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The Value Café With Esther Opone
Hosted by Esther Opone, The Value Adder · EN
This is a safe space for laid-back, sense-filled conversations with friends. Here, we discuss around growth, impact and hacking this "human-ing" journey as we navigate life, with the ultimate aim to give and gain value while we have fun.
Anticipate new episodes every Tuesday.
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Redefining Fun and Success Pt 2 (PodxArt Anniversary Experience May 2022)
Nov 6, 202200:32:17Tap to summarizePhew! Here's the 2nd and final part of the The PodxArt Podversary Experience held in May 2022, featuring a live recording session with attendees. It was a really interesting session getting people to share on the dynamics of fun and success in their personal lives. Enjoy the insights, bants and laughs, and definitely listen to the Part 1, which focused more on the fun aspect. Of course, also share and invite a friend to listen too. You can share your feedback via thevaluecafepod@gmail.com or @thevaluecafepod on social media. Cheers!
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Oct 26, 202200:25:00Tap to summarizeThe PodxArt Podversary Experience held in May 2022, featuring a live recording session with attendees and it was a really interesting session getting people to share on the dynamics of fun and success in their personal lives. Enjoy the insights, bants and laughs, and look out for Part 2 next episode (also share and invite a friend). You can share your feedback via thevaluecafepod@gmail.com or @thevaluecafepod on social media. Cheers!
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Let Me Explain...
Oct 18, 202200:10:59Tap to summarizeAfter going AWOL for 5 months, here's my attempt at explaining and sneaking my way back into your airwaves (and hopefully, heart), *insert doe-eyed emoji. Let me know if this worked and I'm back in your good graces via @thevaluecafe on social media or thevaluecafepod@gmail.com ... And yes, look out for the next episode next week. Cheers!
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Growth Hacking for Personal Growth w/ Olumide Adaramoye, Dara of Growth
Apr 30, 202200:24:00Tap to summarizeFor anyone who's heard of Growth Hacking, it's primarily applied to the business/startup world. So what then could be the correlation to personal growth? I explored this concept with Olumide Adaramoye, aka Dara of Growth, one of the amazing growth hackers out there making moves in FinTech and web3 startups. From cross-applying growth hacking concepts, to leveraging media and adopting new approaches, we had a fun discussion. Listen, enjoy and share your feedback via thevaluecafepod@gmail.com or @thevaluecafe. Want to partner/be or suggest my next guest/host me or sponsor an episode, shoot a mail to thevaluecafepod@gmail.com or dm @thevaluecafe. See you next episode!
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Impact Corner #3: Motunrayo Fatoke, Education and Development Practitioner
Apr 20, 202200:25:31Tap to summarizeIf you ask me to share my impression of Motunrayo Fatoke, my #ImpactCorner guest for this week, I'd say she's that girl with "coconut head", who's always channelling her energy towards contributing to social good. Also known as Motun Bee, Motunrayo has over 3 years of transnational experience as an education and development practitioner at the intersection of programs design and pedagogical innovation. A graduate of Guidance and Counseling/Communication and Language Arts from the prestigious University of Ibadan, she currently works as the Senior Programmes Assistant at The Education Partnership (TEP) Centre, and has worked with other local and international organizations like ENACTUS, UNICEF, UNESCO, Dalberg, Theirworld, World Economic Forum Global Shapers, Barack Obama Young Leaders Initiative, amongst others. Motunrayo is also a creative director of a lifestyle brand, Onifaari, technical/creative writer with some of her works published in Punch, Nigeria’s foremost Newspaper and global platforms like Education Commission and Theirworld blog. She is very much interested in education, career development, organizational culture, technology and finance for social good. We had an interesting conversation around her journey, including what spurred her passion for education advocacy, and dealing with impostor syndrome in spite of all these achievements. Listen in, share and engage.
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The Entitlement Episode with Veracity of The Veracity Podcast
Apr 12, 202200:22:41Tap to summarizeToday's episode came through with that Vibes x Value package with The Vibes Queen herself, Veracity of The Veracity Podcast as we talked about entitlement, you know, that thing Gen Zs are often accused of. This time, we explored entitlement from people in authority, you know the mummies and uncles in the street, the boss at work, etc etc. Listen, share, enjoy and pick 1 or 2 lessons 😉. Disagree with any part, ran into an entitled person, or been entitled yourself? Share your thoughts and experience! The DM/comment section is open via @thevaluecafe across social media. So is thevaluecafepod@gmail.com. You can also holla at Veracity @theveracitypod and enjoy some vibey content. This episode was co-produced and edited by Blessing Aigbimaru, host of The Veracity Podcast.
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Impact Corner #2: Esther Ajari, Founder, The TriHealthon
Apr 5, 202200:27:43Tap to summarizeAnother week, another impact story, this time with Esther Ajari, a final-year medical-student of the University of Ibadan, and Founder/Director of The TriHealthon, a multi-award-winning NGO promoting health-equity in Nigeria. In this episode, she shares her story as a first-generation student, and 10th child of a family of sixteen and how that has spurred her problem-solving journey. We also touched on her engagements with national and international organisations, such as the U.S State Department, Council of Europe, G20, China-Africa Project, and Chinese Global Television Network. Beyond being a multi-award winner, we went into the challenges, lessons and of course, not-so-serious aspects of her journey. This was a fun yet insightful talk. Listen, engage and share using #tvcpod as well as reach out via email at thevaluecafepod@gmail.com or @thevaluecafe across social media. You can also check out Esther Ajari's work on LinkedIn (prepared to be wowed though).
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2in2 Segment #6: Embrace the Boring
Mar 29, 202200:02:23Tap to summarizeSo, you've found this thing that you absolutely love to do. All pumped up and ready to go all in? That's great! But hope you know that the process will still test you? There'll be some boring, monotonous, non-glamorous and challenging aspects, that'll need you to be focused, diligent and consistent regardless, especially when "passion" and strong interest won't be enough to motivate you. I hope in those times, you remember to embrace the boring... Listen, engage and share your thoughts on this @thevaluecafe or thevaluecafepod@gmail.com. And of course, see you next episode!
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Impact Corner #1: John Best Uche, The Social Voice
Mar 19, 202200:32:47Tap to summarizeWelcome to the 1st installment of the Impact Corner, where I get into the minds behind the valuable impact we see. Today's guest is John Best Uche, a leadership development and social advocate and strong believer in responsible citizenry. A voice-over artist, producer and broadcast journalist (NTA Portharcourt) known for use of his voice and media platforms to promote and project the activities and initiatives of influential young leaders, John Best Uche is also known as The Social Voice. He serves as Convener of #EndDepression Campaign and ED of Right Minds Leaders Network and is a fellow of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Regional Leadership Centre, West Africa and Fellow, Youths in Motion Policy and Governance Fellowship. In this episode, he shares his journey and motivations as an impact maker in his space. Listen, get inspired, share and of course, share your thoughts! Connect and engage via @thevaluecafe and thevaluecafepod@gmail.com. Want to reach my guest? Connect via Johnbest.minds@gmail.com and @OfficialJohnBest on social media. See you next episode!
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2in2 Segment #5: Here's To Weak Women - International Women's Day
Mar 8, 202200:02:04Tap to summarizeWarning! This is not your typical International Women's Day episode. While everyone is celebrating the strong women all around the world (and with good reason, of course), I'm have a short message for the "weak women". Listen up via any of your favourite streaming platforms, share with your networks and join the conversation with your voice messages and comments across all social media platforms @thevaluecafe using #tvcpod, or email at thevaluecafepod@gmail.com. See you next week!
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