South Florida FPA Chapters to Host Free Financial Planning Day

On Saturday, October 29, the FPA of Greater Fort Lauderdale, Miami-Dade, and Gold Coast invite you to South Florida Financial Planning Day, where financially-challenged South Floridians can receive free, no-strings attached guidance at McArthur High School in Hollywood.

By Philip Herzberg

In today’s uncertain economy, planning for you financial future is more important than ever.  If you have financial questions or concerns, or would like to learn how to better manage your finances, the FPA of Greater Fort Lauderdale, Miami-Dade, and Gold Coast invite you to South Florida Financial Planning Day, where you’ll have an opportunity to receive free, personalized, confidential answers from professional financial planners.  The event will be held on Saturday, October 29, at McArthur High School (6501 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood), from 10 AM – 2PM.

Focusing on assisting young adults and families needing financial guidance, South Florida Financial Planning Day is a unique opportunity to speak one-on-one with expert planners from regional FPA Chapters and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER^TM professionals, who will provide classroom-style educational workshops and counseling on the key following topics: Budgeting, College Planning, Credit Management, Estate Planning, Insurance, Investing Basics, Mortgages, Retirement Planning, and Tax Planning. Bilingual Spanish and Haitian-Creole translators will be available to assist with workshops and confidential meetings with professionals.

South Florida Financial Planning Day is organized as part of Financial Planning Days – a first-of-its-kind national initiative to provide free financial education and programming to people across the country.  Financial Planning Days was created by four national non-profit organizations – Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Financial Planning Association, Foundation for Financial Planning, and the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

To learn more or register for the South Florida Financial Planning Day, visit http://www.financialplanningdays.org/SouthFlorida or call 877-861-7826. Walk-ins are welcome, but admission will be granted first to those who have registered online.

Stress Relief For Busy Professionals

Everybody knows what it’s wish to feel stressed. Deadlines looming, clients waiting which is even before you look at the daily commute. Regardless of how relative it is, it is easy for work related stress to maintain piling up.
You might have perhaps heard that stress can impact your wellbeing and your relationships, but are you aware that it may also harm your job? Stress has been shown to decrease productivity, creativity and effectiveness, so being stressed can limit your risk of career success.
The way to Overcome Stress
The best way to eliminate stress is a two-pronged strategy which supports decrease the number of pressure upon you and boost your physical and mental power to take care of it. Here are a few great stress reducers that are quick, simple to apply and won’t get in the way of your respective already busy life.
1. Relaxation
For many individuals, me included, it is easier said than done. Breathing exercises and stretching are simple, effective and will significantly improve your capability to deal with stress. Seeking to is they may be accomplished your desk or while walking about the office, in order to easily included these questions busy day.
Meditation and yoga will also be very helpful, though you may need to get started with classes.
2. Personal time management
Ever believe there aren’t enough hours inside the day? Finding out how to prioritize and turn into effective with the time can help to lessen stress levels.
Try keeping a diary for just a week of the method that you spend time everyday and exactly how long each task takes. I bet you’ll be surprised at the final of every week where exactly your time will go. You may then reorganize and reprioritize as needed.
3. Exercise
With most people it is just a case of either loving it or hating it! Whatever your feelings there isn’t any doubt that exercise has several benefits and helping to reduce stress is one.
The reason being active is this kind of effective stress reducer is it helps you to remove hormones we release into our blood when stressed. And it also gets better: the endorphins that exercise releases into the blood can improve your mood for 120 minutes, so exercising before be employed in the morning is a great method to ensure that you are in an upbeat mood for your big morning meeting.
4. Laughing
Yes it may be that easy! The main advantages of laughing include boosting our natureal defenses by increasing immune cells and decreasing stress hormones. Laughing at your coworkers in the workplace is not always a good thing to complete, but wait, how about using a funny calendar in your desk, or a screensaver which enables you giggle?
5. Healthy Eating
A respectable diet boosts your ability to battle stress-related illnesses. A diet plan packed with refined food and sugar on the other hand will probably leave you with low energy, moodiness and prone to illness. But those vending machine can be quite persuasive by mid-afternoon, so bring healthy snacks to be effective to avoid temptation.
It can be hard enough to navigate the tricky, competitive whole world of work with out the side-effects of stress slowing you down and causing you to be less productive. A little time to carry out proven to reduce stress techniques will allow you to perform at your best close at hand most.
Gillian Fairclough helps busy professionals move from stress to success and build fulfilling, enjoyable careers. And if you’re starting to feel the stresses and pressures at work accumulating, you can find more great information on how to conquer stress at Zest Career Coaching.
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Taste of The West Octoberfest 2011

Weston Council Events

Taste of the West - Octoberfest

Date: October 16, 2011
Time: 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: Show map
Weston Town Center
1675 Market Street
Weston, FL 33326

Contact: Heather House
Phone: 954.4652.6000
Email: heather@ftlchamber.com

• Beer Garden: Try out some discounted seasonal brews at the Budweiser truck! Provided by J.G. McGuinness.
• Vendor Village: Where local merchants have been invited to come out and show off their wares!
• Live Musical Entertainment: To keep mom and dad happy there will also be musical entertainment on our Main Stage on Bell Tower Lane!
• Children’s Entertainment Area: Vendor Village will also be equipped with children’s entertainment to keep the kids happy!
• After Party: The fun doesn’t stop at the here!  J.G. McGuinness will also host an after party featuring discounts on their famous fare! 

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