Sentences with phrase «are in the conversation year»

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Levanway lost most of his hearing when was 4 years old because of an illness, but cochlear implants let him hear close to normally in face - to - face conversations.

(One explanation for why pollsters failed to predict Cameron's landslide victory last year was because «Brintroverts» refused to admit they intended to vote Conservative, an uncool choice in everyday conversation.)

As the always - incisive Bryan Roberts, framed it for me in a conversation around this time last year, hospitals «are essentially big capital assets trying to stuff people through them.»

In an interview on The David Rubenstein Show: Peer - to - Peer Conversations, the 63 - year - old TV host said that in the past, she never thought running for president was a possibilitIn an interview on The David Rubenstein Show: Peer - to - Peer Conversations, the 63 - year - old TV host said that in the past, she never thought running for president was a possibilitin the past, she never thought running for president was a possibility.

But US investigators, who have opened investigations into several members of Trump's inner circle and their ties to Russia over the past year, say they have been able to corroborate some of the details in the dossier by intercepting some of the conversations between some senior Russian officials and other Russians, CNN reported on Friday.

And while the conversations he's having today with sponsors are more productive than when he started his agency more than three years ago, «in the U.S., we're a lot further behind.»

In a conversation last month, before the sales numbers were reported, he downplayed concern over preorder numbers, saying «We see purchase intent well above last year and we see engagement with the brand in social media channels all being markedly up, so I'm still optimistic.&raquIn a conversation last month, before the sales numbers were reported, he downplayed concern over preorder numbers, saying «We see purchase intent well above last year and we see engagement with the brand in social media channels all being markedly up, so I'm still optimistic.&raquin social media channels all being markedly up, so I'm still optimistic.»

Society is having a compassionate conversation and pushing for legislation in a way it wasn't 20 years ago.

Over the last few years, I've had hundreds of conversations with founders who have noticed that we are frequently in the press.

To emphasize this point, in the past year I've published a book, spoken at Google, maintained one of the most popular business podcasts on iTunes, and am having serious conversations about creating a television show about my life.

«I remember conversations at the beginning of 2015 saying, «Wow, we had a really great year in 2014 — Pharrell's hat, we'll never be able to replicate that again.»

«In a year or two, the conversation will be solely about which electronic product is better for my personal reading experience.»

Imagine the springboards that might occur from fifty such conversations in a year, where your focus is on connecting rather than on getting something done.

Just as I suspected, most of the decision makers and entrepreneurs were socially lubricating with a few Moscow Mules, engaging in genuine conversations and swapping stories of legendary shenanigans from the past years.

Though the TSA and the hotel group have been in talks for more than a year, the conversation kicked into high gear about four months ago, according to Susan Peckenschneider, director of global partnerships for Carlson.

His citations go back as far as Plato («You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation») and as recently as «Stranger Things» teen star Millie Bobby Brown («I was bored one day, so my dad took me to this acting school.

But Microsoft Xbox marketing honcho Aaron Greenberg added this to the conversation with unalloyed candor: «We think the future is without console generations,» he told Engadget in August last year.

«Employees who ask their boss directly for a bonus are twice as likely to be successful in that request than last year, so making proactive, bold moves in 2017 could pay off, but one always needs to approach these conversations with care,» said Accounting Principals president, David Alexander.

«If the Fed wasn't so scared of their own shadow in 2015 and 2016 and hiked rates three times each year, we wouldn't be having the same conversation.»

Instead, after what JPMorgan said were «conversations with (Fed) Board staff», the bank's lawyers submitted a revised request in August, seeking three one - year extensions all at once, with no mention of how it intended to own the business.

Straight size vs. plus size: it's a conversation that has frothed to the forefront of the modeling industry in recent years, but according to filmmaker Jenny McQuaile, it misses the point.

And several Democrats said recent conversations with Springer, as well as his schedule, suggested he seemed to be more seriously interested in running this time than in years past.

Developing and protecting the culture is one of the most sacred parts of the SEAL experience, but if you listen to a lot of conversation in the business world, «culture» isn't much more than a soft buzzword that gets put up on a PowerPoint slide once or twice a year ten minutes after you talk about the corporate mission statement or annual strategic initiatives.

In 2012, social media conversations were driven by confusion over payment options and whether to use them; the following year, the conversations changed to which mobile payment option to use.

When I did this, I found conversations with individuals I had years ago, photos from my timeline, ads that I had clicked throughout the time I've been using Facebook, groups I'm in, posts to my timeline dating back to 2005 and more.

Serial entrepreneur and current Andreessen Horowitz investor Chris Dixon got the conversation started with a short but compelling blog post entitled» What the smartest people do on the weekend is what everyone else will do during the week in ten years.»

«It was our best video quarter in nine years,» Brian Roberts, CEO of Comcast, told the audience at Fortune «s Global Forum during an on - stage conversation about the shifting media industry.

Decker says Schultz was a surprise in this year's rankings, but his boldness and vision — helping steer the conversation on U.S. unemployment and heading up his ever - successful coffee company — landed him in the No. 2 spot.

After a year of their implementation, the company leadership reported a decrease in turnover and an increase in productivity, much of which was attributed to managers being committed to 1 - 1 conversations.

You could say this year his thoughts were bigger: Artificial intelligence, saving planet Earth, and free speech all came up in the tech titan's conversation with Recode editor - at - large Walt Mossberg.

«It's a real threat — it's not an existential threat — but it's something that's probably more of a conversation for two or three years in the future.»

With a host of other features, including the Kobo Reading Life software which gamifies the reading experience, they seem to be better placed in the e-reader conversation — pending, of course, whatever Amazon unveils later this year.

All in all, it seems the conversation about gender that's dominating awards season for the second year in a row is, at least for now, mostly just that: a conversation.

Several Thai politicians who attended the Boao Forum for Asia, a kind of China - centered version of the World Economic Forum in Davos, noted that, in recent years, some of the discussions at Boao had shifted from a kind of general talk of globalization and its impact in Asia to more specific conversations about some of the failings of Western economic models exposed by the global economic crisis, and whether China's type of development might be less prone to such risks.

Each year at our annual Energy Forum, we host a «big - picture conversation» on how B.C. and Canada are currently positioned in global energy markets.

They met every few weeks in a rough Silicon Valley neighborhood the year that Ms. Castro was applying to college, and they e-mailed often, bonding over conversations about Ms. Castro's difficult childhood.

The simple reality is that Twitter has contained the majority of brand mentions in most categories for at least a couple of years, because, in most categories, mentions on Twitter usually involve brief link shares, that are easy for people to amplify — not in - depth conversations.

Just a few years ago, conversations about artificial intelligence (AI) ethics and policy were limited to a very specific community of academics and enthusiasts, and perhaps a marginal few in the circle of avant garde policy - makers.

Hays has been named a top employer by Glassdoor for the past three years, which has encouraged it to get more involved in the conversation about transparency.

The Vancouver Board of Trade has been helping lead conversations about transportation since our inception in 1887, and we will continue to be a strong voice for the business community in the years to come.

One way civilians can help change that is to start a conversation, said Roth - Douquet, whose husband served in the Marines for 30 years.

The theme of this year's MPW International Summit was «Leading with Purpose,» and the Summit featured dynamic conversations focused on best practices for building great businesses, understanding technology trends, and creating value — via investment opportunities in China and across the Asia - Pacific region.

Over the past two years, the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade (the «GVBOT») has been a leading voice in the public conversation on ride - hailing.

We've reconvened our panel, comprising responsible investment leaders from both sides of the Atlantic, to discuss some of the momentous developments from the past year, specific meetings to watch in 2018, and where the conversation is heading.

The mix of information — state level, anecdotal, federally collected, dating from two years ago to last week — is sure to fuel the country's evolving conversation and concern about the potential for violence in a divided America.

That's the thrust of a big hiring push Gawker is making this year, which involves staffing up in technology, native advertising and bloggers to stir up conversation about products — all with the goal of ultimately driving readers to purchase.

Because later on you know five 10 years later and I'm looking back I was having a conversation with my kids one time and I was saying well you just have to take 100 percent responsibility for anything that happens in your life.

We said, let's start by looking at what our customers are doing and what we found there was 10,000 conversations per day in English and this was 3 years ago.

SoftBank's Vision Fund is also serious enough about China that it had been scouting last year for a new local partner to lead its investing in Chinese companies, two people familiar with the conversations tell Recode.

Beyond the special visit of Senator Collins, highlights included: • Intense and probing pre and post-dinner conversations about the economy and the world on the deck (along with wonderful wine and hors d'oeuvres — part of the tradition is that each participant ships several bottles of excellent wine to share with others) • Participation in a financial forecast survey of key factors for the upcoming 12 months as well as a review of the prior year's financial forecast survey — including distribution of funds that the prior year's attendees «bet» on the accuracy of the forecasts.