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Where Women Want 2013 to Take UsThe women of Connect: Professional Women’s Network share

their predictions for what will change the world next year.

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Everyone worldwide accepts global warming as a reality and gets

together to work together for the betterment of our world!

Nancy PloegerPresident, Manhattan

Chamber of Commerce

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I'm really hoping that the big thing next year is face to face

communication. To quote a friend, it is the new social media.

Sherry AlexisOwner, Fixed Impressions

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The addition of virtual education programs will enable school

systems to address student needs more efficiently and effectively.

Trained professionals are sometimes unavailable and are costly, so

this has created a limitation to preparation for future careers. Mary Anne HippEducational Consultant

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Women-owned businesses will reach unexpected heights. Women

in leadership will also reach unprecedented heights. Educated

women will far outweigh men.Brenda S.

Owner, Gift Basket Villas

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The most exciting thing that may happen is the passage of HR25,

The Fair Tax Bill. This will change our entire tax structure by

eliminating the IRS and imposing a new consumption tax, (about

23%), based not on what we earn but what we spend at the retail

level.

Donna TidwellOwner, Home Realty

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I want this to be the year that employers look at what someone can

contribute without trying to box them into exactly 40 hours. For

many families or couples, having two spouses working 40+ hours

per week is a strain.  Wendy HuffmanDirector of Email

Marketing

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As businesses vie for consumer dollars, the paradigm shift will be

customer satisfaction. Given our communication capabilities,

businesses who are not prepared to meet what they profess will

suffer the consequences. Priscilla MillerAdministrative

Professional

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People will begin to live their dreams like never before, follow their

bliss and integrate it with their work, their personal lives, their

communities. The companies they work for will love it because they

too will benefit and make more money as a result. Julianna DawsonAuthor, Speaker

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Because a high percentage of the population is getting older (and

wiser), communities will be different, more self-sufficient, more like

villages or small towns. Brenda S.

Owner, Gift Basket Villas

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For more great insights from Connect members, check out the discussion: What One Big Idea is Going to Change the World Next Year? You can also read more big ideas from LinkedIn’s influencers here.

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