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How to Talk to Your Boss About Race: A New Book Explores Language Used in the Workplace and How We Can Improve

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Of course, after we started working together, when I spoke to the other Black and Brown employees who worked at these companies about their experiences, they had no problem saying the word. Structural racism refers to the system of policies, cultural practices, institutions and ideologies that work together to create and reinforce racism.

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16 Business Owners Share What They Would Do Differently

Stephanie LH Calahan

Before I started my company, I headed up production & marketing for a small entertainment company and was responsible for creating many of the processes & procedures required for my department to meet its many deadlines. In this context, I found it difficult to set and implement a cancellation policy. To your success!

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The Hypocrisy of Kleenex Hand Towels

The Marq

I’m making an exception to my “no rant&# policy today because of a product advertisement I saw recently for Kleenex Hand Towels while watching TV. July 4, 2010 3:26 PM Post a Comment Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Subscribe | Content copyright 2009. Rather, I like finding a problem and figuring out how to solve it.

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Webiste Critique Special Report: Kidorable

Men With Pens

Speaking of covering everything head to toe… today is a special report website critique for Kidorable, an acclaimed kids’ clothing and accessories company dressing little kids up right. People know to look for items like “our return policy&# there, and you’ll keep more attention on your actual products and sales.

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What's Under the Hood of Your Web Copy? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

If you write web copy that speaks of being good in sales but sounds like it comes from a casual, laid-back stay-at-home mom, your client won’t be pleased if she’s actually a businesswoman who wears upscale clothes to impress clients at high-profile meetings every day at her downtown office. Powered by frugal

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Why Good Copywriting Goes Bad: Ignorance | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Later they learned that in Africa illiteracy is high, so companies put pictures on the product labels to show what’s inside. They are, unfortunately, classic examples of what happens when a company seeks to communicate internationally on the cheap. Good copy will reveal that the emperor is has no clothes. Exactly.

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Full-time Freelance Writing Jobs | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

If you want to make a career of writing, should you look for a full-time job in a company or strike out on your own as a freelancer? I know plenty of people who prefer having a writing job working for one company. If you work at the right company, that is. Dress in comfortable clothes (I recommend Hawaiian shirts).

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