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This is another installment in my Wednesday for Women blog series, where I feature information to help women gain greater influence, power, and confidence in their professional and personal life. If you’re a man reading this, please enjoy it and then forward these weekly Wednesday blogs to the powerful women in your life. They’ll thank you for it! I’m a big proponent of vacations. MORE
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Now, my advanced degrees, that is, those beyond the B.A., "This clown gushed he had studied at Oxford AND at some French university I can't pronounce. I got my ticket punched here at a local and that was that in terms of academic degrees for me."
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If you have followed this blog or read slide:ology , you know that we are huge fans of sticky notes. We train people how to build effective presentations by writing their main story points on sticky notes and then moving them around until they find a compelling flow for their message. Sticky notes are small, easily moveable and readily recyclable. They are our friends! And, we don’t just prescribe them for others, we use them here, too!
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