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April 24, 2015
Edited by Mara Meyers In this week’s ReFRESH we’ve got answers to questions about systemic racism, a letter to the President on Earth Day, and how one of our speakers turned his learning disability into a strength. What we’ve been checking out… What is insight if nobody listens? This helpful TED Talk gives tips on […]
November 20, 2014
Image by Laurea Fletcher. This is a guest post by FRESH speaker Bisi Alimi. It was the summer of 2014, I was seating in a boardroom, with the air condition on and I was inside sweating. It was a blazing heat outside in the heat of summer London. That day I was waiting for the […]
November 17, 2014
If you haven’t yet heard about the news broadcaster who wore the same suit for a year to prove a point about sexism, you must: Karl Stefanovic is an Australian TV personality, co-host of Aussie morning news show Today. His co-presenter Lisa Wilkinson constantly faces criticism and generally unsolicited fashion advice from viewers. Frustrated with […]
November 11, 2014
FRESH Speaker Tiffany Dufu is Tiffany Dufu on stage – and no one else. We’ve been to our share of public speaking trainings. There’s usually some awkward hypothetical assignment and a fair share of jargon thrown around (hit! bridge! sparkle!). You feel like you’re going to pee your pants. You don’t know what to do with your hands. […]
November 7, 2014
Behold, reason #439,241 why we exist. Yesterday was the last day of Web Summit, an international tech conference that prides itself as “one of the most influential” tech events in the world. You can’t help believing them, considering they garnered over 22,000 attendees in Dublin this year, including big names like DropBox founder Drew Houston and celebrity guest, Bono. […]