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This Is Why Confronting Microaggressions Is so Difficult

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04/27/2021

On my very first week of work in philanthropy, I was tasked with hand delivering an important document to the board chair. His office was located in a big, beautiful, glassed skyscraper in downtown San Francisco. It didn’t matter that very few...

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Liberating Communications: An Institute Connecting Us to Our Purpose and Each Other

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11/07/2019

Some 30 years ago, on the steps of the Supreme Court, I made a decision that would re-route my entire communications career. At the time, I had a good decade of professional corporate PR under my belt. But when I stepped in front the throng of news...

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When Words Are Not Enough: A Communications Institute with EI Smarts

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10/24/2019

The aim of NCG’s Communications Institute was to build such a bridge through the creation of a cohort learning program, one that designed a human experience through the art of interpersonal relations and the science of communications .

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Finding Our People: A Communications Institute Rooted in Racial Equity and Emotional Intelligence

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10/10/2019

When I joined NCG three and a half years ago, our communications was staffed by a competent and personable team of one. The woman who held the job had a knack for discerning what people wanted and delivering just that thing. This made everyone happy...