Every person has a number. Our lives are marked by them-events, indelible, and personal, that change the trajectories of our lives and serve to show us, even years later, that hope can be born any day. We wear these numbers as markers, as tributes, to show when our hope was born. Each is unique to our own lives: a souvenir of survival, a testimony of faith. To own this number is to own a chance to pass it on. It's knowing that when everyone else sees four digits, you see hope, and it's about birthing that hope in others. Every person has a number. You've worn it on your heart. Only you can tell its story. Social entrepreneur, thought leader, and motivational speaker Dawn Cornelius offers a powerful new vision and challenge with Number People. By exploring the personal and professional challenges Dawn has overcome, the book will put forth that every person has a number and a story inside them that can change the world. Dawn Cornelius is the founder of the 1907 Company, a fast-growing social enterprise using commerce as a catalyst for change. Follow Dawn on Twitter @dcornelius, Facebook, and Instagram.
About the Author: DAWN CORNELIUS' story reads like an epic adventure filled with near misses, struggle, hope, courage and triumph. From her life's experiences she has uncovered her life's purpose, discovered the power that lies within and the power of sharing her story. Dawn teaches what she has learned. She has emerged as a thought-provoking communicator, savvy entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker. She has used more than 20 years of professional ministry and marketing experience that shakes up the traditional and disrupts the status quo. Her social enterprise, the 1907 Company, does the same. This fast-growing social enterprise uses commerce as a catalyst for change. The heart of the 1907 Company was established over a 100 years ago, when Dawn's grandmother was born on a sharecropper's plantation in south Alabama. A portion of every dollar spent with the 1907 Company goes toward sustainable organizations that work both locally and globally to lift up others in these areas. Named by Nashpreneur as one of Nashville's 19 "Superhero Entrepreneurs," Dawn changed the retail relationship in 2012 by involving the customer in the transaction through 1907's belief that every person has a story, and a number, that can change the world. Named by Good.Must.Grow. in 2013 on their "#GrowingGood List" as one of "15 People Who are Saving the World," Dawn conducts business seminars, workshops, and conferences, in addition to speaking, worldwide on the issues of social change, leadership, spirituality, and finding hope through one's story. Visit dawncornelius.com and follow Dawn on twitter: @dcornelius, Facebook, or Instagram.