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The Evolution of Bertony Faustin, Oregon’s First Black Winemaker

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Though he longed to rebel from these prescribed ideas, his guilt of never being enough led him to attempt a pre-med path, only to stop and start classes enough times to realize it was never going to happen. I was the only one in the class who actually had a vineyard.” The women told him they came because they heard about his story.

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A Day in the Life of AI Consultant Juliette Powell

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She’s been traveling since then, including a stop in her hometown to moderate a Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms cross-disciplinary panel featuring AI “grandfather” and Mila founder Yoshua Bengio. Teach She heads to New York University, where she and Kleiner teach a class, “Future of the Media.”

2018 313
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The Founder of Bite Toothpaste Is on a Zero-Waste Mission, But She Never Intended to Disrupt the Oral Care Industry

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Although she was able to use refillable containers for most toiletry items like shampoo, conditioner and lotion, it was those pesky travel-sized toothpaste tubes that she couldn’t refill and would have to throw away. In 2018, zero-waste bloggers began talking about Bite online, and the product gained momentum.

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Love What You Do

Office Dynamics

However, I realized that many assistants were missing out on my guidance and experience because their companies would not bring me in or they would not be permitted to travel to Las Vegas for our Annual Conference for Administrative Excellence. Holding on to what I know just because I physically can’t be everywhere does the world no good.

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Assistants Must Excel at the Fundamentals

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From Joan Burge’s new book, Joan’s Greatest Administrative Secrets Revealed (2018). For 28 years, I have been teaching assistants to pay attention to the fundamentals such as meeting planning, travel planning, calendar maintenance, organizational skills, follow-up systems, time management, and communications. This is not smart.

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Set Stretch Goals

Office Dynamics

From Joan Burge’s new book, Joan’s Greatest Administrative Secrets Revealed (2018). This was in a brochure from a company who hosts supposedly high-level classes for assistants. He was a District Supervisor, who with all District Supervisors, reported to my boss and had to give me their weekly travel schedules. Pleeeaazzz!

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Ep 242: Nicki Cave on Managing a Team of Assistants and Finding Happiness in Your Work

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Her Boston Marathon 2018 running experience is also captured in the Boston Buddies book alongside many incredible stories from that day. I actually at graduation, when they put like the sash around you, I I was like, top 10% of my class, which I had no idea. She has four wonderful children and an amazing husband of over 30 years.