WHEN A WOMAN OWNS THE POWER OF HER VOICE SHE IMPACTS EVERYTHING
If you´re looking for inspiration tune in here to find out how Getrude Matshe can help you and your kids to be fearless and follow your dream and much more!
Getrude is unstoppable!
She is an International speaker, celebrated author, writing coach, empowerment coach, Philanthropy Consultant, three-time TEDx speaker and Podcaster to name a few.
I was blown away by all the hardships she has endured and turned them around by finding empowering solutions to helping others.
Getrude has been very gutsy from a young age and has thought outside the box to make things happen.
“Getrude is an amazing woman, she is just a light bulb for good in the world. She has absolute and total integrity and she is a woman of deep profound spiritual essence.” – Mark Victor Hansen, Co-author Chicken Soup of the Soul
Tune into find out how Getrude can help you and your kids to be fearless and follow your dream and much more!
Getrude is a dynamic entrepreneur who has started life in a new country and who has proved that anything is possible if you have a purpose.
“I believe when a woman knows how to speak it impacts everything”.
About Getrude Matshe
Her speaking career started in Norway 1989 and for 12 years she has worked in the IT industry as a Systems Analyst, Systems Support Manager and Project Manager. Getrude immigrated to New Zealand in 2001 with nothing and founded three successful companies.
• CEO and Founder of DiversityConnector App for recruters - Diversity Inclusion in the corporate world
• CEO and Founder of MySpeechh App for teenagers 13 – 18 years
• Founder and Global Curator of the HerStory Circle and HerStory Women’s Global Empowerment Conference 2019
• She started Medical Recruiters of New Zealand Ltd
• GM Global Investments Ltd (Property)
• As an owner she formed Simzisani Ltd, a talent agency catering for the film and advertising industry and has been instrumental in supplying ethnic extras for prominent movies such as Peter Jackson’s “King Kong” and James Cameron’s Avatar
• Founder and CEO of the Africa Alive Education Foundation, an organization that supports HIV orphans in Zimbabwe
• Formed Walk on the Wild Side Tours – a symbiotic tourism company that takes tourist to Zimbabwe to work with HIV and Aids orphans
• A Rooney International Scholar in 2012 and worked at Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
• Mother of three children and a well-known African Storyteller, poet, artist and published author.
• A script writer and an Independent Film Maker
• Writes for CNN iReport
• Blogs for the Huffington Post
• Actress in the movie “Cry Freedom” with Denzel Washington in 1987
• 15th March 2014 Getrude was a speaker at the UN Annual Summit on the Status of Women
• Getrude supports and volunteers for :-
o The John Fawcett foundation in Bali Indonesia
o Mustard Seed Orphanage in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
o The Ubuntu Africa foundation in Cape Town, South Africa
o Ujamaa Children's Home in Arusha, Tanzania
o Global Camps Africa in Johannesburg, South Africa
Getrude is a dynamic entrepreneur who has started life in a new country and who has proved that anything is possible if you have a purpose.
Testimonials
"Be prepared to lose yourself in a story, so inspiring, so sad - yet at times so hilarious, and so completely refreshing. Getrude has the unique gift of universal connection. She is the real thing - not some lukewarm nice speaker who gives you an 8 out of 10. She will rock you beyond your boundaries and open you up to what is really possible if you choose the brand of courage she wields. Settle in for the ride!" - Peter Barr-Thomson, MCC, 2009 ICF
"Every now and then in our lives, we come across a person who is inspirational, who shines above others and leads the way, who captures our hearts and our minds - Getrude is one of those people." – Wellington Mayor Kerry Prendergast
“Getrude is an amazing woman, she is just a light bulb for good in the world. She has absolute and total integrity and she is a woman of deep profound spiritual essence.” – Mark Victor Hansen, Co-author Chicken Soup of the Soul
“When it comes to giving, Getrude is an excellent role model and is into a good cause. I think that anyone who gives has an opportunity to give and support her cause”. – Bob Proctor – The Secret
“It is my joy to support Getrude and the entire Agape International Spiritual Community love and support the tremendous work she is doing in Africa to uplift humankind. Her cause is calling us all to embrace the children affected by Aids, and calls on us to step up and be the best that we can possibly be.” – Rev Michael Bernard Beckwith, The Secret, Agape International Spiritual Center