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Empowered to Excel: Our Pre-Summit Chat · Chatting with The Experts with Paula Okonneh

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Hello everyone and welcome to yet another episode of Chatting with the Experts,
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the TV show where I, Paula Okonneh, the host speak with women from Africa,
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from the Caribbean in the diaspora.
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And our mission is to inspire, educate and empower women globally.
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I always have women on who are professionals, who are successful
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entrepreneurs, and they also share the same message and mission as I do.
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Today though, it's a little bit different because what we are doing
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is we are going to be my host.
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By the way, who, I haven't introduced her.
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I'm about to.
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She's my co-host.
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My co-host and I are going to be, we are here really to answer questions
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on the summit that we are going to be having together on May 30th, and
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May 31st, which will be from 9:00 AM through 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time.
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You know this, summit has been something that I've dreamt of doing for a long
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time, and Turiya Hodge here blessed me by saying I can work alongside with you.
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And so here we are together making this happen for professional women, for
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women who are in coaching, women who want to, you know, take the business
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to another level and who probably don't quite have the tools to do that.
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So why don't I stop speaking now and let Turiya Hodge introduce herself.
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Wow.
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Thank you so much, Paula for the invitation to be on here today with
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you Chatting with the Experts, and then also to journey alongside of you in
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the Empowered to Excel two-day summit.
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Now, I have to say I'm super excited and I'm also celebrating you for being
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able to bring your vision to light.
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And so I remember, like you said, it was been about a year or so
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ago when you mentioned to me like, oh my gosh, I wanna do a summit,
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but I don't know where to start.
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I don't know if I should do this.
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And I said, absolutely.
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Because I take a look at the women that you have on your platform.
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I take a look at the mission that you are, you know, providing, and I also
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take a look at your heart on the journey.
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And I said, absolutely.
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Why not?
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Why not?
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You know, journey alongside you and bring this vision to light.
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So I am super excited.
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I am honored to be a part of it, and when I tell you it is gonna be absolutely
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amazing, like I was just mentioning it in the green room, when I take a look
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at the speakers that you have lined up.
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You know, it's absolutely amazing.
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So you asked the question for me to introduce myself.
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So I'm Turiya Hodge, social media strategist, and what I do is that I help
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purpose-driven women entrepreneurs get their message out into the marketplace
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so they could attract who I like to call their divine client and build a business
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that not only that they love, but a business that's also profitable as well.
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Okay.
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So that's what I do in this space.
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Thank you Turiya for, you know, introducing yourself.
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And, you know, when you say that you want to help women build their business,
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you know, business that they love.
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I know one of the things that you use is social media, but
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you use other methods as well.
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You create communities where they can dive in alongside with you and
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discover from within themselves what it is that they really love.
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Because sometimes we say, oh, we love this, but really and
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truly, that's not really where our calling or our mission is.
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Yeah.
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Somewhere else.
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And you help people with that, don't you?
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Yes, I sure do.
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Because it comes from one of the things that I believe.
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I believe that each of us has been given something.
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We all have been given a gift, you know, provided, you know, by the
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Almighty, and it's how we use that gift.
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And I say to myself, and I say to others, is when we position ourselves
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to use that gift as service, then we're able to really, you know, help
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others move along in their journey.
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So being.
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In service.
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And using our gifts and talents to serve others is one of the tenets, you
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know, for me, that I follow in my life.
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And I also follow in my business as well.
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And so when I take a look at a lot of entrepreneurs, especially women
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entrepreneurs, they know that they have something, but how do we turn
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that something into, you know, a way that we could attract, you know, our
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right people to our business, because I always say that there's a difference.
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You know, it's not about just having any and any old body in your business.
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It's about having the right fit people for your business, the right fit people that
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you collaborate with, the right fit people that you partner with to help you grow.
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And that's the difference of having a business that feels good.
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You know, a business that allows you to get up every morning excited
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and not burnt out on the journey and, you know, just give you the
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opportunity to show up and serve more.
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I love it.
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To show up and serve more, because many times as business owners,
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we don't realize, you know.
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We know that we are there to help solve problems.
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What is the problem and how can we solve it?
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But sometimes when we take it from a different level, like who can we serve?
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Mm-hmm.
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It changes our heart.
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It even changes how people look at us, even how we present ourselves.
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Yeah.
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And I know that's something that you do and you do very well.
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That's why you say, who are your divine clients?
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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So as I mentioned and as my co-host, Turiya said, mentioned as well,
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Empowered to Excel Virtual Summit is a two day virtual summit.
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It's for women entrepreneurs.
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Men can join us.
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It's for professionals.
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It's for leaders who are focused on actionable strategies in business,
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as well as in leadership, as well as in finance, marketing and wellness.
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And, we have 14 speakers lined up for you who join us that day.
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Some of them been invited to join us today.
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I dunno if they have, but you know, let's see who, if you can speak up.
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I know you can speak in depth, a little bit in depth with about
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Suzan Hart who's going to be on because you partner with her.
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So tell those who have joined us a little bit about Suzan Hart, and
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let me look through the participants to see if any employees are amazing
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speakers has decided to join us today.
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Oh my goodness.
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Yes.
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So we have Suzan Hart, who is the Mindset Mastery Mentor.
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And for those of you who don't know her or haven't had the opportunity to take
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a look at her work, I know she's been on with you a couple of times, Paula.
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Mm-hmm.
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Excellent mindset from the perspective of leadership.
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And so how as we continue to grow in our professional environments,
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whether you are an entrepreneur, whether you are in a corporate space,
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small business space, mindset is key.
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And so what I love, I've personally worked with Suzan for, oh my
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gosh, over seven years now.
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And I usually like to joke and say she's the person that keeps
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me on track with my thinking.
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So everything, it's all about how you approach things, the perspective.
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How do you take a look at your mindset as you grow?
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So she'll be able to share with us in her talk, what it means to have a mindset
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of a leader and keep that forward.
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So I'm super excited to have her on here on the summit because
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she's nothing short of amazing.
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She is.
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I remember, well, she helped me too.
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Transition from, well, I wasn't really a speaker on stage per se.
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I always was a speaker virtually.
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But you know, she was so good in helping me craft my message on how
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to sell, how to reach out to clients, how to get clients virtually.
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You know, she gave us a template that we follow and I say we, because
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you are part of her business, and it has been mind boggling.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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And you know, one of the things that I know definitely she'll touch on in
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her presentation is how do you look at leadership and communication.
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Okay.
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And so communication is a huge part of leadership.
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And so I won't steal her thunder by sharing too much, but if you are
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looking at things like communication in your leadership, then definitely
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you wanna be able to join us on the summit and make sure to tune in to her
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presentation because like I said, she's nothing short of amazing and the way
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how she has a leadership conversation is nothing like I've ever heard before.
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Yes, I'm excited.
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Yeah.
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I'm excited.
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So, looking through the participants here, we have one of the speakers here.
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I hope she will come off camera.
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I think she will.
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Because she is talking about amazing.
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She's nothing short of amazing.
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And that is Nma Emeh.
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Nma, are you willing to come off camera and tell us a bit about what you are
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gonna be presenting on the summit?
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Or have I taken, okay.
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She's not coming off camera, but she's on.
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No, I thought she had unmuted.
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Oh, okay.
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Let me ask her to unmute.
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Are you going to join us?
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Yes.
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No.
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Oh, probably.
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Please gimme five minutes.
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Okay, no problem.
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No problem.
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Alright.
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As we wait for her, I wanna tell you what you're gonna expect and
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then, you know, this is interactive.
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We also want any of you who have joined to ask us any questions that,
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you know, may brewing in your mind, like, what am I gonna expect that day?
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But what I can tell you, you're gonna have is real life strategies on how to
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grow your business, how to be confident as a leader, financial literacy.
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Who doesn't need that?
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I'm always learning something when it comes to my finances and effective
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marketing with balanced living because you know, as a business owner we need,
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it's like, you know, I used to tell some of my clients, you know, if there's a, a
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tree in the Amazon jungle and it falls and nobody knows it falls, then it just felt.
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That's the same thing with having a business and not marketing it.
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If no one knows you are there, then nobody's gonna be looking for you.
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So we need to all learn marketing strategies that work, and because now
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we are so much more aware of health and wellness in the market space, we
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are going to have speakers who will talk to us about balanced living.
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Why we need to make sure that we rest properly, we eat properly, and you know,
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so that we can show up in the world and do what we are called to do professionally.
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Because if you don't rest and you don't feed yourself properly, you
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certainly are not gonna be okay and be able to conduct business in
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a way that you would get clients.
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So those are some of categories of some of the speakers that we are gonna have on.
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Have I left out anything?
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No.
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You know, I think one of the things that I'll highlight is why the summit, you
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know, and when I take a look at what we're all up to in our business, what
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we're all up to in our life is to be able, once again, to use what we have,
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you know, to build sustainable businesses, to grow and to be able to help others
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solve problems, all of the good stuff.
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But when I take a look at the women that we're gonna have the opportunity
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to sit down with over the course of the two days is to really get the how to.
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How do you do it?
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And you just touched on it, Paula.
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So as we embark into growing our businesses, what are things
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that we need to look at from a professional development perspective.
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So what are the areas of opportunities that we should be looking at?
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So I know we have, I'm a speaker on here.
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I can't remember the name 'cause I'm not looking at the speaker lineup, so
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please forgive me or you could fill in.
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But I know I got very excited when I heard that they're going to be sharing
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strategies on how do you position your business in the global marketplace.
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What do we need to take a look at if we haven't been able to do
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that, I got excited about that.
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Because that's a conversation that I think we're in this space in the world now
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that we should not only be thinking about what we should be doing on a local level
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and national level, but what, what can we do to play in the global marketplace?
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And so if you are asking yourself questions around that area,
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definitely you wanna tune in.
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Finances, right?
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Once again, how do you bring all of that stuff together?
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What are the things that you need to do?
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Once again, taking a look at the state.
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That we're in the changes that are coming up, especially if you are on
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the continental US, you know, there's a lot of things, people have a lot
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of questions going on about what's going on in the world right now.
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So how do you position yourself?
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You know, to create that security for yourself.
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Okay.
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Marketing and sales, what does that mean?
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You know, so I'm a visibility strategist, so my thing is we could all have the
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heart, you know, to serve others.
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But like you said, if you are that tree in the forest.
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And you fall and nobody's there to hear it, right?
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Then what difference does it make?
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And so for a lot of entrepreneurs out there is that thing.
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You have the message, you have the heart, you have the
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service, you have the products.
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But if nobody knows that your business exists or you're not getting in
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front of the right people for your business, then you'll find yourself
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struggling in different ways.
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And so when I take a look at, like I said, once again, what you have had,
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you know, the heart and the mind to put together, the ladies that you have,
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you know, just having the conversation.
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Then, it is so amazing and so I'm gonna encourage everyone here if you haven't
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done it already, make sure you register, but start to think of other people, okay?
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Other women who definitely need to be in the room and share the summit
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with those in your circles as well.
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Thank you so much, turiya for stressing on that.
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And, you know, think of other people, other women in the room or within your
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sphere of influence who haven't had the opportunity or who would love to have
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the opportunity to, you know, learn more, to expand their mindset, to expand
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their mind, to expand their business.
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And, you know, we ask that you share that with them.
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I'm gonna drop the link for registration in the chat about, oh,
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I'm just gonna do it.
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I grab it.
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I got you.
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You got it?
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Yeah.
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But I see.
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Okay, so one of our speakers is here, her name is Nma Emeh and
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she is going to be speaking about, I had it here a minute ago, Nma.
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If you wanna jump in and tell everyone what you're gonna be speaking
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about while I'm looking for it, because we got so many speakers.
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Yeah.
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I'm going to be, first of all, I'm so excited to be part of this summit.
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I think it's gonna be amazing.
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I think there is a lot that we have to offer in terms of
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just building one another up in this space over those two days.
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Well, I'll be talking about cultivating a God-confident presence from the inside
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out and what that really looks like.
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You know, the world tells us to be self-confident, but what does
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it mean to be God-confident.
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And I love the part about being very practical.
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I'm one of those people that I need practical application to these things that
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I can take away and implement right away.
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So that's gonna be my approach.
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What are those habits that you need to be forming today?
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You need to be doing right away to be God-confident versus self-confident.
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And then also, how does that impact your posture?
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When you're God-confident, how does that impact how you show up in terms
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of your voice, your physical posture?
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You know how you carry yourself.
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Oftentimes you forget that the way you carry yourself says a lot
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about you before you even speak.
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So when you understand how you're anchored in Christ, then you
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should carry yourself in that way.
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And so we're going to talk about strategies and tips for doing
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that and doing it successfully.
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So I'm excited.
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Thank you for the opportunity.
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Awesome.
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Thank you.
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Can't wait.
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Yes, I can't wait.
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So while we are looking at the speaker lit lineup, I want, we wanna
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pause here to ask any of you in the audience, if you have any questions.
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Questions on why should you even bother to share the link with your
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friends or your sphere of influence.
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Why should you join us on May 30th and 31st?
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Because we are assuming you, you join us both days.
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Do you have any questions for us?
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Everyone's quiet.
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I see.
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We have a question.
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Okay.
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Yes, Dr. O.
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Hi everyone.
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Thank you so much, Paula, for this opportunity.
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I'm really excited about the conference and looking forward to.
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As you were speaking, I think one of the things that I would like to learn from
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this is I'm a physician, but I'm also, a coach and a trainer, and I'm posting
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a lot on LinkedIn and Facebook and doing all these things to get out there, but it
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can be really daunting because when you look at it like everybody's a life coach
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now everybody's doing personal coaching.
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How do you break through all that?
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How do you really market yourself to where you're making a difference or how do you
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position yourself to where you're making a difference and you can get heard, and
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you can get seen in this sea of people?
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And does it even make sense to do what I'm doing, like to continue posting on
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Facebook and LinkedIn and some of the other things that I'm learning out there?
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What am I gonna learn different?
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What's gonna be different?
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What's gonna make this summit different from all the other summits I've been to?
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You know, she's speaking my language.
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Dr. O, you speaking language.
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Thank
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you for that question, Dr. O.
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Oh my goodness, Dr. O. Such a great question and thank you, you know, for
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just stepping up and being transparent and sharing your heart and sharing with
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us a little bit about the questions that you ask yourself, like, does
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it make sense, you know, to keep showing up in these places and spaces.
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And so one of the things that I'm gonna be sharing on the summit is we're gonna
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talk a little bit about social selling and what social selling actually means.
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And I'm not gonna give away the whole presentation, but I'm just
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gonna say what I've found, being in this space for over 15 years now.
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People talk about social selling and unfortunately what they do
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is they start at the end of the process, which is social selling.
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But a lot of people really don't know that there are four steps
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that come before social selling.
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And then there's actually another step that comes after social selling.
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So it's when we are able to take a look at the opportunities that social
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media provides to us and we lean in, you know, to the opportunities.
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We take a look at strategies, then we are in the position to better
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now offer our products and services.
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And so unfortunately, a lot of people think that social media is just, well, oh,
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okay, you know, I have my product, I have my service, I'm gonna go ahead and I'm
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gonna position it, you know, out there.
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But they really miss the opportunities to, number one, uncover.
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Who are, like I said before, they're divine clients.
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Who are the people who are the right fit for their products and services?
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How do you communicate, you know, to those people that they feel seen and
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they feel heard in your messaging?
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How do you position yourself as an authority and an expert in your field?
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And when I say the authority and the expert, I don't necessarily just
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mean your credentials and all of that other good stuff, but what are places
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and spaces in your experiences, your stories that you can share that will
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draw your right fit people to you.
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And then once again, it's all about being sure that people see not only you
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as the expert, but they understand that there is a pathway to working with you.
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So how well are you able to do that on social?
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So in what I'm gonna share with you over the two-day summit, in my segment, we'll
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talk a little bit more about things like that and then how do you make it work?
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Whether you are on LinkedIn, you are on Facebook, you are on IG.
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How do you maximize your time on those social media platforms?
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So great question Dr. O.
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Thank you so much.
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Thank you so much, Turiya, for answering that Dr. O. When you asked that
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question, I was like, that's for her.
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Now you're speaking her language.
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Yeah.
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So that was one question.
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Does anyone else have other questions that you'd like to ask and remember
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no question is outta place per se.
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No question is silly because I learn every day.
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I learned every single day.
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Okay.
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Dr. O has a hands up again.
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Go ahead.
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Sorry.
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Oh yeah, go again.
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No problem.
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But anyway, so the other question I have, and this is just things that I've been
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thinking about lately, is storytelling.
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You mentioned storytelling.
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Mm-hmm.
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How do you, because I have a story to tell.
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We all have a story and I'm actually supposed to be
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speaking somewhere on Friday.
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I'm gonna tell my story.
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And as I'm putting this together, I'm saying to myself, how do I,
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that's something that I, and I don't know if that's part of the summit.
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How do you put your story together to where it becomes something compelling
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that you can rinse and repeat, and rinse and repeat over and over again?
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And I know, okay, it's a two-day summit.
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You're not gonna get everything but that's something that at some point
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in time I would like to hear because we all have this compelling stories,
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especially of as women of color and as you mentioned in the green room, there's
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just so many things coming out of the motherland that are being suppressed.
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And we as black women, we have so many things that we've been through pain,
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joy, sorrow, the whole nine yards.
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How do we make that a compelling story that we can put out there and you
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know, just share with other people.
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Mm-hmm.
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Yeah.
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Oh my goodness.
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So I'm gonna say definitely Dr. O, you wanna be there?
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You wanna check out, Suzan Hart's presentation?
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Okay.
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And the reason why I'm bringing up her name is because I've
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worked with Suzan personally.
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Paula has worked with Suzan personally.
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Yeah.
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To do exactly what it is you're talking about.
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So how do you structure not only just a brand story or your brand
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story, which is the overarching story of your brand, but how to use
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storytelling as a way of communication.
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So whether it's you are speaking on stages, like you said, that you have
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a presentation, you have an event that you're gonna speak at, or whether it is in
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your social media content, you're writing emails, how do you use stories, you know,
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to communicate in such a way that people are able to raise their hand and say, oh
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my gosh, you are speaking exactly to me.
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That they could relate, but not just relate, be able to take
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them on a step-by-step journey to where you want them to be.
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So I'm just gonna give this plug right here for Suzan
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because I think she's masterful.
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She is wonderful.
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I have worked with her personally, and so definitely you wanna make sure
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that you check out her presentation.
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And also I would also add to that, that as a podcast coach, I have a
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lot of women in particular coming to me and say, I wanna start a podcast
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and I don't even know where to start.
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Mm-hmm.
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So part of it, Dr. O., you said you have, you know, you're gonna be talking, you
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know, it's unscripted and it's your story.
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One thing I always say to my clients is that embrace
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authenticity and imperfection.
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People know when you are telling the truth and people know when one is making it up.
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So because I know your presentation is going to be unscripted as you talk from
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the heart, people will relate to you.
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People love to do business with other people who they, you
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know, there's some similarity.
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And so if you start knowing that, right, this is going to
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be a conversation, not a speech.
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I'm gonna talk about my strengths, but I'm also gonna be talking about
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things that weren't my strength.
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And I'm gonna be talking, most importantly, from my heart
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to people that I wanna reach.
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That's the beginning of it.
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Because one thing I found out also with storytelling and with my clients
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with who are doing podcasts is that when we are talking about something
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that we are an expert on or that has occurred in our lives in particular,
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and it's not something that you necessarily have to script, it flows.
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And when it flows, people know.
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And when people know, they're attracted to you.
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And when they're attracted to you, they're attracted to your story, your business,
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and everything that goes along with it.
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Because as I said, people do business with others who they feel are similar
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to them or have a similar experience.
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And when we are speaking from the heart, it's our experience
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that we are putting out there.
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So, i'd say be authentic, which I know you can be and do not aim for perfection.
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Imperfection is actually a great thing because none of us are perfect.
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Yeah, and I like what you said, Paula.
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Thank you.
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People do business with those that they know, like, and trust.
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Mm-hmm.
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So...
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we've lost you for a second.
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Yeah, my camera went out.
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You can still hear me though, right?
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Yes.
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Okay.
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I'm coming right back.
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No problem.
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No problem.
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While we wait for her.
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You're back.
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That's the joys of technology of being in 21st century, isn't it?
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And as I ended up, we don't aim for perfection, we aim for authenticity.
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People do business with those who they like and they trust.
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So again, I'm gonna open up the floor to anyone else who may have a question.
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If you're not comfortable coming off camera.
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Just on mute, we can answer because that's what this is about.
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All right, so circling back again to the summit that we are having on May
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30th and 31st, which is called Empowered to Excel and it's a virtual summit.
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I would like you to know that.
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Everyone, every speaker is gonna have a presentation, maximum 30 minutes,
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and they're gonna have a Q & A for five minutes to answer any questions that
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you may have related to their topic.
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They're also gonna have a free gift for you and we are also gonna have a VIP
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section; whereby if you come between 8:30 AM and 9 AM, you'll have a one-on-one
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opportunity to speak with any of the speakers that you feel that that's the
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one that really resonates with you.
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The VIP or enhanced empowered session is $97.
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But what you also get.
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In addition to having a one-on-one conversation with the speaker that
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resonates with you is that you have a lifetime access to all the presentations
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that we have on both days on May 30th.
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'cause we have seven speakers lined up on each day.
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So you get 14 videos that you can go and watch for lifetime.
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It's going to be, but it's $97 for that VIP section.
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Turiya, is there anything else you wanna add?
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Oh, yeah, I'm gonna say this.
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Why VIP?
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So one of the first things that Paula just touched on is that when you upgrade to
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the VIP, All-Access pass, you get a bonus.
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And the bonus is to be in the room before the regular attendees
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or the general admission.
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And so for the VIP attendees, we start actually at 8:30 in the morning.
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This is your opportunity to once again network.
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So as you start to take a look at attending a summit, keep in mind, who
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are the one to two people that you could think of that you need to meet to
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take your business to the next level?
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And one of the things that I find is like when we frame up networking
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in that perspective, who is the next person that I need to meet?
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Who is the next person that I need to connect with?
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Then you're able to really take advantage of opportunities like
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this that we're providing not only for you to get a chance to speak.
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Or know the speakers a little bit more before they do their presentation, but
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some of the other amazing women that are actually in the room that you might
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not have the opportunity to connect with during the time of the summit.
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So that's the number one bonus or the number one benefit
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of being a part of the VIP.
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You never know who you might meet.
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Inside of the room who you might connect with that will be able to take you
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and your business to the next level.
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The second part about the VIP, how many of you have attended summits?
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You have gotten really great information on summits, and then as the summit
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has come to an end, that's it.
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The information that was shared goes away with the summit.
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So one of the things that we have done is we have compiled away for
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all of the speaker sessions to be recorded, and you will have a
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lifetime access to those recordings.
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Okay?
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And so we've been able to put that in a nice little neat way for you.
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So we're not gonna email you like links to the recording.
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It's gonna be put nice, neat, simple in a back office that you will be able
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to go back and access at any time.
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And in addition to third benefit, like Paula said, we
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didn't have to twist any arms.
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Okay.
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So sometimes you'll hear people say, we had to twist arms for our speakers
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to give away or give resources.
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We didn't have to twist arms because we are in alignment with the people
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that we have on our platform.
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So they have been able to share resources from their heart, and those resources
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are also gonna be put in the back office for the VIP registrants as well.
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Okay.
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And so if you ask me one of the best ways that you can maximize the summit
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and then even after the summit is being able to take advantage of the VIP access.
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Okay?
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So give yourself the opportunity to network in the room, and then also
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give yourself the opportunity to take advantage of the recordings and
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also the resources that are gonna be provided from the speakers as well.
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Okay?
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And like Paula said, the VIP access is $97, one time payment.
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And if you have the link Paula, you could drop it, or if
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not, I could drop it as well.
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And then I wanna make sure to tell everyone, once again, make
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sure that you share this with at least five people that you know.
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Okay.
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And so, Dr O., I appreciate the questions that you asked, that you
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shared here and what I usually say to myself, if I have a question, then I
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at least know five other people that's probably thinking or probably asking
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the same question that I am asking.
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Okay?
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So make sure, if you think of your five people who are sitting in the
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same space with you or the same place in their mind with their questions,
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invite them as well so they could get their questions answered.
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All right.
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And I saw that you dropped the link, Paula.
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Thank you.
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Sure.
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And thank you so much for explaining that.
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So before we go 'cause we've been speaking for 36 minutes, believe it or not.
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I just wanna give a quick rundown of who our speakers are.
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So on May 30th, which is the first day, we have Suzan Hart who Turiya
34:02
works with, and she's gonna be talking about Leadership Mastery: Navigating
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Challenges and Inspiring Teams.
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We also will have Dr. Nadia Brown, whose topic is Lead with
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Confidence and Earn with Courage.
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Dr. Linnette Montae says Your Million Dollar Bottleneck Time is
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Not the Problem Your Authority Is.
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So she's gonna be talking about time.
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DeKesha Williams talks about How to Attract your Ideal Client.
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Gloria Sloan, talking about Storytelling for Success: Sharing your Journey to Build
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Emotional Connections with your Audience.
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Oh my gosh, I could go on and on about her or about all the speakers.
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None other but me, Paula, I'm gonna talk about the Power of Storytelling
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and Communicating your Value with Impact through Podcasting.
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Our dear Turiya who's here will talk on Social selling Mastery: Leveraging Social
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Media Platforms to Drive Sales, and that will be our lineup for Friday, May 30th.
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As I said, it's from 9:00 AM.
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Through 2:00 PM but the VIP as to mentioned session will start 30 minutes
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earlier from 8:30 AM to 9:00 AM.
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And then on Saturday we've got another lineup of speakers,
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seven and again and all.
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Tesse Akpeki is gonna talk about Mindful Leadership: Harnessing and Entrepreneurial
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Spirit for Business Success.
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Sharon Carter will talk on Financial Literacy 101.
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Nma, who is here with us is speaking on Clothed in Strength, Anchored
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in Truth: How Fitness, Posture and Public Speaking Reflect the Spirit
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of a Woman Rooted in God's word.
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Sandra Arnette, I'll get back to her.
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Stella Iwuagwu's gonna talk about How to Build an International Brand
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and she'll tell her personal story.
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Dr. Ayo Adenuga will talk on Authenticity and Self-care: Building
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a Personal Brand that Resonates.
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Dr. Marcea Burnette-Whitaker, her topic is The Building of a Beast Entrepreneur
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and I'll give you Sandra Arnette.
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Let's see what she said.
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She's a PR expert.
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Her own is Get Out and Get Noticed.
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We've got...
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Exciting,
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Exciting.
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We've got, as I said, dynamic women speakers.
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All lined up for you both on Friday and Saturday.
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So ladies, we haven't come to the end of what we wanna talk about per se,
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but I wanna take a chance again to ask anyone who may want to ask a question.
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I wanna give you the opportunity to do that again if you so want to.
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No questions.
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No questions.
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No questions.
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All right, so, I wanna thank you all for joining us today.
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Again, as Turiya and I, you can see it in our voice and in our body language.
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We're very excited about this summit.
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It's.
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Called Empowered to Excel.
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So if you join us or your friends join us, or you and your friends join
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us, you're going to leave empowered.
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You're going to come away with strategies on how to, you know, build
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your business, how to be healthier, how to have, you know, better
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financial literacy and a lot more.
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So I ask do us one favor.
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Please take everything you've heard from us today and copy the links and
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as to said, please share them with at least five of your friends or more.
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Because I know the impact on learning about the power of storytelling,
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about learning about social selling.
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I know the impact that has had on my business, and I would love for
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you to have that same opportunity to learn and to grow and to expand.
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Because my mantra and my motto every day is I learn something new every day.
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And that has enabled me to be the host of Chatting with the Experts.
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Over to you Turiya
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Oh, wow.
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And once again, Paula, I just can't stop beaming.
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I'm super excited for this step in your journey because I know this is your
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first initiative of many, many to come.
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And so I'm taking the opportunity to celebrate you as well on your journey
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to visibility, your journey to serving.
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'Cause this also is your heart of service as well.
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And I'm super excited for all of the hearts, all of the minds that you are
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gonna be able to touch on your platform.
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So I'm super excited for you.
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Thank you so much.
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Thank you.
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So ladies, oh, I don't know if you had any gentleman who joined us.
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Thank you so much for coming today to, you know, get insight into what
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we will be doing on May 30th and 31st.
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Oh, there's something in the chat.
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Oh, thank you.
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Dr. O. said she shared with her five.
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Way to go Doctor O. Awesome.
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Awesome.
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Thank you so much for that.
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Thank you.
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Alright.
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So if we have no more questions, no more comments.
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Well even if you don't have a question, you may have a comment.
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Do we have any comments?
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No.
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Alright.
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Well, I wanna say thank you for joining us today and we look forward,
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we are gonna do this again next week.
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At that time, we may have more people join us.
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More of the speakers join us and more people join us from the audience and if
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you'd like to be a part of this journey, please join us again on Wednesday.
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That will be the 28th at 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time.
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Thank you everyone.
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All right, take care.