Elaine Sihera

Author:
1. 10 easy steps to...Growing Older Disgracefully! (January 2007), AnSer Publishing
2. 10 easy steps to...Finding Your Ideal Soulmate! (2006)
3. Money, Sex and Compromise: The Hidden Agenda in Modern Relationships (2004)
4. Managing the Diversity Maze (2002)
5. What's in a Name? (1996)
6. Signposts to Success (1991)
PLUS over 800 articles written on emotional self-enhancement, through work and relationship issues, learned from the University of Life!

Elaine Sihera's websites:
http://www.elainesden.org
http://www.helium.com/user/show/63465
http://www.mscyprah.newsvine.com
http://britbrat-cyprah.blogspot.com

Elaine is interested in contributing to/addressing or presenting on:

* The Joys of Ageing(especially for people over 45 years old)
* Motivating Women and Minorities
* Diversity and Equalities Management (for public and private sector)
* Education (Boosting Youth Esteem and Achievement)
* Enhancing Professional and Career Development
* Improving Cultural Interaction and Relationships

Known as "Miss Diversity", because of her expertise in promoting cultural harmony and interaction, as well as Ms CYPRAH(cyber-Oprah), Elaine is a public speaker, author, writer, personal development and relationship consultant, and the leading independent authority on diversity and race issues in the UK.

The most active British woman on the Internet, Elaine is a fearless Black pioneer who has a number of FIRSTS to her credit. She also has over 30,000 regular visitors to her MySpace weblog, as well as over 3000 'friends' who receive her weekly life coaching bulletins. Elaine's websites are read by over 25,000 unique visitors per month (over 70,000 page views).

DESCRIBED BY HER PEERS AS: Confident Pioneer, Dynamic, Inspirational, Motivational, Wise, with a 'winning smile', Elaine is anti-ageist and a tireless campaigner for fairness and justice who is long on humour, short on patience, and never short of an opinion!

Originally from KINGSTON, Jamaica (emigrated to UK in 1967. British citizen 1977).

EDUCATED at
1. Convent of Mercy Academy private school
2. The Open University (FIRST Black Graduate: BA Hons. Sociology & Education
3. Cambridge University (FIRST Black Education Post Graduate: Post Graduate in Education (and MA status)

SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS so far...
1. One of the outstanding profile featured in book: Portraits of Black Achievement (by the Institute of Education, University of London)

2. The presenter of the FIRST ever Diversity Lecture in the House of Commons (2004)

3. Keynote Speaker at the Paris Global Women’s Leadership Conference (sponsored by UNESCO) which was attended by over 500 senior women achievers from around the world. (2004)

4. The FIRST Black woman in the UK to own a national magazine

5. The ONLY woman to be simultaneously awarded TWO National Training Awards by the DTi.

6. FOUNDER OF:
a. The British Diversity Awards
b. The Windrush Men and Women of the Year Awards

7. Chief Administrator/Judge of the Commission for Racial Equality's national Leadership Challenge initiative which exhorted senior executives to take personal responsibility for the enhancement of race equality in their environment. Created a new Award for it in the 1998 BDAs.

8. Diversity management adviser, and high profile role model, to many public service, blue-chip and voluntary organisations, including The Bermuda Top 100 Women Achievers, The Princes Youth Business Trust, British Telecom, Royal Navy, J.P Morgan, Public Sector Benchmarking Services, East Thames Housing Group, The Learning & Skills Council, Trent NHS Strategic Health Authority, Oxford City Council...among many others

9. Presented hundreds of professional achievement workshops in effective staff management and good diversity practice.

10. Very successful English teacher and education manager in secondary schools who helped her students to achieve outstanding exam results (at least 82% pass rate A-C).

MEDIA ACTIVITIES
(Most recent)
1. Freelance writer and personal adviser/agony aunt (since 2005)
2. Weekly radio presenter (In Conversation with Elaine) on Colourful Radio
3. Columnist for Black Britain Online (since 2003...
4. (January 2007) Subject of main Interview in Pride Magazine
5. Adviser on the Trisha TV programme (Channel 5)
6. As a motivator on BBC1 "Your Country needs you"

(ALSO)

5. Appearances as expert panel member or major contributor, include the following:

a. Regular guest and newspaper reviewer on LBC's Sandi Toksvig's Show (2005)

b. Monthly newspaper reviewer for BBC NEWS 24

c. Expert panelist on ANY QUESTIONS on BBC Radio 4

d. Panelist on MORAL MAZE, BBC Radio 4.

e. Main guest on WOMAN'S HOUR, Radio 4 (3 times)

f. Main guest on the JAMES WHALE Show, Talksport Radio (2 times)

g. Major contributor to the following during the 1990s:


* BBC1 HYPOTHETICALS with Clive Anderson, BBC1
* YOU DECIDE with Jeremy Paxman. BBC1
* NATION with Trevor Phillips BBC2
* ON THE OTHER HAND (Channel 4)
* COMMENT (Channel 4)
* BLACK on BLACK (BBC2)

h. Expert on KILROY BBC1 (2 times)

i. Elaine's family was also the subject of two major documentary reports:

*NETWORK with Anna Ford and

* FAMILY AFFAIRS with Gloria Hunniford

j. Numerous radio and television news interviews related to her expertise

6. Editor of "New Impact Magazine" for multicultural and training issues (10 years)

7. Celebrity Interviewer - Pride Magazine (3 years) interviewing stars like Eartha Kitt, Maya Angelou, Rowan Atkinson, Lenny Henry, Jeremy Brett and others

8. Education Editor - The Voice Newspaper (3 years)

“Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family” (Virginia Satir)

Alternatively, for an expert opinion, you could also contact her online agents WOMENSPEAKERS.CO.UK who would be happy to advise.

The List below speaks for itself!