Yavi Madurai connects with over a million people through social media each month, and has trained and lectured over 5000 people in her 12 years of Social Media experience.
She is a global keynote speaker, trainer, blogger and specialist Management Consultant in Digital Marketing and Social Media for both South African and global organisations. She is the Founder and MD of Black Box Theory, a South African based consultancy specialising in ‘Digital strategies for a digital world’. Yavi has over 21 years Marketing and Communications experience, across Traditional, Digital, and Social Marketing. She is probably known best as ‘the Media’s’ Social Media expert, by being a regular contributor for eNCA, SABC Africa, and PowerFM, to name a few.
Yavi Madurai is also a Breast Cancer survivor having been in remission for 12 years. She is a mom to Tanith, her only daughter, after surviving Cancer, and wife to Ashton.
Cancer was a complete wake-up call to Yavi. She had to stop and rethink her way of life. It was as if her cancer said, “hey listen, wake up, value it”. She began to view the world through different lenses, counting her blessings for things she had previously taken for granted.
She decided that her greatest weapon against cancer would be a positive attitude. Even through the physical and psychological devastation of a partial mastectomy, and the aggressive courses of chemotherapy and radiation, her positivity was unwavering. Yavi soon discovered the inexplicable, yet undeniable power of the mind-body-connection, as her new attitude began to have a marked effect on her recovery.
Cancer was no longer a burden under which she stumbled and faltered. Rather, it was a second chance at life.
And then, as if by some act of universal synchronicity, Yavi was granted her greatest wish: giving birth to a beautiful baby girl. This survivor had come full circle, from fighting for her life, to giving new life.
Yavi believes that her cancer not only prepared her for the challenges of motherhood, but also gave her a priceless heirloom, a legacy that could be passed onto her daughter; the fundamental values she learnt, that so wholly transformed her life.
Her talk on ‘Discover Your Inner Power House: On Beating Breast Cancer, Building a Business and Becoming a Mom’ is one not to be missed. Catch her at our speakers corner on Friday 4 November at 9.45.
The Working Mothers Expo, brought to you in partnership with MiWayLife, brings together everything working mothers need under one roof. 4-6 November 2016. Sandton Convention Centre. Meet our MCs, Elana Afrika and Claire Mawisa, at the Speakers Corner.
If you would like to inquire about sponsoring or exhibiting at the event, please email us and we will send you all the details you need.
Tickets available at Computicket