Speeches & Rants

I was able to sleep diagonallly in a king-size bed on someone else's dime at swaggerific digs such as:

Banff Springs
Chateau Lake Louise
Jasper Park Lodge
Kananaskis Lodge
Westin Winnipeg
Ritz-Carlton Istantul
Royal York Toronto
Pacific Palisades, Vancouver
Orlando World Center Marriott

The last keynote speech I made was about The Joy of Not Working at the 2017 NCDA Global Career Development Conference in Orlando, FL

Here the speeches I made over the years:

May 1990 Home-base Business Conference Red Deer, AB
1990 Company's Coming Cookbooks Edmonton, AB
1990 Capital City Savings and Credit Union Edmonton, AB
1990 Government Finance Officers of B.C. North Vancouver, B.C. Pacific Palisades Hotel)
1990 Personnel Association of Edmonton Edmonton, AB
Sept. 1990 Marketing Association of London London, ON
Sept. 1990 Pirelli Cables Ltd. Toronto, ON
Sept. 1990 Eagle Utility Sales Toronto, ON
Oct. 1990 Coop Stores of Southern Alberta Kananaskis Country, AB - Rafter 6 Ranch
Oct. 1990 Newport Marketing New Westminister, BC
Oct. 1990 Junior Achievement of Northern Alberta Lake Louise, AB - Chateau Lake Louise Hotel
Oct. 1990 University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB
Oct. 1990 Federal Business Development Bank Yorkton, SK
Oct. 1990 Insurance Women of Edmonton Edmonton, AB
Jun. 14 1991 Can Assn of Insurance Women Edmonton, AB - Plaza Hotel
Sep. 14 1991 Bolton Tremblay Financial Group Banff, AB - Banff Springs Hotel
Sep. 18 1991 Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Red Deer, AB
Sep. 26 1991 Saskatchewan Public Service Commission Regina, SK
July. 25 1991 Canadian Food Services Executives Assn Edmonton, AB
Oct. 3 1991 Searle Canada Inc Jasper Park Lodge
Feb. 20 1992 Calgary City Teachers Convention Calgary, AB
Mar. 6 1992 Greater Edmonton Teacher's Convention Assn. Edmonton Convention Cen.
Mar. 26 1992 Southern Alberta Institute Of Technology Calgary, AB
Mar. 4 1993 Canadian Institute of Actuaries Banff, AB - Banff Springs Hotel
Apr. 29 1993 BC Parks & Recreation Assn. Vancouver B.C.
Apr. 30 1993 City of Prince George Prince George, BC
May. 19 1993 Assn. of School Transportation Supervisors Vancouver B.C.
Jun. 10 1993 Certified General Accountants of BC Vancouver B.C.
Sep. 16 1993 Can Assn for Productivity & Inventory Control Vancouver B.C.
Sep. 7 1993 Canadian Cent. For Management Development Richmond, B.C.
Oct. 26 1993 Peace River & Dist. Further Education Council Peace River, AB
May. 9 1994 BC Hydro Vernon, B.C.
May. 10 1994 Procor Sulfur Services Calgary, AB - Hospitality Inn,
May. 18 1994 Festival Place, Sherwood Park – Opening - Keynote Sherwood Park, AB
Jun. 9 1994 Quaaout Lodge, Little Shuswap Lake. BC
Jun. 18 1994 Canadian Industrial Innovation Centre Toronto, ON - Stayed at the Park Plaza Hotel
Feb. 16 1994 East Kootenay Community College Cranbrook, BC
Nov. 16 1994 Federal Business Development Bank Prince George, BC
Feb. 10 1995 Canada Centre for Management Development Calgary, AB
Apr. 1 1995 Marpole Community League, Vancouver Vancouver B.C.
Apr. 7 1995 Osgoode High School, Ottawa, ON
May. 8 1995 12th Annual Alberta Services for Students Conference Lac la Biche, AB - Alberta Voc. School
May. 28 1995 Canadian Home Care Association Edmonton Convention Cen.
Nov. 17 1995 Forrest Lawn High School, Calgary, AB
Nov. 24 1995 RANS (Restaurant Assn of Nova Scotia) Annual Conference Halifax, NS
Feb. 11 1996 International Winter Cities Conference Winnipeg, MB
Feb. 13 1996 Galleria London London, ON
Apr. 24 1996 Alberta Association of Rehabilitation Centres - Edmonton - Renaissance Edmonton
Oct. 3 1996 North American Simulation and Gaming Association Ottawa, ON - Delta Ottawa
Jun. 6 1996 International Association of Business Communicators Edmonton, AB
Jan. 1997 CDI College Edmonton, AB
Aug. 21 1997 Medicine Hat College, Business & Continuing Studies Medicine Hat, AB
Oct. 21 1997 CDI College Edmonton, AB
Dec. 16 1997 Grande Prairie Regional College, Grande Prairie, AB
Jan. 6 1998 CDI College Edmonton, AB
Feb. 20 1998 Human Resources Professionals of Ontario Annual Conference Toronto, ON - Sheraton Centre
Mar. 4 1998 Alberta Family and Social Services - Presentation #1 Edmonton, AB
Mar. 5 1998 Alberta Family and Social Services - Presentation #2 Edmonton, AB
Aug. 5 1998 Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration, Banff, AB - Banff Centre
Nov. 4 1998 Eight District Academy of Osteopathic Medicine & Surgery Akron, OH, USA
Sep. 28 2000 Alberta Justice - Court Services - Banff, AB - Banff Centre
Jun. 23 2004 Minerva Seniors Institute, Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, AB
Nov. 26 2008 Turkish National Congress on Quality - Annual Convention Istanbul, Turkey Ritz Carlton
Oct. 15 2011 Successful Studio Strategies Langley, BC
Nov. 29 2011 City of Calgary Parks, Centre Division Calgary, AB
Mar. 6 2012 Successful Studio Strategies Langley, BC
Apr. 25 2012 DWM Securities Inc. Saskatoon, SK
Oct. 11 2013 Cardinal Capital Management Calgary, AB
Apr. 10 2017 Quantis Wealth Management Washington, D.C., USA
Apr. 18 2017 City of St. Albert (Library) St. Albert, AB
Apr. 25 2017 New York Police Union - Meeting in Queens New York, NY, USA
Jun. 28 2017 National Career Development Association Orlando, FL, USA - Sheraton Orlando

The best speaking gig I was ever hired for was in Constantinople, a place I read about when I was a kid. No other speaking gig came close to this one. Perhaps there is something to the old Eastern Proverb: "A true prophet is more often than not a stranger in his own land."

I received the email below in April 2008 that led to my speaking about The Joy of Not Working at the KalDer (Turkish National Congress Organization ) to around 1,200 business people, academics, students, and member of the media in Istanbul on November 25th of that year.

Although I was reluctant to go at first, this turned out to be the trip of my life. I was treated like royalty for 3 days. What a pleasant surprise! No one in North America ever treated me this well.

Below are two pages from the Kalder Convention Program

TEXT HERE

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