CXS| Arvest Bank Presents: (So you think you know) How to use Social Media for your Small Business

Do you use social media to market your business? 
Do you think you are an expert on social media already?
 
Even if you THINK you know everything, we promise you will walk away with some new knowledge and tips on the best Social Media for your business and the best times to post for highest engagement. And if you need to learn the basics of why your business must use Social Media, this workshop is for YOU!
 
This SoLVE IT! Workshop will focus on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram – bring your laptop and your questions!

Presenter Bio:

Teddi Hernandez

Teddi is SoLVE’s co-founder and Chief Executive Officer.
 

Teddi deeply understands the needs and challenges of local small business owners. She identified a need for a new kind of consulting firm in Kansas City. So she created SoLVE.

Beginning her career as a Legislative Assistant in Washington DC, and she worked on multiple state and Presidential campaigns. After leaving the Hill, she became a lobbyist for Hallmark Cards and moved to Kansas City, where she led teams in product development, licensing, customer strategy, integrated marketing, advertising and promotions. She led strategic alliances with companies like Apple, Disney Consumer Products, American Girl, Starbuck’s and Major League Baseball.

Teddi’s commitment to community service is extensive, serving on several boards and Co-Founder of the National Race for the Cure in Washington DC.

Graduating from the University of Northern Colorado and also studying at the Oxford Pol University in Oxford, England. She completed a Masters in Political Science. 

Teddi has 5 children all adopted from around the globe, a 2-year old great-niece that also lives with them and one great husband. 

Aviva Ajmera
Aviva is SoLVE’s co-founder, President and Chief Operating Officer.

After almost 25 years of leading strategy creation and implementation, new product development, brand management, consumer marketing and organization re-design, there’s no marketing problem Aviva hasn’t SoLVEd.

Prior to SoLVE, Aviva was a partner with The Partnering Group and worked for Accenture. She’s consulted for blue chip companies including Nestle USA, Post Foods, Sara Lee, Kimberly Clark, LG Electronics, Bauer Hockey, 3M, Northwest Airlines and Fingerhut.

Before her consulting years, she was a senior leader at Hallmark Cards,She launched, grew and re-invented iconic marketplace programs partnering with many brands and retailers, like Disney, Starbucks, The Komen Foundation, Walmart, Walgreens.

Aviva is an accredited Angel Investor and the Vice Chair with the Women’s Capital Connection, an active member of the Central Exchange and is also on the Board of the Greater Kansas City chapter of the National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP).

Aviva has a BA in Economics and Policy Studies from Rice University; MBA in Marketing, Management & Strategy and Non-profit Management from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

Born and raised in Upstate New York, Aviva has made Kansas City her home for 21+ years. She is married with 1 daughter, 3 “bonus” children, and two grandchildren. Aviva enjoys running, yoga, entertaining and traveling.