PR expert Ruth Furman joins Christina Aldan to talk business and public relations and the difference between public relations and marketing and advertising.
Felienne Hermans is an assistant professor at Delft University of Technology, where she researches the application of software engineering methods to spreadsheets.
She founded a company called Infotron, based on the tools and techniques for spreadsheet analysis she developed while getting her PhD.
One of her biggest passions in life is to share her enthusiasm for programming with others. Therefore, she is volunteering for FIRST, an organization devoted to making tech as cool as sports. Both in the Netherlands and abroad, she referees for the Lego League, a competition for kids from 8 to 14. Felienne is also in the board of Devnology, a Dutch developer community that organizes monthly meetings on all things software, from Arduinos to open source and from SmallTalk to story telling.
Twitter: @Felienne
Cassandra is a frequent speaker on career development and soft-skills.
Christina Aldan is a speaker, coach and digital marketing expert that can be found at IamAGoodMix.com
Video Based Learning.
Udacity [www.udacity.com] and edX [www.edx.org] have collaborated with companies or universities to develop some of their course content, where other sites such as Udemy [www.udemy.com] or Skillshare [www.skillshare.com] allow anyone to become an instructor, develop their course, and post it to their site for purchase.
Additional Sites: Coursera.com, MediaBistro.com, Lynda.com
Learning to Code
If you’re looking to hone your coder skills, there are many options to find courses specific to helping you learn to code. Code School [https://www.codeschool.com/] has created a unique way of learning by adding entertaining content and a sense of gaming to their courses. Other sites include Code Academy [http://www.codeacdemy.com/], Free Code Camp [https://www.freecodecamp.com/] or W3Schools [https://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp].
Apps
Another great way to fit in learning is to use an APP. iTunes U [https://itunesu.itunes.apple.com/coursemanager/] has one of the best collection of free courses out there. They offer a varied mix of courses from a standalone class to a series of courses about a topic. You will find that much of the content is from actual Universities and many of the courses include lecture notes and homework.
Extended Education from Universities
Many universities have extended their courses online.
MIT - http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
Yale - http://oyc.yale.edu/
UCLA - https://www.uclaextension.edu/r/search.aspx?c=free+courses
Stanford - http://class2go.stanford.edu/
Berkley - http://webcast.berkeley.edu/
Free Online Courses or Email
http://education-portal.com/ - A portal that searches the web to find a listing of free courses.
My Copyblogger [http://my.copyblogger.com]
Conclusion
No matter what route you go with for online learning, there are countless options to choose from that provide first-rate content, with an ease of learning at your own pace.
Alexia Vernon joins Luckygirl, Christina Aldan.
Alexia's bio from her website alexiavernon.com
Branded a “Moxie Maven” by the White House Office of Public Engagement for her unique and effective approach to developing rising female leaders, Alexia partners with female and male executives, startup founders, entrepreneurs, media personalities, bestselling authors and change agents to use public speaking and heart-centered, high impact communication to radically and positively transform their people’s lives, grow their audience and increase revenue. Alexia is the Founder and Director of Influencer Academy, a holistic and experiential women’s leadership development program that provides high potential women across industries and sectors coaching and training in public speaking, persuasion, negotiation, coaching, facilitation and stepping into thought leadership. Alexia leads a series of public speaking training programs including Your Spotlight Talk (which provides step-by-step instruction in developing, pitching, booking and delivering a TED-style talk) and the Spotlight Speakers Collective (a high-level mastermind for female entrepreneurs and changemakers to create massive impact and profit through speaking). Alexia has shared her advice with Fortune 500 companies, at prestigious industry conferences, with the United Nations during the Commission on the Status of Women and with media including CNN, NBC, the Wall Street Journal, Inc., Forbes, the European Business Review and Women’s Health Magazine. Alexia is the author of the ATD Press book, 90 Days 90 Ways: Onboard Young Professionals to Peak Performance.
You can find her at her website and on social media sites listed below:
https://www.facebook.com/AlexiaVernonEmpowerment
Missy Day is a Certified John C. Maxwell Trainer/Speaker and Coach, Certified Fish! Philosophy Trainer and Certified in the Six Sigma methodology. She founded the bi-annual event "What's Your Story" because everyone has a story to tell.
You can reach Missy Day at http://passion4success.net/
What's Your Story https://www.facebook.com/Whats-Your-Story-1730258020576455/
Christina Aldan from LGDesigns.co offers tips on two important topics for entrepreneurs and solopreneurs - Social Media Dos and Don'ts and Charging What You Are Worth.
These episodes originally aired as two separate episodes in 16 and 17.
Jodi Harris of Sight & Sound Events joins Christina to talk about her business, the stress of running an event planning business and some of the things that make people successful.
Jodi has her own podcast about weddings weddingsdoneright.com - “A How-to for the I-do” interviews industry experts.
You can reach Jodi on her website www.SightNSound.com
CyreneQ of The 11th Second the11thsecond.com joins Christina to talk about SnapChat and how she used the platform to expand her brand.
CyreneQ can be reached on twitter at twitter.com/cyreneq
Jennifer Davis from Fitlife Fusion joins luckygirl Christina Aldan from LGDesigns.co
You can reach Jennifer via Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FitLifeFusion/videos/1260209287332940/ or the FitLife Fusion website Fitlifefusion.com
Lori Algieri is an entrepreneur who grew up in Wisconsin but has spent the past ten years in Las Vegas where she has run several businesses and now focuses much of her time on her business with Legal Shield. She joins Christina Aldan (lgdesigns.co) for this week's episode.
You can contact Heather via roceteer.com
Jennifer Kilkenny from Total Social Solutions joins Christina Aldan for a discussion on collaboration among entrepreneurs.
Jennifer was a social media startup office manager before acquiring the business and making it her own. Business ownership was always a goal of hers.
She likes to help clients tweak the processes they have that are inefficient and unproductive by listening to what they need and catering to that without making them adhere to a process she is married to ahead of time.
Christina Aldan from LGDesigns.co chats with speaker and coach Denise Mortimer. She describes herself as a "Fabulous Finder" helping others see the fabulousness they possess. You can find her at DeniseMortimer.com where you can learn about her life, health and relationship coaching sessions along with all the other awesome things Denise is involved in.
Christina Aldan from LGDesigns.co talks with Jen Mavros.
From JenMavros.com:
"Jen is a teacher, healer and Women’s Leadership Coach, Master Life Coach, Manifestation Expert and creator of The Mavros Method of Manifestation. A student of holistic self-mastery, she is an Internationally certified and licensed Life Coach having received training in Neuro-Linguistic Programming [NLP] and is currently obtaining her Doctorate Degree in Metaphysical Science. Jen also has a comprehensive understanding of energy through her work as a Reiki and Pranic Healing Practitioner and her studies in Metaphysics and Meditation."
Jen can be reached at her website JenMavros.com and on social media via https://www.facebook.com/LifeCoachJenClark
Christina Aldan from LGDesigns.co talks with Nikki Suchy Belanger, virtual assistant and entrepreneur.
Nikki can be reached on her Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Nikki-Suchy-Belanger-VA-1570900743204681 or via her email nikkidbelanger@gmail.com
Christina Aldan from LGDesigns.co chats with Ronda Taylor from HeartWorks Publishing http://www.heartworkpublishing.com/ about buying a one way ticket to travel the world and becoming an author.
You can join her private facebook group where she says "I invite you to walk alongside me as I live, work, and volunteer my time and services to empower and support women entrepreneurs as I travel throughout Central and South America over the course of the next several months."
https://www.facebook.com/groups/heartworktravels/