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Hangzhuo China Trip

This is one of the signs in a garden in Hangzhuo China from our trip in October 2008.  This statement follows the principles of Feng Shui.

We had a feng shui practitioner come to our home. It was amazing the changes we made that felt so right.  One of the principles of feng shui is:  If you don’t need it or want it — get rid of it!  How much stuff do you have around you that is just taking up space?

After the feng shui consult, we got rid of over 4000 things in the next eight months.  Here is what is important.  We are not pack rats and/or sentimental.  It was just little trinkets, expired aspirin bottles in a drawer, clothes we never wore, old tennis rackets and trophies.  It was so refreshing to clean out.

If you want to make room for new things in your life, you need to get rid of the old stuff so you can make room!

For help in any aspect of Sales Call Reluctance and Profitable Prospecting, call Connie at 602-380-5431, email her at [email protected].  Connie will help you clean up your mental and emotional clutter.

Specializing in helping salespeople get their “ask” in gear!

Facilitated Training in Rwanda

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Last week I facilitated a public speaking workshop for the Rwanda Women Parliamentary Forum through a French interpreter.  The Constitution of the Republic of Rwanda mandates that at least thirty (30%) of their parliament be women.  They have exceeded those numbers with 49% of their members being women.  President Paul Kagame is quoted as saying that “. . . women are indispensible in the reconstruction and collective effect to shape our country’s destiny.”

Since these are elected positions, the focus on the workshop was to assist these women on building credibility statements into their introductions and openings so that people will listen to them.   They were given exercises to provide emotional and logical proof to the structure of their presentations.  They had received training in the past for public speaking on technique, i.e., how to stand, what to wear, how to hold microphone, etc.  They were delighted to receive training on content building and making sure that they are believed and heard.  It was great fun to work with an ambitious group of women who are dedicated to serve their people as they rebuild their country.

What I am Doing In Africa

For Immediate Release
To Contact Connie Kadansky
For Interviews: 602-380-5431

Connie Kadansky is traveling to Rwanda, in East Africa, July 12th to teach business development and speaking skills to women leaders and entrepreneurs in a program sponsored jointly by Rwanda Women Parliamentary Forum and WomenforWealth.com, USA.

Kadansky, a Phoenix native, is founder and president of Exceptional Sales Performance, an international performance improvement company, specializing in new business development consulting and coaching. Connie has extensive training experience with diverse industries from food distribution, to financial services, to print media to solo entrepreneurs.

She was selected by WomenforWealth.com to join the Forum because of her diversity of experience and exceptional training ability in the area of sales and business development. “You can’t succeed in business development without the ability to sell, and this is an essential ingredient often overlooked by entrepreneurs around the world,” say WomenforWealth.com Co-Founder Elizabeth Uible.

The American Embassy in Rwanda has stated that this will be the first time an American group has gone down to present a conference for the Women in Parliament, something they’ve felt is long overdue. “We expect the results of this Entrepreneurship Conference for Women to have great ripple effects in terms of women starting businesses here, and a very positive impact on the economy in which the average income is $290 annually,” says Danny Stoian, Commercial Attache.

With regard to her trip, Kadansky says, “What I find so encouraging is the fact 49% of Rwanda’s legislature is composed of women – thus women are an integral part of the country’s reconstruction. This follows the country’s massive genocide of 1994, when more than 800,000 lives were lost in just 3 months.”

In addition to the international business training Kadansky will be doing in Rwanda, her stay at the WomenforWealth.com Retreat Center will include a menu of activities including trips to small villages and coffee plantations, a visit to the native Gorillas of “Gorillas in the Mist” fame, and social gatherings with Rwanda’s top political and business leaders. Also included will be Micro Lending site visits, where WomenforWealth.com has donated thousands to women to start businesses, and become self sufficient. “Women can start a thriving business for as little as $100, and when they pay the loan back it re-circulates to another woman,” says Co-Founder Uible. “I can’t think of a better way to create self sufficiency in the world! We’ve had so much interest that we are starting regular trips there with donors so that they can see and feel the outcome of their generosity.”

Those interested in helping the women of Rwanda through their micro-lending program may donate at WomenforWealth.com by clicking “make a donation” or by contacting its co-founder at [email protected]