ZWIN Members Share Favorite Apps and Podcasts
Have you found a time-saving app for your business? An app that helps you balance your personal and professional life? A podcast you don’t want to miss? Zionsville Women in Network (ZWIN) members have! At their February 14, 2019 meeting, they shared apps and podcasts they love.
Favorite Apps
- 7 Minute Workout: helps make daily exercise fun
- Cronometer: keeps track of daily nutrition
- CastBox: puts all your podcasts in one place and helps you discover new ones
- Cam Scanner: lets you scan and organize documents
- MileTracker: tracks business mileage for tax purposes
- Light Room: brightens photos and makes them look more professional for posting on social media
- Evernote: allows user to share pdf’s; scan receipts; share documents with others
- TripIt: keeps all travel info together (hotel, flight, train, etc.)
- Life360: tells you where everyone is while family members travel to different places; also shares the speed they are travelling
- Cam Card: stores photos of business cards and adds them to contacts
- Our Pact: allows user to shut down a cell phone to factory settings; useful for setting bedtime hours for children’s phones
- MirrorMe: shows Mary Kay cosmetics used for different looks on the user’s face
- Later: allows you to post to social media later
- Canva: gives designs and backgrounds to use when creating a word-based (as opposed to a photo-based) Instagram post
- Waze: gives travel routes with information about accidents and potholes
- Fiverr.com: works like a global marketplace for services, starting at $5 and up, which can be used for design services and other marketing needs
- Plan: keeps track of tasks and calendar events; helps manage activities
- Over: helps to design posts and flyers for marketing
- Libby: lets readers check-out ebooks from the library
- GoodReads: helps readers find and share reviews about books
- PIA VPN: provides Private Internet Access through a Virtual Private Network, to protect a device from cyber intrusion or fraud
- Shutterstock/Pixabay/Upsplash: provides art and photo images for purchase or download
- Castbox: manages and locates a listener’s podcasts
Favorite Podcasts
- How I Built This: interviews with people who started some of the world’s best known companies
- The Life Coach School Podcast with Brooke Castillo: 30-minute podcasts on topics like building a team, being decisive, and organizing your mind
- Women Inspiring Women with Melanie Mitro: includes topics such as using time blocking and “the entrepreneurial mindset”
- Build Your Tribe with Charlene Johnson: topics include how to use your iPhone productively and identifying your brand
- The Happiness Project: women professionals discussing how to boost happiness in daily life
- This Organized Life: 20-minute segments on organization
- Bigger Pockets: information for those looking to get into the investment world
- Social Media Marketing: lots of ideas for growth
- Something You Should Know: contemporary looks at everything from grocery store strategies to travel tips and much more
Welcoming Guests and Members
Before our program began, we welcomed visiting guests:
- Mari Hale of De’Tangled Hair Design
- Allyson Gutwien of Midwest Jewelers
- Alison Spoonmore of Sabbatical Solutions
- Natasha Mecklenburg of Gregory & Appel
We also pinned several new members!
- Debbie Ayers, massage therapist
- Tammy Kelly of Re/Max Commercial Real Estate
- Angie McClosky and Julie Wooldridge of Zionsville Olive Tap
- Nannerl Wright of Skin Care by Nannerl
- Kim Minnich of Herff Jones
- Vicki Hall of ZWorks
Membership News
ZWIN won the Community Service Award from the Zionsville Chamber of Commerce! Recording secretary Cindy Argentine nominated the group and highlighted the many ways ZWIN serves our community while fostering personal and professional development. Congratulations to our leadership and all our members for contributing to this achievement! Debbi and Kathy held up the trophy the group received at the annual banquet
to commemorate this.
Debbi and Kathy reminded us of the expectations we have for each member–invite, attend, and refer! “Your smile is your logo,” they mentioned, so we need to remember that as we invite others to join us. As for attendance, it’s a requirement to attend eight meetings or events per year. And don’t forget the power of a personal, hand-written note as a referral. Sending thanks and well-wishes to colleagues and clients is powerful. They also reviewed our theme for the year, which is Building Blocks for Business. Our program on apps and podcasts ties in to the several of these building blocks, including “branding” and “time and self.”
Cindy, Erica, and Nikole touched on updates with our communications. Cindy shared the results of the survey we took at our last meeting, which showed that many members are excited about what’s on our website (www.zionsvillewin.org) but are not visiting it as often as they’d like. We will post more links to updated content on our Facebook page, since many members are regularly on that platform.
Our group is also requesting volunteers to lead committees, including a greeter coordinator, raffle coordinator, photographer, and service co-chairs. Kimbra Naber has stepped up as Member Care Chair, Erin DeBrota as Newspaper/PR Chair, and Dawn Parker is continuing as Spotlight Speaker Chair.
Shout-Outs to Members
We love to hear about the great services and products our members provide, and we celebrate them with shout-outs at each meeting! The following members gave shout-outs to the people listed.
Lily to Kate Swanson for renting space at ZWorks
Kristina to Julie Wooldridge and Angie McClosky for their olive oils and vinegars
Lori to Julie Wooldridge and Angie McClosky for their salad in a jar parties
Carol to Elaine Morrison and Marissa at Zionsville Physical Therapy for the great job they have done, which has led to healing and really impressed her doctor
Marissa to Amy Connelly for giving personality tests to ZPT staff
Jennifer to Nytarsha Thomas for her great eye care
Nikoke to Nytarsha Thomas for patience and guidance finding daily contacts that work for her
Debbi to Connie Fuller for great training to get her in shape
Spotlight Speakers
Erica Carpenter of five thirty home. She runs a home decor and refurbished furniture boutique in Zionsville’s historic village on Main Street. The company is named for mile marker 530 on the Ohio River where she grew up. She and her family were “pickers” before that became a trend–locating discarded items and re-purposing them into fun and functional pieces. She loves being part of the community here. Stop by her store to find painted furniture, festive florals, antiques, and lots of local decor such as signs handpainted with “46077” and other Zionsville emblems and icons.
Tracy Ridings of USO Indiana. Tracy explained that USO stands for United Service Organizations, a 501c3 nonprofit organization that supports military members and families. The Indiana group receives no funding from the national organization. Indiana has the fourth largest National Guard in the country, so there are many people in the state affiliated with the military. Their main goal is to keep members of the military connected to home and family during their service. One of her favorite programs provides audio and video of parents reading books, which is a touching way for them to stay in touch with their children.
Dawn Parker, health coach. Dawn recently received her certification in functional medicine. She explained some of the differences between conventional and functional medicine. The latter focuses on using nutrition and lifestyle changes more than prescription pharmaceuticals. For example, a conventional practitioner might treat a patient suffering from heartburn with a PPI. A functional medicine practitioner would identify the underlying causes of the acid reflux, such as a nutritional deficiency, stress, or a food intolerance, and work with the client to correct those. Dawn works with many people who have issues such as digestive problems, cardiovascular conditions, diabetes, pain and inflammation, headaches, asthma, and hormonal conditions. She offers free 15-minute video consultations to new patients.
Upcoming Events
Our Spring Social will be on April 25 this year from 7-9 pm at Cobblestone. It will be a casual, relaxed event with appetizers and cocktails.
Our next meeting will be March 14. Hope to see you there!