Attending the Black CEOs In Their Own Words short film documentary at the Texas Theater was an incredibly inspiring and moving experience.
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This past weekend I “volunteered” w/ Eden Hill Vineyard out of Celina, Texas — I was at the Sherman, Texas Stroll on the Square! …and while I am in my job search journey, I never miss an opportunity to hone my marketing aptitude!
I was given less than 24-hours of info notice about the wines that I would need to talk about — heck; less than 5 hours actually to sample, learn the history, nuances, and wine notes! (We’re selling wine!)
I enjoyed the fast pace and patience-testing of this event — we were given a college student volunteer, that I truly enjoyed teaching her lessons about people, wine networking, bottle opening and strategic networking overall @ wine events.
My TIPS I gleaned from volunteering:
Passion Talking About Wine (when you have a passion
Love for Communications & Marketing
Appreciation for Presentation
Leader — taking the lead (I am focused on what I want, and I’m not timid about expressing It) — when my volunteer partner commented “Sab, (using the 70’s idiom of… ) “it’s you’re way or nothing at all” no… NO — I have a specific way that I’d like something done, and unless we can collaboratively come up with a better way — I want it done this way. Taking the lead isn’t always meant to be popular. Presentation is important
Impressions — meeting new people
Thank you Eden Hill Winery
Celebrities and their venture into wine
John Legend has won numerous Grammys and an Oscar for his music, but creating the LVE wine collection with Raymond Vineyards is another passion of his
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