Work and Career

Daring Greatly with Brené Brown

Amid all the discussions at SXSW Interactive about technology and innovation lie those life-changing speakers who remind us why we’re here. Dr. Brené Brown, bestselling author of Daring Greatly and Rising Strong, was one such speaker for many of the people who attended her keynote. Brown started her talk by telling the crowded room she was going to talk about […]

Lessons from Top Companies for Women Technologists

If you’re a female, you probably wonder which companies are best suited for women in the technology field. You’re also probably wondering how these successful companies achieve this great workplace for women workers. Three of Anita Borg Institutes Top Companies for Women Technologists is IBM, Google, and Accenture. Nancy Lee, VP/People Operations at Google, talked […]

#AskGaryVee IRL: Gary Vaynerchuk Answers It All

I have been following Gary Vaynerchuck since the start of his YouTube channel. So when I saw that Gary Vee was not only launching a book but having a Q&A session at SXSW, I knew I had to attend. As I was waiting in the line outside he approached and started to engage with those […]

Preview: Cartography of Negotiation

As humans we are negotiators, constantly influencing others or being influenced. The lead negotiator behind the Frontier Project hopes to continue investigating global market opportunities and providing negotiation support to clients that face obstacles. The SXSW Interactive panel “Cartography of Negotiation” features the lead negotiator of The Frontier Project, Scott Wayne. According to Wayne, negotiation is all about […]

Top 5 Panels on Leadership

Startup Leadership as a Ticket to Success Sunday, March 13 5:00PM – 6:00PM Hilton Austin Downtown Salon E 500 E 4th St This panel will consist of Annie Cardinal, production design engineer for Produktworks Design, Derek Lidow, professor at Princeton, longtime global CEO, innovator and startup coach, along with Guillaume Delepine, Associate at KPMG LLP. […]

Preview: Digital Parenting: Raising Balanced Innovators

We live in an era where kids as young as six three and four browse the Internet. And most of us are aware of that being the most popular pastime. However, at that young age and even older, 11 or 12, are children fully able to balance their usage? Do they know when to take a […]

Preview: The Intimacy Gap: Three Essentials for Friendships

We all have at least one friend, but how fulfilled are you with the depth of that friendship? Many people are not satisfied with the friendships they have and want more. Sometimes we assume friends can read our minds and we get hurt when they can’t. Are we left unsatisfied because we lose friends as we change locations […]