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President Clinton visits Haiti to mark the one-year anniversary of the earthquake - his 13th trip since the quake. View photos from the first day of his trip. Since the January 2010 earthquake, the Clinton Foundation has been turning the donations of money and supplies made by individuals and organizations into direct assistance for the people and government of Haiti. More than 100,000 individuals donated more than $16.4 million to the Clinton Foundation Haiti Fund. In total, the Foundation has allocated $11.5 million of the Haiti Fund to relief and recovery efforts, and facilitated the delivery of and an additional $16 million dollars worth of goods donated by other organizations — making the combined value of assistance to Haiti approximately $27.5 million. Read more... |
HWA announces our exclusive representation of Lawrence H. Summers. As Director of the White House National Economic Council and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, Larry Summers emerged as a key economic decision-maker in the Obama administration. The Economist magazine referred to the “Summers Doctrine” of massive active response to economic downturn combined with respect for markets in the basic allocation of resources as defining the recent approach to economic policy. Read full HWA announcement. |
Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne Cheney appeared together at the Bakersfield Business Conference, and the Bakersfield Californian reported that nearly "10,000 people crowded into the Bakersfield Business Conference's main tent" to see them. The group sent this fabulous feedback: "It is not surprising that you are favorites of our audience considering the leadership you have provided for our country for so many years and the example you set as a couple of commitment and devotion to each other…Thank you for gracing our stage and sharing your wisdom and insight with a grateful audience…" |
On January 9th, former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan toured a polling station in a school in the Sudan's southern regional capital Juba, with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. South Sudanese turned out in jubilant droves to vote on the first day of a weeklong referendum, expected to lead to the partition of Africa’s largest nation and the creation of the world’s newest state. “It is important that the energy and enthusiasm lead to solid results that are accepted by everybody.” He added, “I believe this is democracy at its most basic where people are choosing their future and by whom they wish to be governed.” Read more... |
Dr. Sheena Iyengar captured an audience of over 500 meetings industry professionals on January 10th at the PCMA Convening Leaders conference in Las Vegas. One of our HWA colleagues attended the presentation and told us she was fabulous! Her delivery is nuanced and exciting with compelling graphics and in-depth information. On the topic of leadership, Sheena spoke about how people choose to be leaders and the role of choice in leading. Read a blog from one of the attendees on Sheena's presentation...
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Steven Levitt "was a gem for our audience. He’s charismatic, perceptive, humorous, down-to-earth, and very smart. He was mobbed after his talk and was exceptionally gracious…We highly recommend him to any group. His topics are relevant, easily relatable (I would describe them as the human interest side of economics), and insightful. A perennial favorite for us!" The highest compliment a speaker can receive, Arch Venture Partners
invited Levitt back a second time to speak about issues related to technology and innovation. Levitt spoke to around 75 financial investors and entrepreneurs and signed copies of SuperFreakonomics.
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Wikipedia marks its 10 year anniversary on January 15th! Wikipedia Founder and one of TIME Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People,” Jimmy Wales said, "It's hard to imagine that it's been ten years since I first edited Wikipedia. I remember that first day. I clicked on 'Edit' and I wrote 'Hello World', and that was the beginning of Wikipedia and all the things that have come since then." Read more... In his speeches, Wales presents how open-source, open-content technology is changing the face of the internet and how businesses must adapt in the face of this rapidly evolving technology in order to compete and innovate. |
Karl Rove receives rave reviews after a recent presentation for The Virginia Chamber of Commerce: "I want to thank you for all your efforts to coordinate Mr. Rove's participation in our Economic Summit. He was marvelous and our audience was thrilled with his presentation! It was truly the highlight of the event and we've received many positive comments." Mr. Rove addressed 400 members of Virginia’s business community, discussing the repercussions of the 2010 national midterm elections and what our leaders in Washington need to do to create prosperity in America. |
John Kao spoke at the IBM Industry Summit recently on the topic of "Getting Innovation Done." Read a blog about his speech where the author notes, "If you've never had the opportunity to see John Kao speak in the flesh, then you've probably never heard a greater champion of innovation."John has made a career out of helping organizations go from “getting” the importance of innovation to “getting innovation done.” Dubbed “Mr. Creativity” by The Economist, John is Chairman of the Institute for Large Scale Innovation, whose i20 group is an association of 30 national ‘Chief Innovation Officers.’ He is considered a leading authority on the subjects of innovation, organizational transformation, and new media. |
"We could not have had a better speaker..." Steve Forbes participated in a panel discussion at the Surrey Regional Economic Summit before 1,000 business leaders and we received rave reviews: "His experience, sense of humor and easy going manner made him an instant hit with our audience. He was gracious in every regard. In addition, his vast knowledge of the subject matter was evident from every comment he made to the audience and our local media." |
Roland Fryer - one of the collaborators of the bestselling book Freakonomics, and "One of the Top Young Economists in the World," according to the Economist Magazine - was recently named one of FORTUNE Magazine's "40 under 40 Most Influential People in Business." He also recently addressed an engaged group of Directors of Admission and Heads of School at private, secondary, and elementary schools in the U.S. and Canada as part of the Secondary School Admission Test Annual Meeting: "Mr. Fryer was fantastic! He is a brilliant speaker with a palpable passion for education. I do believe that everyone who attended his session felt very much the same way." |
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater ended its annual season at City Center with a tribute to dancer, choreographer and the company's outgoing Artistic Director Judith Jamison. Ms. Jamison, who will leave the post in June, spoke to the audience after the three-hour program. View the New York Times PHOTO GALLERY and read an article about the event. Additionally Ms. Jamison was the main honoree at a White House ceremony honoring dance and ballet hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama. The New York Times called her "so juicily enjoyable an orator that the first lady’s team could...hire her as a speechwriter." Read more... " |
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