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Out with Volunteers and in with Professional Contributors!
Do you volunteer for your professional association or do you professionally contribute?
I’m often vetted by an Association Board of Directors to speak at conferences and I serve on the National Board of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS).
I can tell you, there is a big difference between [...]
Ignite Excellence Inc. Group of Initiatives update
What a ride the last few years have been. Ignite Excellence Inc. is now in its 12th year of business; we have spoken on five continents to 100’s of clients and audiences ranging from entrepreneurs to fortune 500 companies in over a dozen industries. It’s been exciting and evolutionary. Whether we [...]
TIAW honours Individuals who Make a Difference
TIAW press release Suzanne F Stevens 2014 Suzanne F. Stevens the founder of YouMeWe Foundation fund receives a World of Difference Award given to 100 women internationally. The International Alliance for
TIAW World of Difference Awards – Washington March 2014
I just returned from the The International Alliance for Women (TIAW)Forum and World of Difference Award ceremony. I was honoured to receive an award for women economic empowerment in education. I was amongst 8 African Women pioneers who were present, along with new friends from 26 countries. One thing all [...]
Does being more likable than men help or hurt a woman’s career?
We all know women lead differently than men, but do we know the real implications of its effectiveness? Below is a good article on how to lead and some lessons we can learn from both genders. I thought I would share insights from Roz Usheroff, good information worth reading [...]
Wisdom Exchange TV interviews in Washington DC
Suzanne F. Stevens is off to Washington to interview four African women pioneers, all who are be acknowledged at the TIAW Forum as World of Difference award recipients.
Suzanne is proud to be amongst these women to be receiving this acknowledgement.
Each year, the TIAW World of Difference 100 Award [...]
Hiring a Speaker? Here’s How to Ensure You Get Change That Sticks!
Every organization can benefit from bringing an outsider into their corporation to speak to their team. The problem is most organizations that engage speakers only experience a temporary benefit. What can you do to ensure that an external speaker has a lasting impact?
Here are three ideas:
Higher [...]
Happy International Women’s Day!
WisdomExchangeTV.com has a New look!
New Wisdom Exchange TV interview with:
Her Excellency, Nouzha Chekrouni, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco in Canada
https://wisdomexchangetv.com/nouzha-chekrouni/
Happy Women’s Day!
What better way to celebrate how far women have come than with an interview with a Muslim politician from Morocco.
Many societies have [...]
Suzanne F. Stevens interview on Life Unlimited – Conscious Contributions™
Stephanie Staples interviews Suzanne F. Stevens about Conscious Contributions™ - check it out! Your Life, Unlmiited with Stephanie Staples & Suzanne F. StevensTodays conversation just made me want to contribute more
What’s Your Kinditude?
As I started my Christmas shopping on the weekend, it continues to amaze me the diverse customer experience you can have from one store to the next. The first store I was completely ignored by two staff. The second, treated rudely. The third, engaged in friendly conversation. The friendly store, which was a retail […]
I AM HERE. Lead tomorrows legacy today.
It was my 42nd Birthday, and by all accounts I had everything. A wonderful home, a great career, good health, good friends and family and a loving husband. Somehow it was not enough. I turned to my husband and I just starting to cry my eyes out. Men may have called this a midlife crisis; […]
Hiring degrees, is not necessarily hiring capabilities
After spending a couple years with leaders in Africa, they seem to understand that hiring someone just because they have a degree is not enough. Why don't graduates understand this
Are we helping or hurting?
When we were travelling Africa last year we were often in the position of question if we were helping or hurting? We had just come back from hiking in Volcanoes National Park down the Virunga mountains after seeing a family of gorillas; a highly anticipated experience. My husband and my euphoric experience were short […]
Suzanne F Stevens
July 7/13 In this short presentation at the CCAfrica’s African Women Trade & Investment Opportunity Conference, Suzanne F Stevens shares pioneering African women’s strengths – which we all can learn from and opportunities for African women to expand their business impact.