With ICT, I am Changed for Better

“A Strong, deliberate connections infuse our passion with new people, new ideas and new energy”

Connections also known as relationship building is a series of activities designed to introduce, engage and keep people in touched. Though the strategies vary from virtual or physical, the same principles of going beyond our usual network applied.

I should have probably excelled in my social work beyond measure at the point of joining the online community. From the point I joined world pulse, I became convinced that connections are the cornerstone of my work progress. My organization (Girls Education Mission International) had a serious problem of visibility and sustainability. Consequently, all my team left me alone. I kept on planning, organizing, managing and sustaining. In all these exhausted states, I became traumatized and activated unhealed wounds that threatened my Vision until the time I become engaged with the online community. My engagement online gave me the connections and trust that I needed to keep moving on. I suddenly realized that the key to creating viable alternative of achieving success is in connections.

I became convinced that technology tools and resources have a potential to create or reconnect relationships. Accessing the technology tools and resources like World pulse enabled me to connect with women across the globe instantly and explored relevant resources.

This is how technology changed my Life for Better:

Many of my relationships with both my local international audience started out either directly or indirectly through my social networks like, facebook, twitter and world pulse. We started our communication online, and then gradually moved them to a real-time environment e.g. (speaking on Skype and phone). Eventually if lived closed enough to each other, we eventually arranged to meet in person. Further more Social media have increased the frequency with which I communicate friends and family from distance environment. They have also helped me reconnect with dozens of people with whom I grew up but had lost touch.

Online tools and resources have also made me and my work visible. Using facebook and other online tools, I pitch my work through sharing of facts, photos, and videos. Online tools and resources enabled me built, brand and monetized my work in ways that were never opened to me before. It also enabled me to experiment with ideas that were more outside the box compared to any other model I had utilized in the past. While technology helped me build relationships with my audiences, it also helped me build most valuable relationship there is- the one within myself.

My engagement online not only has it enabled me acquired digital and leadership skills to effectively perform lead a movement, it has also provided me with resources got me shortlisted for both international and local events. The online visibility of my work has earned me and my organization over 10 recognitions and honors both at local and international scenes.

I had an opportunity to transform my community as a result of my engagement with WorldPulse online community. I was unexpectedly selected and supported as a WorldPulse woman and community Leader to facilitate the Women and the Web Alliance World Pulse Women training in Nigeria, helping  women in my community maximize the use of technology to become empowered. 

Now as  an official Ambassador to World Pulse , I am working hard helping women to develop their business capacity and their social and career relationships through technology. I am doing this primarily by helping them learn how to express and market their products and services through social the media. I am also helping them in building networks and expand connections. Many of these connections evolved into friendship and ongoing collaborations.

Yes! Technology tools might in some ways have negative impact on us, as in some cases, it has a great potential to help young women and girls get connected, express themselves and grow collectively. And that’s the World am trying to create for girls as an Ambassador.

It's been all the way,moments of digital empowerment, impact-making and of course a great opportunity for me at World Pulse and I urge every woman to #LogOnRiseUp  @  https://www.worldpulse.com      and to keep connecting and collaborating online and offline both for personal and professional empowerment and transformation purposes.

I am glad to be  WorldPulse Ambassador

Happy Girls in ICT Day 2019

With Much Love 

From the city of Jos, Nigeria