Encore: Strong is the New Pretty

May 26, 2021
Hosted by Dr. Sharon Jones

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Episode Description

Girls being fearless. Girls being wild, stubborn, and proud. Girls whose faces are smeared with dirt and lit up with joy. So simple and yet so powerful, Strong Is the New Pretty celebrates, more than 175 memorable photographs, the strength and spirit of girls being themselves and is the incredible work of photographer Kate T. Parker. Kate has an eye to create an experience for the viewer with her photos and she is all self taught! Kate gives us a behind the scenes view of how she followed her passion of taking pictures and create a career. She started with her passion and then added in the tech skills to master expertise. She shares how she leveraged just in time learning to gain new tech skills to edit and produce her photography. As she mastered one technique she would move to the next. She also shares her best photo tools and how technology has been pivotal in scaling her business. Get ready for an incredible conversation and be inspired to follow your own passion one step at a time

Coding the Future

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Coding the Future with Dr. Sharon is an education-based show to give information and action tips to working adults to guide them to a new level of tech savvy, through leveraging their own skillset. Join technology and adult education expert Dr. Sharon Jones and leading industry experts as she invites you to learn what you need to know today for tomorrow’s tech career success. She and her guests will share the inside scoop on tech trends, explain how to leverage current technology in your career, and explore how your talents can be the key to your tech success. You will gain real-world strategies, actionable solutions and useful resources on hot topics shaping the future of workforce and how to apply your tech genius skill to the workforce.

Dr. Sharon Jones

Dr. Sharon Jones, Ed.D is the founder and CEO of the dot. Consulting and the non-profit Dottie Rose Foundation, where she leads and implements technology focused education and innovation. Dr. Jones has found her passion in education and has served as a computer science expert for the past 20 years, bridging the gap between our everyday actions and the application of technology. Dr. Jones is a highly sought after and national award winning Computer Science educator in the public school system and for corporate training. She has presented and been published nationally and internationally on data analytics, educational practices and technology. Her book A Recipe for Success Using SAS University: How to Plan Your First Analytics Project is being used in curriculum and classrooms around the country. Dr. Jones also serves as a member of the National Small Business Leadership Council, where she represents North Carolina. When not running the technology-world, Dr. Jones spends her time with her husband Ricky, and two sons, Ethan and Dylan and their beloved dog, Cooper.

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