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Ida Byrd-Hill  is an International Trainer, Change Agent and Author who is the  President of Uplift, Inc. a non-profit  Idea Incubator. She has created a portfolio of ideas including Hustle & TECHknow Preparatory High School - an urban cyber school for alternative youth, The Learning Odyssey- Parent Workshop Series, Upheaval Media - a Publisher of Education related materials and Inner Compass www.innercompass4u.com, a membership site for positive goal oriented people .  She is the author of Breakin’ Out of Your Financial Funk!, My Daily Odyssey Journal, Follow Your Inner Compass Teen, a career exploration book Escape to College, a college preparation guide.. She is, often quoted by the local media for her teen advocacy activities in  the area of education and personal responsibility. Personal responsibility drives everything - financial productivity of companies, community reinvestment, and educational transformation. To learn more about the work of Ida Byrd-Hill, go to www.upliftinc.org. Welcome Ida Byrd-Hill.

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Ida Byrd-Hill  is an International Trainer, Change Agent and author who is the  President of Uplift, Inc. a non-profit  Idea Incubator. She has created a portfolio of ideas including Hustle & TECHknow Preparatory High School - an urban cyber school for alternative youth, The Learning Odyssey- Parent Workshop Series and Upheaval Media - a Publisher of Education related materials, and Inner Compass www.innercompass4u.com, a membership site for positive goal oriented people .  She is the author of Breakin’ Out of Your Financial Funk!, My Daily Odyssey Journal, Follow Your Inner Compass Teen, a career exploration book Escape to College, a college preparation guide..   She is, often quoted by the local media for her teen advocacy activities in  the area of education and personal responsibility. Personal responsibility drives everything - financial productivity of companies, community reinvestment, and educational transformation.

Ida Byrd-Hill graduated with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Economics in 1989 from the University of Michigan- Ann Arbor. She has been groomed in the  Leadership Detroit Class of XX and the  MSHDA Contractors School. She is a book lover - an information maven -  a radical activist who believes applied Information and knowledge is power. She has spent  22 years fighting to transform the lives  of individuals with applied information. 

First as a Human Resources Specialist in recruiting for McNamee, Porter and Seeley, Trustcorp Bank (now Key Corp),  Domino's Farms Services,  and F-O-R-T-U-N-E  Personnel Consultants of Detroit.

Secondly as a Financial Professional for Republic Bancorp Mortgage, ADT Security Systems, AXA Equitable and the Harvard Group Wealth Management licensed through AXA Financial for 10 years.  She educated 2200 individual clients and 10 corporate clients including the UAW/ Chrysler where she trained 1000 people with her financial planning course titled SMART MONEY- the Financial Fitness Course and now ...

Lastly as a Change Agent for Uplift, Inc, and Upheaval Media.  She has personally led the transformation of 4 public schools:

Detroit School of Arts                                                                                                       2008-2009

 Hustle & TECHknow Preparatory High School                                                       2006-2007

Duke Ellington Conservatory of Music and Art                                                       2005- 2006

• Orchestrated merger of two existing  Detroit Public Schools.
• Increased Middle School MEAP scores to 84% in Reading  from 44%
• Enhanced teacher –parent partnership
• Increased parent involvement at home and at school

Hanstein Elementary                                                                                                      2002-2004

• Orchestrated increase in MEAP scores  to 78.1% in Reading in 2002-2003 from 28.1% in Reading  2001-2002
• Orchestrated increase in MEAP scores  to 69.1% in Math in 2002-2003 and 39.1% in Math 2001-2002
• Enhanced teacher –parent partnership
• Increased parent involvement at home and at school

Companies and Organizations need a change agent in today's tough economy who have succeeded against the odds.  Ida Byrd-Hill is a speaker who can unleash the power of radical change within every  individual or organization. Companies and Organizations need a change agent grounded in financial acumen. She is also the mother of teenage twins, Kevin and Karen Hill. If you would like to interview  Ida Byrd-Hill,  contact 877-429-2370 or info@upheavalmedia.net.