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Vera Jones is a Motivational Speaker, Professional Development Coach, Author, Award-Winning Television and Radio Broadcaster, and Syracuse University Hall-of-Fame Scholar-Athlete. She is most widely known for her extensive background in broadcasting, serving as a Women’s Basketball Analyst and Reporter for various networks over the past two decades including her current 11-year remote and studio analyst tenure with the Big Ten Network. Her broadcast experience also includes ESPN, Fox Sports, Madison Square Garden Network, and NBA-TV. While Vera still enjoys a career broadcasting sports, she passionately pursues her purpose by empowering individuals and teams to "Play Through the Foul" of adversity and win in this game of life!
Vera Jones is a Motivational Speaker, Professional Development Coach, Author, Award-Winning Television and Radio Broadcaster, and Syracuse University Hall-of-Fame Scholar-Athlete. She is most widely known for her extensive background in broadcasting, serving as a Women’s Basketball Analyst and Reporter for various networks over the past two decades including her current 11-year remote and studio analyst tenure with the Big Ten Network. Her broadcast experience also includes ESPN, Fox Sports, Madison Square Garden Network, and NBA-TV. While Vera still enjoys a career broadcasting sports, she passionately pursues her purpose by empowering individuals and teams to "Play Through the Foul" of adversity and win in this game of life!
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A Viral Video About Vision!
Vera Jones was best known as a Women’s Basketball Commentator for ESPN, and the Big Ten Network, until October 27, 2017 when a Goalcast video instantly went viral. With over 47 million views and counting, she has gained global recognition and demand by sharing her inspirational message crafted from her own life challenges of helping her 12-year old son through a brain tumor and blindness. Vera continues her mission to uplift the world with the principles and lessons of faith, vision, unity, perseverance, and purpose. Adversity is a foul that can blind us all. Vera shows us how to move from blindness to breakthrough, by finding the courage to trust your vision and play through the foul!
Welcome to Vera's VoiceWorks, the home of empowerment and leadership transformation. Vera Jones, renowned Motivational Speaker, Communication Coach, Author, Award-Winning Television and Radio Broadcaster, and Syracuse University Hall-of-Fame Scholar-Athlete. She is most widely known for her extensive background in broadcasting, serving as a Women’s Basketball Analyst and Reporter for various networks over the past two decades, including ESPN, Fox Sports, Madison Square Garden Network, and NBA-TV, and the Big Ten Network.
Elevate your leadership skills with Vera's Empathetic Leadership Workshops, where we focus on Cultivating Empathy in Leadership. Explore our Empathic Leadership Programs for a holistic approach to leadership and compassion training.
In 2020, Vera founded the Perseverance Speakers Academy and continues her Play Through the Foul Communications and Leadership Training Services, now with additional virtual presentation capabilities! Learn more about the Perseverance Speakers Academy!
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in-person and virtual presentations
INSPIRATIONAL KEYNOTES
Adversity & Resilience
Empathic Leadership
Diversity & Inclusion
instructional breakouts
Communication
Mindfulness/Wellness
Public Speaking
MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKING
Helping people blinded by life’s fouls trust their vision.
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Helping people confidently develop their passion & pain into their professional speaking purpose.
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CORPORATE/PROFESSIONAL
TRAINING
Certified Trainer in Workplace Conflict Resolution - Helping leaders manage seemingly unmanageable workplace adversity, Click Here!
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