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Suzanne F. Stevens and Giles Atkinson, of Ignite Excellence, recently participated in the Consulting Engineers of Ontario (CEO)'s charity golf tournament, held at the RattleSnake Point Golf Club, in Milton, Ontario. As part of our continued attempt to be involved in support of important grass root causes, Ignite Excellence donated a complimentary public program valued at $1500 along with a hole sponsorship of $250 for the event. Almost $17,000 was raised for CEO's designated charity: Engineers Without Borders.

Suzanne F. Stevens, President & Founder of Ignite Excellence, went back to Nairobi, Kenya to work at the Africa International University (AIU), a university specializing in developing the leaders of tomorrow. Ignite Excellence donates programs to help PhD and Masters' students, the top performers to communicate their message with impact. Suzanne also ran a women leadership forum discussing women in Africa, their role and what impact they could have at the grass root level.

Ignite Excellence becomes affiliate member of Consulting Engineers of Ontario (CEO). As part of its ongoing commitment to the consulting engineering sector, Ignite Excellence has become an affiliate member of CEO.

In February 2009, the Association of Canadian Engineering Companies (ACEC) and Ignite Excellence have created a strategic alliance to provide a suite of industry specific influential communication skills programs to support its members’ ability to influence, differentiate and engage people and business throughout the business cycle.