Dr. Derreck Kayongo

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A Visionary Corporate Social Entrepreneur, CEO, Regional Director, Program Director, and…

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  • Sharing Sacred Spaces, Inc.

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Publications

  • What Makes Some People Exceptional and Others Just Accomplished?

    Huffington Post

    It's All About the Power of Your Story: First off, let me say this isn't one of those step-by-step instructional books that ubiquitously litter our bookstores, airport newsstands or libraries. On the contrary, what I am going to do in this blog is simply suggest a pathway to being exceptional,...

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  • The Difference between being Accomplished and Exceptional

    Huffington Post


    What builds an exceptional individual? You don't have to be famous to be exceptional. Indeed, exceptional beings can come from the humblest of beginnings. Once they find their purpose, they devote their passion and resources to attaining their goals. During that process they become exceptional!

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  • In Grand Command of the Titanic...are you?

    Huffington Post

    Many of us have at one point in time been in grand command of the axiomatic Titanic in our lives. In other words, we had constructed a stealth vehicle to realize our dreams, which ended up calamitously to our chagrin for the world of friends to admire as the ultimate failure.

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  • "Dinner for Divas"

    Disney's Babble Blog

    Article on Disney's Babble blog about how "Dinner for Divas" is changing lives.

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  • Success Is the Progeny of Failure

    Huffington Post

    So many times we all run into the brick wall of failure and this serves as a stumbling block that usurps our energy towards our purpose in life. I argue differently that Failure is a necessary evil in perfecting your success. Without failure, success is untested and tends to crumble in the face of extraordinary odds, trials and tribulations. A focused individual who encounters failure as they travel into the joyous arms of success, uses failure to develop the important traits of determination…

    So many times we all run into the brick wall of failure and this serves as a stumbling block that usurps our energy towards our purpose in life. I argue differently that Failure is a necessary evil in perfecting your success. Without failure, success is untested and tends to crumble in the face of extraordinary odds, trials and tribulations. A focused individual who encounters failure as they travel into the joyous arms of success, uses failure to develop the important traits of determination, gumption, a continued interest in learning to improve, a sharpened justification of purpose and most importantly, failure does help us come up with true solutions that in so many instances can save lives.

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  • A Passion Driven Life With a Purpose

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/derreck-kayongo/global-soap-project_b_2238121.html

    We all need to define our purpose in life and all the activities we need to put in place to arrive at the goals of our purpose in life. But its important to find a relentless passion for our purpose. Without passion the journey of purpose is unconvincing to all who want to join you and support you.
    The Passion Driven life with a purpose looks at the fact that the two aren't mutually exclusive.

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  • Conflict Resolution

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Honors & Awards

  • Georgia Assembly Citizenship Award

    Georgia State Senate

    The Georgia State Senate and House issued a decree acknowledging my achievements in business and social entrepreneurship for my work at starting Global Soap Project. The same governmental bodies also opined in recognition of the achievement as CEO of the Center For Civil and Human Rights.

  • Hard Days, Bright Ideas - The Power of Life Changing Events

    TEDx Talk

    What happens when events come into your life that a meant to shift the paradigm in your worldview? Do you ignore them or do you use them to inspire your life and that of others? Well I chose the later. To see how I did it view my TEDx Talk.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PHW5hvTFhrg

  • E3 Awards

    Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce

    The E3 Awards ceremony will highlight companies, organizations and individuals working to conserve metro Atlanta’s natural resources, develop clean technologies to enhance our economy and environment, support sustainable projects and initiatives and to collaborate on solutions through university connections, marketing and education. - See more at:…

    The E3 Awards ceremony will highlight companies, organizations and individuals working to conserve metro Atlanta’s natural resources, develop clean technologies to enhance our economy and environment, support sustainable projects and initiatives and to collaborate on solutions through university connections, marketing and education. - See more at: http://www.metroatlantachamber.com/members-only/content/Event.aspx?Code=cbfa0996-bee4-499d-a7c9-f94d6d543816&SId=-1&Id=566&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1#sthash.HqsytZAg.dpuf

  • CNN HERO TOP TEN

    CNN

    http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/archive11/derreck.kayongo.html
    CNN recognizes individuals every year who are giving of themselves to the noble cause of improving the state of the human condition globally. One such noble cause is the Global Soap Project which was started by Derreck Kayongo a former refugee from Uganda to Kenya.
    Derreck is a social entrepreneur who started a recycling organization that takes partially used bars of soap from hotels and makes them into brand new soap…

    http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/archive11/derreck.kayongo.html
    CNN recognizes individuals every year who are giving of themselves to the noble cause of improving the state of the human condition globally. One such noble cause is the Global Soap Project which was started by Derreck Kayongo a former refugee from Uganda to Kenya.
    Derreck is a social entrepreneur who started a recycling organization that takes partially used bars of soap from hotels and makes them into brand new soap which he then gives to the poor around the world. Refugees, shelters, natural disaster victims and many more vulnerable populations. So far Global Soap Project has given away over 600,000 bars of soap in just two and half years of existence.

  • Marketing Award for Excellence (MAX Award)

    Georgia State University

    The MAX Awards (Marketing Award for Excellence) honor new products, new services or marketing innovations that have been developed or launched by a Georgia-based company in the year prior to the awards ceremony.

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  • Swahili

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  • Luganda

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