DEAR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND FANS,

IN EXACTLY TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, ENTRIES FOR THE Tony Tokunbo Fernandez INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION 2015 FOR POETS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WILL COME TO AN END AND EVERYONE HAS BEEN ASKING WHO ARE THE TEN POETS WHO WILL MAKE IT TO THE FINALS ON SUNDAY THE 15TH OF FEBRUARY AT 12 NOON?

THE QUALITY OF POEMS I HAVE RECEIVED THIS YEAR HAVE LEFT ME SPEECHLESS- I AM SIMPLY OVERWHELMED.
THE COMPETITION IS SPONSORED BY MYSELF, TO ENCOURAGE THE ART OF WRITING AMONG VARIOUS NEW & UPCOMING POETS AND WRITERS ACROSS TO GLOBE AND TO PROMOTE THEIR WORK ON LITERARY INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, ONLINE MAGAZINES, , BLOGS AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS

Sam is an experienced Business Leader and Management consultant with over 18 years commercial experience in marketing and business development. In addition Sam assists his clients in defining their financial and corporate strategy and in obtaining appropriate forms of commercial and/or grant initiatives.

Sam is an expert in end to end product and service creation especially in the cultural ,creative ,and tourism sectors. He is excellent and holistic strategy and is an experienced programme director, possessing key communication and human management skills.

Core skills applied by Sam in his role as director / consultant include:

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• Presentations and Proposal development at board level/senior management.

• Excellent and dynamic team leadership.

• Project Management

• Vision casting

• Research and development.

• Business Planning , marketing and campaign development

• Emotional Intelligence skills including: on-going mentoring, management coaching and

support & Team building

• Management tools including Balanced scorecards, Sigma tools, EQFM, Communication Maps

• Trainer/facilitator: World class speaking and engaging skills, high ability to impart knowledge and carry along audience

• Strong report writing skills

• People management

• Personal aptitude as regards: flexibility in terms of work location and work hours;

confidence; drive and enthusiasm;

Sam is also the Founder of  Women4Africa, http://www.women4africa.com one of the largest Awards ceremonies for African women , held in London Annually.

Also, Great Business platforms http://www.greatbusinessplatforms.com, a Global business club with Africa at its centre.

Nigerian Entertainment and Lifestyle Awards   http://www.nelawards.com

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Academic , Professional Qualifications and Honours include:

  B.Sc (Hons) Political Science

     Chartered Institute of Marketing , Level 7 strategic marketing

  Proficiency in MS applications, advanced with computer and all E-business activities

  Student  member  Securities and investment institute

  Fellow Charted institute of marketing

  Coaching and Mentoring Level 3

  Leadership & Management  practitioner (EFQM)

  Mindworks Approach

  Finance for Non financial advisors

  Systems thinking

  Lean tool practitioner

  Logical framework matrix

  Performance management mix

Sam is a multi Award winning personality, amongst his awards in 2014, He was listed as one of the 100 most Influential Nigerians in the UK, Signed by the Nigerian High commissioner to the UK Ambassador Talfida and  Minister of State for Africa Mark Simmons MP

LEADERSHIP IS A SEED CULTIVATED.

Mr Ferdinard is a BEFFTA award-winning author of many inspirational and motivational books. He is a life coach, mentor, publication consultant, Columnist, radio show host and a faculty member of African Professional Speakers Academy (APSA). Ferdinard’s mandate is to empower, motivate, and encourage individuals, to remain focused, determined and committed in serving the Lord, and to discover themselves in order to pursue their purpose in life.
Ferdinard S. Lawson is also an international advisor to the Achievers Foundation, Ghana. He was honored as an Extraordinary Individual in United Kingdom and holds a Bachelor Degree in Public Health and Social Care. He is a member of Royal Society for Public Health (MRSPH) in United-Kingdom.
Sir Ferdinard lives in London (UK) with his wife and his two precious lovely children.

LEADERSHIP

‘A great leader is a ladder, which enables his followers to climb comfortably to get the next phase in their lives.
Leadership trees can be seen everywhere we go but the question is; are they bearing fruits less alone, talking about much fruits? We have seen, heard and experienced some form of leaderships in many churches, companies, organization, institutions businesses both in privates and governmental environments, who gave their best to their organization just to ensure that, things work well in the organization to produce more outstanding  positive results.
Some of these leaders tend to be a great one or a very bad one. It is possible to say that, every one of us is born with a seed of leadership, therefore, the fruits we bear as leaders are determined by the qualities of our leadership and how it can affect our followers and lives around us.
However, we have also seen or heard of some terrible leaders, who only think of themselves (family and children), without considering how those around them (followers or team members) survive. They have failed in all capacity to ask themselves, how much they have actually provided or supported the people they are leading. Selfishness has choked their seeds and prevented them from bearing positive fruits in the lives of those around them.
Leadership is very crucial in determining the outcomes of every organization, companies, families, ministries, churches and so on. Most communities have succeeded in improving the qualities of social amenities or infrastructures which are purely based on the quality of their leadership skills. More so, the bad ones also reflects on the type of leadership structures in place.
It is very vital to raise the awareness in every leader to know that, leadership is not just leading people but to be able to bear quality fruits to benefit the people one is leading. Bearing the fruits of leadership enables you to develop some vital elements of leadership in order to provide quality care and relate well with people from different backgrounds, races, cultures, religions, status, gender and etc… Diplomatically to get a vision, purpose, goal, agenda or project done effectively without feeling intimidated or over shadow by the success of their emerging leaders.
Leadership as some of people know is an act of directing, planning and also organizing things around people so as to carry out an excellent work for the benefits of the organization or company. Therefore, a leader is the one who desire to work with other people to achieve a common goal and get everything going on a good track. Leadership gives structure or directions to every forward moving organization. I have observed that, most people see leadership as management. What they are ignorance of is that, Leadership is the one that takes management to another level. The fact that people are in management, does not mean they are in leadership. Anyone in leadership must have the ability to ensure that things are done accordingly without doing the job themselves. Leaders show the way, chart a new course, have the desire to blaze a trail, finding a right path for others to follow and become all that they have been created for.
A great leader always lead by example, guide the destiny of others and having the spirit of raising other effective leaders to be a source of impact in their world. ‘By their fruits ye shall know them.
What actually differentiates Leadership from management is the mental attitude they have or develop. This can be in the way of thinking, perception and the angle at which they view things.
If we see leadership as a tree, then there is the need for us to identify it with the fruits it bears. There is no other way of identifying a leadership tree without its fruits. It is therefore important that, we cultivate the leadership seed within us in order to bear good fruits as leaders in every area of our lives.
L.E.A.D.E.R.S.H.I.P
L- Learn. A leader must be ready to learn on how to relate well with his followers or people around him.
E- Empower. A leader must be able to provide and invest in the future and extend training to the people around him, creating a platform where their potentials can be maximize.
A – Assertive: leaders must be assertive and must have the desire to connect, care, and communicate with the people at all levels. They must not discriminate or show favoritism and accessible to everyone in the team
D- Delegate; It is the leader’s role to learn to delegate duties to every members to create an environment for personal development. This eased pressures and increase productivities and self development.
E- Effective. A leader must be very effective when it comes to duties, producing a result that will benefit the whole team members not on their family and children only.
R- Responsible. A leader must be responsible and productive. He must be trusted to do what is right, expected or required of him, not the lazy and autocratic one.
S- Sensitive; Leaders must be a caring type and must be sensitive to the needs of the members as well by understanding the feelings of other people around them.
H- Harness; A leader must be like a strap connecting people around him to the right thing, creating a creative ideas and networks that will also enhance their development in life.
I-Intelligent. A leader must demonstrate some level of understanding of the need for a change in order to produce maximum results especially in the lives of the protégées.
P- Passionate. A leader must be passionate about his or her protégée. He must genuinely show support, care and belief to the members when the need arises.
May you receive the grace to bear much good fruits in your leadership journey, go and bear good fruits and let your fruit remain also in leadership. Be Empowered.

Ferdinard Senyo Lawson@2015 (leadership
Acronyms).

“Rijole Bitata is a language specialist teacher with over ten years experience working in inner city London schools.Originally from Equatorial Guinea, she was born and raised in Spain where she trained as a specialist language teacher before coming to the UK. She has worked with many grassroots organizations and she is passionate about education and parenting.

Invasion 1897 chronicles the vivid accounts of the infamous British Punitive Expedition to Benin, Nigeria that led to killings, destruction, looting thousands of artifacts (Peoples’ Records) and deposition of the last King of Africa: Oba Ovonramwen of the Great Benin Empire. Told for the first time from the victim’s perspective. They called it massacre, but it was indeed an invasion. After showing inside the British Museum, London now adopted by the British Film Institute (BFI) to be showcased on 7th February, 2015 1pm. Come meet the stars on the red carpet.

Invasion 1897 on the trail and a step further. Due to popular demand following many awards won and back to back screening inside the British Museum, Odeon cinema London, Smithsonia Institute USA, Toronto Film & Music Festival, Dallas Premiere, Abuja International Film Festival, African International Film Festival (AFFRIF) Calabar, Theatrical releases across cinemas in Nigeria; it is scheduled to be screened by the British Film Institute (BFI) Waterloo, London on Saturday 7th February, 2015 @ 1pm. Q&A with the Director and Cast including a special review by a celebrated film critique and film educationist David Somerset takes place from midday (12 O’clock). See flyer for details. Box Office Ticket £6.50 call  02079283232

ENTRIES FOR THE Tony Tokunbo Fernandez INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION 2015 FOR POETS AND WRITERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD HAVE BEEN SIMPLY OVERWHELMING.
THE QUALITY OF POEMS I HAVE RECEIVED THIS YEAR HAVE LEFT ME SPEECHLESS.
THE COMPETITION IS SPONSORED BY MYSELF, TO ENCOURAGE THE ART OF WRITING AMONG VARIOUS NEW & UPCOMING POETS AND WRITERS ACROSS TO GLOBE AND TO PROMOTE THEIR WORK ON LITERARY INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, ONLINE MAGAZINES, , BLOGS AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS

Black History | About the Founder – Mr Phil Gregory

MEET MR. COLEMAN OLAMIDE OLAJUWON

CEO of JUPITER 10, Where every member is a leader.
Nigerian, American and south Africa based. Mr. Coleman is a multi talented vibrant and passionate leader of our time.

Leadership, Minds Ambassadors had  the privilege to meet him Last year and is indeed a moment of inspiration after having a brief conversation with him .
Mr Coleman happens to be the first to be interviewed by Leadership Mind Ambassadors  this year.

Mr. Coleman,an was born in October  1984 at Number 10 Golden Cross Hospital Gerald street Ikoyi Lagos Nigeria.
He Attended Methodist Boys High School Broad street Lagos Nigeria..Gained Higher Level degree at the University of Pretoria South Africa in Physiology.Exercise Science and Sport Nutrition at the Health and Fitness Professional Association Academy.(higher Diploma).

He later studied ,Sport Science at the University of South Carolina.

Currently he is a part time Actor and Sport Model,  Fitness Trainer and Team Nutritionist of the year for Young Generation Football Club. South Africa. Fitness Adviser of
the year Kevin McNamara Gold Gym.2011.2012.South Africa. Nutritional Adviser of the year Pick and Pay Hyper Centurion Johannesburg
2012.South Africa.Supplemental Senior Adviser for USN.EVOX.JOHN WEIDER and SPORT MAN.2012.

He has also achieved the following below

1. Member of Body Genius Initiative on Health awareness program in Association with Blue Steering by Dr Professor Pete D Toit.University
of Pretoria and Mr and Mrs Andretia Ferrera South Africa.
2. Part of the team called by the President of South Africa Mr Jacob Zuma on the fitness level of the South Africa Police Department.
3. Spoke person for Tanzania Youth Enhancement and Poverty Eradication Organisation (TAYEPEO).
4. Mediator on the killings of Albinos in Tanzania.
5. Founder and Owner of JUPITER 10 a projects support and development programme utopia for Africa.
6. Co assistant in the creation of the first Sport ever Museum in Africa.South Africa By Michael Mushima.
7. Executive Assistant to Mr Lowry Taylor. CEO Digital Development Corporation.(DDCUSAID) and a star member and Ambassador for
Peace for International Family Alliance(IFA).Chicago Illinois. USA.

Part of the United Nation team from Nigeria invited to the 2015 United Nation summit in USA/Dakar and a possible chance to meet the
America President Barrack Usien Obama.
PROJECTS: Founder and Coordinator of the first west Africa Sport Museum.Founder and Coordinator of the first high performance sports
centre in Nigeria.Books and Writing coming out soon. JUPITER 10.IN AFRICA WE TRUST. BLACK MIND. ONE WAY IN ONE WAY OUT.
LEADERSHIP..

What Leadership means to Mr Olajuwon

Leadership to me, Is a destination of GIVING and SHARING the only Good Better Best and Great Truth Life has giving you as a Faithfulness
mind with focus,passionate,dedicated fear of God almighty in a HUMAN.
Leadership is common sense.
Leadership is John 10:10.
Leadership is right start NOW.
Leadership is Trusting in God.
Leadership is Peace of Peace.
Leadership is the Favoured and Grace in a Dream.
Leadership is Blessing.
Leadership is Vision for the people by the people.
Leadership is a Beautiful Mind.
Leadership is one God.
Leadership is King of Colours.
Leadership is Ageless.
Leadership is ME.YOU.WE.US.
Leadership is EVERYTHING and not ANYTHING.
Leadership is Love.
Leadership is Reality.
Leadership is the WORD and not the WORLD .
Leadership has no Religion.
Leadership is the Universe.
Leadership is God of gods.
God blessed the Leadership of Africa.
God blessed the leadership of the word.
IN GOD I TRUST…Jupiter 10.