Oprah Winfrey Commencement Speech at Stanford University 2008 Oprah’s audience was very receptive of her mainly because she is a respected icon known all over America. The audience was a group of diverse faculty‚ staff‚ graduates‚ family and friends. When Oprah started her speech welcoming the audience‚ she gave them an icebreaker saying she wanted to let them in on a secret to personalize her speech. She lets the audience know that her god daughter Kirby attends Stanford and she is very proud
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Oprah Winfrey- Model Citizen Oprah Winfrey‚ the greatest Black philanthropist by Business Week in 2005 has made her way to her viewers’ hearts and has become a role model citizen for everyone. Her selflessness and charitable character has caused her to continuously raise and donate millions of dollars. Oprah was born in Kosciusko‚ Mississippi on January 25‚ 1954 to Vernita Lee and Vernon Winfrey. When she was born‚ her parents were not married so she lived with her grandmother and completed
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Oprah Winfrey has become one of the most influential women in modern day America. Starting from her show‚ The Oprah Winfrey Show‚ Oprah has advanced to establishing her own network OWN. Her cultural influence has only continued to get stronger as her programs‚ books‚ and even her presence have become more popular. Oprah promotes a New Age worldview mixed with unorthodox viewpoints. She constantly promotes the message that the truth is within each person. This individualism has assisted in producing
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for those who work to improve the lives of others. Oprah Winfrey is deserving of the Humanitarian award because she is generous‚ strong‚ and a role model for women. Oprah Winfrey is most well known for her donations to charity‚ which make her outstandingly generous. She has donated millions of dollars to various charities and organizations. Winfrey also uses all of the donations earned on her show directly for organizations such as The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Acadamy for Girls. Some other organizations
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The Final Project for this course requires that you apply the material that you have studied during the term to a case study of your choice. For this assignment‚ you must choose a well-known current or historical person for an in-depth analysis of personality development. Some examples of the type of person you can choose are famous politicians‚ philanthropists‚ entertainers‚ businesspersons‚ or individuals who made significant contributions to your field of study or career. You should choose a figure
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Do you one day dream of becoming a successful and madly inspiring billionaire? Oprah Winfrey states‚ “It doesn’t matter who you are‚ where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you – always.” Who is Oprah Winfrey? That is a question that many people‚ at least in America wouldn’t ask. She is a woman who is very well known to most. Even though she had a rough and challenging childhood due to some family issues‚ she has prospered to become a multi-talented billionaire‚ media mogul‚ producer
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Born in rural Mississippi into a broken home‚ Oprah Winfrey challenged her circumstances and developed into an actress‚ producer and highly influential host of the award-winning The Oprah Winfrey Show. The power of media enabled her to enlighten millions of viewers and develop into a “global media leader‚” while her accomplishments and philanthropic endeavors have established her as a respected leader in the public eye.4 Oprah’s various skills and traits qualify her for both leadership theories
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Oprah Winfrey The individuals Pathway to Leadership- Born into a broken home in rural Mississippi on January 9‚ 1954 Oprah Winfreys troubled adolescence and life experiences made her the amazingly influential woman she is today. Testing her circumstances and blossoming into an inspirational young actress‚ producer and highly powerful host of the popular ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’‚ the power of media enabled her to enlighten millions of viewers and develop into a “global media leader‚” while her
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Oprah Winfrey Takeover Oprah Winfrey is America’s first lady of talk shows and is known for her inspiring millions of lives around the world. She established the Oprah Winfrey leadership academy foundation‚ to which she has donated more than 40 million to create the Oprah Winfrey leadership academy for girls in South Africa which opened in January of 2007(“Oprah Winfrey’s Official Biography” 3). She is not just a big time philanthropist but also one of the greatest talk show hosts of our generation
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My Hero Oprah Winfrey once said‚ “The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning. “ (Oprah Winfrey Quotes‚ n.d). In other words‚ Oprah believes fame isn’t the main idea of achieving a dream‚ but rather than the experience and the satisfaction you get will guide to an outstanding purpose. Oprah Winfrey is one of the greatest b illionaires wellknown for hosting her own globally talk
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