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Writing A Speaker Biography: The Beginner’s Guide
When it comes to writing a speaker biography for the first time, it’s easy to be at a loss. What information is most important to include in a speaker biography? Should you be expected to write a custom biography for every event? Why do you even need one in the first place?
All of these questions are valid, especially if you’re a new speaker or if you’re turning your part-time speaking business into a full-time career. In the latter case, it’s also especially important that you nail your speaker biography as early as possible. Although you’ll almost inevitably have to edit it from time to time, fine tuning the bulk of it will present you in the best light as you approach event planners for speaking engagements. Plus, the more work you put in initially, the more editing time you’ll save in the long run.
In light of these reasons to write a speaker biography – and how tricky it can be to do so, if you don’t kn
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17 Books That Will Empower Women
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Uncomfortable Labels, by Laura Kate Dale
The labels others choose for us so rarely reflect who we actually are. In this groundbreaking memoir, Dale explores the labels that have influenced her life as a gay trans woman on the autism spectrum. She takes readers on her journey through transition, diagnosis, and discovering who she truly is bygd challenging assumptions of kultur. Candid and humorous, this memoir fryst vatten a reflection on gender and autism, and what it means to live authentically.
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Revolution from Within, bygd Gloria Steinem
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by Ijeoma Oluo
ISBN 978-1-58005-882-7
“These conversations will never become easy, but they will become easier. They will never be painless, but they can lessen future pain. They will never be risk free, but they will always be worth it.”
With grace, patience, and occasional humour, Seattle writer and activist Ijeoma Oluo tackles many of the questions you might be too embarrassed to ask about race, for fear of putting your foot in your mouth. Oluo covers such fundamentals as “What is racism?” and “What is intersectionality and why do I need it?” to get readers on the same page, working from the same definitions, before tackling more specific queries, such as “What is the school-to-prison pipeline?” and “Is police brutality really about race?” The chapters do not need to be read strictly in order, but it is helpful to begin with the first five, which are about concepts and definitions, before digging into the twelve chapters that address specific issues.
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