Sentences with phrase «speaking class in»

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I spoke to Henry Siu, a professor at the University of British Columbia who specializes in automation and the decline of middle - class jobs; he predicted that the trucking industry could automate within the span of one to two years.

Hillary's fiery commencement speech, the first ever by a Wellesley student, won her national attention — a spot in Life Magazine's feature on the class of 1969 and a speaking invitation to the League of Women Voters.

There's a climbing wall, nap pods (lay down in the capsule, set the alarm, zzzzz), a bowling alley, multiple gyms, a variety of healthy cafes, mini kitchens, and classes on anything from American Sign Language to Public Speaking.

There's a constant worry that you'll be called on in class, the terror of public speaking and, of course, the relentless bullying that comes with being a kid with a speech impediment.

«We build world - class tech that puts people back in control of their finances, we speak to our customers like humans and we're never afraid to challenge old thinking in order to innovate.»

Bob Reiss is the author of Bootstrapping 101: Tips to Build Your Business with Limited Cash and Free Outside Help, and has been involved in 16 start - ups and has been the subject of two Harvard case studies, in addition to speaking frequently at university entrepreneurial classes.

Speaking of, while we were in Shanghai at the Huawei Connect event, Huawei released a new line of «nova» smartphones at an event in Berlin, to go along with their world - class P9 phone and the recently announced Honor 8.

Dr. Matt McGarrity, a senior lecturer in the Communication Department at the University of Washington, covers impromptu, informative, and persuasive speaking in this Coursera class.

Indeed, persuasiveness in the workplace — and in life — is such a coveted skill that people read books, take courses, and attend speaking classes to get it.

He does not sit on any other boards (he resigned from TRW's in 2015), does not speak to graduation classes, doesn't give interviews (this was his first sit - down with a reporter, and he agreed to it only after it became clear that the article would be published whether he cooperated or not), and doesn't go to Davos.

The retailer's marketing has always had a down - to - earth appeal, reaching out especially to the working - class and rural shoppers, speaking in their vernacular and with their accents.

The assumptions of cutthroat libertarianism were so embedded in the worldview of these lucky newcomers that they spoke as though the victims of tech - fueled displacement and gentrification had chosen to live in poverty and squalor, just as they themselves chose to learn to code, chose a management - track job at a major corporation, and chose to set themselves up for a comfortable upper - middle - class suburban life.

While I have not been invited to do so often, I would feel obliged to return the favour of speaking at the request of someone who has taken time to speak in my class.

I have had, over my time at the University of Alberta, representatives from the Alberta Ministries of Environment, Energy, and Finance and Enterprise, many major oil, gas, energy services, pipeline and electricity companies, Epcor, the Pembina Institute, and many others speak in my classes.

He has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show and has trained and certified more than 600 coaches in his acclaimed Guerrilla Marketing Coach and World Class Speaking Certification Programs.

The ring's design has not changed since the 1940s and its magic was evident in Calgary just a few months ago when Brian Mulroney, the former prime minister and graduate of the class of» 59, spoke at a fundraising dinner.

The passage of Bill C - 377, part of the Harper government's broader attack on labour rights, speaks to the Conservatives» fundamental lack of understanding of the role of organized labour in ensuring shared prosperity and a thriving middle class.

Nearly half of the directors we spoke with bring in experts from different or adjacent industries to hold «master classes.»

Speaking at Tmall's Super Kitchen event, an offline expo of home goods held by Alibaba Group's business - to - consumer site, Stewart said she saw an opportunity to expand her brand into the world's second largest economy as rising incomes in the middle class there were increasingly being spent on lifestyle and experiential purchases rather than staple goods.

The information comes from speaking with Don Polden, an employment law professor at Santa Clara University, and Shannon Liss - Riordan, the Boston - based lawyer representing Lyft and Uber drivers in two class - action lawsuits.

Chris is the first professional allocator I've spoken with who focuses specifically on venture capital funds, so I had a ton of questions for him on how to build a portfolio in an asset class known for uncertain, but often enormous, outcomes.

Anyone who has had to speak in public, whether in a class or a board room, is probably familiar with that feeling of dread leading up to the presentation.

A W5 investigation on Saturday: An Ottawa fertility doctor accused of using his own sperm and fathering at least 11 children faces a class - action lawsuit as his patients speak out in exclusive interviews.

Even Warren Buffett enrolled in a public speaking class to help manage his stage fright — the billionaire also taught a night course on investment principles to practice talking in front of strangers.

Speaking in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, where finance ministers and central bankers are gathered for an international summit, Mr. Morneau highlighted the Canadian government's efforts to prioritize the middle class.

Arriving speaking almost no English, he took ESL classes and became an actor in a Punjabi theatre group in the city.

The same day of Phillips» speaking engagement, a class of about 30 Soldiers in the Sexual Assault Response and Coordinator / Victim Advocates course on Joint Base Lewis - McChord graduated from the intensive program meant to help service members like Phillips.

We build world class tech that puts people back in control of their finances, we speak to our customers like humans and we're never afraid to challenge old thinking in order to innovate.»

He has taught graduate investment classes at the University of Colorado and he speaks to investor organizations in the U.S. and abroad.

So, by your reasoning, if «People put so much importance on words» (implying that they don't matter and we shouldn't take thought of how we use them) then I ought to be able to sing along with the lyrics from pac's «hit»em up» with my black friends, curse in a kindergarten class as well as a corporate meeting for my boss... what impression would a client have of my boss if I were cussing in a professional meeting or at a charity event... it doesn't add up, it's a cop - out rebuttal... trying to find loopholes or applying «human reasoning» like» ll take a swearing guy who's helpful» doesn't change Jesus or scripture it's just setting up a what - if scenario and trying to allow that to in some way justify your stance when again, that doesn't change The Holy Spirit or His heart in those who have been born again... the verses (inspired by His own Spirit) speak for themselves.

He spoke up in class and precept in order to defend the beliefs that do not just belong to him ¯ they define him and his faith.»

When U2 frontman Bono spoke to Harvard's graduating class last summer, he urged graduates to help end Third World debt and fight the AIDS crisis in Africa.

«The speaker will be delivering a personal, non-political message at the Catholic University of America that he hopes will speak to all members of the graduating class, regardless of their backgrounds or affiliations,» he said in a statement to CNN.

There is in general an undertone of lamentation when people speak of manipulation which points to idealistic expectations — as if the class enemy had ever stuck to the promises of fair play it occasionally utters.

Years ago, as I spoke farewells to those who had attended the last session of a particular inquirers class — the very meeting in which I sought to «close the deal» of bringing new members on board — I noticed that two young couples stayed behind, talking intently with each other.

Whether it was playing football at recess in the fourth grade or speaking in front of my communications class in college, I felt inadequate.

I see these lazy students in my classes always complaining and spewing forth their anti-intellectualism... how they despise learning and would rather someone speak to them on the level of a 4th grader, only to confirm what momma and their favorite pastor had already told them.

I discovered this when we were in the new members class and I shared what church I was previously at and that's when one of them shared her story of visiting a lot of churches, including my previous one, and what they were told when they spoke to someone about how they would be received.

The Tao is not only non-interfering; it may even be spoken of as «non-being,» in the sense that it does not fall among the class of things we normally refer to as «beings.»

«But it is already a significant loss that he is willing to speak of LGBT as a protected class — a legal category inherent in [SOGI] laws that have caused problems for religious liberty all over the country.»

I suppose unless I'm already a believer I will need to pay a believer a nice sum of money in order and take a class in order to understand why a covenant that carries the penalty of death if this god is not worshipped is changed because, help me here (well of course unless god can speak for himself - I guess I have to ask those who have studied his word that he gave only once 2000 years ago to another culture), so after this covenant he came down and became a man in order to give people grace so he doesn't kill them if they don't worship him?

She speaks in the perky, over-friendly way that's a dead giveaway she thinks you're a first - class horse's heinie.

I hear ya man, I studied electronics engineering, and there was one girl in the class... but she could barely speak english and her husband was in India... hey, at least we're disease free!

One day in a seminary class, my favorite professor, Dr. Ray Anderson, spoke about divorce.

Though it is certainly possible to speak of democratic arrangements in Athens or the rise of a middle class in ancient Egypt, it does not make sense to employ the term «ancient Greek liberalism» or «Egyptian liberalism.»

Speaking very roughly, it refers to the second - class citizenship of Jews and Christians» the so - called «People of the Book»» living in the House of Islam.

It's almost like a form of extra credit (which I don't allow in my classes, strictly speaking, but they always ask for it).

Whereas lower - level classes were taught in the European style — a lecturer spoke and students listened — seminar courses centered upon group discussion of texts.

For his final presentation in class, he had chosen to work on a reading of a section from 2 Corinthians 11, where Paul speaks of his «weakness» as an apostle of Christ.

When Shane was speaking of Psalm 139 and the «not so nice» part in the middle, I thought of my friend, M, who last week shared that one thing she doesn't like about church is that she has to go home on Sunday and correct the things her children have been mistaught in Sunday School class.