Sentences with phrase «women it helps with»

These two wonderful women helped me with my stacks for these photos, and I must say did an incredible job.

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Much like the Civil Rights era in the US succeeded in part because individuals who didn't have something clear to gain stepped up publicly as allies, Leader - Chivée sees a similar parallel with women in the workplace, noting that «it takes a lot of men stepping up» to help effect long - lasting change.

Kent Anderson says the university is proud to help raise the profile of women's sport through the new partnership with West Coast Fever.

«We have men and women who have been helped up Everest,» Will says, «and later they'll reach out to customer service and say, «I'm trying to get in touch with a guy named Dave who helped me up Everest at about 10.30 a.m.. He's the man I'm going to marry.

«And I'm really fascinated that I really struck a chord... women say «I've been dreaming about this» and «This is what I wanted,» and it's good to see the reassurance, because you come up with an idea and you do it, and having this direct feedback helps me a lot.»

-- Michelle Kennedy, founder and CEO of Peanut, an app which helps mobile - first mothers connect with other like - minded women

A panel of three entrepreneurs discussed the relationship between purpose and profitability in greater depth: Pocket Sun, who, as founding partner of female - focused VC firm SoGal Ventures, has a purpose of «building an empire for millennial women to invest in startups»; Eileen Gittins, a serial entrepreneur who founded book self - publishing firm Blurb and now runs Bossygrl, a mobile app meant to introduce Gen Z girls to entrepreneurship by helping them launch micro-businesses; and Cathie Reid, co-founder and current digital advisor to Icon Group, an Australian cancer - care company with annual revenue of more than $ 1.5 billion.

He knew I'd helped a couple of women with a children's play space in Brooklyn.

Also on the list is a smart glove that helps stroke victims recover hand movement and agility, a lightweight wearable that makes it easier for those with epilepsy to monitor night seizures, and a cordless breast - milk pump «that's quiet enough for a woman to use while on a conference call,» the authors write.

With help from Citi Community Development, Village Capital recently hosted three pitch competitions, each designed to show venture capitalists and other investors that they really are missing out by not investing in women and people of color.

Startups are helping women take control of their reproductive health with fertility - tracking apps and other services.

Part of what needs to happen to change that statistic is that we need more women with big ideas going after it, and the other part of it is the right funding structure to help them get there.

With something that might be more complicated and not as obvious, I think having women around the table will help get more female entrepreneurs funded.

I was faced with the depth of the problem when one of my Duke students, a black woman, Viva Leigh Miller, approached me in March 2010 to help her get a job in Silicon Valley.

With the help of the Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Trade and the International Organization for Migration, all the 31 women were finally freed in December 2014.

She visited juice bars around the country to sample flavors, and, with help from a woman she knew who had been juicing for many years, rented a test kitchen to develop new varieties.

With UChic, a social commerce company I recently launched to help young women in the U.S. live their dreams, we talked to our consumers.

Irving says they were memorable and helped brand awareness reach almost 80 percent (high for a company with revenue under $ 2 billion at the time), but they alienated an important segment of his small - business customers — namely, women.

Several nonprofits across the country are working with companies to develop workplace initiatives to help curb domestic violence toward women and men.

Up With Women, a Toronto - based non-profit that helps homeless women rebuild their careers, has also piloted Empatico's platform, with a plan for a deeper rollout over the next yWith Women, a Toronto - based non-profit that helps homeless women rebuild their careers, has also piloted Empatico's platform, with a plan for a deeper rollout over the next Women, a Toronto - based non-profit that helps homeless women rebuild their careers, has also piloted Empatico's platform, with a plan for a deeper rollout over the next women rebuild their careers, has also piloted Empatico's platform, with a plan for a deeper rollout over the next ywith a plan for a deeper rollout over the next year.

The model combines simplified and relevant business training with coaching and mentoring to help women believe in themselves.

They will also determine which organizations they will partner with to help build out the pipeline of women and minorities with tech - job skills.

Their ability to read employees» emotional state, reactions, and stress levels helps these men and women manage their teams with a strategy and approach that is both thoughtful and compassionate, but also direct and with trackable outcomes.

Contact with women and ethnic minorities lessens unconscious bias, but since neither group is represented much in the upper echelons of business, it can be hard for executives to get that exposure — something not helped by the fact that many white, male higher - ups feel they don't know how to talk to younger women or minorities.

We hope to benefit by helping the men and women who work with us develop concrete skills that are valuable not just our company but to them, no matter where they work.»

«I'm almost embarrassed to say that I am a 25 - year - old woman who keeps a regular bath time, but my Sunday - night bubble baths are a key part of my rigorous self - care routine that helps me with my sanity and focus throughout the week.

The easy answer is to call in the reinforcements: the sommelier, the man or woman whose job it is to help you with precisely the daunting task facing you.

According to a joint study from the University of British Columbia and the University of Utah, corporate boards that include women are more likely to seek help from financial advisers when faced with a takeover offer.

Instead, the researchers say we need organizational initiatives that encourage women to identify positively with their gender identity in the workplace — not to be wary of trying to help other women succeed.

At the same time, Intel announced similar initiatives, such as its massive Diversity in Technology Initiative, which through a partnership with GirlsWhoCode is helping to provide more educational support to a greater number of young women.

When a woman lost control of her car and drove off the side of the road on California's State Route 126, Ford pulled over, helped her out of the car, and waited with her until the paramedics arrived.

«If the company has a quirky and eccentric culture, consider wearing a vintage T - shirt over a dress or with a skirt — paired with clean sneakers,» says Whitney Casey, founder and CEO of Finery, a wardrobe operating system that helps women find their perfect outfit.

With more than 40 years of experience helping restore men and women behind bars, Prison Fellowship advocates for federal and state criminal justice reforms that transform those responsible for crime, validate victims, and encourage communities to play a role in creating a safe, redemptive, and just society.

At the Dell Women's Entrepreneurship Network event in Istanbul last week, we sat down with her to discuss how a group of talented entrepreneurs from around the globe is helping to bring the U.N. into a 2.0 world.

«Women make the majority of purchase decisions for almost every product category in the marketplace, and that includes automotive, electronics, and insurance,» says Kat Gordon, founder and Creative Director of Maternal Instinct, a marketing agency focused on helping brands connect with the mom market.

The session was designed to help women share strategies for returning to work, but every time I led this group, the discussion found its way to this one topic — dealing with the shame mothers feel, knowing that if it were up to them, they would already be back at work.

«Both men and women more readily helped those with the hair ornamentation,» psychologists Jordy Stefan and Nicolas Gueguen of the Universite de Bretagne - Sud write in the journal Psychological Reports.

Much like the success of last year's Warner Bros. film Wonder Woman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of cWoman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of cwoman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of color.

When talking with business - minded millennial women who fear gender bias, I often share two recommendations: Look for a mentor who will not only support your career ambitions but who will also help you reach your goals.

That is the Institute for Women's Policy Research, a liberal think tank that helped write the report with ROCU.

«Not only are we helping women get comfortable with what they're asking for, but we're also helping them get confident to ask,» she says.

She has branded herself «The Flooring Girl,» complete with her own blog, and enjoys helping other women feel comfortable and confident in their design decisions.

Another notable aspect at this juncture is the fact that a large number of women mentors, in addition to investing, are actively taking the lead with respect to helping ventures via angel, equity, and debt capital investments.

Women, meanwhile, look for sharing with friends, self - help information and how - to information...

Morneau said Wednesday the government will be looking at how it can improve growth in the future with measures that will help women succeed in the economy.

Savin - Williams believes that the answer to helping men and women becoming more comfortable with mostly straight men relies, in part, upon «more famous people coming out as mostly straight,» he told INSIDER.

Sandi MacPherson, who founded the online community Quibb, started working last year with tech conference organizers to help recruit women to fill at least half of the speaking slots.

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Combined with women, he said assisting more young people, Indigenous peoples, recent immigrants and Canadians living with disabilities to enter the job market could help the labour force expand by half a million people.

In case of any doubt, Wired also learned that, while at Harvard graduate school (right before dropping out to join Google) Damore wrote and performed in a skit about «Microtubule Jerking» and the women who helped with it.