Happiness Mchomvu
Coordinator, Women Entrepreneurship Development, Tanzania. A perspective on micro-financing what to do and not to do.
Lead with Edgeness™ – While Expressing Your Authentic Self
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 [...]
Everything you need to know about sales… in four words.
As a person responsible for sales do you ever think your clients will do or act a certain way and somehow they end up surprising you?
- By making a decision to buy later, or earlier?
- By buying less, or more?
- OR not buying at all?
There is often a discrepancy of what we ‘think’ our clients are going to do and what they actually do.
Why does this happen?
Often it is based on our experience. Read more
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 [...]
Presentations Oxygen: How to get out of the Rough…
In the course of discussions during the presentation, you may encounter difficulty in communicating an idea or reaching an agreement, at Ignite Excellence we refer to these moments as ‘rough times.’ If tension does develop below are some strategies to deal with it.
- Don’t interrupt. Let people complete their question. If you don’t understand, ask them to restate the question.
- Do not get into an argument, get critical or blame anyone. Read more
First Foundation Recipient Creates a Massive Ripple Effect!
When I returned to Kenya 2011, Mary Ogalo was heading up the Global Bag Project in Nairobi. Global Bag Project is a US based non-profit social enterprise that donates the proceeds from the sales of reusable shopping bags in the developed world to microcredit ventures in the emerging world.
Mary …
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Florence Zano Chideya
Ambassador of Zimbabwe in Canada; Deputy Dean: Diplomatic corps in Ottawa. Managing Director and Owner, African Adventures, a travel/tourism venture in Zimbabwe.
Changing the lives of African Women and their communities
Investing in leadership today, for tomorrow
July 31, 2014—Through the generous spirit of donors and various fundraising initiatives, the YouMeWe Foundation (formily the Ignite Excellence Foundation) has now assisted twenty-six women in achieving their dreams of tertiary education. Through the partnership of AIMs (African Inland Mission), twenty of those …
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Cape Town to Cairo – Spin for Scholarships
Sunday June 1, 2014
Where can you go on a Sunday afternoon, get fit, travel a continent, raise funds and contribute to the advancement of women, while elevate their families out of poverty?
The YouMeWe Foundation (formily Ignite Excellence Foundation) ‘spin for scholarships’ fundraiser with special photo journey from …
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TIAW honours Individuals who Make a Difference
TIAW news release
Suzanne F. Stevens Attends the TIAW 2014 Global Forum with Leaders from Throughout the World
Suzanne F. Stevens, Founder of the YouMeWe Group (Ignite Excellence Inc.) recently attended The International Alliance for Women’s (TIAW) Global Forum in Washington, D.C. Held March 26-28, the Forum brought together global …
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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
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia – Africa Rising? Really?
We still wonder why educating girls in the developing world is such an important topic… well because not enough is being done about it!
As put by one of two female Presidents in Africa- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is the president of Liberia and a Nobel Peace Prize winner.
“It is …
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