Texas Water Development Board – Work Session Summary
From the desk of Buddy Garcia, Modern Stewardship Buddy provided a summary of the discussion from the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) work session that took place October 9, 2013. Best description: “Its a ham and eggs breakfast… Everyone wants to be the chicken, no one wants to be the pig.” The TWDB met for a work session on October 9, 2013 in the SFA Building, Room 170, Austin, Texas. Among five items, agenda item #3-discuss regional water planning prioritization...
Read MoreOffice Condo Conversions 101
CTCAR – August 2013 Luncheon, August 29, 2013 Maggiano’s Domain, Austin, TX By Rosalie G. Keszler, CCIM The Central Texas Commercial Association of Realtors (CTCAR) held its monthly luncheon to educate about office condo conversions. The panel of experts included Robert “Bob” Burton of Winstead, Gay Ruggiano of The Kucera Companies, and Syd Xinos, PE of Doucet & Associates. Burton started the discussion about conversion regulation. The State of Texas has no state-level...
Read MoreMastering Your Memory
CREW Austin’s September 2013 Networking Luncheon By Rosalie G. Keszler, CCIM I have always said that I have a terrible memory. I make use of my iPhone, iPad, notebooks, scraps of paper, other people’s business cards (sorry), all to keep appointments, reminders, notes because I constantly need to ‘refresh’ myself on the details of my busy life. So, when I saw this month’s CREW Austin luncheon topic, “Mastering Your Memory”, I was intrigued. Naturally, I forgot to register, so...
Read MoreIREM – MCE Course: “How to Build a Better Budget”
IREM Austin and Charlie Dismore have teamed up once again to offer an educational and necessary 3-hour MCE course. Don’t make your annual budgeting a bad guessing game — whether you are on the ownership side or overseeing the management of income-producing assets, you know how difficult it is to get budgets ‘right’. Come and learn from an expert and get 3 hours of MCE credit while doing so. July 16, 2013 8:30am to 11:30am Frost Tower, 11th Floor (Suite 1160) $79 with...
Read MoreCommunicating What You Need for Career Success
Contributed by Dr. Robyn Odegaard as it appeared in The Glass Hammer The idea that women are holding themselves back in the corporate rat race has been getting a lot of press since Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg’s interview with 60-Minutes. While I certainly agree that there is more we as women can do to promote ourselves, we need to do more than acknowledge the problem and say we need to change it. We need to arm women with knowledge and skills so they can become successful early and often. I...
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