UNAOC-EF Summer School Deadline Extended!

The UNAOC-EF Summer School Team has received applications from all over the globe, but there is still some time to apply – as they’ve just extended the application deadline to 15 June 2013 – Amazing right?

The objectives of the UNAOC-EF Summer School are to:

• Contribute to the empowerment of young people by enhancing their intercultural skills and competences;
• Strengthen young people’s capacity to get involved in the preparation and implementation of cooperative action across borders;
• Facilitate networking and exchanges between young people; and
• Develop a network of alumni and make it an important platform for joint action to help address a global challenge.

Help spread the word about the Summer School by sharing the event with your friends and on social media. Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to refine your skills for positive social change too!

If you haven’t done so already; start and complete your application today by: REGISTERING HERE. The 100 participants will be announced on 1 July 2013. Hope to see you in New York – Cheers!

 

Self-Publishing & Entrepreneurship Summit

Understanding the Business Side of Authoring, Speaking & Entrepreneurship

Who should attend: speakers, journalists, pastors, lecturers, teachers, professionals, young entrepreneurs, poets, writers, authors,  entrepreneurial-minded people, arts students of tertiary institutions, anyone looking for alternate source of income, etc

What you will discover: how to – put your ideas into books, writing skills, finding your voice, public speaking skills , amazon bestselling author secrets, becoming a bestselling author, publishing options, how to profit from your speaking and get booked, building an online brand, successful blogging tips, personal and business branding techniques, social media secrets, marketing techniques, monetizing your passions, podcasting skills, starting a business, sources of funding for business start-ups, selling of ideas, developing multiple streams of income, personal and professional development skills.

Resource Persons/Speakers:

1. Samuel Jonathan (Public Speaking Coach, Centre For Public Speaking)

2. John Armah (Speaker/ Entrepreneur, Ghana Centre for Entrepreneurship Employment& Innovation)

3. Ben Boateng (Entrepreneur/Transformational Coach, General Manager, Lexta Ghana Limited)

4.  Neil Armstrong-Mortagbe (Marketer, Management Professional)

5. Ekow Mensah (Entrepreneur, The African Network of Entrepreneurs)

6. Bernard Kelvin Clive (Author, Speaker)

 Other resource persons:

1. Kobby Blay (Social Media Tips)

2. Cecil GhanabaKwamena (Social Media Expert)

Rate: 50GH¢ Includes Lunch and Training Certificate, Audio CDs, Ebooks,

Rate: 30GH¢ for Students (Call to reserve your ticket now! + 233 249540576, + 233 208106494.)

Venue: Christ the King Conference Hall,

Date::  February 23^rd 2013

Time: 11 AM

“No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he’d only had good intentions – he had money too” ~ Margaret Thatcher

– Find out how to turn your intentions/ideas into products/profit (brands, business, books) … Register today!!!

 

EDUCATION! EDUCATION! EDUCATION!

Education

I would start this blog item with a quote: “Educated people- Educate people”- Cecil Ato Kwamena Dadzie (Ghanabakwamena), 2010. Certainly, aside living, education is one of our basic rights to personal and societal well-being; it’s a means for knowledge transmission to generations and it goes a long way to enhance the potential contributions of individuals to national development.

I can’t talk of Education without making reference to MDG 2- Achieving universal primary education. Similarly, MDG 3- Promoting gender equality and empowering women. I believe Education is the best tool or way to reduce poverty, child labor, promote peace and development, empower a female, and even achieve the rest of the MDGs. Agree? Yes, every boy and girl child must be educated, but the quality of education is indeed questionable, esp. ‘public education’. The quality of education determines how sharp the skills and attitudes of people will be in future. The foundation, Early Childhood Care and Development, if not strong may bring down years of hard-work and input by other teachers along the way.

It is sad yet bad to know that around Ghana, over seventy-five (75) schools still hold classes under trees; we can’t let this be-never. Others fortunate to be sheltered lack books, at times teachers, teaching aids and vital learning tools that would make learning attractive, comfortable and easy to understand- these are few of the numerous factors that drive children away from school, aside poverty. Even that is no excuse to starve the brains of your child- basic education is free and compulsory. Teachers will surely reject postings to rural areas if the environment doesn’t look appealing- no electricity, water hard to come by, accommodation and incentives etc.

It is obvious therefore that, I call on us all once again to serve as checks of our society. Secondly, we all make up the ‘government’ and have roles to play in achieving every single goal of the MDGs. Again, the best investment a nation can make is in its children and education- lets build more schools in communities and encourage schooling by all people esp. children, so they can educate others when they grow. At the same time attention must be given to teachers- we need them!