THE ABILITY PROJECT

Yaw Amponsah Adoo
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This broadcast is about sharing useful information that lead to successful professional opportunities in life with a spice of entertainment, fun, and inspirational stories with our guests. The podcast is recorded from Kennesaw, Georgia, USA. If you enjoy the episodes, please remember to check us out on the last Friday of every month for one-on-one guests and monthly for panel interviews, with new episodes available to download from Anchor, Spotify, iTunes and other platforms.

  1. May 2022 Edition - WHAT EMPLOYERS WANT PODCAST SERIES: Celena Evans Speaks

    05/27/2022

    May 2022 Edition - WHAT EMPLOYERS WANT PODCAST SERIES: Celena Evans Speaks

    We started the Podcast Series with the intension to guide new and recent graduates to become quality professionals in these worrying COVID-19 times as they seek their new careers and adjust to the new realities outside the walls of their college campuses. We have invited employers and HR-related professionals from various industries to share experiences, guidance, information, instruction, and recommendations for graduates. Our hope is for new and recent graduates to strategically navigate new useful ideas to deal with realities never taught in college. For this month’s episode, we interviewed Celena Evans, an enterprising business professional with exceptional repertoire of experiences across many industries. Celena Evans is the founder and president of Meliora Consulting. She is a strategic senior-level professional with over 20 years’ experience across several industries in business management, market strategy, product management and development, and project management roles with multi-billion-dollar corporations. She is known for developing innovative solutions that successfully meet both customer and company needs, while bridging strategy and execution to consistently deliver exceptional results. A licensed REALTOR in Georgia and a Project Management Professional (PMP, she is highly skilled at leveraging internal and external relationships and leading through change. During her corporate tenure she realized that she has tremendous passion for working in a consultative manner with a variety of businesses to solve unique problems, optimize processes, and bring new opportunities to fruition. Celena is also passionate about community, mentoring, talent development, and diversity. She is an avid supporter of organizations that focus on women, minorities, children, and education. She is a member of the board of trustees for Literacy Action, the oldest and largest adult education program in the Southeast. She served on the Emory University Executive Women of Goizueta alumnae board from 2008 to 2013 and held positions of President, as well as Chair of the Advisory Board. She served as a board member of Economic Empowerment Initiative from 2004-2010. She has mentored many young women through programs offered by Emory University, Spelman College, Pathbuilders, and several non-profit organizations. In recognition of her leadership in business and commitment to the community, Celena was named to the 2009 “Top 40 under 40” by the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Ms. Evans holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rochester, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech, and an M.B.A. from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. She is a 2009 graduate of the Pathbuilders Achieva program for high-performing people. She is also Pragmatic Marketing Certified, and a Toastmasters Competent Communicator.

    56 min
  2. April 2022 Edition - WHAT EMPLOYERS WANT PODCAST SERIES: Dr. Vincent Parry Speaks

    04/29/2022

    April 2022 Edition - WHAT EMPLOYERS WANT PODCAST SERIES: Dr. Vincent Parry Speaks

    We started the Podcast Series with the intension to guide new and recent graduates to become quality professionals in these worrying COVID-19 times as they seek their new careers and adjust to the new realities outside the walls of their college campuses. We have invited employers and HR-related professionals from various industries to share experiences, guidance, information, instruction, and recommendations for graduates. Our hope is for new and recent graduates to strategically navigate new useful ideas to deal with realities never taught in college. For this month’s episode, we interviewed Dr. Vincent Parry, an imminent project management professional and educator. Dr. Parry is an astute fellow Santaclausian with a knack for precision, learning and research. His unique stories are relatable to many professional diasporas in their search for professional success and an ending desire to making a difference within their communities. Dr. Parry is an Associate Professor at DeVry University and holds a green belt certificate in Lean Six Sigma. His work in Information Technology has helped to transform best practices at Oklahoma State Department of Health and Koch Industries, among others.

    51 min

  3. 03/25/2022

    March 2022 Edition - WHAT EMPLOYERS WANT PODCAST SERIES: Christine Chasse Speaks

    We started the Podcast Series with the intension to guide new and recent graduates to become quality professionals in these worrying COVID-19 times as they seek their new careers and adjust to the new realities outside the walls of their college campuses. We have invited employers and HR-related professionals from various industries to share experiences, guidance, information, instruction, and recommendations for graduates. Our hope is for new and recent graduates to strategically navigate new useful ideas to deal with realities never taught in college. For this special international women’s month episode, we interviewed Christine Chasse, a lawyer, a master's prepared registered nurse, and a plain-speaking advocate for fair-mindedness. Her combined professional experiences are intertwined with cardiac nursing, hospital education, and nursing leadership for a career in healthcare law. Ms. Chasse is an Associate Attorney for Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, a U.S. general practice law firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California with offices in 52 cities and 29 states and Washington, DC. She focuses her practice on representing healthcare institutions such as skilled nursing facilities, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities regarding claims of professional liability, healthcare or medical malpractice liability, premises liability, and wrongful death. Ms. Chasse also represents healthcare providers, including physicians, nurses, and chiropractors. Her riveting post on LinkedIn about her experiences with a misogynist went viral, trending with over a million views from across professional networking platforms.

    59 min

  4. 02/25/2022

    February 2022 Edition - THE CANDIDATE CONVERSATION: DR. KANDISS TAYLOR SPEAKS

    This Podcast Series is a special one, with the intention to inform the people of Georgia about who they need to know and vote for in the upcoming Gubernatorial elections to held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. For this episode, we interview Dr. Kandiss Taylor, a South Georgia native and seasoned educator. For more than 19 years as a public servant, Dr. Taylor has served as a public school system teacher, school counselor, testing coordinator, student services coordinator, and homeless liaison. She is passionate about the plight of Georgia’s working class and willing to boost small business growth and the overall economy. Her passion runs deep on many causes, including the state of mental health, education, and election integrity.  Dr. Taylor is running to give Georgia a true representative, non-establishment alternative leadership based on conservative principles for all Georgians.

    39 min
  5. January 2022 Edition - WHAT EMPLOYERS WANT PODCAST SERIES: Dr. Irene Molina Speaks

    01/28/2022

    January 2022 Edition - WHAT EMPLOYERS WANT PODCAST SERIES: Dr. Irene Molina Speaks

    The Podcast Series is intended to guide new and recent graduates to become quality professionals in these troubling times as they seek their careers and adjust to the new realities outside the walls of college campuses. Employers and professionals from various industries will share experiences, guidance, information, instruction and recommendations for graduates. The hope is for graduates to strategically navigate new useful ideas to deal with realities never taught in college. For this episode, we interviewed our first guest with roots from southeast Asia.  Dr. Irene Molina is a registered nurse with 26 years of combined experiences in critical care nursing, nursing administration, nursing education, research, and public health practice experience.  Her clinical background allows her to practice critical thinking, decision making, and organizational skills to work efficiently under extreme pressure. Dr. Molina has taught as an adjunct faculty for nursing undergraduate and graduate programs for colleges. She has a wealth of practical experiences in health program evaluation, grant reviews, public health advocacy, and legislative policy support.  Dr. Molina had the opportunity to provide technical assistance support to several community-based organizations serving the minority communities in Maryland. As a public health researcher, her special interests included dissemination and translation research, and health disparities research. Dr. Molina is a staunch advocate of health disparities improvement and minority health.  As a member of American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN), American Association of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), and Maryland Association of Healthcare Executives (MACHE), she utilizes social media platforms to advance her advocacy works. Her vision is to improve health disparities by addressing the impacts of social determinants of health to enhance health outcomes, and health care utilization.

    1h 1m
  6. December 2021 Edition - WHAT EMPLOYERS WANT PODCAST SERIES: Akua Gyabaah Speaks

    12/31/2021

    December 2021 Edition - WHAT EMPLOYERS WANT PODCAST SERIES: Akua Gyabaah Speaks

    The Podcast Series is intended to guide new and recent graduates to become quality professionals in these troubling times as they seek their careers and adjust to the new realities outside the walls of college campuses. Employers and professionals from various industries will share experiences, guidance, information, instruction and recommendations for graduates. The hope is for graduates to strategically navigate new useful ideas to deal with realities never taught in college. For this episode, we interview Akua Gyabaah, a strategic content and process management guru who is focused on improving efficiencies within organizations. Ms. Gyabaah is a data-driven, collaborative and results-oriented professional with over 20 years of experience with data collection, integrity, and management, grant writing, training and technical assistance and evaluation procedures as related to diverse organizations, requirements, resources, and objectives. She brings organizational and project management expertise around proposal development, financial and resource management, project design and implementation, change management, and continuous improvement. As a trainer, Ms. Gyabaah connects seamlessly with adult learners from variety of backgrounds and perspectives, as well as mentor team members to connect them with personal and professional development resources.  Additionally, she exhibits excellent spoken, written, organizational, presentation and communication skills.  All in all, Ms. Gyabaah has developed a strong portfolio of expertise in project and data management, training and technical assistance, information and technology transfer, quality assurance management, and business development.  She prides herself on her ability to serve as a valuable resource at both the organizational- and project-levels.

    53 min
  7. November 2021 Edition - WHAT EMPLOYERS WANT PODCAST SERIES: Maame De-Heer Speaks

    11/26/2021

    November 2021 Edition - WHAT EMPLOYERS WANT PODCAST SERIES: Maame De-Heer Speaks

    The Podcast Series is intended to guide new and recent graduates to become quality professionals in these troubling times as they seek their careers and adjust to the new realities outside the walls of college campuses. Employers and professionals from various industries will share experiences, guidance, information, instruction and recommendations for graduates. The hope is for graduates to strategically navigate new useful ideas to deal with realities never taught in college. For this episode, we interview a multifaceted lady professional from the “Great White North” with a resume to die for. Ms. De-Heer is a policy analyst for the Public Health Agency of Canada (Agence de la santé publique du Canada), serving as a Subject Matter Expert on Black Canadians (MHBC) at the Intersectoral Partnerships and Initiatives, Social Determinants of Health Division. Prior to that, she was a Clinical Health Analyst for University Health Network, Canada’s largest academic health sciences centre which was named as one of the world’s top 10 hospitals list by Newsweek. Ms. De-Heer is the Anti-Racism Ambassador for Experiences Canada (formerly SEVEC), a nominee for 2021 YMCA Young Woman Excellence Award, and the founder of Power of Love Foundation Canada, an emerging grassroots organization that aims to improve the overall well-being of Ghanaians residing in Canada.

    38 min
  8. October 2021 Edition - WHAT EMPLOYERS WANT PODCAST SERIES: Dr. Coleen James Speaks

    10/29/2021

    October 2021 Edition - WHAT EMPLOYERS WANT PODCAST SERIES: Dr. Coleen James Speaks

    The Podcast Series is intended to guide new and recent graduates to become quality professionals in these troubling times as they seek their careers and adjust to the new realities outside the walls of college campuses. Employers and professionals from various industries will share experiences, guidance, information, instruction and recommendations for graduates. The hope is for graduates to strategically navigate new useful ideas to deal with realities never taught in college. For this episode, we interview Dr. Coleen James, a highly qualified educator with over fifteen years of teaching experience.  Dr. James is a detail-oriented professional with extensive management experience.  She applies a variety of teaching styles and adapt instruction to students with diverse learning styles.  With a unique ability to excel in a demanding, outcome-oriented, and dynamic work environment, Dr. James is also skilled in many disciplines such as real estate, management, marketing, and sales.  She is a successful small business owner of Tiguan Trucking, LLC., a Certified Residential Appraiser and a Real Estate Agent.

    51 min
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This broadcast is about sharing useful information that lead to successful professional opportunities in life with a spice of entertainment, fun, and inspirational stories with our guests. The podcast is recorded from Kennesaw, Georgia, USA. If you enjoy the episodes, please remember to check us out on the last Friday of every month for one-on-one guests and monthly for panel interviews, with new episodes available to download from Anchor, Spotify, iTunes and other platforms.

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  • Creator
    Yaw Amponsah Adoo
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    31
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Yaw Amponsah Adoo
  • Show Website
    THE ABILITY PROJECT