In a 2012 TED Talk, social psychologist Amy Cuddy showed the impact that “power posing” can play in the chemicals that are delivered to your brain and, as a result, the way that you are perceived by others. Part of the talk included an experiment in which one group spent just two minutes of high …
The Richmond Hill Office Team recently participated in their Run for the Cure! The team has been very active in raising funds towards the cause of ending breast cancer this year with a total of $4,472 raised through the race and a number of other activities! Way to go Team Toronto! Additional events held by the team have included …
To encourage our teams to continue traveling on their paths to Better Living we recently held a Better Living Team Contest where we asked our communities to show what they were doing to Live Better as a group. We were originally offering up a whopping $500 to each of the two favorite teams who entered …
The Austin Region participated in their SGK Race for the Cure on Sunday, November 16th! Thanks to the following people for participating in the Austin Race: Veronica Barcenas Justin Callahan Jessica Harrison Leland McPherson Nelson Mejia Patrick Morris Jessica Nofsinger Danielle Roberson Dayro Santos A special thanks to Karter Harrison who raised $100 for the cause!
Our Georgia Maintenance Managers recently had an action-packed event. For their Q4 meeting, which is traditionally one where our employees get to have a little more fun than usual, the team suited up and got battle ready! The day consisted of several games of paintball at Hotshots (a local venue) with skirmishes that included several different …
Our Corporate Office Team in Houston recently enjoyed a day of fun that included a pumpkin decorating contest followed up by some heated competition on the bowling lanes. Congrats to Senior Regional Manager, Lissa May (pictured below) for the winning pumpkin design! The following day held in store plenty of sore muscles and a trip to a local day care center …
Houston Corporate Gets Decorative and Hits the Lanes! Read More »
Our Dallas/Fort Worth communities recently held their Family Fun Day! This is a Venterra tradition that allows our teams and their families to get together and enjoy a great time as a group! This year the DFW team enjoyed a beautiful fun-filled day with coworkers and loved ones at McPherson Park. Events of the day included volleyball, horseshoes, kickball, …
It may not be our fault, but it is our problem. These powerful words were spoken to Venterra employees during our Customer Experience classes in 2013. I never really thought much about these words in my own life, until one stressful day this past August. I was traveling in Australia and New Zealand for the …
Last week I was with a few of my colleagues and our COO attending a Customer Experience conference in Cleveland. One of the challenges presented to us was to call our locations randomly and ask the person that answers if they can provide the weather forecast.This isn’t something that our typical caller would be calling …
Need the Weather? Just call a Venterra community! Read More »
Venterra has acquired Zang Triangle, a 260 unit apartment community located very close to downtown Dallas, Texas. This beautiful community was completed in 2012 and was constructed in a “wrap” construction style, meaning the residential units are wrapped around a multi-level parking garage. The property is one building with five floors of apartment units connected by open air covered …
Venterra Acquires Zang Triangle Apartments in Dallas, Texas! Read More »
