Katrina Majkut is creating in feminism, art, and writing. She is a visual artist and writer dedicated to exploring and understanding feminine narratives and civil rights in aesthetics and social practices within mediums such as embroidery, painting, and writing. She recently exhibited at the Mint Museum, NC and was an Artist in Residence at MASS MoCA. Majkut also […]
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Back in December of 2012 I hosted the first ConnectorCon while I was still working in business development at an educational technology start up. I had been to a conference earlier that year that I was not impressed with and I thought it would be cool to try and do something better. So on November
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There’s something about back-to-school season that makes me want to create. That promise of new knowledge, a shift in social commitments allowing for more personal work, crisp wisps of clear air promising chilly, cloudy afternoons that are ideal for writing, rehearsing, designing, collaborating. My biggest goals have nearly all been achieved in the fall: producing my play, finishing both books, even
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After the past decade of working with people to create a Game Plan for achieving their personal and professional goals, I’m excited to launch the first Pregame Clubhouse this August in Portland, Oregon. Our Pregame PDX Clubhouse is a space dedicated to giving you the guidance, support, and connections you need to move forward. It’s your headquarters away from the hustle,
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Thomas Edison had to try thousands of prototypes before achieving a successful light bulb. His response to people telling him to give up on the idea was “I have not failed. I just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.“ The most rewarding things in life are not usually the easiest, and I’d like to recall
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With this month’s focus on challenges, setbacks, and failures, I thought I’d share my favorite tool that keeps me grounded both in business and in life. The tool is actually a philosophy: Whatever is in front of you is your teacher. I use this phrase every day, when I come up against an obstacle or am
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For reasons too complicated to explain here, I held down two “part-time” jobs this year. One on Long Island and one in Manhattan, all the while living in the Bronx. If you are already thinking I am crazy, you are right. It was a year riddled with obstacles, long commutes, crazy hours (thus the “part-time”
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