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Pay-to-be Awarded Vanity Programs and the Education 2.0 Conference USA

  • Posted on Apr 4, 2024

Have you ever been asked to pay to receive an award before? โ€œThank you for clarifying. I understand no one specifically has nominated me and that those who attend and who are honored, are required to pay the $3k fee to participate. I understand your pre-qualification process as an effort to get people to participate

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How To Get Experience When No One Wants To Give You An Opportunity

  • Posted on Mar 29, 2024

๐Ÿซ  ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Ebony, how am I supposed to get experience if no one wants to give me an opportunity? ๐Ÿ”ฅAnswer: I never count on opportunities falling into my lap or people giving me opportunities. Itโ€™s happened, but I donโ€™t count on it, and neither should you. When I was in college, I wanted an internship

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The Power of Leaning Into Feedback

  • Posted on Mar 14, 2024

A senior leader spoke at my Farewell Work Party and described me as โ€œ๐—” ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜.โ€ I was winding down my leadership role as a Chief Learning Officer after giving a 4 month notice, working in a great 100% remote environment, and deeply appreciative the virtual send-off my department

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