All Entries in the "Positively Powerful" Category
Your breasts or your life!
This post has questions and a few tips on that. I am not a doctor. (Photo Dr. Michele Y. Halyard, Mayo Clinic) I am a cancer conqueror – a term I prefer over survivor. I’m wondering whether women especially Black/African American women are choosing not to be treated, diagnosed, or have a mammogram, change life styles, and do other things to take care of themselves and their bodies out of their fear, family history, cultural beliefs about hospitals, or myths about the Big C… Tips include creative expression and more.
How to land on your feet when your company downsizes and you’re forced to exit.
“Layoffs attributed to business demand factors (especially slack work or insufficient demand) accounted for more than 500,000 worker separations, the highest annual level on record.” Those are the statistics and stats aren’t people. The numbers don’t communicate how people feel and what they do to handle this “separation”. How do people rebound from being fired [...]
Wise Words for Wannapreneurs
Wannapreneur: A person who talks about organizing and managing enterprises, esp. businesses, usually with considerable initiative and risk, but never actually does. If you’ve decided the answer to your economic situation is to move from government or corporate work to become an entrepreneur but haven’t taken the plunge, you may be a wannapreneur. Here’s a [...]
Dr. Joel Martin eWomenNetwork International Conference Speaker
On July 16, 2010 you will find Dr. Joel P. Martin on the stage inspiring, entertaining, and educating women with her power presentation on “How To Be A Positively Powerful Woman”. The break out session for eWomenNetwork’s International Conference & Business Expo will be from 11:45am to 12:45pm in Dallas’ Hyatt Regency. Dr. Martin an [...]
“The most inspirational event I’ve ever attended.”
“The most inspirational event I’ve ever attended.” That’s what was said about this year’s Positively Powerful Women Awards Luncheon. It’s a different sort of luncheon. And like all things new, started with a dream. With the support of personal and corporate friends who believed in it too, this year’s Awards Luncheon inspired, empowered, entertained, and educated a filled to capacity audience at the Ritz-Carlton Phoenix. It began when [...]
Lorena Valencia 2010 Positively Powerful Woman Entrepreneur
Lorena Valencia, President/CEO, Reliance Wire & Cable is selected as this year’s Positively Powerful Woman Entrepreneur Award Recipient for her business success and leadership of nonprofit organizations especially The Grand Canyon Minority Supplier Development Council. She is the GCMSDC Council MBEIC Chair and national MBE co-chair of the upcoming National MSDC Convention. Lorena’s motto is [...]
Debbie Paine, First Positively Powerful Woman Nonprofit Executive Winner
Debbie Paine, Executive Director, Arts & Business Council of Greater Phoenix is the first Positively Powerful Nonprofit Executive Award Recipient for her vision and programs that bring together art, artists, and businesses as well as her organization’s “Business On Board” program that prepares diverse executives to serve and lead boards of directors. Debbie, mother of Brian, [...]
Angela Curley First Positively Powerful Corporate Woman Winner
The 3rd annual “Positively Powerful Women Celebrate!” Awards Luncheon will be Friday, May 21st at the Ritz-Carlton, Phoenix, Arizona from 11:30AM T0 2PM. The event is open to the public. Tickets are $75. Please join us as we honor three exceptional and diverse women servant leaders Angela Curley, Debbie Paine, and Lorena Valencia. Originally from [...]
3rd Positively Powerful Women Celebrate! Creates History
“How many of you give to yourself as much as you give to others? What is the secret of your success? How do you find balance in your life? If you had a magic wand, how would you change the world?” Author, renowned international speaker, and president of Triad West Inc., Dr. Joel Martin will [...]
Celebrate Haiti’s significant contribution to our world, as you give.
In the midst of an earlier crisis, Haitian author Edwidge Danticat reminds us of the contributions of Haiti’s vibrant culture and people. This reading offers a timely message for today — as the nation struggles in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake.
