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.... We also represent speakers who donate some or all of their speaker fees to non-profits, going the extra mile in their efforts to give back.   Corporate social responsibility keynote speaker Scott Harrison is the founder and CEO of charity: water , a nonprofit with the goal of giving every person on the planet access to clean drinking water. To date, this enterprise has amassed over 1 million supporters, and provided 14.7 million people in 29 different countries with clean, safe drinking water.   Lauren Bush Lauren is an activist, speaker, model, and the founder and CEO of FEED,...

...commercials for just one show a day.” This will quiet your brain and help you take a step back from the non-stop media swirl. Limit Time Spent on Social Media Scrolling through your Facebook News Feed alone can be stressful. Along with limiting time spent on social media, also know when it’s best not to engage in a heated online discussion. You’re probably not going to change anyone’s mind, and you’re certainly not going to make a legitimate political change through the comments section on Facebook. Worst case, if it’s too difficult to disengage with topics that you vehemently disagree...

...Ultimately the team wins when competitiveness is replaced by loyalty, respect, and the trust that all teammates’ names will be on that symbolic trophy. Feed your ego with your team’s success—not your individual glory Our ego is a powerful force, but with all powerful forces, we must harness it for good, not evil. None of us got to a high level in our careers without a strong ego. But world-class teammates feed their ego by helping the team succeed: when they are the strongest team member, they demonstrate that strength by helping someone else versus getting to the top of...

...other. This style of communication gives ownership to a team’s actions, which inspires hope that they can change situations. Gill adds the science of hope is not just for millennials and startups. In her coaching and keynote talks, she has found she gets the biggest response from leaders in mature companies, who are seeking new ways to handle changes affecting their industries. And for them, she has one message, “Feed hope and people will follow.” Kyle Crocco is the Content Marketing Coordinator for BigSpeak, an appreciator of microbrews in Santa Barbara, and writes a column on Medium and Born2Invest....

...process, use the same formula as in Point #1 above. When an employee does something great, let them know, specifically and immediately. Share the win with others. For example, “Terrific email this morning, I loved how you summed up the meeting for everyone. I’m going to let the Big Boss know how helpful it was. ” 5. Feed a feedback culture. Make it clear that it’s always okay for your team members to ask for feedback. Model the appropriate way to ask without seeming like an approval-seeking suck-up. That is, “Hey, let me know what you thought about how I...

...require more water just to get the same amount of irrigation to crops. Rain patterns are also changing: The interval between rainfalls has been growing as has the intensity when it does fall. The longer intervals without rain have led to a hardening of surface soil. When the rains do come, much of it runs to sewers and rivers, or sits on the surface before evaporating, but either way it is lost because the rainwater can’t permeate the ground. Tainted Water. Pollution is also reducing the amount of available water. Growing food for so many people and feed for so...

...develop their leadership and their talent pool of future leaders, and enter into external vendor relationships and strategic alliances. In other words, it impacts every aspect of how a business is run. But if you don’t have the intelligence about the demographic shift and can’t articulate how the unique qualities of say, the Hispanic culture, impacts business, it will be very difficult to get buy-in to the opportunity. This is why so many companies continue to try – and inevitably fail to authentically engage and sustain a two-way dialogue with their employees and consumers/clients to feed the right kind of...

...process, use the same formula as in Point #1 above. When an employee does something great, let them know, specifically and immediately. Share the win with others. For example, “Terrific email this morning, I loved how you summed up the meeting for everyone. I’m going to let the Big Boss know how helpful it was. ” 5. Feed a feedback culture. Make it clear that it’s always okay for your team members to ask for feedback. Model the appropriate way to ask without seeming like an approval-seeking suck-up. That is, “Hey, let me know what you thought about how I...

...the doctor becomes to provide comfort and compassion—not to diagnose disease or to prescribe medications. In other words, computers will be also taking over some of the jobs of our doctors, and we won’t need as many human doctors as we have today. It will be like the future that Autodesk CEO Carl Bass once described to me: “The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.” Summers is wrong, however, in...

...impacts business, it will be very difficult to get buy-in to the opportunity. This is why so many companies continue to try – and inevitably fail to authentically engage and sustain a two-way dialogue with their employees and consumers/clients to feed the right kind of cultural intelligence into the business model – instead lumping the demographic shift into their total market strategy. And this is why companies are so at risk of losing top diverse talent and consumers/clients, especially to emerging small businesses and mid-market companies owned by Hispanics, Asians, African-Americans and other groups that have the innate cultural know-how...

...Pregnant attendees were paired with other women who were expecting. There were numerous test runs of the live video itself, which, to the planners’ delight, actually worked half the time. (It would only be a one-way feed, saving costs and eliminating the cruel potential of Adi Etot residents having to glimpse a sea of untouched water glasses.) By any measure, the stunt worked. Charity: Water had raised nearly $3.2 million by night’s end. The figure is not record breaking for the sector. But at a time when galas are often loss leaders, the evening was remarkable: It posted an 8-to-1...

...collective insights into every industry, they serve as guideposts for women from every walk of life, but their knowledge isn’t reserved only for other women; it can serve to educate and inspire any type of audience, from entrepreneurs to healthcare workers.   Julie Zhuo is a top woman keynote speaker, management expert, and the former VP of Product Design for Facebook. A thought leader who led the development of some of Facebook’s most popular features, including the news feed and “like” button, she has been featured in the New York Times and Fast Company .   Our top booked woman...