Dr. Charles S. Corprew, III is a transformational consultant, speaker, and leader. He dares to ask individuals and organizations, “What’s Your Revolution?” His experience coupled with engaging speech and dynamic method of building relationships with stakeholders has led to Charles becoming sought after for his ability to provide innovative solutions that aid individuals and organizations to reform the world.
Since the mid-1990’s, Dr. Corprew has used his skills to foster individual and organizational revolutions. He was the mastermind around the rejuvenation of the James Madison University African American Male Achievement Academy, a three-week summer intensive program geared toward promoting matriculation and fostering positive social and academic success for adolescent African American males. He was instrumental in constructing the mentoring component of New Orleans’s Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s NOLA for Life program. He evaluated the effectiveness of one of New Orleans’ most prolific mentoring organizations, the Silverback Society. This insightful evaluation was a critical piece in helping the organization secure a $175,000 dollar grant from New Orleans’s Institute of Mental Hygiene. Currently, Charles is consulting with the leadership and staff at Sayre School in Lexington, KY to ensure an inclusive environment for all students. As well as chairs and facilitates Virginia Beach City Public Schools’ Student Discipline Task Force. The goal of the taskforce is to guarantee all students have the opportunity to stay in school and garner a stellar education. Charles also speaks regularly on such topics, “What’s Your Revolution?”, and “A Revolution: Men’s Journey from Hypermasculinity to Healthy Masculinity.”
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Michelle Mras is an accomplished Inspirational Keynote Speaker, Success Coach and Author of Eat, Drink & Be Mary: A Glimpse Into a Life Well Lived, available online through Amazon/ Barnes and Noble. She captures the attention of audiences with her vivacity, personal anecdotes and genuine love of serving others.
Her coaching clients are guided to find their own strengths by discovering their “Why?” – saving time, resources and increasing productivity both personally and professionally. Most importantly, they learn the power to overcome obstacles by redirecting their perspective.
Her experience and education as a Political Campaign Manager, a Quality Systems Analyst and Marketing Manager coupled with her unique view of the world and her John Maxwell Team certification, help create the synergy and flow that are integral to achieving success and personal growth.
She is a member of the 1 Mile High Speakers in Colorado, a Distinguished International Toastmaster, alumni of TEDx Colorado Springs and shared several inspirational stories on The Story Project of Southern Colorado and Peterson AFB Storytellers.
Michelle was on our show recently. During our conversation, Michelle talked about:
– Some of her background including life growing up as a military child and military wife
– What see learned growing up in a large family including how her parents met
– How did her family get from the Philippine’s to America twice and the cultural shock that she had
– how did her and her husband met and how did he propose to her
– Life in Omaha, Nebraska and Tachoma, Washington and her life being apart from her husband for a year
– Where did her love of knowledge come from
– How being a member of Toastmasters has helped her personally and professionally and how the John Maxwell certification has helped her
– The story behind the book and her TEDx talk
– Some advice for anyone who would like to be a public speaker
– How she has left a legacy with her daughters
– Her passion to help children
Mary C. Curtis, political columnist at Roll Call and NBCBLK, is an award-winning journalist, educator and speaker based in Charlotte, N.C. . She has contributed to NBC News, NPR, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Root, MSNBC, and talks politics on WCCB-TV in Charlotte, N.C. She was national correspondent for AOL’s Politics Daily and covered the 2008, 2012 and 2016 presidential campaigns. Her coverage specialty is the intersection of politics, culture and race. Curtis, who was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, is also a Senior Facilitator with The OpEd Project, at Yale University, Cornell University and the Ford Foundation. Curtis has contributed to several books, including an essay in “Love Her, Love Her Not: The Hillary Paradox.” You can find her work at www.maryccurtis.com and follow her on Twitter @mcurtisnc3.
Ms. Curtis was recently on our show talking about the aftermath of the 2016 American Presidential Election.
She talked about a variety of subjects including:
– What went wrong with the Hillary Clinton campaign
– What did Donald Trump do right
– Barack Obama’s legacy
– The future of the Democratic party
– What are Americans thinking post-election
– The fact that almost half of the registered voters did note vote
– Why the majority of women voters voted for Donald Trump
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The panelists gave their comments on the 2016 American Presidential Election.
Some of the conversation topics are:
– The panelists reaction to Donald Trump being elected President-Elect of the United States
– What did Donald Trump do right?
– What did Hillary Clinton and the Democrats do wrong?
– The media’s role in the campaign
– Was the election a whitelash?
– What is Barack Obama’s legacy?
Michelle Mras is an accomplished Inspirational Keynote Speaker, Success Coach and Author of Eat, Drink & Be Mary: A Glimpse Into a Life Well Lived, available online through Amazon/ Barnes and Noble. She captures the attention of audiences with her vivacity, personal anecdotes and genuine love of serving others.
Her coaching clients are guided to find their own strengths by discovering their “Why?” – saving time, resources and increasing productivity both personally and professionally. Most importantly, they learn the power to overcome obstacles by redirecting their perspective.
Her experience and education as a Political Campaign Manager, a Quality Systems Analyst and Marketing Manager coupled with her unique view of the world and her John Maxwell Team certification, help create the synergy and flow that are integral to achieving success and personal growth.
She is a member of the 1 Mile High Speakers in Colorado, a Distinguished International Toastmaster, alumni of TEDx Colorado Springs and shared several inspirational stories on The Story Project of Southern Colorado and Peterson AFB Storytellers.
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