Events Calendar

Description: Get ready to state your goals, then work toward your goals in 25 min chunks of time with the virtual support of other Hera Hub members. No need to look pretty; just have your to-do list ready and arrive ready to work for as long as your schedule allows. Hope to see you there!

Our 2021 Q4 in-person Accountability Group was such a success that we are continuing it in the new year to start 2022 off right! Please note the new morning meeting time, designed to start your week focused on your goals.

Our community is the secret sauce to this group! Everyone attending will get a chance to share what they are working on, what they want to commit to and reach for, and ask for input (only if desired; it is 100% okay to say "I just want accountability, no advice on this"). Optional accountability worksheets will be provided. We invite you to stay and cowork after the meeting!

Rotating hostesses: Tamina & Tammy, and anyone else who wants in.

This will be in-person for all Carlsbad membership levels. Please observe current COVID safety precautions and wait to attend a following week if you're feeling under the weather. Vaccinations strongly preferred. Thank you!

Here's how the group will run — Brief introductions around the circle - 2-3 sentences of who you are and what you do (10 min total)

Divided up time so each person gets 5 minutes (depending on group size) to lay out:
* What they accomplished from their list of tasks and goals last week
* What they are putting on their list for this week
* Any requests for resources or connections
(approx 30-45 min depending on group size for this section)

Last section of the meeting is open for anyone to ask for help with a business challenge.�(15-30 min as needed)

Meeting should be contained within 1.5 hours. If we complete early, we end early so we can get to work!

Helpful Group Interaction Guidelines —

1. Respect confidentiality — what other people share about their lives belongs to them and should stay with them.

2. Be present in the moment — keep devices to a minimum and stay attentive to whoever has the floor.

3. Hold yourself accountable to your own journey — only you can create the change you want.

4. Ask for what you want clearly and specifically — especially when it comes to how you’d like the group to support you.

5. Speak respectfully, without blaming, shaming, or fixing.

6. Ask permission before offering feedback or advice — if someone hasn’t specified, it’s best to start with “what kind of support would you like right now?”

7. Be willing to allow for mistakes — yours and other people’s.

8. Make space for humor and the unexpected — keeping an open mind allows for the flow of miracles.

9. Be on time and stay until the end — this helps everyone feel valued and respected.

10. Please mute all electronics — use vibrate if you have to be on call for anything critical.

Hera Hub GURUs are subject matter experts who donate their time to meet one-on-one with local entrepreneurs (members and non-members welcome) to answer questions they may have on a variety of topics related to their field. Think of it like “office hours” with your professor. It’s a great way to get free mentoring and advice from business experts. Just drop by during GURU hours, no appointment necessary!

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Hera Hub GURU Valerie A. Grant is a grant professional with 23 years of experience and founded Grant Consulting Services, LLC 21 years ago. Grant Consulting Services' team helps organizations worldwide to obtain grant funding, which helps bring positive change to the communities served. The team's combined knowledge of grant development brings resources to people living with HIV/AIDS, homeless women in learning job skills, and medical supplies to 3rd world countries. The recent focus of the team is helping BIPOC small businesses to overcome systemic racism and gender inequality. 

Valerie is also President of the Grant Professionals Association, San Diego Chapter. She is recognized in the community as a funding expert. Collectively, her team has 33 years of funding development experience and is committed to positively impacting organizations through funding development work.

Valerie is passionate about helping people and organizations to utilize available resources, including aiding private small and women-owned businesses in searching and applying for government contracts. She also assists nonprofit organizations through project development, comprehensive funding searches, expert grant management, and professional grant proposal writing services. She has secured funding for clients in the youth development, education, and human services fields from government, corporate and foundation funding sources.

Questions you may want to ask Valerie include:
- Is my business or organization eligible for grants or government contracts?
- What is the process to find and obtain grants and/or contracts?
- How do I cut through the red tape and obtain contracts with the government?
- Should my business become certified and why?

Valerie has a baccalaureate degree in Business Administration from Baker College in Flint, MI, and studied Social Work for two years at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, VA. At Grant Consulting Services, she practices what she preaches by helping others. Some of Valerie’s community involvement and volunteer work includes:
KOCT Board of Directors
Fashionkind Board of Directors
Grant Professionals Association San Diego County Chapter-President
North County Philanthropy Council-Mentor

Book your GURU appointment with Valerie here: https://calendly.com/grant-consulting-services/grant-guru-hour
Website: www.grantconsultingservices.com
Email: Valerie@grantconsultingservices.com  

The Hera Hub Global French Sub-Hub is for members who would like to improve their conversational French with weekly practice, lessons from a paid instructor, and occasional fun in-person meetups. Meetings are every Monday at 3pm.

1st and 3rd Monday meetings are conversational practice meetings open to all members who are interested. 2nd and 4th Monday meetings are led by a paid French instructor; new members are welcome but please email Cheryl St. Cyr to let her know that you plan to attend and coordinate payment: Cheryl@stcyrconsulting.com. (Facilitated by Tamina Madsen, Hera Hub Carlsbad)

For our second meeting, let's aim to discuss the entirety of the book! Let's get into all those juicy ACTION sections! Please come prepared with an excerpt you'd like to discuss with the group.
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The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance---What Women Should Know by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman.
https://www.amazon.com/Confidence-Code.../dp/B00DB368AY/

~This is currently FREE on Kindle if you have a Prime membership!~

A bit about the book:
Following the success of Lean In and Why Women Should Rule the World, the authors of the bestselling Womenomics provide an informative and practical guide to understanding the importance of confidence—and learning how to achieve it—for women of all ages and at all stages of their career.

Working women today are better educated and more well qualified than ever before. Yet men still predominate in the corporate world. In The Confidence Code, Claire Shipman and Katty Kay argue that the key reason is confidence.

Combining cutting-edge research in genetics, gender, behavior, and cognition—with examples from their own lives and those of other successful women in politics, media, and business—Kay and Shipman go beyond admonishing women to "lean in." Instead, they offer the inspiration and practical advice women need to close the gap and achieve the careers they want and deserve.

** Felena has said that "Confidence Code" is one of the best books she has ever read! **

Hera Hub GURUs are subject matter experts who donate their time to meet one-on-one with local entrepreneurs (members and non-members welcome) to answer questions they may have on a variety of topics related to their field. Think of it like “office hours” with your professor. It’s a great way to get free mentoring and advice from business experts. Just drop by during GURU hours, no appointment necessary!

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Hera Hub Carlsbad GURU Asako Okuma is a Financial Education Entrepreneur and Senior Marketing Director at Revolution Financial Management. She manages two San Diego offices as well as a team of associates, delivering trustworthy financial education and expertise to clients from all walks of life. 

As a GURU, Asako consults with entrepreneurs on the critical balance between personal and business finances; on the ultimate goal of separating the two; and on how to invest in both. She can guide you through savings plans in the absence of employer plans, debt consolidation and debt management planning, insurance, retirement, and benefit plans. 

You may want to ask Asako questions related to:

•How should I use my personal finances to support my entrepreneurial goals? What are the pros and cons of investing my own money into my business?
•What are the savings and tax consequences of my financial choices?
•How much insurance do I need and what types should I consider?
•Are there products where I can grow my money and still have access to it without penalty or taxation?
•What are the rules and regulations for tax-deferred accounts and benefit plans?
•Are there financial professionals who will work with me if I don't have a lot of money?
•How do I get out of debt?

Learn more about Asako or connect with her during her GURU hours, on the first and third Tuesdays monthly from 11am-1pm. 
Website: https://financialrevolution.com/asakookuma
Email: aokuma16ALS@wfgmail.com  

*Calendly link to schedule your virtual GURU appointment with Asako: https://calendly.com/financial_guru_hours/30min*

Description: Get ready to state your goals, then work toward your goals in 25 min chunks of time with the virtual support of other Hera Hub members. No need to look pretty; just have your to-do list ready and arrive ready to work for as long as your schedule allows. Hope to see you there!

Hera Hub GURUs are subject matter experts who donate their time to meet one-on-one with local entrepreneurs (members and non-members welcome) to answer questions they may have on a variety of topics related to their field. Think of it like “office hours” with your professor. It’s a great way to get free mentoring and advice from business experts. Just drop by during GURU hours, no appointment necessary!

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Lucy Kelleher, founder of Keep Them Loyal, is the leading Relationship Revenue coach, business strategist, speaker and author. Her impressive and expansive background in brick and mortar, networking and direct sales, and online business provide the backbone and the heart of her knowledge in keeping her clients’ customers and contacts top of mind. Her proven and systematic approach turns contacts into consistent revenue and referral streams quickly and with little to no advertising expense.

A powerful and commanding speaker, Lucy is a frequent speaker at industry events and consistently delivers engaging, entertaining, and informative presentations. Lucy equips audiences with an array of practical and strategic steps to instantly connect, converse and convert with potential and existing clients, networking connections and strategic partners that all culminate in growing business in a more organic and cost effective way.

Lucy’s highly anticipated book Relationship Revenue is due to be released in the fall of 2021. She has been hailed as a thought leader in this field and knows how to keep readers engaged, inspired and equipped to incorporate the essential skills for building relationships that support business growth, profitability and sustainability.

Lucy received her Bachelor's Degree and teaching credentials from Cal State San Marcos in 2006 and received her ABA Approved Paralegal Certification from the University of San Diego, later returning to teach in that same program. She was the lead paralegal in managing major litigation cases. She also has a Professional Certificate in Human Resource Management from UCSD and taught in the San Marcos Unified School District, working with Second Language Learners. She earned her black belt in the Japanese martial art of Aikido. She and her husband own and run Aikido of Escondido, a martial arts dojo.

Lucy is affiliated with numerous professional associations including Connected Women of Influence and is the President of the Board of Directors for Milestone House, a short-term residential therapeutic program for children who are survivors of child abuse trauma.

You may want to ask Lucy questions related to:

• lead management
• lead generation
• ways to leverage your social media platforms to connect, capture and convert
• CRM selection, implementation, strategy
• strategies to grow your referral network
• ways to leverage your contacts for increased referrals
• strategies to scale your business while staying aligned with your business goals
• how do I leverage my network
• What is a CRM? There are so many of them out there! How do I decide if I need one and then which one do I choose? Do they all cost money?
• I’m feeling overwhelmed that I am not handling the clients and leads that I have now – I’m hesitating in attending events and meeting new people. If I can’t handle what I already have, how can I take on anything new?
• What’s a follow up process? How do I follow up? I can’t meet everyone for coffee or talk to everyone I meet one-on-one. How do I decide who to meet and follow up with?
• I network but I’m not getting anything out of it. What should I be doing?

Learn more about Lucy or connect with her during her GURU hours, on the first and third Wednesday monthly from 9:30-11am. These are open hours, but if you would like to lock in your time with Lucy, please use this optional scheduling link: https://calendly.com/lucykelleher/guru20min

Website: http://www.keepthemloyal.com/

Email: lucy@keepthemloyal.com

- Open to Members and Non-Members -
Hera Hub GURUs are subject matter experts who donate their time to meet one-on-one with local entrepreneurs (members and non-members welcome) to answer questions they may have on a variety of topics related to their field. Think of it like “office hours” with your professor. It’s a great way to get free mentoring and advice from business experts. Just drop by every Wednesday beginning on Sept 22 forward during GURU hours, no appointment necessary!
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As one of the foremost branding photographers and image-based branding strategists in San Diego, Nikkie Achartz has leveraged her background in psychology, marketing, and sales, to help hundreds of entrepreneurs create a visual brand that boosts relationships, referrals, and revenue.

Beyond photography, Nikkie helps clients develop a comprehensive visual marketing and sales strategy that integrates the right mix of psycho-graphic behavioral profiling, impact driven images, and sales model development to build the KNOW ⇨ LIKE ⇨ TRUST ⇨ BUY relationship. She believes sustained profitability is a result of strong brands, strong buying triggers, and a streamlined sales conversion process.

You may want to ask Nikkie Achartz questions related to:
- Guidance in helping you identify a target market that will properly value your services – If I “niche” will I be leaving money on the table from other potential sources?
- Identifying the compelling fears, pains, and desires of your ideal client – How are you ideally positioned to meet the needs/wants of your target audience?
- Support matching your brand with the ideal target market – Do you want high end clients, but have a bargain basement brand?
- Understanding how much time you must spend “on” your business vs. “in” your business – How do you get off the feast-famine income roller coaster that often comes with a service-based business?
- Understanding your revenue funnel and how to move potential clients from “hello” to bigger ticket packages – How are you converting inquiries to income in a way that allows prospects to easily “buy in” to your services without causing instant sticker shock?
- Ways to add value so you don’t get caught in the discounting trap – In what ways are you standing out in the crowd of your competitors without engaging in a “race to the bottom” pricing plan?

Learn more about Nikkie Achartz and SNAP Savvy Strategies www.SNAPSavvyStrategies.com

Schedule your GURU Hours appointment with Nikkie here: https://snapsavvystrategies.as.me/HH-GURU

Start 2022 off with clarity about your goals and intentions! In our first Business Booster of the new year, Roni McGuire will be hosting an exclusive sample of her signature game-changing Vision Board Workshop. You’ll have a chance to share your goals and intentions. Roni will give a presentation of her past vision boards, including her most powerful vision board ever! She will guide us through a brief meditation connecting you to your future self, followed by some time to journal and lock in your vision. Members will have the opportunity to begin working on their vision boards (digitally or with paper), with the option to continue working on their boards in Writers' Lounge directly after the Booster. 

Then, come to Feedback Friday on Jan. 7 to share your completed vision board and use your board to clearly outline how you will accomplish your 2022 goals. Roni will be sharing tools to help you keep track of actionable steps to complete your goals and hold you accountable to yourself. Both sessions will help you gain clarity and plan for both personal and business goals!

Roni McGuire is a former Wall Street executive who teaches female leaders and entrepreneurs to gain confidence, trust their intuition, and feel empowered to manifest the life and business of their dreams using her Motifesting™ Method. She is the Founder of a coaching business called Shine On and Glow, through which she helps heart-centered female leaders and entrepreneurs make a difference in the world by combining intuition and business strategy. Learn more at ShineOnandGlow.com.

Women’s Business Center (WBC) Training, Mentorship and Business Development Hours are FREE and open to the public in San Diego County - by appointment.

Hera Hub Carlsbad is proud to host Jeníca Ganem from the Women’s Business Center. She provides free virtual one-on-one business consulting to help entrepreneurs plan, launch, manage and grow their businesses.

PLEASE READ!
Jeníca is available on Wednesdays at 11am and 12:15pm. To confirm your appointment with her, please schedule a time via this link: https://calendly.com/jganem/hera-hub  

Before the meeting, please take a few minutes to complete this short assessment so you can get the most from your time with Jeníca: https://sdwbc.ecenterdirect.com/signup

CANCELLATIONS: PLEASE be considerate of Jeníca's full schedule when booking your appointment, as time slots are extremely popular and can book up weeks in advance. If you cannot make your appointment, make sure to cancel through Calendly well in advance so she can open up your appointment to another entrepreneur. Multiple cancellations will result in disqualification from the program.

ABOUT JENICA:
Jeníca is an accomplished marketing professional with experience in creative problem solving and a keen attention to detail. With an extensive record of designing and executing strategies that ensure brand clarity and visibility, Jeníca is effective at engaging customers and optimizing their business processes. From the psychology of branding to the fine detail of supporting graphics, from the design of simple systems to the creation of comprehensive social media campaigns, she lends her careful attention to creating a coherent relationship between business and owner, maximizing the potential for success.

Over the past 20 years, Jeníca has worked with small businesses and entrepreneurs to assist them in establishing and broadening their reach and success. Her work has been featured at Capital Hill, in the Federal Department of Education; in both the Los Angeles and San Diego Unified School Districts; and at the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles.  

ABOUT WBC:
The San Diego & Imperial WBC is a partner of the US Small Business Administration (SBA) and is hosted by Southwestern College at the Center for Business Advancement in National City. The WBC provides training, mentoring, business development and financing opportunities for entrepreneurs throughout San Diego and Imperial County.

For more information and a full calendar of WBC’s trainings, events and activities, please visit https://sdwbc.ecenterdirect.com/events

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Hera Hub GURUs are subject matter experts who donate their time to meet one-on-one with local entrepreneurs (members and non-members welcome) to answer questions they may have on a variety of topics related to their field. Think of it like “office hours” with your professor. It’s a great way to get free mentoring and advice from business experts. Just drop by during GURU hours, no appointment necessary!

Dawn DeSantis, founder and CEO of Afflatus Media, is an SEO and inbound marketing specialist who helps businesses thrive online. Afflatus Media provides Search Engine Optimization services, inbound content marketing, social media management and website design and development.

Living in a relationship-driven economy where 90% of research begins with an online search, Afflatus Media equips your business with the marketing, tech and SEO strategies needed to reach your target audience.

Dawn is an ‘early adopter’ and her genuine curiosity combined with her innate ability to learn new software keeps her on the cutting edge, continuously adding new professional skills and tech solutions for growing businesses.

A tenacious problem solver, she finds great satisfaction in helping business owners overcome the technical and implementation hurdles that so often stand in the way of growing and succeeding in business.

Questions you might ask Dawn during her GURU hours:
- How to speed up a slow website
- How to improve SEO and get your website to show up on page 1 of Google
- How to install Facebook pixel, Google Analytics, or Google Ads tracking codes
- How to set up Google My Business
- How to take a website backup/how to restore a backup
- Which software and tools best help you achieve your marketing goals
- have a face-to-face business that I need to bring online. What are my next steps?

A huge part of Dawn’s work includes sorting through various clients’ business and technical structures, untangling the webs, optimizing their software, website, and other marketing tools for high speed and low drag. Dawn and her team are highly proficient at learning and adapting to any software due to clients’ needs. By providing their own servers, Dawn and her team manage multiple websites with thousands of monthly visitors, launch and manage multiple clients’ podcasts and run and manage ads on various platforms.

Learn more about Dawn or connect with her during her GURU hours, every 1st and 3rd Wednesday, 12-1pm, with the option to meet either at Hera Hub Carlsbad or virtually.

These are open hours, but if you would like to lock in your time with Dawn, please use this optional scheduling link:

https://calendly.com/afflatusmedia/seo-guru-hour
Learn more about Afflatus Media: https://afflatusmedia.com
Email: dawn@afflatusmedia.com

Writer’s Lounge is simply a way to carve out time and space to write in a comfortable environment. Members enjoy the sense of accountability to work on writing their blog, bio, book, or…

Each week one of our professional writers will be on site to help give you input/feedback. Simply write alone or swap writing projects with others.

Be encouraged, inspired, and held accountable by your peers! What else will get you writing regularly?

Get ready to state your goals, then work toward your goals in 25 min chunks of time with the virtual support of other Hera Hub members. No need to look pretty; just have your to-do list ready and arrive ready to work for as long as your schedule allows. Hope to see you there!

- Open to Members and Non-Members -

Hera Hub GURUs are subject matter experts who donate their time to meet one-on-one with local entrepreneurs (members and non-members welcome) to answer questions they may have on a variety of topics related to their field. Think of it like “office hours” with your professor. It’s a great way to get free mentoring and advice from business experts. Just drop by during GURU hours, no appointment necessary!

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After spending the majority of her professional career as an HR Leader in various startup and non-profit organizations, Hera Hub GURU Cheryl St. Cyr embarked on a new journey as an HR Consultant with a few trusted and talented colleagues - and never looked back! In this new direction, Cheryl has had the opportunity to collaborate with accomplished and brilliant professionals, all working towards the same goal of creating the most efficient business processes possible.

Cheryl is obsessed with structure and problem (read: puzzle) solving, and both skills lend themselves well to the world of people culture and human capital compliance. Smart business owners recognize the part their people play in synergistically making them the top choice for their customers. Cheryl partners with leaders to not only take the worry out of managing the complex world of employment, but also to provide insight and strategy for culture definition and improvement. Cheryl is a Thought Leader in the People and Culture movement but understands the paperwork and policies needed to have flawless execution in order to support the vision.

You may want to ask Cheryl questions related to:

* What documentation, posters, practices, and procedures do I need to have in place as a business owner to maintain compliance with state and federal laws?

* Why does my small business need a Company Handbook? Job Descriptions? Mission, vision, and values? Performance management process?

* How do I start a/multiple benefits program(s) for my team members? Medical, dental, vision?401k? Health and wellness? Professional development?

* What are key components to team member retention and acquisition? Sourcing ideas? Non-monetary incentives? Culture and branding opportunities?

* How can I better structure my organization in order to optimize workflow and communication dissemination?

Cheryl has experience in the following areas:

Conflict resolution • Grievance processes • Internal investigations • Management-employee communications • Onboarding and offboarding procedures • Employee paperwork • Handbook creation and updates • Performance management • Professional development and planning • Intranet structures • HRIS implementation and administration • Full-cycle recruiting • Retention strategies • Salary reviews and compensation analysis • Benefits administration • Job descriptions and profiles • Succession planning • Payroll setup and administration • Bonus structures • Company branding strategies • Executive and leadership coaching • Non-monetary rewards and benefits • State and local employment law compliance • Workers’ compensation claims • HR file records and retention policies • HR audits • Interim HR leadership • FMLA/LOA/CFRA/PDL administration • Mission, Vision, Values creation facilitation • Diversity and inclusion strategies • Skills assessments • Wellness programs • Employee engagement and satisfaction surveys and action plans

You can meet with Cheryl every Thursday 12-2pm by booking a phone call or virtual appointment here: 

https://calendly.com/cheryl-stcyr/human-resources-and-culture-guru-hours

Website: www.linkedin.com/in/cherylstcyr/

Email: cherylmstcyr@gmail.com

Description:Get ready to state your goals, then work toward your goals in 25 min chunks of time with the virtual support of other Hera Hub members. No need to look pretty; just have your to-do list ready and arrive ready to work for as long as your schedule allows. Hope to see you there!

In our first Business Booster of the new year, Roni McGuire hosted a Vision Board Workshop to help you start the new year off with clarity about your goals and intentions. Join us on Feedback Friday this week to share your completed vision board (digitally or with paper), and use your board to clearly outline how you will accomplish your 2022 goals. Roni will be sharing tools to help you keep track of actionable steps to complete your goals and hold you accountable to yourself. Gain clarity and plan for both personal and business goals!

Roni McGuire is a former Wall Street executive who teaches female leaders and entrepreneurs to gain confidence, trust their intuition, and feel empowered to manifest the life and business of their dreams using her Motifesting™ Method. She is the Founder of a coaching business called Shine On and Glow, through which she helps heart-centered female leaders and entrepreneurs make a difference in the world by combining intuition and business strategy. Learn more at ShineOnandGlow.com.

Description: Get ready to state your goals, then work toward your goals in 25 min chunks of time with the virtual support of other Hera Hub members. No need to look pretty; just have your to-do list ready and arrive ready to work for as long as your schedule allows. Hope to see you there!

Our 2021 Q4 in-person Accountability Group was such a success that we are continuing it in the new year to start 2022 off right! Please note the new morning meeting time, designed to start your week focused on your goals.

Our community is the secret sauce to this group! Everyone attending will get a chance to share what they are working on, what they want to commit to and reach for, and ask for input (only if desired; it is 100% okay to say "I just want accountability, no advice on this"). Optional accountability worksheets will be provided. We invite you to stay and cowork after the meeting!

Rotating hostesses: Tamina & Tammy, and anyone else who wants in.

This will be in-person for all Carlsbad membership levels. Please observe current COVID safety precautions and wait to attend a following week if you're feeling under the weather. Vaccinations strongly preferred. Thank you!

Every Monday, we tap our member base for coaches, instructors, and counselors to lead a 20-minute mindfulness exercise to center ourselves and mentally prepare for the coming week. Through meditation, breathwork, and even sound healing, we gather together to begin the week as a community with our intentions firmly in place.

Here's how the group will run — Brief introductions around the circle - 2-3 sentences of who you are and what you do (10 min total)

Divided up time so each person gets 5 minutes (depending on group size) to lay out:
* What they accomplished from their list of tasks and goals last week
* What they are putting on their list for this week
* Any requests for resources or connections
(approx 30-45 min depending on group size for this section)

Last section of the meeting is open for anyone to ask for help with a business challenge.�(15-30 min as needed)

Meeting should be contained within 1.5 hours. If we complete early, we end early so we can get to work!

Helpful Group Interaction Guidelines —

1. Respect confidentiality — what other people share about their lives belongs to them and should stay with them.

2. Be present in the moment — keep devices to a minimum and stay attentive to whoever has the floor.

3. Hold yourself accountable to your own journey — only you can create the change you want.

4. Ask for what you want clearly and specifically — especially when it comes to how you’d like the group to support you.

5. Speak respectfully, without blaming, shaming, or fixing.

6. Ask permission before offering feedback or advice — if someone hasn’t specified, it’s best to start with “what kind of support would you like right now?”

7. Be willing to allow for mistakes — yours and other people’s.

8. Make space for humor and the unexpected — keeping an open mind allows for the flow of miracles.

9. Be on time and stay until the end — this helps everyone feel valued and respected.

10. Please mute all electronics — use vibrate if you have to be on call for anything critical.

The Hera Hub Global French Sub-Hub is for members who would like to improve their conversational French with weekly practice, lessons from a paid instructor, and occasional fun in-person meetups. Meetings are every Monday at 3pm.

1st and 3rd Monday meetings are conversational practice meetings open to all members who are interested. 2nd and 4th Monday meetings are led by a paid French instructor; new members are welcome but please email Cheryl St. Cyr to let her know that you plan to attend and coordinate payment: Cheryl@stcyrconsulting.com. (Facilitated by Tamina Madsen, Hera Hub Carlsbad)

More about our French Instructor, Danielle:

Bonjour! My name is Danielle, and I am a French professor with a B.A. in French from Georgetown University and a Master's in French language and civilization from New York University in Paris. I've also studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and at the Université Lumiere Lyon II in Lyon. I have recently returned to the States after living in Lyon, France, and I am so excited to share what I have learned in my France experience with my students! I have fifteen years of experience tutoring French to children, high school and college students, and to adults, and I've had amazing results with all of my students. I have been a French professor at several colleges in San Diego, CA and in the Washington, DC area, and I also have experience working with diplomats to prepare them for the Foreign Service Exam in French. I absolutely love teaching and tutoring French and would love to share this beautiful language with you! I am also a bestselling author of six Paris-based novels, five short stories, the screenplay adaptation of my first novel, a book of poetry, and a memoir. I have over twelve years of experience editing and critiquing both fiction and non-fiction for other writers, and I love helping students with their creative writing assignments and college essays. I was also an English professor at a university in France as well as an ESL teacher at the Berlitz Language Centers in San Diego and New York City. I currently coach new and experienced writers on both fiction and non-fiction projects. Whether you need help with your next writing project or help learning the English language, I would love to work with you!

Learn about this event -  https://www.facebook.com/events/1247815362405429

Hera Hub's Global Marketing Sub-Hub is open to any Hera Hub members in marketing-related fields OR who want to spend focused time on marketing their own businesses. This Sub-Hub meets on the 2nd + 4th Tuesdays from 10am-11am.  Join the conversation and learn about upcoming meeting topics at facebook.com/groups/marketingsubhub. New members always welcome!

The 2nd Tuesday monthly is our Study Hall - focusing in on a particular action.  Members are encouraged members to provide tips, ask questions, or share ideas related to the monthly theme.

Description: Get ready to state your goals, then work toward your goals in 25 min chunks of time with the virtual support of other Hera Hub members. No need to look pretty; just have your to-do list ready and arrive ready to work for as long as your schedule allows. Hope to see you there!

- Open to Members and Non-Members -
Hera Hub GURUs are subject matter experts who donate their time to meet one-on-one with local entrepreneurs (members and non-members welcome) to answer questions they may have on a variety of topics related to their field. Think of it like “office hours” with your professor. It’s a great way to get free mentoring and advice from business experts. Just drop by every Wednesday beginning on Sept 22 forward during GURU hours, no appointment necessary!
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As one of the foremost branding photographers and image-based branding strategists in San Diego, Nikkie Achartz has leveraged her background in psychology, marketing, and sales, to help hundreds of entrepreneurs create a visual brand that boosts relationships, referrals, and revenue.

Beyond photography, Nikkie helps clients develop a comprehensive visual marketing and sales strategy that integrates the right mix of psycho-graphic behavioral profiling, impact driven images, and sales model development to build the KNOW ⇨ LIKE ⇨ TRUST ⇨ BUY relationship. She believes sustained profitability is a result of strong brands, strong buying triggers, and a streamlined sales conversion process.

You may want to ask Nikkie Achartz questions related to:
- Guidance in helping you identify a target market that will properly value your services – If I “niche” will I be leaving money on the table from other potential sources?
- Identifying the compelling fears, pains, and desires of your ideal client – How are you ideally positioned to meet the needs/wants of your target audience?
- Support matching your brand with the ideal target market – Do you want high end clients, but have a bargain basement brand?
- Understanding how much time you must spend “on” your business vs. “in” your business – How do you get off the feast-famine income roller coaster that often comes with a service-based business?
- Understanding your revenue funnel and how to move potential clients from “hello” to bigger ticket packages – How are you converting inquiries to income in a way that allows prospects to easily “buy in” to your services without causing instant sticker shock?
- Ways to add value so you don’t get caught in the discounting trap – In what ways are you standing out in the crowd of your competitors without engaging in a “race to the bottom” pricing plan?

Learn more about Nikkie Achartz and SNAP Savvy Strategies www.SNAPSavvyStrategies.com

Schedule your GURU Hours appointment with Nikkie here: https://snapsavvystrategies.as.me/HH-GURU

Everyone seems to be talking about the Metaverse. Is it media hype or is this something we need to understand?

We will define and discuss the framework of the metaverse and talk about ways companies are jumping on the bandwagon.

Is there opportunity for your business in these virtual worlds? Felena Hanson will lead a conversation about the business opportunities in what people are calling Web 3.0. Members Cami Chu, Aine Kmen, and others will bring their expertise and real world examples.
What is the Metaverse?

The Metaverse is the concept of a shared virtual space with digital worlds. It can be created as a result of the convergence of augmented reality and sustainable virtual space. The Metaverse includes the sum of all virtual worlds, augmented reality, and the web.

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Women’s Business Center (WBC) Training, Mentorship and Business Development Hours are FREE and open to the public in San Diego County - by appointment.

Hera Hub Carlsbad is proud to host Jeníca Ganem from the Women’s Business Center. She provides free virtual one-on-one business consulting to help entrepreneurs plan, launch, manage and grow their businesses.

PLEASE READ!
Jeníca is available on Wednesdays at 11am and 12:15pm. To confirm your appointment with her, please schedule a time via this link: https://calendly.com/jganem/hera-hub  

Before the meeting, please take a few minutes to complete this short assessment so you can get the most from your time with Jeníca: https://sdwbc.ecenterdirect.com/signup

CANCELLATIONS: PLEASE be considerate of Jeníca's full schedule when booking your appointment, as time slots are extremely popular and can book up weeks in advance. If you cannot make your appointment, make sure to cancel through Calendly well in advance so she can open up your appointment to another entrepreneur. Multiple cancellations will result in disqualification from the program.

ABOUT JENICA:
Jeníca is an accomplished marketing professional with experience in creative problem solving and a keen attention to detail. With an extensive record of designing and executing strategies that ensure brand clarity and visibility, Jeníca is effective at engaging customers and optimizing their business processes. From the psychology of branding to the fine detail of supporting graphics, from the design of simple systems to the creation of comprehensive social media campaigns, she lends her careful attention to creating a coherent relationship between business and owner, maximizing the potential for success.

Over the past 20 years, Jeníca has worked with small businesses and entrepreneurs to assist them in establishing and broadening their reach and success. Her work has been featured at Capital Hill, in the Federal Department of Education; in both the Los Angeles and San Diego Unified School Districts; and at the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles.  

ABOUT WBC:
The San Diego & Imperial WBC is a partner of the US Small Business Administration (SBA) and is hosted by Southwestern College at the Center for Business Advancement in National City. The WBC provides training, mentoring, business development and financing opportunities for entrepreneurs throughout San Diego and Imperial County.

For more information and a full calendar of WBC’s trainings, events and activities, please visit https://sdwbc.ecenterdirect.com/events

Writer’s Lounge is simply a way to carve out time and space to write in a comfortable environment. Members enjoy the sense of accountability to work on writing their blog, bio, book, or…

Each week one of our professional writers will be on site to help give you input/feedback. Simply write alone or swap writing projects with others.

Be encouraged, inspired, and held accountable by your peers! What else will get you writing regularly?

Join us for our first Carlsbad member happy hour of 2022! 

*This will take place in our event space with the garage doors rolled up. Please "bundle up" as it will be chilly! Please be prepared to wear a mask and maintain social distancing.*

Bring your old magazines, photos, fabric swatches and more for a vision boarding session, kicked off by Virginia Rodriguez! If you attended Roni McGuire's January 5 Vision Boarding Business Booster, this is the perfect opportunity to complete your vision board in the company of other members - with a beverage in hand! Your vision board can also be a physical manifestation of your Pule that Lisane guided you through in late December. 

Hera Hub Carlsbad will provide wine, nonalcoholic beverages, and a light dinner. We welcome all contribution to the spread! We will also be providing poster board, glue and scissors. 

Please RSVP via the Facebook event or directly to Tamina (Tamina@herahub.com) - and don't forget to your magazines!! (OK to drop off in advance if desired!)

Get ready to state your goals, then work toward your goals in 25 min chunks of time with the virtual support of other Hera Hub members. No need to look pretty; just have your to-do list ready and arrive ready to work for as long as your schedule allows. Hope to see you there!

Hera Hub's Investing Fundamentals Sub-Hub meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays monthly at 10am PT. Open to all levels of experience, including members who want to learn the basics of investing. We discuss equity investing vehicles and strategies for every stage of life – from day trading to investing for retirement. We also discuss market trends and what stocks are on our radar. Come to learn, grow, share your knowledge, and be part of a community of women who want to grow their wealth together! Drop-ins and new members always welcome. Join the conversation at facebook.com/groups/investingsubhub.

How can this group best serve you as you scale and grow your business? 

If you are interested in connecting with and learning from other Hera Hub member who have scaled their businesses and hired team members, please attend to provide your input! This Sub-Hub has been going strong for nearly 2 years and we have covered a wide range of topics (scroll down for list!). How else can we support you and support each other? What similar challenges are we facing in our businesses? 

Whether you've been participating since the beginning or are newer to Hera Hub, we want to hear from you! 

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 *This event is open to any Hera Hub member who is making or has made the transition from solopreneur to team leader for her business. Any and all members who think they would benefit from the From Solo[preneur] to Scaled Sub-Hub are welcome to attend!   
  
At Hera Hub, we strive to serve members in all phases of business ownership. We have identified a need in members who have graduated from being the only person working both in and on their business to hiring contractors or employees. Being a team leader whose goal it is to work ON rather than IN the business comes with an entirely new set of challenges and required skills. The From Solo[preneur] to Scaled Sub-Hub is new group of similarly-situated members within our community who meet regularly to share ideas, support, and educate each other on the path to becoming true CEOs of their businesses.

Meeting presenters and topics (Previous session recordings available in Resource Library.) - 
4/16 - Gwen Beren - Staying Within Your Zone of Genius
5/14 - Nikkie Achartz - Post-Scale Profitability
6/11 - Lucy Kelleher - Delegation Best Practices
7/9 -  Lisane Basquiat - How to Interview and Hire the Right People  
8/13 - Nicole Hagaman - Work/Life Balance
9/10 - Virginia Rodriguez - Defining & Sharing Your Vision
10/8 - Valerie Grant - Managing Team Members: Sharing Best Practices  
11/12 - Renie Leakakos - AB5/Independent Contractor Navigation  
12/10 - Lindsay Wiley - Building to Sell Your Biz
1/14 - Jessica Hornbeck - Refining Your Onboarding Process
2/11 - Cheryl St. Cyr - 2021 Employment Updates & Culture Discussion
3/11 - Regroup and Planning Meeting
4/8 - Tristan Higgins - The Difference Between Diversity & Inclusion
5/13 - Jessica Hornbeck -  Operations Assessment/Process Alignment
6/10 - Nikkie Achartz - Revenue Diversification
7/8 - (dark)
8/12 - Jessica Hornbeck - Follow-Up Discussion re: Operations & Processes Alignment
9/9 - Gwen Beren - How to Conduct a Quarterly SWOT Analysis
10/14 - Virginia Rodriguez - Purpose-Driven Profit
11/11 - Deborah Edwards - Team Strengths Assessments
12/9 - Valerie Grant - Scaling Through Mentoring 

 **We have a From Solo[preneur] to Scaled Sub-Hub Facebook group in which you can ask questions, share resources, and get to know the other members. Join the conversation at facebook.com/groups/scaledsubhub. New members always welcome!

- Open to Members and Non-Members -

Hera Hub GURUs are subject matter experts who donate their time to meet one-on-one with local entrepreneurs (members and non-members welcome) to answer questions they may have on a variety of topics related to their field. Think of it like “office hours” with your professor. It’s a great way to get free mentoring and advice from business experts. Just drop by during GURU hours, no appointment necessary!

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Jessica Hornbeck is a seasoned entrepreneur with over twenty years experience navigating corporate, nonprofit and small business organizations with such fervor that she has been able to boil down lessons learned into a thoughtful and easy-to-grasp approach that has created value add for her clients, team, and community. A "big picture thinker," Jessica thrives on working with business owners to build financial systems and workflow foundations to help them do more with less; maximize their limited time; and grow both their income and freedom.  

You may want to ask Jessica questions related to:

Learn more about Jessica and connect with her during her GURU hours, on the second and fourth Thursdays monthly from 12-1pm: https://calendly.com/jessica_hornbeck/guru-hours

Website: bigpicresults.com

Email: jessica@bigpicresults.com

- Open to Members and Non-Members -

Hera Hub GURUs are subject matter experts who donate their time to meet one-on-one with local entrepreneurs (members and non-members welcome) to answer questions they may have on a variety of topics related to their field. Think of it like “office hours” with your professor. It’s a great way to get free mentoring and advice from business experts. Just drop by during GURU hours, no appointment necessary!

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After spending the majority of her professional career as an HR Leader in various startup and non-profit organizations, Hera Hub GURU Cheryl St. Cyr embarked on a new journey as an HR Consultant with a few trusted and talented colleagues - and never looked back! In this new direction, Cheryl has had the opportunity to collaborate with accomplished and brilliant professionals, all working towards the same goal of creating the most efficient business processes possible.

Cheryl is obsessed with structure and problem (read: puzzle) solving, and both skills lend themselves well to the world of people culture and human capital compliance. Smart business owners recognize the part their people play in synergistically making them the top choice for their customers. Cheryl partners with leaders to not only take the worry out of managing the complex world of employment, but also to provide insight and strategy for culture definition and improvement. Cheryl is a Thought Leader in the People and Culture movement but understands the paperwork and policies needed to have flawless execution in order to support the vision.

You may want to ask Cheryl questions related to:

* What documentation, posters, practices, and procedures do I need to have in place as a business owner to maintain compliance with state and federal laws?

* Why does my small business need a Company Handbook? Job Descriptions? Mission, vision, and values? Performance management process?

* How do I start a/multiple benefits program(s) for my team members? Medical, dental, vision?401k? Health and wellness? Professional development?

* What are key components to team member retention and acquisition? Sourcing ideas? Non-monetary incentives? Culture and branding opportunities?

* How can I better structure my organization in order to optimize workflow and communication dissemination?

Cheryl has experience in the following areas:

Conflict resolution • Grievance processes • Internal investigations • Management-employee communications • Onboarding and offboarding procedures • Employee paperwork • Handbook creation and updates • Performance management • Professional development and planning • Intranet structures • HRIS implementation and administration • Full-cycle recruiting • Retention strategies • Salary reviews and compensation analysis • Benefits administration • Job descriptions and profiles • Succession planning • Payroll setup and administration • Bonus structures • Company branding strategies • Executive and leadership coaching • Non-monetary rewards and benefits • State and local employment law compliance • Workers’ compensation claims • HR file records and retention policies • HR audits • Interim HR leadership • FMLA/LOA/CFRA/PDL administration • Mission, Vision, Values creation facilitation • Diversity and inclusion strategies • Skills assessments • Wellness programs • Employee engagement and satisfaction surveys and action plans

You can meet with Cheryl every Thursday 12-2pm by booking a phone call or virtual appointment here: 

https://calendly.com/cheryl-stcyr/human-resources-and-culture-guru-hours

Website: www.linkedin.com/in/cherylstcyr/

Email: cherylmstcyr@gmail.com

Let's think BIG!!!
The world has many challenges to solve, like housing, education, labor, pandemics and an aging population.
Felena will lead a discussion to help us all reimagine the solutions to these global challenges. Together I believe we can shape the future of business opportunities in many key areas.
Please share (in the discussion) articles and videos that might get us thinking before we meet. Let's get our juices flowing!