Assumptions about gender, ethnicity, and so much more are made just from seeing someone's name. Imagine walking into an interview, and someone expecting to see someone totally different to who you are... This episode explores Ramat Tejani, founder of The Inspiration Box, speak about her name-related experiences of mispronunciation, misspelling, and assumptions. The episode also covers top tips for public speaking and Ramat's reflections on her recent TEDx talk.
Ramat is a multi-award winning marketing strategist, TEDx speaker, community builder and storyteller who also happens to be a woman in tech.
She is the CEO (that's the Chief Encouragement Officer) at The Inspiration Box, an organisation dedicated to encouraging intentional personal development. She's a pocket cheerleader for anyone that needs it, and believes in the power of helping others to discover, embrace and nurture the truest version of themselves. She periodically hosts her own podcast, Growing Through Life (available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts) and every other week shares gems with her community to help them embrace intentional personal growth and self mastery. Her passion to help others extends into her day job at Google, where she is the Strategic Partnerships Lead for EMEA in the Diversity Recruiting team. In this role she is focusing on strategies to diversify the talent pipeline at Google.
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