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than just a speaker, Carole delivers the message that will
touch the hearts and souls of your audience.Carole is a
unique blend of a Midwestern kid with Southern roots who's
spent most of her adult years on the East Coast. She understands
the dynamics of regional, cultural and social issues that
connect people throughout the nation.She's learned how to
roll with the punches, and take each new life lesson as
a new opportunity for personal growth. Carole has taken
her scars and turned them all into sparkling stars.
She's a speaker with her pulse on the
latest business trends and social issues, and served as
a faculty member of Bentley College for ten years, Carole
demonstrates the value of strong leadership and teaching
excellence in every presentation she delivers.
Carole will work with you to ensure the total success of
your next conference, convention program, annual meeting,
corporate initiative, or association event.Carole Copeland
Thomas is a keynote speaker, convention facilitator, management
consultant and seminar leader in C. Thomas & Associates,
a firm she started in 1987. Her expertise in diversity,
leadership, empowerment and youth issues has taken her throughout
the United States, Canada, London, England and Australia.
Carole Copeland Thomas is the voice of personal empowerment. She is a keynote speaker, empowerment expert, diversity professional, syndicated radio host, and leadership consultant in C. Thomas & Associates, a business she started in 1987. Ms. Thomas served as an adjunct faculty member for Bentley College for a decade, and has
spoken throughout the United States, London, England, Canada, and Australia.
Carole is the host of Focus On Empowerment heard every Friday at noon on
WBNW-1120 AM Radio in Boston (simulcasting on the web at www.moneymattersradio.net).
Carole recently signed on as a regular commentator for National Public Radio.
Carole The Author
Carole is the publisher of the weekly electronic newsletter, Empowerment Today
distributed to nearly 3000 subscribers throughout the world. Her business case, The Emanuel Company, was included in the university textbook, Understanding Diversity, published by Harper Collins in 1995. Her essay, "An Open Letter To Dear Friends" published in the anthology, Sisters Together, details the tragic accidental death of her teenage son. Her Black History Calendar for 2000, "Four Mothers With Love" pays tribute to her son and three other young men who were killed accidentally in 1997. Additionally Carole is the creator of several teleclass learning programs and the audio learning program, "Personal Empowerment: Wake Up The Possibilities In Your Life."
Her book, Personal Empowerment: How To Turbocharge Your Life On and Off Your Job, was published in 2003.
The Media Calls On Carole
Carole has been featured on ABC Radio, CBS-TV, and Fox News-TV. She has also been featured in Black Enterprise Magazine, The Boston Globe and The Boston Herald. Carole is a contributor to the USA Today Small Business Panel. Essence Magazine tapped Carole to serve as an executive coach during the Essence Leadership Summit in New York City.
Syndicated Radio Host
For three years Carole's Personal Empowerment Tips were heard daily on Boston's WILD 1090 AM Radio. Her one-hour call in radio talk show, "Focus On Empowerment" was heard every Friday morning on the station. Carole's syndicated radio tips were broadcast in 10 US cities in early 2003, and were sponsored by Marshalls, the nationwide off-price retail store.
Her radio talk show relaunched on WBNW-1120-AM-Boston in April 2005.
Carole is a regular commentator for News and Notes with Ed Gordon heard in 85 markets on National Public Radio.
Education
A native of Detroit, Michigan, Carole is an experienced entrepreneur with awards and achievements in sales, marketing, and management. After graduating with honors in 1975 from Emory University in Atlanta, Carole developed a sales management career with Mary Kay Cosmetics, winning a pink car in 1980. She returned to graduate school in 1983 (on a Martin Luther King, Jr. academic fellowship), and received her MBA degree from Northeastern University in Boston. Continuing on a career path in bank marketing and later The Gillette Company, Carole transitioned into the human service industry and served as the branch sales manager of Exclusive Temporaries. She started her own firm in 1987.
Community and Civic Leader
Community leadership is Carole's passion. Carole is the chair of the Multicultural Committee of the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau, and the Bureau's only African American board member. She is Past President of the National Speakers Association-New England Chapter and the past Vice Chair-Programs for the National Black MBA Association. Carole is the Social Action Chair and Past Vice President of the Boston Alumnae Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, is on the Board of Overseers for Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and is a Commonwealth Advisory board member for Sovereign Bank.
Carole is a trustee and proud member of Bethel AME Church-Boston.
Carole The Mother
Carole is the mother of three children: Lorna a University of Hartford doctoral student, Michelle, a Chicago State University undergraduate student, and the late Mickarl D. Thomas, Jr.
Carole's Personal Motto:
Empowerment Begins When You Believe In Yourself.
Lorna,
Carole, and Michelle Today |
Michelle,
Mickarl, Carole, and Lorna in 1996
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