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She Leads through Sustainable Branding
Last week, I posted a piece at The Huffington Post titled “Sustainability Leadership through Branding: A Woman and a Community of 50,000.” Due to the constraints of word counts, I had to truncate the piece. Below is the complete article … Continue reading
Putting Latinnnovating Stories to Work in K-12 Schools; a Call for Expectation Reform for Latino Students
On the stage as keynote speaker in Denver recently, I introduced the words “expectation reform” to the large gathering of K-12 educators and administrators attending the Green Schools National Conference. This came after sharing three stories of three “Latinnovators” and … Continue reading
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Tagged achievement gap, college, crisis in education, gracefully global, green economy, green entrepreneurs, green jobs, green Latino, high school dropout, Hispanic, Latina, Latina entrepreneur, Latina leader, Latinnovating, Latinos in green, leadership in green, mentoring, sustainability
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The Buzz around Latinnovating is Building
I finally had a quiet day to reflect on achieving the milestone of publishing and launching my first book. The members of my publishing team at Thrive Publishing took me out to dinner recently to celebrate. One of them reminded … Continue reading
Launch Day at Stanford
It’s been a few days since this baby was debuted at Stanford, at the Second Annual Silicon Valley Latino Leadership Summit. I am still processing the amazing events of the day, the new connections made and the new friends that … Continue reading
About that distribution quandary
I was asked today by a friend on Facebook “What did you end up deciding on the book distribution quandary?” Here’s the answer, in short form: I said no to the national book distributor that wanted to sign my title. … Continue reading
Spotlight on a Future Environmental Entrepreneur
When I spoke at Texas State University – San Marcos a few weeks ago, I met Janet Hale, J.D., Senior Lecturer in the Department of Finance and Economics. She is also the sponsor of the Net Impact Student Organization. Janet … Continue reading
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Latinnovating, the Video Trailer
How do you summarize the vision, audience and objective of a love-driven book project that’s taken almost two years to complete? Make a video trailer of course! In just about a minute and a half, you’ll understand why I wrote … Continue reading
Want to be Present for the Book Launch at Stanford University?
Early bird registration for the May 14th 2011 Silicon Valley Latino Leadership Summit (SVLLS) has opened and runs through January 21st. I will present just after lunch and SVLLS visionary and founder Frank Carbajal has graciously scheduled a book browsing/signing … Continue reading
Birthing a Book, the Endorsement Phase
I received a lovely email yesterday from one of my interviewees in the upcoming book “Latinnovating: Green American Jobs and the Latinos Creating Them.” “We are looking forward to many things in 2011 including the first look at your new … Continue reading
Latinos Shaping the Green Economy Panel Scheduled for Tuesday Night at Washington D.C. Business School
Thanks to a new connection made at a special Friday night gala in Washington D.C., we were able to get a news release out quickly today about the panel discussion I’ll be moderating in Washington D.C. Tuesday evening. Check it … Continue reading