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Saturday, April 29, 2017

GOLDEN RULE DALLAS/FT. WORTH TEXAS A MAJOR SUCCESS



Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas, USA--- Interfaith Peace-Building Initiative, North American Division Leader, World Peace Ambassador Clyde Rivers brought the Golden Rule Peace Initiative to North America at a Golden Rule Event in Dallas/Ft. Worth Texas. The event was held on the campus of Texas Christian University on Saturday, April 29, 2017. Top humanitarians who serve in the causes of bringing proper people-treatment to humanity, were honored at this prestigious event.

“Dallas/Ft. Worth has some of the greatest philanthropic leaders in the world," said Ambassador Clyde Rivers. "We had the ability to bring forty new Golden Rule World Peace Ambassadors from this area into the world peace arena. The historical backgrounds of positive people-treatment that resonates in these new World Peace Ambassadors has qualified them to receive the prestigious Golden Rule International Award and has brought global recognition. The Golden Rule International only brings the best into the commissioning of world peace.”

Dr. Clyde Rivers, is the Founder and President of iChange Nations™, the Interfaith Peace-Building Initiative's North American Division Leader, and the global expert on Golden Rule Dialogue.  Dr. Rivers travels the world promoting world peace and honoring people who live the Golden Rule everyday. The Golden Rule is simply, “Treat others the way you want to be treated. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has a dream but iChange Nations™ has a solution.”

Dr. Rivers believes every life is valuable and created for a contribution to our world and that without peace, that contribution can be lost. If that contribution is lost, our entire world loses.

iChange Nations™ is the World’s Largest Honoring Network, establishing Cultures of Honor around the world.  ICN has fostered a movement that is bringing back honor to the world.  They look to honor people at global, national, state and community levels, who have made positive contributions in helping mankind.  Golden Rule Dialogue and honoring others are working hand-in-hand to change the world.

iChange Nations™ is also a professional institution that builds international Statesmen by equipping, mentoring and training highly esteemed individuals who have the desire to change nations throughout the world.  This organization is seeking to bring global awareness by strategically helping countries educate, train and support a nation-building process that is designed to improve the dignity and betterment of human life. This international platform focuses on establishing effective relationships; while helping people understand the value of honor and basic human rights.

Friday, April 21, 2017

GOLDEN RULE WORLD PEACE AMBASSADORS RECEIVE UNITED WAY VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR NOMINATIONS




Harrisburg, PA, USA - In an award ceremony held on Thursday evening, April 20, 2017, Golden Rule World Peace Ambassadors  and Community Life Coaches, Chris and Carol Green, received one of United Way's 2017 Volunteer of the Year Nomination awards for their work and services in a local women's shelter.

“I have been blessed to bear witness to the selfless and tireless efforts Chris and Carol put into making a difference in the lives of people,“ said Denise Britton, Executive Director of the Shalom House Women's shelter, representing her organization which submitted the nomination to the United Way.

“Initially committing to helping share their life coaching expertise to expand the services for women and children at Shalom House, they quickly expanded their support to helping our staff expand their skills and ability to serve our residents. Thank you seems hardly enough to say for the appreciation we want to extend to both of them, for all that they do, for all of us.”

A little over one year ago, the Greens were merged into the shelter's monthly calendar to provide life coaching support for both the staff and residents of this special outreach situated in one of the City of Harrisburg’s high-crime neighborhoods.

"We're honored to be named among so many great people," said the nominees following the event. "We learned of many others who are donating hundreds of hours per year to worthy causes in the community. It's humbling to be mentioned among them."

Chris and Carol Green became part of the Shalom House strategy to transition the residents out of the shelter and back into everyday life. Their coaching tools proved to be vital in enhancing the resident’s life coping skills; enabling them to take confident steps toward rebuilding their families and recapturing their lives.

The Greens are certified master life coaches, urban family advocates, marriage and family advisers, and community leadership consultants. This couple created and implemented a proven coaching model that empowers people to push past the temptations to give up, and instead, make intentional, thoughtful and positive responses in spite of the devastation and obstacles in life.

For their community service, they received a United Way 2017 Volunteer of the Year Nomination. They also received Urban Leadership Awards (2016) and Community Ambassador Awards (2015) from iChange Nations™ and were appointed Goodwill Ambassadors of World Peace, as part of an interfaith peace-building initiative to the United Nations, by Golden Rule International.

Chris Green is a social media expert and an award-winning  producer of a local cable TV broadcast (1999).  Together, they are international columnists/ writers with the Global Journalism Award-winning team of Dr. Clyde Rivers and iChange Nations Social Media News™.  They are the authors of 14 inspirational and life-building books, creators and principal writers of several blogs and eNewsletters.  They are also accomplished songwriters, having penned and produced over 150 songs since 1992.

They are both licensed and ordained ministers with honorary doctorate degrees in Christian Leadership (Chris) and in Humanities (Carol), conferred in 2016 by UGCSI's College of Christian Education, to acknowledge their work, spanning more than a decade, of building and implementing a new urban church model that combined Participatory Teaching methods with evidence-based principles of Life Coaching, to produce an effective, quantifiably successful, and family-impacting ministry in south central Pennsylvania.  Additional certification, training and education has come from the American Association of Christian Counselors and the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

They are currently based in south central Pennsylvania where they established a community outreach that focuses on hearts and households, along with several life coaching and community spiritual care initiatives through their non-profit organization, Fruitful Life Network, Inc.

World Peace Ambassador, Dr. Clyde Rivers, calls them leading skilled experts in rebuilding, restoring and renewing hearts and homes; and innovators and pioneers in the empowering and equipping of today's community care, ready responders.

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

GOLDEN RULE WORLD PEACE AMBASSADORS LAUNCH NEW FRUITFUL LIFE COACHING MATRIX

Chris and Carol Green launch The Fruitful Life Coaching Matrix

Harrisburg, PA, USA - Today, Golden Rule World Peace Ambassadors, Chris and Carol Green, introduced their new Fruitful Life Coaching Matrix to human service providers, during a monthly staff training hosted by the Shalom House Women's Shelter in Harrisburg, PA. This new coaching matrix shows human service organizations how to adopt life coaching skill-sets within a case management paradigm.

The innovation came through a year-long series of monthly training sessions with the staff of a local women's shelter, and culminated in the presentation of a strategy the shelter could implement to ensure that every employee or volunteer is introduced to a Golden-Rule-based approach in their daily service to their clients and residents.

"We have been strategically introducing the staff to Golden Rule values and core beliefs," explains Carol Green, "Then we took them through personality assessments and self-awareness exercises, which proved to be necessary to get the needed buy-in for changing the way one has been doing things.  It is a huge challenge to get people, who have been involved in human services for many years, to adopt a life coaching approach within a traditional case management system."

The Greens have learned that organizations and agencies across the United States are recognizing the need to change and improve their training in helping their workers make a better connection with their clients. However, many case workers are still struggling with their own personal demons and inner barriers, which come rushing to the surface when they reach moments of frustrations with difficult clients.

"The Fruitful Life Coaching Matrix provides a practical way for a human service organization to ensure that their staff is empowered and equipped beyond the regular job-skills matrix," adds Chris Green. "The typical job-skill matrix is a checkbox that indicates how well the staffer can do her job. The Fruitful Life Coaching Matrix is all about ensuring that you have a healthy healer, who is more than just an employee who can handle her case management load."

The Greens are certified master life coaches, urban family advocates, marriage and family advisers, and community leadership consultants. In addition to the Life Coaching Matrix, this couple has created and implemented a proven coaching model that empowers people to push past the temptations to give up, and instead, make intentional, thoughtful and positive responses in spite of the devastation and obstacles in life.

For their community service, they received United Way's 2017 Volunteer of the Year Nominations. They also received Urban Leadership Awards (2016) and Community Ambassador Awards (2015) from iChange Nations™ and were appointed Goodwill Ambassadors of World Peace, as part of an interfaith peace-building initiative to the United Nations, by Golden Rule International.

Chris Green is a social media expert and an award-winning producer of a local cable TV broadcast (1999).  Together, they are international columnists/ writers with the Global Journalism Award-winning team of Dr. Clyde Rivers and iChange Nations Social Media News™.  They are the authors of 14 inspirational and life-building books, creators and principal writers of several blogs and eNewsletters.  They are also accomplished songwriters, having penned and produced over 150 songs since 1992.

They are both licensed and ordained ministers with honorary doctorate degrees in Christian Leadership (Chris) and in Humanities (Carol), conferred in 2016 by UGCSI's College of Christian Education, to acknowledge their work, spanning more than a decade, of building and implementing a new urban church model that combined Participatory Teaching methods with evidence-based principles of Life Coaching, to produce an effective, quantifiably successful, and family-impacting ministry in south central Pennsylvania.  Additional certification, training and education has come from the American Association of Christian Counselors and the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

They are currently based in south central Pennsylvania where they established a community outreach that focuses on hearts and households, along with several life coaching and community spiritual care initiatives through their non-profit organization, Fruitful Life Network, Inc.

World Peace Ambassador, Dr. Clyde Rivers, calls them leading skilled experts in rebuilding, restoring and renewing hearts and homes; and innovators and pioneers in the empowering and equipping of today's community care, ready responders.

Friday, April 14, 2017

iCHANGE NATIONS™ EXECUTIVE DR. DONELLA PITZL WINS WORLD CIVILITY AWARD

Dr. Pitzl receives World Civility Award

Gary, Indiana, USA---  Dr. Donella Pitzl, top executive for iChange Nations™ received the World Civility Award at the 2nd Annual World Civility Day, April 13, 2017.  As a global leader for iChange Nations™ Dr. Pitzl has done amazing work around the world, not the least of which has been the creation of an innovative leadership model of education. Her education model has made such an extraordinary impact that it that has now entered into the rooms of debate in nations that are currently in civil conflicts.

“Her work has qualified her for this prestigious World Civility Award," World Civility Spokesperson, Dr. Clyde Rivers announced, "Dr. Donella Pitzl’s Innovative Leadership program has given world leaders a new perspective on how to deal with conflict. Her program teaches people treatment skills, as well as incorporates the value of every individual in the world, within its foundation. It teaches how every person has an inherent gift that the world needs. Her Innovative Leadership Program is teaching humanity how to rehumanize itself, so that we can reap the value of every life.”

Dr. Clyde Rivers, is the Founder and President of iChange Nations™, the World Civility Spokesperson, and the global expert on Golden Rule Dialogue.  Dr. Rivers travels the world promoting Golden Rule Dialogue and honoring people who live the Golden Rule everyday. The Golden Rule is simply, “Treat others the way you want to be treated.”

Dr. Rivers believes every life is valuable and created for a contribution to our world and that without peace, that contribution can be lost. If that contribution is lost, our entire world loses.

iChange Nations™ is the World’s Largest Honoring Network, establishing Cultures of Honor around the world.  ICN has fostered a movement that is bringing back honor to the world.  They look to honor people at global, national, state and community levels, who have made positive contributions in helping mankind.  Golden Rule Dialogue and honoring others are working hand-in-hand to change the world.

iChange Nations™ is also a professional institution that builds international Statesmen by equipping, mentoring and training highly esteemed individuals who have the desire to change nations throughout the world.  This organization is seeking to bring global awareness by strategically helping countries educate, train and support a nation-building process that is designed to improve the dignity and betterment of human life. This international platform focuses on establishing effective relationships; while helping people understand the value of honor and basic human rights.

Thursday, April 13, 2017

iCHANGE NATIONS™ PRESENTS TWO ICN™ PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARDS




Gary, Indiana, USA--- Dr. Chuck Hughes, President of the Gary Chamber of Commerce and Dr. Gordon Bradshaw, Head of Public Policy for the Gary Chamber, were honored on a global stage on April 13, 2017, in Gary Indiana, by the Founder and President of iChange Nations™, Dr. Clyde Rivers.

"It was my privilege to honor these two men for establishing the Community Civility Counts Initiative and the platform for the World Civility Day," announced Dr. Rivers, "Dr. Hughes and Dr. Bradshaw have created an initiative that is reeducating cultures on how to get along and be civil. This is a heroic effort to change the world through establishing policy in their state that was adopted unanimously."

These two men were honored in the company of last year's awardee, H.E. Vera Tembo Chiluba, the former First lady of Zambia. She won the award for serving the underprivileged communities and people of Zambia.

 "iChange Nations™ is very happy to welcome Dr. Hughes and Dr. Bradshaw to this great company,” says Dr. Rivers.

In addition to being the Founder and President of iChange Nations™, Dr. Clyde Rivers is also the World Civility Spokesperson, and the global expert on Golden Rule Dialogue.  Dr. Rivers travels the world promoting Golden Rule Dialogue and honoring people who live the Golden Rule everyday. The Golden Rule is simply, “Treat others the way you want to be treated.”

Dr. Rivers believes every life is valuable and created for a contribution to our world and that without peace, that contribution can be lost. If that contribution is lost, our entire world loses.

iChange Nations™ is the World’s Largest Honoring Network, establishing Cultures of Honor around the world.  ICN has fostered a movement that is bringing back honor to the world.  They look to honor people at global, national, state and community levels, who have made positive contributions in helping mankind.  Golden Rule Dialogue and honoring others are working hand-in-hand to change the world.

iChange Nations™ is also a professional institution that builds international Statesmen by equipping, mentoring and training highly esteemed individuals who have the desire to change nations throughout the world.  This organization is seeking to bring global awareness by strategically helping countries educate, train and support a nation-building process that is designed to improve the dignity and betterment of human life. This international platform focuses on establishing effective relationships; while helping people understand the value of honor and basic human rights.


WORLD CIVILITY SPOKESPERSON SPEAKS TO THE WORLD ABOUT CIVILITY

Dr. Clyde Rivers was Keynote Speaker at World Civility Day


Gary, Indiana, USA--- The World Civility Spokesperson, Dr. Clyde Rivers gave an electrifying speech on the importance for world civility and the need for Golden Rule Dialogue to establish civility in the nations of the world. Dr. Rivers was the keynote speaker for the Community Civility Counts Initiative known as World Civility Day, which was hosted on April 13, 2017.

Organizers of Community Civility Counts cited incidents of disrespect, discourtesy, intolerance, bullying and violence in all communities, as their motivation for raising the conscious level of everyone from every walk of life.

Dr. Rivers praised their efforts and added another unifying voice in their message of change that whether in politics, business, education or our personal lives, we can be better. We must be better in order to live in a civil manner and in a civilized society.

"I would like to thank the Gary Chamber of Commerce President, Dr. Charles Hughes and the Public Policy Department Head, Dr. Gordon Bradshaw for creating this initiative from the Gary Chamber of Commerce." Dr. Rivers said, “Great things can come out of Gary, Indiana. This Community Civility Counts Initiative is moving around the world.”

Dr. Clyde Rivers, is the Founder and President of iChange Nations™, the World Civility Spokesperson, and the global expert on Golden Rule Dialogue.  Dr. Rivers travels the world promoting Golden Rule Dialogue and honoring people who live the Golden Rule everyday. The Golden Rule is simply, “Treat others the way you want to be treated.”

Dr. Rivers believes every life is valuable and created for a contribution to our world and that without peace, that contribution can be lost. If that contribution is lost, our entire world loses.

iChange Nations™ is the World’s Largest Honoring Network, establishing Cultures of Honor around the world.  ICN has fostered a movement that is bringing back honor to the world.  They look to honor people at global, national, state and community levels, who have made positive contributions in helping mankind.  Golden Rule Dialogue and honoring others are working hand-in-hand to change the world.

iChange Nations™ is also a professional institution that builds international Statesmen by equipping, mentoring and training highly esteemed individuals who have the desire to change nations throughout the world.  This organization is seeking to bring global awareness by strategically helping countries educate, train and support a nation-building process that is designed to improve the dignity and betterment of human life. This international platform focuses on establishing effective relationships; while helping people understand the value of honor and basic human rights.