Greg Caesar S.O. What! Success Story
What are some of the positive moments in your life that you’ll never forget?
One of those moments for me was when as a teen mother I stood on the football field at halftime during the University of Memphis homecoming game in October 2000.
And…
Odell Bizzell S.O. What! Success Story
Doesn’t it feel good when you meet someone doing the same thing as you and they immediately cheer you on and offer real help? I met Odell Bizzell as part of the National Speakers Association a few years ago but really got to know him when…
Dr. Beverly Bond S.O. What! Success Story
No, I did not get excited when I signed up for an 8 am history class every Tuesday and Thursday morning.
I was not a morning person nor a history-lover.
Although Dr. Beverly Bond did not make it easy for me to get up early, she did make…
Coach Shirley McCray S.O. What! Success Story
The older I get the more I appreciate and want to know more about the history and the people who make an impact on it. One of those people is Coach Shirley McCray - the first female coach of a men’s football team.
A fellow University…
Photographer, Father, Future PhD: Sha’Quille Fuller S.O. What! Success Story
Just when I thought I wore a lot of hats. I met someone (Sha’Quille Fuller) who wears a few more and maybe bigger hats.
Yet he still made time to volunteer one of his many talents to the fundraiser I created for the S.O. What! Foundation.…
Margaret Rhodes’ S.O. What! Success Story
It’s interesting when the first time you meet someone is at your own house.
That’s where I met Margaret Rhodes when she came to support a fundraising idea I was trying out at my house. Since then that fundraiser has become a big annual…
Prisoner to Pastor, DeAndre Brown S.O. What! Success Story
Several years ago I was asked to join the board of directors for a new non-profit charter school that wanted to come to Memphis, Pathways in Education. We had a small board of only three, and when one of our board members had to leave the board…
Joann Massey S.O. What! Success Story
People don’t have to support you.
That was very apparent to me as a young mother and even more apparent when it really got tough raising a teenager.
But it also became painfully apparent when I became an entrepreneur.
Then, someone,…
5 Lessons from Appearing on CNN HLN
After publishing my first book, I was shocked when I checked my Facebook inbox and had a message from CNN's HLN.
It was 11:00am, and they wanted me to do an interview at 4:00pm...via Skype.
I called the contact in my inbox and excitedly agreed…