Re-living the time you stuck your foot in your mouth can be painful. Re-living the year you sabotaged your life is…well, it’s kind of awesome (stay with me here).
My Attitude sabotaged my career- and it was awesome Read More »
Six experts from the creative, tech, startup, and legal worlds came together to have an honest, intimate, thought-provoking discussion digging into what makes negotiation so hard and why we, as women, have to get better at it. We opened the night with free-word association. What is the first word that pops into your mind when you hear the word negotiation? Our panelists’ answers: “compromise,” “game,” “opportunity,” “real,” “oh god,” and “business.”
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Get to know the ambassadors who are cultivating Ladies Get Paid in Los Angeles!
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This is a recap of our Women & Money Town Hall on June 15, 2017 hosted at Switchyards Downtown Club in Atlanta.
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In honor of Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, we asked two members of Ladies Get Paid- one Black, one white – to write personal essays on what this day means to them. We’re proud to post their responses.
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By: Sarah Ocker, LGP Detroit Ambassador This is a recap of our kick-off town hall, Women & Money, in Detroit on June 27, 2017. Thank you to our host, Ponyride, a nonprofit committed to facilitating the growth of social missions within artists, entrepreneurs, makers, and nonprofits. You can follow your Detroit LGP community on Facebook, Instagram, and
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I practically felt my legs forcing me to stand as I blurted out, “Excuse me? You think ‘power’ is a masculine word? Where does it say that in the dictionary?” The room was frozen. The males lowered their heads down not knowing how to respond. The one female in the room and I looked around, readying ourselves for some sort of logical explanation in the madness of this statement.
A Man Once Told Me ‘Power’ Is A Masculine Word Read More »
This discussion suggests we need to change behavior across three dimensions: Have To, Ought To and Want To in order to reduce the effect of gender bias on decision making.
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Photograph by Jayne Liu This is a recap of our kickoff town hall in Portland, OR last month. Thanks to Jayne Liu for photographs, ConnectiveDX for loaning us extra chairs (!), Occidental Brewing and Union Wine for the beverages. As women began streaming into Swift’s building more than an hour before start time, we got
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We sat down with Ladies Get Paid member, Angela Romei, to learn more about her role at Panorama and the dire importance of paid family and medical leave.
How to advocate for paid leave Read More »
