Author: Renee Flagler
After she was laid off for the third time, Renee Flagler took her professional fate into her own hands. The marketing executive began to view her lack of employment as a gift of time to pursue her dream of becoming a published author. In less than 30 days, Flagler finished her first published novel, Mountain High, Valley Low(Aspicomm Books...
Core Values and Mission Statements
Is your company on the right track in terms of its philosophy? Your company can lose its way and its employees can be without a clear direction if you haven’t formulated a set of core or corporate values and a company mission statement. The ABCs of core values “Values guide behavior more directly than do policies and procedures,” explains Professor Barbara...
Center helps African immigrants succeed
MINNEAPOLIS — Hussein Samatar, one of Minnesota's most improbable bankers, hung a new shingle in Minneapolis towards the end of last year. Samatar, a Somali refugee who 15 years ago was struggling to learn English at the nearby Franklin Library, is moving his African Development Center(ADC) staff of eight into the refurbished former North Country Co-op building in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, an immigrant crossroads since working-poor Scandinavians...
Help for the African-American IT Entrepreneurs–Interview with Boyd Stephens
Starting a business comes with many challenges. Information Technology professionals have their own unique hurdles to surmount when striking out on their own. TNJ.com recently talked to Boyd Stephens, Director of the Black Data Processors Association’s (BDPA) Entrepreneurs Advisory Group. Boyd’s primary occupation has been in the IT field for more than 20 years. Along with being a business...
Microsoft's Philly school has travelled rocky road
When the Microsoft-designed School of the Future opened, the facility was a paragon of contemporary architecture, with a green roof, light-filled corridors and the latest classroom technology, all housed in a dazzling white modern building. It might as well have been a fishbowl: Educators and media from around the world watched to see whether Microsoft could reform public education through...
Black Female Designers Freshen NY's Fashion Scene
It may seem hard to break into the apparel business in one of the world's fashion capitals if you happen to be Black and female, but there is hope! A new crop of black women have hit the fashion scene, attracting attention with distinct design points of view and are poised to rival many of the American fashion houses...
Hip-Hop Hooray: Food Comes To Harlem
Besides being hip-hop sensations, what do P. Diddy, Jay-Z and Doug E. Fresh have in common? Well, now with the entry of Fresh into the eatery business, they are all NYC restaurateurs. Fresh recently debuted his new Harlem restaurant, Doug E.´s, in hopes of reviving his hometown community. The 25-year hip-hop veteran opened the food hot spot on 132nd Street...
The for-profit sector steps up to play its role in Africa’s economic development.
Making the Business Case for Africa The for-profit sector steps up to play its role in Africa’s economic development. Where are the builders of tomorrow’s Africa? That’s a crucial issue for anyone interested in global economic development. It was also the specific question up for discussion at the daylong Stanford Africa Forum held March 2 at the Stanford Graduate School of...
Dr Thwaites Performs Radical Surgery
Antigua St. john's - Antiguan-born American-trained urologist, Dr Dwayne Thwaites, continued to blaze the trail in his field of specialization when he performed the British Virgin Island’s first ever radical prostatectomy operation, for the total removal of a prostate. The operation took place at the Bougainvillea Clinic in Tortola a week ago and has been described as “very successful”. Reports from...
Immunization Coverage to Increase
Antigua St. John's - Approximately 40 nurses from various categories of the Nursing fraternity, to include midwives and Public Health Nurses, gathered yesterday at their Antigua and Barbuda Nurses Association Headquarters on Queen Elizabeth Highway, for a half day immunization workshop. The workshop which was facilitated by the Health Ministry with support from the Pan American Health Organization, seeks to...
