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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. Copyright © 2022 by Y-Vonne Hutchinson. It’s a pretty awkward pause—hard for me, necessary for them.

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Rebecca Minkoff: ‘I Never Set Out to Be a Rule Breaker’

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My clothing and accessories have been spotted on the most stylish women around the world and across social media. There have been times that I’ve had to get a website up quickly and we’ve used templates and plugins to speed up the process, and of course we eventually have had to rebuild them. Copyright © 2021 by Rebecca Minkoff.

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An Important Note About COVID-19 Delta Variant

The Marq

Regular cloth masks do not provide complete protection against COVID-19; only N95 or FDA certified N95 equivalents do. And of course, isolate. (My Copyright(c) 2009-2020 TheMarq.com. He advised my brother-in-law to wear a N-95 grade mask at home (in addition to outside/in public) since his kids are going to school.

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How to Paint Magical Words with Storytelling Impact

Men With Pens

You can nearly touch the warm, vivacious characters in their jewel-rich clothing of blues and reds. Post by James Chartrand James Chartrand is an entrepreneur, a pro copywriter and the founder and CEO of Men with Pens and Damn Fine Words , the game-changing writing course for business owners. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens!

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5 Tips for Out-of-Work Freelancers

Loosely Speaking

Going to work : I mean this figuratively, of course, because if you’re a freelancer, you’re probably working from home. But make it a point to get out of bed, take a shower, change out of your night clothes, eat breakfast, and get to your workstation as you would do on the days you do have work. Loose Ends.

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Why You Should Invite Your Customers to a Campfire Storytelling Session

Men With Pens

Of course, you probably don’t want to make up a story out of whole cloth—“Our natural spring water comes from the exact center of the earth, delivered in clay vessels by naked nymphs”—but you need to place your reader, your customer, in the dramatic arc of your tale. For instance, has your business overcome great challenges?

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5 Sneaky Ways to Find Out What Customers Really Want… Without Asking Them

Men With Pens

This or that : A very successful online retailer of women’s clothing thought of a way to sell only their customers’ favorites without making them say their faves out loud. The retailer continually showed two distinctly different pieces of clothing side by side and had their audience vote for the best.

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