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How to hit a wall at work, with grace | Penelope Trunk's Brazen.

Penelope Trunk

After all, I have this remarkable ability to know what works with social media even though clearly I am not able to use any tool the normal way. That is the only way we get to our goals, the only way the tortoise beats the hare in the race, the only way that we can look back and be so proud of our accomplishments. Perseverance.

IT 104
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How to write about your life | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

It’s interesting because of the media he chose, it’s interesting because of the timing, and it’s interesting because it’s a haiku: Financial crisis/Stalled too many customers/CEO no more The bar is high if you want to be interesting. You do it behind a curtain with shadows, giving hints of it, but not giving too much detail.

IT 111
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How to manage a college education | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

Career centers don’t understand social media. And social media is the fastest, most effective way for you to build a network. It only serves to limit you in the social media world. The generation that grew up with social media is the most effective at communicating of any generation in history. How does this help you?

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Martin Luther King Day Special: Racism is alive and kicking.

Penelope Trunk

The reason we did that is because according to Cone , 50% of generation Y communicate with companies through social media. But they are also the type of people who the media can so easily brain wash. Now the nation with the most powerful military in world history seems to be afraid of its own shadow and any dissent or disagreement.

IT 111