Sentences with phrase «talk of making»

There is talk of making a friendlier regulatory environment but with the fast pace of change, this needs to happen sooner rather than later.

Nicknamed «Clinton's Ditch» after New York mayor and later Governor Dewitt Clinton, its biggest promoter, the project was derided by many, including Thomas Jefferson, who said, «Talk of making a canal 350 miles through wilderness is little short of madness.»

There is talk of making Roomba one of five so - called Mini «superheroes,» but the MPV faces strong in - house rival proposals, such as a cute sedan and a striking crossover.

For business groups, the talk of making modifications and exceptions to the wage hike only proves their concern the increase could have a detrimental effect on jobs.

Chelsea favourite Gianfranco Zola has dismissed the talk of him making a return to Stamford Bridge.

There is talk of making a reality television show but his life that already feels like one.

Who needs more talk of making Christ first in our lives?

It notes that while Fields talked of making Ford a «mobility» company, the company's efforts sometimes «felt like tactics in search of a strategy.»

Cuomo has also talked of making schools and school administrators more accountable, and he has yet to fulfill a key component of his reform agenda, the public financing of campaigns.

Presidential staff members in both the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations talked of making the capital city a «classroom» for young people from around the nation, but it was not until a group of businessmen acted in 1969 that «A Presidential Classroom for Young Americans» came into existence.

CURATOR»S STATEMENT There are talks of making America Great Again.

Does talk of it make you want to stop mitigating in the first place, or is there an element of complementarity here, too: Wait, serious climate scientists are talking about doing what?

Not exact matches

Talking to Robertson about trade timelines makes a mockery of the idea that there are simple tweaks out there.

So it helps when it is the decision makers that we are talking to, and we don't have to go through three or four layers of people to get a decision made.

Verizon has reportedly been in talks to acquire startup carrier Mobilicity, and there are reports it has made an initial $ 700 - million offer for Wind Mobile, another of Canada's small telecoms.

Facebook (FB), of course, also makes a point of talking about the «interest graph» that it has developed around all of its billion or so users.

Though she describes herself as introverted, she trained to speak in public and now does, consistently, and performed well enough in her TED talk to make it one of the most watched.

«I believe — and I think the president believes — that we must be proactive, the years of talking about these problems has not worked, and that we must use all instruments we have to make it expensive to engage in non-economic behaviour, and to convince our trading partners to treat our workers, farmers, and ranchers fairly.

Gates wanted to talk to him about a novel concept Sadoway was working on to develop a new type of battery that could make renewable energy a practical, affordable mass market option, once and for all.

To come up with a strategy and process for small business owners to make the most from big data, I talked to customer - centric, data - driven strategic marketer Marina Erulkar, founder and principal of Hampstead Solutions LLC.

Under Mulligan, Target took symbolic yet practical steps, such as consolidating its top executives on the 26th floor of its headquarters to make it easier to talk to one another.

If you are giving a talk at a bread - making club or a nuclear symposium, know that this rule of presentations still works because we tend to tune out from anything after seven minutes.

Harvard psychologist Amy Cuddy, author of «Presence,» talks about the best way to fake it till you make it in life.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Team Penske, which made it the perfect time to talk to Roger about business, leadership, and what he believes has contributed the most to his long - term success: people.

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.

The underlying software has to sift through and make sense of a lot of information — your relationship to your contacts, what their interests are, what you've talked about in the past and what's happening in the world — so it can recommend what to talk about and when.

This is the first thing we talk about in Lean Startup because you can not do any of the techniques of Lean Startup — the rapid experimentation, the scientific approach, the broad development — none of it makes any sense and can't work unless you have a vision for what you are trying to accomplish.

Milwaukee's sheriff is adored by many on the right for his unapologetic tough talking, while he is loathed by others for making wild statements believed to be below the dignity of the office he holds.

You can also think of this model similar to how Dan Sullivan of the Strategic Coach talks about how you need to spend most of your time doing the things you are best at and enjoy doing that you can also make money doing.

The term has made it to Merriam - Webster's «Words we're watching,» which defines it as «when a man talks condescendingly to someone (especially a woman) about something he has incomplete knowledge of,» while mistakenly assuming he has superior knowledge.

Users complain that they're tired of being talked down to, tired of being made to feel like idiots, tired of absurd rules, tired of machines that break, tired of IT support that cuts out at 5 p.m. — when they're expected to work around the clock.

«This consuming interest in leadership and how to make it better has spawned a plethora of books, blogs, TED talks, and commentary,» he writes.

Offerpop's marketing head, Kevin Bobowski, talks about how he makes the most of his time in — and out — of the office.

In our conversation today, we talk about the best ways to interact with your employees to create an incredible culture, how to get essential feedback to course correct yourself, and what the role of fear is in making your startup a success.

They are Social Currency (e.g., sharing things that make people look good), Triggers (acknowledging that we talk about things that are top - of - mind), Emotion, Public (imitating what we see others do), Practical Value (news people can use) and Stories (information passed along under the guise of idle chitchat).

BEIJING, May 3 - Shanghai metals made a mixed start to trading on Thursday, although the key copper and aluminium contracts rose, as the market weighed the likely outcome of trade talks between the United States and China getting under way in Beijing.

Use these questions to talk less, listen more, and make yourself stand out in a crowd of networkers.

BARNA: The set of mistakes I end up talking about the most are the ones we made when we were raising our seed round.

• Speaking of Time's Up... Attorney Tina Tchen, who Bloomberg describes as «arguably the most well - connected person working in women's rights today, thanks to her six years as an assistant to President Barack Obama and as first lady Michelle Obama's chief of staff,» talks about why it was so important that Time's Up include a legal defense fund: «The fastest way to make sure that someone isn't getting bullied by a lawyer for someone rich and powerful is to make sure that person has a lawyer, too.»

Agrawal is so comfortable talking about bodily functions that it'd be tempting to dismiss her as a provocateur, someone who likes to make the suits sweat for the fun of it.

In her recent book, «WEconomy,» co-authored with philanthropists Craig and Marc Kielburger, Branson talks about the importance of building a purposeful career that allows you to make money while impacting the world around you.

But taking my talks online via video, building our email list and partnering with other Internet entrepreneurs provides a possibility of growth that actually far outstrips anything I could make as a speaker.

BEIJING, May 3 - Shanghai metals made a mixed start to trading on Thursday, although the key copper and aluminum contracts rose, as the market weighed the likely outcome of trade talks between the United States and China getting under way in Beijing.

The state of the NAFTA talks also will make its way into discussions.

Therefore, you should make the most of that, and instead of talking about the great features of the vehicle, make the client understand that he will save a lot of money in the future if he chooses your car.

In the guidance we put out in our dot - com disclosures — it's not the endorsement guides, it's a business guide we updated in 2013 to talk specifically about making disclosures in short format, mobile devices in particular, in things like Twitter... there, the examples we gave of effective disclosures were at the beginning of a blog or a tweet.

Webinars: Reworking my talks to make them web - friendly and then presenting them to an almost limitless audience online serves both my love of speaking as well as our desire to increase the size of our audience.

Empathy can be a powerful antidote to despair, argues StoryCorps founder David Isay in this talk, where he recommends we all make time to deeply listen to the stories of others.

Barbara talk about the importance of a company's branding, what makes a good Entrepreneur, and why «fun» should be incorporated into you business.

Chatbots are the most available use of AI for businesses but when you customer wants to talk to a human, make certain they can.