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Leadership Development and Educating our Young :: Women on Business

Women on Business

There is lots of conflicting research about what really matters in the process to educate children. Education is not bringing forth from the core of the young the ability to learn and discern. We can and need to take part in the larger dialogue about education whether we have biological children or not.

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3 Ways Executives Can Champion Lifelong Learning

Lead Change Blog

Advances in technology have allowed countless individuals to pursue interests that extend beyond the standard classroom, on their own time, and often for little to no cost. When Alan (my co-founder) and I first founded our company Accredible , we noticed that neither education opportunities nor economic opportunities were meritocratic.

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Lessons in Leadership to Last a Lifetime

Leading Blog

But in 1999, at the height of the Internet boom, I took a two-year leave of absence to serve as director of system architecture at Akamai Technologies, an MIT start-up located here in Cambridge. a start-up that was acquired by Intel in 2009. a start-up that was acquired by Intel in 2009.

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$17.14 Can Change Your Thinking. Guaranteed.

Rich Gee Group

I’ve been a teacher, and I’ve seen the effectiveness of today’s education. While there are always smart kids more kids are graduating high school, or dropping out, with a poor education. Another reason for America’s drop in education might be as simple as medication + boring school = poor education.

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Top 10 US Cities to Capture Small Business Recovery Act Dollars.

Women on Business

For funding in education, healthcare, construction, urban development, criminal justice, and the arts, look inside the beltway. New York , NY With the financial sector reeling, New York is counting on technological innovation to save the day. Jackson , MS If your specialty is education, head to Jackson, MS.

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The Big Shift: Demand for Future Work Skills in 2021

HR Digest

If you don’t solve the skills riddle with agility, curiosity, and smart technology capabilities, your organization could fade from existence.” When I was a technology marketing exec in 2009, I heard the words nurture marketing. Hard skills are quantifiable capabilities learned in an education setting or training program.

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