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There is no better way to begin the second half of the year than attending an event such as  Conversations With a Don at 43.

Emeka Nobis also known as the Don of Shameless Marketing put up a spectacular, intellectual and magnificent event to mark his 43rd birthday.

The event which was held at Lemaco Hall and Gardens on Saturday, July 1 2023, began with a charge from the celebrant as he took the attendees through some high and low in the course of his self discovery and growth.

The Don’s short speech set the pace for a breathtaking event as the army of capable speakers fed the attendees from their never ending well of knowledge.

KEYNOTES FROM THE SPEAKERS

Below are some notable points from each speaker and highlights of the event – #ConversationsWithADonAt43

MAPLE TAMMY DAPPA – PERSONAL BRANDING FOR INFLUENCE, IMPACT AND FAME.

“Personal brand for influence automatically makes you a leader.”

“Fame can be Accidental, intentional or eventual but must be well utilised when it comes.”

STEPS TO PERSONAL BRANDING

To build a brand for your personality, you ask yourself these key questions.

1. Who am I?
2. What do I want to be known as?
3. How do I want to express myself?
4. How do I want to be engaged?

NNAMDI IBE – BUILDING ORGANISATIONS THAT LASTS

“A successful organisation is an organisation that outlives its founder or founders.”

“To build an organisation that lasts, passion is not enough.”

HOW TO BUILD AN ORGANISATION THAT LASTS

1. Build a structure
2. Let it expand and live its full potential
3. Prepare it for succession
4. Step Aside

RICHARD CHILEE – Building a RESPONSIBLE BRAND THAT LOVES, CARES AND RESPONDS.

“Customer service is the most important business strategy.”

“What your customer thinks about you is very crucial to the success of your organisation.”

“Your employees are your first customers (Internal Customers).”

“How you treat your workers transfers to how they treat your customers (External Customers).”

HOW TO BUILD A BRAND THAT LOVES, CARES AND RESPONDS

1. Create a customer centric culture – think customers first.
2. Never make promises you can’t kkeep.
3. Understand the view of your customers.
4. Consistently think  Affordability, Better services, Easy services, Faster services.

OLUMATI ISAIAH – GOVERNANCE IS NOT FOR STÚPID POLITICIANS

“Assumption is the lowest level of knowledge.”

“It’s good to have hope but it can be your design for failure.”

“We can’t give our future to politicians based on assumptions that they would do well.”

“The habit of not questioning the characters of our leaders brings us to where we were.”

“Regardless of what we see, if we must have a great tomorrow we must do all we can to avoid the stúpid politicians.”

“You would never lose standing on the premise of integrity.”

“If we will have a fighting chance, we must first become the first layer of wise politicians.”

OTOBORE UPAKA OLUMOYE – PLANNING HOW TO USE YOUR MONEY WELL IN LIFE

“Your life does not matter until your personal financial life is under your control.”

“Is your insurance the blood of Jesus?”

“To grow you must learn to intern.”

“Excel at something and earn from it.”

FINANCIAL PLANS YOU MUST HAVE

1. Children Educational plan
2. Risk plan
3. Investment plan
4. Estate plan
5. Retirement plan
6. Streams of income plan 

PRAISE GBENEDIO – STRUCTURING YOUR MINISTERIAL CALLING FOR EFFECTIVENESS CONVERSATIONS WITH A DON AT 43

“Ministry is simply the assignment God gave you.”

“Ministry is not church, ministry is daily while church is weekly.”

“Orderliness is what would make your ministry successful.”

KEY STRATEGY POINT FOR A SUCCESSFUL MINISTRY

1. Content strategy
2. Visibility strategy
3. Finance strategy
4. Impact and
5. Sustainability strategy

ELLA CHIOMA EZEADILIEJE – AUTHENTICITY IN BUILDING A BRAND ON SOCIAL MEDIA

“Authenticity does not mean perfection.”

“The more you consume fake content the more you become discontented with yourself.”

“Your social media should portray who you really are.”

“An authentic brand shows its growth process.”

“Perfection is a myth. It doesn’t exist.”

“It is easier to be yourself than to be another person ”

SPECIAL PANEL SESSION WITH JAMEL PAJOEL AT #ConversationsWithADonAt43

Jamie Pajoel, a Canada based Nigerian in an intellectual chit-chat with the host and convener of Conversations

with a Don at 43, Emeka Nobis, taught attendees how to be better leaders and these were some key points.

“When you’re loaded you would be needed.”

“If you give value you must be successful.”

“The role for leadership is to prepare you for the journey ahead.”

“Leadership is not being kind but being fair.”

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS FROM CONVERSATIONS WITH A DON AT 43

Conversation with a Don welcomed thousands of people from all walks of life and amongst them were some notable individuals who came to support the celebrant.

Pastor Lanre Oluseyi, Lead Pastor of House on the Rock, Port Harcourt came to felicitate with Emeka Nobis whose wisdom and influence in the knowledge industry he acknowledged.

He dropped some words of wisdom for the attendees:

“Hiding in the background is not a flex.”

He encouraged the large crowd to take charge of their works and not let others take glory for their work.

Amongst other high profile individuals in the beautiful and ever flourishing city of Port Harcourt who graced the event were:

Rev. Austin Nnadi, Country Director of Save a Life Foundation; KO Baba Jornsen (Mayor of Pitakwa), Port Harcourt’s top Stand up Comedian, Entrepreneur and Executive Director of Talkaholic Unlimited.

Flown in from the Center of Excellence was Fola Folagbe (Celebrity Publisher), CEO of Worital, a book publishing firm in Nigeria.

The event featured live performances – Spoken Word by Chioma Nnanna, a thrilling Violin performance by GD Strings.

Worthy of note is the official launch of a fashion brand, “After 30 Classics” Co-founded by Emeka Nobis and his  partner and friend, Nnamdi Ibe.

There was a special spotlight session by Nnadi God’spower Ikechukwu Manuagwu who took the attendees through his inspiring journey to success.

The event climaxed with a gold card discovery.

Gifts were packaged and hidden under chairs and some lucky participants won for themselves different gifts ranging from cash to online courses.

It would be great disservice to the anchors of the event – Ibelema Greene also known as

“Goddess of the Mic and Floor” and one of Port Harcourt’s comedians, Sunday Chinonso with the stage name, Talking Drum – if this article ends without a shout out to the duo.

Their mixture of both poise and jokes kept the audience stuck to their seat as they infused humour while maintaining the ethics of the compere craft.

Overall, Conversations With a Don at 43 was a success and no doubt all the attendees left the venue fulfilled.

After Conversations with a Don at 43, next focus was on the VIP Intensive Session with Emeka Nobis that happened the following day, Sunday, July 2, 2023. The session was strictly curated for paid participants referred to as the Very Important Personalities (VIPs).

Happy birthday, Emeka Nobis, the Don of Shameless Marketing; a major Idan of writing.

Left to be highlighted in our subsequent post is: How Emeka Nobis Published and Launched 3 Books in a Day”

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