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Log Onto: www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole Listen LIVE or Download Anytime ======================== Fresh from his Atlanta experience former National Board Chair Bill Wells, Jr. walks us through the highlights and key issues discussed at last week’s National Black MBA Association Annual Conference. Thousands attended where corporate decision makers networked and sized up credentialed job seekers during the Career Fair Expo, workshop sessions and general assemblies. It was four plus days of non stop networking for those who attended. And highly anticipated visits from Magic Johnson and Robin Roberts capped off a high stakes, well choreographed opportunity for black business professionals to come together for the good of all. We’ll also bring Happy New Year greetings to our Jewish listeners celebrating Rosh Hashanah, one of most important High Holidays in the Jewish calendar. About the National Black MBA Association www.nbmbaa.org The National Black MBA Association® (NBMBAA) was founded in 1970 at a two-day conference held at the University of Chicago, by a group of African American MBA students, faculty, advisors, and businessmen. The purposes of the Association are:
At the NBMBAA®, empowering professionals through strategic business forces is fundamental to our character and the way we represent our members. We have created numerous ways for our members to contribute to our commitment of fostering intellectual and economic wealth for the communities in which we empower, work, and serve. Take some time to peruse our website to learn about all of the fascinating programs that we have to offer. ======================== Click Here For More Information On Rosh Hashanah ======================== YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOME! How To Download Today's Show •Can't listen live??? No problem. •After The Broadcast...Go To www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole •On My Homepage Next To My Picture Click On The RSS Feed (It's orange and has RSS on it) •Select Today's Show •Download As A MPEG File For Macs or Windows Files Fro PCs •The Broadcast will play on your computer, Laptop, iPad, Android device, iPod, iPhone, or any other MP3 Listening Device
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Log Onto: www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole Listen LIVE or Download Anytime ======================== In 1953 I was born into a somewhat segregated Black community in my hometown of Detroit. My pediatrician was Black. My mother’s favorite dress shop was Black owned. My father was a co-owner of a Black owned business. The hospital of my birth was Black owned. And as a teenager I volunteered at a Black owned hospital. Black entrepreneurship was simply a way of life for me. Now some 60 years later the historic significance of Black owned businesses resonates as the forerunners of our enterprises today. The businesses of yesteryear operated out of courage, necessity and innovation. They laid the foundation and endured the hardships of their era. Today my colleague, Bill Wells and I will pay tribute to the innovators, entrepreneurs and advocates of yesterday and today during this special Black History Month Tribute to the drivers of Black economic development. Today's Black History Entrepreneurs And Advocates Richard Allen, Co-Founder of the AME Church AND An Entrepreneur Beth Williams, Roxbury Technology Curtis Wells, Educator and Advocate John Johnson, Johnson Publications (Ebony and Jet Magazines) Dr. Frederick Patterson, Educator and Advocate Mary Jane McLeod Bethune, Educator and Advocate ======================== YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOME! How To Download Today's Show •Can't listen live??? No problem. •After The Broadcast...Go To www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole •On My Homepage Next To My Picture Click On The RSS Feed (It's orange and has RSS on it) •Select Today's Show •Download As A MPEG File For Macs or Windows Files Fro PCs •The Broadcast will play on your computer, Laptop, iPad, Android device, iPod, iPhone, or any other MP3 Listening Device 
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Log Onto: www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole Listen LIVE or Download Anytime ======================== Starting a business is one thing. Owning and operating a business is another. The former takes personal risk and a good idea. The latter that guts, courage, a leap of faith and a personal belief system that endures the joyride of perseverance. Today we’ll talk with our Kitchen Cabinet Leadership Team member, William Wells, Jr.(Bill) to find out the secrets to his success as a business owner, husband, father, grandfather and community leader. Bill balances his business objectives with family and his longtime leadership role in the National Black MBA Association. What looks easy has taken years to perfect. Entrepreneurship is a painstaking pioneering endeavor with high risks and often illusive rewards. But principled warriors like Bill Wells take stock of their vision and press forward. We’ll also get a sneak peak at next week’s Multicultural Conference and salute the four time World Series Champions... The Boston Red Sox! Happy Halloween! ======================== How To Download Today's Show •Can't listen live??? No problem. •After The Broadcast...Go To www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole •On My Homepage Next To My Picture Click On The RSS Feed (It's orange and has RSS on it) •Select Today's Show •Download As A MPEG File For Macs or Windows Files Fro PCs •The Broadcast will play on your computer, Laptop, iPad, Android device, iPod, iPhone, or any other MP3 Listening Device   Focus On Empowerment can be heard every Thursday at 1pm Eastern.
Log Onto: www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole Listen LIVE or Download Anytime ======================== You’re smart, ambitious and “qualified”... but that’s no longer enough to take you to the top. Fresh from the 35th Annual Conference of the National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) former NBMBAA Board Chair William Wells, Jr. (Bill) discusses the highlights of the yearly event of nearly 10,000 attendees. With hundreds of top corporations sponsoring the event held recently in Houston, Texas, Bill will give us the inside track and will share key findings that are changing the career dynamics across the United States. As part of Carole’s new “Kitchen Cabinet Leadership Team,” Bill delivers a healthy dose of reality for listeners who are just starting their careers to emerging leaders to seasoned veterans. He’ll regularly join Focus On Empowerment with new data, surveys and tangible insights pertaining to the world of work for people of color. ======== About The National Black MBA Association www.nbmbaa.org The genesis of the NBMBAA can be traced back to an historical 1970, two-day conference held at the renowned University of Chicago in which a group of dynamic African-American MBA students, faculty advisors and businessmen, compelled by feelings of social and political unrest, convened to discuss and examine whether to establish a professional organization of Black MBAs. The momentous conference represented some of the most illustrious academic institutions including Harvard, northwestern, University of Southern California, Cornell University, Indiana University, Wayne State, Loyola University and a host of others. In the end, it was determined that a professional organization which celebrated and promoted African-American economic sustenance and empowerment was not only needed buy long overdue, thereby paving the way for the formation of the NBMBAA. The two-day conference entitled, "Survival of Minority Business Students and Graduates in the Business World" was held April 3-4, in the auditorium of the University of Chicago's Center for Continuing Education (UIC). It was funded by a $10,000 grant from Metropolitan Applied Research Center Foundation (MARC), a subsidiary of the Ford Foundation. The purpose of the conference was to explore avenues for professional advancement and economic empowerment among Black MBAs, exchange ideas and information and determine whether there was a need for an organization that would serve as a nucleus for Black business professionals and MBA candidates. Approximately 34 universities were represented and over 150 minority students, faculty members, a distinguished minority businessmen from across the country were in attendance. There were participants from Howard, Purdue, the Wharton School of Business, Colombia, The University of Rochester, Stanford, Dartmouth, Loyola, Harvard, Cornell University, Berkeley, and a host of other schools. Businesses that were represented included DeValco, Inc. Management Information, Inc., Quaker Oats, Bank One, Chase Manhattan Bank and many more. Several questions were raised at the conference. Are graduate schools of business geared to the needs and interests of Black students? Where can a Black with an advanced degree go in corporate management? What are his alternatives to corporate employment? These questions remain relevant today. As the conference neared an end, it was unanimously determined that a national organization, which embraced and espoused the economic advancement of Black MBA candidates, professionals and entrepreneurs, was not only needed buy mandatory in order to satisfy and accomplish the diverse tasks which the conferees had designated for themselves and to address the growing needs and objectives of Black professionals. The country was then divided into regions - East, Midwest, and West in order to formulate proposals for the development of the national organization. On April 2, 1971, nine delegates from across the country returned to the UIC's Center for Continuing Education charged with the responsibility of collaborating and finalizing plans for the national organization. The end result of their collaboration was the genesis for what became the National Black MBA Association, Inc. (NBMBAA or "The Association"), a premier non-profit organization designed to embrace and encourage Black economic empowerment and independence. Today the NBMBAA is a tour-de-force, non-profit organization that boasts members and corporate partners throughout the United States and abroad. Its novel scholarship program has awarded over $5million to deserving minority students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The NBMBAA has expanded its outreach to include 45 chapters and 27 collegiate chapters. ======================== How To Download Today's Show •Can't listen live??? No problem. •After The Broadcast...Go To www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole •On My Homepage Next To My Picture Click On The RSS Feed (It's orange and has RSS on it) •Select Today's Show •Download As A MPEG File For Macs or Windows Files Fro PCs •The Broadcast will play on your computer, Laptop, iPad, Android device, iPod, iPhone, or any other MP3 Listening Device 
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Log Onto: www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole Listen LIVE or Download Anytime ======================== Now that the week of commemorations paying tribute to the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington has ended, where is America headed in its fight for freedom and justice for all? President Obama spoke yesterday at the site of Dr. King’s “I Have A Dream Speech” ... but has their twin message of equality and activism made its way to the board rooms, offices and factory floors across America? Is Racial Diversity Succeeding On YOUR Job? Or has it lost its potency in the wake of name changes and add-ons...including words like “Inclusion?” We’ll look at the landscape of the American workplace with veteran diversity professional and Immediate Past Chair of the National Black MBA Association William Wells, Jr. And we’ll determine the necessary steps companies, human resource professionals, and business leaders should take to keep the effectiveness of Diversity in place for generations to come. ================================================================ About William Wells, Jr. Bill Wells is President, W. Wells & Associates, LLC, a management consulting company specializing in diversity strategy and inclusion solutions. Bill works with his clients to develop strategic plans focused on creating a culture of inclusion and addressing important diversity related issues impacting the workforce, workplace and marketplace. Additionally, Bill provides coaching, consultation and guidance to senior executive leaders through culture change and transformation. Bill’s work is also focused on helping client organizations achieve recognition as an “Employer of Choice” as well as a “Great Place to Work”. Previously, Bill served as Managing Partner for InclusionINC, serving as a thought leader and diversity practitioner/strategist in the diversity and inclusion space. Prior to this role, Bill served as president of W. Wells & Associates, LLC. In 2000, Bill was appointed to the position of Vice President, Global Diversity /Chief Diversity Officer for The St. Paul Companies (now Travelers). Bill also served as the company’s EEO/AAP Officer. In that role, Bill was responsible for managing the design, development and implementation of the enterprise wide diversity and inclusion process. Earlier in his career, Bill held various executive level positions in both the telecommunications and insurance industries including general management, operations, customer service, finance, marketing, IT and HR. Bill has also served as co-producer, Master of Ceremonies/Host and legacy contributor, for the Multicultural Forum on Workplace Diversity & Inclusion. Bill also served as President, Twin Cities Chapter, National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) and was instrumental in creating a nationally recognized program designed to enhance recruitment, development, advancement and retention of diverse business professionals in the Twin Cities. The program was also designed to promote the Twin Cities as a destination and great place to live, work and thrive. Bill is also the former Chairman of the Board for NBMBAA and continues to serve on the Association’s national Board of Directors. As an expert diversity and inclusion practitioner, and organizational effectiveness specialist, Bill speaks at various national, regional and local conferences. Additionally, Bill designs and facilitates a variety of workshops including executive leadership retreats and various other programs addressing organizational and human resources issues. Bill also serves on boards both nationally and locally and continues to work as a mentor/coach for diverse business professionals across the country. Beyond that, Bill has also participated in a special global mentoring program designed to assist high-potential female executives develop important skills to help them effectively navigate and advance their careers in the corporate sector. Throughout his career, Bill has received numerous awards including the Lifetime Achievement Award – Multicultural Forum, Chairman’s Leadership Award - Diversity Champions, Corporate Innovation Award, Outstanding Achiever in Business & Industry and Outstanding MBA of the Year. Bill holds an MBA degree with a major in Marketing, a graduate certificate in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts degree with a Psychology major. Bill is a life member of both the NBMBAA and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. ======================== How To Download Today's Show •Can't listen live??? No problem. •After The Broadcast...Go To www.blogtalkradio.com/globalcarole •On My Homepage Next To My Picture Click On The RSS Feed (It's orange and has RSS on it) •Select Today's Show •Download As A MPEG File For Macs or Windows Files Fro PCs •The Broadcast will play on your computer, Laptop, iPad, Android device, iPod, iPhone, or any other MP3 Listening Device |
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