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5 signs you’re being talked over in meetings, and how to stop it for good

Fast Company Tech

But also, reflect on the environments youre in. When your voice is minimized, so is your influence. Start with awareness. If meetings leave you drained , frustrated, or questioning your value, its not about being too sensitive. Its a sign your presence isnt being respectedor that youre overworking to be heard.

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#thankful4home: Raising Awareness Around Homelessness

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This fall and winter I’m working with a group of organizations in Chicago to raise awareness around homelessness, alongside screenings of the @Home documentary that features portraits of this issue through the eyes of activist Mark Horvath. And invite others to reflect on their gratefulness this Thanksgiving week and holiday season.

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Leaders, stop talking so much. Here’s why it’s hurting your team

Fast Company Tech

The drivers of excessive talking As I reflected on these two leaders, I realized they reflected a pattern I’ve seen many times. Perhaps most damaging, leaders who talk too much paradoxically undermine their own influence. When leaders master this balance, their influence increases even as their word count decreases.

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Observations and Reflections on #TakeBackThePink

Amy Sample Ward

Many Komen supporters expressed anger that an organization positioned to make such positive impact would allow for political influence and would make a decision that appeared to be going against the mission of serving women (especially low income women served by PP affiliates). Observations & Reflections. But how did she know?

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How social sharing sparks ‘generational generosity’ for nonprofits 

Candid

For example, cultural relevancea nonprofits ability to align with timely social issues and reflect the values of its audienceplayed a much bigger role in motivating younger people to give. Social sharing doesnt just raise awareness; it has the power to directly influence fundraising outcomes. It makes them feel good.

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How Just Stop Oil harnessed emotions to ignite public concern for climate change

Fast Company Tech

Photo: Kristian Buus/In Pictures/Getty Images] Through my own research on climate activism , I have studied how environmental protest influences policy, corporate behaviour and financial markets. Disruptive protests may be unpopular, but they are effective at attracting media attention and public awareness.

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FRMT: A Benchmark for Few-Shot Region-Aware Machine Translation

Google Research AI blog

In order to highlight key region-aware translation challenges, we designed the dataset using three content buckets: (1) Lexical, (2) Entity, and (3) Random. To that end, we have released the FRMT dataset and benchmark , enabling researchers to easily compare performance for region-aware MT models.

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