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For the very special 100th episode of Here to Help Chris' guest is Haben Girma. Haben is the first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School, an advocate for equal opportunities for people with disabilities, and the author of, “Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law.” President Obama named Haben a White House Champion of Change and she also received the Helen Keller Achievement Award and a spot on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. President Bill Clinton, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Chancellor Angela Merkel have all honored Haben, who believes disability is an opportunity for innovation. She travels the world teaching the benefits of choosing inclusion. Chris and Haben discuss the language of accessibility, how Disability Drives Innovation and fear should not hold us back from making the world better. Come join Chris and Haben and help us mark this milestone of 100 episodes. 

https://habengirma.com/ The first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School, Haben Girma is a human rights lawyer advancing disability justice. President Obama named her a White House Champion of Change. She received the Helen Keller Achievement Award, a spot on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, and TIME100 Talks. President Bill Clinton, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Chancellor Angela Merkel have all honored Haben. Haben believes disability is an opportunity for innovation, and she teaches organizations the importance of choosing inclusion. The New York Times, Oprah Magazine, and TODAY Show featured her memoir, Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law. Haben was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she currently lives. Her memoir takes readers on adventures around the world, including her parents' homes in Eritrea and Ethiopia, building a school under the scorching Saharan sun, training with a guide dog in New Jersey, climbing an iceberg in Alaska, fighting for blind readers at a courthouse in Vermont, and talking with President Obama at The White House. Warm, funny, thoughtful, and uplifting, this captivating book is a testament to Haben's determination to resist isolation and find the keys to connection.

Blind Notes a seven-part conversation series of radio programmes featuring one-to-one interviews with musicians from around the world, all of whom are completely blind. Presented by Ravi Sagoo, who himself has the sight condition keratoconus, the interviews are mixed with examples of the musicians' own music and those that have influenced or been important to them. This episodes guest is twice Grammy award winning American jazz pianist and singer Diane Schuur, who has won two Grammy's which were embossed in Braille and she also won the Helen Keller Achievement Award for the American Society for the Blind. In this episode Diane talks about, amongst other things, how her rendition of 'I Just Called To Say I Love You' at the Kennedy Honours tribute to soul legend Stevie Wonder moved him to tears.  Blind Notes is a 7 part series created for RNIB Connect Radio by Demus Productions Ltd and supported by the Audio Content Fund. (Image shows a close-up black and white photograph of Diane wearing dark glasses with her hands clasped in front of her and laughing)

My special guest is Haben Girma, the first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School, an advocate for equal opportunities for people with disabilities, and author of, “Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law.” [Click here for the written transcript of our video interview] President Obama named Haben a White House Champion of Change and she also received the Helen Keller Achievement Award and a spot on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. President Bill Clinton, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Chancellor Angela Merkel have all honored Haben, who believes disability is an opportunity for innovation. She travels the world teaching the benefits of choosing inclusion and for these reasons, and a few more we’ll discuss on the show, I’m honored to have Haben as my guest. You can watch the live and recorded live video RIGHT HERE. Click here to read the transcript from the live and recorded show.

Haben Girma is an American disability rights advocate and the first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School. President Obama named her a White House Champion of Change, she has received the Helen Keller Achievement Award and secured a spot on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2016. Haben believes disability is an opportunity for innovation and travels the world teaching the benefits of choosing inclusion. Her memoir, Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law, is a captivating read. A review from O Magazine states "This autobiography by a millennial Helen Keller teems with grace and grit.”Learn more about Haben here: https://habengirma.com/Watch her TED TalkCheck out her appearance on the Today ShowPurchase or learn more about her bookFollow Haben on Facebook, Twitter, or InstagramVisit our No Barriers Show Page for Transcripts and more 

Haben Girma is an American disability rights advocate and the first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School. President Obama named her a White House Champion of Change, she has received the Helen Keller Achievement Award and secured a spot on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2016. Haben believes disability is an opportunity for innovation and travels the world teaching the benefits of choosing inclusion. Her memoir, Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law, is a captivating read. A review from O Magazine states "This autobiography by a millennial Helen Keller teems with grace and grit.”Learn more about Haben here: https://habengirma.com/Watch her TED TalkCheck out her appearance on the Today ShowPurchase or learn more about her bookFollow Haben on Facebook, Twitter, or InstagramVisit our No Barriers Show Page for Transcripts and more

Dana interviews Haben Girma, the first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School. Today, Haben advocates for equal opportunities for people with disabilities. President Obama named her a White House Champion of Change, she received the Helen Keller Achievement Award, and a spot on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. President Bill Clinton, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Chancellor Angela Merkel have all honored Haben. She believes disability is an opportunity for innovation. She travels the world teaching the benefits of choosing inclusion. She has just published her first book, Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law. Buy Haben's book: https://amzn.to/2NibUFUVisit us at https://rockymountainada.org/ or find us on social media. Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or anywhere else you get your podcasts!View episode transcript: http://bit.ly/AIA001

Haben Girma Disability Rights Lawyer and Speaker Author of Haben—The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law Accessibility, Inclusion and Leadership Episode Summary Haben Girma is the first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School. In this episode, we discuss Haben’s coming new book and her advocacy for equal opportunities for people with disabilities and why it matters for leaders. Bio The first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School, Haben Girma advocates for equal opportunities for people with disabilities. President Obama named her a White House Champion of Change. She received the Helen Keller Achievement Award, and a spot on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. President Bill Clinton, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Chancellor Angela Merkel have all honored Haben. Haben believes disability is an opportunity for innovation. She travels the world teaching the benefits of choosing inclusion. On August 6 she will publish her first book, Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law. Website habengirma.com LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/habengirma/ Twitter https://twitter.com/HabenGirma Facebook facebook.com/habengirma Instagram https://www.instagram.com/habengirma Leadership Quote "Be the change you want to see in the world." Subscribe, share and review on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/keep-leading/id1461490512  Purchase Haben Girma's Book on Amazon.com! Please visit KeepLeadingPodcast.com for a full transcript of this episode.                             The Keep Leading!™ podcast is for people passionate about leadership. It is dedicated to leadership development and insights. Join your host Eddie Turner, The Leadership Excelerator® as he speaks with accomplished leaders and people of influence across the globe as they share their journey to leadership excellence. Listen as they share leadership strategies, techniques and insights. For more information visit eddieturnerllc.com or follow Eddie Turner on Twitter and Instagram at @eddieturnerjr. Like Eddie Turner LLC on Facebook. Connect with Eddie Turner on LinkedIn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Expressive Voices, Viral Communities, Mental Workouts, and More Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got expressive voices, viral communities, mental workouts, and more. Enjoy! Events The Voice Matters Workshop, led by Mike Massy, is opening its doors again from November 26 to 28 in Beirut, Lebanon for people who want use their voice to express their emotions. Media How do you launch a financially successful business without letting go of what’s in your heart? Mark Silver recently published a video about Heart-Centered Launches as part of a series being released to the Heart of Business Learning Community over the next three Mondays. Listen as Rhonda Magee inspires us to bring mindfulness to our current place and position on the Insights at the Edge Podcast. On the Unregistered Podcast, Daniel Coffeen shares his insights about divorce, academia, and rhetoric versus philosophy. On The Flow Podcast from CloudApp, Andi Galpern digs into her years of experience to show you how to build a viral community. The Goal Digger Podcast features Nicaila Matthews-Okome sharing the secret of how she turned her podcast into a full-time career. Online marketing guru Tara Hunt talks about her career shift and becoming Truly Social on the Startup Canada Podcast. Writing If you’re a fan of mind-sharpening puzzles, grab the new Sudoku book by Engel Jones for a challenging mental workout. Profits will be donated to the Alzheimer’s Association of Trinidad and Tobago. Andrew Nance is visiting Title One School in New York City in December to read and sign copies of his newest book on teaching mindfulness to children. The school would also welcome your donation to help provide copies of Andrew’s book, Puppy Mind, to their hearing-impared students. Mailing List Exclusive: Video marketing for social media promotion is valuable, especially for small businesses, as Jason Hsiao, founder of video creation platform, Animoto, explains in his interview with Rebecca Lerner for Forbes. Recommended Resources John Lee Dumas, whose podcast was an inspiration to Nicole Holland, Tom Morkes, and Nicaila Matthews-Okome, has been holding a live podcast masterclass series, where participants can discover how to create, grow, and monetize a podcast. Be sure to register soon, since the next session is on November 8! Congratulations to Amazon for being honored with the 2019 Helen Keller Achievement Award from the American Foundation for the Blind. Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, was mentioned by Ricky Yean, Jason Hsiao, and Barth Getto. Thanks for checking out this Process Hacker News update from Hack the Process. If you liked what you saw, please leave a comment to let us know what processes you’re hacking.

Day two of NEXT was another day full of interesting interviews! Melanie and Mark sat down for quick chats with Haben Girma about accessibility in tech and Paresh Kharya to talk about NVIDIA. Next, we touched base with Amruta Gulanikar and Simon Zeltser to learn more about Windows SQL Server and .NET workloads on Google Cloud. The interviews wrap up with Henry Hsu & Isaac Wong of Holberton. Haben Girma The first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School, Haben Girma advocates for equal opportunities for people with disabilities. President Obama named her a White House Champion of Change. She received the Helen Keller Achievement Award, and a spot on Forbes 30 Under 30. Haben travels the world consulting and public speaking, teaching clients the benefits of fully accessible products and services. She’s a talented storyteller who helps people frame difference as an asset. She resisted society’s low expectations, choosing to create her own pioneering story. Haben is working on a book that will be published by Hachette in 2019. Paresh Kharya Paresh Kharya is Group Product Marketing Manager for data center products at NVIDIA responsible for product marketing of NVIDIA’s Tesla accelerated computing platform. Previously, Paresh held a variety of business roles in the high-tech industry, including group product manager at Adobe and business development manager at Tech Mahindra. Paresh has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management and a bachelors of computer science and engineering from the National Institute of Technology, India. Amruta Gulanikar & Simon Zeltser Prior to joining Google Amruta spent 5+ years as a PM in the Office division at Microsoft working on many different products. Just before she left, she worked on launching a new service and supporting apps - “O365 Planner” which offers people a simple and visual way to organize teamwork. At Google, Amruta owns Windows on GCE which includes support for premium OS & Microsoft Server product images, platform improvements to support Windows workloads on GCE. Simon Zeltser is a Developer Programs Engineer at Google, working with .NET and Windows on Google Cloud Platform. Henry Hsu & Isaac Wong Henry Hsu is a software engineer trained at Holberton School. He has experience with C, C++, Python, Ruby/Rails, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, MySQL/Postgres, Unity, Game Maker Studio, Linux, Photoshop, 3D Studio Max, systems design, algorithms, and devops. Isaac Wong attends the Holberton School. He has a degree in horticulture from Texas A&M. Interviews Edge TPU site Cloud IoT Edge site Cloud Armor site Titan Security Key site Building on our cloud security leadership to help keep businesses protected blog Google Cloud Container Registry site Haben Girma’s website site Haben Girma’s presentation at NEXT video San Francisco Lighthouse for the Blind site National Federation of the Blind site National Association of the Deaf site NVIDIA site NVIDIA and Google Cloud Platform site Google Cloud Platform Podcast Episode 119 podcast Velostrata site GKE site Google App Engine site Stackdriver Debugger site Windows on Google Cloud Platform site SQL Server on Google Cloud Platform site .NET on Google Cloud Platform site Holberton School site Unity site GKE On-Prem site TensorFlow site Where can you find us next? We’ll both be at Cloud NEXT in Moscone West on the first floor, so come by and say hi! We have chocolate!