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Every year, dynamic idealists gather at Koerner Hall, Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto for a powerful meeting of minds. There was no triskaidekaphobia at Moses Znaimer’s 13^th ideacity presented byBlackberry, which even began June 13 with the theme “Lucky 13.”

Moses Znaimer addressing the audience

It turned out to be a lucky event with plenty of opportunities for chance meetings with some of the world’s greatest thinkers and extraordinary trailblazers.

This year’s roster of 50 speakers included guitar legend Liona Boyd, illusionist Simon Coronel, politician Preston Manning, Wealthy Barber author David Chilton, singer Jann Arden, pianist Michael Kaeshammer, possibilian David Eagleman, and so forth.

Jann Arden

Most of the speakers stayed throughout the conference and enjoyed hearing one another and mingling with each other and the guests, many of whom were extraordinarily successful or interesting in their own right.

Liona Boyd was particularly delighted because when she met the The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario The Honourable David C. Onley, O.Ont. at ideacity, he promptly invited her to receive one of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Awards being awarded this week.

Liona Boyd

The networking lounge

This year’s ideacity theme was “The End is Nigh” or TEOTWAWKI, which stands for “The End of the World As We Know It.”  Recognizing that “every new beginning comes from other new beginning’s end,” ideacity found that its audience was 81% optimists and their cheerful outlook and hopeful nature did not change over the course of the conference.

Composing the Toronto Symphony

Some of the most memorable moments included sexologists Ogi Ogas & Sai Gaddam calling poutine “the shemale porn of international cuisine”; illusionist Simon Coronel seamlessly making a card appear and disappear from a variety of places; composer Tod Machover creating – in collaboration with key Canadian musicians – live on stage the genesis of A Toronto Symphony, a work he is composing with the entire city of Toronto; one week job worker Sean Aiken reminding us that at any age we can work toward finding our true life passion; David Jay sharing his story of Asexuality and discovering that 3% of ideacity attendees were asexual; Dignified Death advocate Wanda Morris speaking of respecting an individual’s right to determine the nature and timing of their death; the entire audience performing Kabalah Yoga with Audi Gozlan, Shimmy belly-dancing with Shivaun Corry and bhangra-ing with BollyFit’s Reshmi Chetram.

Sean Aiken

Shimmy

Pinball Clemons

It’s not surprising that the crowd was so happy because in addition to being constantly mentally stimulated by the jam-packed speaker roster, each guest received their own Blackberry playbook with the ideacity app preloaded, was given a trendy Roots leather bag filled with goodies, was pampered with Aveda aromatherapy neck massages, enjoyed decadent networking delectables including oysters and shrimp hors d’oeuvres, and socialized at the famous afterparties at some of Toronto’s poshest hot spots including Spice Route, C-Lounge and Rosewater Supper Club.

A worthwhile and unforgettable conference that the guests look forward to all year.

This article was originally published in DelectablyChic!

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Lisa Lisson

Women of Influence is known to feature top and inspire speakers but they really outdid themselves on their recent Deloitte Women of Influence Luncheon held at the Metro Toronto Convention Center featuring Lisa Lisson, President of FEDEX Express Canada.

Not only is Lisson a strong, dynamic and inspiring professional, she is an extraordinary individual who has survived and thrived despite her husband being in a coma for two years before passing away.  She balances her work and 4 children, 3 dogs, a rabbit and a goldfish; is a hugger; and begins each day with gratitude.

Lisa addressing the audience

Lisson is the first female president of FEDEX Canada and is a four-time winner of the FedEx Five Star Award (FedEx’s highest accolade), voted by her employees as exceeding company managerial standards.  She is an active member of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives.

At the Women of Influence Luncheon, she spoke from the heart, sharing her story while peppering it with humanity and pearls of wisdom.  She spoke of training one’s mind to keep positive and focused, the importance of mentors and how to find them, filling one’s live with gratitude and constant acts of kindness, saying no and prioritizing “me” time, and nurturing an environment of inspiration.

She also emphasized to the 350 guests in the audience the importance of letting your intentions - particularly career ambitions - be known. She reminded everyone, “Every interaction with senior management is a mini interview.”

Lisa Lisson with author T U Dawood

Now in her 20^th year at FEDEX, she related the charming story of how she got her entry to this family like corporate culture by connecting with a marketing assistant and forming a bond with her.

Featured on Undercover Boss, Lisson shared how that experience helped her connect with her teammates and employees of all levels and better understand what they do each day.

In this intense, emotional speech which resulted in many tears in the audience, Lisson shared her mind, heart and soul and truly inspired those lucky enough to attend.  She’s a leader who is passionate, yet grounded; talented, yet humble; and friendly and approachable, yet professional.

The event was moderated with gusto by the popular Erin Davis, Morning Host, CHFI.

Audience Shot (photograph provided by WOI)

Some VIPs at the event included Barbara Dickson (Managing Director, Queen’s Executive Education), Carolyn Lawrence (President & CEO, Women Of Influence), Devorah Lithwick (Vice President, Marketing Communications, Bell Mobility), Jane Allen (Global Leader, Renewable Energy, Chief Diversity Officer, Canada, Deloitte & Touche), Marilyn Horrick (Chubb Insurance Company Of Canada, Assistant Vice President, Canadian Zone Projects And Communications Manager), Michele Goddard (Senior Vice-President And Managing Director, Client Strategy And Execution, BMO Nesbitt Burns), Nelly Daley (Strategic Account Manager, Cisco Canada), Paulina Paplinski (Senior Manager, Enterprise Risk, Information Technology And Risk Services, Deloitte & Touche), Penny Hicks (Publisher, Maclean’s Magazine), Sandra Stewart (Director Of Marketing, The Jones Group Canada), Susie Federchuk and Valerie Battler (Principal, Career Solutions, Knightsbridge, Human Capital Solutions).

Lisson’s mother, two aunts and nanny also joined the event and were celebrated by the speaker as integral parts of her life.

Guests had come from all over Canada including Bonnie Johnson, who was visiting from New Brunswick, and had planned this as one of the highlights of the trip.

Raymonde Lavoie who is launching Femmes d'Influence

Attendees

Christine Jackson of Burts Bees - a total fashionista

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A lot of women entrepreneurs are so great at marketing that their products create a nice buzz.  Many are natural networkers and good at PR so their brand gets great exposure in fashion magazines or the media.  However, in too many cases, the bottom line is not there.  So many “known” women brands are simply not making money.

When women come to us at LADIESFUND® wanting to scale up and adding a second or third product to a financially weak model, one of our first suggestions is to whip a business plan up and ensure existing products are financially sound. Otherwise, adding more lines it’s just quicksand …

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Baby, baby, baby … my nails are looking soooooooooooooo fine, thanks to Justin Bieber.

Ok, I was a bit cynical about the Bieber and wasn’t sure how much of his talent was care of Usher’s talent factory.

Though Glee (and their Bieber episode) tonight, did convince me there was more to the teen than I initially suspected.

Now, not only am I’m convinced that he a genuine musical talent but after checking out his nail polish line, I’m certain he is destined for major presence on the fashion scene.

His line of Nicole by OPI lacquers is so good, it’s guaranteed to make you feel like a Princess.

Aptly titiled the One Less Lonely Girl Collection, this range of bold and very sexy shades has been created in partnership with Nicole by OPI as a fundraiser for Pencils of Promise, an organization that “builds sustainable schools for underserved children in the developing world.”

Nicole by OPI has committed to building two such schools, in addition to the funds that are being raised for the lacquer shades.

I’m currently wearing OMB! and I have to say it is smokin’ hawt.  I actually can’t stop staring at my nails.

OMB!

The sophisticated shade has just a tiny hint of sparkle, so subtle that you can still wear to work with a nice corporate suit, but paired with a LBD it screams Diva.

I’m also in love with the Prized Possession Purple shade:

Prized Possession Purple

especially when paired with the very fun Step 2 The Beat of My Heart (heart-shaped glitter):

Step 2 The Beat of My Heart

The delicate hearts in this shade are playful for users of any age.

Probably one of the best Nicole by OPI collections to date, this Bieberlicious bunch will not only raise some serious money for a very important cause but is destined to ensure many less lonely girls …

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By T. U. Dawood

Catharine Fennell

Scotiabank sponsored another great Young Women Of Influence Evening Speaker Series event.  Despite a rainy evening, the talk at The Roosevelt Room attracted a dynamic crowd of innovative, enterprising women, a thought-provoking speaker and plenty of opportunities for seamless networking!

Catharine Fennell, CEO & Founder of VideoBio, was the keynote speaker and she delivered a short but valuable content-packed speech.  Her two key pieces of advice were the importance of maintaining a top reputation and building a fan base.

Carolyn Lawrence, President of WOI, addresses the crowd

She also shared her top ten tips for women entrepreneurs:

1)    Entrepreneurship is a race so move quickly

2)    Pursue excellence and don’t ever settle

3)    Find early adopters and thank your fans.

4)    Just because you are the only person doing something a certain way doesn’t mean you are doing it wrongly.

5)     Outliers – benefits of sitting on the periphery

6)    Execution is everything – need to take it beyond the idea

7)    Never give up when the going gets tough because the going gets tough all the time

8)    Keep your eyes wide open.

9)    Have great cheerleaders in your circle of friends

10)  Love what u do and tell everyone about it.  Promote yourself unapologetically

Fennell’s speech was followed by a very successful networking exercise with the purpose of finding and building one’s circle of cheerleading friends for one’s professional life.

Carolyn & Catherine

Women of Influence President Carolyn Lawrence was very pleased by the congenial atmosphere of the evening and stated many people had particularly enjoyed Fennell’s talk.  Renee Heinemann, Marketing Coordinator for Women of Influence, added, “It’s inspiring to see so many like-minded young entrepreneurs connecting with each other and sharing resources.”

Careergo and Quest (Centre for Reproductive Medicine) had stalls.  Lawrence herself is planning to become a Quest client this winter.

Sponsors like National Post, Sherway Gardens, and many more, had gifted great door prizes and all attendees received some pretty impressive swag when they left this valuable event. One particular swag that was noteworthy was a Scotiabank Group IPOD style Micromint case.  Very cute.

Catharine Fennell & T U Dawood

This article was originally published in DelectablyChic!

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Review of The Art of Management Conference

By T. U. Dawood

The Metro Toronto Convention Center was packed to overflowing on Monday for The Art of Management Conference 2010 as 1700 people came out for this one-day conference.  The roster of five international motivational speakers was well organized and thought out and kept the audience rooted to their seats during this leading Canadian management forum .

Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell, Michael Eisner, Nilofer Merchant, Simon Sinek and Mitch Joel each had something important and interesting to say about today’s key management issues.

The conference began with Mitch Joel speaking on the importance of remembering we are in a changed world, a wired one with ample opportunities and it is important to bring the virtual into the physical world of marketing.  He pointed out that more grandparents use facebook than high school students and that it was important not only to build a fan base but to translate it into a community of engaged individuals.

Nilofer Merchant followed next, speaking on collaboration and strategy.  She spoke about the importance of recognizing hero-enablers (like Alfred to Batman) and of reducing the gaps between senior management and junior employees by facilitating an atmosphere of engaged dialogue, wi thout taking away from the importance of final decision-making.  While her stories were personal and engaging, she was possibly the weakest speaker of the day.

After lunch, Michael Eisner came out to share some advice.  He was the one speaker who had extraordinary practical success in the field of management and his anecdotes, ideas and theories were solidly rooted in different stages of his success.  He has had an extraordinary career so this made for very enjoyable and substance-filled content.  His talk was centred around the theme of his new book, which is partnerships.  He has had three very successful partnerships in his life and he has studied and interviewed other famous partnerships, and found that having one partner define a box that the other partner has carte blanche within, can be very strategic.  He also spoke of the importance of consistent brand building, reaching out to international markets, allowing oneself to take chances even if one fails, and he promoted micromanagement, citing that truly great business leaders were very involved in every level of operations and maintained a high level of accountability for their companies.

Simon Sinek followed next and as a theoretician was quite powerful.  He cited Apple and Harley Davidson as examples of how when companies begin with the why (as in why they are doing what they do), the how and what are just tangible proof of that ethos and it is that ethos that will attract dedicated employees, loyal fans and a larger than life brand image.

Malcolm Gladwell closed the conference with his riveting talk on expert failure.  Citing the recent financial crisis as an example, but using other examples dating back to the Civil War, he reminded us that in times of trouble, it was not the confidence and knowledge of experts we really needed, but their humility.

All five speakers were diverse, engaging and ensured the day was one that was well spent and full of thought-provoking ideas.

This article was originally published in LisaLiving.ca

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Reviewed By T. U. Dawood

Sunday, 26 Sep, 2010

THE life of Oprah Winfrey is simply fascinating. A spellbinding storyteller, an insightful interviewer and an Oscar-nominated actress, she is a true representation of the American dream. It is not surprising then that she is Kitty Kelley’s latest subject matter for a biography.

Oprah: A biography is chock-a-block with information on the queen of daytime television. Kelley interviewed the diva’s relatives, former lovers and coworkers. Remarkably, most of the people Kelley interviewed were not on the best of terms with Winfrey, including her cousin and father (who, it is alleged, might not be her biological father after all). Kelley had a clear thesis while writing this biography and she positions her work to fit that vision.

Regardless of what’s in the biography, we all know that Winfrey is quite the philanthropist. Kelley does mention her many achievements and her charitable work, but follows these positive statements with a ‘but’, all the while attempting to underscore, over and over again, that Winfrey’s generosity is often self-serving.

There are a lot of details present on Winfrey’s preferences. Kelley talks about how Winfrey does not enjoy taking the stairs, has a bathtub to fit her body and does not want to be photographed by the paparazzi in her bathing suit. Do all these revelations come as a real surprise? Not at all.

Kelley’s trademark that markets her books is incorporating one shocking revelation to tantalise readers. From Laura Bush selling dope in college to Nancy Reagen and Frank Sinatra having an affair are examples of full-blown secrets revealed by Kelley in her earlier best-sellers. The only semi-interesting unearthing in Kelley’s book on Oprah Winfrey is that she once dated John Tesh. In fact, Oprah dated both John Tesh and Roger Ebert before meeting her longtime partner Stedman Graham, but these relationships are simply not the hidden scandals that sell books. However, Kelley did discover one very potent piece of information in her research: the true identity of Winfrey’s father. Yet she chose not to put this salient detail into the biography.

Why not, you may wonder. Kelley apparently gave her word that she would not reveal the name because it is Winfrey’s mother’s place to tell her daughter and over the years she has still not done so. Since the book has come out, The National Enquirer has reported the true identity of Oprah Winfrey’s father to be 84-year-old Noah Robinson Sr., a retired Mississippi farmer and World War II veteran, who since then has requested a paternity test. Yet the truth is still to be known.

Kelley time and again returns to writing about the demons Winfrey herself has revealed, specifically focusing on the sexual abuse the talk show host suffered at the hands of her cousin, uncle and family friend beginning at the tender age of nine.

Winfrey first shared her history of abuse on her show in 1986, the year her show went into national syndication. It was a decision that was very controversial at the time, but proved to catapult Winfrey as well as the show to untold heights, although most members of her family still refuse to believe any such abuse took place.

Winfrey’s diva behaviour and her sway in the industry are very prominently discussed in the book. In fact, according to the Washington Times, the biography had an initial printing of around 500,000 copies. Yet, according to Kelley, some major news organisations refused to schedule interviews for fear of incurring ‘Oprah’s displeasure.’

Despite those setbacks, Kelley’s book is a great success. Her style is as engaging as ever. Even though comprising 544 pages (Winfrey’s authorised biography was just 200 pages), most people will read a good half of it before feeling the page count. There is a steady rhythm, enough energy and sufficient content to prove Kelley has done her homework.

After a while, it does feel almost like an overdose on too many People magazine articles, but for the most part it is a harmless guilty little pleasure.

Oprah (BIOGRAPHY) By Kitty KelleyRandom House, New York ISBN 0307394867544pp. $30

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We all know the stereotypes and we are all used to complaining about glass ceilings.  Let’s rebrand the past, however, and take note: there are some professions where women make more than men and I’m not just talking about modeling.

Huffington Post just put together a pictorial titled “8 Jobs In Which Women Make MORE Than Men,” informing all about these handful of occupations.

What I really what to know, however, is which professions are women making THE SAME as men?  Isn’t that the real desire for all.  Equal work, equal pay?

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I recently read “The 50th Law: Fear Nothing” by 50 Cent and Robert Greene and thought it had great advice for empowering oneself.  Since many women are looking to empower themselves, it fit in with the ethos of LADIESFUND™

Below is my review:

Review of “The 50th Law: Fear Nothing” by 50 Cent and Robert Greene

By T. U. Dawood

I was surprised, sitting in the reception area of a spa, to find The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene and Joost Elffers among the usual fanfare of fashion and entertainment magazines. With lessons such ‘Never Outshine the Master’ and ‘Never put too Much Trust in Friends, Learn how to use Enemies,’ this particular self-help book reads more like Sun Tzu’s The Art of War than the chick-lit paperback it was lying next to.

This is clearly a testimony to how omnipresent and popular Greene and Elffers’ masterpiece has become. First released in 1998, it is equally relevant today and is the sort of book you can read over and over again. So much so, that a sequel was inevitable.

While the 49th law remains a secret for now, Greene has teamed up with millionaire rapper 50 Cent (a.k.a. Curtis James Jackson III) to write The 50th Law of Power: Fear Nothing. In many ways this powerful book trumps all the 48 laws detailed in its predecessor because once you manage to obliterate fear, you can face pretty much anything.

Greene spent one year following 50 Cent around and the great respect the two men have for each other — 50 Cent was a big fan of the original book and approached Greene for the collaboration — is evident. This is a raw, intimate book that details the changes in 50 Cent’s life after the release of his music album Get Rich or Die Tryin’.

This is both a powerful and an empowering book because overcoming fear can truly enable one to ascend beyond their limits. Greene paints 50 Cent as a modern day hip-hop Napoleon and writes about his life and the lessons learnt from it in a very intimate, readable way. While 48 Laws of Power was more formal and comprehensive, The 50th Law is a simpler read, and all the sweeter for that.

One of the biggest factors that contributed to 50 Cent’s success is the fact that his upbringing was one in which he was expected to die young. Many of his peers and neighbours are dead and he never thought that he would live this long (he’s currently 34). Having conquered the fear of death early on, he practices what he preaches by living a life without fear of lesser terrors such as failure or financial upheaval.

Combining his lack of fear with his talent for hustle was a winning formula for survival and even greater power. Therefore key ideas in the book include intense realism, selfreliance, opportunism, calculated momentum, aggression, authority, connection, mastery, self-belief, and the sublime.

Of course the essential cores have been ‘pimped up’ to 50 Cent standards, whereby oppurtunism becomes the ability to ‘Turn Shit into Sugar’ and aggression becomes knowing ‘When to Be Bad.’

Greene reiterates that no one is born fearless. It is a product of life experiences, sheer force of will and the thirst for power.

One of the greatest strengths of the book is its substantiations through examples from history. The examples Greene uses in the original Laws book are validated by historical evidence and quotes from true masters. This book is very much one man’s tale.

However, unlike a typical biography, it is presented in the manner of a lesson which makes it both interesting and informative for the reader. Instead of a straight-forward account of 50 Cent’s life experiences, everything is dissected, analysed, filtered and represented as a guide to self empowerment.

Greene also cites examples of fearless figures from history such as Malcom X and Amelia Earhart, along with returning favourites including Napoleon and Scipio. The book’s focus, however, remains 50 Cent. While this makes for a refreshing combination of biography and self-help guide, it also makes for a somewhat repetitive narrative. The book would have benefitted from tighter editing.

The 50th Law of Power: Fear nothing
(SELF-HELP)
By 50 Cent and Robert Greene
ISBN 978-81-309-1537-1
291pp.

This review was originally published in Dawn newspaper.

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By T. U. Dawood

The energy and essence of Davos came to Manhattan with the New York Forum, the brainchild of Moroccan-born Richard Attias who produced the World Economic Forum in Davos for 15 years, then launched the Clinton Global Initiative. This two day forum drew “5 billionaires, 70 speakers and 325 chief executives and directors of the biggest companies in the U.S. and Europe.”  Day 3, his wife Cecilia Attias (former wife of Nikolas Sarkozy) held her own Cecilia Attias Foundation for Women’s Dialogue for Action, which brought together top tier “NGO leaders, experts and influencers from the private and public sectors.”

Attias described the New York Forum as an attempt to “jump-start a new paradigm for growth and progress” with the mission to create an action plan to be sent to policymakers at the G-20 summit in Toronto, which was held in late June.  It was a power networking event as well as a paperless one. Every Forum panelist and speaker received a free iPad pre-loaded with the names, bios and email address of every other participant to show them first hand the new innovations they would be debating as well as facilitate networking.

Some of the highlights of the New York Forum included biting comments by Rubert Murdoch, practical approaches by Cathleen Black (President, Hearst Magazines, and Member of the Board, IBM and The Coca-Cola Company) and richest man in the world Carlos Slim Helú discuss hot growth areas.  Murdoch expressed his disappointment in President Obama’s policies, while Black revealed that she was not worried about paper magazines going obsolete anytime soon.  Helu revealed that the best areas to start a business today were in an emerging country such as Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, or their Latin American neighbors.  Even Nobel Prize winner Edmund Phelps stated, “There’s been a tremendous loss in dynamism in the U.S. economy.” That being said, Slim still felt the US leads in “technology, creativity and innovation.”  He cited Intel and Apple as key American successes.

Although there were a scattering of women at the New York Forum, they were the majority at the Dialogue for Action where discussions were divided by regional area with a strong and sincere emphasis on solution-seeking objectives along with the focus on identifying the main issues facing women per continent.  Some key speakers included Cindi Leive, Editor, Glamour Magazine, Dina Powell, Chairwoman, Goldman Sachs Foundation, Sila Calderon, Former Governor of Puerto Rico, Minister of State Innocence Ntap, Senegal, Zeinab Salbi, President, Women for Women International and Dr. Edit Schlaffer, President, Women Without Borders.

Topics such as HIV-positive women, maternal mortality, sex trafficking and the integration of  muslim women into American life provided a basis for important and timely discussion.  These were real issues debated by people close to the topics and audience members who were equally dynamic and passionate on the topics. There were also fantastic opportunities to networking and synergies to be developed right at the one-day Dialogue for Action itself.

“We need to work now to find implementable solutions and give a voice to the millions of women who are not able to speak out on their own,” stated the founder. She emphasized the importance of monitoring and seeing through the action-based initiatives decided upon at the end of the conference and the plan for local regional meetings to be organized as part of the follow-up. The International Herald Tribune was the Official Media Sponsor of The Dialogue for Action with The World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO) as the strategic partner for the event.

Original Article was published in Prospere Magazine

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