Spreading the Word

The power of the media - both print and digital - should not be overlooked. Advertisements, written articles, and job opening postings in diversity-related publications are a good way to specifically target female and minority engineering candidates. 

Most of the professional organizations that represent diverse engineers have national (monthly or quarterly) magazines, and their local 

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With the Get a Life incident I began a practice that helped me to cope with harassment. I decided that any time one of these hateful hurts was thrown at me I would treat it like manure, which happens to make things grow nicely. I wrote a letter to Julia and told her that every time I was a recipient of harassment I would send her money to help her pay for copying and mailing MCS information out to other people. So I used my painful experiences as a way to spread the word. 

I want to spread the word about the dangers of environmental illness and about how easy it would be to prevent it. It s not a pipe dream. I ve seen it. I want people to know the best of what s happening around the world, and not accept anything less—in terms of environment, health care, human rights and disability rights. 

Lines 46 and 47 say she sold it to remain true to her original intent, which was, according to line 11, to spread the word about George s single tax theory. 

Several dozens, Aspasia said coldly. But he did have favorites. We are spreading the word, and for the warning we have to thank you and Alfeo. ... 

After drugs are approved, the FDA tracks reports of errors due to drug name confusion and spreads the word to health professionals, along with recommendations for avoiding future problems. For example, the FDA has reported errors involving the inadvertent administration of methadone, a drug used to treat opiate dependence, rather than the intended Metadate ER (methylphenidate) for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity... 

Osis spread the word that he was looking for people who could have OOBEs at will. For those who contacted him, he arranged for a flyby experiment at a designated time. The self-professed OOBE traveler was to try to have an OOBE and travel to a laboratory room at the American Society for Psychical Research. He or she was to mail a description of that room to Osis. About 100 persons have been tested this way, but Osis... 

When it comes time for a baby shower, take some control and apply our less-is-more rule. Tell whoever is organizing it to spread the word that you d be much happier with fewer organic items versus a nursery of plastic. You could register at an organic store or possibly even include a list of Web sites (see page 151) in the invitation. 

Many pharmacies have used these tools successfully to spread the word about new and existing goods and services. Newspaper, radio, and television advertisements are used commonly by pharmacies. Pharmacies also employ promotional tools such as telephone book listing, coupons, newsletters, brochures, prescriber and patient mailings, health screenings, and presentations to civic groups. Some pharmacies have worked with the media to inform the public about their participation in public health events such as the Great American Smokeout or Talk About Prescriptions month. 

I can spread the word, if you Hke. Put it about what you ve been doing ... 

The process of spreading the word is additionally aided by a cooperative industrial trade press, which republishes Tech Brief information for expanded circulation. In 1977 innovations reported in Tech Briefs generated over 120,000 requests for additional technical information, concrete evidence that the publications program is playing an important part in inspiring broad secondary use of NASA technology. 

There would be little reason to fear it being detected in your hip pocket. The only way anyone would know would be if you spread the word around and someone told the law you were carrying it. 

The Manufacturing Chemists Association, the Society of the Plastics Industry, and the Society of Plastics Engineers have accepted a share of the industry s public relations responsibility. They, as well as others, will have to continue to spread the word on plastics through schools, colleges, industry, and to the consumer by the means of press, radio, and TV. 

When he invented this adhesive, Silver had no specific ideas for its use, so he spread the word of his discovery to his fellow employees at 3M to see if anyone had an application for it. In addition, over the next several years development was carried out to improve the adhesive s properties. It was not until 1974 that the idea for Post-it Notes popped up. One Sunday Art Fry, a chemical engineer for 3M, was singing in his church choir when he became annoyed that the bookmark in his hymnal kept falling out. He thought to himself that it would be nice if the bookmark were sticky enough to stay in place but not so sticky that it couldn t be moved. Luckily, he remembered Silver s glue—and the Post-it Note was born. 

Furthermore, don t forget to use your network. Call everyone and anyone It will be a pleasant surprise to discover how many people have helpful information or advice concerning your job hunt. Your biggest goal should be to spread the word ever3where that you are searching for a job—fhe nefwork you begin to build and use now will be one of the richest veins to tap for resources, ideas, and support in the future. 

What tends to happen using this approach is that these people act as apostles and then spread the word, showing others the great new tools that they know how to use. This approach results in a groundswell of interest that culminates in people coming to you that are highly motivated to leam. However, for this approach to work, the CIDBS must be of sufficient quality to maintain the interest... 

Story-telling was used to spread the word about successful interventions where, for example, a scrub nurse had constructively challenged a consnltant and thwarted a potential incident. A newsletter was prodnced called It s complicated which shared good practice and enabled theatre teams to learn from each other. 

Spread the word about the benefits of waste minimization and other laboratory pollution prevention efforts. 

When he invented this adhesive. Silver had no specific ideas for its use, so he spread the word of his discovery to his fellow employees at 3M to see if anyone had an application for it. In addition, over the next several years development was carried out to improve the adhesive s properties. It was not until 1974 that the idea for... 

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