by Suzanne F. Stevens, Conscious-Contribution™ Cultivator, Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), originally posted on YouMeWe.ca To maximize your impact of your conscious-contribution™ to the community, your business needs to actively draw attention to your cause. These
By Karen Tracey, Owner of Dunelm Business Consultants & WPO Birmingham UK Chapter Chair Coaching and mentoring are hugely important to entrepreneurs and women respond brilliantly to a proper coach or mentor. Getting all this right is down to a number of things but there are two things that are critical: 1. Understanding the difference … Continue reading Matching Mentors and Mentees
by Suzanne F. Stevens, Conscious-Contribution™ Cultivator, Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), originally posted on YouMeWe.ca Who or what are you connected to – a particular group of people, animals, the environment? For some reason,
by Suzanne F. Stevens, Conscious-Contribution™ Cultivator, Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), originally posted on YouMeWe.ca Empathy is a common practice. It often looks like this: Have you ever been in a situation where you
By David Nethero and Kim Seals, managing directors of Golden Seeds, leaders of Golden Seeds’ investment in Acivilate After working in aerospace, this entrepreneur turned to more traditional technology, helping to create digital TV and securing five patents. But what she dreamed of doing was providing people released from incarceration a second chance. Today, her … Continue reading How did she do it? A Q&A with Louise Wasilewski, CEO and Founder of Acivilate
By Andrew Van Dam, The Washington Post Men dominate Google image searches for most jobs — even for bartender, probation officer and medical scientist, roles in which women outnumber men. In 57 percent of occupations, image searches indicate the jobs are more male-dominated than they actually are. There’s evidence this skewed picture discourages women from aspiring … Continue reading Searching for images of CEOs or managers? The results almost always show men.
By Cromwell Schubarth, TechFlash Editor – Silicon Valley Business Journal Startups led by one or more woman raised nearly $2.9 billion in the U.S. last year — about $1 billion more than in 2017. But their percentage of the $130 billion total venture funding raised by all companies in the country last year dropped from … Continue reading Percentage of VC dollars for women-led startups drops
By NWBC Council It was estimated that there were 1.9 million Hispanic women-owned firms in the United States in 2016, employing 550,400 workers and generating $97 billion in revenues.[1] The number of Hispanic women entrepreneurs grew at a faster rate than any other group – 137 percent between 2007 and 2016. [2] With the United … Continue reading Hispanic Women Entrepreneurship: Understanding Diversity Among Hispanic Women Entrepreneurs
By Lisa Bragg, CEO & Founder, MediaFace & WPO Member Establishing trust with your audience through authentic, audience-driven content marketing is the key to long-lasting business relationships Consumer trust in your business is what makes you stand out from the pack. Customers increasingly make purchasing decisions based on knowing where and who their products and … Continue reading When Trust Falls, Content Catches
By Geri Stengel, Contributor, ForbesWomen Given all the data showing otherwise, it’s hard to believe that institutional funders don’t know that women entrepreneurs have a harder time raising money. For example, investors ask male founders questions related to promotion or gain and female founders questions related to prevention or loss, according to Dana Kanze’s research … Continue reading Five Ways Women Will Get Women The Funding They Need In 2019
YouMeWe Group invests in our second Your Contribution Counts Campaign micro-loan through the Kiva.org program. For every 25 conscious-contributions™ shared on the YourContributionCounts page, YouMeWe Group invests $25 in an
By Jacob Morgan Jacqui Canney, is EVP and Chief People Officer at Walmart and Clay Johnson, is EVP and Chief Information Officer at Walmart. Jacqui has been with Walmart for three and a half years. She is focused on the development, the retention and the rewarding of their 2 million employees. Clay joined Walmart 18 … Continue reading How The World’s Largest Employer Is Evolving For The Future Of Work
By Anett Grant, Fast Company Author Vanessa Edwards and her team watched thousands of hours of TED Talks and noticed something surprising: The least popular TED Talkers used an average of 272 hand gestures during their 18-minute presentations, while the most popular used an average of 465 hand gestures in the same amount of time. … Continue reading Why You’re Not Using Enough Gestures In Your Presentations
By Julian Birkinshaw Among corporate innovators, the travails of James Dyson and the unlikely insight of Art Fry are iconic. Dyson’s bagless vacuum cleaner was perfected only after a staggering 5,127 tries. Fry’s inspiration, interestingly enough, came during a church service. Pieces of paper he had used to mark hymns kept falling out of his choir … Continue reading Telling A Good Innovation Story
Chicago-Based Nonprofit Connects Companies in Need of Buyers with Network of Aspiring Business OwnersA graduate of a Manufacturing Renaissance training program at work in Chicago. (Photo by David Robinson)By Anne FieldIn greater Chicago, most owners of...