“I don’t believe in the luxury of neutrality when our bodies are on the line.”
Karen Attiah, Global Opinions editor for The Washington Post, told more than 120 journalists from across the U.S. at the recent Journalism & Women Symposium camp in Austin, Texas, that her crucible as a journalist in the age of disinformation is to “expand someone’s imagination of what is true and how people see the world.”
Read MoreIssue 207 — October 3, 2022
“You’re going WHERE?” people asked.
“Don’t you know hurricanes are pummeling Florida and the Caribbean? Isn’t Puerto Rico getting hit?”
Um, yes, but when I take a speaking engagement, I show up.
Read MoreAfter earning her Masters in Business Administration at Columbia University in New York in 2012, following five years working in banking in Mexico, Maricella Herrera was interviewing for a new boutique banking job in Mexico, where she intended to return to live.
Read MoreIf you didn’t get a chance to participate in the Take the Lead annual 2-day conference at the Phoenix Biltmore, I highly recommend watching the replay. This event exceeded expectations in providing inspiration, tools and action items for stepping into your most powerful potential. Yet lurking among the conversations spanning all aspects of Diversity and Inclusion, a new shared challenge emerged. In a word; burnout.
Read More“Each generation wants their kids to have it better than they did,” says Jane LaRocca Roig, vice chair of the board of directors of Helios Education Foundation that has invested more than $300 million in educational initiatives and scholarships since 2004.
Read More“If you can’t make change with the person who lives next door to you, how can you make change across continents?”
Isabelle Leighton, executive director of Donors of Color Network, says, “Most change starts local.”
Read MoreHow do you go from grief to joy?
This week I write about how the examples of recent moments of communal grief--the 21st anniversary of 9/11 and the death of Queen Elizabeth II—can inform us as we grapple with personal grief. And I share a phone call that helped me process my grief by creating a lasting legacy in memory of my husband, and the resulting joy. Read the full story here...
Read MoreYour internal obstacles are as powerful as your external obstacles at preventing you from realizing your full potential. But there are key strategies to overcoming both kinds of barriers.
Hope Timberlake, coach, trainer and author of Speak Up, Dammit: How To Quiet Your Fears, Polish Your Presence and Share Your Voice shared with a virtual audience at the recent 2022 Power Up Conference: The Big RE, how you can manage fears and get to making impact and change.
Read MoreThe global electronic invoicing market is booming, and according to imarc's E-invoicing market forecast report for 2022-2027, it’s not going to stop anytime soon.
As businesses across various industries make the switch from paper-based invoices to completely digital ones, entrepreneurs are uncovering smart ways to further optimize their billing systems.
Read MoreIt is the first of many.
Suzanne Lerner, co-founder of Michael Stars, was awarded the first-ever Wear The Shirt Award at Take The Lead’s 2022 Power Up Concert & Conference, the Big RE: Rethink, Rewire and Recreate held recently virtually and in person in Phoenix, AZ.
Read More“Marina Tore the Damn House Down”
— Felicia Davis , Leadership Brand Strategist Founder of BlackWomanElevate
NEW YORK, NY, USA, September 3, 2022
EINPresswire.com — MARINA’S BOMBASTIC PERFORMANCE to be REBROADCAST on her YouTube channel premiering on September 1, 2022.
Read MoreIssue 205 — September 5, 2022
Something doesn’t compute here, I thought, when I saw a well-meaning but laughable piece of advice to women in an Ad Council campaign in collaboration with AARP.
“Save a larger percentage of your income for retirement,“ it tells women, and cites the data that women are 80% more likely than men to be poor in their old age. “Save 2% more than you are currently saving,” goes the advice.
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