Summer is in the air and the atmosphere in the office is more laid back then ever. You may be tempted to slack off, but now is a great time to begin thinking of ways to sharpen your skill set. One of the least talked about windfalls of technological advancement is the increased accessibility of online… Continue Reading
Last Thursday, ColorComm, an essential organization for women of color in the communications industry, hosted an intimate discussion with Essence Magazine Editor-in-Chief Vanessa Bush (@Vanessa_KBush) as part of their Cocktails & Conversation event series. Bush, a ColorComm Board Member, was interviewed by Stephanie Smith (@SSmithNYC), SVP and Chief Editorial Director at MSLGroup (the event was… Continue Reading
Gwen Dean quit her job in front of millions in a Super Bowl ad. During the Super Bowl, Gwen Dean quit her job as an engineer in front of millions of people during an advertisement for GoDaddy’s “What’s Your Dream?” campaign. The reaction on Twitter ranged from complete shock that she had the guts to… Continue Reading
The thought of missing a deadline used to make me break out into hives, until I realized that in life, shit happens. With more work to be done and more distractions to go with it, some things will inevitably slip through the cracks. Taking on additional assignments at work may be admirable, but one missed… Continue Reading
If you’ve been reading this blog or following me on twitter for any amount of time then you’ll know that reading is one of my favorite things to do. I love to get lost in a great book and emerge having learned something new. I usually wait until after I’ve finished a book before I tell… Continue Reading
“Inactivity & deprivation of all accustomed stimulus isn’t rest; it is preparation for the tomb.” – Robertson Davies Every few months like clockwork I find myself in a familiar place. Here, to-do lists don’t matter and OCD tendencies die slow. The energy is stagnant and suffocating. Inactivity lurks… A rut is defined as a settled and monotonous routine… Continue Reading
Last year, Nilofer Merchant wrote an essay for the Harvard Business Review where she declared that, “sitting is the smoking of our generation.” In that same essay she cited a study that showed that we average at least 9.3 hours of sitting each day in and outside of work, versus the 7.7 hours we spend sleeping, which is slowly… Continue Reading
Tomorrow one of your colleagues is going to excitedly rush up to your desk to tell you about the awesome thing that happened to them during their holiday vacation and you’re going to log onto every social network and see an endless stream of yearend accomplishments and a glowing highlight reel of someone else’s success.… Continue Reading
Every year there seems to be a new industry conference to attend and a new professional organization to join. Excited, you start to plan out your calendar for the year, but once you begin to calculate the costs and see how quickly everything adds up, reality sets in and you realize that some of these… Continue Reading
The ColorComm Network, which began as an invite-only luncheon for women of color in communications in 2011, introduced membership earlier this year and now has active chapters in Washington, D.C., Chicago and New York. In an effort to connect and provide value for its members the org’s founder, Lauren Wesley Wilson, decided that the time was… Continue Reading