Nona Jones from Facebook on how she overcame personal trauma and turned it into professional triumph.
Nona Jones: Stories of triumph are inspiring, right? Nona Jones is one such story. Openly sharing her abusive childhood, her driven early adulthood and her transformation to an inspiring leader and head of faith-based partnerships at Facebook will give you both the inspiration and the pathway to what might be the start of your own healing journey. Nona is unapologetically bold and raw about her brokenness and also wise in the way she owns her unresourceful thinking and behaviour. Her journey through forgiveness to wholeness to ongoing disciplines that keep her healthy and effective is simply inspiring. The serendipitous moments of her life and career are incredible to listen to as her deep trust in a future that wasn’t yet clear helped her make bold choices that have paid off big time! Expect to hear a raw and honest account of how Nona suffered growing up, expect also to hear how she slowly came to realise what the critical steps to her own healing were and how her brokenness acted out in her professional life. Also expect to hear about a woman who has great faith, courageous conviction and infectious optimism about what’s possible when your life is lived from the inside out. Nona Jones is a rare combination of preacher, author, business executive, entrepreneur, media personality and worship leader. In her day job she serves as the Head of Global Faith-Based Partnerships at Facebook where she leads the company’s work with faith-based organizations around the world. She is also CEO of eChurch Partners and is set to release her memoir, Success from the Inside Out, with Zondervan Publishers in 2020. Her memoir chronicles her unlikely story of success after a childhood filled with physical and sexual abuse between the ages of 5 and 11. Since being licensed into the gospel ministry at the age of 17, Nona has preached around the world. As a business executive and entrepreneur, she has been profiled by ESSENCE Magazine as an “Under 40 Woman to Watch” and Florida Trend Magazine as one of Florida’s “30-Something All Stars.” She has also been featured on TBN, CBN News and The Word Network. She holds a Bachelor in Communications and Master of Business Administration from the University of Florida where she has been recognized as an Outstanding Young Alumnus and she has completed graduate studies at the Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation. She is a graduate of Leadership Florida and the Presidential Leadership Scholars Program, a joint initiative of President George W. Bush and President Bill Clinton. She also holds memberships in The Links, Incorporated and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She and her husband, Pastor Tim, lead Open Door Ministries in Gainesville, FL and are the proud parents of two boys, Timothy, Jr. (9) and Isaac (6), and Goldendoodle girl Shiloh (2). For Leaders Global: Resources to help you become and build leaders worth following and culture worth reproducing. www.forleadersglobal.com Leadership Accelerator: https://www.forleadersglobal.com/leadershipaccelerator