Archive for March, 2008
| Lists, Lists and More Lists | |
| By:Melissa Stacey on Mon 31 Mar 2008 8:44 PM under Get Organized |
I am a list person. I love lists so much that I usually have a few of them going at one time. For example, I have a list of books I want to read, a list of goals for 2008, a list of places I want to see…I make lists for almost everything, but my [...]
| The Relevance of Women’s Colleges in the 21st Century | |
| By:Karen Kang on Mon 31 Mar 2008 12:25 AM under General, Uncategorized |
Are women’s colleges relevant today? That was the topic posed by Tina Lee, a young trustee of Mills College, a women’s college in Oakland, at a recent talk in Palo Alto. The teaser for her talk stated: “What do Hillary Clinton, Madeleine Albright, 33% of female Fortune 1000 board members and 20% of Congresswomen (including [...]
| Women in Corporate America… Have we made progress? | |
| By:Kerrie Halmi on Sun 30 Mar 2008 11:35 PM under Business, Corporate culture |
March is National Women’s Month. Unfortunately, when you look at the overall statistics, things are not improving. In the last large-scale census done by Catalyst, most numbers either went down (such as the % of women corporate officers) or held stagnant (% of women on board of directors). This is not good! However, if I [...]
| Brand Takes Center Stage in this Year’s Election | |
| By:Linda Popky on Sun 30 Mar 2008 2:44 PM under Marketing and Brand, Politics |
Hi everyone. I’m pleased to join the Invincibelle community and look forward to sharing insights with all of you. As a strategic marketing consultant, I often find examples of good and bad branding in all kinds of unexpected places. This year’s presidential election brings a strong focus to brand. From the early primary days when [...]
| Um, like, you know, kind of, stuff….speech for the boardroom? | |
| By:Angelika Blendstrup on Sun 30 Mar 2008 11:53 AM under Communication |
Often, when I work with younger Asian clients, I notice that their English is full of “fillers” such as the ubiquitous “like” and also “you know”, and “stuff”. In fact, I attended a Stanford Continuing Studies class a while ago [where I also give classes] and a young woman from a major company in Silicon [...]




