Ah, Christmas. Such a joyous time, isn’t it? As a child, I’d spend almost every holiday with my family at home in New York City. Occasionally, I’d go to my beloved grandmother’s hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, and stay with her niece, Little Zelda. Every family has a Little Zelda. Saucy and sassy with a […]
by Sabina Hitchen | Featured Contributor One of the most common frustrations that entrepreneurs and small business owners share wit me when it comes to their self-guided PR campaigns is some form of, “I am not getting any/many responses to my emails and outreach.” I get it – it’s the worst! You put time and […]
by Linda Allen How do you know if you’re a victim of manipulation? Is what you’re experiencing an acceptable attempt at persuasion? Or is it a veiled attempt to deceive, mislead, and control? We accept the daily efforts of other people, businesses, and governments to use the tools of persuasion. Manipulation, on the other […]
by Hillary Strobel | Featured Contributor Feminism is a wicked problem. There are so many aspects of today’s women’s rights movement that need to be addressed, and it can seem like a real mess to figure out where to even begin. This is where innovation labs come in. What is a wicked problem? It’s a […]
by Marianne D’Alessandro This being the final blog in the 6-part Keep Calm presentation skills series, I thought we should wrap it all up. We talked about calming the nerves, getting to the point, dealing with nervousness, making it about YOU, and think SEO. Think of your presentation as a gift – a gift you […]
by Meghan Bliss | Featured Contributor I was only a few months into running my brand new freelance writing business before I began to feel the familiar sting of burnout. It’s not that I disliked what I was doing; I was just a little bored. A little over it, to be honest. One afternoon I […]
by Denise Damijo | Featured Contributor The strangest things can occur when you are working from home. You are in a constant battle with distractions. They lurk , they hide, and they pop out at the most inconvenient time to steal you away from your mission of the day. You may have thought that when […]
by Melanie Benson Strick I’m sure every entrepreneur on this planet starts out with an inspiring vision and a game plan of what needs to be done. You might have even put together a savvy business plan to prove that your idea had merit. Then, your business takes off and you quickly realize that […]
by Angie Weber | Featured Contributor Whoa! It has been a crazy six years working at tena.cious. When I got started, I didn’t know what I was getting myself into. As I dove in to the business side of things, I begin to take some serious ownership in the company and from there, I grew […]
by Barbara Clifford People seek the total elimination of stress like Nirvana, yet this will always be an unrealistic aspiration as stress is essential for us to survive. Many forget that Stress is vital in the function of flight or fight. In fact Hans Selye, an endocrinologist was one of the pioneers in identifying stress and […]
