LONDON, April 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Lowered self-esteem among today's girls and young women could, by 2050, be costing the nation:

According to new research commissioned by Dove, this could become reality, as a lack of self-esteem among 11-17 year old girls prevents them from realising their full potential, with huge consequences for their personal and professional future. As Dove launches the 2012 campaign for Dove Self-Esteem Programme (DSEP), the extent of the issue has become clear.

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The study reveals the shocking impact of low self-esteem, with the business world looking set to suffer. If the status quo remains, the UK could be deprived of 200,000 female business professionals and 42,000 successful female entrepreneurs by 2050.

Britain's sporting success will be hit badly too. Self and body-esteem issues could mean an estimated two to three potential female medalists drop out of sport and as a result, never step onto the winner's podium in future games.

Low self-esteem affects how young girls feel about their future careers with only one in three feeling confident they will have a successful career in the future. This has a huge impact on the medical and legal professions with the potential number of female doctors and lawyers reducing by 17%. That's a shortfall of 20,000 female lawyers and around 35,000 doctors by 2050.

The shocking discontentment felt amongst young girls about their appearance is at the heart of the issue. Nearly half (45%) describe themselves as 'average' and 'ordinary' with a further 10% feeling 'plain', 'unattractive' and 'ugly'.

As a brand that is dedicated to building positive self-esteem, Dove has developed the 2012 Campaign for Dove Self-Esteem Programme (DSEP) to make a real change to the way young girls perceive and embrace beauty.

Through the DSEP, Dove will be reaching out to young people in the UK through self-esteem workshops, which will be held in schools all over the country. Any Dove product bought between 26th March - 15th May 2012 will help to give a girl a self-esteem education. This will be delivered through a Dove donation of a minimum of 250,000 to BEAT (the UK's leading charity for those affected by eating disorders) to deliver workshops in schools.

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If you're wondering how to achieve professional and personal success in your life, Stedman Graham says it can all depend on who you think you are. Here's an excerpt.

I Am Stedman Graham, and This Is Why I Care

When I was growing up as one of six black children, two of whom were disabled, in Whitesboro, NJ, a small black community surrounded by a predominately white one, the catch-phrase was, Nothing good ever comes out of Whitesboro.

With a race-based consciousness, every day I woke up thinking I couldn't make it because of the color of my skin. This was tied directly to my self esteem, it was tied to my belief systems, it was tied to what I thought my talent was, what skills I could develop, it was tied to my habits, to my vision, and to my hopes and dreams. I had a totally self-limiting consciousness.

Picture this; I was a young six-foot-six black man in a white community. What does everyone say? Basketball player. Label. So I was that. I lived the label. I was exposed to many good people, but I was also buying into what others said and how others acted, all instead of being in better tune with my own soul. My self-esteem was too low for me to appreciate life. I was an angry person. I was angry at the system and I felt a victim in my own right. It was almost as if I had a hole in my heart.

Then one day it hit me over my head. It was not about race. It was about me not knowing a process for becoming successful. I didnt know how successful people think and act. I'd been told it was about race. I suddenly realized that somebody had fed me a bill of goods, and I had bought into it. And if I bought into the notion that its about race, there was no way out, because I would be trying to solve what the problem wasn't.

If you feel you have no control over your life, you need to come to the same epiphany I did, that, 'Oh, I'm not alone. Millions of women buy into the fact that they can't make it because they're a woman. Im not alone. Where I came from, blacks and Native Americans buy into the fact that they can't make it because of the color of their skin. Thats their label. I'm not alone.

Folks who are entitled, who think that they are so because they're a certain race, that because they're white they're better than somebody else, they're labeled. They buy into that. Or you might be a person who bought into the fact that you can't make it because your mother or father said you're nothing, that youre never going to be anything, and you got labeled by that.

So, youve got all these labels. I realized that everybody's labeled, not just me. I'm not the only person around here with a label. And I realized that the secret to un-labeling yourself is not to let other people define you, it's to let you define yourself, if you know how.

One of the key things Im going to stress is your understanding of the difference between the internal world and the external one. This is all about you.

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A personal and a professional touch has been the mark of an outstanding cookie salesgirl this year.

Lexi Burcham, 9, sold 1,009 boxes of Girl Scout cookies to her neighbors and at businesses across town.

"I learned it's a lot of work, and you have to put all your effort into it or you won't get your goal," she said.

The Holy Spirit Catholic School fourth-grader was the top salesgirl last year in Girl Scout Troup 3126 when her sales numbered an impressive 521.

Nearly every extra minute of the two-week sales period was packed with cookie selling. Every day after school, she made sales visits. When on the road, she called potential customers.

She called ahead to ask for permission to sell in banks, stores, car dealerships, law offices and restaurants.

Lexi said she wasn't nervous about approaching people, but she did get better at interacting with customers as sales progressed. When they'd tease her, she could zing right back.

Learning to graciously accept rejection was part of the lesson, too. She learned not to take it personally.

If someone said no, "I'd say thank you, hang up and call someone else," she said.

Her mom, Ginger Burcham, said many times she's seen parents do the selling.

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28-03-2012 09:13 The mission of Spoke 'n Revolutions Youth Cycling (SnR) is to inspire high potential Youth to pursue personal success, to prepare them for leadership roles in their community, work, and college while motivating them to be role models for others. We do this by engaging students from under-resourced homes in four years of intensive leadership experiences including year round development programs, year round cycling activities, community service projects locally, regionally, and nationally, and preparation for continuing education and career development. Since the spring of 2010 SnR youth cyclists have contributed to hundreds of community service hours locally, regionally, and nationally. Engaging them in community service builds self-efficacy and in turn they recognize that they can make a difference. The program promotes strong relationships between youth and adults - creating confidence and knowledge that people care about them.

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WINAMAC, Ind., March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BraunAbility, the world leader in personal mobility, is celebrating 40 years of offering its full line of mobility products including wheelchair-accessible vehicles and wheelchair lifts. Throughout the decades, BraunAbility has empowered hundreds of thousands of Americans with disabilities to participate in the activities many people take for granted, such as running errands, commuting to work, visiting friends or taking a family vacation. To honor its customers and inspire people looking for automotive mobility solutions, BraunAbility is highlighting 40 customer success stories throughout its 40th anniversary year on http://www.braunability.com/.

"For 40 years, our company has been driven by our customers' desire to fully participate in everyday life activities," said BraunAbility's president, Nick Gutwein. "We manufacture the safest and most reliable mobility products to give people that freedom. Together with our national network of dealers, we understand the significant impact that mobility can have on the individual, their family and caretakers."

BraunAbility is the only mobility manufacturer that was founded based on a personal need for mobility. The start of the company marked the beginning of a mobility movement that would slowly change the public's perception of people with disabilities. As a young man, founder Ralph Braun was no longer able to get to and from work in his wheelchair, so he created the first electric-powered scooter, and later the first wheelchair accessible vehicle, a converted postal jeep. Ralph's own personal mobility solution paved the road to create BraunAbility, which eventually would change the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.

"When I invented my first accessible vehicle, I had no idea it would eventually change the lives of countless other people like me," said Ralph Braun, CEO and founder of BraunAbility. "It's been an incredibly rewarding journey, and I'm looking forward to celebrating 40 years with our employees, dealers and customers. I'm confident BraunAbility will be empowering even more individuals in the next 40 years."

BraunAbility has been the leader in the mobility industry for 40 years, and its commitment to helping individuals with mobility freedom has remained the same. To honor its customers, BraunAbility captured 40 personal stories to highlight the numerous ways BraunAbility products have changed their lives. To highlight just a few:

To read more on these customers and for a complete list of stories, visit http://www.braunability.com/40th-anniversary.

BraunAbility is also using its 40th anniversary as a catalyst for its "Respect Blue Spaces" campaign. The company is sponsoring a contest to select the best bumper sticker slogan that would make someone think twice before parking in a wheelchair accessible spot or the blue area reserved next to the spot which is needed to lower the wheelchair ramp. BraunAbility will select its top three choices, and its Facebook followers will pick the winning selection. The winning submission will receive a $1,000 cash prize along with a $1,000 donation to the disability-related nonprofit of their choice. In addition, the winning bumper stickerwill be available at each BraunAbility dealership nationwide.The contest kicks off on March 28th and will run through May 10th. More information about "Respect Blue Spaces" can be found at http://www.facebook.com/braunability.

BraunAbility employees thrive on designing safe, reliable and dependable products that empower its customers. The company offers conversions to the most popular minivans on the market the Dodge Grand Caravan, the Chrysler Town & Country, the Toyota Sienna, and the Honda Odyssey. People interested in finding more information on wheelchair vans and lifts can visit one of the more than 200 BraunAbility dealers across the country for a free mobility consultation, the first step toward discovering the mobility and freedom they deserve.

To learn more about BraunAbility and its products, please visit http://www.braunability.com/.

About The Braun Corporation The Braun Corporation is the world's largest manufacturer of wheelchair accessible vans, ramps, and wheelchair lifts worldwide and enables people with physical disabilities to regain mobility and lead active and independent lives. The Indiana-based company was founded by Ralph Braun, who was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy at a young age and unable to walk by age 15. Ralph's situation motivated him to invent the world's first electric scooter (the Tri-Wheeler) and wheelchair lift (the Lift-A-Way) in his parents' garage. Word spread and demand for the product increased, resulting in the birth of Save-A-Step Manufacturing, which ultimately became The Braun Corporation. The company, via the BraunAbility brand, offers the most diverse model lineup in the industry, including the most popular minivan models from Dodge/Chrysler, Honda, and Toyota. For more information about The Braun Corporation or our outstanding line of wheelchair accessible vehicles, please visit http://www.braunability.com.

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Setting goals is not just for New Year's Eve. Setting goals, continuously reviewing your goals and making sure your actions are bringing you closer to those goals is what makes a goal become reality.

This includes both personal goals and work goals and everything in between.

The key is to decide what you want. And when it comes right down to it, a goal is really just that -- a decision.

Decisions, Decisions

Goals come in all shapes and sizes; big and small, long-term and short-term, simple and complex, etc.

Something as simple as waking up and deciding to go to the store that day is a goal. That probably didn't take a lot of planning. But you did have to write down what you needed to get. And organize your day to make sure you could fit that task into your likely already busy schedule. If you have food in your refrigerator, you can take pride in knowing you achieved your goal.

Taking a vacation is a goal. That takes a little more planning. But once you decide you want to take one, all you need to do is determine where you want to go, what you'd like to do and then make the time to do it.

Goals are not wishes. They are decisions. And once you decide to do something, it's amazing how often those 'decisions' come true.

Financial decisions are no different.

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Students at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College are learning how to leave a lasting impression on prospective employers.

Today, marketing students teamed up with Goodwill to select and show off the appropriate attire for interviews and the first day on the job.

They say the fashion show demonstrates you can buy a brand new outfit for $30 or less and how you present yourself is important.

"We only have one time to make that good first impression, and especially during the interview," says NWTC Marketing Instructor Karen Widmar. "We can look great on paper, but the moment of truth is when we walk into that potential employer's office, how we look and how we present ourselves, our personal brand is really going to determine whether or not our students get the job over somebody else."

At least one student was so impressed by the selection of Goodwill clothes, he purchased the items he modeled after the fashion show.

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NEW YORK, March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:

Consumer Trends in the Personal Hygiene Market in the US, 2011

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Synopsis

This report provides the results for the US Personal Hygiene market from Canadean's unique, highly detailed and proprietary survey of consumers' Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) consumption habits, and forms part of an overall series covering all CPG product markets.Its coverage includes, but is not limited to, consumption behaviors, the extent to which consumer trends influence their consumption and the value of the market these trends influence, brand and private label choices as well as retailer choices. Much of this information can also be analyzed by specific consumer group, providing hard and fast data on consumers and markets at the product category level.

Summary

Why was the report written?

Marketers in the Personal Hygiene market face a major challenge. Understanding market size and segmentation is valuable, but the keys to effective targeting is knowing just how valuable specific consumer groups are, and being able to quantify the impact of consumer trends.This report solves these problems by providing integrated survey-based data on consumer trends, consumer groups and market data which show exactly the size of consumer groups, how much of the Personal Hygiene market they account for and which consumer trends drive their behavior.

What is the current market landscape and what is changing?

In a market characterized by set personal care routines and ingrained habits typically lasting a life time a key to longer terms success is the need to attract new customers and encourage consumption frequency. In the future the ability to target the specific trends that encourage consumers to switch either brands or categories will be key for future success.

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NEWTON, Mass., March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --First Commons Bank of Newton, Mass., is announcing Tony Nuzzo's new book, "The Business PACT: Connecting Business Thinking with Daily Living." The book, which delivers informative, practical advice for driving business and personal achievement, is drawn from the personal journal of proven business leader and First Commons Bank Chairman, President, and CEO Tony Nuzzo.

Written to engage, educate and inspire, the book is intended for anyone seeking to improve business thinking. In it, Nuzzo shares his business insight with readers, presented in the form of observations and bits of advice drawn from his daily living and divided into categories aligning with the four key processes of successful businesses: Planning, Analysis, Communication and Teamwork (PACT). Weaving personal anecdotes with the keys to business success, he connects the business and personal realms with practical, useful tools.

The following are three reviews from the book cover:

"Maybe the best source of wisdom is right in front of our noses. In The Business PACT, Tony Nuzzo shares a fascinating variety of practical business lessons drawn from his own daily life. He offers an easy, user-friendly read that may just turn your own daily life into a series of illuminations." -- Bob Reynolds, President & CEO, Putnam Investments

"The Business PACT is full of history and a warm sense of place. I especially appreciate the vignette about the Scallop Shells and putting together the right team for success. I highly recommend this book." -- Stacy Madison, Founder, Stacy's Pita Chips

"The Business PACT is easy to read with great stories. The advice is memorable and to the point with applications for all businesses. I definitely recommend this book." -- John K. Mara, President & CEO, The New York Football Giants

Nuzzo is both an entrepreneur and a senior corporate executive. He is the primary organizer, chairman, president and CEO of First Commons Bank and the recipient of American Business Awards' prestigious Stevie Award in 2010 for Financial Services Executive of the Year. He also started an Internet bank for Marsh & McLennan as chairman, president and CEO and founded his own businesses. His career includes running two established banks, Chemical Bank Delaware and Fidelity Trust Company, and it began with 10 years in packaged goods marketing with Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson before transitioning into financial services with American Express.

For more information about "The Business PACT: Connecting Business Thinking with Daily Living" (ISBN 1439284679), visit the website at http://www.TheBusinessPACT.com. The book is available for sale online at Amazon.com, or at The Business PACT website at http://www.TheBusinessPACT.com, and other channels.

About First Commons Bank

First Commons Bank, N.A., is a new, nationally chartered, FDIC-insured full-service community bank, dedicated to serving the businesses and individuals of Newton, Wellesley, Waltham, and eastern Massachusetts. The bank, which opened for business in 2009, reports total assets of more than $168 million, making it larger than 52% of all FDIC-insured banks in the U.S.

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