start-up year...
by Emily Fraser | Jun 17, 2014 | Featured Home, Luncheon
Tomorrow, we’ll hear from Adam Levy with LDRK MEDIA on the topic of online video marketing and how it relates to search engine optimization (SEO). Get to know our June speaker with this short Q&A. WCA: What is your role at LDRK MEDIA and how did you get...
by Emily Fraser | Jun 8, 2014 | Ask a Mentor, Featured Home
Edited by Sandra Kleinsasser When you hand a WCA mentor a bag of lemons, don’t be surprised if she’s serving lemonade shortly. Our volunteer mentors share some solid advice on dealing with weaknesses on the Mentor Program webpage. Dear Mentors, What is your “Achilles...
by Emily Fraser | May 30, 2014 | Featured Home
At our monthly Careers Over Coffee South breakfast yesterday, attendees each brought one book that has helped them professionally and one book that has inspired them personally. The result is a fantastic list of summer reading materials. Enjoy! Professionally helpful...
by Emily Fraser | May 29, 2014 | Featured Home, Luncheon
By Sheri Parr Four years ago, Linda Watson was hired as CEO of Austin’s Capital Metro transit system to tackle the onerous problems of the city’s then floundering transit agency. At that time the Sunset Commission Report identified numerous issues within the business...
by Emily Fraser | May 12, 2014 | Ask a Mentor, Featured Home
Edited by Sandra Kleinsasser Recently a dozen WCA mentors met with students from the UT and Texas State WCA chapters for a fun and productive morning of “Speed Mentoring.” As you might expect, some of the students are worried about their upcoming job hunts. Our...
