Dr Sanders's TEDXTalk VCU Video: Endangered Nigerian Cultural Symbol & Motif Called "Uli"

TEDxTalk VCU Presentation Title: Endangered Cultural Patterns, Symbols & Motifs – The Importance of Their Non-Verbal Communication -  In her first of two TEDX Talks - Ambassador Robin Sanders highlights the importance of protecting endangered sign, symbol and motif systems around the world, noting that what she calls these non-verbal "communication expressions," are just as important as to the global community as written languages. She also notes that endangered communication expressions, should be have a similar world effort to preserve and protect them along the lines of what is done for endangered species and wildlife. Her end points in this TEDxTalk is twofold: there is a need to create a world list/index of endangered sign, symbol, and motif systems in order to ensure more effort is made to preserve and protect them as we lose something as a global community when they disappear, so more awareness and advocacy is needed to ensure their legacies, and, cultural communication expression are in and of themselves information systems just like an written language would be. Her TEDXTalk VCU provided a window on this issue through her presentation on one of Nigeria's disappearing symbol and motif systems called "Uli," on which she also wrote a book called "The Legendary Uli Women of Nigeria," as well as shining light on a number of other endangered systems around the world. Ambassador Sanders did extensive research on this issue and Uli, as both issues were the focus of her dissertation in Information System and Communications at Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh.  See below video of her  TEDXTalk at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her second TEDXTalk is on her new second book "The Rise of Africa Small and Medium Size Enterprises," and that video will be posted soon. Both FEEEDS® Series books are available on Amazon.com: The Legendary Uli Women of Nigeria, Uli Video Link  ; and "The Rise of Africa's Small and Medium Size Enterprises." Also available for viewing on TEDXTalk VCU YouTube site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPWPG-gAazo or on Ambassador Sanders' YouTube FEEEDS Channel: https://youtu.be/h0k9waV3UII.







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Nigeria Election 2015: FEEEDS Highlights Key Allafrica.com & Huffpost Articles

CEO-FEEEDS Ambassador Sanders, flanked by speakers Drs. Carl LeVan & Raymond Gilpin, and Gallup World Poll MD Jon Clifton at April 9, FEEEDS-GALLUP-Allafrica Nigeria Election Event

CEO-FEEEDS, Ambassador Robin Renee Sanders partnered with Gallup World Poll and Allafrica.com on a  Post Nigerian Election Event on April 9, 2015. The event highlighted polling data on Nigeria's 2015 elections' critical issues important to the voter, and challenges ahead for the nation. It also examined polling data on critical development issues key for the African electorate writ large given the 14 upcoming elections  in Africa in 2015. These include Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea, Libya, Mauritius, Niger, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Zambia, and the @the FEEEDS Index launched at the April 9 event emphasized that housing, food security, education, and health were not only key issues that Africa's electorate wanted to see addressed, but also noted that many Africans did not have a sense of "well-being" living in their countries.  The new  @the FEEEDS Index polling data from the event will be posted on the The Africa Post in the coming week. @the FEEEDS Index is powered by Gallup Analytics. See the following articles related to FEEEDS regarding the Nigerian 2015 elections and the hallmark FEEEDS-Gallup-Allafrica.com April 9, 2015 event:

Nigerian 2015 Elections: FEEEDS Key Media Articles:
 

1.) FEEEDS-Gallup-Allafrica Post-Nigerian Election April 9 Program - Successful Unique Event; Polling Data Highlights Voters Views; @The FEEEDS Index Launched:  

http://allafrica.com/stories/201504081819.html

2.) Ambassador Sanders Huffington Post article: Nigeria's Election: A Seismic Political Shift 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amb-robin-renee-sanders/post_9231_b_7007658.html

3.) FEEEDS-Gallup-Allafrica pre-event Allafrica.com article by Sanders & Loschky: 

Big Chance and Challenges Post Election - Survey

4.) FEEEDS-Gallup-Allafrica pre-event press release:  

http://allafrica.com/stories/201504061932.html

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