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Cynthia Breazeal Is Making AI Fun and Educational for Kids

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Unlike with previous generations, students today are learning early on how to collaborate with emerging technologies and artificial intelligence to shape the world they want to live in as adults. Breazeal later co-founded Jibo , a company that developed personal assistant robots in 2012.

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Annie Särnblad Wants to Teach You How to Read Facial Expressions—So You Can Get Ahead in Business

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It’s a scientific skill she’s honed throughout decades of research and practice, one that has earned her the title of “human lie detector.” Growing up, she began to develop the skill of how to read facial expressions more out of desperation than curiosity. “My She learned to read people and read them well.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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from 2012—while the growth of male-owned employer businesses during the same time period was only 5.2%. million workers in 2019 and grew their workforce by 28%… between 2012 and 2019.” She moved on in 2012 and founded Mina Shah Enterprises the following year, self-funding with income from consulting.

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How Three Post-Secondary Programs Are Setting Autistic Individuals on a Path to Success

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These students can choose between courses that teach both core soft skills, such as “ communications ” or “community and culture,” and hard technical skills. They yearned for more and they knew they had the skill set to accomplish more. Despite their expertise in technology, employment options were limited.

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5 reasons to learn a foreign language to further your career

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In today’s global society being bilingual is one of the most advantageous skills you can have. Learning a new language takes time and dedication, but the development of smartphone technology has brought new opportunities to fit learning into your daily routine. Learning a foreign language increases your cultural knowledge.

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How to Create Strategic Partnerships

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Make it explicit that you want to learn everything you can about them in short order,” Gage says. Proof it works: Schaus’s profits grew by 15% from 2011 to 2012 as a result of her partnerships. In 2012 I passed along between 35 and 40% of the work that came my way. Then call up past business partners, employers and employees.”

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7 Questions to Answer Before Starting a New Business

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It’s great entertainment, but it’s also a learning opportunity to see if these entrepreneurs have matched their dreams with a plan that makes others want to invest in their new business. In 2012 I wrote about the need for a blend of advisers —your “dream team”—especially when starting a new business.

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