Sentences with phrase «of conversation has made»

And that love of conversation has made his audience much bigger.

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Make a commitment to the value of diversity and inclusion by having open conversation and agenda items in various forums.

«With all of the recently reported electronic surveillance, intercepts, unmasking and illegal leaking of information, I have no idea... whether there are «tapes» or recordings of my conversations with James Comey, but I did not make, and do not have, any such recordings,» he wrote.

However, I realized that all of the startup meetups fall into one of three categories: 1 - So early in the morning that no one is awake enough to have a stimulating conversation 2 - At a dark bar with a loud DJ making it impossible to actually talk 3 - Being given junk to eat and drink at someone's office.

«On the other hand, if we both think it makes sense to have us do our deep discovery process with that Custom Design Audit so that we hand to you a Custom Development Blueprint, then we'll let each other know that right here at the end of our conversation today.

I also asked early in the conversation whether the person I was speaking with would generally make this kind of purchase decision alone or with a spouse.

«If you go back to some of the threads from year one or year two of League of Legends and all the Riot [online] forums,» says Steve Arhancet, a former pro gamer and now co-CEO of LoL team Team Liquid, «you had your developers, your executives, all chiming in to the conversation, listening to the community, making adjustments based on forum threads.

It's easy to get caught up in conversations about gender disparity, the haves and have - nots, and a variety of other topics that make great headlines and likewise drive click - throughs.

I had conversations and realized that with the position we were in after 10 months of bootstrapping, raising money made sense.

Dig Deeper: How to Boost Traffic at Your Trade Show Booth How to Get the Most Out of a Conference: Networking Strategy When you're killing time between sessions and making connections, don't join another conversation unless you've read the body language of the people already talking.

«Probably the mistake parents make most is that they don't have conversations about money with their kids,» said Laura Levine, president and chief executive of the Jump $ tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy.

I do believe that the fact that it has become part of the conversation and that so many women have come forward with their experiences of sexual harassment or sexual assault has already made an impact.

«The leaders of the company want to make theirs a better place for employees and to have a constant conversation,» says Sicard.

When Mark Cuban took the stage Wednesday at Inc.'s GrowCo conference in Nashville in front of 900 - some attendees, Inc. president and editor - in - chief Eric Schurenberg re-confirmed an agreement the two had made before the interview: It was going to be a no - holds - barred conversation.

«We wanted to make sure that our own country was part of the conversation about global health issues in two ways — one, making sure that we're not thinking of it as issues that affect other people that don't have anything to do with us, but also acknowledging that we can learn so much from what has gone well or new models that are effective in other countries,» Bush tells Business Insider.

Mr. Schultz, one of the most visible chief executives in the country, has made Starbucks a vocal part of the national conversation on issues like gun violence, gay rights, race relations, veterans rights and student debt.

You have to act as if you're in polite conversation - you'd never make the person on the other side of the line uncomfortable.

You need to think about how much of the company you want to give to your co-founder, and make sure you have those conversations early on with her.

«The participants in our study mistakenly thought that having an extraordinary experience would make them the star of the conversation,» study author Gus Cooney told Science Daily.

At that point in the run of «Breaking Bad,» Odenkirk wasn't even sure if the show or his character would make it to season three, given its low ratings and the fact that it wasn't yet at the top of pop culture conversations.

«What we have seen first - hand is that the simple act of having a conversation about mental health — that initial breaking of the silence — can make a real difference,» said Middleton.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his supporters have suggested that the now - notorious 2005 conversation made public by the Washington Post on Friday — in which Trump is heard making sexually explicit comments about women while TV personality Billy Bush eggs him on — was typical of the kind of harmless «locker room talk» in which men engage in all the time.

According to bestselling management author and CNBC contributor Suzy Welch, there is one simple mistake that even the most well - prepared candidates make: They use an interview to answer questions instead of to have a conversation.

If you have had the early conversations about the value of money, letting the child know about the existence of a trust fund — or whatever arrangements you have made — should not be such a problem.

By contrast, in Louisiana — reflecting the incredible tension over slavery and existential fear of revolt — «it was a capital crime to print or distribute material, or to make a speech or display a sign, or even to have a private conversation, that might spread discontent among the free black population or insubordination among slaves.»

«It certainly makes for a different set of conversations we were having a year ago,» said Robbins about how startups are dealing with the economy.

My family and close friends would certainly make up a large piece of it, but I hope it would also include my mentors and mentees, team colleagues, fellow board members and even strangers who were touched by my articles or speeches, shared a cross-country plane ride conversation with me or somehow crossed paths with me along the way.

Ending all my conversations with this one simple question (or one along these lines) has made a world of difference in my ability to connect with people and build long - lasting relationships.

In a fascinating post on The Conversation blog, Maynard makes an argument that won't surprise anyone who has read any fictional account of human's interplanetary future — colonizing other planets probably won't bring out the better angels of our nature, and any attempt to put people on Mars will require overcoming serious social and political problems, such as:

The conversation between Rhoades and Axelrod is plot - heavy, but the general context is that Axelrod is unsure of why he made a bad trade, even after everyone he trusts told him it would fail.

What the president told Republicans, in other words, largely echoed the report's findings — and it makes perfect sense he would do so: killing the hype on both sides of the Keystone debate is the first step toward turning the conversation into a civilized exchange that can lead to compromise.

And maybe that's something else that's good that comes out of this is that we're going to have these discussions, we're going to have this conversation and again we're going to make it harder for it to happen.»

When Rosengren voiced this discrepancy to PayPal, a representative responded that «your particular scenario has generated much conversation at many levels of our organization,» but ultimately affirmed that, though the offer may seem counterintuitive, «this was not an offer made in error.»

Anytime you launch a new product, you launch a new feature, you make a significant product update or change, etc - with the volume of customers we have you can see a massive massive spike in customer conversations.

According to a person with knowledge of the discussions, Flynn's representatives also had a second conversation with the White House counsel's office after the inauguration and made clear the national security adviser would indeed be registering with the Justice Department.

In a detailed (and must - read) analysis of the constant scrutiny Serena has had to endure — criticized for her body and choices, the cruel comparisons to other female athletes, the literal price she's paid in terms of endorsements — writer Bijan Bayne makes it clear that race is central to this conversation:

In initial conversations, make sure there is ample time talking about the importance or desire they have in fixing the problem, in addition to the actual landscape of the problem.

Another way to do — to get out when there is that lull in the conversation, say, «Hey, I want to introduce you to someone, I think you'll have lot in common» and then take that person over there but make sure the person that you are dumping that person off actually would get something out of that conversation because that would just be rude — if there was anything there.

«There's been no decision, so the team is working and I am sure we will have lots of conversations to deliver what the president has made clear,» Pompeo told a news conference in which he said he discussed the Iran deal with counterparts.

Most of us have heard the term, and most smart businesses have added checks and balances to their processes to try to overcome confirmation bias — for example, by making sure that their business is structured to allow the open flow of information between executives and those close to whatever problem is being addressed, or by including designated naysayers in the conversation around a decision.

Trying to make everyone in the office best friends is a bad idea for a number of reasons, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't have meaningful conversations outside of a typical work environment.

To allow for a freer flow of ideas through media, in a way that does not degrade quality and that elevates conversation and has impact, requires a new mindset: Business people need to be out there talking about what's happening in their industry without making it about themselves, their companies and their product.

For New York, he estimates that if one parent has a gross salary of about $ 65,000, it may make sense to have this conversation.

It's to develop a willingness to have tough conversations with yourself and make sacrifices in the name of financial health, Kimmie Greene, money expert at Intuit and spokeswoman for Mint.com, tells CNBC Makemake sacrifices in the name of financial health, Kimmie Greene, money expert at Intuit and spokeswoman for Mint.com, tells CNBC MakeMake It.

But when was the last time you (or any other human being) successfully made thousands of calls and had productive, lead - nurturing conversations in a day?

«I think the I.M.F. raising the debt sustainability issue as clearly as they did, the United States making clear that sustainability had to be dealt with, was a helpful contribution to the conversation, because without dealing with some form of debt restructuring, this problem will just come right back,» a senior United States Treasury official said on Thursday, as Treasury Secretary Jack Lew traveled through Europe.

Saxon said during his remarks at the IRI event that in his conversations with DOL officials, he's stressed that if the fiduciary redraft — which the DOL has now pushed to a January 2015 release date — expands the definition of fiduciary under ERISA, then the department «has to make the [rule's] exemptions workable.»

It's also helpful to include some descriptive buzzwords and mannerisms of your persona that you may have picked up on during your conversations to make it easier for people in your sales department to identify certain personas when they're talking to prospects.

If they selected either «yes» or «no» for the marketing or the survey, it's a good opportunity to have a conversation to make sure that they understand the implications of their choice.

Making time for innovation as an ongoing topic of boardroom conversation is a luxury few board members feel they have.