Dale is a personal Leadership teacher. He helps people who want to take responsibility for their life, break out of the corporate rut to take back control of their time, their money, and their life, by teaching them to see their career and their work as an entrepreneurial venture. Dale is also a university faculty member at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). In this episode, Dale and I have a great discussion on how start up entrepreneurs can patent and protect their ideas, as well as the importance of having systems and structure within your company.
Babishai Niwe
In 2008, Beverley founded the Beverley Nambozo Poetry Award, which was a unique platform to promote poetry amongst Ugandan women and motivate them to excel further in poetry, through this annual poetry prize. The initial target was Ugandan women and for five years, it was the only poetry prize in the world, coordinating a poetry award for Ugandan women.
The BN Poetry Foundation has grown in leaps and bounds since its inception in 2008. For 5 years, it was the only poetry award dedicated to Ugandan women. From 2014, the award was extended to the entire continent and included men too. This decision was based on the signs of growth and spurts of need to be more inclusive. With more competitiveness, the quality of poems submitted also improved greatly and we awarded a sum of One Thousand (1,000 US Dollars) to the winner.
The power of poetry makes it a real force to be reckoned with. Poetry can affect all generations, and make people consider anything from love to loss, indeed poetry does what little else can, it can inspire. Watch a 12 year old Kanye West deliver his poem dedicated to Martin Luther King, “His name is Love”.
Topic Links
- Recommended Book, Mudrites & Mildew by Edmund Narine.
- The longest poem ever, Mahabharata.
- Abu Dhabi’s Prestigious Poetry Programme, Million’s Poet