Keys to Success

This session will cover:

• Scams to watch for: pyramid and internet
• How to navigate phishing
• High interest loans
• Collection tactics
• Complaint letters and complaint resources

This session covers the following topic areas:

• History and usage of credit
• Hot to read credit reports
• How to build credit
• How credit applies to student loans, how to manage student loans, and types of student loans

Demitri McGee is a certified financial coach/trainer, scholar, and youth community leader. Mr. McGee has worked with Build Wealth as a youth director/financial coach over the last three years, assisting over 100 families with financial budgeting, saving, credit rebuilding and homebuyer preparation. As a supplement to research and practice, Mr. McGee engages in the community by hosting local art shows for youth that elicits a safe place or outlet that allows for freedom of expression, social networking and community building. All three facets work together in helping underserved communities break down barriers that have hindered generations before them by promoting connectedness, creative control, financial freedom and entrepreneurship.

During the session, Mr. McGee will focus on Credit (What is Credit? How do you build credit? How to reduce debt) and Student Loans (loan types and repayment options).

This session covers:

• Living within your means (wants vs. needs)
• Calculating income
• Creating an effective savings plan

This session will cover:

• Home ownership
• Retirement
• Insurance

This session will cover:

• Online banking
• Social media etiquette
• Social appearance etiquette

During the session, Mr. McGee will focus on addressing the question: What is Money? Please note this is the orientation session for many more upcoming financial wellness workshops!

This session will focuses on professionalism in the workplace with HTC alumni and community partners/employers. Our panelists will cover how professionalism is defined personally and within their workplace. This will also include a series of questions focused on tips, tricks, and insights of how to be your own professional.

We will kick off the academic year with a session about basic needs in the workplace. Our special guest speaker will feature Hennepin Technical College's Assistant Director of Human Resources, Daniel Le Guen-Schmidt who will be talking about searching for a job, negotiating salary, navigating a career change and important skills needed in a job.

This session will focus on communication in the workplace. We will be talking about the best practices for communication, appropriate communication with colleagues, the use of social media accounts, understanding background differences in communication styles, and adjusting to different styles of communication.

This third session will focus on self-care in the workplace. Adjusting to the environment of a new or changing workplace can challenging. It’s important to take care of yourself while balancing multiple responsibilities inside and outside of the workplace. We want to share helpful self-care tips to make you successful while in the workplace.