How Madskills is Reframing Virtual Work and Moving the Needle

September 7, 2018 by Anna Blanch Rabe
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Madskills is Reframing Virtual Work and helping to move the needle which has military spouse unemployment at over 4 times the national average. Their business model includes a B2B revenue model, and an important social impact model – providing qualified and talented military spouse contractors to businesses who need their specialist skills. I will disclose here that Anna Blanch Rabe & Associates provides some services to Madskills. We are proud of this relationship – but we wanted to be upfront in sharing it! Madskills Founders Continue reading →

Milspouse Resource and OakTree Network Makes Business Connections Possible

August 24, 2018 by Anna Blanch Rabe
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Britni Miltner is a problem solver. Milspouse Resource and specifically the OakTree Network is a response to the problem of military spouse business owners being able to connect with each other and for those who are looking at hiring a service business. OakTree Network provides platform to connect and hire military spouse service business owners Britni founded the Milspouse Resource and OakTree Network because she wanted to provide a place for military spouses to be able to connect and hire each other for local service Continue reading →

Why our CEO is working on a Doctoral degree

August 22, 2018 by Anna Blanch Rabe
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Our CEO is working on a doctoral degree in English Language and Literature. Why? To serve you better. Yes, she knows that doctoral degrees don’t always increase financial earning capacity, but she is insatiable about learning how to write more effectively, develop better arguments, and explain complicated ideas to non-specialist audiences. Audiences like your law firm’s clients. She wants to reinforce her education and experience teaching others how to write well. Her pedagogical training and experience teaching/lecturing/working as a teaching assistant at four universities means Continue reading →

Why You should care about Legal Client Education

August 20, 2018 by Anna Blanch Rabe
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Let’s face it. I know you’re asking why you as an attorney should care about legal client education. After all, aren’t they paying you because of how much you know? Well, no. They are paying you to add value. Bottom line: most of the time, our clients don’t understand us. In every context where I’ve worked, whether in law, higher education, non-profit or social enterprise and within the military community, general legal literacy was poor. And in the many negotiations, emails, conference calls, deals, everything Continue reading →

How MilKids Ed is fighting for the education of military children

August 17, 2018 by Anna Blanch Rabe
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Meg Flanagan and MilKids Ed is a champion and advocate for the education of military children. Changing schools is nothing new for military kids. My own husband attended 12 schools during his early years, and experienced every type of educational environment imaginable – from montessori, to japanese preschool, to coop, to public school, private school, Catholic School, and even homeschooling for two years in highschool. His experience is anything but unique. But that doesn’t mean it’s not hard for many military kids – sometimes, especially Continue reading →

From Attorney to Media Company CEO: Sarah Wilkerson

August 10, 2018 by Anna Blanch Rabe
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Sarah Wilkerson forges her own path: Attorney to Media Company CEO Sarah Wilkerson’s story starts out in a way that is all too familiar. Professional military spouse is hindered by the different state licensing rules and looks for a career alternative. Finding something creative she makes a new career for herself. But in the case of Sarah Wilkerson, an attorney who found that practicing law while her active duty husband served in the JAG corps was near impossible, there’s a successful twist, she’s now the Continue reading →

Vetted: leveraging military experience for private sector success

August 3, 2018 by Anna Blanch Rabe
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VETTED transitions Veteran leaders into industry disruptors and entrepreneurs of tomorrow through a Veteran education platform in partnership with top MBA programs. Their vision is to strengthen the private sector with our nation’s military talent. I wanted to share the work of Vetted as part of our Friday Feature: non profit leaders interview series because Dr Melgar-C’De Baca is inspiring in her own right, let alone the work that she is doing with VETTED Foundation! Dr Alba Melgar-C’De Baca finds her own post-transition mission with VETTED Foundation Continue reading →

Anna Blanch Rabe & Associates CEO honored with International Businesswoman Awards

July 30, 2018 by Anna Blanch Rabe
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Acquisition International Announce the Winners of the 2018 Influential Businesswoman Awards United Kingdom, 2018 – Acquisition International Magazine have announced the winners of the 2018 Influential Businesswoman Awards. The Influential Businesswoman Awards returns in 2018 to add their voice to the masses who believe gender equality is the only solution for a sustainable global economy. Promoting and encouraging women to take part in entrepreneurial endeavours and providing opportunities in market-based enterprises is key to lifting communities across the world. Despite this however, we recognise that female Continue reading →

Helping Heroes Fly: Bringing Families Together

July 27, 2018 by Anna Blanch Rabe
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Helping Heroes Fly helps service members connect with their families! Helping Heroes Fly, a 501(c)(3)nonprofit organization was founded in February of 2016 by Pam Matt and Terri Keeney to provide airfares to our active duty enlisted military men and women who are frequently unable to purchase their own flights for such things as funerals, the birth of a child, family events, emergencies or just some well deserved R & R. A 2 year old non-profit with lessons to teach us all You will often see interviews Continue reading →

5 reasons why your law firm should not have a blog

July 23, 2018 by Anna Blanch Rabe
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It might seem strange for a company that provides specialist legal content to explain why your law firm should not have a blog, but we pride ourselves on our honesty! When we speak to legal partners and solo attorneys we often find that they don’t know why they have a blog attached to their firm website, or if they do they don’t think it is doing them much good. As much as we create compelling and readable content about legal topics for non-specialist audiences, we Continue reading →