About Be Inkandescent Magazine

Hello and welcome to Be Inkandescent: The online magazine for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs. Our new online magazine is published by Inkandescent Public Relations, a PR, Marketing, Publications and Design firm founded in 2008 that helps entrepreneurs get the visibility they need to keep their companies growing.

In January 2010, founder and president Hope Katz Gibbs, a journalist since graduating from the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School of Communications in 1986, launched the e-publication to spread the word about the great entrepreneurial businesses and ideas her clients were spearheading. The online magazine also offers useful tips to other entrepreneurs who are either new to the “work for yourself” world, or are looking to take their companies to the next level.

The gem of the magazine is a regular feature, Entrepreneur of the Month, which spotlights a business owner who earns at least $10 million a year, has been in business for 5 years, and is still running the company they created. These heavy hitters also offer Tips for Entrepeneurs.

Clients of Inkandescent Public Relations are featured in each issue. Prospective clients, or entrepreneurs who just have a great story to tell, are invited to purchase advertorial space on the ezine.

For more information, contact Hope Katz Gibbs:

We’ll look forward to talking to you.

Here’s to your success!

Hope Katz Gibbs, publisher
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BOOKS

What we can learn from "32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny"

Take a trip back to third grade and remember what really matters in life — laughter, kindness, and the joy of being an 8-year-old.

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COOKING SCHOOL

Chef Stephen Sands lists the Top 10 things you need to have in your kitchen

Learn all this and more at Culinaria Cooking School, which officially opens its doors this month. You are invited to attend the Grand Opening on Sunday, Sept. 26. For details and directions, visit us at culinariacookingschool.com.

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EDUCATION

In part 3 of 3 in our series on DC Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee, she talks about how she maintains her equilibrium when she's at the center of controversy

What is one of the most beneficial programs that Chancellor of the DC Public Schools Michelle Rhee has incorporated into the DC schools?

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EVENTS

Roxanne Rukowicz of Behind the Scenes Events educates us on the seven secrets to planning the perfect meeting

“Think through everything,” “Smile, though your heart is breaking,” and other sage event-planning advice from Roxanne.

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FINANCE

Financial adviser Nancy Hartsock teaches children the financial facts of life

Many young people may receive allowances or sizable inheritances without a base of knowledge in saving, budgeting, and financial planning. Here are ways to help children develop a responsible attitude about money.

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HEROES

Dylan Gibbs tells us, "How Boy Scouts Saved My Life"

A grape was all it took to put this 11-year-old in danger. But thanks to earning his first aid badge through the Boy Scouts, his knowledge of the Heimlich Maneuver saved the day.

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HUMAN RESOURCES

Barbara Mitchell salutes those employees who embrace training and development

It’s not a mystery that it’s important for employees to improve the skills and knowledge that help them function more effectively and grow. But not all adult learners are game. Learn how to loop them in.

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Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.”

– Francesca Reigle

IMMIGRATION

Linda Rahal tells us what we need to know about a controversial memo leaked from USCIS

A new controversy around immigration was unleashed on July 30 when four senior officials at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services sent an internal 11-page memo to their director. Learn more.

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INSURANCE

From their upcoming book, Stephanie Cohen and Scott Golden explain how to make sure your surgery will be paid for

Their client was having surgery in the morning, but at 4 p.m. the afternoon before, she gets a call from her HMO requiring her to post a $400 advance deposit — or the surgery is off. What should she do?

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LEADERSHIP

Angela Sontheimer tells us what she learned from helping 25 students from the Lincoln Leadership Academy Charter School

Since the visit involved an overnight stay at the Gettysburg Hotel at our expense, and since most of them had never stayed in a hotel before, would it just be one big party?

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MANAGEMENT

Dr. Alice Waagen asks, "Are you a member of the lifelong learning club?"

“I am one of those people who admits to being a card-carrying member of a small but persistent club of folks who refuse to stop learning,” she says. Are you a member, too? If not, learn why you should be.

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PARENTING

Child psychotherapist Cathi Cohen teaches parents ways to improve their kids' social skills

In her book “Raise Your Child’s Social IQ” and in her Fairfax, Virginia, practice In Step, this licensed clinical social worker and certified group psychotherapist provides stepping stones to people skills for kids.

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TRULY AMAZING WOMEN

Joy Rodino shares the lessons she learned from her husband, Congressman Peter Rodino

Don’t miss the insights Joy shares in her book, “Fifty-Two Words My Husband Taught Me: Love, Inspiration and the Constitution.”

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WINE

Culinaria's wine director John Peters tells us what he's learned during his lifelong education about wine

In 1982, John Peters was entering into the family wine business—but knew next to nothing about wine. Today he has tasted some of the world’s best wines. Here are four steps to help you ramp up, too.

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