Sentences with phrase «as affinity groups»

Leverage alumni groups for school and former employers as well as affinity groups for your profession.

Recently, an enterprising owner of a major real estate company suggested to his alma mater that he recognize all of the school's alumni as an affinity group, offering them special service — and special pricing — on various real estate services his company could perform for them.

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The Amazon affinity group Glamazon formed in 1999 as an email list for the company's LGBT community before becoming an official group in 2005.

Furthermore, the company believes that inclusiveness is equally important to diversity and strives to exercise these beliefs in its employment practices by maintaining resource and affinity groups, such as Awesome Women in Engineering (AWE), Women at Yelp, Parents of Yelp, Ethnic Diversity Group, Veterans at Yelp, and OUTburst, a group for LGBTQQIA individGroup, Veterans at Yelp, and OUTburst, a group for LGBTQQIA individgroup for LGBTQQIA individuals.

Without your proof, we can only assume that you, and groups with which you have affinity in addressing moral issues, obtain and adopt moral views subjectively in the same manner as atheists from within the human collective.

For my part, I really thought that I had been clear from the start that I had no affinity for the denomination this group was a part of (or for any denomination for that matter as I had given up on that many years before).

Critics charge that Weber's arguments go beyond notions of elective affinity in emphasizing the role of status groups as carriers of new ideas, but the intervening mechanisms relating particular ideas to particular status groups still leave much to be explained.

Certainly there are similarities, affinities, and lines of mutual historical and intellectual influence which justify grouping these disparate schools as one overall «tradition» of process philosophy.

Racial intermixtures have produced some very white - skinned Negroes with blue eyes and fair hair, yet the product of such a union remains a Negro.5 Race as the term is commonly used designates very nearly what the Germans call Volk — a group sharing a common cultural tradition, whether of achievement or servitude, with some measure of national, geographical, and biological affinity.

The affinity groups at NIU are not only focused around diversity but also common interests, such as the Marching Band Alumni Council.

To reflect this transformation the affinity groups have been rebranded as employee resource groups, or ERGs.

Affinity groups are also a new trend among alumni associations, according to Julie Harris who acts as liaison between about seven newly established affinity groups and the alumni association of Northern Illinois University (NIU).

The activities and goals of affinity groups are as diverse as their names.

For years, scientists have been debating the phylogenetic position of brachiopods and molluscs, as well as their affinities for other animals in the same group, the Lophotrochozoa, comprising segmented worms, clams, oysters, snails, squids, and so on.

Furthermore, in order to optimize the pharmacokinetic profile and to improve CXCR4 binding affinity of this class of molecules, dual pyrimidinyl compounds, substituted with different functional groups such as methoxy and morpholine, were synthesized (compounds 194 - 200).

This can be an established group (like your book club or co-workers) or an affinity group (such as moms, people passionate about wellness, or individuals with similar hobbies).

What do you see as the future in affinity dating and what made you think that these niche groups would be so successful?

Consider and search your affinity groups (religious, ethnic, gender, racial) for opportunities as well.

Along with coaching middle school volleyball and high school softball at The Blake School, Ms. Johnson served as Director of Cornerstone, an affinity group for students of color at Blake focusing on positive identity development, and dismantling systems of power, privilege, and oppression.

Please join NEP and the Black Teacher Project as we partner to explore the crucial work of building relationship and understanding among and across race identity groups, with a focus on using racial affinity group structures in sustained collaborative work contexts.

You can build what's known as an affinity network, meaning, the purpose of this group is solely to support your aims — in this case marketing your book.

Rates not available to the general public include direct marketing offers, corporate discount rates, convention rates, group rates, meeting rates, any rates requiring membership in a club such as AAA rates, affinity programs, or other organizations where the rates are targeted specifically toward a group of individuals and not intended for the general public.

The group exhibition Speak, running concurrently at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery, proposes Latham as an «open toolbox» for younger generations of artists whose diverse practices share affinities with Latham's ideas and world view, revealing how they continue to resonate today.

Even though Auerbach and Freud both came to Britain as children, their adult styles have a much stronger affinity with German art than they do with, say, the Bloomsbury group.

During Art Basel Miami Beach 2008 the Main Miami - Dade Public Library showed a large sculpture titled Indradhanush (Rainbow) as part of the group show Polychrome Affinities.

In addition, as part of the concurrent exhibition a glyph, a tool, an icon, El Museo has invited Santiago Muñoz to explore El Museo's collection of over 8,000 objects and select a group of works that connect to her ideas, her films, her approach to making art and other real or symbolic affinities.

The Tantric Way highlights the parallels between Tantric art and the early twentieth - century modernist abstractions of Paul Klee, Piet Mondrian, Constantin Brancusi and Robert Delaunay, as well as the affinities between the post-war American painters Ad Reinhardt, Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman and the work of Indian artist Biren De.22 The latter was one of the leading members of a group of «neo-Tantric» artists newly promoted by New Delhi gallerist Virendra Kumar Jain, the older brother of Tantra Art's publisher, Ravi Kumar.23

In fall of 2009, the UMFA Young Benefactors ---- an affinity donor group that supports the museum's contemporary art programs ---- selected one of Booker's sculptures, Discarded Memories, as their annual purchase for the UMFA's growing collection of contemporary art.

His work from this period shows an affinity with the abstract idiom of the group, as well as the influence of modernist masters such as Paul Klee, Kasimir Malevich and Piet Mondrian.

Inspired by their great affinity for the exhibition theme and for the PinchukArtCentre as a leading institution in contemporary art, all of the artists decided to create some special pieces, partly in the form of new productions such as those by, amongst others, Anish Kapoor, AES+F, Cindy Sherman, Matthew Barney and Elmgreen & Dragset; of a special reappraisal of existing works by Paul McCarthy, Richard Prince, Boris Mikhailov and Takashi Murakami; or the selection of rare or recent work groups that have never been displayed as part of a major international exhibition before.

As a member of the Abstraction - Création group and with influence from the continental avant - garde, Hepworthmovedaway from representation andshifted from figurative to abstract forms, althoughher works continued to maintain a visual affinity with the human form

Inspired by the great affinity to the exhibition theme and for the PAC as a leading institution for contemporary art all of the artists created special contributions partly in the form of new productions, of a special reappraisal of existing works or the selection of rare most recent work groups that have never been displayed as part of a major international exhibition.

Henri Matisse is a really foundational artist for me, as is late 1960s American and European conceptual art, certain Arte Povera artists, as well as French and German painting of the 1960s through to the»80s — Yves Klein, Daniel Buren, Martin Barre, Olivier Mosset, Blinky Palermo, Gerhard Richter, Martin Kippenberger, Imi Knoebel, Sigmar Polke — not to mention many non-art practices, such as design, writing and music... I haven't ever really felt or even understood the need to situate myself in any lineage, other than a sort of elective affinities grouping, which is maybe a very contemporary luxury for an artist.

Sheridan Square (1940) suggests Kline's affinity with the treatment of cityscape found in works by painters in the group known as «The Eight» (sometimes called the Ashcan school), although Kline already shows considerable freedom in his application of pigment.

Drawn from the collection of Peggy Guggenheim as well as acquisitions by the Guggenheim Foundation after her death, the works on view — some of which are infrequently exhibited — will be grouped and matched based on theme, style, and affinity.

You might even consider starting your own group as a means of forming a nucleus of connections centered around a common interest, background, specialty, affinity, etc..

Walcott helped found the global pro-bono program, serves as the executive sponsor of PayPal's women's affinity group, and is an advocate for diversity in the workplace.

Law firms can address this lack of esprit de corps, he believes, through broader encouragement of affinity groups — not just built around common denominators such as race, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation but around any number of shared interests: books, travel, music.

Summer associates are invited to attorney affinity group meetings, including our attorneys of color, women, GLBT and parents groups, as well as to diversity events and dinners sponsored by the firm.

The affinity group helps create a sense of community among attorneys who are the first in their families to graduate from college, graduate from professional school, or enter a professional career, as well as those who have a low - income or working - class background.

As a direct consequence of this meeting a number of law firms created LGBT affinity groups and a number of LLD signatories were invited to speak on panels related to diversity and in particular the inclusion of LGBT lawyers in the legal profession.

All affinity groups should have a defined business purpose as well as foster supportive relationships and networking.

Our firm has several internal lawyer networks, or affinity groups, that serve as resources for our diverse lawyers.

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For years, insurance companies have been giving discounts to members of «affinity groups,» such as AARP, AAA, alumni groups and other associations.

Two other factors — unrated operators (household drivers not declared on the policy) and driver characteristics and discounts (which include inaccuracies such as driving experience, age, marital status, student discounts, affinity group membership, and misrepresentation of driver identity)-- accounted for $ 2.6 billion and $ 2.3 billion, respectively.

Geico offers discounts for vehicle equipment, driving history and habits, driver training, customer loyalty and membership in one of 500 «affinity» groups, such as organizations and employers.

Different formal and informal groups such as employer - employee, professional - affinity groups etc. can avail this plan.

In terms of auto insurance discounts, an affinity group discount is granted to a club, business, or organization as part of an agreement in which the group agrees to encourage its members to purchase insurance from a certain auto insurance provider.

For that reason, affinity group discounts can result in you purchasing a less personalized coverage and therefore not being effectively covered (or at least not being covered as well as you could or should be).