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3 Important Things I Learned About Social Media in 2010 :: Women.

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This year of 2010 has been a revelation to me as to the ins and outs of Social Media. Not really. But you’d think so when you see the proliferation of articles, everywhere, about what to do and what not to do when it comes to utilizing Social Media and your business. What’s a girl to do? Why capitalize the first letters?

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5 Important Things to Remember as an Entrepreneur :: Women on Business

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Ask the people in your network to keep you in mind or refer you when they come across business opportunity within your specialty; and of course do the same for them. Many aspects were discussed that revolved around entrepreneurship and small business ownership. Use networks strategically…ask for favors! Do not keep count of favors.

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Patents Granted to Women Jump 35% in One Year

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NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Over the course of twenty years (1990 to 2010), women inventors doubled their share of patents granted by the U.S. Susan Decker of Businessweek explains: “Patents granted to women jumped 35 percent in 2010, faster than the overall 27 percent increase. inventor were issued to women.

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Break Through the Glass Ceiling

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However, despite all of the changes that have occurred, the 2010 Catalyst Census and surveys by CareerCurve Workforce Solutions have shown there is still a “glass ceiling” in the workplace. According to the 2010 Catalyst Census: Fortune 500 Women Board Directors women held 15.7% of board seats in 2010 and 14.4%

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The Prodigal Daughters of Business :: Women on Business

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Of course, I would then start beating myself over the head with a guilt stick for not embracing a Madonna-like serenity in my new ‘round the clock role of nurse, short-order cook, janitor and taxi service for two little people with a sense of innocent entitlement in knowing their parents owed them a good life. They’d say ‘Wow, that’s great!’

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Navigate Your Path to Success

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It provides a step by step navigation and helps me stay on course so I get to where I want to go. Imagine if you took a wrong turn every so often or a detour, the GPS would “recalculate” and bring you pack on course. How comforting is that? Don’t you wish you had a GPS for your life and career? Here’s my suggestion: find a “GPS Buddy”.

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Leadership Strategies and a New Verbal Diet :: Women on Business

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Of course not”, you sigh. You can just do protein and veggies, or maybe the newest, most amazing carb to hit the town from the African bush. Well, I have another idea. How about changing your verbal diet? Think about it, would you only eat hamburgers for a month without anything else? “Of Yet look at your verbal diet.