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By Co-Founders, Rachel Kurth & Anne St. Amant Dear Dot Community, Happy 1 year of The Dot! Whether you’re new to The Dot or have been around since the beginning, please allow us to re-introduce ourselves as a lot has happened over the last year: We’re Rachel & Anne and we’re two young women attorneys […]

Alyson Kriz, Ambassador for The Dot I participated in pageants for several years. Through this experience, I met amazing people and learned important lessons. My experience in pageantry taught me lessons that would extend beyond the crown to my career”   Here’s what I learned: 1.“Different judges, different day.” Every contestant has her own set of […]

By: Brielle Bierman, CPA, Ambassador for The Dot “Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” – Benjamin Franklin, 1789 As we’ve all heard before, there are only two certainties in life: death and taxes. […]

By Sam Moulton, Ambassador for The Dot My first job out of school was a Marketing Coordinator role at a large company, but it was a contract role, meaning, it had a hard end date. When I accepted this job I was just happy to have a “real” job as my first job out of […]

Stephanie Butler, Voices Who Will:Imposter Syndrome is one of the most talked about trends in the world. In fact, when you google search “imposter syndrome,” over 5 million results will pop up. If you’re attending a women’s conference, the topic “overcoming imposter syndrome” will likely be on the agenda. And if you ask a man […]

By Anne St. Amant I’ve had my share of bad days at work in the past few years; they happen to everyone after all! In the context of being an attorney whose job is to litigate, (aka where the disputes mean there’s usually a winner and a loser) , it feels like they just sometimes […]

By: Alexa Rys, The Dot Ambassador How to Plan for being OOO – Personally & Professionally In May, I shared Part 1 of the “Out of Office” Series that outlined my go-to tips & tricks for traveling only – and successfully – by carry-on. I have loved hearing how you have already been practicing your […]

By: Maggie Green, The Dot AmbassadorAnd just like that…we passed the halfway mark on 2023. If you’re like me, you probably rang in the New Year with some lofty goals (which seemed even better when discussed with friends over a glass of champagne), a wave goodbye to the dead weight you planned on leaving behind […]

By: Alexa Rys, The Dot AmbassadorIf you’re like me, you love to travel – especially when it means getting out of the office (whatever your office looks like these days). Balancing being a go-getter in my corporate job and taking much needed time for myself has not always been easy. However, through personal experience and […]

By Anne St. Amant I’ll never forget the first time I felt great in a suit. I’ll also never forget the first time I felt terrible in a suit. The difference between these two moments is the difference in the suit I was wearing. When I felt terrible, I was wearing an ill-fitting suit in […]