Carol Todd is a teacher who works with special needs children and now one of the world’s most innovative leaders of the fight for online safety for children. Carol runs The Amanda Todd Legacy, named after her late daughter, Amanda, who died after being a victim of sexual cyber bullying, cyber crime, and sexual crime advertising. Carol formed the Legacy in order to work on … [Read more...]
Women of Innovation – Alicia Booth
Alicia Booth works with The University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine assisting hearing impaired or deaf medical students through their surgery rotation. Leveraging her experience, education, and specific areas of expertise, she successfully launched an innovative business that filled an untapped niche. Alicia graduated from The University of New Mexico with a BA in … [Read more...]
Women of Innovation – Arabella Santiago
Brilliant and bold, Arabella Santiago is the fifth profile in the “Women of Innovation” series, and she is a woman of astonishing depth and charm. She is Director of Marketing and Communications for Scoop.it, the largest and most connected curation publishing platform for professionals. Arabella came to the United States from the Philippines as a young girl and quickly … [Read more...]
Women of Innovation – Viveka von Rosen
Viveka von Rosen is smart, bold, and fast. You meet her and you hope to get to know her as you sense she knows how to make 'cents' of business. As I spoke with Viveka for the Women of Innovation column, I felt a quick link to the 'LinkedIn Expert' with the contagious laugh. A laugh that says, “You know me---we have known each other for years---even though we just met!” A New … [Read more...]
Women of Innovation – Jen Grisanti
The third business woman to be profiled in Women of Innovation is international speaker Jen Grisanti, an acclaimed story, script, and career consultant at Jen Grisanti Consultancy, Inc. Grisanti is also a writing instructor for NBC’s Writers on the Verge, a former studio executive, a blogger for Huffington Post, and the author of Change Your Story, Change Your Life: A Path … [Read more...]
Women of Innovation – Yumi Wilson
In the second business women profile in my series, Women of Innovation, I am honored to feature Yumi Wilson, Associate Professor of Journalism at San Francisco State University. Yumi is also the Community Manager for two popular LinkedIn Groups, LinkedIn for Journalists and Friends of LinkedIn. Together, these groups have over 40,000 members. Yumi credits much of her success … [Read more...]
Women on Innovation – Dr. Jane Karwoski
For the first post in my series called Women of Innovation, I believe it only fitting to feature my friend, colleague, and business partner, Professor Jane Karwoski. Jane, who also is known by her media name, Dr. J, is an angel investor, a freelance online psychology professor, and an entrepreneur. Embrace Ambiguity One trait that Jane feels has stood her in good stead is … [Read more...]