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Building a Career as a Motivational Speaker with Christian J. Hadjipateras

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He has also been featured in Authority Magazine, contributed to HuffingtonPost.com, and has an active blog on Medium.com. I’d been an avid writer from a young age and wrote my first manuscript at 22, which resulted in becoming a client of Curtis Brown literary agency in London from 2006-2009. Getting to know Christian.

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“Learn more!” With Charlie Katz & John Gamboa

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While attending UC Berkeley, he started doing community activities around racial discrimination. Since 2006, John has served as President of the Board of Directors of California Community Builders (CCB) alongside colleagues from Greenlining. Sunshine kills discrimination and vampires. Thank you for all that.

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Why Employers Should Lead the Way in Women’s Rights

Zenefits

It wasn’t until the early 1900s, after unsuccessful strikes and letters to editors of major magazines, that meaningful changes were made. Wage discrimination and other forms of scorned women’s rights have created a force to be reckoned with in the community of women. In 1911, teachers in New York were granted equal pay compared to men.

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Tony Reda of Tectonic Metals: “Project your best persona”

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During his tenure with Kaminak, the company was ranked 8th best performing mining company from a peer group of some 1,200 mining companies, was listed as a 2015 TSX Venture 50 Company and was one of four companies selected out of 1,971 companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange as Best IR by IR Magazine in 2015. Lesson not learned!

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Larry Shiller: “Our country is entrepreneurial”

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In 2006, Larry founded the Rising Stars Foundation which has funded and awarded college scholarships to exceptional students, worked to empower our next generation of leaders, and brought Montessori philosophy and learning to countless homeschool, charter school, and special needs students. Age discrimination is illegal.

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Girish Navani: “Dreams are the ones you see that don’t let you sleep”

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Navani also was chosen for the Boston Business Journal’s 2006 40 Under 40 list of entrepreneurs and innovators. Do not allow discrimination to be a factor or a part of what you influence. In fact, incite change that counters discrimination, injustice and focuses on fairness. You never know what your idea can trigger.

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How to Watch Out for Unconscious Bias in Hiring

Brazen HR

Being with similar others leads us to think that we all hold the same information and share the same perspective,” Katherine Philips explained in a 2006 study. The gender discrimination of recruiting can often begin before candidates have even sent out resumes. This perspective … is what hinders creativity and innovation.”.

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