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January 18, 2021 By Jennifer Kelly Leave a Comment

“The more we see, the more we are capable of seeing.” – Maria Mitchell

A woman’s pursuit to reach for the stars

For centuries the night sky has captured humanity’s collective curiosity, however, despite its pursuit to understand the universe and what lay beyond our imagination, the field of astronomy has largely the purview of men.

That began to change in the mid 19th century, thanks to Maria Mitchell, an American astronomer, librarian, educator and perhaps most importantly, a trailblazer for women’s rights.  Born in 1818, in the small seaside town of Nantucket, Massachusetts, Mitchell was one of 10 children in her family. As a Quaker family, her mother and father strongly valued education and believed that girls were entitled to the same education as boys.

While this attitude was rare at the time, her father made sure Mitchell and all of her siblings were taught about nature and astronomy, while her mother’s employment at two libraries ensured they had more than enough books to support their education. At a young age, Mitchell showed an early interest in astronomy and advanced mathematics. To encourage her to pursue her passion, her father taught her to operate a number of astronomical instruments including chronometers, sextants and simple refracting telescopes.  Mitchell also regularly helped her father observe the night sky for local seamen. 

After attending an all-girls school until she was 16, Mitchell went on to open her own school, where she developed experimental teaching methods to help her students succeed. During her time at the school she made the decision to allow nonwhite children to attend her school, a move that was extremely controversial at the time because the local public school in her community was still segregated.

Following her career as a school educator and administrator, Mitchell began working as the first librarian of the Nantucket Atheneum in 1836 and held the position for 20 years.The institution’s limited operating hours enabled her to assist her father with a series of astronomical observations and geographical calculations for the U.S. Coast Survey and to continue her own education.

During this time, Mitchell and her father worked in a small observatory constructed on the roof of a bank building with a four-inch equatorial telescope provided by the U.S. government. In addition to looking for nebulae and double stars, the pair produced latitudes and longitudes by calculating the altitudes of stars and the moon.

After years of observations, on October 1, 1847 she made a career-changing discovery when she discovered Comet 1847 VI, which would later be called “Miss Mitchell’s Comet.” She discovered the comet after she began to notice an unknown object flying through the sky in an area where she previously had seen any other activity.

Excited by her potential discovery, but aware of society’s views about women, Mitchell published a notice of her discovery in Silliman’s Journal in January 1848 under her father’s name. The following month, she submitted more details about her calculation of the comet’s orbit and made sure to use her name as the original discoverer.

Fast forward two years later and in 1848, Mitchell was awarded a gold medal prize for her discovery by King Christian VIII of Denmark. Soon after her discovery and award, Mitchell became a celebrity with hundreds of newspaper articles written about her in the subsequent decade.A year later, in 1849, Mitchell accepted a computing position with the U.S. Coast Survey and was appointed professor of astronomy at Vassar College.

During her professorship, Mitchell also edited the astronomical column of Scientific American and became the first woman elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She also joined the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1850 and befriended many of its members, including the director of the Smithsonian Institution, Joseph Henry.

While Mitchell passed away in 1889, her discovery and subsequent work as a female astronomer firmly cemented her place in American history, and helped inspire generations of women to pursue a career in science for centuries to come.

“We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.”

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October 27, 2018 By Jennifer Kelly Leave a Comment

Insider Secrets to Grow Your Audience Using Twitter

Insider Secrets to Grow Your Audience Using Twitter

Did you know that there are over 330 million Twitter users and that on average, 6,000 Tweets are tweeted per second? (That’s about a billion Tweets every two days, in case you were trying to do that math in your head.)

With that kind of volume, Twitter can be a great way to build awareness and increase business for your company.

I’m Jen Kelly creator of Nimble Quotes™, the 10,000 quote subscription service that posts inspirational quotes to your Twitter feed as if you’ve tweeted them yourself.

The thing is, quotes alone won’t do all the work for you but if they fit with your brand, they are a great part of any Twitter content strategy.

I get a lot of questions from my Nimble Quotes™ community about how to get the most out of using Twitter, like:

  • How do I get more followers?
  • What should I post?
  • How do I stand out from everyone else on Twitter?
  • How do I start a conversation with people on Twitter?

The thing is, you can start using Twitter today. You don’t need anyone to approve your friend request like on Facebook, or approve your request to be part of someone’s business network like on LinkedIn.  Twitter doesn’t have the gatekeeper problem.

I think of Twitter as a giant open-air office where you are allowed and quite frankly, welcome, to drop by anyone’s desk to see what they are doing. You don’t have to be invited, but you do have to be respectful.

Think of what this opportunity can do for you! Want to get in touch with a journalist who covers your industry? Start following them on Twitter. Want to collaborate with companies in a different city than you are in? Start following them on Twitter. See what I mean by “dropping by their desk”?

To share more of what I’ve learned and what I think many people are missing about Twitter, I’ve decided to pull together some of my best insider marketing secrets, that I’ve learned to help you get the most out of Twitter and Nimble Quotes™.

Over the next few weeks, I’ll share some of my best tips, tools and insights that will help you get your message out to more people and grow your business.

Watch the short video below and discover why I love Twitter so much and how you can use it to make a big impact on your own business.

Click here to watch the video.  

 

For more information visit Nimble Quotes an inspirational quote content service from New Initiatives Marketing.

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May 15, 2018 By Jennifer Kelly Leave a Comment

4 Quotes to Inspire the Busy Entrepreneur to take a Holiday

4 Quotes to Inspire the Busy Entrepreneur to take a Holiday

Summer’s coming, and who doesn’t love getting away for some fun and sun? While camping trips, cottaging or beach vacations are the highlights of many summer adventures, busy entrepreneurs often find it difficult to drag themselves away from work for some much-needed downtime. As much as we all appreciate your dedicated work ethic, we can’t stress enough how important it is to disconnect from time to time. A holiday can aid in reducing stress and anxiety, help clear your mind and allow new ideas to flow. By allowing yourself a vacation from work, you’ll actually improve your efficiency when you return!

It’s time to stop making excuses and start making time for yourself!

We know entrepreneurs love finding inspiration and motivation in quotes, so we’ve compiled a list to help you tear yourself away from the office and take a well-deserved break.

“The world is full of travellers.
Once in a year go to someplace you have never been before.
You will meet Confused seekers, Hopeful wanderers, Enthusiastic story-tellers, Happy families.
Look into their eyes and stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you’d drop dead any moment.
Look at the world. It’s more beautiful than any dream you’d have ever seen.
Make the most beautiful travel diary and open it up to your third generation because only your grandchildren will understand what your children will fail to.”
― Ranjani Ramachandran

Although our businesses are extremely important to us as entrepreneurs, there is more to life than just work. Be sure to open your eyes and take it all in.

“Reaching the top requires taking a good break every time you need it! On the way up, you must never hesitate to stop for a while!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

Don’t burn yourself out trying to reach the top, enjoy the journey to success.

“Every person needs to take one day away.  A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future.  Jobs, family, employers, and friends can exist one day without any one of us, and if our egos permit us to confess, they could exist eternally in our absence.  Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.”
― Maya Angelou, Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now

If you really can’t manage to take a full vacation, at least give yourself one day of relaxation and rejuvenation.

Quotes are meant to inspire, so hopefully, we’ve inspired your inner traveller to get out there and enjoy the summer. Remember:

“Life’s short. Eat dessert first, work less and vacation MORE!!”

― Lea Mishell

Jen Kelly is a marketing consultant in Toronto, owner of Nimble Quotes and CEO of New Initiatives Marketing Inc. (NIM) serving growing businesses in Canada and the USA. NIM is the team to call for marketing execution excellence.

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March 19, 2018 By Jennifer Kelly Leave a Comment

Great Quotes from Surprising Sources

Great Quotes from Surprising Sources

What makes a great quote? It seems that it has little to do with who said it and more to do with how relatable it is to people in general. Want proof? Check out these quotes and see if you can guess who might have said them. (Answers at the end)

  1. “When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.”
  2. “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
  3. “Nothing is impossible. The word itself says, ‘I’m possible’.”
  4. “A lot of people give up just before they’re about to make it. You know you never know when that next obstacle is going to be the last one.”
  5. “You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.”
  6. “Never a failure, always a lesson.”
  7. “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.”
  8. “The difference between winning and losing is most often not quitting.”
  9. “Once you choose hope, anything’s possible.”
  10. “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”

How did you do?

  1. Ellen DeGeneres
  2. Albert Einstein
  3. Audrey Hepburn
  4. Chuck Norris
  5. Wayne Gretzky
  6. Rihanna
  7. Dolly Parton
  8. Walt Disney
  9. Christopher Reeve
  10. Dr Seuss

Life is a continuous journey of learning.  Quotes help us remember important advice and social media offers the chance to share our wisdom with those we love.

Quotes are great little tidbits of life lessons. They keep us thinking, laughing, questioning, striving, and sometimes even crying, but they connect us to ourselves and to each other.

We use and share quotes for many different reasons, whether it be inspiration, motivation or simply just conversation. As we found out, amazing quotes can come from unexpected sources. Have you ever said something and thought, “Hey, that would make a great quote!”?

If so, I’d love it if you click the comment button and share some of your personal wisdom with us! If you don’t think you’ve ever said anything quote-worthy, I encourage you to listen more closely, because I bet you have.

Jen Kelly is a marketing consultant in Toronto, owner of Nimble Quotes and CEO of New Initiatives Marketing Inc. (NIM) serving growing businesses in Canada and the USA. NIM is the team to call for marketing execution excellence.

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December 28, 2016 By Jennifer Kelly 4 Comments

3 Successful Women Whose Words about Wealth Will Inspire You

shutterstock_274684448Koa Beck, Senior Editor for Daily Worth, reports that research indicates women are discouraged from showing pride for their accomplishments – especially their financial ones. When a woman talks about her achievements, others say she is “not a team player,” which is code for she’s not “lady-like.” Fortunately, we love women who are bold enough to speak out about their wealth! Here are three successful women whose words about wealth will inspire you.

Ivy Baker Priest – “We women don’t care too much about getting our pictures on money as long as we can get our hands on it.”

Ivy Baker Priest served as U.S. Treasurer from 1953-1961. She effectively managed the women’s division of the Republican National Committee and was instrumental in encouraging women to vote. Her quote confirms that there’s nothing wrong with women who state their intention to gain money. After all, how else will you be determined to reach that goal?

But though you may want money, don’t let it become the focus of your life…

Marian Wright Edelman – “Never work just for money or for power. They won’t save your soul or help you sleep at night.”

Marian Wright Edelman is president and founder of the Children’s Defense Fund, a non-profit organization that protects children from abuse and poverty. She became the first African-American woman to pass the Mississippi Bar exam and represented a number of civil rights activists during the era. Her wise words suggest that our motivation for work should never be money or power, because neither can bring peace in life.

It’s better to manage your money well…

Elizabeth Warren – “Balancing your money is the key to having enough.”

Massachusetts State Senator Elizabeth Warren is an advocate of consumer financial protection and author of 10 personal finance books. Her works include, All Your Worth: A Lifetime Money Plan and The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle Class Parents Are Going Broke. Her words remind us to manage our money properl,y so we always have enough in our bank accounts.

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