Category: Thoughts
Toastmasters Meeting Theme Ideas
Facing the responsibility of coming up with a new theme for every weekly meeting of my Toastmasters club, probably just like you, I decided to create a list of possible themes. You can use them as you please. They will work well with the positive and supportive environment Toastmasters International meetings create. Here goes the [...]
3 Essential Ingredients
When it comes to achieving success in life, there are 3 categories of people; those who know they are successful, those who think they are successful, and those who want to be successful. Where do you belong? I guess it all comes down to how you define the word success. What does success mean to [...]
Orange County Speakers Bureau
Last Wednesday July 11, at 7:00 p.m. I attended the OC Speakers Bureau monthly meeting. What a great experience! Thanks to my friend and experienced Toastmaster Nadine who shared the information with me. We had 3 terrific speeches and I was not really surprised to meet Scot Shier, the immediate past president of OC Toasters (my [...]
Solutions To Money Problems
It is sometimes pitiful how many projects are never born or die simply because of the flimsy excuse : “I don’t have enough money !” There are many possible solutions to money problems. When you have a practical, inspirational, exceptional idea, don’t ask the question : “How much will it cost ?” until the concept is [...]
Just say “Thank You!” [Video]
We are all living busy lives, but it is important to have a grateful hearts. Thousands of sermons have been preached and thousands of books have been written about the subject of gratitude. Interestingly, the two easiest words to learn and remember in any language are “please” and “thank you”. Anybody who can speak any [...]
5 Essential Rules for Effective Communication
The ability to communicate effectively cannot be emphasized enough as a key factor for achieving success in any endeavor. I have recently been given the opportunity to help in creating a new Toastmasters International Club and I am taking on the challenge head on. As I present the opportunity of becoming a charter member of a [...]
Two Young Inspiring Ghanaian Entrepreneurs
I came across the stories of two young inspiring Ghanaian entrepreneurs and I would like to share them with you. As you read on, I want you to think about their great achievement at that early age in contrast to the “negative” picture the world has of Africa and its people. Indeed, life if what [...]
Top 10 Ghana Bloggers
The past few years have seen a steady rise in the quantity and quality of online content made in Ghana. Many Ghanaians blog and the website GhanaBlogging.com is a good aggregator providing an RSS feed of its registered blogs. Below is a list of the top 10 bloggers in Ghana. The list was compiled considering the quality [...]
Top 5 Google Search Terms in Ghana
Google has a dozens of useful products available to the public. One of those products is Google Trends, which allows you to have an insight into what web users search for on Google. You can get statistics as far back as 2004, in more than 50 countries worldwide. Today I took a look at Google [...]
Glo Ghana “Reserve Your Number”
Glo Ghana initiated the campaign “Reserve Your Number” last 19th January, in lieu of the officially announced launch of their voice service. Many people in Ghana were disappointed once again, but happy to be able to secure a phone number on what is likely going to be one of the best mobile phone networks in [...]
Glo [Ghana] is dying. Seriously?
In an earlier post about Glo Ghana, I reported their publicly announced launch date for January 19, 2012. I just came across an article on www.ghanaweb.com claiming that “Glo is dying” and I strongly disagree with the article’s title. [update: The article appeared on www.ghanaweb.com on 14th January 2012 and was deleted on 16th January [...]
