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KEYNOTES, SPEECHES AND WORKSHOPS:

Arrange for a keynote speech or workshop at your company or conference. Please click here to download an informational brochure on our speakers and trainings.

For more information on the sample topics outlined below, click on the topic links. Sample topics are:

Best Practices in CSR Standards, Reporting, and Performance

Case Studies from the Future 500
Drive excellence in corporate ethics, accountability, sustainability, and responsibility
Eliminate "survey fatigue" and manage multiple standards
Earn top ratings by SRI and CSR agencies
World-class measurement and reporting systems
The "CAP Gap" process used by Future 500 companies
Real-world examples from Coca-Cola, Nike and others

Best Practices and Biggest Mistakes in Stakeholder Engagement

Master engagements between corporate and activist stakeholders
Prevent shareholder resolutions, regulation, and boycotts
Turn the Battleground to Common Ground
The Future 500 System: Mapping, Planning, and Engagement for Fun and Profit
Stories from Coors, General Motors, Mitsubishi, Procter & Gamble, and others

What We Learned in the Rainforest: Business Lessons from Nature

Harness the power of Feedback
Drive innovation, growth, and improvement
Make the Business Case for SRI and CSR
Convert Social Responsibility into Marketplace Gain and Profit
Excel in any business cycle - master the four seasons of business
Be as innovative, adaptive, and resilient as nature
Examples from business and the rainforest

FUTURE 500 SPEAKERS:

Tachi Kiuchi, Chairman, Future 500; Chairman and CEO Emeritus, Mitsubishi Electric America
View a 10 minute speaking clip of Tachi Kiuchi (requires QuickTime to view)
Bill Shireman, President and CEO, The Future 500
View a 10 minute speaking clip of Bill Shireman (requires QuickTime to view) *Depending upon your system, this video clip may take up to 10 minutes to load and launch. Please be patient.*
View a 1 minute speaking clip
Cate Gable, Senior Consultant and Director, Product Stewardship, The Future 500
Aileen Ichikawa, Vice President, Corporate Accountability Practice (CAP) Services, The Future 500
Erik Wohlgemuth, Director of Stakeholder Engagement, The Future 500

FORMATS:

Speech
Inspire, educate, and motivate.
Keynote speeches and panel participation for leading conferences.

Roundtable Discussion
Practical knowledge to improve team performance.
Informal, interactive discussion with key board members, managers, and directors, to work on specific issues, or stimulate creative thinking.

Workshop
Comprehensive training.
Semi-customized half-day or one-day training. Includes teaching, discussion, and exercises that apply the learning to meet specific needs of the attendees.

Working Session
Powerful, transformational change.
Fully customized two- or three-day session, with both trainers and facilitators. Designed to cross the knowing/doing divide: to confer not just knowledge of what to do, but commitment to follow through. Creates a powerful shift in the core area of all human systems: mindset. Client participants should experience the process as one of the most intense of their professional lives. On this foundation, specific strategies, plans, and timelines are developed. Results are powerful and lasting.

Cost: Our speaking fees and expense reimbursement requirements vary depending on the type (NGO vs. Corporate) and scale of the event (panel vs. working session) and the location.

To inquire about our availability and rates, email your inquiry to Nikole Wilson-Ripsom at Nikole Wilson nwilson-ripsom@future500.org.

TRAINING: STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PRIMER:

A fast-paced, interactive training session on best practices in stakeholder engagement.

Customized to meet a company's specific situation, the primer covers fundamentals of stakeholder engagement, the five mistakes most commonly made, and the four steps of the Future 500 system.

It addresses such questions and issues as:

What is Stakeholder Engagement?
Who Are Stakeholders: Definitions, categories, and examples?
What is Engagement: Methods and objectives?
Benefits and Risks of Stakeholder Engagement: Case Studies and Business Impacts
Best Practices and Common Mistakes in Stakeholder Engagement
Situation Analysis and Strategic Planning

Training Formats: The primer can be scaled to meet an organization's time, needs, and purpose.

Briefing or " Brown Bag? session - a 60-90 minute overview
Half-Day or Full-Day session - four to eight hours offering a comprehensive overview with discussion and exercises
Full-Day combination session - half-day session plus half-day deployment of Global Citizenship (GC) 360
Time to completion and Cost: One hour to one day with cost negotiable.

Deliverable: A How-To Document

Speech	Inspire, educate, and motivate. Keynote speeches and panel participation for leading conferences.
Roundtable Discussion	Practical knowledge to improve team performance. Informal, interactive discussion with key board members, managers, and directors, to work on specific issues, or stimulate creative thinking.
Workshop	Comprehensive training. Semi-customized half-day or one-day training. Includes teaching, discussion, and exercises that apply the learning to meet specific needs of the attendees.
Working Session	Powerful, transformational change. Fully customized two- or three-day session, with both trainers and facilitators. Designed to cross the knowing/doing divide: to confer not just knowledge of what to do, but commitment to follow through. Creates a powerful shift in the core area of all human systems: mindset. Client participants should experience the process as one of the most intense of their professional lives. On this foundation, specific strategies, plans, and timelines are developed. Results are powerful and lasting.