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In Metro areas, all brands, not just this one, have to position and package themselves carefully. Thanks to his glam job with GQ, Steve Friedman got to wine and dine young woman around the world who had long long legs with muscular calves. Yeah, the Princess Di kind. Continually that shocked him. After all he started out his communications career as a speechwriter in the midwest. He chronicles that bit of good luck in his sad- sack memoir "Lost on treasure island." MORE
USA Today reports that the Youngstown, Ohio Metro area is among the U.S. My mindset: Just about anywhere but the Youngstown Metro area. If so many folks are heading out, maybe, you start thinking, you better join them. Hey, get estimates for hiring a moving company. cities losing population. The exact number is more than a 4% drop. The calculation had been made before the GM plant at Lordstown shut down. That sucked off about 1,600 well-paying jobs. MORE
A former English major I got it that before I take the next step, professionally and personally, forward, I had to return to where I had experienced "home" in the New York Metro area. The journey is an archetype in art forms, ranging from film to literature, for those who need to discover something important. The most common example is Dorothy from "The Wizard of Oz." " She had to be transported to Oz to learn there's no place like home. MORE
It's supposed to be a stunner: We can't even trust psychics in the New York Metro area. In NEW YORK Magazine, Jessica Pressler outs Zena Psychic as a fraud and more. Of course, in the delicate matter of consulting an otherworldly source we can never do that cold. Before I settled into two, I always checked around with heavy users. MORE
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Any of us professionals working late in the New York Metro area could have been on one of those trains tonight. The New York Post reports: "The entire Metro-North train system ground to a halt Thursday night due to a power glitch. We had put up witht the single digit temperatures and were looking forward to the comfort of a warm home and sleep. That wasn't going to happen, not for a while. MORE
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Some in the Phoenix, Arizona Metro area have likely already leased space in their houses, apartments, and mobile homes through Airbnb for Super Bowl 2015. Owners of properties with driveways will be posting signs "Park Here for dollars." " Others are answering help-wanted like this one on Craigslist. MORE
Once I had something to sell professionally - speechwriting/ghostwriting skills - I felt like hot stuff boarding the Metro-North commuter train from southwest Connecticut to Manhattan. As the NEW YORK POST reports, there had been a derailment on the Metro-North line this morning on a southern tip of the Bronx. No family member will feel okay ever again when the loved one boards the Metro-North. MORE
The first snowfall, no matter when it happens, always seems too soon. My adopted canine son Lee K. agrees. This morning, despite his neon blue sweater, he was not full of joy once we left the lobby of our apartment building. The usually chatty security guards and maintenance crew were avoiding eye contact. Likely the trusty deli we count on will be late to open. And plans, forget it. Last night I had made a commitment to get out of town with Lee K. MORE
It is already known that the new Metro digital-first czar Cliff Levy put the knock on the section. Earlier today the brass caved to a town meeting with the members of the metro section. MORE
Near New York Avenue Metro Station. Attend the next BBP 101 – LIVE 1-Day Course! Taught personally by Cliff Atkinson, and limited to only 10 participants to ensure a high amount of interaction with Cliff. MORE
"The Bahamas government Friday urged nationals to exercise caution if they intend on travelling to the United States following the shooting deaths of five police officers in Dallas on Thursday night." " - The Gleaner, July 9, 2016. Here is the article. According to IBISWorld , inbound tourism to the U.S. is about a $984 billion-in-revenue business annually. It involves 234,634 companies. And it provides employment to about 5.7 million people. MORE
After two years away from New York Metro, I still feel guilty not being part of the collective suffering during the polar vortexes. At one point this afternoon, it got so warm in Tucson, Arizona, that my dog refused to walk. I had to carry him home and try again after it cooled down. That was unusual for this area in mid February. But not unwelcome. The winter had been atypically cold, so much so that all I could hear in this apartment complex was our heating units working overtime. MORE
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The Metro staff at The New York Times is becoming undone. As the New York Post reports, he told those working in the Metro section that the unit has "lost its footing." There's a new "sheriff" in town - Cliff Levy. MORE
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According to a recent WJS/NBC survey , 96% of adults indicated they expected riots this summer. Those of us who directly experienced the summer riots of 1967 in urban areas like my hometown, Jersey City, New Jersey, sense that same kind of rage boiling up. In some cities, elevated temperatures are already occurring. You bet, the summer of 2015 could be especially hot. All organizations in what could be locations targeted for riots have to develop a crisis communications plan. MORE
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He didn't use the fatal Metro-North crash as a platform to promise he could pull off miracles. "If there was an engineer problem or a train problem or an equipment problem, we'll learn from it. But sometimes there are just accidents." " - Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on CBS This Morning, quoted by the New York Post, February 4, 2015. Here is that coverage. Mario Cuomo might have been the one in the family with the silver tongue. MORE
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But in the New York Metro area, renters really got whacked. For example, a one-bedroom, with all utilities paid, in the Youngstown, Ohio Metro area runs under $600. The dream of beginning a work life in major metro areas of the U.S. Rents are not cheap. Everyone knows that. Fewer are buying homes. That means more are renting apartments. So, no surprise, there continues to be Landlord Nation. MORE
The Metro-North commuter train from Westport, Connecticut to Grand Central Station in Manhattan is a symbol of success in that iconic novel "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit." THE NEW YORK TIMES reports that yesterday during the evening rush hour the train heading back to Connecticut crashed with another Metro-North train. MORE
This is bad news for those employed at the 50 metro newspapers which were studied. "A new research paper finds that over the past eight years the websites of 51 major metropolitan newspapers have not on average seen appreciable readership gains, even as print readership falls." " - MediaLife, April 7, 2016. Here is the article. MORE
Once that car is road-ready, there is the slow careful drive to Metro-North. Professionals in Connecticut with business interests in Manhattan had to again dig out their cars from the snow and ice. Today brings the 14th snow storm to the region. Patches of black ice are everywhere. On the platform at the railroad station there will be 15-minutes added to the wait time, yes, becaue of weather conditions. MORE
Within 90 seconds IT genius Ian Billen , based in the Youngstown, Ohio metro area, clicked around my laptop. Does this {my HP PC} have an internal microphone? That's what I had to find out for the first step on the learning curve to doing podcasts. If Ana Marie Cox were just starting out today in digital she would be podcasting up a storm. The blogging medium, now mature, is hardly dead. After all, engineer Susan Fowler leveraged hers to dethrone the high and mighty at Uber. MORE
Those deaths happened in the New York Metro area. Is there something about the New York Metro ethos which encourages checking out, versus solving problems, whatever they might be? Recently, chiropractor Glenn Scarpelli, along with his wife, and real estate player Steven Dym committed suicide. Both were reported to have financial woes. Today, Wall Street recruiter Lindsay Jacoby, 40, joined those two. But, as yet, no one knows the reason why she took her own life. MORE
The New York Metro area can be cruel to aging professionals in communications. No, I didn't have to return to the New York Metro region. That's especially since the field is continually being disrupted by new technologies. Finally I embraced that reality and, in April 2014, relocated my communications boutique to Arizona. At the time, I had no game plan. MORE
The miracle softened my hard New York Metro heart. (I I had been in Youngstown Metro area since September 2016 and my heart was still stone.) I shoulda known better. This wasn't my first rodeo in the aftermath of The Storm of 2019. It had taken two neighbors shoveling and rocking my car Sunday morning for about a half hour to get me out of the parking space in my residential complex. Elm Street in Youngstown, Ohio hadn't been thoroughly plowed. MORE
Those cuts will dump the bodies of jobless writers, editors, and layout folks onto the streets of metro areas which are already filled with bloated bodies from Conde Nast, Forbes et al. There's no reason for denial. Those good jobs in print are really vanishing and there will be no comparable positions popping up in their place. MORE
Kroger is out. Target is out. A local artist is giving a complimentary roll of it to anyone who purchases one of his paintings. And, a property manager just attached to doors, like Martin Luther nailing the treatises to the church, a warning not to flush any substitute down the commode. Should the substitute such as baby wipes or paper towels cause plumbing problems, the renter pays that bill. MORE
For the round-trip Connecticut/Manhattan run, many cars for the Metro North commuter line now also allow for recharging. Low battery. No need to panic, at least if you're near one of those Starbucks stores which provide placemats which wirelessly recharge your phone. Service is not yet throughout the Starbucks system.) While you're there, observes B LOOMBERG BUSINESS WEEK , you'll probably settle in, ordering whatever to consume. MORE
The Youngstown, OH Metro area has experienced ongoing hard times. PC Doctor has the quaint look and feel of the general store in a small town. Right by the entrance there is a worn-out sofa. There customers wait for repairs on their tech equipment. Or for a new system to be custom-made. Inventory is everywhere. The retail location actually closes down for lunch. And lunch has no set schedule. Owner Matt Cota and staff are friendly, never talking techese. MORE
The bar car on the one-hour+ commute from Manhattan to parts of the Gold Coast of Connecticut had been the loosen-up, bonding ritual for so many professionals. The weary could sink into the ethos of booze and seeming understanding. For that they were even willing to stand up in the maxed-out bar car with their drink for the entire ride home. Now that "Mad Men" type experiece will be no more. This evening was the last time the bar car would be in operation. MORE
They're the ones who keep New York Metro fine dining areas in business: The old guard. They still do since for that generation eating gourmet fare in a brandname restaurant is part of their signature. Because they were once influential, they refuse to go gently into the night and cede the scene to a new generation of strivers and strutters. Today one of them is being sentenced in a Manhattan federal court. MORE
After all, it's within the pricey New York Metro region. It wasn't until late 2013 that I began questioning my determination to stay put in the NY Metro area. In The Atlantic , Alan Semuels presents the plight of the aging who are experiencing downward mobility. Many are near-poor. But between the lines in this article is the reality that those struggling often are geographically based where the cost of living is higher than average. MORE
The Boston Metro area was totally on-edge. It was April 19, 2013. Alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarvaev was on the loose. His brother was dead. Then, a call came into law enforcement from a Watertown resident-David Henneberry. His heroism took the form of just being an alert citizen. Henneberry noticed that the padding he used to protect his boat Slip Away II was not in-place. It was on the ground. At first he just wondered. MORE
With her New York Metro DNA, Madame Clairevoyant understands how much careerism is embedded in a sense of self. In April 2014, I headed west, out of the New York Metro area. Let's cut to the chase. MORE
Today, the conservative Drudge Report, usually headlining with political developments, features how the snow (and it really isn't all that bad) in the New York Metro area has put the kibosh on travel. Climate change has pull force. MORE
But the lessons learned from how communication was handled in the Metro accident will be valid for any of our presentations: concern for the audience, sincerity, transparency and quiet confidence. MORE
Metro Related Topics Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
MARCH 13, 2020
Kroger is out. Target is out. A local artist is giving a complimentary roll of it to anyone who purchases one of his paintings. And, a property manager just attached to doors, like Martin Luther nailing the treatises to the church, a warning not to flush any substitute down the commode. Should the substitute such as baby wipes or paper towels cause plumbing problems, the renter pays that bill.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
MARCH 10, 2019
A former English major I got it that before I take the next step, professionally and personally, forward, I had to return to where I had experienced "home" in the New York Metro area. The journey is an archetype in art forms, ranging from film to literature, for those who need to discover something important. The most common example is Dorothy from "The Wizard of Oz." " She had to be transported to Oz to learn there's no place like home.
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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
APRIL 9, 2016
This is bad news for those employed at the 50 metro newspapers which were studied. "A new research paper finds that over the past eight years the websites of 51 major metropolitan newspapers have not on average seen appreciable readership gains, even as print readership falls." " - MediaLife, April 7, 2016. Here is the article.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
OCTOBER 10, 2018
The Metro staff at The New York Times is becoming undone. As the New York Post reports, he told those working in the Metro section that the unit has "lost its footing." There's a new "sheriff" in town - Cliff Levy.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
FEBRUARY 21, 2017
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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JANUARY 11, 2019
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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JANUARY 11, 2019
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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
MARCH 21, 2019
USA Today reports that the Youngstown, Ohio Metro area is among the U.S. My mindset: Just about anywhere but the Youngstown Metro area. If so many folks are heading out, maybe, you start thinking, you better join them. Hey, get estimates for hiring a moving company. cities losing population. The exact number is more than a 4% drop. The calculation had been made before the GM plant at Lordstown shut down. That sucked off about 1,600 well-paying jobs.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JUNE 1, 2018
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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
The first snowfall, no matter when it happens, always seems too soon. My adopted canine son Lee K. agrees. This morning, despite his neon blue sweater, he was not full of joy once we left the lobby of our apartment building. The usually chatty security guards and maintenance crew were avoiding eye contact. Likely the trusty deli we count on will be late to open. And plans, forget it. Last night I had made a commitment to get out of town with Lee K.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
MARCH 19, 2018
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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
NOVEMBER 6, 2017
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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JANUARY 22, 2019
The miracle softened my hard New York Metro heart. (I I had been in Youngstown Metro area since September 2016 and my heart was still stone.) I shoulda known better. This wasn't my first rodeo in the aftermath of The Storm of 2019. It had taken two neighbors shoveling and rocking my car Sunday morning for about a half hour to get me out of the parking space in my residential complex. Elm Street in Youngstown, Ohio hadn't been thoroughly plowed.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JANUARY 23, 2014
Any of us professionals working late in the New York Metro area could have been on one of those trains tonight. The New York Post reports: "The entire Metro-North train system ground to a halt Thursday night due to a power glitch. We had put up witht the single digit temperatures and were looking forward to the comfort of a warm home and sleep. That wasn't going to happen, not for a while.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JULY 27, 2013
For the round-trip Connecticut/Manhattan run, many cars for the Metro North commuter line now also allow for recharging. Low battery. No need to panic, at least if you're near one of those Starbucks stores which provide placemats which wirelessly recharge your phone. Service is not yet throughout the Starbucks system.) While you're there, observes B LOOMBERG BUSINESS WEEK , you'll probably settle in, ordering whatever to consume.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
MAY 4, 2015
According to a recent WJS/NBC survey , 96% of adults indicated they expected riots this summer. Those of us who directly experienced the summer riots of 1967 in urban areas like my hometown, Jersey City, New Jersey, sense that same kind of rage boiling up. In some cities, elevated temperatures are already occurring. You bet, the summer of 2015 could be especially hot. All organizations in what could be locations targeted for riots have to develop a crisis communications plan.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
APRIL 9, 2019
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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
FEBRUARY 9, 2019
Within 90 seconds IT genius Ian Billen , based in the Youngstown, Ohio metro area, clicked around my laptop. Does this {my HP PC} have an internal microphone? That's what I had to find out for the first step on the learning curve to doing podcasts. If Ana Marie Cox were just starting out today in digital she would be podcasting up a storm. The blogging medium, now mature, is hardly dead. After all, engineer Susan Fowler leveraged hers to dethrone the high and mighty at Uber.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
But in the New York Metro area, renters really got whacked. For example, a one-bedroom, with all utilities paid, in the Youngstown, Ohio Metro area runs under $600. The dream of beginning a work life in major metro areas of the U.S. Rents are not cheap. Everyone knows that. Fewer are buying homes. That means more are renting apartments. So, no surprise, there continues to be Landlord Nation.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
FEBRUARY 18, 2018
The Youngstown, OH Metro area has experienced ongoing hard times. PC Doctor has the quaint look and feel of the general store in a small town. Right by the entrance there is a worn-out sofa. There customers wait for repairs on their tech equipment. Or for a new system to be custom-made. Inventory is everywhere. The retail location actually closes down for lunch. And lunch has no set schedule. Owner Matt Cota and staff are friendly, never talking techese.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
FEBRUARY 24, 2018
After all, it's within the pricey New York Metro region. It wasn't until late 2013 that I began questioning my determination to stay put in the NY Metro area. In The Atlantic , Alan Semuels presents the plight of the aging who are experiencing downward mobility. Many are near-poor. But between the lines in this article is the reality that those struggling often are geographically based where the cost of living is higher than average.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
OCTOBER 4, 2017
The Boston Metro area was totally on-edge. It was April 19, 2013. Alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarvaev was on the loose. His brother was dead. Then, a call came into law enforcement from a Watertown resident-David Henneberry. His heroism took the form of just being an alert citizen. Henneberry noticed that the padding he used to protect his boat Slip Away II was not in-place. It was on the ground. At first he just wondered.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
FEBRUARY 23, 2018
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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
AUGUST 26, 2016
The New York Metro area can be cruel to aging professionals in communications. No, I didn't have to return to the New York Metro region. That's especially since the field is continually being disrupted by new technologies. Finally I embraced that reality and, in April 2014, relocated my communications boutique to Arizona. At the time, I had no game plan.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
MAY 18, 2013
The Metro-North commuter train from Westport, Connecticut to Grand Central Station in Manhattan is a symbol of success in that iconic novel "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit." THE NEW YORK TIMES reports that yesterday during the evening rush hour the train heading back to Connecticut crashed with another Metro-North train.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
NOVEMBER 18, 2014
Some in the Phoenix, Arizona Metro area have likely already leased space in their houses, apartments, and mobile homes through Airbnb for Super Bowl 2015. Owners of properties with driveways will be posting signs "Park Here for dollars." " Others are answering help-wanted like this one on Craigslist.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
He didn't use the fatal Metro-North crash as a platform to promise he could pull off miracles. "If there was an engineer problem or a train problem or an equipment problem, we'll learn from it. But sometimes there are just accidents." " - Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on CBS This Morning, quoted by the New York Post, February 4, 2015. Here is that coverage. Mario Cuomo might have been the one in the family with the silver tongue.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
DECEMBER 1, 2013
Once I had something to sell professionally - speechwriting/ghostwriting skills - I felt like hot stuff boarding the Metro-North commuter train from southwest Connecticut to Manhattan. As the NEW YORK POST reports, there had been a derailment on the Metro-North line this morning on a southern tip of the Bronx. No family member will feel okay ever again when the loved one boards the Metro-North.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
DECEMBER 30, 2014
In Metro areas, all brands, not just this one, have to position and package themselves carefully. Thanks to his glam job with GQ, Steve Friedman got to wine and dine young woman around the world who had long long legs with muscular calves. Yeah, the Princess Di kind. Continually that shocked him. After all he started out his communications career as a speechwriter in the midwest. He chronicles that bit of good luck in his sad- sack memoir "Lost on treasure island."
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
SEPTEMBER 4, 2017
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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JULY 9, 2016
"The Bahamas government Friday urged nationals to exercise caution if they intend on travelling to the United States following the shooting deaths of five police officers in Dallas on Thursday night." " - The Gleaner, July 9, 2016. Here is the article. According to IBISWorld , inbound tourism to the U.S. is about a $984 billion-in-revenue business annually. It involves 234,634 companies. And it provides employment to about 5.7 million people.
Professionally Speaking...
JUNE 24, 2009
But the lessons learned from how communication was handled in the Metro accident will be valid for any of our presentations: concern for the audience, sincerity, transparency and quiet confidence.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
FEBRUARY 18, 2014
Once that car is road-ready, there is the slow careful drive to Metro-North. Professionals in Connecticut with business interests in Manhattan had to again dig out their cars from the snow and ice. Today brings the 14th snow storm to the region. Patches of black ice are everywhere. On the platform at the railroad station there will be 15-minutes added to the wait time, yes, becaue of weather conditions.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
FEBRUARY 17, 2010
It's supposed to be a stunner: We can't even trust psychics in the New York Metro area. In NEW YORK Magazine, Jessica Pressler outs Zena Psychic as a fraud and more. Of course, in the delicate matter of consulting an otherworldly source we can never do that cold. Before I settled into two, I always checked around with heavy users.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
FEBRUARY 15, 2016
After two years away from New York Metro, I still feel guilty not being part of the collective suffering during the polar vortexes. At one point this afternoon, it got so warm in Tucson, Arizona, that my dog refused to walk. I had to carry him home and try again after it cooled down. That was unusual for this area in mid February. But not unwelcome. The winter had been atypically cold, so much so that all I could hear in this apartment complex was our heating units working overtime.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
MAY 9, 2014
The bar car on the one-hour+ commute from Manhattan to parts of the Gold Coast of Connecticut had been the loosen-up, bonding ritual for so many professionals. The weary could sink into the ethos of booze and seeming understanding. For that they were even willing to stand up in the maxed-out bar car with their drink for the entire ride home. Now that "Mad Men" type experiece will be no more. This evening was the last time the bar car would be in operation.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
FEBRUARY 11, 2010
Those cuts will dump the bodies of jobless writers, editors, and layout folks onto the streets of metro areas which are already filled with bloated bodies from Conde Nast, Forbes et al. There's no reason for denial. Those good jobs in print are really vanishing and there will be no comparable positions popping up in their place.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
OCTOBER 24, 2012
They're the ones who keep New York Metro fine dining areas in business: The old guard. They still do since for that generation eating gourmet fare in a brandname restaurant is part of their signature. Because they were once influential, they refuse to go gently into the night and cede the scene to a new generation of strivers and strutters. Today one of them is being sentenced in a Manhattan federal court.
Beyond Bullet Points
MAY 11, 2011
Near New York Avenue Metro Station. Attend the next BBP 101 – LIVE 1-Day Course! Taught personally by Cliff Atkinson, and limited to only 10 participants to ensure a high amount of interaction with Cliff.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
FEBRUARY 9, 2020
With her New York Metro DNA, Madame Clairevoyant understands how much careerism is embedded in a sense of self. In April 2014, I headed west, out of the New York Metro area. Let's cut to the chase.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
DECEMBER 1, 2019
Today, the conservative Drudge Report, usually headlining with political developments, features how the snow (and it really isn't all that bad) in the New York Metro area has put the kibosh on travel. Climate change has pull force.
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
OCTOBER 12, 2018
It is already known that the new Metro digital-first czar Cliff Levy put the knock on the section. Earlier today the brass caved to a town meeting with the members of the metro section.
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