howard minsky Verizon Digital Ready Mentor
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How I can help
My professional background
Conserve Our Wild Role Howard is Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Conserve Our Wild, where he dedicates his passion to improve child literacy and wildlife conservation awareness. He has authored over 350 children’s wildlife storybooks and emergent readers, is creator of educational wildlife theater shows, has developed an online reading platform approved by the Palm Beach County School District for prekindergarten to 5th grade curriculum, and hosts wildlife safaris and travel tours.
Experience Howard has been intimately involved with sales, content creation, software development, behavioral marketing, and advertising for over two decades. His strengths include the ability to synthesize diverse talents to achieve maximum benefit for the company. Having a strong background in marketing technology and advertising sales provides Howard the foundation to identify business opportunities and create profitable businesses. He believes organizations which possess a strong team environment are ultimately best equipped to anticipate challenges for short and long term success. He is a highly effective communicator, professional writer, passionate innovator, and behavioral marketing expert.
Prior to founding Conserve Our Wild, Howard was President and Co-founder of SKM Media Group, a financial services marketing company ranked by INC Magazine as the 89th fastest growing private company in America.
How to work with me
What I can offer
share information about my own career path, as well as provide guidance, motivation, emotional support, and role modeling. I can help with exploring careers, setting goals, developing contacts, and identifying resources.
My expectations for a successful mentoring relationship
I'll always maintain confidentiality between each other. I'll keep all commitments we make. We'll have an ongoing evaluation of our the relationship within an agreed-upon time frame.
How entrepreneurs can prepare before we start
Follow the four phases: preparation, negotiating, enabling growth, and closure. - Respect our time. - Develop a relationship first. - Do your research. - Don't ask generic questions. - Prepare an agenda and follow up. - Don't only approach well-known names. - Find a mentor for a specific challenge. - Know what you want to do. - Look for someone with ample availability. - Make sure the fit is right. - Know your “ask.” - Show your worth. Make yourself useful - Be honest.