Economic Summit and Student Leadership Conference – Las Vegas

The Economic Summit and Student Leadership Conference was held in Las Vegas at the College of Southern Nevada – Cheyenne Campus on Saturday, December 13th. Shay Olivarria, financial education speaker and author, spoke to three sessions of students and parents while representing the Center for Financial Empowerment in Irwindale, CA.

Topics covered included credit scoring, credit monitoring, credit cards, ROI and the differences between traditional banks and credit unions. Each presentation was about 50 minutes long and included PowerPoint, videos and large group discussion. The teens (both high school and college students) and parents were very vocal and were genuinely interested in in sharing what they knew and learning more about the topics.

The event was well attended and very well run. Perhaps Shay will be back in 2015.

4th Annual STOP THE PAIN Teen Summit, Nov. 15th

Guess where financial educations speaker and author Shay Olivarria will be Saturday, November 15th? Speaking at the 4th Annual STOP THE PAIN Summit at CSU Dominguez Hills! I’ll be there representing South LA Saves. Register now and I’ll see you on Saturday!

 

The Positive Results Corporation Invites You To

STOP THE PAIN,

Teen Summit on Dating Violence, Sex Trafficking & Bully Prevention

Saturday, Nov. 15, 8:30am to 4:00 pm

California State University @ Dominguez Hills,

Loker Student Union

1000 East Victoria Street

Carson, CA 90747

 

Ages 10 – 25, Parents & Guardians Invited

Free Community Event

Receive 10 Community Service Hrs.

Continental Breakfast, Lunch & Gift Bag

Register @ https://stopthepain4thannual.eventbrite.com

 

Workshops include: (But not limited to)

Dating Violence Awareness                Healthy Relationships

Bully Prevention           Sex Trafficking Awareness
College Readiness                           Financial Literacy
Self Defense Training for Females
HIV / AIDS Awareness                        Raising Healthy Babies
Sex In The Media          Man Up, What It Means To Be A Man

Recognizing The Signs – The Tragedy of Youth Suicide

 

Workshops & Exhibitor Tables in English and Spanish

Workshops for Men, Women, Youth and (TAY)

Transitional Aged Youth workshop series…What Now!

 

Contact

Kandee Lewis (kandeele@aol.com) or info@prc123.com

To Sponsor Summit, Become an Exhibitor, or Provide Donations for Gift Bag or Information

All Donations ARE Tax Deductible!

Carmelo Anthony Founds M7 Tech Partners

Carmelo Anthony has decided to co-found a company, M7 Tech Partners, that will invest in technology start-ups. The NY Times says:

The idea that turned Carmelo Anthony into a venture capitalist came to him during practice with the Knicks last season.

The basketball star became interested in the sophisticated sensors that players had recently started wearing to track their performance …

The average basketball player has a career of five seasons. After playing many athletes have little money and no skill set other than playing basketball. I’m glad to see that Carmelo Anthony is building a financial foundation to make sure that he and his family will be financially secure after retirement from basketball.

Bloomberg reports that Anthony said:

“We are actively looking for ventures with strong leaders creating breakthrough products that resonate with consumers,” he said. “I particularly have my eye on companies that are involved with wearable technology and connected devices – these will be huge areas for the future.”

Investing in tech start-ups is a tough field, so I’ll be keeping a close eye on M7 Tech Partners. I wonder if M7 will actively pursue Black and/or Latino tech start-ups?

 

South LA Saves Celebrates Financial Education Month

This year South LA Saves is providing four FREE webinars on personal finance to celebrate Financial Education Month!

Every week a new topic to help you make the most of your money will be provided … at no cost! Thanks South LA Saves!

4/ 7 Chella Diaz – Spending Plans

4/16 Shay Olivarria – Using Your Checking Account Strategically

4/24 Compound Interest & Investing

4/30 Passing on Generational Wealth

Register here.

 

$12 on Amazon

Shay Olivarria is the most dynamic financial education speaker working today. She speaks at high schools, colleges, and companies across the country. She has written three books on personal finance, including Amazon Best Seller “Money Matters: The Get It Done in 1 Minute Workbook”. Shay has been quoted on Bankrate.com, FoxBusiness.com, NBC Latino and The Credit Union Times, among others. To schedule Shay to speak at your event visit www.BiggerThanYourBlock.com

Start Small Think Big Conference

Shay at the Start Small Think Big Conference in Los Angeles.

Guess what I did yesterday? I presented at the Start Small Think Big Conference in Los Angeles! I was fortunate to work with South LA Saves and a host of other wonderful non-profits, businesses and organizations to provide financial education to the south Los Angeles community.

Speakers included:

Dawnneisha Smith from the Los Angeles County Department of Consumer Affairs

Shay Olivarria of Bigger Than Your Block

Deborah Perez of New York Life

Martha Maldonado of  California Credit Union

Deborah Der of Edward Jones

Wilson Lee, a certified financial planner

The event was hosted by Zaneta Smith.

Besides speakers there were informational tables and the winners from the poster contest were announced!

Students were instructed to draw a photo about being a super saver.

Each winner received a recognition award, a monetary prize and a piggy bank (provided by Bigger Than Your Block) with separate compartments for saving, investing, spending and charity.

The winners of the poster contest at the Start Small Think Big Conference from South LA Saves.

 

Disclosure: Bigger Than Your Block is a South LA Saves partner.

 

Shay Olivarria is the most dynamic financial education speaker working today. She speaks at high schools, colleges, and companies across the country. She has written three books on personal finance, including Amazon Best Seller “Money Matters: The Get It Done in 1 Minute Workbook”. Shay has been quoted on Bankrate.com, FoxBusiness.com, NBC Latino and The Credit Union Times, among others. To schedule Shay to speak at your event visit www.BiggerThanYourBlock.com

Adelante Mujer Latina Conference

Shay Olviarria speaks at 2013 Adelante Mujer Latina Conference in Pasadena, CA.

The most dynamic financial education speaker and author, Shay Olivarria, facilitated “Spend to Get What You Want” at the 2013 Adelante Mujer Latina Conference at Pasadena City College.

It was an amazing financial education workshop and the students got a lot out of it.

From the evaluations:

Liked:

!“the speaker is very dynamic”,“her humor and ways she presents her information”, “everything”, “the videos”, “it was entertaining”, “her personality”, “it was easy to learn”, “how it wasn’t boring at all”, “how she made me realizes stuff”, “she was funny”, “her enthusiasm”, “her energy”, “everything”

Improve:

‘perfect”, “nothing”!“best one of the day”, “nothing, it was good”, “nothing”, “it was awesome”, I wouldn’t change anything”, “it was wonderful”, “it was awesome”

At the end of the workshop, one student won a gift basket with a copy of “10 Things College Students Need to Know About Money” in it.

The winner of the gift basket at Adelante Mujer Latina 2013.

Shay Olivarria is the most dynamic financial education speaker working today. She speaks at high schools, colleges, and companies across the country. She has written three books on personal finance, including Amazon Best Seller “Money Matters: The Get It Done in 1 Minute Workbook”. Shay has been quoted on Bankrate.com, FoxBusiness.com, NBC Latino and The Credit Union Times, among others. To schedule Shay to speak at your event visit www.BiggerThanYourBlock.com

Seniors Get Financial Education at Western HS in Las Vegas

Financial education speaker and author Shay Olivarria with WHS teacher and SCE representative after a day of workshops at Western High School in Las Vegas, NV for SCE Credit Union.

How  awesome is it to be able to do something that you love and get paid for it? Friday, May 10th Financial Education Speaker & Author Shay Olivarria was in Las Vegas speaking to more than 200 Seniors at Western High School about personal finance for SCE Credit Union Foundation.

High school students in Nevada are required to receive financial education and most take part in an online course, however there is no substitute for the interaction and feedbackloop of working with a live person.

Financial Education Speaker & Author Shay Olivarria talking about compound interest to Seniors at Western High School in Las Vegas, NV for SCE Credit Union.

During each hour long workshop students learned about the difference between credit unions and banks, the need to pay yourself first, what compound interest is and how it works, the parts of a credit score and credit cards, specifically the CARD Act and why paying the minimum payment on your credit card debt is problematic.

 

If you’d like to hire Shay to speak with your group, call (323) 596-1843.

Shay Olivarria is the most dynamic financial education speaker working today. She speaks at high schools, colleges, and companies across the country. She has written three books on personal finance, including Amazon Best Seller “Money Matters: The Get It Done in 1 Minute Workbook”. Shay has been quoted on Bankrate.com, FoxBusiness.com, NBC Latino and The Credit Union Times, among others. To schedule Shay to speak at your event visit www.BiggerThanYourBlock.com

Shay Olivarria Slated to Speak at Adelante Mujer Latina Conference

 

Financial Education Speaker & Author Shay Olivarria is slated to speak at the Adelante Mujer Latina Conference in Los Angeles.

 

Guess what?

The most dynamic financial education speaker working today, Shay Olivarria, is slated to speak at the Adelante Mujer Latina Conference 2013 in Los Angeles, CA! Whoo hoo!

In case you haven’t heard about Adelante Mujer Latina 2013 here’s a tidbit about the conference:

Adelante Mujer Latina (AML) Conference is designed to inform, encourage and inspire young girls to take school seriously, work hard, make smart choices, think big, plan and prepare for the future, and take advantage of every opportunity so that they may achieve their career goals and have a positive impact in their lives, their families and communities.

If you’ll be attending, feel free to shoot Shay a message on Facebook ot Twitter.

 

Find out more about Shay’s financial education workshops

Find out more about Shay’s books

 

Shay Olivarria Quoted in All The Money In The World by Laura Vanderkam

Financial Education Speaker & Author Shay Olivarria is quoted in this book!

 

Financial Education Speaker & Author Shay Olivarria has been quoted in a new personal finance book by Laura Vanderkam, All The Money In The World: What The Happiest People Know About Getting and Spending. Have you read it yet?

Check out the quote heard ’round the world …. ’round the bookshelves?

Use TV as a teachable moment. “TV has some of the best teachable moments ever,” says Shay Olivarria, a financial education speaker and author. If kids are watching shows they shouldn’t be watching (like MTV’s Cribs), then “at least get something good out of it,” she says. Why do the characters think that a flashy house or car indicates success? Talk about why a lower interest rate on a mortgage matters in terms of monthly payments, and if you’re working extra hours to afford a particular vacation or to get out of debt, make sure they see the connection.

Keep in mind that in a cashless age, kids may have a harder time grasping what money really is. “A lot of children don’t understand how ATM cards work,” says Olivarria. “They think it’s magic. They don’t understand that money has to go in the bank for you to pull money out of the bank.” They may think that when you want something, you just swipe a card and get it, without understanding that a bank balance is debited somewhere, or that you’ll have to pay a credit card bill later. So it may be worth using cash on occasion to help them understand what’s going on.

Also, feel free to let them fail. Olivarria enjoys taking her nephews, nieces and cousins to the amusement parks near her California home. She gives them a set amount of cash (say, $20) and says they have to use it for food and any other desires. Inevitably, the first time a child has cash in hand, he blows it on a plush toy in the first 5 minutes, and then has to suffer through a long day of watching his siblings eat hamburgers and ice cream and buy other souvenirs with their carefully stewarded $20 allowances. “That is an awesome lesson,” says Olivarria. “I’d rather let an 8-year-old go hungry at Disneyland because he blew his money on a plush Mickey than have a 30-year-old blow money on something and now his kids are homeless.”

Tough love, right? Do you agree? Disagree? Check out the book and share your thoughts.

 

 

Financial Institutions Owned by People of Color

Did you know that there are 28 financial institutions owned by Black people? How about that there are 33 owned by Latinos? 86 owned by Asians and 19 owned by Native Americans? If you want to use your funds to grow your community then using a financial institution owned by communities of color might be right up your alley.

Check out the whole list here.

10 Things on Kindle for $3.50! Order Now!

I know you’ve been thinking about ordering copies of 10 Things College Students Need to Know About Money for your children, grandchildren, cousins, neices and nephews but you wanted to read it first, right? You wanted to make sure that it was a good read with real information about personal finance. Well, here’s your chance! 10 Things College Students Need to Know About Money is now available on Kindle for only $3.50 per download!

Download yours on Amazon.com now.

 

 

 

Click the image to read more about Shay speaking at Cal State Long Beach.

Shay Olivarria is the most dynamic financial education speaker working today. She speaks at high schools, colleges, and companies across the country. She has written three books on personal finance, including Amazon Best Seller “Money Matters: The Get It Done in 1 Minute Workbook”. Shay has been quoted on Bankrate.com, FoxBusiness.com, NBC Latino and The Credit Union Times, among others. To schedule Shay to speak at your event visit www.BiggerThanYourBlock.com

Global Economic Collapse

What an interesting video. Would you suggest that the government raise taxes, cut spending, or some other option?

Shay Olivarria Quoted on FoxBusiness.com

Financial education speaker and author Shay Olivarria was quoted about credit unions on FoxBusiness.com.

As you know, Shay Olivarria and Bigger Than Your Block have always been huge advocates of credit unions. If you are thinking about moving from a traditional bank to a credit union, here’s an article to help you think through your options. Want the short version? Read Shay’s quote below:

Many credit unions have programs to coach you through saving, reducing debt, saving for short-term and intermediate goals, and investing for retirement, says Shay Olivarria, author of “10 Things College Students Need to Know About Money.”

“Not only will they help you get where you want to be, you’ll understand how you got there and why it’s important to stay there,” Olivarria says.

Read more: http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2012/08/20/what-to-look-for-in-credit-union-checking/#ixzz248w0oDdq

Shay Olivarria is the most dynamic financial education speaker working today. She speaks at high schools, colleges, and companies across the country. She has written three books on personal finance, including Amazon Best Seller “Money Matters: The Get It Done in 1 Minute Workbook”. Shay has been quoted on Bankrate.com, FoxBusiness.com, NBC Latino and The Credit Union Times, among others. To schedule Shay to speak at your event visit www.BiggerThanYourBlock.com

Latina Mom Survey

Since I’ve been writing for Mamiverse.com, more and more people have started contacting me about common concerns about money. One of the themes that continually emerges is retirement. How much money is needed? How does one invest? What’s the difference between retirement tools?

To get a better handle on what’s going on with Latina moms, I thought I’d conduct an informal and completely unscientific survey. Please answer the 9 multiple-choice questions and share the survey with a friend!

This information will really help me write better articles and (hopefully) reach more Latinas around the country.

 

Allensworth 2012

Allen and Josephine Allensworth, founders of Black California town Allensworth.

 

Yesterday, the Bigger Than Your Block team was very honored to be part of the Juneteenth Celebration at Allensworth State Historic Park. Financial Education Speaker & Author Shay Olivarria gave a wonderful speech on building a solid financial foundation based on learning about personal finance, sharing information about personal finance, and learning to pass on wealth to future generations. During the speech participants laughed and really interacted with Shay. When she came off of the stage people kept coming up to the table to speak with her, congradulate her on a job well done, share why she was a different type of financial education speaker, and find out what the Rule of 72 is! Kids took part in the financial education cross word puzzles and word search puzzles for prizes. Adults took home copies of the referral sheet that could net them $250 for referring an organization to Bigger Than Your Block. It was a wonderful day.

Allensworth is sometimes called The Town That Wouldn’t Die because of the tenacity of the people that settled there. The drummers mentioned that Black history is a living thing. We have to remember our history, and contribute to it for the next generations. I’m Black & I Travel says, the Allensworth family created a Black town in central California

.. Allensworth turned his eyes west. He wanted to create a town where black families could own their own homes, their own land, run their own farms and control their own destinies ..

It’s up to us to keep Allensworth alive. For those of you that haven’t been to Allensworth yet, we thought we’d share a few photos to motivate you to come up and celebrate next year.

There were tons of vendors, BBQ, ice cream, and people! Buses of folks kept coming up. It was good to see kids running around and folks hanging out under the trees.

 

The plaque reads:Elizabeth Dougherty, a wealthy Oakland business woman, purchased the property and financed the construction of the hotel in 1910. The hotel was her investment in Allensworth, but she did not live here….”

 

Mary Jane Bickers arrived in Allensworth in 1909 and opened the town’s first business, a general store.

 

If you’d like to read a bit more about Allensworth visit VirtualTourist.com. See you next year!