Sentences with phrase «up conversations they were having»

When I asked about how they felt about the follow - up conversations they were having, either formal post-observation conferences or informal chats I found that 75 % of the time they would receive their observation data via email and there was no follow through.

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We can entertain ourselves behind screens; and, perhaps the thing most severely changing group dynamics is texting rather than picking up the phone and having a conversation or communicating, if you call it that, through Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest — you name it.

Actually, the topic of this article derived from a conversation my girlfriend and I were having, when the topic of discussion all of a sudden coincidentally ended up in her Instagram newsfeed minutes later.

«When your net worth goes up, that's when the conversation has to happen,» he said.

These types of conversations about priorities and the future are important, but that's not to say that Faris and Pratt broke up because they didn't have these conversations.

Fox says enthusiasm has trumped wariness so far in conversations with start - ups and that he's looking forward to seeing companies working across a wide spectrum.

I have a hard time striking up conversations with people I don't already know, especially those who are well - known.

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.

Conversations are like a gold mine for personal data, but you have to store the conversational treasures you dig up.

Brunner, who left Lunar in 1989 to become Apple's chief designer, recalls having conversations with Smith about how they spent a fair amount of their time giving counsel and strategic advice to start - up clients, almost as if they were venture capitalists.

I'll notice something that's on someone else's screen and it'll be something I've never seen before and I'll ask what it is and we'll end up having a whole conversation about it.»

When a customer tweeted the company asking for clarification about a fee policy, JetBlue not only immediately responded, but also had a local representative study this man's social media photo, then walk through the airport until he could be found for a follow - up conversation.

So have a little conversation with your fear when it starts to get riled up when you're trying to do something creative.

The majority of billing arguments and service expectations can be solved with a simple conversation on day one «if I was to purchase a new computer, would setting it up be included in the contract»?

A tweet by user PookleBlinky showing how hard it is to afford rent on minimum wage has gone viral, racking up 60,000 retweets and counting and starting a spirited conversation about income and housing in America.

Richard Jacobs, a security analyst whom Uber fired in April and now consults for the company, testified Tuesday that up to dozens of employees were trained to used ephemeral messaging systems, including Wickr, to communicate so that their conversations would be clandestine and could not surface in any «anticipated litigation.»

I'm an entry - level employee and I have had conversations with the CEO about football while he's picking up trash that other's have left in the kitchen.

Unless you are one of those rare people who can meet a random stranger on the street, strike up a conversation and get their life story within 30 seconds, approaching someone you have never met before can be nerve - racking.

Bardella said the plan seems obvious when you consider the campaign now has «a person who up until a week ago was running a major audience - driven media entity,» and «is having regular conversations with Roger Ailes.»

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has long been a force in American politics, but it wasn't always the kind of organization that came up in everyday conversation.

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.

While most of our conversation revolved around start - ups, seeing as Monday's deal was Google's biggest acquisition ever, I thought I'd post a quick excerpt from our chat:

Blakely described a party she attended in early days of Spanx when she struck up a conversation with three men who had heard she was an inventor.

Moreover, «experienced facilitators develop a certain amount of intuition when something's up,» sensing when the dynamic has changed and able to steer the conversation in a new direction if necessary.

If he was just a golf coach, I'd have quit long ago because I'm willing to give up on my golf expertise, but not willing to give up on our conversations.

You really just have to put yourself out there and be willing to strike up conversations with just about anyone.

Up until now the conversation has always been this is the «Commonwealth's debt» but now we are seeing that in fact there are layers to that analysis and each issuing entities debts need to be considered in isolation.»

«Rest assured, when the president enters that room with Kim Jong Un, if Kim Jong Un lives up to the four commitments that he has made, those four major concessions, the president will be fully prepared for his conversation with Kim Jong Un,» Pompeo told CBS.

We'd been calmly catching up on various life happenings when the conversation turned to a proposal I'd submitted to a potential client a few months back.

«This is a conversation that obviously needs to be had,» Franco said on the program in reference to the issue, as well as to the criticism he received online for wearing a pin advocating for the Time's Up movement of women in Hollywood working against sexual misconduct and gender imbalance in the industry.

In the weeks and months leading up to that talk, have pre-vetted conversations with your manager to make sure you're meeting expectations.

It's really hard to go up and strike up a conversation with someone you've not been introduced to, but you have to realize this is your opportunity, and you never know who that person is going to be.

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.

«Something that I've been hearing a lot from folks who have been coming up to me and talking about a kind of experience they've had where they're having a conversation with friends — not on the phone, just talking.

«I set up this company because I didn't want to see my nieces, who at the time were between 14 and 22, having the same conversations in their 40s about how much money they had left on the table that so many of my friends were having.»

We've had some market volatility this year that we've seen that may make some investors uncomfortable, but the reality of it is, the conversations we were having up to this point is, make sure you rebalance your portfolio to make sure that you're not taking on too much equity risk, and that your asset allocation is aligned to meet your goals.

Ezra Klein: It's interesting, because that's actually a very good bridge to... You brought up Singapore at the beginning of our conversation and I have a big obsession with the Singaporean healthcare system, too.

Yet conversations have so far focused on concessions like China reducing tariffs on American cars, opening up its market for financial services and purchasing more semiconductors or natural gas — minor wins that are unlikely to satisfy Mr. Navarro and Mr. Lighthizer, who are pushing for significant and sweeping changes to China's market, according to people familiar with the negotiations.

One of the things that has been coming up a lot in the conversation is whether the business model of monetizing user attention is what is letting in a lot of these problems.

I have heard this conversation many times behind closed doors in Hollywood, and it goes something like this: «It's boring to show young upstarts typing away on computers, so how can we spice this up for TV?»

If we had a set «extension» date, I wouldn't have had to work up the courage for that conversation — it would have just been an automatic conversation at a set date.

But it is such a shame that we can't have intelligent conversation and have no means for rounding up the toddlers and putting them to bed.

I may even use it as an excuse to strike up a conversation with them, as honestly I have never had an in depth religious discussion with a Satanist and think it might be an interesting way to pass the time on a plane.

The mental image I conjure up when I need to is sitting at the embers of a campfire, when the flames and the conversation have petered out.

But it is such a shame that we can't have intelligent conversation and have no means for rounding up the toddlers and putting them to bed with their dirty diapers on.

It more easily opens up the door for the conversation to be had, if only we first take the time to listen.

This doesn't have to be a long, heartfelt conversation, in case you're worried your kid brother is just going to start bringing up bands you've never heard of with names like «Nightmares of Fallen Empires.»

true story, my wife and i were having drinks at the local restaurant bar and struck up a conversation with another couple.

Also if a true doctor struck up a conversation with me he'd probably be able to see through my claim as well.

In 1995, before leaving on a ministry trip to Australia, I read a true story about a seminary student who struck up a conversation with a teenager who had been living on the streets of Melbourne.