Jameela Jamil

So many people are campaigning, fighting, and even dying to make a statement in the name of humanity. These people have no voice that can be heard by many. I wish more celebrities would take the initiative to be that voice.

English Celebrity

Stephen Covey

There is a heavy emphasis in Mormonism on initiative, on responsibility, on a work ethic, and on education. If you take those elements together with a free-enterprise system, you've got the chemistry for a lot of industry.

American Educator

Ivanka Trump

We launched our #WomenWhoWork initiative to show the world what today's modern, professional women really look like. They're invested in their careers, but they're also passionate about priorities outside the office.

American Businesswoman

Isabelle Adjani

I'm a public figure. It's up to me to take the initiative to explain things. It's my responsibility.

French Actress

Harry Browne

The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative.

American Writer

Jesse Jackson

Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.

American Activist

Gale Norton

Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.

American Public Servant

William J. H. Boetcker

You cannot build character and courage by destroying men's initiative and independence.

American Clergyman

Dave Heineman

Economic growth is the most important initiative every governor faces.

American Politician

Emmanuel Macron

Believe in individual initiatives, in courage, in risk.

French Politician

Describes someone who begins work or tasks without prompting.

Self-starting Quality

Often seen as a leadership quality and highly valued by employers.

Positive Trait

Acting on one's own volition without waiting for direction.

Autonomous Action

Refers specifically to strategies designed to meet a goal.

Objective-oriented

Implies a response to a challenge or an issue that needs addressing.

Problem-solving Method

A set of actions with intended results, often formal or official.

Action Plan

Gives citizens the ability to propose and vote on laws directly.

Legislative Power

Enables public participation in governmental decision-making.

Democratic Process

Highlights community involvement in political processes.

Civil Engagement

 get this collaboration with the snyder trust because they're protecting this environment which to me is amazing because in all conservation agreements and most conservation um initiatives there's always some kind of sacrifice but here there's no sacrifice whatsoever because these women who wouldn't typically be making their own income here now have

Snow Leopards: Ghosts in...

 Most societies throughout history employed some strategies to help people in poverty meet basic needs. Before the 20th century, religious groups and private charities often led such initiatives. Today, these are called welfare programs, and they usually take the form of government-provided subsidies

Why is it so hard to...

 There were many problems with this line of thinking, among them the idea that intelligence was not only fixed and inherited, but also linked to a person’s race. Under the influence of eugenics, scientists used the results of the military initiative to make erroneous claims that certain racial groups

The dark history of IQ...

 from breeding a given pairing. Since then, numerous breeding initiatives have made chickens bigger and meatier, and allowed them to lay more eggs than ever. Meanwhile, chicken production has shifted to an industrial, factory-like model, with birds raised in spaces with a footprint

History through the eyes...

 As demand for those stocks increases, so does their price, increasing the cost for prospective buyers, and raising the value of the company's stocks people already own. For the company, this increased interest helps fund new initiatives, and also boosts its overall market value

How does the stock...

 film and you can go to the website and see mission blue and you know sign in we have more than a hundred partners around the world who are lending their voices and their power to help with this initiative to take care of the blue and that's what's the film is about it it's

Taking care of the ocean...

 some of you are here in the audience -- pumping big money into decarceration initiatives In a deeply divided Congress, the work of reforming our criminal justice system is just about the only thing that the right and the left are coming together on.

Alice Goffman: How we're...

 Class sizes are smaller than in many countries. And there are hundreds of initiatives every year to try and improve education. The trouble is, it's all going in the wrong direction. There are three principles on which human life flourishes,

How to escape...

 citizen science outreach initiative and so the me or mites project is an extension of your wildlife this project is really unique in the fact that we get to engage the participants personally so they get to learn about their mites

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 That's why TED's youth and education initiative, TED-Ed, has created a program that's dedicated to sparking and celebrating the best ideas of young people around the world.

Initiative