Storyteller and Corporate Storytelling Coach tells the Aesop fable of “The Ant and the Dove.” Filmed at the marketing meeting for the International Speakers Network.

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http://www.globalchange.com Better corporate events, seminars and conferences business travel and hospitality trends by conference keynote speaker Patrick Dixon. Growth in corporate events will continue despite global warming concerns and issues about carbon footprint. Virtual companies still need to meet in corporate events, business units, senior teams for strategy, communicating vision building, managing change and forming corporate tribes. Client events and in-house conferences, workshops and seminars. Combined with client events and client meetings. Focussed, efficient business meetings. Need for variety and high standards unusual corporate venues eg cruise ships, discovery programmes linked to non-profit organisations. Impact on aviation, airlines, hotels, restaurants, travel agencies and event organisers. Comment by Futurist keynote conference speaker Patrick Dixon.

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The Wright Event Planning Service is a full service event planning/management company dedicated to excellence. We are available for birthdays, weddings, receptions, catered affairs for 2 to 200people, corporate functions, church functions and much more. We serve the entire Delaware Valley. Remember your event is our priority and excellence is our goal!

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Patrick Dixon ranked one of world’s 20 most influential business thinkers alive today (Thinkers 50 2005) http://www.globalchange.com Great events change people: 4,500 event organisers(MPI. Keynote conference speaker (MPI).Future corporate events: motivational leadership programmes, executive education, team development, seminars, workshops, groups, forums, think tanks, team building exercises and client events. Effective management depends on great communication of leadership vision, mission and strategy. Conference organisation and event planning. Great leadership speeches, motivational tools for team leadership, and how to communicate with large audiences. Change management, business transformation and vision building. Video by keynote conference speaker and Futurist Patrick Dixon. How to motivate business leaders for high performance, profitability and shareholder value. Industry trends for successful events in banking, insurance, retail, manufacturing, services, marketing, aviation, travel, transport, tourism, government and non profit organisations, energy, food and drink, IT and communications and other sectors. Secrets of successful corporate events, and how to give a great, inspiring, uplifting, encouraging, powerful CEO keynote speech. Effective programme development and manager training. Work-life balance and workplace motivation, leadership styles. Why staging, lighting, theatre and performance really matter in successful corporate events. Videoconferencing, virtual teams, virtual working and virtual organisations why most people do not like videoconferencing and how to make video interviews or presentations work in conference programmes. How to create and deliver great lectures using powerpoint and other technology. Innovation and creativity in conference planning or business school programmes. Impact of global warming, climate change and energy prices on demand for corporate events, corporate travel and event location. Secrets of great event production, staging and use of multimedia.

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Matthew from Washington wants to take an event database and create a visual calendar that shows availability.

While this sounds simple, it requires several steps. The end result is fairly cool. Episode 717 shows you how.

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Keynote speaker – Futurist – at conference / corporate event. Global leadership event for MTN by Dr Patrick Dixon. Keynote lecture given to multinational audience of several hundred in South Africa. Keynote presentation covered marketing, management, motivation, industry, leadership, new technology, mobile phones, broadband, convergence, divergence,web phones, future of broadband, sms, video phones and other devices. Keynote conference slides also available on consumer trends, customer relationship management, client support. Business communications and virtual teams and virtual organisations. Leadership training and executive education. Patrick Dixon is a keynote speaker on issues such as globalisation, culture clashes, poltical change, global warming, carbon trading, demogaphics, urbanisation, bottom of pyramid, health, ageing and AIDS. Watch other Conference keynote lectures by Patrick Dixon. Banks will become phone companies and telecom companies will become banks. Keynote also covered mobile payment systems, micropayments, mobile phone credit card transactions and loans. Economic impact of remittances from foreign workers using SMS credit to avoid foreign exchange transaction costs. How biometrics fingerprint technology will allow large mobile phone payments. Commissions and interest charges on loans. Impact of revenues from American Express, Visa, Delta, Access, Mastercard moving to mobile phone transactions. Threat to retail banks from mobile phone payment systems using SMS, RFID and other technologies including biometrics. All innovation is divergent – doing things different and better. But most companies focus on convergence on price, quality, features.

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