The News on Tuesday, Dec. 9: Sustainable Brands International at Fontainebleau

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I am attending the Sustainable Brands International conference today at the newly refurbished Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. “With 107,000 square feet of indoor meeting space, Fontainebleau Miami Beach caters to groups of every scale and type, from executive board meetings to large-scale conventions. Meeting space includes three elegant ballrooms totaling 66,000 square feet that will …

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What the Writers Strike is Really About: San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 12, 2007

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To see how valuable our creations are, you simply have to look at the Disney Corporation’s recent fight to maintain its copyright of Mickey Mouse. In 1998 Congress passed the Copyright Term Extension Act, also know as the “Mickey Mouse Protection Act.” It extended copyright terms in the United States by 20 years. The loss …

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The Middle

by FemmebotBusiness, Career, Graphic Novel, Gysela & the B-O-Y, Scripts, The Witches of Coconut GrovePosted on Comments are Disabled

Gysela’s dreams were coming true. The B-O-Y in charge gave her money to start her own publication, however, it was about a subject she knew nothing about. She tried not to let that fact stop her. She hired freelance writers, built a web site…It was fun and happy until a major company deadline came around. …

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A B-O-Y finally made himself relevant today.

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I think because he his a B-O-Y, he thinks he doesn’t have to hustle. Suburban upbringing alert! While Femmebots were told they could do anything, B-O-Yz were brought up feeling insecure and left out. BOO HOO! Make yourself relevant whether you are Femmebot or B-O-Y. And if you’re a Femmebot, align yourself with B-O-Yz who …

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To the Femmebots of Miami

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My strengths: Connecting dots, managing time, 90% confident, physically attractive, thoughtful, generous, spontaneous, 99% happy, creative, headstrong…being a Latina writer and helping all my Latina writers with big mouths and big ideas — Marga Gomez, you know who you are. My weaknesses: Impatient, managing time, desperate for attention, headstrong, know-it-all, judgmental, self-conscious, power trippy, spontaneous, …

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Email pitching: Timing, syntax and facts are everything.

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In our jobs we have a lot of persuading to do. But if you try to persuade too much you sound desperate. No one likes a desperate woman, so why would they respond to a desperate email? What if you just tease? What if you don’t need their business like you don’t necessarily need a …

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