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Women’s Business Enterprise National Council Names America’s Top Corporations for Women-Owned Businesses for 2023

WBENC

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February 1, 2023 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) is proud to recognize 66 corporations with the prestigious 2023 WBENC America’s Top Corporations for Women’s BusinessWBENC America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises seal Enterprises (WBEs) award, the only national award honoring corporat...

AAA Translation CEO Susanne Evens Named to International Business Times’ 2022 IBT Social Capital Top 100 and 2023 St. Louis Titan 100

Susanne Evens

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ST. LOUIS, MO – Jan. 20, 2023 – AAA Translation, a global and multi-cultural communication solutions company based in St. Louis, Missouri, is proud to announce that its founder and CEO, Susanne Evens, was recently recognized for her leadership with two prestigious awards: the International Business Times’ 2022 IBT Social Capital Top 100 and the 202...

Wells Fargo Expands Resources for Women-Owned Small Businesses

Monica Smiley

The Connector

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wells Fargo today announced resources designed to help increase the growth of women-owned small businesses, including a $1.5 million grant to How Women Lead aimed at disrupting the unequal venture capital (VC) system for women founders. The grant will help inspire 10,000 women to invest with venture capital...

Ancient Knowledge and New Purpose The symbolism of Colors in Hinduism

Manishi Sagar

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India: Home to Myriad Symbolic ColorsIn a black-and-white world, India, with its dizzying sights, sounds, and colors, is a magical experience in radiant technicolor. Color has always been a large part of the Indian consciousness; in fact, it is ingrained in our DNA. This reverence for color stems from ancient Hindu philosophical beliefs, mythology,...

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION AWARD-WINNING INSIGHT CANADA SPONSORS YOUNG ENTERPRISING WOMEN

Nancy Watt

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When John Dathan, Senior Vice-President & General Manager, Insight Canada was asked to sponsor Canadian scholarship recipients for the Young Enterprising Women Foundation at the Enterprising Women Gala Awards Celebration, he didn’t hesitate. John Dathan is certainly well known in the tech sector and not just for his commitment to diversity and ...

Iris Phillips

Monica Smiley

Advisory Board

Iris Phillips is the Founder, President & CEO of Grace Federal Solutions, LLC, a nationally recognized leader in healthcare and digital transformation. With more than fifteen (15) years of healthcare service administration and management expertise, Phillips founded Grace Federal as a professional services company that provides healthcare ...

Brodbeck, Jeska

Monica Smiley

Advisory Board

Jeska Brodbeck of Be Light Consulting has for the last 18 years studied and practiced the disciplines of Flow State, one of the most researched and sought-after brain states known to humanity. Through her interactive keynotes, executive performance coaching and corporate workshops, she has taught countless business professionals how to step into a ...

Enterprising Women Names Christy Alexander, Jeska Brodbeck and Iris Phillips to its Advisory Board

Monica Smiley

The Connector

RALEIGH, N.C., October 3 – Monica Smiley, CEO and publisher of Enterprising Women magazine, has appointed Christy Alexander, Jeska Brodbeck, and Iris Phillips to the Enterprising Women Advisory Board. “Christy, Jeska and Iris are each tremendous leaders in their fields, bringing extraordinary expertise to the success, health an...

CRAYONS & MARKETERS LAUNCHES NEW DIVERSITY & INCLUSION MARKETING ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR BRANDS

Julie Lilliston

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Identifies Opportunities to Engage Diverse Populations and Abilities Authentically NASHVILLE, Tenn., – October 11, 2022 – Culturally sensitive content marketing firm, Crayons & Marketers, announces today the launch of its enterprise-level Diversity & Inclusion Marketing Assessment to help brands identify opportunities for increasing inclusi...

Engaged Employees Don’t Quietly Quit

Kathleen Quinn Votaw

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We’ve experienced “quiet” or “ghost” quitting by disgruntled workers over the years, but it has become common enough recently to earn an official name. “Quiet quitting” means that you still do your job, but limit your effort to the minimum required, never going above and beyond what you absolutely have to do. Today’s employees are much more than di...

Professional and Personal Development Conference for Women to Take Place Virtually November 8-10

Enterprising Women

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Hundreds of women professionals will gather virtually at the fifth annual Women|Future Conference from November 8-10. The Women|Future Conference is a professional and personal development, learning, and networking conference hosted by The Stevie® Awards, the world’s premier business awards. Attendees return to the conference year after year to be ...

Burns, Camille

Enterprising Women

Advisory Board

As Chief Executive Officer of the Women Presidents Organization, Camille Burns champions the WPO’s mission to help second-stage women entrepreneurs around the world take their companies to the next level of success. The organization’s unique approach to advanced business education rooted in a proprietary peer learning methodology has helped founder...