I was watching ‘The Greatest Showman’ last night and there was this quote in the movie that really resonated with me, which is as true in life as it is in business... #business #inspirational #quoteoftheday …see more

Choose which social media platforms to engage with carefully. You don't have to choose them all. In fact, unless you're a full fledged media company I wouldn't advise that.  Why? If you don't have the resources and bandwidth to feed them correctly - daily, thoughtfully, interacting with your followers - don't get on them. Nothing looks worse than social media feeds that appear to be starving. Hire someone if you need to, but don't let your social media streams languish. It just makes you look bad. #KellyeMedia …see more

I voted this morning in the name of #communityorganizer , #votingrights activist and #Mississippi #CivilRights Legend #FannieLouHamer , because I am sick and tired of watching my country descend deeper into the morass of viciousness, tribalism and selfishness that Ms. Hamer fought so hard to pull her people out of. I’m sick and tired of complicity and cruelty and callous disregard. I’m just plain old sick and tired of being sick and tired of aching for my country’s future. So #IVoted , because as Ms. Hamer put it, “You can pray until you faint, but unless you get up and try to do something, God is not going to put it in your lap.” #Election2020 #VotingMatters #VoteForYourLife …see more

Eleven years ago, my very first project as a #healthreporting mentor/advisor for the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) in #Kenya was published. I'd asked eight reporters to visit health facilities around the country and write about conditions there. The resulting project was one of the first times a health issue had been featured so prominently on the front page of Nation Media Group 's #DailyNation newspaper. Five years later, one of the journalists I mentored, Joy Wanja Muraya , produced a front page Daily Nation feature about a potential threat to Kenya posed by a #polio outbreak in #Somalia . I noted, with some pride, that my work with Kenyan journalists was making an impact in newsrooms. Today, journalist Annie Njanja scored a front-page Daily Nation feature about Kenya's plan to roll out the #HPV #cervicalcancer vaccine, and the protests surrounding it. So here's my #WednesdayWisdom : Wherever you are, and what ever field you're in, keep planting seeds. You never know where or when they will sprout. #globalhealth #globalhealthisourhealth #publichealth #publichealthjournalism #Africanjournalists #Africanjournalism …see more

As Day 1 of The Aspen Institute #AspenIdeasHealthFestival begins, I can't help reflecting on the mind-boggling experience of co-facilitating a pre-Festival #IdeasIncubatorEvent . Not to get too giddy about it, but being privy to #globalhealth policy and practice discussions at this level is beyond astonishing to me! I was in the same incubator group as the Former Minister of Health for #Botswana and current Executive Secretary of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) Joy Phumaphi , among other high-profile participants! I helped develop the idea to support global #nursing and #midwifery that was presented to a distinguished panel including former Health Minister of #Rwanda Agnes Binagwaho and former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman! And today, I am roaming from venue to venue listening to brilliant minds share insights on urgent #healthissues like #reproductivehealth , #affordablehousing , #nurseentrepreneurship and #patientexperience . (And in this very moment, I realize that I have become a " #GlobalHealthNerd . “ I can live with it.) #Aspen #AspenIdeas #ALMA #AspenIdeasHealth #AspenIdeasFestival #RockyMountainHigh #HealthEquity #HealthForAll #communicator #facilitator #mediaconsulting …see more

“Until women are emancipated, child marriages will never end." Guardian News & Media investigates #childmarriage in #Zimbabwe 🇿🇼, where 1 in 3 girls becomes a child bride. Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage #Africa #EndChildMarriage #ISaidNo #VowForGirls #globaldevelopment https://bit.ly/2AApRYC …see more

Reverend Jesse L. Jackson Sr.'s eloquent #NewYearsDay message in The New York Times offers a clue about why I'm feeling so energized and hopeful at the start of 2019. This year marks the 400th anniversary of the presence of Africans on American soil. I am part of a continuous lineage of horror, brutality, struggle, triumph, hope and courage that endured even when all the forces of the Universe seemed aligned to terminate our existence. I am here to help declare our strength and our dreams. God let me live to see another year, and I will make the most of it, in the name of those "20 frightened, bewildered and beleaguered Africans arrived in Jamestown, Va., as prizes that had been pirated from Spanish ships on the open seas." I vow to honor that journey, and that of the millions of others who perished at sea, and under the whip, and after the rapes, and after the psychological terror. They paid the price for my journey. #EmancipationDay #400Years #Endurance #Persistence #StrengthCourageAndWisdom #AfricanAmericans https://lnkd.in/enXpBE5 …see more

In the next 15 years, the world will need 600 million jobs for young people. What are the challenges? Learn more in this blogpost from The World Bank : …see more

Trust me, I've ridden this merry-go-round called Life long enough to heartily agree with Liz Ryan 's column: You are always, ALWAYS more successful than you think. It's all about shifting your focus from what's wrong to what's right, from your weaknesses to your strengths. It's about being kind and patient with yourself. It's about hanging on, until you turn that corner. It's out there. Believe me. I turned it a few times myself, and some wonderfully affirming surprises were waiting for me. Thanks for the reminder, Liz. …see more

Coming out early next month! Available to pre-order on Amazon... https://lnkd.in/d98djQe # #india #cryptocurrencies #passiveinvesting #qe #gold …see more

The revolution in #adspend #Marketing in the past decade - first #newspapers and now #tv way down, #search and #socialmedia skyrocketing.

The partisan divide over #COVID continues, and it's massive. 73% of #Republicans feel comfortable about returning to their regular (pre-COVID) routines; only 23% of #Democrats are comfortable.

#UnEmploymentClaims in American historical perspective from Visual Capitalist - more new claims (22 million) in first month of #COVID19 #Recession2020 than in the peaks of the previous 6 recessions COMBINED

Life Long Learning is so important, for Wharton alums, and for everyone. Nice story in Financial Times.

In the past year we’ve seen a lot of change, and it’s happened quickly. How have we #accountants maintained our strong customer experience when we can’t meet in person, legislation is coming out so fast it’s not clear, and advisory is in demand more than ever. Join me for this Let’s Get Radical…LIVE as I talk with Daniel Richards of MyFirmsApp about how we need to connect with clients in this #COVID19 world. Let’s explore what we need to do or do differently. https://bit.ly/39OpuvC #CPAs #CPAfirm #accountingfirm #RadicalCPA #RadicalCPALive #CPALove #accountantlove #accountingtech #accountingapp …see more

Summer back porch reading.... Cannonball! Fearlessly facing midlife and beyond by @amy Schmidt On the other side of fear is Magic! Have you ever felt like this?! #radicalcpa #cpa #leadership #womansleadership …see more

I am no forecaster... (as a financial analyst, I believe in having a margin for error so that a forecast is not necessary : ) ) ...but here are 3 Big Ideas that I would like to see change the world in 2021 #BigIdeas2021 …see more

We can do whatever we put our mind to. We will excel at investing. Ignore us at your own peril. #WomenInvestForProgress …see more

Thank you, every one of the 20k, who has followed me on LinkedIn . In an era of information overload, I am honoured that you have chosen to give your time to read my views. I hope I meet your expectations. At times, I provoke by #AskingBetterQuestions - I welcome your comments/suggestions. Thank you.

😂😂😂😂😂 When the client says I want something simple to use and don’t want to have to manage cards or fobs, show them this as it’s a common phenomenon.