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How Do You Encourage Women To Join Your Industry?

Associations Now

Women made up 27 percent of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce in the United States in 2011, a decline from 34 percent in 1990, according to the U.S. Faculty also changed the introductory computer-programming class and tailored it to be less intimidating and more fun for women. Census Bureau.

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Leading the way in a flattened world

Plexus Consulting

Worth, President at Plexus Consulting Group, LLC Two books that go a long way to explaining our world, how we got to where we are, as well as the factors that will determine where we are going, are Guns, Germs and Steel (1999) by Jared Diamond and The World is Flat (2005) by Thomas Friedman. This was not always the case, of course.

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950 Attend World's Tallest Building Summit in Dubai ? GrowGlobally.

GlowGlobally

The theme of the conference “Tall And Green: Typology for Sustainable Urban Future” drew an enthusiastic audience to Dubai thanks in part to the world class destination, the 101 papers presented, the 875 page proceedings, and effective local marketing within the region and across the globe.

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Lining Up Ways to Help People Do and Be More: Guillermo Ortiz de Zarate, NCARB

Association Adviser

He also didn’t anticipate creating a software platform that aims to create strong, diverse teams, or to be living in the United States as long as he has, but here he is — and his colleagues at the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) are grateful for his trust-based approach to management and technology.