Nona Jones is a pastor, author, international speaker, and head of Faith-Based Partnerships at Facebook, where she facilitates the company’s work with faith-based organizations and helps expand the reach of religious organizations through online impact. She is a graduate of the University of Florida where she gained both her Bachelor in Communications and Master of Business Administration degrees and was named by ESSENCE Magazine as an ‘Under 40 Woman to Watch’ and by Florida Trend Magazine as one of Florida’s ‘30-Something All-Stars.’ Nona and her husband, Pastor Timothy Jones, Sr., live in Gainesville, Florida, where they lead Open Door Ministries.
Nona joins me today to discuss her meteoric rise up the career ladder to C-Suite level and why she quit her job when she was at the top of her game. She shares her upbringing and why she was considered a ‘problem’ child at school until she was mentored by a group of supportive and compassionate educators. Nona also dives into what her role as Head of Faith Partnerships entails and her passion for facilitating and promoting social ministry online to make building a religious community universally accessible to worshippers nationally and internationally.
“As leaders, we have to build curiosity, and we have to build a willingness to do the work and educate ourselves.” - Nona Jones
This week on The Wow Factor:
- Why Nona believes in the power of education and how that has touched her own life
- Her experience of studying at the University of Florida and why she made a pivot in her career plans
- Nona’s commitment to supporting young people who have suffered trauma
- How Nona got hired into her first executive role and the leadership lessons that she learned
- The value in reading and how it can nurture curiosity
- Nona’s role at Pace Centre for Girls why she left its board of trustees
- Why she is so passionate about advocating for girls and young women
- How she connected with Facebook and why she took her current role
- Why she trusts God to guide her along her path
Nona Jones’ Words of Wisdom:
In this time of unrest and angst, leaders should realize that they have been placed in a position of privilege to work to support and improve their community for the better. Tension and frustration should drive you to lead to a higher plane of thinking.
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