My article for Melinda Gates's Evoke website
I’ve been a content advisor to Melinda Gates’s Evoke website for a while now, but I recently had the honor of having my first byline on the site. I wrote about how if we want to achieve gender equality, women need to tell our own stories.
Pandemic stories: Meet advocate for Black businesses Elisse Douglass
Learn how Elisse launched a $1 billion investment fund to help Black entrepreneurs nationwide survive the pandemic’s economic impact.
Pandemic stories: Meet advocate for families of children with disabilities Asha Abdullahi
Asha shares how the pandemic is affecting families of children with disabilities, her fear of bringing the virus home to her family, and more.
Pandemic stories: Meet social justice journalist and editorial consultant Carla Murphy
Social justice journalist and editorial consultant Carla Murphy reflects on how the pandemic has heightened the staggering dissonance between the haves and have-nots, and more.
Pandemic stories: Meet doctor, podcaster and mom Neda Frayha
Doctor, podcaster, and mom Neda Frayha offers a glimpse into her daily life right now.
Advice from Nora Ephron on owning your story
Everything that happens to you is fodder for your story — but that doesn’t mean you have to share it.
How women will take the world by storm in 2019
In January of 2020, I want to be able to say that there are more female leaders than ever in every area of our lives. I believe that telling more women’s stories is an essential step on the path to realizing this vision.
What's really going on underneath your aversion to self-promotion?
I'm on a crusade to de-ickify the word "sell" for women.
Why you should know how to describe what you do to a five-year-old
Describing what you do to a five-year-old means being able to distill your work down to its essence.
#Womentofollow on Twitter — and the value of forcing yourself to go to networking events
My #Womentofollow interview — whcih happened because of that dreaded word: networking.
Barack Obama wants a more female world
I share President Obama's vision of a more female world. You know how we get there? More women’s stories. (But you knew I was going to say that.)
How a new LinkedIn profile generated immediate results for Caitlin
Discover how Caitlin overcame her resistance to LinkedIn — and the results that her new profile immediately generated for her.
It's time to change the story we tell ourselves about success
When we run around like crazy, it isn't proof that we're extra-committed, or ambitious. And it is not the inevitable price of wanting a lot out of life. Instead, it is the inevitable result of not being clear on our priorities.
Mighty Forces featured in Leadership Story Lab
Thank you to the Leadership Story Lab for inviting me to contribute my perspective to their blog. I wrote about — you guessed it! — the importance of telling women's stories.
Dead women's stories
There's a lot of talk these days about making sure women are better represented in media. But what about representing women's stories from the past? Learn about a fascinating project that's publishing women's obituaries years after they died.
Women's stories dominated the Golden Globes
The women who were honored used their speeches to address the importance of telling women's stories. Righteous.