Presentation at the first global edition of the Women Influence Community Forum (WIC-F) held in Paris, France, on 20 September, 2017, at the Ritz! Watch a short “teaser” video about WIC-F, Paris, 2017: https://youtu.be/UGzcuy562KA Read key insight from WIC-F, Paris, 2017: http://www.womeninfluence.club/media/key-ideas-and-insight-at-wic-f-paris-2017/ Read more information about WIC-F, Paris, 2017: http://www.womeninfluence.club/projects/wic-f-global-paris-2017-archive/ Follow the WIC-F Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/womeninfluencecommunity/

1. What does it take to be a good citizen?
Catherine Hernandez-Blades
Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer

2. We have an individual
obligation to act.
“Buy it, build it or partner with
others to make it happen.
Everyone can make a positive
difference, regardless of their
current sphere of influence. I
challenge everyone to go and
make a difference. “
Catherine Hernandez-Blades

3. “They came back to me
because it’s what I’ve done
for them. It’s what they’ve
seen I’ve done for them.”
Indira Gandi,
Former Prime Minister of India

4. What does it take to be a good citizen?
• Vision
• Faith in yourself
• Role modeling
• Courage
• Ability to dream
• Commitment
• Optimism
• Leadership
• Tenacity
• Heart
• Belief
• Purpose
• Honor
• Selfless sacrifice
• Consequences. . .

5. Vision
"On my own I will just create,
and if it works, it works, and if
it doesn’t, I’ll create something
else. I don’t have any
limitations on what I think I
could do or be."
Oprah Winfrey,
Media Mogul

6. Faith. . .especially in yourself
"The way you tell your story
to yourself matters."
Amy Cuddy,
Researcher at Harvard Business School and
Author of “Presence”

7. Role modeling
"I tell my daughters to have their voice
in this world, and it became clear I
needed to role-model that."
Melinda Gates,
Co-Founder, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

8. Courage
"I had two options. One was to
remain silent and never to speak
and then to be killed by the
terrorists. The second option was to
speak up for my rights and then
die. And I chose the second one."
Malala Yousafzai,
Nobel Peace Prize Winner

9. Ability to dream
“Without leaps of
imagination, or dreaming, we
lose the excitement of
possibilities. Dreaming, after
all, is a form of planning.”
Gloria Steinem,
Journalist and Activist

10. Commitment
"If we march the long road
to freedom in hatred, what
we find at the end is not
freedom but another
prison."
Aung San Suu Kyi,
President, National League for Democracy in Myanmar

11. Optimism
“Optimism is the faith that
leads to achievement.”
Helen Keller,
American author, political
activist and lecturer

12. Leadership
“Leadership is about making
others better as a result of
your presence and making
sure that impact lasts in your
absence.”
Sheryl Sandberg,
Facebook Chief Operating
Officer and American
Author of “Lean In”

13. Tenacity
“The question isn’t
who’s going to let
me; it’s who is going
to stop me.”
Ayn Rand,
Russian-American novelist,
philosopher, playwright and
screenwriter

14. Heart
“Never doubt that a small group
of thoughtful committed citizens
can change the world. Indeed, it
is the only thing that ever has.”
Margaret Mead,
American cultural anthropologist
and political activist

15. Belief…again, in yourself
“Do not wait for leaders; do it alone,
person to person. Be faithful in small
things because it is in them that your
strength lies.”
Mother Teresa,
Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic
nun and missionary

16. Purpose
“I work really hard at trying to see
the big picture and not getting stuck
in ego. I believe we’re all put on this
planet for a purpose, and we all have
a different purpose… When you
connect with that love and that
compassion, that’s when everything
unfolds.”
Ellen DeGeneres,
American comedian, television
host, actress, writer and producer

17. Honor
Since the days of Greece and Rome,
when the word 'citizen' was a title of
honor, we have often seen more
emphasis put on the rights of citizenship
than on its responsibilities.
Robert F. Kennedy,
American politician and Attorney
General of the United States

18. Selfless sacrifice
“My fellow Americans, ask
not what your country can
do for you, ask what you
can do for your country. “
John F. Kennedy,
Former President of United
States of America

19. Consequences
“The Holocaust illustrates the
consequences of prejudice, racism and
stereotyping on a society. It forces us to
examine the responsibilities of
citizenship and confront the powerful
ramifications of indifference and
inaction. “
Tim Holden,
American politician

20. We have an individual
obligation to act.
“Buy it, build it or partner with
others to make it happen.
Everyone can make a positive
difference, regardless of your
current sphere of influence. I
challenge everyone to go and
make a difference. “
Catherine Hernandez-Blades

21. Gratitude
Thank you