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May 15, 2015
Edited by Mara Meyers This week we’re sharing our new favorite Tumblr, more solutions for online harassment, and some hard truths about why getting your nails done has consequences for feminism. What we’ve been checking out… We can’t get enough of this hilarious Tumblr that calls out all-male panels. Nothing like getting a diversity of […]
May 8, 2015
Edited by Mara Meyers This week, we’ve got a speaker manifesto in response to boring academic conferences, stories of men leaning in, and a revolutionary way to take on anti-immigration policies: hugs. What we’ve been checking out… If you know anything about our mission, part of it is challenging the myopic thinking and redundancies that […]
March 13, 2015
Welcome to The Weekly FRESHness! Every Friday, FRESH will be sharing a round-up of articles, videos and other goodies that we love that week, as well as the latest pieces and news from our speakers. (Edited by our amazing administrative assistant, Mara Meyers.) We’re kicking off this first week with reflections on the 50th anniversary of Selma, […]
January 13, 2015
The way we organize conferences is changing in large ways and small. Needless to say, our team at FRESH couldn’t be more excited; to us, there’s nothing more, dare we say, “refreshing” than when event organizers think outside of the traditional conference box and deviate from the status quo. Here are five suggestions for 2015 on how event organizers can craft an […]
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. […]