Join your Louisiana Digital Coach, Krystal Hardy Allen, for free training and coaching for your business.

Sign up for Krystal's upcoming virtual workshops below:

Increase Your Sales with Google Tools
Friday, May 31 from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT
Learn how to promote your products online using Google tools. We’ll show how local brick-and-mortar businesses can list products on a Google Business Profile. We’ll also cover Google Merchant Center, a no-cost tool that allows both e-commerce and brick-and-mortar businesses to create free Product Listings on Google. In this session we’ll show you how to: - Highlight products on your Google Business Profile
- Use Pointy to promote in-store inventory with your point of sale system
- Use Google Merchant Center to showcase in-store and online product inventory
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Increase Your Sales with Google Tools
Friday, May 31 from 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CT
Learn how to promote your products online using Google tools. We’ll show how local brick-and-mortar businesses can list products on a Google Business Profile. We’ll also cover Google Merchant Center, a no-cost tool that allows both e-commerce and brick-and-mortar businesses to create free Product Listings on Google. In this session we’ll show you how to: - Highlight products on your Google Business Profile
- Use Pointy to promote in-store inventory with your point of sale system
- Use Google Merchant Center to showcase in-store and online product inventory
Click here to register

Digital Skills For Everyday Tasks
Tuesday, June 4 from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CT
Learn how to manage work and life tasks more effectively using Google tools. Whether you want to build a budget, create a meeting agenda or organize your priorities, these best practices will boost your productivity. In this session we’ll show you how to:
- Use templates in Google Sheets to build a personalized to-do list
- Use templates in Google Docs to create a meeting agenda.
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Coach Your Team To Success
Monday, June 10 from 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CT
Understand the attributes and behaviors that make the best managers. Learn, practice, and build your skills as a coach for your team. Provide meaningful and developmental feedback to your team to maximize their performance and development. In this workshop we’ll cover: - The skills of great managers
- How to coach your team
- Tips for providing positive feedback
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Meet Krystal

Krystal Hardy Allen is the Founder & CEO of K. Allen Consulting™ and both a community advocate and philanthropist. A well-respected former school principal and teacher, Krystal began her career teaching elementary school, serving as an instructional coach, then asst. principal, and finally leading as a school principal. Most recently featured within Time Magazine, she is a 2019 Gambit 40 Under 40 recipient, a 2019 Aspen Institute Ideas Festival Scholar, the 2016 Urban League of Louisiana Activist Award recipient, and serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Kid Smart; Success at Thurgood Marshall; and the Selma Center for Nonviolence, Truth, and Reconciliation. A first-generation college graduate, Krystal earned her B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, M.Ed. from NLU-Chicago, and is currently completing her Ed.D in K-12 Urban Educational Leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University. Krystal's work and passion for DEI, social justice, adult learning, and organizational development are the driving forces of her work and commitment to equity.

If you have any questions, please email Krystal at [email protected]


 

What is a Grow with Google Digital Coach?

We are mentors, teachers, leaders; we are entrepreneurs who have achieved our goals, and we want to help you achieve yours. We are excited to provide the digital skills training and coaching to help small businesses in our states reach new customers, thrive online, and grow.

Where else do you have Digital Coaches?

Visit grow.google/digital-coaches to find your closest Digital Coach. 

Want more resources?

For more small business resources, check out grow.google/smallbusiness (English) or grow.google/pasoapaso (Español).