I now plan my own asset allocation, perform my own analysis and am a member of a few
informal groups who share and debate views.
Not exact matches
When you identify the
informal networks that exist within your company, more often than not the leaders of these
informal groups are the ones
who are actively looking for opportunities to Step Up.
Immigrants: The Mission Asset Fund, a nonprofit organization, can help foreigners
who are part of lending circles, an
informal group that pool funds for lending and borrowing among participants.
These are
informal groups of investors
who meet in person to discuss investments, share experiences, and in some cases even make investments.
Adepts
who were able to discern the inner connections among a vast array of obscure prophetic passages soon found themselves holding positions of formal and
informal authority within the
group.
A retired pastor
who attends our church became loud and agitated with me in an
informal small
group meeting.
All Our Kin does intensive community outreach to recruit these
informal providers to enroll in the
group's Family Child Care Network, where they receive, free of charge, regular professional - development training, plus biweekly visits from master educators
who model high - quality childcare techniques for the providers and offer them long - term mentorship and guidance.
Once you have an idea of what kind of home educators»
group you and your children would like, and know of some others
who are interested, start with an
informal gathering.
Join us for a fun, FREE,
informal peer breastfeeding
group led by Moms
who've been there.
The idea of a «support
group» can bring visions of chairs in a circle, and people sharing vulnerable stories awkwardly, but in reality whether «support» is in the name or not, most of these
groups develop organically around the needs and interests of those
who come and have a very
informal feel.
A growing
group of eight breakaway Democrats,
who rule the Senate in an
informal coalition with 31 Republicans, have left regular Democrats smarting for some time now.
Mark Pritchard MP is quoted as saying that «it is not a formal
grouping, a faction or a party within a party but an
informal caucus of like - minded MPs from both the left and right of the party
who want to put the country first.»
In other districts
informal civic
groups will organize a slate of «reform» candidates for school board, and in at least one exurban Colorado school district, a bunch of people
who were also leaders in the county Republican party where the school district was located put together a slate of unofficially Republican school board candidates to square off against a teacher's union slate of candidates.
Her name appeared among an
informal group of 18 students
who signed an anti-union email sent to the graduate student body a week before the vote; 14 of those signatories came from the sciences.
It became an
informal group of four or five of us
who had all determined that we weren't going to stay in academia.»
They reported, «Furthermore, endorsement of faculty advisor or other mentor influence, and family or peer influence, were surprisingly rare across
groups, suggesting that formal and
informal support networks could provide a missed opportunity to provide support for trainees
who want to stay in faculty career paths.»
Launched online in early 2007, Wikileaks is run by an
informal group of open government and anti-secrecy advocates
who want to allow people living under oppressive regimes, or with something to say in...
This is a unified scientific project that aims to study the behavior of human beings as evolved biological organisms
who live in
groups, form networks and coalitions, are governed by formal institutions and
informal norms, produce and exchange scarce resources and are motivated by identities, ideals and beliefs.
Once you become known to the women
who run the charitable
groups, you'll also start to get invited to their more
informal activities.
This was an
informal group of people
who decided to take a lead in testing the case for an association and willing to put in the backing to get it off the ground.
As an activist
group supporting feminist progress in the film industry, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ.org), a nonprofit professional association of women
who write about film and the movie industry, keeps tabs on films made by and about women throughout each year, conducting what might be considered a very
informal study of feminist film production.
In any
group of people, there will be a varied range of prior knowledge, those more confident to participate and then there are those inhibited by
informal hierarchies
who are more comfortable sitting back and observing.
«We joined collaborative planning teams, where we sat and chatted to teachers, had observations in classrooms,
informal walkthroughs... [and] a teacher inquiry
group which ran for a semester where a
group of teachers
who were looking into their practice in mathematics engaged in challenging some of the things that they were doing.»
Insofar as a social movement is «an organized, sustained, self - conscious challenge to existing authorities» (Tilly, 1984), the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions included a multiplicity of
informal and formal institutions and alliances: students, unions, professionals, religious
groups, etc.And while the master frames calling for the ouster of Mubarak and Ben Ali were no doubt unifying discursive devices that were readily supported by most if not all of the protestors, secondary frames — calls for democracy, social justice, freedom, and dignity — presented significant points of divergence not only in and between Islamist and non-Islamist
groups, but between the secular - liberal youth
who are credited with initiating the mass protests in the first place.
Immigrants: The Mission Asset Fund, a nonprofit organization, can help foreigners
who are part of lending circles, an
informal group that pool funds for lending and borrowing among participants.
Greyhound Rapid Transit is an
informal group of greyhound folks
who help transport greyhounds from tracks or kennels to their final destination with a greyhound adoption
group.
A Message from Greyhound Rapid Transit Greyhound Rapid Transit is an
informal group of greyhound folks
who help transport greyhounds from tracks or kennels to their final destination with a greyhound adoption
group.
Slow Travel Tours: We are a founding member of Slow Travel Tours, an
informal affiliation of small -
group tour operators
who offer personalized trips in Italy, France and other European countries.
We're a founding member of Slow Travel Tours, an
informal affiliation of small -
group tour operators
who offer personalized trips in Italy, France and other European countries.
For those of you
who heve never done yoga before, your
group session is a fun and
informal introduction to surf yoga.
HackBmth organises regular hack events for those
who love digital while Creative & Digital Professionals is a friendly
group that offers
informal social gatherings for local creatives to meet and hang out.
In the 1930s, Wolcott attended lectures at the Photo League where she met Paul Strand and Ralph Steiner
who invited her to join a
group of young photographers
who met at Steiner's apartment for
informal discussions.
He established himself in New York's art community by becoming a member (and later president) of The Club, an
informal group of artists
who represented the social and intellectual center of abstract expressionism in New York.
Marker, a three - channel video installation by Jacek Malinowski, is a fictional story of a member of an
informal alter - globalist
group called Markers,
who try to free themselves from the fictive world of global capitalism.
Kazem was a member of the Emirates Fine Arts Society and is acknowledged as one of the «Five», (including Hassan Sharif, Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim, Hussain Sharif and Abdullah Al Saadi) an
informal group of Emirati artists
who represented a vanguard of conceptual and interdisciplinary art.
This status was confirmed, above all, by emerging of New York School — an
informal group of artists, poets, musicians and dancers
who professed the principles of Abstract Expressionism.
Europe continues to be taken hostage by destructive fossil fuels and the companies
who profit from them, according to Friends of the Earth
groups protesting at an
informal meeting of European energy ministers in Amsterdam today.
The New York Times described the GCSCT as «An
informal group of people working for big oil companies, trade associations and conservative policy research organizations»
who oppose a treaty to fight global warming.
This article followed a press release from the South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers responding to a shocking disclosure that Chief Justice Jean Toal has «met with an «
informal working
group» of several solicitors and two lawmakers
who once worked as prosecutors, Rep. Tommy Pope of Union and Sen. Greg Hembree of North Myrtle Beach, to come up with a new plan» for managing General Sessions Court dockets.
I also think for people
who are interested in the mastermind sort of concept where you have an
informal group of advisors
who help each other out, maybe 6 to 10 people.
Expanding the publishing program with a close knit
group of authors
who wanted the experience of writing in a small and
informal publishing environment, free of the demands for growth for the sake of growth that characterizes the major legal publishers.
This could even extend to the creation of an
informal advisory board composed of a small
group of key clients
who meet with the leadership team once or twice a year, on specific issues as they arise, or to discuss the core strategy and long - term vision of the firm.»
The Magic Circle, according to the Law Society's Gazette, evolved out of the rather more prosaic - sounding «Club of Nine», an
informal group of top law firms — Clifford Chance, Linklaters, Slaughter and May, Freshfields and Allen & Overy, plus four others deemed to be rivals for the best talent —
who all agreed cosily, back in the 1980s, not to poach from one another.
Through a series of
informal catch - ups the
group quickly grew from month to month and gained momentum thanks to the energy of Jodie Baker, founder of in - house counsel software Xakia,
who was very instrumental in bringing together like - minded people that were passionate about building game - changing legal tech.
Chapter and Community Activities Strengthen your network by becoming involved in your local Chapter, joining a Section, designed to provide you to share information and ideas on specific areas of immigration law, or connecting through an Interest
Group, an
informal affiliation of AILA members
who share common interests and backgrounds.
Further, as standard for most insurance providers, you will find several
informal stories online sent by people
who are disgruntled with their experience from an insurance program that Lincoln Financial
Group provided.
Job Club Meetings A job club is a formal or
informal group of job seekers
who provide each other with job search advice and support.
Mumbai About Blog GayBombay is a self - evolving
informal group, a result of like - minded gay people from Mumbai (mainly, but not totally) coming together in good faith to create a safe space for men
who are romantically and sexually attracted to men.
Buttle UK's interest in «
informal» kinship care arose out of a desire to better understand a
group who were coming to us regularly for financial help for basic household items, but seemed to be having a particularly difficult time and had very little in terms of other sources of support.
One such example may include a life counselor or a spiritual counselor
who has not undergone any formal training in psychotherapy and counseling, but draws upon life experience, personal reading and techniques learned in
informal settings to help others by way of individual or
group counseling sessions.