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E-Newsletter > Speakers News: August 2008

Speaker news: August 2008

IN THIS ISSUE:
Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey, Tod Maffin on workplace mental health, Trendhunter surpasses five million monthly views, Bruce Mau at the DNC, Bill Strickland named speaker of the year.

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Revolutionizing Basketball -- and Business

Houston Rockets GM fuses MBA smarts with NBA talent

Though he's often compared to his friend Billy Beane, of Moneyball fame, Daryl Morey, the NBA's youngest GM, at the age of 35, has found his own unique path to success. In upbeat and insightful keynotes, Morey, a computer science major and business school grad, shares the secrets to his team's much-studied victories, on the hardwood, and off. With anecdotes from key situations and games, and truly fascinating statistical models (not an oxymoron), Morey shares lessons on teamwork and asset management, showing you how to outsmart the competition on limited resources.

Daryl Morey Speaker Bio

SPEAKER OF THE YEAR

Leading the Business of Social Change, Winning One of 2008's Top Speaking Honours

The remarkable social change agent joins past winners Lou Holtz and Deepak Chopra

For having "a positive global impact through his speaking," Bill Strickland was awarded The 2008 Master of Influence Award this month by the National Speakers Association. It's one of the speaking industry's highest honors. Over the last thirty years, Strickland -- who is routinely called one of the most moving and hopeful speakers in the world today -- has helped raised thousands of people out of poverty and into full time employment through his job training centers and arts institutions. A recent testimonial: "Two hours after his talk, he was still signing copies of his book. Simply stated, he was the best speaker we have ever had at any Allscripts event."

Bill Strickland Speaker Bio

GREEN IDEAS

A Massive Change at the Democratic National Convention

One of the world's foremost designers talks sustainability -- and solutions -- at the DNC in Denver

This week, Bruce Mau participated in The Green Constitutional Congress: A Symposium of the Future of Environmental Action, held during the Democratic National Convention. The preeminent expert on the use of design thinking to address global challenges, Mau moderated the public symposium which brought together national leaders who are working to ensure our environmental and energy future. In other news, Mau's latest multi-year project, In Good We Trust, examines the conflict between the fundamentally positive and generous spirit inherent in the American character and the controversial perception the world has of America today.

Bruce Mau Speaker Bio

WORKLIFE BALANCE

Taking Crazy Back: A New Roadmap for Mental Health at Work

With workplace depression rates soaring, Tod Maffin offers radical new solutions for improving the mental health of employees

Tod Maffin was once the founder of a multi-million dollar tech firm, until the workload caught up with him. He was crippled by depression -- all the while struggling to appear productive to colleagues, and happy and healthy to friends and family. In this provocative talk, Maffin reveals how the always-connected landscape of the modern workplace has seduced all of us into endless multitasking and infinite email, and how this increasing workload is far from the best thing for "productivity." This hyper-connected economy, in fact, is eroding the mental health of your company's most valuable asset -- its people. Maffin outlines his own bold strategy for bringing mental health discussion out of the shadows in a way that will challenge your attendees and spark serious discussion.

Tod Maffin Speaker Bio

WEB MILESTONE

Five Million Visitors Make Trendhunter.com the Largest Trend Site in the World

Jeremy Gutsche, the site's founder, ascends to the top rank of tastemakers and trendspotters

According to MTV, Trendhunter.com is the place to "find out what's cool before it's cool." This month, the popular site, founded by Jeremy Gutsche, passed a Web milestone. From Jeremy: "Trend Hunter just skyrocketed past 5 million monthly views, driven by the stellar content of our trend community. This makes Trend Hunter the world's largest trend site by a decent margin." A phenomenal speaker who, in a short time has become one of North America's most requested keynotes, Jeremy writes, "It doesn't seem that long ago that I was in the Lavin office delivering an early version of Unlocking Cool [his ace presentation]."

Jeremy Gutsche Speaker Bio

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