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FraserNet CEO Commits $350 Million To Help Black Students Build Their Personal Networks

FraserNet CEO Commits $350 Million To Help Black Students Build Their Personal Networks

George C. Fraser, Founder and Chairman of FraserNet, Inc. and the PowerNetworking Conference makes nearly a $350 million dollar commitment to help Black students build their personal support network of relationships. The program is entitled; TheYESNet; The Youth Empowered to Succeed Network. The Network’s goal is to provide 1 million Black students (ages 17-25) with free and easy access to critical contacts and other networking products and services over the next 5 years. A student membership is valued at $349 each, but will be underwritten by FraserNet, and provided free of charge to students 17-25 years old.

Lorena Valencia 2010 Positively Powerful Woman Entrepreneur

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, 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, [...]

AAHSA & ABHOW Advocate Making Homes For Your Mother & Fathers

AAHSA & ABHOW Advocate Making Homes For Your Mother & Fathers

Get involved in aging- yours and others. Advocating, working, and serving in the industry for the aging is rewarding work and because I (Dr. Joel Martin, the one in the middle) am an aging Baby Boomer, there is a bit of a self-serving aspect to it. My sphere of influence is the ABHOW Corporate Board  [...]

How To Turn Your Contacts Into Contracts!

How To Turn Your Contacts Into Contracts!

Be persistent. Keep knocking on the door. There are a lot of gate-keepers. Never give up! Know the culture of the company you want to work with. Go online, speak to employees, ask what the core values are to be prepared to show your expertise in ways that it will be readily received.

What does Diversity look like today?

What does Diversity look like today?

This is a pause for the cause – a different way of viewing the dimensions of diversity. Diversity, it has often been said, goes beyond race and gender. It includes generations, race, gender, organizational diversity, nationality, culture, recreational habits, personality and more. At the heart of it, regardless of their dimensions, is a human being [...]

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Gail Sheey at AAHSA: Powerful words on Caregiving

People are living longer but this does not mean they are living longer well and without the need of assistance.

Simmons’ Post – Def Comedy it’s Not.

Simmons’ Post – Def Comedy it’s Not.

So my question to you is how do we go about changing the conversation to one that proclaims there is an abundance of love and caring in the world and we need not wait for the worst to happen before we honor and respect each other

We are one yet unique

Major demo shift impacts corporate cultures.

The United States will soon be a majority-minority nation: “The 2010 Census will be one of the most important censuses in U.S. history. The 2010 census will show that the country is on a path to becoming a majority minority nation. This unparalleled historic event will have wide-ranging implications including the impact on minority political [...]

Congrats Outrageous Leaders

Congrats Outrageous Leaders

Congratulations to the new graduates of this new company! Here’s to your continued success. Entrepreneurs, perhaps now is the time to live your dream. DBI Education graduated their first Breakthrough Course Sunday July 12th. It was delivered by international trainer, consultant, author, and coach Joel Martin, PhD. With the support of a team of coaches [...]