Making a positive difference in people's lives

Have you heard of ignition? Well, here they are. These people are amazing. Check them out at www.ignition-inc.com.

I had the pleasure to listen to ignition Chairmen and Founder, Dill Driscoll speak at an event sponsored by the GCSU Entrepreneurial Residential Learning Community (ERLC).

Ignition’s mission is to make a positive difference in peoples lives. Dill talked about his personal philosophy of leadership and entrepreneurship.

During his dynamic presentation, Dill mentioned that no person could be an entrepreneur without leadership. He referenced some great leaders of the past including Moses, Martin Luther King Jr. and Sir Earnest Shakleton.

Dill spoke about how great leaders engage the heart, refuse to accept the status quo, create a sense of urgency, call people to act in accordance to right values, acknowledge the sacrifices of others, paint a visual picture of tomorrow, have compassion, forgiveness, joy, peace, inner-strength, generosity, humor, intelligence, complete trust and poise.

In addition, Dill discussed about the 5 screens today. The first 4 were easy to identify and they included the following: Movie, Television, Computer and Smart Phone. However, the last one he mentioned was that of Human Touch.

As public relations professionals, I believe that it is necessary to understand, Human Touch, in order to be the most effective and the most valued to those who we are working with. At the end of the day it is the friendships and relationships that are being built through our personal interactions with other people.

My challenge to my public relations peers is to get out there and start interacting with other public relations professionals. Handing out your business card is a great way to make a personal connection and let people know how much you care.

You may be surprised to see how something so simple as the human touch can be beneficial in connecting you to people and opening opportunities for you in your career.

I wanted to thank ERLC for having Dill come speak at GCSU. The next ERLC meeting is this Monday March 1 at 12:30 p.m. in the dining hall room next to the ice cream machine. Guess who is guest speaking? Yep, that would be yours truly; I will be speaking about the Women’s Leadership Symposium I am organizing to be held on Monday March 15 at GCSU. See you there!