EnterCircle 2024 concluded Friday with Women’s Day, an opportunity for businesswomen to gather and hear from others who have succeeded.
Marithza Calderon-Ross of Action News Jax welcomes attendees and introduced the keynote speaker, Jessie Shternshus, CEO of The Improv Effect. Her business uses improvisation to help business people become more confident, creative and capable of making an impact.
Shternshus’ topic was “Together to Gather.” Attendees engaged in a couple of activities that encouraged connecting with others, an essential component of “Unlocking Serendipity,” the theme of this year’s Entrepreneurship Week.
St. Johns County Commissioner Krista Joseph followed with her presentation, “Making Lemons Out of Lemonade: How Life’s Unexpected Challenges Turn Out to be Blessings.” It’s a theme Joseph is qualified to explore, having endured great personal tragedy and discovered ways to bring positive outcomes out of it.
Other speakers on the schedule were: Marcia Connor, executive adviser, analyst and best selling author; Jen Cart of Stellar Growth Strategies; and Amy Dix of Choose Happy, who wrapped up the day with her presentation, “The Magic of Serendipity: Unlocking Happiness Through Chance.”
An artist, she employed her painting skills to surprise her audience. She painted a picture of gymnast Simone Biles, winner of 11 Olympic medals, live on the stage at the link. But Dix didn’t approach her painting in the usual way. Using acrylics, she painted it upside down and, only when it was finished, did she turn it around to reveal the image.
EnterCircle, an initiative of the Sapna Foundation, is held each year at the link, 425 Town Plaza Ave., Ponte Vedra.
For a more detailed account of this year’s EnterCircle, please see The Recorder coverage in the Nov. 21 issue.
For more information about the link or EnterCircle, go to thelink.zone.
