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4/10/23 – Virtual Vision Board Workshop

Join life + business coach Fernanda Bressan of Foundfully coaching for a Virtual Vision Board workshop. For more information about Fernanda, visit foundfully.com

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03/03/23 – Virtual Orchid Design with Meredith Clarin of Kitanim

Meredith Clarin of Kitanim Flowers will give a demonstration on orchid designing. Kitanim is a South Florida, high end floral design and full-service event company. They do weddings, corporate events, decor, Mitzvahs, and home delivery of arrangements.

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1/19/23 – Virtual Meal Prep with Michelle Dryjansky

Virtual cooking demonstration with Certified Health Coach Michelle Dryjanksy.

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1/11/23 – Time Out with Jen Warren Medwin – Burnout Syndrome

Jennifer Warren Medwin, is a CDC, Certified Divorce Coach and mediator. She will give us practical tools and strategies for moving through burnout syndrome. For more information visit www.seekingempowerment.com

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10/25/22 – Insurance Policies That Can Benefit You Personally and Professionally with Yelena Shneyderman

Yelena Shneyderman is a member of All Before Dinner and an attorney based in South Florida. Her practice is focused on insurance coverage, bad faith, appellate matters and litigation support. Prior to founding her firm Yelena was a shareholder in a large South Florida law firm.

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09/30/22 – Navigating the Nexus Between Volunteerism and Business Panel Discussion

Brigid Cech Samole is an attorney at Greenberg Traurig where she is the Chair of the Miami Appellate Practice, Co-Chair of the Miami Litigation Practice, and a member of the Firm’s National Appellate Practice. Nikki Weisburd is an attorney at the Child Advocacy Project, at Dade Legal Aid, in partnership with the Guardian ad Litem Program. Tina van der Ven is the co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at NewStar Media. Tina is currently the co-chair of the board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami.

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08/02/22 – Coaching Corner: Career and Life for Working Parents with Sarah Wagoner

Sarah is a member of All Before Dinner and career and life coach for parents. She’s also a mom of two kids under 5 years old who “gets it.” After a career in corporate HR, Sarah shifted to coaching to focus wholly on helping individuals, parents and their families thrive in all aspects of their lives.

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06/21/22 – Redefining Your Relationship: A Primer on Prenuptual, Postnuptual, and Cohabitation Agreements with Lindsay Gunia

Lindsay is a member of All Before Dinner and a Shareholder in the Marital & Family Law Department of Miami law firm, Stearns Weaver Miller, where she specializes in handling complex cases for high-net-worth individuals and business owners. Lindsay has served on various committees and has held numerous positions within the state and local bar associations.

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05/10/22 – Financial Literacy in Business Bootcamp in Chicago

Panelists, Neha Prabhu, Molly Haunty and Diane Johns lead a discussion on Financial Literacy.

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04/29/22 – Basics of Interior Design with Coco D’Ascola

Coco is the Owner and Principal Designer at Coco Interior Design where she specializes in space planning and creating innovative solutions for her clients’ homes.
Coco began her career in marketing and public relations, as the Marketing Director for Fortune International, a luxury real estate development firm based in Miami. During her time at Fortune, she found that she enjoyed collaborating with the Interior Design and Architecture teams, and she quickly shifted her career focus to interior design. In 2009 she opened her own interior design firm.

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04/05/22 – Mental Health Check-In with Amy Small

Amy Small is a psychotherapist in private practice in North Miami. She has been a practicing therapist for the past 14 years. Her work as a clinician at Jewish Community Services, school social worker for several Jewish day schools, facilitator for first time parents for the “Shalom Baby” program and extensive work with Holocaust survivors all inform her work today. She specializes in anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, parenting, stress management and family/relationship conflict.

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03/14/22 – A Love Story Beyond Life and Death with Carla Sloan

Carla is a member of All Before Dinner and an Emmy winning writer and television producer with three decades of experience in creating, writing, and developing TV shows, in-studio production and delivery, and helming major television network content in New York and Los Angeles. Carla and her husband Chris are parents to Calder and Caleb Sloan. After a tragic accident that took Calder’s life, Carla and Chris established the Caleb and Calder Sloan’s Awesome Foundation (ccawesomefoundation.org) to help children in need, prioritizing kids who have suffered the loss of a parent or sibling.

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02/01/22 – Fireside Chat with Holly Rowe

Enjoy a fireside chat with Holly Rowe who celebrates over 20 years as one of ESPN’s most versatile commentators. Rowe joined the network full time in August 1998. Rowe is a reporter on a number of high profile events and programming – ABC Saturday Night Football, Big Monday men’s college basketball, Women’s Final Four, Women’s College World Series, NCAA indoor and beach volleyball national championships and the WNBA. Rowe has also provided play-by-play commentary for women’s college basketball, softball, volleyball and gymnastics. Currently in treatment for Stage IV Meta-Statick Melanoma, Rowe has become a tireless advocate for cancer research and prevention.

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10/12/21 – Bankruptcy 101 with Hayley Harrison

Hayley Harrison serves as Of Counsel at Bast Amron LLP in Miami, FL. She concentrates her practice in the areas of bankruptcy, insolvency, and commercial litigation. She represents bankruptcy trustees, debtors, secured and unsecured creditors and interested parties in relation to their rights in Chapter 7, Chapter 11, and Chapter 13 bankruptcy proceedings.

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09/21/21 – Building Your Personal Brand with Fernanda Bressan

Fernanda Bressan is an ABD member as well as Executive Life and Business Coach with Foundfully. Fernanda works with founders, entrepreneurs and high-performing teams to improve communication, inspire authentic leadership and create work/life alignment. She works with both individuals and organizations. A commitment to coaching and mindfulness is guaranteed to bring a greater sense of ease and clarity, which in turn creates a more thriving culture and profitable business.

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09/10/21 – Luxury Disney Travel with Gunes Hopson

Gunes Hopson is an ABD member and Luxe Travel Expert with My Path Unwinding Travel. She is an ASTA Verified Travel Advisor, and an FTA Certified Family Travel Advisor. She is an expert on all things Disney and Disney Cruise Lines, in addition to luxury travel and family vacations.

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07/08/21 – Social Media Strategy with Katie Love

Katie Love is the owner of Love Social Media. She’s helped numerous businesses turn followers into real sales and leads. Katie has a decade of social media experience under her belt. She loves creating engaging content and branding for each of her clients.Katie has worked for TV stations across the country and as a news reporter, she learned to brand herself through social media. Now, she loves to tell business owners’ stories using engaging content, video and graphics.

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03/18/21 – Financial Planning with Neha Prabhu

Neha Prabhu will lead a discussion on financial planning and what we, as working moms, should be doing to take control of our finances. Neha started her own investment management firm and her mission is to better empower women to take control of their finances.

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