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Statistics show that 97% of small business owners would say that they have felt really alone and unsupported in their journey. Though we have the opportunity to be more connected than ever, we are also lonelier than ever. If you've built a business, you've probably felt that paradox deeply. Today's guest, Liz Forkin Bohannon, knows that connection isn't just a feel-good value – it's a radical, transformative growth strategy. Liz is passionate about women and girls living in extreme poverty. She spent time connecting with underprivileged women in Uganda and realized how important community is. She's built her business, community, and life around the idea that we're better together, and in this episode, we talk about what it looks like to build something that not only grows but brings people closer.  ⁠⁠Join The Co-op – The Membership for Online Businesses⁠⁠ Connect with Abagail⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠All the Links!⁠⁠ Episode Highlights How to Create Genuine Connection in Business. [0:11:12]   The Power of Consistency and Commitment. [0:25:48]  Two Ways to Find a Like-Minded Community of Business Leaders. [0:40:41] Our Advertiser: ⁠⁠FreshBooks⁠⁠ – Get 50% Off for 6 Months Thank you for listening! Please subscribe, rate, and review The Strategy Hour Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. For show notes, go to thestrategyhour.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'd love to hear from you! Send me a text message here and let me know what you thought about the episode. :)The Monthly Giving Summit is HERE! Instead of scrambling for last minute dollars or stressing over whether a big donor will renew their gift, imagine that you have a solid foundation of predictable revenue that gives you room to breathe, plan and focus on the work that truly matters. That's what a thriving monthly giving program can do. This year's summit is a space where we can all come together. You'll hear from industry leaders like Liz Forkin Bohannon, author of Beginner's Pluck, Stephanie Barnhill from Givebutter, and nonprofit giants like Save the Children and Project HOPE. They'll break down their best strategies for attracting and retaining recurring donors, how to actually integrate subscription-based giving into fundraising efforts, and the savviest email tactics worth trying, like upgrade links and reminders to increase retention. We have the power, the ability, and the agency to rewrite the future of fundraising, but it starts with showing up.P.S. You can still register and catch up on all the insights from the Virtual Monthly Giving Summit. Bring your team. Share this with your board. RSVP for FREE here.Resources & Links This show is presented by LinkedIn for Nonprofits. We're so grateful for their partnership. Explore their incredible suite of resources and discounts for nonprofit teams here.The 2nd Annual Virtual Monthly Giving Summit is coming February 26th and 27th! RSVP for FREE HERE.My book, The Monthly Giving Mastermind, is here! Grab a copy here and learn my framework to build, grow, and sustain subscriptions for good.Let's Connect! Send a DM on Instagram or LinkedIn and let us know what you think of the show! Head to YouTube for digital marketing how-to videos and podcast teasers Want to book Dana as a speaker for your event? Click here!

Beginning this month's discussion on loneliness is someone who has become a huge voice for speaking on it. Liz Forkin Bohannon, founder of Sseko Designs and the author of Beginner's Pluck, is a dear friend of 4word and we love her because she is fearless, empathetic, and not afraid to get in the trenches on things she is passionate about. And what she is most passionate about these days is dissolving the stigma around loneliness and getting all of us very comfortable with identifying and resolving loneliness in our lives.  Episode links: Watch "You Are Not Alone in Feeling Alone" Sign up for Liz's newsletter to download her FREE reflective listening

Welcome to the Marketing Your Purpose podcast! Join Austin, an entrepreneur and marketing & PR pro for an in-depth look into the journey of Sseko Designs, a socially conscious fashion brand. Discover Sseko's humble beginnings under a mango tree and their mission to empower academically gifted female scholars by unlocking educational opportunities. Hear about Sseko Designs' merger with Noonday Collection and how together, they have become the largest fair trade fashion social selling brand to-date. Listen as Austin recounts her personal involvement with these impactful brands and her deep respect for Liz Forkin Bohannon, the dynamic founder of Sseko Designs. Dive inside Liz's entrepreneurial journey and passion for meaningful impact. Find out how a seemingly small promise to three girls in Uganda grew into an expanding mission that has transformed countless lives. Tune in as Austin discusses the influence of Christianity in Liz's business ethos and how it inspires a "listening first" approach. As a reminder, Marketing Your Purpose isn't solely a marketing guide - it's a space for hard, vulnerable conversations about aligning work with values and making a difference. Get ready for thought-provoking dialogues, rich insights into integrated marketing and PR best practices, and an abundance of inspiration to spark your purpose-driven entrepreneurial journey. If you've found value in the discussions, please leave a written review to help others discover the podcast. Thank you for tuning in - don't forget to subscribe and invite a friend who may find this podcast inspiring. Go market your purpose, friend! +++ REFERENCED LINKS: Shop at Sseko Designs: ssekodesigns.com Listen to the Created For episode with Liz: How Small Dreams And Small Promises Can Lead To Big Change Join the Marketing Your Purpose FB community: facebook.com/groups/marketingyourpurpose  Book a P&P service: plumandparcel.com/services   Join our email list: plumandparcel.com Follow us on Instagram: @plumandparcel Connect with Austin on LinkedIn: austinkapur

Listen as we chat with Liz Forkin Bohannon, founder of Sseko Designs, Author of Beginner's Pluck, and  Chief Growth Officer at Noonday Collection. Liz speaks about taking accountability and ownership of your actions within a partnership. As a collective, we discuss how to cultivate a consistent community that supports you in the most transformative parts of your life. Liz also shares how creating vulnerable safe spaces for your team strengthens your brand. This episode is a must, so check it out!Learn more:https://www.lizbohannon.co/__Welcome to the Plywood Podcast: Real talk for social entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders.Plywood is a nonprofit in Atlanta leading a community of startups doing good. Over the past 12 years, we have worked with over 1000 startup founders and nonprofit leaders wrestling with the tensions of starting, growing, and sustaining.Think of The Plywood Podcast as a kitchen table conversation debating the pros and woes of running a business and sustaining a nonprofit. We dive into building business plans, sustaining relationships (personal and professional), diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace, forming values while being a part of true cultural change for good, and so much more.Learn more about Plywood at PlywoodPeople.comPlywood is a non-profit in Atlanta leading a community of start-ups doing good. www.plywoodpeople.com

In our last episode, you met Liz Forkin Bohannon with Sseko Designs. Liz followed God's calling in her heart for the women of Uganda and through her tenacity and willingness to ask the hard questions and take the big steps of faith, she has written a story full of the beautiful results of being open and willing to follow after God's plan, no matter how daunting each twist and turn along the way may look.  In this episode, our conversation with Liz wraps up by talking about the idea of prosperity and how to get in the right mindset about what success looks like for your dream. Liz also shares the advice she would give to anyone standing at the starting line of taking their dream or belief and making it their life's destiny. 

As you learn how to be unstoppable this year, you will see that planning and strategy are only effective if you put them to use. How do you take that first step of your plan for the year? What does it take to turn that dream or belief you're carrying close to your heart into a tangible destiny?  This month, you'll hear from more about this journey of turning a belief into a destiny from someone very near and dear to the 4word community and someone very familiar with following after a desire: Liz Forkin Bohannon, founder of Sseko Designs, an accomplished speaker, and best-selling author of Beginner's Pluck: Build your life of purpose and impact now. Liz was also named by Forbes Magazine as one of the top 20 public speakers, and Bloomberg Magazine named Liz as one of the top social entrepreneurs to watch.

“I want people to hear and know that you don't have to be afraid of ruptures (in a relationship). When you rupture and you're committed to repairing, what is built on the other side of that is actually more powerful, more intimate, and more committed.”We are continuing our Collaboration Over Competition series, and my guests today are no strangers to The Happy Hour. Jessica Honegger and Liz Forkin Bohannon recently merged their two awesome companies together! Jessica is the founder of Noonday Collection and Liz is the founder of Sseko Designs. On this episode, we talk about what that process and decision was like for them, being that their companies were each other's competition in the ethical fashion space. We cover a lot in our conversation. Like how Liz moved to Uganda with a passion and desire to build a community and gain a deeper understanding about issues impacting women and girls living in extreme poverty. And how Jessica believes that relationships are a part of who we are all created to be.  Jessica talked about how she wanted Liz to come on her podcast and how it was not an easy decision to invite Liz into her space where she would talk about her company. We talk about jealousy, not valuing each other's decisions, and the power of merging their companies for collaboration, not competition. Together Liz and Jessica really care about global poverty and cleaning up the fashion supply chain, and I'm excited for you to hear from them today! Connect with JamieFacebook //  Instagram // YouTubeGET ALL THE LINKS FROM THE SHOW HERE

Liz Forkin Bohannon describes to Carey how to not see yourself as failure when you've failed. Get more on this conversation by going to http://theartofleadershipdaily.com/. Looking for resources to lead, run and grow your church? Join The Art of Leadership Academy today at http://theartofleadershipacademy.com/.

Our guest is Liz Forkin Bohannon, founder of Sseko Designs, an international sustainable fashion brand. Liz is a best-selling author of Beginners Pluck, and also host of the Plucking Up Podcast. A former Shark Tank contestant, she speaks around the world on entrepreneurship, social innovation, and purpose. We discuss her lessons on entrepreneurship, working through a merger, her advice for 20 somethings, the power of hard work, and more. Plus, check out the latest leadership nugget on 6 Tips for Communicating Well. Make sure to visit http://h3leadership.com to access the list and all the show notes. Thanks again to our partners for this episode: Compassion - the global authority in holistic child development. Go to http://compassion.com/h3. Compassion currently serves over 2 million children and their families in some of the most poverty-stricken areas of the world, all happening in local churches. I encourage you to get involved! For $38 a month, you can release a child from poverty in Jesus' name. Go to http://compassion.com/h3 and sponsor a child today. And LEADR—a people development software that helps you engage and grow every person on your team, developing leaders at scale with consistent 1:1 meetings, clear goals and regular feedback. Visit http://leadr.com for more info and to request a free demo. Start better caring for and developing your team today at http://leadr.com.

Paula Faris has spent well over two decades in broadcast television. Most recently, she spent nine years at ABC News where she co-anchored “Good Morning America Weekend,” co-hosted “The View” and launched the “Journeys Of Faith with Paula Faris”. The Emmy-Award winning journalist released her first book, “Called Out: Why I Traded Two Dream Jobs For A Life of True Calling.” When she's not speaking or writing, Paula is running CARRY Media, a company she founded to amplify the story of the working mom. As part of a series of episodes focusing on women entrepreneurs, we're joined by Liz Forkin Bohannon who serves as co-host today. Liz is a renowned business owner and a previous guest on the Faith Driven Entrepreneur Podcast.

Calling all entrepreneurs! This episode has your name written all over it. Paula's friend and Carry Media advisor, Liz Forkin Bohannon, is here for a straight-talk, wide-ranging and laugh-out-loud conversation about the twists and turns along the road to entrepreneurship. In addition to being a sought-after speaker and mom of three, Liz is the cofounder and CEO of Sseko Designs, a socially-conscious fashion brand that provides educational and economic opportunities for women across the globe. But get this - Liz started this brand with zero experience in fashion or entrepreneurism. In fact, in just the season before birthing her business she was a journalist reporting on poverty and conflict in Uganda. Hear how the core tenets of she learned in journalism – staying curious, asking great questions and following the lead – led Liz to the winding and unexpected path of building a business. Liz traces her journey from journalist to farmer to social entrepreneur and shares with Paula how “learning fast, failing fast and pivoting” helped her make her way through the dark, early days when there was little success, support or celebration for the company she was building. Liz also tells Paula why she's a firm believer that we aren't meant to take ourselves too seriously (Sseko means “laughter” in Lugandan)... a totally refreshing reminder, no matter what stage of business building you're in. If you're an entrepreneur or even just dream of being one, you know firsthand that fear is often the most loyal companion. Liz opens up to Paula about her ongoing battle with anxiety as a creative thinker who is “always building in the future.” Find out how she leans into her fear by giving herself permission to fail and why she's so passionate about “owning your average.” Shop Sseko Designs Host a Sseko Designs trunk show Check out Liz's book: “Beginner's Pluck: Build Your Life of Purpose and Impact” Follow Liz on Instagram Learn more about Paula's new company CARRY Media™ and sign up for CARRY™ ALL, an essential weekly newsletter for the working mom that drops every Sunday! Follow along with CARRY Media on social media: @carry_media Connect with Paula & share what you are feeling called to in this season of your life: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Sign up for Paula's new and improved newsletter to get a message from her every two weeks. Order Paula's Book - “Called Out: Why I Traded Two Dream Jobs for a Life of True Calling” Subscribe & Listen to more episodes of the Podcast: Access More | Spotify | Apple

Welcome to Don't Worry You're Enough podcast. We are Diane Roberts and Michaela Bennett and we are so glad you are here! Today's episode: Michaela wanted to discuss a section of the book "Beginner's Pluck: Build Your Life of Purpose and Impact Now" by Liz Forkin Bohannon and how finding your passion isn't as simple as overturning a rock. Try tiny steps and start with things that you have interest in. Connect with us! https://linktr.ee/dontworryyoureenough

In this inspiring, long-form conversation, Sseko Designs founder and social entrepreneur Liz Forkin Bohannon tells the story of how her fair-trade, by-women-for-women lifestyle brand literally began on the back of a motorcycle in Uganda. She also discusses her book Beginner’s Pluck: Build Your Life of Purpose and Impact Now, why she believes leaders need to “channel their inner beginner,” and how gender inequality is just as damaging to men as it is to women. And she dives into the philosophies that have built Sseko into what it is today: That every human deserves to be treated with respect and dignity, and that how we spend our money matters. “As consumers, every dollar we spend is a vote for how we're saying, this is how we want the world to work,” she says. A former journalist, Liz is passionate about conscious consumerism, social justice, creative leadership, gender equity, risk-taking, and empowering women. She believes deeply that business is a powerful platform for social change and that girls are our future.

Episode 10 introduces Steve Figliuolo. Steve is the the Principal Program Lead for Chic-Fil-A's Risk Management division. Throughout his career, Steve has seen first hand why risk management is important and how it needs to be done.  As another Stetson SigEp alumni, Steve, Brendan and Shaw joke about the good old fraternity days. In this episode, Brendan & Shaw talk to Steve about his career path and how he has progressed to this point in his life. Steve's  book recommendation is: Beginner's Pluck by Liz Forkin Bohannon

We all want to make a difference with our lives, to do something meaningful and leave a mark. But for so many people, they wait too long to be zapped by a specific, unique calling. If that's you- you find yourself waiting and wondering, maybe on the verge of feeling like you're languishing, then you're going to want to meet my friend, Liz Bohannon. Liz Forkin Bohannon is the founder of Sseko Designs. Sseko is an ethical fashion brand that works to educate and empower women. By providing employment and educational opportunities, Sseko enables women to continue their education and become leaders in their country. In four years, Sseko has grown from three women making sandals together under a mango tree, to an international fashion brand that provides employment, educational opportunities and entrepreneurial training to over 50 women in East Africa. Using her unlikely story of a journalist-gone-shoe-maker, Liz shares her passion for social enterprise, conscious consumerism, social justice, creative leadership, gender equity, risk-taking, and empowering women. She believes deeply that business is a powerful platform for social change and that girls are our future. She now splits her time between Uganda and Portland, Oregon, where she and her husband Ben run Sseko Designs. Her new book, Beginner's Pluck: Build Your Life of Purpose and Impact Now, is now available. On the episode: Producer : Tatave Abeshyan Producer & Co-host : Scott Schimmel JOIN BOB WEEKLY We've launched a new subscription-based offering with exclusive content from the one and only Bob Goff. In vintage Bob fashion, you can join him on his adventure of living a life of whimsy, love, and action. Each week you'll receive a video message from Bob, plus guided reflection exercises and activities for personal growth and structured conversations with friends. Now more than ever we need to look to voices we can trust. If Bob's message has inspired you in the past, you're not going to want to miss out on Bob Weekly. So sign up today and let Bob guide you as you go through this unpredictable thing called your life. Learn More bobgoff.com/weekly

We all want to make a difference with our lives, to do something meaningful and leave a mark. But for so many people, they wait too long to be zapped by a specific, unique calling. If that's you- you find yourself waiting and wondering, maybe on the verge of feeling like you're languishing, then you're going to want to meet my friend, Liz Bohannon. Liz Forkin Bohannon is the founder of Sseko Designs. Sseko is an ethical fashion brand that works to educate and empower women. By providing employment and educational opportunities, Sseko enables women to continue their education and become leaders in their country. In four years, Sseko has grown from three women making sandals together under a mango tree, to an international fashion brand that provides employment, educational opportunities and entrepreneurial training to over 50 women in East Africa. Using her unlikely story of a journalist-gone-shoe-maker, Liz shares her passion for social enterprise, conscious consumerism, social justice, creative leadership, gender equity, risk-taking, and empowering women. She believes deeply that business is a powerful platform for social change and that girls are our future. She now splits her time between Uganda and Portland, Oregon, where she and her husband Ben run Sseko Designs. Her new book, Beginner's Pluck: Build Your Life of Purpose and Impact Now, is now available. On the episode: Producer : Tatave Abeshyan Producer & Co-host : Scott Schimmel JOIN BOB WEEKLY We've launched a new subscription-based offering with exclusive content from the one and only Bob Goff. In vintage Bob fashion, you can join him on his adventure of living a life of whimsy, love, and action. Each week you'll receive a video message from Bob, plus guided reflection exercises and activities for personal growth and structured conversations with friends. Now more than ever we need to look to voices we can trust. If Bob's message has inspired you in the past, you're not going to want to miss out on Bob Weekly. So sign up today and let Bob guide you as you go through this unpredictable thing called your life. Learn More bobgoff.com/weekly

On the show today is author, entrepreneur, activist, and all around powerhouse Liz Forkin Bohannon. A few years after founding her company, Sseko, an ethical fashion brand which creates education and employment opportunities for East African women, she recognized that Sseko could have an equal impact on women in the US by transitioning it from a wholesale structure to a network marketing, community-driven direct sales business.    She and Kristen cover that story along with so many other powerful realizations they’ve each had as they learned what it really means to ‘find your purpose.’    Separating your identity from your output in the world What happens when you release yourself from being ‘special’ and own being ‘average’ How being in purposeful alignment it unlocks a whole new world of creativity Why Liz is so passionate about cultivating community for her family and for women around the world The difference between saying “I found my purpose” and “I built my purpose” Why “CQ” is as important if not more important than “IQ” The story behind how Sseko morphed from a wholesale company to a direct sales/network marketing company How leaders who drop their “polished and perfect” armor have more impact on their following and employees   Join Kristen and Liz in this open and refreshing conversation about women, community, and social selling.    For show notes and more visit the episode webpage: https://www.kristenboss.com/Pluck-and-Purpose-with-Special-Guest-Liz-Bohannon-ep-44   You can listen to Liz's podcast, Plucking Up, by going here:  http://lizbohannon.co/plucking-up/ To learn more (and shop!) about Sseko Designs head over to their website: https://ssekodesigns.com/?u=ssekohq&r=C22904 And if you’re ready to learn the simple process of running your social selling business online, you have to check out my live coaching program! The Social Selling Academy: www.thesocialsellingacademy.com Download the 3-Day training SUSTAINABLE SUCCESS for SOCIAL SELLERS where Kristen will be going to be giving you the exact tools you need to have success in today’s social selling landscape. Without creating more confusion, complicated algorithms, frustrating funnels, or sales scripts. Check it out here.

Have you found your passion at work? That perfect job or life mission that you're great at, that only you can do and excites you to jump out of bed every morning? If your answer is no, then our guest Liz Forkin Bohannon says, "Stop trying." Liz was once herself directionless and clueless about her purpose, but today, she is the CEO of Sseko Designs, an international ethical fashion brand that works to educate and empower women around the world. Liz says, 'You're never going to get anywhere trying to find your passion. You need to build it.' She is the author of Beginner's Pluck, Build Your Life of Purpose, Passion and Impact Now. Sseko Designs: https://ssekodesigns.com Liz's book: Beginner's Pluck, Build Your Life of Purpose, Passion and Impact Now

On today's show, Jesse recaps some of his favorite episodes of List It. We hear from guests like Chris Carrabba, Mike McHargue, Derek Minor and Liz Forkin Bohannon. New episodes are coming soon! Thanks to our sponsor Skillshare! Explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/listit and get a free trial of Premium Membership. That’s Skillshare.com/listit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you beat yourself up when something doesn't go right? If something isn't 100% perfect, do you think it's not good enough? Does your fear of something not being perfect stop you from saying yes to opportunities? When holding onto perfectionism we hold ourselves to impossible standards, so how do we work against it?Liz Forkin Bohannon is joining us today to share some of her tips. Founder of Sseko Designs, she spent some time with Seth Godin early on who encouraged her to not focus on the perfection of a design but to focus more on how it can grow. Her own podcast ‘plucking up' mission is to show that nobody is immune to messing up and self doubt.In today's episode, she bares her true self and honestly chats about her own struggle with perfectionism, how as a leader she encourages room for imperfection amongst her employees and how when we show up as we are imperfections and all, we allow permission for others to do the same.--INSTAGRAMMagnify: https://www.instagram.com/magnifycollective/Liz Forkin Bohannon: https://www.instagram.com/lizbohannon/--PLATFORMS MENTIONEDSseko Designs: https://ssekodesigns.com/Plucking Up Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/plucking-up-with-liz-bohannon/id1514706748--EMAIL SUBSCRIPTIONFor more aspirational content, subscribe to Magnify emails for free here: https://www.magnifycollective.com/subscribe2 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As a strong personal brand, you're offered opportunities to engage with multiple audiences that your company has little to no access to. Today we speak with Liz Forkin Bohannon, CEO, and Founder of ethical fashion brand Sseko Designs, an entrepreneur who has used her personal brand to grow her business. Early in the episode, Liz shares her mission to scale her company and transition from being central to Sseko's operations to serving as the face of her company. A key theme in this episode, Liz discusses how business can change the world, along with how her company empowers women in east Africa. We then dive into specifics, with Liz providing an overview of Sseko's business strategy and how they use direct sales and network marketing to drive revenue. After exploring what you can do to grow your company through your personal brand, Liz talks about the virtues of “beginner's pluck.” As insightful as our conversation is inspiring, tune in to hear how Liz built a mega-successful company by leveraging her personal brand.

Liz Forkin Bohannon is the founder of the incredible, ethically-focused company Sseko Designs, an acclaimed speaker, the host of the podcast "Plucking Up", and the author of the new book "Beginner's Pluck: Build Your Life of Purpose and Impact Now." Today on List It, Jesse and Liz discuss some of the most inspirational books they’ve ever read.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liz Forkin Bohannon, founder of Sseko Designs, joins the podcast to talk about how she listened to Holy Spirit-inspired decisions and pivoted Sseko in 2020, and lays out how her resilience saved the company. Click here for this episode's links and resources

It is the end of the year so we are doing a “best of” round-up of our favorite guests and most popular episodes! You will hear clips from: - Amber Lilyestrom - Liz Forkin Bohannon - Andrea Rogers -  Lindsey Schwartz - Amy Kiser Schemper - Chris Accardo ENJOY!! If you are a female professional ready to figure out your next career move into more meaning and purpose, without sacrificing your financial stability... Join my signature Purpose + Profit Lab 6-week course!

Liz Forkin Bohannon is a speaker, entrepreneur, and the founder of Sseko Designs, a socially conscious fashion brand creating educational and economic opportunities for women across the globe. Recognized by Forbes as a top public speaker and named by John Maxwell as one of the top three transformational leaders in the U.S., Forkin Bohannon has been featured on Shark Tank, Good Morning America, Bloomberg Businessweek, Vogue, and others. We discuss her new book Beginner's Pluck: Build Your Life of Purpose and Impact Now. #LizForkinBohannon #RhettPower #passion #purpose #success

As leaders, being fueled by our values and remaining teachable in our leadership journey allows us to truly live into our calling. In this episode of The Jenni Catron Leadership Podcast, Jenni talks with Liz Forkin Bohannon about how her commitment to her values has changed her life and how channeling her inner beginner allows her to lead well. In this interview, you'll learn:why community mattershow to step into difficult conversations with vulnerability and respecthow to leverage your platform for what matters most to youthe power of being willing to go back to the beginning...and more!About Liz Forkin Bohannon:Liz Forkin Bohannon is the founder of Sseko Designs and the author the book Beginner's Pluck: Build your Life of Purpose and Impact Now. Sseko Designs is an ethical fashion brand that works to educate and empower women.Connect with Liz:on Instagramthrough her book Beginner's Pluck: Build your Life of Purpose and Impact Now

Our guest on this week's episode is Liz Forkin Bohannon!!! She is the founder of Sseko Designs, an ethical fashion brand that works to educate and empower women. By providing employment and educational opportunities, Sseko enables women to continue their education and become leaders in their country. Using her unlikely story of a journalist-gone-shoe-maker, Liz shares her passion for social enterprise, conscious consumerism, social justice, creative leadership, gender equity, risk-taking, and empowering women. She believes deeply that business is a powerful platform for social change and that girls are our future. We're so excited for you to listen to Rob and Liz talk about their journey's together, how miracles come in different forms and unexpected places, and how a helping hand can mean as much for the person giving as it does the person receiving!

Join us for a fun conversation with Liz Forkin Bohannon, the founder of Sseko (Say-Ko) Designs, Together Coffee, and author of Beginner's Pluck. Sseko is an ethical fashion brand that works to educate and empower women. By providing employment and educational opportunities, Sseko enables women to continue their education and become leaders in their country. In four years, Sseko has grown from three women making sandals together under a mango tree, to an international fashion brand that provides employment, educational opportunities, and entrepreneurial training to over 76 women in East Africa. Using her unlikely story of a journalist-gone-shoe-maker, Liz shares her passion for social enterprise, conscious consumerism, social justice, creative leadership, gender equity, risk-taking, and empowering women. She believes deeply that business is a powerful platform for social change and that girls are our future.We invite you to check out ssekodesigns.com to learn more about the Sseko story and how to get involved. You can join Sseko to share their story, sell the products, and earn an income. You can also shop all footwear, jewelry, bags, clothing, gifts, and Liz's latest release of Together Coffee, a fair-traded and delicious coffee from Uganda and Ethiopia, at www.ssekodesigns.com. Music credit: Rising by Surfaces

Todd sits down with FILO 2020 Main Session speaker Liz Bohannon to talk about her book Beginner's Pluck. Many of the concepts she discovered along the way to founding her own company are super applicable to the world of the technical arts in the local church and they dig through them! We are grateful for Sardis' support of this podcast episode. Call Sardis today at 847.231.5915, or shoot them an email at hello@sardisvents.com to start a conversation!  

If you don't find yourself dreaming, chances are you either feel your dreams aren't "big enough" or you're afraid of failing when trying to achieve your dream Liz Forkin Bohannon  is the founder and CEO of Sseko Designs & Together Coffee, and she has experienced what it's like to experience both shame and fear when it comes to living out your passion. In Part 1 of this episode, she talks about why it's important to dream small and how we can start building a life of passion and purpose right now.Learn MoreLearn More about SsekoLearn More about Together CoffeeOrder Liz's Book "Beginner's Pluck"Leave Some Feedback: What do you want to hear about? Let us know in the comments below! Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave us a short review.  Connect with Us: https://www.instagram.com/churchfuel/ https://www.facebook.com/InsanelyPractical https://churchfuel.com/

Todd and Daniel talk about the responsibility that we all have to be a pastor for the people on our team. We shouldn't just need volunteers to fill a position but to be involved in and care about their lives. Liz Forkin Bohannon's Book: Beginner's Pluck Rick Warren's Leadership Values: Lead, Feed, Understand the Needs, Intercede We are grateful for Amplio's support of this podcast episode. Visit ampliosystems.com to start a conversation today!  

It's Nancy Ray Book Club week, which means I'm going to be talking about the book Beginner's Pluck by Liz Forkin Bohannon. Let me just say, this book was so good. Rarely do I read words on a page that make me laugh out loud, but this happened almost every night that I read it before I fell asleep. To the point and that Will started joking with me about it, but I would just say, "No, no wait, you have to listen to this." And much to his delight, I'm sure right before we went to bed, I would proceed to read him two or three pages. I'm highly recommending this one, friend. If you don't know who Liz is, she's the founder of Sseko Designs, a socially conscious fashion brand, creating educational and economic opportunities for women around the globe. She's a wife and a mom and she's hilarious and delightful and this book will inspire you to build a life of purpose and passion and impact. It's going to be on my, “my daughters have to read this book” list. I cannot wait to tell you about this book! For the full transcript, click here.   Resources from this episode: Work & Play Cornerstore Beginner’s Pluck, by Liz Forkin Bohannon Sseko Designs Ribbon Sandals Nancy Ray Book Club Episode 003 - The Contentment Challenge circa 2013 Contentment Challenge Giveaway Post Affiliate links have been used in this post! I do receive a commission when you choose to purchase through these links, and that helps me keep this podcast up and running—I truly appreciate when you choose to use them!  

As we enter this new decade, I thought it would be fun to talk to a few friends and reflect back on what life was like 10 years ago. In these conversations, you’ll hear guests speak about what God has done in their life, dreams, goals, things they would have differently, and things they’re most proud of. And, looking back always causes me to look forward, so we’ll also chat about dreams for the next ten years! Today I’m talking with Liz Forkin Bohannon, the founder of Sseko Designs and author of Beginner’s Pluck. In 2010, Liz was a year into starting Sseko Designs and had been able to fulfill the promise of sending three women to college in Uganda. Liz and her husband were at a crossroads of deciding whether or not to go all in with Sseko Designs or not. Liz describes how they made their decision, sold everything, and lived out of their car to pursue the cause they believed in. I appreciate Liz’ perspective and honesty on the realities of life starting a company and what kept her going. You’ll also hear how those experiences influence her views about the future and things unknown, and what she hopes for in the next ten years. Connect with Jamie Facebook // Twitter // Instagram // YouTube Sponsors Stamps.com - get a 4-week trial with free postage and a digital scale with code HAPPYHOUR (type in at the microphone at the top of the page) Liquid I.V. - use code HAPPYHOUR for 25% off GET ALL THE LINKS FROM THE SHOW HERE

SEGMENT 1: There's no lack of people out there telling you to go find your passion and dream big. But why does it seem like when we try, we end up feeling more lost and overwhelmed than when we started? Liz Forkin Bohannon, founder of Sseko Designs, wants you to rethink everything you've been told about finding your passion and following your dreams. As she says, you're never going to find your passion because your passion and purpose are something you build--actively--day by day.SEGMENT 2: One of the technologies that will affect your small business the most every day is artificial intelligence (AI). Here to explain how it will impact your business is Chris Duffey, the Head of AI Innovation and Strategy at Adobe.SEGMENT 3: With all the changes to the economy and the presidential tariffs, what is the state of small biz in rural America? My guest, Becky McCray, is the best expert in this area. She is a lifelong small-town entrepreneur and is the co-founder of Save Your Town.Sponsored by Nextiva, LinkedIn, vCita and Blue Summit Supplies

Liz Forkin Bohannon and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new book Beginner's Pluck, optimism, why you might just be average after all, story telling and how it can change a life, social consciousness, leaning in and listening to others and about the remarkable start up story of Sseko Designs and its beginning. You can buy the book here.Synopsis: Social entrepreneur and motivational speaker, Liz Forkin Bohannon will release her first book, Beginner’s Pluck: Build Your Life of Purpose and Impact Now, on October 1, 2019. Beginner’s Pluck is a collection of Forkin Bohannon’s personal anecdotes that illustrate her path to building her global socially conscious enterprise, Sseko Designs, and ultimately, a life of purpose.Beginner’s Pluck shares Forkin Bohannon’s 14 accessible steps of how anyone can build their passion and reach personal fulfillment – while also challenging society to reconsider the meanings of passion and purpose altogether. Turning the exhausted message of hustle harder into a fresh message of passion and pluck, readers will be encouraged to live like they were made on purpose – for a purpose.‘I used to subscribe to the belief that we were born with a fixed passion and our purpose was a ‘simple’ duty to use whatever that thing was,” said Liz Forkin Bohannon. “But I’ve learned through personal experience that passion isn’t a starting point, and purpose isn’t a one-stop destination to reach.’ While Forkin Bohannon studied journalism, she developed a passion for social justice – leading her to purchase a one-way ticket to Uganda where she met young women unable to finance their education to attend university. With no background in business, fashion, or manufacturing herself, Forkin Bohannon taught the young women to make sandals, promising that if they did, they would be able to attend university.Returning to the United States, Forkin Bohannon began selling the sandals out of the back of her car, raising enough funds to send the women to university. Today, Sseko Designs is one of the largest manufacturing companies in Uganda and will send its 131st woman to university by the end of this year. About my guest: Liz Forkin Bohannon is a speaker, entrepreneur, and the founder of Sseko Designs, a socially conscious fashion brand creating educational and economic opportunity for women across the globe.Recognized by Forbes as a top public speaker and named by John Maxwell as one of the top three transformational leaders in the U.S., Forkin Bohannon has been featured on Shark Tank, Good Morning America, Bloomberg Businessweek, Vogue, and others. She lives with her husband and company cofounder, Ben, and their two young sons in Portland, Oregon. Image Copyright: Liz Forkin Bohannon and . Used with permission. F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. Synopsis:Social entrepreneur and motivational speaker, Liz Forkin Bohannon will release her first book, Beginner’s Pluck: Build Your Life of Purpose and Impact Now, on October 1, 2019. Beginner’s Pluck is a collection of Forkin Bohannon’s personal anecdotes that illustrate her path to building her global socially conscious enterprise, Sseko Designs, and ultimately, a life of purpose.Beginner’s Pluck shares Forkin Bohannon’s 14 accessible steps of how anyone can build their passion and reach personal fulfillment – while also challenging society to reconsider the meanings of passion and purpose altogether. Turning the exhausted message of hustle harder into a fresh message of passion and pluck, readers will be encouraged to live like they were made on purpose – for a purpose.‘I used to subscribe to the belief that we were born with a fixed passion and our purpose was a ‘simple’ duty to use whatever that thing was,” said Liz Forkin Bohannon. “But I’ve learned through personal experience that passion isn’t a starting point, and purpose isn’t a one-stop destination to reach.’While Forkin Bohannon studied journalism, she developed a passion for social justice – leading her to purchase a one-way ticket to Uganda where she met young women unable to finance their education to attend university. With no background in business, fashion, or manufacturing herself, Forkin Bohannon taught the young women to make sandals, promising that if they did, they would be able to attend university.Returning to the United States, Forkin Bohannon began selling the sandals out of the back of her car, raising enough funds to send the women to university. Today, Sseko Designs is one of the largest manufacturing companies in Uganda and will send its 131st woman to university by the end of this year.About my guest:Liz Forkin Bohannon is a speaker, entrepreneur, and the founder of Sseko Designs, a socially conscious fashion brand creating educational and economic opportunity for women across the globe.Recognized by Forbes as a top public speaker and named by John Maxwell as one of the top three transformational leaders in the U.S., Forkin Bohannon has been featured on Shark Tank, Good Morning America, Bloomberg Businessweek, Vogue, and others. She lives with her husband and company cofounder, Ben, and their two young sons in Portland, Oregon. Image Copyright: Liz Forkin Bohannon and . Used with permission. F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Do you have a big unyielding dream that you know you were meant to bring to life? Liz Forkin Bohannon is the co-founder and co-CEO of Sseko Designs and the author of Beginner's Pluck: Build Your Life of Purpose and Impact Now. Sseko Designs is a socially conscious fashion brand that works to educate and empower women across the globe. By providing employment and educational opportunities, Sseko enables women in East Africa to continue their education and become leaders in their country and our world. Liz and the Sseko story has been featured in dozens of publications including: Vogue Magazine, Redbook Magazine, O Magazine, Inc, Fortune and others. Sseko has appeared on national broadcasts including ABC's Shark Tank and Good Morning America.  Among other notable honors, Liz was recently named a top three Transformation Leader by John Maxwell, Forbes listed her as a top 20 public speaker in the U.S. and Bloomberg Businessweek named Sseko as a top social enterprise. Liz lives in Portland, Oregon where her and her husband and company co-founder Ben run Sseko and raise their two sons. In this episode, Liz explains what led to her personal and professional successes including owning her inner beginner. We should all feel like a beginner; if we start feeling like an expert, then we aren't growing. Plus, Liz dives deep into her story and reveals why we need to honor even our smallest dreams. In this Episode You'll Learn:  All about today's guest, Liz Forkin Bohannon [ 0:30 ] About Beginner's Pluck: Build Your Life of Purpose and Impact Now [ 7:20 ] Why we should always feel like a beginner [ 14:30 ] How to give ourselves permission [ 19:40 ] About Sseko Designs [ 25:45 ] Why we need to own our average [ 37:00 ] About the importance of community [ 45:30 ] The impact behind Sseko Designs [ 52:00 ] What Liz would tell a former version of herself [ 64:40 ]   Soul Shifting Quotes:  “Reward yourself when you feel imposter syndrome.” “It's okay to start with a small dream.” “Don't wait for the invite.” “Because we're average, we're probably going to fail a million times.” “We are all struggling with the same beliefs about ourselves.” Links Mentioned:  Learn my 7 Secrets to Uplevel Your Brand & Land Your Dream Clients  Grab your FREE training, How to Call in Your Tribe + Create Content that Converts  Read Beginner's Pluck: Build Your Life of Purpose and Impact Now Learn more about Liz and Sseko Designs at her website: https://ssekodesigns.com and be sure to follow her on Instagram: @ssekodesigns Tag me in your big shifts + takeaways: @amberlilyestrom    Did you hear something you loved here today?! Leave a Review + Subscribe via iTunes  Listen on Spotify   

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In her early twenties, Liz Forkin Bohannon identified an “integrity gap” between what she claimed she cared about—issues facing women living in extreme poverty—and how she conducted her daily life. So, she quit her job and bought a one-way ticket to Uganda. Fast forward to 2019, Liz is the CEO of Sseko Designs, a fair-trade, fair-wage fashion brand employing and empowering women in Uganda and the U.S.! In this segment of our Women Making it Happen in Their Careers series, you’ll hear how Liz’s “beginners pluck” helped her “actively co-create the world she wanted to live in” and how YOU can support Sseko’s mission! Spoiler alert: supporting Sseko’s missions involves shopping for gorgeous bags, jewelry, and shoes—what a fantastic way to help empower women! P.S. In our conversation, Liz and I realized we’re reading the same book at the moment so we meandered into a few psychological and sociological topics just for fun e.g. how comparing ourselves to others objectifies them, why risk taking is essential for building self-esteem, and how an inadvertent indoctrination of cognitive distortions is related to the rise in depression and anxiety in the U.S.

The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk Full show notes can be found at www.LearningLeader.com Text LEARNERS to 44222 to receive the first chapter of my new book, WELCOME TO MANAGEMENT for free. Episode #340: Liz Bohannon - co-founder and co-CEO of Sseko Designs and the author of Beginner's Pluck: Build your life of purpose, passion and impact now. Liz and the Sseko story has been featured in dozens of publications including: Vogue Magazine, Redbook Magazine, O Magazine, Inc, Fortune and others. Sseko has appeared on national broadcasts including ABC's Shark Tank and Good Morning America.  Commonalities of leaders who sustain excellence: They do work that taps into their intrinsic motivation and they know WHY they do what they do. You must drill down far to know this Vulnerable -- Look at Brene Brown.  A "truth teller." Shoshin - An openness with eagerness.  Have to have both. Why is the "Beginner's Pluck" message resonating with so many people? "I believe it, but not sure if I really do..." People (women especially) tend to doubt themselves too much. "You don't need to be extraordinary to build a life making a difference." "Passion is something you build... I learned it through telling an untrue story." Be driven by interest, and curiosity... "I'm the CEO of a for-profit fashion company." "My ego wasn't super involved.  It gave me the freedom to just do it." "I got so obsessed with the problem and finding a solution to it." "The work of an artist is to know what's inside of you.  Be solutions agnostic." "The artist creates without thinking of the audience." "The entrepreneur has to think of the audience." -->  What's the actual problem this fixes? Sit in the complexity of what it means to be a world changer. "We live in a world that is so quick to critique... Show up, do the work." How did Liz learn to run a business? She took a six week crash course on basic accounting and followed her curiosity to learn each skill as she went. Don't be caught in analysis paralysis "The thing I had connected to me was my WHY." "You don't get to know Step 7 when you're in stage 1.  That's not how it works."  Must take it a step at a time. "What do I absolutely need to figure out? The MVP - Minimum Viable Product -- Know that it's only Version 1.  Can iterate as you go. The 4 stages of Learning: Unconscious incompetent Conscious incompetent Conscious competent Unconscious competent How often am I feeling out of my league? -- You should feel this often in order to grow.

Have you ever wanted to keep your 'small' beginnings hidden in effort to avoid shame or embarrassment? Being a 'beginner' at something can feel scary. Whether it's a new business, project, or phase of your life that you are beginning again, it's vulnerable to feel like you don't know anything! If you've ever experienced these feelings of Imposter Syndrome creeping in, this episode is for you. Listen in as Mary chats with author and founder of the ethical fashion brand, Sseko Designs, Liz Forkin Bohannon, as Liz invites us to lean into the strength of being a beginner. You'll learn what spurred Liz on to create Sseko Designs, why having an opinion is different than having a passion, and the truth behind the 'fake it til you make it' movement. Liz is flipping the script on the shame that can surround feeling like a beginner, and uncovers how to choose curiosity over criticism. If you feel like a beginner today, you're in the right place, because you are right where you are supposed to be.   Liz's Instagram: lizbohannon Liz's book: https://www.amazon.com/Beginners-Pluck-Build-Purpose-Impact/dp/0801094240    

“The energy you are putting into the silver bullet and the unicorn hunting, if you can rechannel and refocus that energy into your own goals and figuring out what does this mean for me to build a successful life of purpose, passion, and impact and do the self-work to be the type of person who can do that and take risks then your infinitely more likely to succeed.” Liz Forkin Bohannon is the author of Beginners Pluck and the founder of Sseko Designs. Sseko is an ethical fashion brand that works to educate and empower women. By providing employment and educational opportunities, Sseko enables women to continue their education and become leaders in their country. In four years, Sseko has grown from three women making sandals together under a mango tree, to an international fashion brand that provides employment, educational opportunities and entrepreneurial training to over 50 women in East Africa. > Inspire your creativity with a free guided meditation designed to free you from frustration and disappointment.   > Connect with us on Instagram / Facebook / Website  > Schedule your 30 minute FREE Strategy Session with Andrea > Support the podcast and shop our Amazon Affiliate link

S03 E03: Liz Forkin Bohannon on going from Journalist to Ethical Fashion EntrepreneurLiz Forkin Bohannon is the founder of Sseko Designs. Sseko is an ethical fashion brand that works to educate and empower women. By providing employment and educational opportunities, Sseko enables women to continue their education and become leaders in their country. In four years, Sseko has grown from three women making sandals together under a mango tree, to an international fashion brand that provides employment, educational opportunities and entrepreneurial training to over 50 women in East Africa.Using her unlikely story of a journalist-gone-shoe-maker, Liz shares her passion for social enterprise, conscious consumerism, social justice, creative leadership, gender equity, risk-taking, and empowering women. She believes deeply that business is a powerful platform for social change and that girls are our future.Liz: lizbohannon.co and ssekodesigns.com and social: @lizbohannonJoanna: @joannalafleur and www.joannalafleur.com. Email hello@joannalafleur.comMy other Podcast- short, practical, daily episodes on Church Media and Communications: thefuture.churchThanks to our Season 03 Sponsors:Compassion Canada: compassion.ca/sponsor-a-child Outside of Canada? Visit compassion.comWycliffe College: wycliffecollege.ca/wordmadedigital

Liz Forkin Bohannon is the founder of Sseko Designs and the author the book Beginner’s Pluck: Build your life of purpose, passion and impact now.Sseko Designs is an ethical fashion brand that works to educate and empower women. Liz sat down with us for a really fun conversation on about what it looks like to be bold in creativity and risk. You're going to love getting to hear how her passions and ideas brought Sseko to life and you'll be reminded that creating often requires some healthy risk on our part. To join Rebvekah's book club (Nov 2019), head here!To get a copy of Rhythms of Renewal, head here!As always, a huge thank you to rTribe for supporting this season of the podcast. You can get a free counseling session with them when you text RENEW to 555888. 

Liz Forkin Bohannon is the co-founder and co-CEO of Sseko Designs and the author of Beginner's Pluck: Build your life of purpose, passion and impact now. Sseko Designs is a socially conscious fashion brand that works to educate and empower women across the globe. By providing employment and educational opportunities, Sseko enables women in East Africa to continue their education and become leaders in their country and our world. The Sseko story has been featured in dozens of publications including: Vogue Magazine, Redbook Magazine, O Magazine, Inc, Fortune and others. Sseko has appeared on national broadcasts including ABC's Shark Tank and Good Morning America. Among other notable honors, Liz was recently named a top three Transformation Leader by John Maxwell, Forbes listed her as a top 20 public speaker in the U.S. and Bloomberg Businessweek named Sseko as a top social enterprise. You can find Liz + Beginner's Pluck online at http://lizbohannon.co/beginners-pluck/ and on Instagram @lizbohannon.

Beginner's Pluck with Liz Forkin Bohannon Liz had what some may describe as beginners luck when at a young age she becomes very clear on her values which become the building blocks for her business and ability to align her life with her values. Pluck - spirited and determined courage, is what really gave her the ambition to have an impact. something she believes we can all tap into whether starting our or already well-entrenched into our careers, vocation and life. A conversation about values, passion and living in alignment. Please enjoy! Beginner's Pluck: Build Your Life of Purpose and Impact Now Guest Bio Liz Forkin Bohannon is the founder of Sseko Designs and the author the book Beginner’s Pluck: Build your life of purpose, passion and impact now. Sseko Designs is an ethical fashion brand that works to educate and empower women. By providing employment and educational opportunities, Sseko enables women to continue their education and become leaders in their country. Liz graduated from the University of Missouri with a Master’s degree in Journalism. In 2008, she moved to Uganda where she met an incredible group of talented young women who were struggling to finance their higher education.

On this episode I got the amazing opportunity to talk with Liz Forkin Bohannon. She founded an ethical fashion brand called Sseko Designs, has a new book out called "Beginners Pluck" and has been featured in numerous business and cultural publications. You will absolutely gain some new perspectives about life, leadership and ethical fashion; I know I did. Take a listen and be sure to leave us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts!Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/preachersnsneakers)

Recently I got to hang with Liz Forkin Bohannon, the founder of Sseko Designs and the author the book Beginner’s Pluck: Build your life of purpose, passion and impact now. Her new book shares 14 principles and mentalities that will lead you to live a life of purpose and passion and impact, unlocking the freedom to be truly yourself. She addresses how a lot of the current messages around these topics are not only NOT serving people but creating serious overwhelm and paralysis among emerging leaders. Join us as we discuss owning your average, why you can't "find" your purpose, and how to create a life of passion one step at a time.    ---- Subscribe NOW and never miss an episode! If you’re feeling extra loving, please leave a review and let me know what your favorite part of the podcast is. For exclusive content surrounding this and all podcast episodes, visit meganaccardo.com. Snap and post a photo while listening and tag me @meganaccardo so I can know you enjoyed the show.

In this episode I'm talking to Liz Forkin Bohannonm, the founder of Sseko Designs. Sseko Designs is an ethical fashion brand that works to educate and empower women. By providing employment and educational opportunities, Sseko enables women to continue their education and become leaders in their country.

Liz, speaker, author, entrepreneur, and founder of Sseko Designs, joins us on the podcast this week. We talk all about owning your average, overcoming your ego to realize that your struggles are not unique, and letting go of perfectionism allowing you to create and build the things you were meant to do. Join us in this conversation because you are not alone!   Grab a copy of Liz’s new book Beginner’s Pluck HERE   Thinking Like A Boss: Uncover and overcome the lies holding you back from success is now available for PRE ORDER! Pre-order bonuses releasing SOON! See full show notes >> HERE    Join us in the conversation. Screenshot your show, share your biggest takeaway and tag us on INSTAGRAM STORIES! 

What does it really take to build something that's noteworthy and successful, whether it's a business, a non-proft, or just a side hustle? There's a lot of advice out there, and a lot of it is full of platitudes and half-truths that do more harm than good.  Liz Forkin Bohannon is the co-founder and CEO of Sseko Designs, and the author of the new book Beginner's Pluck. In this episode she shares some brilliant counter-cultural advice for anyone wanting to build a career, life, and business of purpose.  Today's episode is sponsored by Freshbooks. To claim your free month trial – with no credit card needed – visit Freshbooks.com/accidental and enter Accidental Creative in the how did you hear about us section. The intro music for the AC podcast is by Joshua Seurkamp. End remix is by DJ Z-Trip.

Counter-cultural advice for building a career, life, and business of purpose. 

Tune in to hear Nicole chat with one of her favorite people in the world! Liz Forkin Bohannon is the founder and CEO of Sseko Designs - a socially conscious fashion brand that creates jobs for women in Uganda, across the world and in the United States. Liz is a gifted speaker, storyteller and entrepreneur, and she is releasing her first book, Beginner’s Pluck, on October 1st. Listen in as they discuss Liz’s story to Sseko as well as what this pluck is all about.

Hi all! In this episode I talk with Grace Bishara about food allergies and how it can completely affect your life and mental health.  I talk with Grace who has been suffering with food allergies since a young age. Living malnourished for years until she was finally diagnosed and now has learned to live with food allergies.  We also talk about her day job working at the United Food bank and the people she helps on a daily basis as well as ways you can get involved.  She has a program available soon that will help you build your glutes! Make sure to give her a follow!  What is is LOVING RIGHT NOW: 1. LOVING Organic Tater tots from Sprouts  2. She recommends reading "Beginners Pluck" by Liz Forkin Bohannon 3. She's listening to rock and roll and loves Chevelle FOLLOW GRACE-- CLICK HERE FOR HER INSTAGRAM     OPEN ENROLLMENT FOR MY ONE ON ONE TRAINING- CLICK HERE EMAIL ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS- Felicia@DietDropoutPodcast.com

We are so excited to have Liz Forkin Bohannon on our show to discuss her company Sseko, where she uses fashion to create opportunity and community for women globally.  She shares her passions and discusses some new exciting things coming up in her life.  Enjoy!

On today’s show, we talk with Kings Kaleidoscope about their moving new album Zeal, and how to overcome cynicism.   Also, Liz Forkin Bohannon joins us for the whole show as we discuss a surprising admission from Focus on the Family, Justin Bieber’s message about mental health, Chadwick Boseman’s next film and a lot more!     EPISODE MUSIC:   1.Judah & The Lion, "Pep Talks"   2.Of Monster and Men, "Alligator"   3.King Kaleidoscope, "Zeal"   4.Weval, "The Weight"  

Liz Forkin Bohannon, @lizbohannon co-founder and CEO of Sseko Designs @ssekodesigns, a company whose products are all ethically produced by artisans who are treated well and paid fairly. It all started out as a fashion business and over time turned into a community of women creating opportunity for other women around the globe! Each artisan Sseko Designs employs in East Africa is sent to University to study and follow their dreams.     Episode 25 of the Time To Be You podcast reminds us that sometimes you find your passion somewhere unexpected. Liz never wanted to be fashion, but she followed her passion of improving opportunity for women which lead her to creating an artisan based fashion company! Never lose sight of why you started because your why will propel you forward. And remember, just because you face difficulties doesn't mean you're in the wrong place, it just means you're doing something difficult.    -- Questions asked in this episode: 1. Can you give us a brief background of yourself and how you started your company? 2. Did you always have a interest in fashion? 3. How does one go about starting a company in Uganda? 4. How did your appearance on Shark Tank help propel you? 5. How do you balance your role as a founder and as a mother? 6. Where do you see women in business going in the future?   --   Bio: Liz Forkin Bohannon is the founder of Sseko Designs. Sseko Designs is an ethical fashion brand that works to educate and empower women. By providing employment and educational opportunities, Sseko enables women to continue their education and become leaders in their country. Liz graduated from the University of Missouri with a Master’s degree in Journalism. In 2008, she moved to Uganda to assist in the communications efforts for a youth development organization based in Kampala. While there, Liz met an incredible group of talented young women who were struggling to finance their education. After travelling the country by motorcycle to find raw materials and learn how to produce footwear by hand, Liz hired three young women and started Sseko Designs. In four years, Sseko has grown from three women making sandals together under a mango tree, to an international fashion brand that provides employment, educational opportunities and entrepreneurial training to over 50 women in East Africa. Using her unlikely story of a journalist-gone-shoe-maker, Liz shares her passion for social enterprise, conscious consumerism, social justice, creative leadership, gender equity, risk-taking, and empowering women. She believes deeply that business is a powerful platform for social change and that girls are our future. She has spoken in venues around the world including France, Estonia and all over North America and East Africa. Her disarmingly authentic and witty voice captivates and inspires her audience. The Sseko story has been featured in dozens of publications including: Vogue Magazine, Redbook Magazine, O Magazine, Shape Magazine, Fitness Magazine, Huffington Post, LA TIMES and others. Among other notable honors, Liz is a Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards finalist, the SVN Innovation Award Winner, the SXSW Eco Social Impact Award Winner, and Bloomberg Businessweek’s top social entrepreneur to watch. She now splits her time between Uganda and Portland, Oregon, where she and her husband Ben run Sseko Designs and raise their son, Theo.   --   Resources: www.ssekodesigns.com https://www.instagram.com/lizbohannon/ https://www.instagram.com/ssekodesigns/ -- Want to book a strategy call with Laura for your business? Just head over to her site and book! www.itslaurab.com Follow Laura on IG! https://www.instagram.com/laura_loveandfit/  

Liz and Ben Bohannon are co-founders of Sseko Designs. They work side by side every day. We can all imagine the challenges that come with that. Liz and Ben share about the balance to turn work off, while keeping an openness to “have a work thought.” They share rhythms they have found helpful when travel separates them. Welcome to the Love or Work Podcast, hosted by Andre Shinabarger (Physician Assistant, Grady Hospital) and Jeff Shinabarger (Social Entrepreneur and Founder of Plywood People). They are asking the question: Is it possible to change the world, stay in love and raise a healthy family? 100 interviews where Jeff and Andre learn from other working families in the journey of marriage, purpose and parenting. www.loveorwork.com www.instagram.com/loveorwork Follow Sseko: https://ssekodesigns.com www.instagram.com/ssekodesigns Love or Work is a project of Plywood People. Plywood is a non-profit in Atlanta leading a community of start-ups doing good. www.plywoodpeople.com

Liz is the founder and CEO of Sseko Designs, an ethical fashion brand that works to educate and empower women around the world. She joins Charlie on the show today to talk about how and why her brand started with employing high-potential women from Uganda, and what it does today for every woman in the Sseko network. Key Takeaways: [2:30] - Liz went to journalism school, and while there, she became interested in issues facing women and girls who were living in areas of extreme poverty and post-conflict zones. She moved to Uganda, and discovered a unique issue facing women there. During a transition period in their schooling, they had to return to their villages where they were competing for jobs with men in the village, and they also lost a lot of social support to continue on to University. In response to this problem, Liz started Sseko. [5:03] - She committed to three young women that if they made her sandals for the next three months, they would get to university in the fall. When she decided she was going to start a sponsorship-based non-profit charity, her research shifted her focus to something that was more about sustainability, job creation, and contributing to the export market. She tried a few other business ideas, and sandals worked. At the start of her business, Liz wasn’t really passionate about the business side, but over the course of her career, the business aspects have become something that fuels her. [8:45] - When starting her business, an important thing was recognizing the abundance of resources in both the United States and Uganda. For Liz, it was a two-way street between the material resources available in the US, and young people in need of a job in Uganda. What good businesses and marketplaces do well is come together to combine their resources to create something sustainable and mutually beneficial. [10:35] - Liz and Charlie talk about American culture, and the idea of building up the economies in these developing countries rather than exporting their labor and resources elsewhere. One of the most beneficial human interactions is one that’s mutually respectful. What Liz is trying to do with Sseko is create mutually beneficial relationships, from trade to the relationships between the people who work for the company. [12:50] - Liz talks about how the journey in Africa of empowering women to be equal partners in the marketplace compares to the journey we’ve been on in the US. The two journeys are pretty similar, and it all comes down to a power dynamic. There is a belief that the more women are empowered, engaged, and lifted up, the less power men will have. This is a false dichotomy. The challenges women are facing in East Africa are more dramatic and obvious than the challenges women in the US are facing. Liz talks about some of these real challenges that the women of Sseko face during the nine months they go back to their villages before University. [18:55] - Liz talks about their business model. Rather than a portion of the profits going to the women, they are a paid a monthly salary based on what they do and what their job is within the company. This salary would be about 2-3 times more than the proposed minimum wage in Uganda. [21:30] - At the original conception of her venture, Liz was very against it being a business (rather than a charity). She felt that most businesses contributed to a system where people were divided by who was privileged and who was oppressed. Liz didn’t want to be involved in that system, but when she got to Uganda, she realized that the tool of capitalism in the marketplace in business was amoral. It’s about how you do it, the decisions you make, and the spirit in which you do those things that can contribute to a system that creates mutually beneficial relationships. [24:50] - Though there are many businesses and business people that abuse the system, there are many more, like Liz, who use their business to create good in the world. For Liz, it was when she was in Uganda and thinking about her specific goals with her project that she realized her goals meant starting a business. Her model is capitalism for good. [27:45] - Liz’s biggest personal challenge as an entrepreneur is focus. Liz often finds herself bending the rules and going after the exception without realizing the cost on the overall mission. Her team helps keep her check and maintain focus so they are able to continue to help the most amount of people. [31:30] - The biggest challenge on the business side has been being a vertically integrated company. They currently run two different models - a manufacturing company and a sales/ distribution marketing company. These companies require different finance models, ways of running, and types of employees. So far, it’s a worthy challenge they are continuing to pursue. Charlie and Liz talk about what would have to happen for Sseko to reconsider this model. [35:50] - What does the future of retail look like? This is something that Liz has become interested in over the past few years. At Sseko, they shifted their model to be a direct sales model (women become spokespeople for their brands in their own communities and sell the product in their communities), as retail has moved away from brick and mortar to something more personal and social. E-commerce is taking over, but that takes away some of the experiential side of retail. Their direct sales model creates an engaging and community-oriented way of shopping. It’s almost like the future of retail is going back to the past. [41:52] - The direct sales model for Sseko specifically means that a purchase will help a woman in Uganda go to college, but also helps support the family of the woman in your community you bought a pair of sandals or a purse from. When we realize we’re all creators and makers and we all can contribute, then we start to break down the idea that we can’t buy or sell stuff to our friends. [43:10] - Liz’s invitation to listeners is to join Sseko; if you’re interested in being an entrepreneur, you can be a part of their community of dreamers, doers, and impact entrepreneurs. If you already have a product, think about how you can make an impact on your local community and in the global community. Mentioned in This Episode: Productive Flourishing Productive Flourishing Podcast Episode 81: Changing the World, One Toilet at a Time with Jasmine Burton Sseko Designs

Liz Forkin Bohannon bought a one-way ticket to Uganda to study issues facing women and girls living in poverty and ended up starting a multi-million-dollar mission-centered business in the apparel space that is positively impacting the lives of others globally. Sseko Designs partners with existing artisan groups across East Africa to produce exquisitely crafted goods and is setting a new standard for transparency and connection between you and the hands and lives and stories behind your stuff!

Altitude Summit is a conference for creative entrepreneurs and social media influencers. It’s bright colors, fashionable attire, gorgeous location and - best of all - a fantastic community gathered to learn and grow together. Sharon attended this year for the first time and was blown away by the experience. She gets why 85% of attendees have come back more than once. In today’s episode, Sharon shares a glimpse into the experience of Alt Summit 2018 with headlines from talks that inspired her, ideas that stuck with her and the  lessons she is carrying with her from this amazing experience. From What Not to Wear’s Stacy London talking about the Evolutionary Woman to Liz Forkin Bohannon bringing new insights to Design Thinking, prepare to have your socks knocked off. This is a great episode for anyone looking for some fresh perspective and inspiration or who might just be curious about what all the Alt Summit hoopla is about.  “The bigger takeaway I had was that the ideas will iterate and grow with inspiration. For me it wasn’t about having a clear understanding for the sake of getting an A on the test. It was about asking myself what small nugget would inspire in me a new way of doing. Or better yet, a new way of being.” Ideas Shared 7 Key Takeaways from Alt Summit 2018 An Okay System You Use is Better than a Perfect System You Don’t Use Choose inspiration over ideas Be a beginner Take care first Keep It Simple Follow Your Wicked Problem The Power of the MVP Resources and Links Altitude Summit Melissa Sanabria’s blog Pretty Little Rowhouse Melissa Sanabria on Design Yourself Stacy London Stacy London On Her Year of Going Broke OG Bloggers who ran the Work Smarter, Not Harder session were Jaime Derringer of Design Milk, Joanna Howley of Jojotastic, Kelly Beall of Design Crush Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans Stacey Ferguson of Be Blogalicious Bethany Tran of Weft & Warp Branding Liz Forkin Bohannon of Sseko

On this week's episode of Radio Free Acton, Caroline Roberts speaks with Liz Forkin Bohannon, CEO and Founder of Sseko designs, on wealth creation and effective poverty alleviation. Then, on the Upstream segment, Bruce Edward Walker hosts a roundtable discussion with Acton staffers on Godless, a new Western show by Netflix. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As the founder of Sseko Designs, Liz Forkin Bohannon has developed an ethical fashion brand that works to educate and empower women, enabling them to continue their education and become leaders in their own countries. But her journey--from journalist to farmer to social entrepreneur--has been an unlikely one. This week, we talk with Liz about how her unique approach to business, fashion and activism is changing the world, one life at a time. Apply to become a Sseko fellow. --- The New Activist is a joint production of The RELEVANT Podcast Network and International Justice Mission. This episode is presented by IJM. Take 20 seconds, fill out this form, and ask your elected officials to fully fund critical legislation. Thank you! T: @newactivistis + FB: newactivistis + www.newactivist.is

I knew that Liz and I would immediately connect and I was correct. She's an amazing human and her laugh is contagious. She goes deep and it's clear that she loves humanity. Liz Forkin Bohannon is the founder of Sseko Designs. Sseko Designs is an ethical fashion brand that works to educate and empower women. By providing employment and educational opportunities, Sseko Designs enables women to continue their education and become leaders in their country. In four years, Sseko Designs has grown from three women making sandals together under a mango tree, to an international fashion brand that provides employment, educational opportunities and entrepreneurial training to over 50 women in East Africa. Using her unlikely story of a journalist-gone-shoe-maker, Liz shares her passion for social enterprise, conscious consumerism, social justice, creative leadership, gender equity, risk-taking and empowering women. She believes deeply that business is a powerful platform for social change and that girls are our future.   She now splits her time between Uganda and Portland, Oregon, where she and her husband Ben run Sseko Designs. To connect with Liz: * Instagram: @ssekodesigns * Twitter: @ssekodesigns * Facebook: www.facebook.com/ssekodesigns * Website: www.ssekodesigns.com/chidimma_ozor (if you're not connected with a Sseko Fellow); if you are connected with a Sseko Fellow, please connect directly with them.

Meet the Founder of Sseko Designs || Join us today as Rachel interviews the talented, brilliant founder of Sseko Designs, a fashion brand based in Uganda. Through the sale of beautiful handbags, accessories, and leather sandals, Sseko creates opportunity and community for women globally. Listen in as Liz shares about the conception of Sseko, her motorcycle adventures throughout Uganda, and what it’s like to work... Read More

On this episode of the Business with Purpose podcast, I am HONORED to be chatting with Liz Forkin Bohannon, founder of Sseko Designs. I have admired Sseko and Liz for years and love what they are doing to change the landscape of the ethical fashion world. We talk about everything from our personal hopes and dreams to ... Read More about EP. 28: Liz Bohannon, Founder of Sseko Designs

This episode is a quick recap of my chat with Liz Forkin Bohannon of Sseko Designs, and I'm inspired by her keen love of powertools and an impressive commitment to playing fair during a fight. Don't forget that I LOVE it when you say hello on social media while you listen: I'm @styleandpepper on all the channels and it makes my whole day to know when you're tuning in!  Make sure you're subscribed to the feed where ever you listen to your favorite shows, and If you're enjoying the series, please leave a 5-star review or share this podcast with a wife that you love!

In this episode, you'll hear us talk about: Being in business together: Partnering up in work AND life can be tricky, especially when there are different personality types at play. Liz shares about how to share a vision and accept support from your spouse, all in the same breath. “Working with your spouse is a cocktail of brilliance and humility.” Conflict management: What to do when both partners are “escalators” and learning to trust the other person as a way to find freedom from fighting. Big ideas: How to deal when a strong-willed woman who always bursts into the room with a big idea. Jessie and Liz come to grips with all of the ways that they are like Kramer from Seinfeld, and they recognize that it's helpful to set up a pattern for approaching these moments with grace. Humility: What it's like to make business mistakes in front of your main squeeze. Witnessing each other in the work place certainly takes your relationship to the next level. Stress therapy: Every modern woman can take care of this with a set of power tools. “My greatest joy in life is to be Ben's partner. Even when I mess up, at least I can say I'm all-in and he knows I'm not going anywhere.” Sidekick Strategy: Being your partner's biggest fan and letting them know you feel that way regularly. Make sure they know that there is no one else in the world you'd rather stand beside. Cultivating grace: How to stick it out when Great Love feels hard to find. “ My job is to help him become more of the man that God created him to be -- And I love being that person for him because I watch the way he approaches our marriage, and I know it goes both ways.”   Find out more about Liz at @lizbohannon + ssekodesigns.com.  

With the money she'd saved from babysitting jobs and a sewing machine her parents gave her for her birthday, Liz Forkin Bohannon began Sseko Sandals, a company in Uganda where women earn the money they need to go to university. Liz Forkin Bohannon was just named as a finalist in Cartier's Women's Initiative Awards. Liz was my first interview for Pursuit of Spark, here's her delightful and inspiring story. Right after college, Liz went to Uganda to work for the Cornerstone Leadership Academy. She fell in love with the students, who came from poor families, and asked the school's founder what she could do for them once she returned to the US. He asked her to figure out a way to help young women earn the money to go on to college. Liz's first idea was a chicken farm -- and we're lucky she quickly abandoned that concept and moved on to create sandals that could be made in Uganda and worn by women all over the U.S.