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Cheryl Platz

Designer, Author, Speaker, Actress: A Twenty-Sided Woman.

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Fall 2017 European Tour Itinerary

Posted on September 10, 2017 by Cheryl

After months of planning, part 2 of my European voice design speaking tour is upon us. I’m honored to be speaking 5 times across 3 cities: Copenhagen, Stockholm and Oslo. Many of the events are close to selling out, so if one

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Design, Speaking, Technology, Travel interaction design, talks, travel

Business Travel for Beginners: Part 2 (The Journey)

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Cheryl

In Part 1 of this two-part article, I discussed some of the quirks and speedbumps you might expect when planning a business trip. What happens next? Time for the journey to begin. While some of these tips may apply to all forms

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Travel, Work career, travel

Business Travel for Beginners: Part 1 (Planning and Booking)

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Cheryl

Business travel tends to sounds glamorous to outsiders. Yet the reality is often anything but – once you get past the initial adrenaline rush when you represent your company on the road. And the logistics can be overwhelming, especially for first-timers. Let

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Travel, Work career, travel 1 Comment

A Farewell to 2014

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Cheryl

This year, I learned that I’m far better at flying a jet than I am at falling through the air, that oranges are pretty great fresh off the tree in your parents’ yard, that tiaras and roller coasters are not necessarily mutually

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Biography biography, travel

My Africa Diaries: Nashipai’s Big Adventure

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Cheryl

There’s one particular story about my Africa trip that I’ve been saving. I’ve described in previous posts my 3-day safari to the Maasai Mara – but I’ve not yet discussed the events of the final morning prior to our return to Nairobi.

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Biography, Travel Africa, travel

My Africa Diaries: The Mara in Photos

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Cheryl

After our first day of pre-safari adventures, our next two days were full day game drives in the Maasai Mara game reserve. Each morning started quite early – usually up by 5:30 so that my colleague and I could shower and dress

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Biography, Travel Africa, MySkills4Afrika, travel

My Africa Diaries: A Village Welcome

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Cheryl

On our first day on safari (just viewing wildlife – not hunting it!), we discovered that the Masaai Mara reserve had changed their policy so that it was impossible to pay for a partial safari day – and charges per person per

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Biography, Travel Africa, travel

My Africa Diaries: Video Safari

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Cheryl

Video diary of our travel to and time in the Maasai Mara game reserve in Kenya: Since I’m not a professional cinematographer or photographer, my goal on safari was largely to experience it myself, not to document it perfectly. I brought my

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Biography, Travel Africa, MySkills4Afrika, travel, video

My Africa Diaries: Prologue

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Cheryl

Back in December, I was browsing the internal Microsoft forums (Yammer) and stumbled across an announcement for a new volunteer outreach program – MySkills4Afrika, part of the larger Microsoft for Afrika program. They were accepting applications from full-time employees to share their

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Design, Speaking, Technology, Travel, Work Africa, interaction design, Microsoft, MySkills4Afrika, travel

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