Sentences with phrase «making informal networks»

These works differ in their effects, taking on the locations (public, the street, the worldwide web) and functions of activism (being loud, using your body, making informal networks for self - education and information dissemination).

Not exact matches

While more female - run networks are emerging, there is a lack of access to informal networks where women can make important connections.

I might add that a similar point can be made with respect to private - sector practices — that is, the informal network of market conventions, investment mandates and rules of thumb that govern investor behaviour.

No matter which camp you fall into, it's essential to make productive connections with your colleagues so you can take advantage of your organization's informal networks of influence and work with the team to get the job done.

Locations that offer top - notch culinary and hospitality experiences of their own plus a wealth of informal networking opportunities with like - minded professionals make these some of the most worthwhile events of the year.

They found that most of the learning farmers do is informal, for example by experimentation or from their networks, which are made up from a wide range of people not necessarily just farmers.

They lack command structures, they make excellent use of social media to organise crowds, they prefer informal networks to paid up membership structures.

It has been time consuming and incredibly stressful, especially as I am prone to worry, and getting through it has made me realise just how important an informal support network — my friends and family — is to the determined career changer.

The expansion of science advice mechanisms ranging from informal personal interactions, through voluntary or requested reports created by well - established networks of academies, such as the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) and related regional networks such as EASAC, to the formal advisory structures of both legislative and executive bodies, has also made more apparent the fundamental responsibilities that follow the provision, communication and use of advice.

The shift in how administrators make decisions mirrors a broader social change also apparent in media and politics, where technology has toppled top - down structures in favor of informal networks of experts and practitioners.

Instead, districts act within the policy system, vying with state actors at all stages of policy making to ensure that policy actions will be acceptable.291 And, after state policies have been enacted, they must still be implemented; in matters of implementation, too, local districts and state agencies use personal contacts to negotiate how both parties can best respond.292 Thus, even though states have legitimate authority, it is exercised through informal and formal networks that help to shape local responses to state policy.

«This year's»20 to Watch» honorees highlight how formal and informal professional networks help them identify and share the innovative approaches that are truly making a difference,» said Thomas J. Gentzel, NSBA, Executive Director.

Generation X (born 1965 - 1980) Aka --» latch / for men — Exclusion of women from informal networks that aid advancement — Lack of encouragement and / making and implementing decisions.

From Airbnb's informal hospitality network to peer - to - peer car sharing services, many people are realizing that they can not just share their things, but they can make money doing it too.

Rather than simply working hard in the hope that business will come, or trying to break into longstanding male - dominated associations, women in Chicago are establishing their own formal and informal business networking groups to make connections and generate clients, according to Olivia Clarke in this month's issue of Chicago Lawyer Magazine.

Of those staff who had disclosed poor mental health at work (2,200 employees), just over half (53 per cent) said they felt supported, and 72 per cent said they'd been made aware of the support tools such as Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs), counselling, staff support networks or informal buddying systems.

Make use of informal methods of recruitment such as word of mouth and networking, especially when looking for employment with small and medium - sized companies.

Kinship caregivers will have an ongoing, informal social support network made up of other kinship caregivers.

Social networking sites online can make it easy to keep in touch with past clients on an informal and more friend - type basis.