[Ohio-Talk] EXT: Our vice president makes it in The Braille Monitor

[Suzanne Turner]

Thanks Dave!

Suzanne

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Subject: Re: [Ohio-Talk] EXT: Our vice president makes it in The Braille Monitor

Outstanding!



Thanks!

Dave Perry,

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> On May 5, 2021, at 9:34 AM, Andra Stover via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> This is so great! Congratulations SUZANNE. You are such a great 
> leader and I look up to you.
> 
>> On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 6:08 PM Richard Payne via Ohio-Talk < 
>> ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Suzanne Turner:
>> 
>> Suzanne Turner came to the Federation in the 1980s. She was elected 
>> as president of the Cleveland Chapter at her first meeting. She 
>> stepped down after one year. It was difficult for her to lead 
>> effectively because she did not know much about our organization. 
>> After retiring from her job in 2010, she went to a state convention. 
>> "Barbara Pierce and Richard Payne sparked fire in me. I rejoined, and 
>> I have been running ever since."
>> 
>> Suzanne's attendance at one of the national leadership seminars 
>> helped her to understand where she wanted to be in the organization 
>> and the work she wanted to do. The books, "Building the Lives We 
>> Want" and Walking Alone and Marching Together" changed her life. She 
>> recalled that the chapter "A Passion for Humanity" about Isabelle Grant resonated with her.
>> Subsequently,
>> she became the president of the Cleveland Chapter and took on roles 
>> at the affiliate level. When the first vice president of the 
>> affiliate left to take a job in California, Suzanne stepped into that 
>> position. She was elected to the position of first vice president in 
>> 2020.
>> 
>> Suzanne believes that her honesty, consistency, transparency, and 
>> professional brand are the attributes that have made her a successful 
>> leader. Telling her story shows her honesty and demonstrates her 
>> shared experiences with others. It's her personal brand that she 
>> tries to convey to community partners, members, and potential 
>> members.
>> 
>> Suzanne believes that the key to resolving resistance to leadership 
>> is negotiation. She has an open-door policy in her chapter that 
>> encourages members to talk to her directly. She works to understand 
>> the perspective of the person. She examines herself to make sure she 
>> is not the source of the conflict. If she is not the problem, she 
>> will work with the member to try to move forward.
>> 
>> Suzanne does not feel any burnout yet, "though I probably should." 
>> She is just happy to be involved doing the work of the Federation. 
>> She explained that she reaches out to people by phone and is 
>> constantly on her computer emailing and checking Facebook. Her goal 
>> is to build trust with people so she can influence and delegate. 
>> Suzanne loves problem-solving and seeing people flourish.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Richard Payne,  President
>> 
>> National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
>> 
>> 937/829/3368
>> 
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>> 
>> The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the 
>> characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise 
>> the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create 
>> obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life 
>> you want; blindness is not what holds you back.
>> 
>> 
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