Monthly Archives: March 2020

How the Coronavirus is Affecting Short-Term Rental Business Owners & Travelers

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Virus
18 Mar

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is now a global pandemic that has altered many facets of human life in the past few months, especially in the past couple of weeks, as countries are taking measures to contain the outbreak and protect the safety of their citizens. The travel industry has especially been affected as people are being forced to cancel or change their preexisting travel plans, whether international or domestic, as more countries are being labeled as high risk areas for contracting the virus. 

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Know the Rules of the GameⓇ for Intelligent Ocean Management

Posted on by Desiree Patno
MARE
18 Mar

Listen now for an all new episode of Know the Rules of the GameⓇ for Intelligent Ocean Management with your host Desiree Patno, CEO & President of NAWRB, and guest Kellie Aamodt, Board Member of Marine Research and Exploration (MARE), and Former UPS, VP of Corporate Inside Sales. Desiree and Kellie, along with MARE representatives Erin O’Toole, Director of Development, and Natasha Benjamin, Policy & Outreach Director, discuss important things to know about deep subtidal ecosystems and ocean conservation/recovery. Listen here: https://www.nawrb.com/podcast/ or listen on YouTube here!

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Staying at Home while Keeping Your Sanity!

Posted on by Kendall Roderick
staying at home
16 Mar

Things are changing. We are officially experiencing something that hasn’t happened before, and I don’t mean the coronavirus because— let’s face it—  there was the Black Death that ran through China and across Europe in the 14th century. There will always be sickness and unpredictability, but this is the first time in the modern world that we are acting as a group to deal with its uncertainty. Which, more or less, has meant staying inside, with limited travel and stocking up like a true “prepper.”

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WHER Chat: 50 Percent of Global Managers at Unilever are Women

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Blog_Boardrooms
12 Mar

London-based consumer goods based company Unilever announced significant achievements they have made towards reaching gender parity among their global managers. According to their announcement on March 3, 2020, women now make up 50 percent of management globally at their company. This figure has increased 12 percent since ten years ago, when women made up 38 percent off management.

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Know the Rules of the GameⓇ for Community Service

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11 Mar

Listen now for an all new episode of the podcast Know the Rules of the GameⓇ for Community Service with your host Desiree Patno, CEO & President of NAWRB, and special guest Zeeda Daniele, President at Central Park Promotions Inc., which specializes in urban housing, wealth building, music and entertainment marketing and outreach. Zeeda and Desiree talk about the responsibility organizations and boards have to give back to their local communities, such as helping to address societal issues such as homelessness and the aging population, and the best ways to serve within their capacities. Listen here:https://www.nawrb.com/podcast/ or listen on YouTube here!

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NDILC Celebrates International Women’s Day: Inclusion Isn’t Enough, Press for Parity

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Women
05 Mar

NAWRB’s Diversity & Inclusion Leadership Council (NDILC) is proud to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8th, 2020, a worldwide global event celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. As part of Women’s History Month—which stems from a group of New York women factory workers protesting for better working conditions on this day in 1857—March 8th was first recognized and observed as International Women’s Day in 1909. 

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Women’s History Month 2020 Celebrates “Valiant Women of the Vote”

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The month of March is Women’s History Month, dedicated to recognizing and celebrating the central role of women in American history. Women’s History Month began as Women’s History Week in 1981 and was observed as such until 1986. Beginning in 1987, resulting from petitions from the National Women’s History Project, Congress extended the week to a month. Every year, Congress passes a resolution for Women’s History Month, and the president issues a proclamation.

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NDILC Introduces Ten Women Leadership Principles

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10Principles1Blog
02 Mar

NAWRB’s Diversity & Inclusion Leadership Council (NDILC) is proud to introduce their Ten Women Leadership Principles, which they collectively created to help women in the workforce become more effective leaders at any stage of their careers, and empower other women to reach their full potential. This is a universal guide for all levels of leadership, and any woman can benefit from applying them. 

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