Sentences with phrase «control of the conversation about»

When it comes to branding, make sure you're always in control of the conversation about yourself.

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Whether it's leading a national conversation about gun control or fighting for girls» education and gender equality around the world, an increasing number of young women are stepping forward as change agents.

If larger issues can be ruled out, Caver said the company needs to regain control of the conversation by creating strong online content about the company, as well as encouraging transparency.

Last week: The tectonic shift in the conversation about gun regulations, school safety and mental health since the murder of 17 faculty and students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is nothing less than amazing when, in defiance of the NRA, it produced the first successful gun control measure in Florida in over two decades!

N fact, God doesn't belong in this conversation at all; but that IS what we were talking about before you decided to try and misrepresent that * I * have control of the choices I make.

In the midst of the national conversation about arming teachers and right before high school students around the country walked out to protest gun control laws, a high school teacher...

Colina — What David said is true — you keep trying to control the narrative by pulling the conversation back to it being about a «divorce», when nobody really talked about that at all until you initially brought it up, then David addressed it (everyone else ignored it because obviously they weren't interested in the «sordid details»), and you again directed the conversation (attempted to direct it) right BACK to an over simplification of it being about the divorce between two people!

Let's face it: We are unlikely to find a single party that truly represents a «culture of life,» and abortion will probably never be made illegal, so we'll have to go about it the old fashioned way, working through the diverse channels of the Kingdom to adopt and support responsible adoption, welcome single moms into our homes and churches, reach out to the lonely and disenfranchised, address the socioeconomic issues involved, and engage in some difficult conversations about the many factors that contribute to the abortion rate in this country, (especially birth control).

You may be able to avoid connecting with someone through text when talking about feelings and desires, but the individual on the other end of that conversation, whether single or married, may not be able to control whether they do or not.

Well, Lydia, they certainly didn't like it when the #WX15 «courageous conversation about hypocrisy and corruption in the church» started early, out of their control, and about Emergent itself.

Cloning, anti-aging technology, human / mechanical intertwining, basic discoveries of science pushing god further into a gap, resource scarcity, will all make for some very interesting conversations about population control, pregnancy and abortion in the coming centuries.

Hard conversations are coming, perhaps legislation, around gun control, about hatred, racism, religion, about our culture's glorification of violence, our nationalism, and the divisions between us, yes, those conversations need to happen, but not just now: now is the time for grieving, now is the time for loving, for burying, for mourning with those who mourn, for gathering humanity together, and for compassion.

When you read through Deci and Ryan's research on education, it quickly becomes evident that their discussion of motivational forces is very much connected to the conversations that educators have begun having about noncognitive capacities like self - control and grit.

After some conversations with them about this, it occurred to me that if I could get a hospitalist program in, I could replace this whole hodgepodge of affiliated physicians who were really governed by their fear of this world, and replace them with four people over whom I had command and control, but more interestingly, I really had the ability to carry on constructive dialogue about how we wanted to optimize our services.

This is an in - depth and far - reaching conversation that includes dialogue about euthanasia, blood transfusions, medical experimentation without consent, research fraud, vaccines as biological weapons, autism, the rape of autistic children, the rape of medical patients — especially during hospital birth, birth trauma, trauma - based mind - control, circumcision, satanism / luciferianism, psychopathy, Agenda 21, and the deliberate attempt to kill and / or render infertile and / or genetically mutate the human race.

«That's really what the intention is — to get the conversation out there so you can really think about your options earlier on without shame, and feel good about yourself and feel more control of the journey,» says Thayer, who is in her early 40s and splits her time between Tiburon and England, where she is a TV producer.

In this episode Julie and Chloe have an extended conversation about the gut biome, it's importance, and how testing from companies like uBiome can help everyday people get a detailed look at the true state of their health so they can take control of their health once and for all.

Also love the book «Buy, Buy Baby» to put it all in perspective of who's controlling the conversation about what kids «need» for brain stim.

A conversation with Times - Union political correspondent Jimmy Vielkind about the governor's non-participation in Democratic efforts to take control of the State Senate.

What was supposed to be the beginning of a conversation with the American people about Mr. Gingrich's big ideas became a nightmare of political damage control.

If the mayor is going to have control of our schools, then his office needs to engage in a serious, respectful, and sustained conversation with our community about what we truly need so that all our district schools are places where all children thrive.

Yelling into echo chambers, like narrow - cast web sites and cable TV, about issues such as gun control, instead of engaging in conversations with those who disagree, has led each of us to spin toward extreme views

Some other very important actions to take are reducing the amount of scented candles, air fresheners, and fragrances in cleaners, never heating up foods in plastic containers or placing hot foods in them, not using weed killers or insecticides in or around your home, avoiding dark hair dye, and having a very serious conversation with your doctor about any hormonal type of birth control.

Nina and I are friends as well, even though I say her name wrong, who has also written some books about fat, but there's this national conversation where you have the old school low - fats, mostly paid for by big grain sort of research out there, and you're refuting some of that using very strong academics, randomized controlled trials, and the things that everyone wants, but no one has paid for except for maybe big drug companies and things like that.

Each week Amanda Laird, Registered Holistic Nutritionist, has casual conversations with guests about the health and wellness topics we're not supposed to talk about: menstruation, fertility, pregnancy, childbirth, menopause, birth control, sexuality, mental health, hormonal health and reproductive health, through the lenses of feminism and body politics.

Not only are you going to worry about those largely uncontrollable elements of your first date (whether you two will share good conversation, whether you're compatible, whether things will go the way you want them to), you will also find yourself stressing out endlessly about all those little things you do have control of.

Talking to someone online is less daunting than walking up to someone at a bar — and you get to practice your conversation skills with the added bonus of being able to take time to think about what you're going to say — helping you feel more in control when you meet someone in person.

Scenes replay wholesale, and new characters, like Eric Byer (Edward Norton) and Mark Turso (Stacy Keach) of the shadowy National Research Assay, have whole conversations iterating information about Bourne's destructive adventures in New York City in darkened dens, claustrophobic conference rooms, and technologically advanced control rooms.

Much of what we read in these «Corner Office» conversations would certainly justify Paul Tough's applause for «persistence, self - control, curiosity, conscientiousness, grit, and self - confidence» — traits that he wrote about in his recent bestseller, How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character — and subject of an IdeaLab essay last week.

This latest incident of mass violence and suicide will certainly focus attention once again on the causes of violence, and will lead to renewed conversations about gun control, our country's broken health care and mental - health systems, and the impact of media violence on the thoughts, feelings, and behavior of children.

«How Emerging Technology Affects Student Privacy» is an important component of the national conversation about enhancing the promise of education technology without jeopardizing local, parent, and community control.

We have assembled a variety of examples of district communications materials to help inform our conversation about how districts can share the contents of their Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) development and throughout the implementation process with staff, parents, and the broader community.

After the District is under local control, Philadelphians can and should continue to have serious conversations about the most effective form of governance for the District — an appointed board, an elected board or a board that is combination of both elected and appointed members.

Perhaps most offensive of all, we equate the need for high stakes testing, and command - and - control policies, with the obligation to ensure the protection of the civil rights for our most at - risk children without any conversation about the funding, or even more necessary, accountability for those holding others accountable.

The «Credit and debt» convo gives learners an opportunity to practice having a conversation with a friend who has borrowed money before and can give them advice about controlling their level of debt.

The controls are well mapped to the DualShock 4 controller by updating the controls for every season to that of A New Frontier with the control scheme consisting of pressing X, triangle, square or O to perform actions, start a conversation with a person in your group or to choose a response in a conversation with the buttons being clearly marked towards the bottom of the screen; pressing R2 to run or perform fight actions when defending yourself; pressing up or down on the d - pad to look at your inventory; mashing certain face buttons such as X, triangle, square or O when in one - on - one encounters with walkers; changing the direction of the left analogue stick to move around cover in a tight situation or walking around as you explore the environment during your search to find people and supplies; changing the direction of the right analogue stick to move the cursor around the environment for you to investigate and observe certain objects and items of importance as well as deciding who to start or continue a conversation with or even positioning your aim when you are about to defend yourself from a walker; pressing the share button takes you to the share feature menu; and pressing the options button to display the pause menu.

The control scheme consists of pressing X, triangle, square or O to perform actions, start a conversation with a Fable or to choose a response in a conversation with the buttons being clearly marked towards the bottom of the screen; pressing R2 to run or perform fight actions when defending yourself; pressing L2 to show selectables or to perform fight actions; pressing up or down on the d - pad to cycle through your inventory; mashing certain face buttons such as X, triangle, square or O when in one - on - one fights with Fables as the buttons are randomly generated each time you play; changing the direction of the left analogue stick to move Bigby as he walks around to explore the environment; changing the direction of the right analogue stick to move the cursor around the environment for you to investigate and observe certain objects and items of importance as well as deciding who to start or continue a conversation with or even positioning your aim when you are about to defend yourself from a Fable; pressing the share button takes you to the share feature menu; and pressing the options button to display the pause menu.

The controls are well mapped to the DualShock 4 controller by retaining the improvements from the second season with the control scheme of Michonne consists of pressing X, triangle, square or O to perform actions, start a conversation with a person in your group or to choose a response in a conversation with the buttons being clearly marked towards the bottom of the screen; pressing R2 to run or perform fight actions when defending yourself; pressing up or down on the d - pad to look at your inventory; mashing certain face buttons such as X, triangle, square or O when in one - on - one encounters with walkers; changing the direction of the left analogue stick to move around cover in a tight situation or walking around as you explore the environment during your search to find people and supplies; changing the direction of the right analogue stick to move the cursor around the environment for you to investigate and observe certain objects and items of importance as well as deciding who to start or continue a conversation with or even positioning your aim when you are about to defend yourself from a walker; pressing the share button takes you to the share feature menu; and pressing the options button to display the pause menu.

If you feel that strongly about owning something, you're way too tied up in controlling the life of the object and you're preventing a ton of interesting conversations from happening.

While this is not the time to lecture about overpopulation, I do hope, once again, the subject of birth control with 9 billion people and growing seeps back into our conversations when discussing healing this planet.

In general, conversations about «climate» seem to focus on controlling / regulating or preparing people for a climate of the far future when the most climate - vulnerable people aren't well - prepared for fluctuational events in the climate of maybe next year or maybe next decade, no matter how strong or weak AGW effects are.

(i) BMO reducing its roster of firms from about 800 to 200 with further reductions planned; (ii) the clients of seven sister firms hiring me to help them get control over their legal spend and forge stronger and more value based relationships with their firms; (iii) the many small and mid-sized businesses who hire accountants to do all of their tax and structuring work because it is cheaper than dealing with lawyers; (iv) firms hiring me to help them figure out how to budget, set and meet client expectations without losing money; (v) «clients» who never become clients at all as they do their own legal work based on precedents that friends share with them; (vi) the various forms of outsourcing that are now prevalent (from offices in India to Tory's office in Halifax); (vii) clients hiring me to figure out how to increase internal capacity without increasing headcount in order to reduce external spend; (viii) the success of firms like Conduit, SkyLaw and Cognition (to name a few) who are taking new approaches to «big» and «medium law» work; (ix) the introduction of full time project managers in many firms; and (x) the number of lawyers throughout the profession who regularly don't docket chunks of their time in order to avoid unpleasant fee conversations with their clients.

Last week: The tectonic shift in the conversation about gun regulations, school safety and mental health since the murder of 17 faculty and students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is nothing less than amazing when, in defiance of the NRA, it produced the first successful gun control measure in Florida in over two decades!

She's been on the cover of Time: The April 2 issue of the magazine features Marjory Stoneman Douglas students who are leading the national conversation about gun control.

Shigeru Miyamoto recently had an interview with Japanese gaming website 4Gamers where he was talking about the upcoming release of Pikmin 3, part of the conversation is why Pikmin 3 was developed for Wii U rather than Wii effectively skipping the Wii leaving it with the New Play Control Pikmin Games.

Many of the 360's key components are cribbed from other Motorola projects: Wicks says his team learned about power management from the ill - fated MotoACTV fitness tracker, and the Moto X's voice - activated Touchless Control system that allows you powerful two - way conversation with your device.

The magazine on Thursday revealed the cover of its April 2 issue, which features Marjory Stoneman Douglas students who are leading the national conversation about gun control in the wake of the Valentine's Day shooting that claimed the lives of 17 students and faculty members.

A month after a shooting left 17 dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the survivors of the shooting — along with their families, supporters — and the memory of those lost, are still leading national conversations about gun control and school safety.

If you try to control the online conversation about your business or brand, you'll destroy most of your social media marketing efforts.

Although the court found no conspiracy existed, the fact that the buyer and owners had had several conversations about the property be fore the listing expired and that the replacement property had been under the control of owners during the listing period showed that the owners had acted in bad faith to avoid paying a commission.