Six years ago, I made it my mission to enter the freelance world. My husband and I knew we wanted a child, so I set out to find work from home. My rationale was simple: “Why be away from my child 60+ hours of the week, when I could be home and be a doting mother while crushing it!” Easy, right?
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This is a recap of our first town in San Francisco on March 1, 2017.
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This is a recap of our first town hall in Los Angeles on March 2, 2017.
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This is a recap of our first town hall in San Diego on March 7, 2017. The night featured mingling, connecting, and an opportunity for our six panelists to share what they’ve learned on their journeys navigating the professional community in San Diego. There was a common thread tied throughout that we must continue to lift each other up through active networking for self and for others — encouraging healthy discussions in the workplace, and being real about the amount of time we want to give versus the amount of time we have to give.
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We’re sure you’re aware by now, but Ladies Get Paid has hit the ground running, hosting town halls and workshops across the country. We LOVE sunny San Diego, and our incredibly hard-working and vibrant ambassadors! They’ll be hosting the next town hall, Ladies Negotiate, on their own, so be sure to RSVP! It will be held
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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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