Welcome to the Future.It is not business as usual. Are you ready? Are you ready to enliven your imagination and let us create a new world together. Have you noticed that there is something about ideas. Something dangerous, something powerful, something incredibly powerful. Ideas rule the world, either the world we are used to or the ones we are about to create.From the Dark ages to the Information age, our world has witnessed life-changing transformations spurred by nothing but ideas.
But, wait a minute, how can ideas rule the world? Are you asking or you are just waiting to finish reading this piece because waiting a while longer may be disastrous. Yes, positively disastrous as ‘idea people’ are itching to launch their next attack on our slumbering world, creating concepts that will change the way we live forever or at least for now, forcing us to move beyond our comfort zones mentally and sometimes physically. Now and beyond this age, we will continue to celebrate people principally because of their ideas and legacy. From the early ages to the recent past, the world had celebrated men and women, young and old who gave in to their winning thoughts, gave up their conveniences and gave us something to enhance our living.
Their imagination permeates society, transforming business, law, government, education and every other parts of living. Just look around you and see the incredible activities of auto mobiles on the street. That was someone’s idea. Imagine flying heavy metal carrying heavy instruments and people, defying the law of gravity, over continents. That was someone’s idea defying someone else’s idea of the law of gravity. Have you been to the new eatery across the street? Wait a minute that is somebody’s idea too.
Everything we see and use in our modern world started as an idea in someone’s mind. I believe there are three types of people in the world; those who generate ideas, those who activate their ideas and those who do nothing with their minds, murdering possibilities and denying not only our present generation but also posterity of their creativity and resourcefulness.
There are many things that can make the world crawl or even stand still; an earthquake, an atomic bomb or a market crash but there are few things that make the world go round. An idea is one sure thing that guarantees global progress. Whether you are faced with overwhelming complexities or just short of resources, the solution to every challenge is an idea. What a great thing to seek the divine for. Anything and everything is possible if only one knows how.
Think about this for a moment, What if...? What if we can use our mobile phones to drive our cars? What if Nigerians relocate to the moon? What if microwaves can print documents? what if...? Come with us as we explore the power of ideas and the possibilities of making remarkable impact on humanity. Oh! you are a businessperson? Fantastic. Although you may not agree with me but I admire your astuteness if you will explore the fact that an idea is all you need to develop your business idea. An idea is all that is also necessary to market or distribute an idea. Whatever you have to do, from conception to development and deployment to management, always remember that an idea is what rules the world.
fifehanmiBANKOLE
Coordinator, IdeasBridge
Join us as we launch The IdeasBridge, a platform for sharing ideas that will positively impact the ways we live our lives and leave a legacy for posterity . IdeasBridge inauguration will host inspired thinkers and doers from Ibadan, Nigeria, Africa and the World. Expect to connect with great minds like Emeka Anyaoku, former Commonwealth Secretary-General: 1990 to 2000,Aliko Dangote, Nigeria's foremost business mogul and world acclaimed billionaire, Fela Durotoye,Nigeria's foremost motivational speaker and the initiator of the GEMSTONE project, Prof. Jide Oshuntokun, Professor of International History and Nigeria's first ambassador to a united Germany,the first female Finance Minister in Nigeria, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala also a director of the World Bank and head of the Makeda Fund, Francis Madojemmu, Author, Businessman, Songwriter, Pastor and International Speaker Extraordinaire and the list is endless.
We are pleased to meet you to and we are eagerly looking forward to seeing you.
Program Details
Date: Friday, March 28th, 2008*
Venue: Nustreams Conference Center, Km 110, Off Alalubosa G.R.A, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Time: 6.00pm prompt. Program ends by 7.30pm
Please call Tade on +234 8038023412, Adediran:+234 8080732059, Smith:+234 8023273495, Glory:+234 8033177492, Folake:+234 8034712406, for further details . To reserve a seat, send "Please reserve my seat" to 0802 324 4592 or e-mail: ideas.bridge@yahoo.com
