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Empowering Heroes at Home: The Hope For The Warriors Journey

What We Learned in 2024 and What We Need to Succeed in 2025

Join us for an insightful fireside chat with Erin Lester, Head of Operations and Warrior Experience for Hope For The Warriors, as she sheds light on the vital support needed for both active-duty military members around the world and those transitioning to civilian life. Erin will discuss the growing demand for assistance among military families, with Hope For The Warriors continuing to break intake records each month as more families seek help. She’ll dive into the critical programs designed to support service members and their families, focusing on how they ease the transition process and provide the necessary resources for success. As we acknowledge the unique challenges faced by both active-duty personnel and veterans, Erin will highlight the importance of community and tailored support.

Erin Lester (She/Her)

Fueled by the desire to support Service Members, Veterans and Military Spouses, Erin has spent more than 20 years addressing the critical needs of our nation’s military and their families.

Erin serves as the Head of Operations and Warrior Experience at Hope For The Warriors. Each day is an opportunity to deliver proven solutions that improve the lives of veterans and military families. HOPE’s direct support to military families positively impacts the financial wellness, mental health and social supports military families need today.

As a military spouse, Erin enjoys serving her military community. After several deployments, two kids, and many PCS moves, she is proud to be a member of the HOPE family.

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Stop Waiting! Welcome Career Clarity!

What We Learned in 2024 and What We Need to Succeed in 2025

Are you tired of feeling stuck in your career? Ready to take charge and find clarity?

Join us for an inspiring Chat and Learn session with Career Clarity Coach, Julia James. Julia brings over fifteen years of experience helping individuals navigate positive career transformations. In this session, you'll discover practical tools to release fears, reconnect with confidence, and embark on a career path that truly energizes and inspires YOU.

Potential Key Takeaways:

- Learn strategies to release fears holding you back.
- Reconnect with your inner confidence and empowerment.
- Discover actionable steps to pursue a fulfilling career path.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to gain valuable insights and kickstart your journey to career clarity. Sign up now and take the first step towards a brighter future!

Julia James (She/Her)

Julia James PCC, CPCC, M.Sc. is a certified life coach with over fifteen years’ experience coaching people through positive career transformations. Based on her own quest for career clarity and her clients’ success Julia feels strongly that career fulfillment extends to every area of life. Author of the award-winning book, “The Mini-Retreat Solution,” Julia provides tools to relax quickly and connect with your inner wisdom. Her calm, positive energy infuses everything she does. Julia’s commitment to personal growth and happiness is contagious.


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Salary Negotiation Myths & Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them)

What We Learned in 2024 and What We Need to Succeed in 2025

Coaching thousands of women to negotiate millions of dollars, Ladies Get Paid founder & author Claire Wasserman has seen her fair share of misconceptions and mistakes. Here's the truth: HR makes getting a raise purposefully hard. Here's another truth: Don't wait till you need to negotiate to learn how to do it. Join Claire for a transparent and tangible conversation on how to stop or avoid common salary slip-ups, and secure the biggest bag of your career.

Claire Wasserman (She/Her)

Claire Wasserman is an educator, author, and founder of Ladies Get Paid, a global community that champions the professional and financial advancement of women. She is also the producer and host of John Hancock’s podcast, “Friends Who Talk About Money”. Claire has traveled the country teaching thousands of women how to negotiate millions of dollars in raises, start businesses, and advocate for themselves in the workplace. Claire was named one of Entrepreneur Magazine's 100 Most Powerful Women and is a highly-sought-after expert for Fortune 500 companies working to improve diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging within their organizations.

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How AI Is Impacting Jobs & the Workforce

What We Learned in 2024 and What We Need to Succeed in 2025

In this talk, CEO & Career Coach at Woken, Rachel Serwetz, will chat with CEO, Founder, and Chief Accelerator at Kadima Careers, Alan Stein, about all things AI. If you're still feeling unfamiliar with the world of AI, this talk is for you.

Specifically, we'll dive into questions like:
- What is AI?
- Why is it everywhere right now?
- Should we be scared of AI?
- Is it coming for our jobs?
- Is it coming for humanity?
- How can people use AI, in and out of the tech field, to get ahead in work?
- What should we be worried about when it comes to AI?
- What should we be hopeful for?

Rachel Serwetz (She/Her)

Rachel Serwetz' early professional experience was at Goldman Sachs in Operations and at Bridgewater Associates in HR. From there, she was trained as a coach at NYU and became a certified coach through the International Coach Federation. After this, she worked in HR Research at Aon Hewitt and attained her Technology MBA at NYU Stern. Throughout her career, she has helped hundreds of professionals with career exploration and for the past 6 years she has been building her company, WOKEN, which is an online career exploration platform to coach professionals through the process of clarifying their ideal job and career path. She has also served as an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at Binghamton University and as a Career Coach through the Flatiron School/WeWork, Columbia University, and Project Activate. Learn more about WOKEN here: iamwoken.com.

Alan Stein (He/Him)

Alan Stein (He/Him)

Don't miss out on this opportunity to gain valuable insights and stay ahead in the rapidly changing world of work!

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From the White House to Inspiring Author: Chat and Learn with Deesha Dyer

What We Learned in 2024 and What We Need to Succeed in 2025

Are you ready to discover how attitude can create the best kind of trouble? Join us for an insightful conversation with Deesha Dyer, former White House Social Secretary and author of Undiplomatic: How My Attitude Created the Best Kind of Trouble. Dive into her compelling journey, hear about the insights inside of Undiplomatic and learn how her unique perspective has shaved her extraordinary career.

What you’ll learn:
- Discover what motivated Deesha to pen her latest work and the significance behind its title.
- Hear about the obstacles she faced during her writing process and pivotal moments that defined her path.
- Learn how Deesha’s attitude helped her navigate complex career landscapes and create meaningful change.

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights from Deesha Dyer’s remarkable story!

Deesha Dyer (She/Her)

Deesha Dyer is a speaker, community leader and organizer, creative event strategy consultant, and most notably known as the former Obama Administration Social Secretary. The Philadelphia native and former hip-hop journalist became a White House intern at the age of 30 while attending community college and completed a seven-year tenure there that honed her expertise in event coordination, logistics, protocol, and statecraft. She led a team that coordinated the monumental 2015 visit of Pope Francis, State Dinners with heads of states from China, Canada, and Italy; and booked legendary performances by stellar artists such as Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen, and the cast of the Broadway musical Hamilton. A life-long community advocate, Deesha co-founded beGirl.world, an organization that empowers teen girls through global education and travel. Deesha sits on several boards including SIECUS, an organization dedicated to comprehensive sex education and MNDFL Ed, which brings mindfulness in to schools around New York City. Following a community college and study abroad scholarship she created, Deesha also recently launched The Black Girl 44 scholarship, which financially supports black female college students interning in Washington, D.C. Deesha is currently the CEO & Founder of Hook & Fasten and an advisor at the Ford Foundation and shares her incredible journey with audiences around the world.