...Stock1 Queen of Talk Under Bad Lighting As a leader and icon Oprah Winfrey has redefined the meaning of success and has become one of the most praised women. Oprah has had numerous articles, books, and magazines, dedicated to highlighting her success. Another article in the New York Times summing up Ms. Winfrey’s accomplishments is nothing less than typical. However, what is uncommon is to come across a writer such as gossip columnist Kitty Kelley, doing what no one dares to do and confronting the negative and practically silent aspects of Oprahs’s stardom. In Kitty Kelley’s Oprah biography, she provides her readers with a raw and insightful view contradicting The New York Times view on Oprah as an ultimate multimedia icon. Oprah Winfrey has set a silent standard to the way her fans and outside viewers perceive her, this standard being that you, do not question the queen of talk. The New York Times along with other newspapers and magazines would not dare contradict Oprah because in the eyes of the media she has the very two qualities we love as a nation, power, and money. The article in the New York Times states her accomplishments as her show “Oprah” is now soon to end, and what else is in her future. It is all apart of the typical praise that follows the headline “Oprah Winfrey”. As mentioned our nation loves money and power so it is by no surprise the opening sentence into the article states “Oprah Winfrey, the first black woman to appear on Forbes billionaire list”...
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...Abstract Oprah Winfrey is one of the most accredited media icons as well as one of the most successful, self made billionaire women in African-American history today. Through her career, she started as a news broadcaster then began to pursue entertainment achieving many accomplishments, including direct contracts as television talk shows host and film actress. Her self-improvement and spirituality values have been influential to millions of people world wide. As one of the greatest black philanthropist donor, she has donated much of her own money to charities around the world. In South Africa, she initiated and built an all girls academy to inspire many young girls to strive for a better life with her personal assistance and support. Despite her history of poverty, rape, and physical abuse, she's one strong woman who is still continuously having ample of success today. OPRAH WINFREY'S PROFILE AT A GLANCE Many have grown to know Oprah Winfrey by her self-empowering wisdom and philanthropist work but generally, she's the most inspirational woman known world wide. From a young girl born into poverty, sexual molestation as well as discrimination, her success proves that it does not matter where you come from or what class you're in because anyone can rise above their and everyone else's expectations. As one of the greatest media icons, she continues to support and educate people. Through her generous ways to hearten spirits and her kind words of encouragement, she gives people...
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...witness women working in every labor industry and who are constantly contributing in our society in different ways. Oprah Winfrey is one of those women that has contributed greatly to our society and is still contributing today. Lets take a deeper look at what she has done and what has made her into a fascinating woman. Oprah Winfrey was born in January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. She was born in a rural poverty family. Her name...
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...How would you define professional success? Getting a promotion at work, gaining employment in a well-known business, or maybe even opening your own bakery? All of these examples could define professional success. Oprah Winfrey and Bill Gates are two incredibly successful people. They both created commencement speeches for Harvard University that discussed their failures, their drive to help others, and their successes. These two speeches were both inspiring and motivating. When we take a look at Oprah Winfrey, we can see how incredibly successful she has become over the years. She had a 25 year run on her own television show, a magazine, and she currently has her own television network. Along with Winfrey’s success, she has had many failures. She did not allow those failures to define who she is; instead she used them as motivation. “And when you do I want you to know this, remember this: there is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction” (Winfrey, 2013). In her commencement speech to the Harvard graduates, she used this quote to remind the graduates that they will fail but to not lose the motivation to succeed. She wants the graduates to use their success to help others, especially those who are less fortunate. When you think of Bill Gates, you may think there is no way the co-founder of Microsoft has ever failed at anything. Well, you’re wrong! Gates was a student at Harvard University but what you may not...
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...Oprah, Our American Icon Tawanda Rocafort Academic and Professional Success Assignment number 08/27/2014 Oprah, Our American Icon Let me tell you why I choose Oprah Winfrey, for my project. Oprah Gail Winfrey, originally born as Orpah Gail Winfrey is a well-known, self-made billionaire. Oprah has accomplished goals that were very challenging in that error of time for women, especially women of color. There weren’t a lot of positive role models on T.V. back then. It was an inspiration to see someone who can relate to so many people, on so many different levels. Throughout her journey in life, she has worn many faces. Oprah’s life story has encouraged so many. She was the child who felt abandoned, and unloved. She was the child who was sexually molested, the teen mother, the mother who lost her child, and the child who was raised in poverty. At some points in the home, they had no electrical power or water. Oprah was also the person who weathered those storms and made something out of herself. Oprah is known as one of the world’s “100 Most Influential People of the 20th Century”. She experienced a lot of the same issues that millions have experienced in life and yet she still succeeds. She managed to stay humble throughout her accomplishments as well. Oprah gives back in the form of grants, gifts, schooling, scholarship’s, organizations, networks and more. She set the platform for popular TV Doctor’s like Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz. Here are some...
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...and Asia It is unbelievable the amount of influence that Oprah Winfrey has had over the lives of millions of people all over the world. She has become a demi-god in America. There are people who are ready to worship the ground over which she walks. She has lived the Great American dream, a veritable tale of rags to riches with the right amount of glamor added to it. Born in 1954 to unmarried parents, Oprah was raised by her grandmother on a farm with no indoor plumbing in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Oprah's childhood turned into a nightmare because of sexual abuse that she suffered. After suffering abuse and molestation, she ran away and was sent to a juvenile detention home at the age of 13. In 1968, at the age of 14 she gave birth to a premature baby who died soon after birth. An incident of this nature can devastate the entire life of a person. But Oprah Winfrey came out of it a stronger and fiercely determined individual. Her story is one of unrelenting focus and determination. Oprah's tryst with the world of entertainment began when at the age of three she began speaking in church. By the time she was a teenager Oprah was touring the churches of Nashville, reciting the sermons of James Weldon Johnson. Crowned Miss Fire Prevention in Nashville at 17, Winfrey visited a local radio station, where she was invited to read copy. She was so good that she was hired to read news on the air. While still in school, Oprah became the first African-American and the first woman to anchor...
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...Business Research Paper Oprah Gail Winfrey is one of the richest entrepreneurs in the world and is a woman of inspiration, leadership, power, and most of all business. Oprah was born on January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Oprah is the daughter of a sailor and barber, Vernon Winfrey, and maid and dietician, Vernita Lee. Oprah was raised by her grandmother as a child and then was caught between her mother and father as she got older. Her father was a man who cared deeply about Oprah even though he might not have been her biological father, but in her heart her daddy was home. As a child Oprah was exposed to reading and she quickly grew a love for books and it became her way to cope with a difficult life that was still ahead of her. During the time she was back and forth between her parents Oprah was raped as a teen, and at the age of 14 she became pregnant not knowing who the father was, the baby was stillborn. Her father quickly came to the rescue, took her in and made sure she knew just how much he meant to her and he didn’t let go. Oprah claims her father saved her life. With the past left behind and the best yet to come, Winfrey signed up for the local beauty pageant, Miss Nashville, in 1971 and she won. All the locals knew Oprah Winfrey, and this led her to her first job. WVOL, the local radio station gave Oprah her first break reading news. She then took a job as an anchor for Nashville’s WTVF-TV and sooner or later the world needed to know who she...
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...what they do influence us, our lives, our beliefs, our values My presentation will fall into 3 parts: First of all, I'll concentrate on how role models inspire us by their actions that move us to do the same, then I'll analyse how they encourage us to be the best that we can be before finally focusing on the fact that they are selfless and teach us how to be. Nowadays, a lot of successful people were seen as other’s model. Most of us looked up to someone. It is wildly acknowledged that, role models can influence our lives. They can play an important role in shaping our society. They are figures who seem to embody everything that we think is good, all of the ideal traits that we would like to be able to possess for ourselves, and the kind of life that we would one day want to live. For instance they can provide a model for living and for getting to the point we want to be at in our lives. Role models can influence a young one’s values, beliefs, and attitudes, which will shape the person that one will grow to be. Role models inspire others not only by their words, but more so by their actions that move us to do the same. For instance let's take the case of Martin Luther King. He was a man who...
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...(Frye, 2009). The two leading entrepreneurs who will be addressed in this assignment were not necessarily born great, but achieved greatness through their business savvy and their resolute entrepreneurial spirit. The first entrepreneur is Oprah Winfrey. Oprah Winfrey revolutionized the talk show market with her unique and natural style and rose to become the host of the most watched daytime show on television, which at its height boasted 12 million viewers daily (Sellers, 2011). Her leadership ability and her business acumen make her an excellent example of a profit-oriented entrepreneur. The second entrepreneur is Ervin "Magic" Johnson. Mr. Johnson is renowned for his illustrious, 13-year career with the National Basketball Association, but he has redefined himself as a prominent businessman with the objective to revitalize and provide quality entertainment and services to neglected, urban communities in the United States (Burns, 2011) . As opposed to a business entrepreneur whose main objective is to reap financial rewards for his/her venture, Mr. Johnson uses his business as a major catalysts for positive change within the urban community. His mission and vision identify him as a social-responsibility oriented entrepreneur. Oprah Winfrey is one the most intriguing and innovative entrepreneurs of our time. Her formula, which also includes a solid business team and sound financial controls, has taken her company from a...
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...this allows meeting new people and network with some of the brightest people. The last pillar of success is to be financially strong. Being financially strong helps a person be independent. In my opinion success is taking the right measures and working hard to achieve a high-level of education, a successful career, and being financially strong. Education is known as the key to success. The educated the person the more likely it is to be successful. Learning is power that at a different level than others. Education is not always about studying and reading books; it is taking your experience and applying what you have learned to live a more prosperous life. An article from Bloomberg called “Obama Tells Students That Hard Work in School Pays Off for Future Success” quotes Obama saying “Excelling, whether it’s in school or in life, isn’t mainly about being smarter than everybody else, that’s not really the secret to success. It’s about working harder than everybody else.” (Bloomberg, 2010) President Obama’s words emphasize about the success of America lies in its student being smarter than everyone else. Two examples of nations that are growing because of its intellectual students and high education level are...
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...Begin Reading Table of Contents Photos Newsletters Copyright Page In accordance with the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, the scanning, uploading, and electronic sharing of any part of this book without the permission of the publisher is unlawful piracy and theft of the author’s intellectual property. If you would like to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), prior written permission must be obtained by contacting the publisher at permissions@hbgusa.com. Thank you for your support of the author’s rights. For Isabella and Calista Stone When you are eighty years old, and in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal version of your life story, the telling that will be most compact and meaningful will be the series of choices you have made. In the end, we are our choices. —Jeff Bezos, commencement speech at Princeton University, May 30, 2010 Prologue In the early 1970s, an industrious advertising executive named Julie Ray became fascinated with an unconventional public-school program for gifted children in Houston, Texas. Her son was among the first students enrolled in what would later be called the Vanguard program, which stoked creativity and independence in its students and nurtured expansive, outside-the-box thinking. Ray grew so enamored with the curriculum and the community of enthusiastic teachers and parents that she set out to research similar schools around the state with an eye toward writing a book about...
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...Advertising, Promotion, and other aspects of Integrated Marketing Communications Terence A. Shimp University of South Carolina Australia • Brazil • Japan • Korea • Mexico • Singapore • Spain • United Kingdom • United States Advertising, Promotion, & Other Aspects of Integrated Marketing Communications, 8e Terence A. Shimp Vice President of Editorial, Business: Jack W. Calhoun Vice President/Editor-in-Chief: Melissa S. Acuna Acquisitions Editor: Mike Roche Sr. Developmental Editor: Susanna C. Smart Marketing Manager: Mike Aliscad Content Project Manager: Corey Geissler Media Editor: John Rich Production Technology Analyst: Emily Gross Frontlist Buyer, Manufacturing: Diane Gibbons Production Service: PrePressPMG Sr. Art Director: Stacy Shirley Internal Designer: Chris Miller/cmiller design Cover Designer: Chris Miller/cmiller design Cover Image: Getty Images/The Image Bank Permission Aquistion Manager/Photo: Deanna Ettinger Permission Aquistion Manager/Text: Mardell Glinski Schultz © 2010, 2007 South-Western, Cengage Learning ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means—graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, Web distribution, information storage and retrieval systems, or in any other manner—except as may be permitted by the license terms herein. For product information and technology assistance, contact us at Cengage Learning Customer &...
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...Forty-two years later, I began writing another memoir, this one about the eight years I spent in the White House living history with Bill Clinton. I quickly realized that I couldn’t explain my life as First Lady without going back to the beginning―how I became the woman I was that first day I walked into the White House on January 20, 1993, to take on a new role and experiences that would test and transform me in unexpected ways. By the time I crossed the threshold of the White House, I had been shaped by my family upbringing, education, religious faith and all that I had learned before―as the daughter of a staunch conservative father and a more liberal mother, a student activist, an advocate for children, a lawyer, Bill’s wife and Chelsea’s mom. For each chapter, there were more ideas I wanted to discuss than space allowed; more people to include than could be named; more places visited than could be described. If I mentioned everybody who has impressed, inspired, taught, influenced and helped me along the way, this book would be several volumes long. Although I’ve had to be selec- tive, I hope that I’ve conveyed the push and pull of events and relationships that affected me and continue to shape and enrich my world today. Since leaving the White House I have embarked on a new phase of my life...
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