TED: Cristina Domenech: Poetry that frees the soul - Cristina Domenech (2014)

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“It’s said that to be a poet, you have to go to hell and back.” Cristina Domenech teaches writing at an Argentinian prison, and she tells the moving story of helping incarcerated people express themselves, understand themselves — and glory in the freedom of language. Watch for a powerful reading from one of her students, an inmate, in front of an audience of 10,000. In Spanish with subtitles.

Negotiation Skills: When It’s Better to Be in the Dark

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When your agent negotiates on your behalf, it’s generally smart to have her keep you in the loop throughout the process with regular phone calls, e-mails, or meetings. But in a recent article in Poets & Writers magazine, literary agent Betsy Lerner identified conditions in which you might prefer to be uninformed.

Global Ecommerce: The $1.2 trillion opportunity outside North America

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Excerpt: More than $1 trillion in ecommerce sales will come from outside North America this year. How can your company grabs its share? To find out, we conducted a video interview Don Davis, Editor-in-Chief, Internet Retailer. Davis shared what he learned from his recent trip to Shanghai and provided tips for ecommerce companies looking to expand internationally.

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