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Speaker: Aja Bradley Kemp, Founder & Chief Experience Officer at Conversate Collective
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For some brides, the most exciting part of the wedding planning process is shopping for the dress– for others, it’s the part they dread the most. If you are the later, you’re in luck! There are a ton of options if you are not here for the whole ‘white dress’ thing: Pick a different colour. For some brides, it’s not so much the dress that bugs them but the fact that they are expected to wear white.
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A 2018 study showed that only 3 percent of venture partners are Black, but event tech company Bevy’s latest funding round sparked change with a 70 percent Black investor pool. This initiative leads the way for organizational success and inclusive solutions. It has been over a year since our industry was unexpectedly hit with a […]. The post Event Tech Company Bevy Prioritizes Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Latest Funding Round by Keneisha Williams appeared first on [link].
At Eventbrite, the wellbeing of our global employees is top priority. We want every single Briteling to feel empowered to show up and do their best work every day, so we reimagined our workplace philosophy to let them choose the model that works best for them. Reimagining work at Eventbrite The first thing we did […].
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