Taylor Bembery <\/strong> Students dressed for success started their Saturday early at the Emerging Leaders Leadership Summit on March 23 in the Student Center at Jackson State University.<\/p>\n The summit opened with a welcome from Ty Howard, a.k.a \u201cMr. Untie the Knots\u201d, an internationally respected authority on self-development and business-development. For the past 17 years, Howard as the Founder, Chairman and CEO of InspiraGen Institute, LLC, has built and grown a successful professional and personal development fi rm in Baltimore County, Md.<\/p>\n Howard\u2019s speech to the students was all about them excelling in leadership. He said in order to excel in leadership you have to have a vision.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen it comes to leadership, you have to listen not just hear, observe not just see, write and don\u2019t just scribble,\u201d said Howard.<\/p>\n After Howards speech, he welcomed his two colleagues, Kenny Bey and Sylvia Baffour. Students were then divided into two groups to attend each speaker\u2019s session.<\/p>\n Kenny Bey, a certified instructor for Dale Carnegie,\u00a0 discussed S.W.A.G.,\u00a0 is an acronym for Style, Work Ethic, Attitude, Bey had students do a S.W.A.G. assessment to see if their leadership swagger was in check. His exercises and message woke students up and made them think.<\/p>\n \u201cThink about your style, work ethic, and have the right mental attitude, and do it with grace; then you will be able to say, \u201cI\u2019m swaggerific\u2019,” said Bey.<\/p>\n Sylvia Baffour, an author, life coach, seemed to have an appeal that transcends barriers of age, culture and gender.<\/p>\n Baffour\u2019s session was about The Voice of Leadership: How leaders inspire, influence, resolve conflict and achieve results. Baffour\u2019s three effective ways to shape a unique voice as a leader is to maintain the right mindset and tone, be dedicated and dependable, and lead without devaluation and intimidation.<\/p>\n \u201cElevating, uplifting and empowering, instead of devaluing a person is the main key to becoming a great leader,\u201d said Baffour.<\/p>\n After the two concurrent sessions, students were able to interact with the keynote speaker Susan L. Taylor, Editor Emeritus of Essence Magazine and Founder of the National Cares Mentoring Movement, as she went to each table to talk to students.<\/p>\n For nearly three decades, as the force behind one of the most celebrated Black-owned businesses of our time, Taylor has become a legend in the magazine business. She is an avid supporter of a host of organizations dedicated to moving the Black community forward, but her passion and focus today is the National Cares Mentoring Movement which was founded in 2006.<\/p>\n Taylor recognized JSU for having unique leadership and expertise that she has not witnessed at other schools. She urged students to have gratitude, live healthy lives and to use education as a\u00a0 tool\u00a0 to uplift\u00a0 self, our families, and communities.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have to culture ourselves and our people. When we talk about leadership, it requires humility. Being humble enough to just get up and walk around and help your community. What you give is what you get,\u201d said Taylor<\/p>\n Dexter Nix, a junior accounting major from Moss Point, Miss., believes that it is important for the young generation to step up and become leaders.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s important for the young generation to know what leadership is so they can know the proper course of leadership and be able to posses the qualities that leaders have in order to be a leader in society,\u201d said Nix.<\/p>\n The summit and Taylor\u2019s visit was sponsored by the JSU Center for Student Engagement and Inclusion.\u00a0 Approximately 200 students attended the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Taylor Bembery Blue & White \/ Variety Editor Students dressed for success started their Saturday early at the Emerging Leaders Leadership Summit on March 23…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_plus_post_options":"{}","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nand Grace, which is what he said it takes to be an effi\u00a0 cient leader.<\/p>\n