Ms CYPRAH "I am Me. In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me. Everything that comes out of me is authentically mine, because I alone chose it -- I own everything about me: my body, my feelings, my mouth, my voice, all my actions, whether they be to others or myself. I own my fantasies, my dreams, my hopes, my fears. I own my triumphs and successes, all my failures and mistakes. Because I own all of me, I can become intimately acquainted with me. By so doing, I can love me and be friendly with all my parts..." (Virginia Satir) ELAINE SIHERA BA. Dip.Ed. PGCE (Cantab) LISTEN to ELAINE, the new Change Expert for Fifty Forward giving useful tips on coping with change when we're older! Emotional Health Adviser, Diversity Management Consultant & Public Speaker Creator of the SAVI© Self-Enrichment Concept The TOP INTERNATIONAL WRITER on emotional wellbeing issues (confidence, empowerment and self-esteem) and the most noted and quoted Black Briton on the Internet. Google Elaine to see for yourself! Founder: The British Diversity Awards and Windrush Achievement Awards Windrush Women of the Year Achievement Awards Windrush Men of the Year Achievement Awards Winner of TWO DTi National Training Awards (Regional) 2004 Inaugural Diversity Lecturer, House of Commons Media Contributor and Columnist for Black Britain Online MACE Award Winner for Leadership in Best Diversity Practice (Micro) Author:   1. 10 easy steps to...Growing Older Disgracefully! (January 2007), AnSer Publishing 2. 10 easy steps to...Finding Your Ideal Soulmate!  (2006) 3. Money, Sex and Compromise: The Hidden Agenda in Modern Relationships  (2004) 4. Managing the Diversity Maze  (2002) 5. What's in a Name?  (1996) 6. Signposts to Success  (1991) PLUS over 500 articles written on emotional self-enhancement, through work and relationship issues, learned from the University of Life! Elaine Sihera's websites: http://www.mscyprah.newsvine.com http://www.diversityleaders.org.uk http://britbrat-cyprah.blogspot.com http://ask-elaine.blogspot.com http://www.myspace.com/disgracefully  Elaine is interested in contributing to/addressing or presenting on: * The Joys of Ageing(especially for people over 45 years old) * Motivating Women and Minorities * Diversity and Equalities Management (for public and private sector) * Education (Boosting Youth Esteem and Achievement) * Enhancing Professional and Career Development * Improving Cultural Interaction and Relationships Known as "Miss Diversity", because of her expertise in promoting cultural harmony and interaction, as well as Ms CYPRAH(cyber-Oprah), Elaine is a public speaker, author, writer, personal development and relationship consultant, and the leading independent authority on diversity and race issues in the UK.  The most active British woman on the Internet, Elaine is a fearless Black pioneer who has a number of FIRSTS to her credit. She also has over 30,000 regular visitors to her MySpace weblog, as well as over 3000 'friends' who receive her weekly life coaching bulletins. To satisfy a rapidly growing demand among her readers,  Elaine has created two advisory Internet blogs - ASK ELAINE (for agony aunt issues) and CONFIDENCE CORNER to boost personal self-esteem  and achievement (hence her new nickname of Ms CYPRAH).  Her third blog, BritBrat, allows Elaine to be brash and opinionated in her own extrovert and observant style on topical issues of the day. DESCRIBED BY HER PEERS AS: Confident Pioneer, Dynamic, Inspirational, Motivational, Wise, with a 'winning smile', Elaine is anti-ageist and a tireless campaigner for fairness and justice who is long on humour, short on patience, and never short of an opinion!  Originally from KINGSTON, Jamaica (emigrated to UK in 1967. British citizen 1977). EDUCATED at     1. Convent of Mercy Academy private school  2. The Open University (FIRST Black Graduate:  BA Hons. Sociology & Education 3. Cambridge University (FIRST Black Education Post Graduate:                           Post Graduate in Education (and MA status) SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS so far...     1. One of the outstanding profile featured in book: Portraits of Black Achievement (by the Institute of Education, University of London) 2. The presenter of the FIRST ever Diversity Lecture in the House of Commons (2004) 3. Keynote Speaker at the Paris Global Women’s Leadership Conference (sponsored by UNESCO) which was attended by over 500 senior women achievers from around the world. (2004) 4. The FIRST Black woman in the UK to own a national magazine 5. The ONLY woman to be simultaneously awarded TWO National Training Awards by the DTi. 6. FOUNDER OF:      a. The British Diversity Awards             b. The Windrush Men and Women of the Year Awards 7. Chief Administrator/Judge of the Commission for Racial Equality's national Leadership Challenge initiative which exhorted senior executives to take personal responsibility for the enhancement of race equality in their environment. Created a new Award for it in the 1998 BDAs. 8. Diversity management adviser, and high profile role model, to many public service, blue-chip and voluntary organisations, including The Bermuda Top 100 Women Achievers, The Princes Youth Business Trust, British Telecom, Royal Navy, J.P Morgan, Public Sector Benchmarking Services, East Thames Housing Group, The Learning & Skills Council, Trent NHS Strategic Health Authority, Oxford City Council...among many others 9. Presented hundreds of professional achievement workshops in effective staff management and good diversity practice. 10. Very successful English teacher and education manager in secondary schools who helped her students to achieve outstanding exam results (at least 82% pass rate A-C). MEDIA ACTIVITIES (Most recent)      1. Freelance writer and personal adviser/agony aunt (since 2006)      2. Weekly radio presenter (In Conversation with Elaine) on Colourful Radio  (2006 for 6 months)      3. Columnist for Black Britain Online (since 2003...      4. (January 2007) Subject of main Interview in Pride Magazine      5. Adviser on the Trisha TV programme (Channel 5) 2007      6. As a motivator on BBC1 "Your Country needs you" 2007 (ALSO)     5. Appearances as expert panel member or major contributor, include the following:         a. Regular guest and newspaper reviewer on LBC's Sandi Toksvig's Show (2005) b. Monthly newspaper reviewer for BBC NEWS 24     c. Expert panelist on ANY QUESTIONS on BBC Radio 4  d. Panelist on MORAL MAZE, BBC Radio 4. e. Main guest on WOMAN'S HOUR,     Radio 4 (3 times) f. Main guest on the JAMES WHALE Show, Talksport Radio     (2 times) g. Major contributor to the following during the 1990s:                     * BBC1 HYPOTHETICALS with Clive Anderson, BBC1                     * YOU DECIDE with Jeremy Paxman.  BBC1                     * NATION  with Trevor Phillips  BBC2                     * ON THE OTHER HAND  (Channel 4)                     * COMMENT (Channel 4)                     * BLACK on BLACK     (BBC2) h. Expert on KILROY  BBC1 (2 times)  i. Elaine's family was also the subject of two major documentary reports: *NETWORK with Anna Ford  and * FAMILY AFFAIRS with Gloria Hunniford j. Numerous radio and television news interviews related to her expertise                                        FORMERLY:     6. Editor of "New Impact Magazine" for multicultural and training issues (10 years) 7. Celebrity Interviewer - Pride Magazine (3 years) interviewing stars like Eartha Kitt, Maya Angelou, Rowan Atkinson, Lenny Henry, Jeremy Brett and others 8. Education Editor - The Voice Newspaper (3 years) “Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family” (Virginia Satir) DO YOU NEED A THOUGHT-PROVOKING SPEAKER, or interviewee, to GALVANISE, INSPIRE or simply offer a DIFFERENT perspective? ELAINE SIHERA IS IDEAL FOR YOUR AUDIENCE!! The List below speaks for itself! Email Carole Hughes TODAY! . Email: carole@diversityleaders.org.uk OR Elaine direct on elaine@elainesden.org Alternatively, for an expert opinion, you could also contact her online agents WOMENSPEAKERS.CO.UK who would be happy to advise. Suite One, The Old School House 57 High Street, Ibstock, United Kingdom UK Callers +44 (0)1530 263221 Fax +44 (0) 1530 267360 Email: info@womenspeakers.co.uk Web: www.womenspeakers.co.uk The Bermuda Chamber of Commerce Bermuda (Keynote) Trent NHS Strategic Health Authority Nottingham (Facilitator) West London Business Association (Facilitator) Learning & Skills Council London South (Keynote) Coulsdon College Croydon (Facilitator) Department for Transport (Keynote) J.P Morgan Bournemouth (Keynote) Learning & Skills Council Bristol (Keynote) Public Sector Benchmarking Service Senior Officers (Keynote) Business in the Community West Midlands East Thames Housing Group (Facilitator) 3QC Public Service Senior Officers Diversity Address Rotterdam Top Management Project Civil Service Bracknell Forest Council (diversity development for headteachers) Swindon College (diversity development for staff) Department for Trade & Industry (diversity development for staff) Places for People Group (diversity development for staff nationwide) Royal Navy (diversity development for over 200 officers) Oxford City Council (diversity development for managers) British Telecom (scores of minority managers for emotional wellbeing enhancement/ professional career development) Scope (diversity awareness) Henley College (diversity development for senior managers)