by danarubin | Aug 28, 2019 | Communication, Leadership, Thought Leadership, Women Leaders
by Dana Rubin_____On May 10, 1866, an African-American woman stepped up to make a speech in New York City. She looked out at the audience of mostly white women and began with a half-apology.“I feel I am something of a novice upon this platform,” she said. And then she...
by danarubin | Aug 28, 2019 | Communication, Leadership, Thought Leadership, Women Leaders
by Dana Rubin_____In a criminal court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a trial has resumed for women who’ve done nothing more than use their voice.The trial is part of a year-long Saudi government crackdown against human rights campaigners — 14 women and several men who...
by danarubin | Jun 21, 2019 | Communication, Leadership, Thought Leadership, Women Leaders
by Dana Rubin_____For a long time I’ve wondered, why don’t we associate women with powerful speaking? Why do we assume that women aren’t as successful as men at persuasion and influence when they step up to the stage?I decided to take a deeper dive and began looking...
by danarubin | Jun 21, 2019 | Communication, Leadership, Thought Leadership, Women Leaders
by Dana Rubin_____A fascinating and quirky new collection of speeches helps fill an important gap in the history of the spoken – and unspoken – word.In Speeches of Note: An Eclectic Collection of Orations Deserving a Wider Audience, author and literary...
by danarubin | Jun 20, 2019 | Communication, Leadership, Thought Leadership, Women Leaders
by Dana Rubin_____History is full of examples of women who’ve spoken out for their beliefs, but how would you know it? What women say has seldom been recorded or remembered.But finally that’s changing. It’s refreshing to see two new collections...
by danarubin | Jun 20, 2019 | Leadership, Thought Leadership, Women Leaders
by Dana Rubin_____This week my mother turns 90. As my family gathers to celebrate her long life, it’s also an opportunity to reflect on nine decades in American history.My mother was born in 1929. As a child she took swimming lessons in a segregated municipal pool in...
