When you start a new job, you'll often get a list of people to talk to and links to look at. Each time, I get more intentional about how I handle this firehose of information. Sharing a quick thread here in case it's helpful to others 👇🏻
Election Day eve near the #WhiteHouse: protesters rock to Ice Cube’s 2018 song “Arrest the President”🥴, news crews report from #BlackLivesMatter Plaza and multiple businesses are boarded in anticipation of unrest. #Election2020#WashingtonDC
Gabrielle Union's story of dealing with workplace racism and complaining and getting dumped is a story I've lived. A lot of us have. I wrote about it for @Afropunk https://t.co/kPBEDC9WCZ
#tbt To a super fun keekee sesh with the @scratchsurvive podcast and my #baryarea Framily, Aries Webb-Williams. Work with your friends, y'all - it makes all the difference.
Prepping w/ the team for an upcoming panel on #personalbranding and the ever-present social media question comes up. I'll say it again - SOCIAL IS A TACTIC NOT A STRATEGY! If your brand doesn't exist in real life, it doesn't exist.
“Leadership is about who you are, and your willingness to learn, listen and make decisions without regard to what’s popular,” says @DrWandaAustin. 💫
#USCWCxDC#USCAlumni
@Shawna on owning up to professional mistakes and recovering quickly. #USCWCxDC panel on Women in Media proving @USCAnnenberg alumnae are basically running DC media! 💅🏽🤷🏽♀️
DC Inno's annual Tech Madness bracket is now live! We've got 64 local companies going head-to-head, with community voting rounds each week deciding who moves on. Get voting!
#DCTechMadness#InnoTechMadness
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Vita Harris once gave a talk where she advised Black women in media not to internalize racist experiences that can push them out of the industry. Same goes for gender biases - any discomfort is the burden of men in the workplace, not women!
Q7: Let's end on a motivational note: What's one piece of advice you've gotten from a strong woman in your industry? How have you taken it to heart and put it into action? #AdweekChat