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Talking #BlackLinkedIn and DEI with Patricia Gatlin

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She is also the curator of #BlackLinkedin where she mentions how biased the LinkedIn algorithm is due to which her DEI posts were not getting the same exposure as everyone else. We live in a global world that centers privilege and access around whiteness. Have you seen this discrimination on other social sites, too?

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3 guiding principles for CEOs who post on Twitter

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What a CEO posts on Twitter can raise not only serious reputational issues for themselves and their companies but posting the wrong things at the wrong time can also cause breach of fiduciary duties and may even run afoul of securities laws. These can have a positive correlation with stock prices.

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Join Yext’s Howard Lerman for a live Q&A right now

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PDT, Yext CEO Howard Lerman will join TechCrunch for a live chat. The conversation is part of our continuing Extra Crunch Live series, now in its second season. Given that we just came off one of the most active quarters in recent history for technology companies going public , it’s a good time to dig into the matter.

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UK report spotlights the huge investment gap facing diverse founders

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s Black and multi-ethnic communities, meanwhile, now comprise 14% of the U.K. “While all ethnic entrepreneurs are underfunded, those who are Black experience the poorest outcomes of all,” the report notes, finding just 38 Black entrepreneurs received VC funding over this decade. population. In the U.K.,

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Women IT leaders take center stage

CIO

Cultivating visibility matters for a few reasons,” says Kathryn Guarini, a former IBM CIO and now a board member at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. She shared her insights within her company and with the external professional community, while also hosting office hours and writing blog posts. “I First, you serve as a role model.

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Diversity and inclusion: 7 best practices for changing your culture

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That level of interest and curiosity led to Reaktor employees starting a dedicated Slack channel for neurodiversity matters, a safe space for neurodivergent people and advocates to come together. I sat next to a Black executive, and we started sharing stories,” he says. “At Actions matter, too.

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The Learning Journey We’re On

Next Level Blog

Then, George Floyd was murdered on camera by a police officer and that was the tipping point that led to millions of people worldwide demonstrating to make the point that black lives matter and millions of conversations about what it’s like to live as a person of color. They’ve been both illuminating and extremely moving.