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My submission to the inaugural Write 7 in 7 competition!

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A Willing Participant

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The 48 Hour Film Project is a competition to create a film based on a given genre, character, prop and line that is revealed at 7pm on Friday night and must be written, shot, edited and submitted by Sunday night. Here’s how it went when I participated this past June.

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Girls Gone Mild

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A group of outcast girls at the WASP-filled Victoria Park co-ed Boarding School hatch a series of hare-brained schemes to rise up against their bullying peers.

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Love Drug

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When the practice gets a new hot pharmaceutical representative, Mindy, Danny and the rest of the team get competitive.

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The Leader

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A not-so typical, charismatic teenager works at honing her people skills and laying the foundation for a large and loyal cult.

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Fair is Fair

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Against their better judgement, Jess convinces the gang to visit the fair.

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Teaching Financial Literacy… for Fun!

A few weeks ago, I was listening to a special episode of the Teacher’s Off Duty Podcast with Daymond John and they were talking about teaching kids financial literacy. One idea they mentioned was having an in-class economy, where students earn classroom currency and then have to budget their money accordingly.

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My Salary Range Framework

Two organizations could have the same job description but the workload and emotional labor may be substantially different.

The graphic below will help determine what part of the range is appropriate for your organization.