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Practical advice for conference callers

Practical advice for conference callersThe great thing about a conference call over an in-person meeting is that it provides the opportunity to do other things, right? 

You can log into a conference call a minute or two late and still be present because those first few minutes are just small talk, anyway, right?  Wrong.  Small talk before any meeting, live or online, is critical warm-up time.  This is your chance to measure the mood of your co-workers and to nurture your professional network.  Use small-talk-time to learn something new about one person on the call.  For example, I learned on my call today that one of my co-workers is relocating.  You just never know what might come up.
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Go cook Something!

Go cook Something!Go Cook Something: A Cooking Survival Guide for Active Independent Children
by Tiana North with a little help from her mom Taliba Holliday
CreateSpace
Paperback, $15.95
240 pages, illustrated
ISBN: 978-145...
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Man Talk: The ugly truth about suicide

With the recent death of Junior Seau, former professional football player, the subject of black suicides has again reared its ugly head. With other notable suicide deaths by Don Cornelius, Donny Hatha...

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Cope with or capitalize on change in the workplace

Cope with or capitalize on change in the workplace A few years ago, on an ordinary Tuesday, a few planes flew off course and suddenly life in America changed forever.  Change happens.  Not every change is cataclysmic, but it is often unexpected and it...
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The Arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Race, Class and Crime in America

The Arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr.  and Race, Class and Crime in America “This book is about more than the arrest of one man. It is abut how we need to examine our criminal justice system to ensure that fairness, not power, is the currency of our system. When we move from ...
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