ACADEMIC PAPERS & SPEECHES AT CONFERENCES & PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
Barefoot Management: Countering the Roiling Economic Devastation Around the Globe. (Keynote Address). International Academy of Management & Business. New Orleans, Louisiana. January 29, 2009.
Using Business Models to Fight Poverty. International Academy of Management & Business. New Orleans, Louisiana. January 28-30, 2009
Microfinance and Entrepreneurship Innovations: Business Survival in Times of Warfare and Civil Conflicts. United States Association of Small Business & Entrepreneurship Conference (USASEB). Anaheim, California. January 8-11, 2009.
American Microfinance as a Counter to 2008's U.S. Economic Disintegration. Community Audience. Dixon Middle School, Provo, Utah. December 12, 2008.
Entrepreneurship's Three Stages: From Utah's Past Entrepreneurial Pioneers, to Today's Business Entrepreneurs, to Tomorrow's Social Entrepreneurs. Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum. Lindon, Utah, December 11, 2008.
Latin American Indigenous Microfinance. Campus LSA Student Majors. Ezra Taft Benson Bldg., BYU. Provo, Utah. December 4, 2008.
Comparing Apples and Oranges: Different Microfinance Strategies in Kenya. Academy of Business Disciplines. Fort Myers, Florida. November 8, 2008.
Managing NGO Life Cycles: The Next Steps. 11th Annual Economic Self-Reliance Conference. Harmon Bldg., BYU. Provo, Utah. November 6, 2008.
The Potential for Having Global Social Impacts. Kick-Off Speech: BYU Social Innovation Summit. Marriott School, BYU. Provo, Utah. November 6, 2008.
Countering Marginalization: Strengthening Rural Village Families Through Core Capacity-Building Methods. Association for Third World Studies Conference. Millersville University, Pennsylvania. October 28, 2008.
Participatory Action Research: Praxis in Doing Global OD. Organizational Development Network conference. Austin, Texas. October 2008 (with Pete Sorenson).
Strategies for Scaling and/or Acceleration of NGOs in Peru. Association for Small Business & Entrepreneurship Conference (ASBE). Albuquerque, New Mexico. October 9, 2008.
Bridging the Gap: High, Low & Appropriate Technologies in Development. (Keynote). Technology & Education in Development (TEDC) Conference. Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. August 2008.
Never, Ever Give Up on Disabled Children. Speech to MDs, nursing staff, religious leaders, NGO volunteers, and parents of handicapped African children. Evangelical Church - Lugazi, Uganda. August 2008.
Consecration & Stewardship. LDS audience of mostly recent converts. Mengo, Uganda. August 2008.
Learnings from Africa: Contradictions within Third World Development. Panelist at meeting of African government, education, and development officials. Jinja, Uganda. August 2008.
Community Spirit for a Modern World. Village Elders & members. Chiverano Community, Mozambique. July 2008.
Democracy and Economic Development. Communal leaders of the Family Preservation Project. Mbatwe Village, Mozambique. July 2008 (with Joao Bueno).
Sacrifice for Building a New Zion. LDS Church district leaders welfare training event. Beira, Mozambique. July 2008.
Positive Deviance: Facilitating Social Entrepreneurs. (Keynote). Global Awareness Society conference San Francisco, California. May 23, 2008.
Social Entrepreneurs as Global Change Agents. School for International Studies, University of the Pacific. Stockton, California. April 17, 2008.
Reaching Out/Changing the World. Community activists seeking to solve global problems. Elk Grove, California. April 16, 2008.
Financial Services for the so-called 'Unbankable' among the Global Poor. Speech to 200-plus finance students. BYU. Provo, Utah. April 15, 2008.
Why We Do this Labor of Love among the 'Poorest of the Poor.’ Workshop for board & staff of global NGOs from the Philippines, Mexico, Guatemala,
El Salvador, Peru, etc. Salt Lake City, Utah. April 8, 2008.
Meet the Mormons: Private, Personal LDS Humanitarian Initiatives. The International Society. Hinckley Alumni & Visitor Center, BYU. Provo, Utah. April 7, 2008.
Children & Mothers' Health Solutions: Using Microcredit to Train Clients in Improved Health & the Financing of Medical Care. World health officials, NGOs, & local practitioners. Pan American Health Organization, BYU, & World Health Organization of the UN. Utah Conference. April 4, 2008.
Pedagogy of Social Entrepreneurship Skoll World Forum. Said Business School. Oxford University. Oxford…Teaching Soc. Entrep…Oxford, UK. March 27, 2009.
LDS event…Hyde Park Chapel, London, UK. March 27, 2008.
University Applications: Social Business in the Academic Field & Context. Colorado business, government, education, and non-profit organizations. Denver, Colorado. March 14, 2008.
Transforming the Meanness of Capitalism into Humane Social Business. Colorado business, government, education, and non-profit organizations. Denver, Colorado. March 13, 2008.
Covenant Communities: Zion-Building Through United Order Applications Today. Audience of 250 Latter-day Saints from throughout the Mountain West. Provo, Utah. February 22, 2008.
Corporate Social Responsibility & Philanthropy. University of Utah Law School Forum on Global Philanthropy. Salt Lake City, Utah. February 1, 2008.
On Martin Luther King, Jr, - The Three Great Evils: Racism, War, and Injustice Against Workers. Celebration of Rev. King's life and ministry. BYU, Provo. January 21, 2008.
A Hand-up, Not a Hand-out. International Studies student gathering. BYU. Provo, Utah. January 18, 2008.
College/University Partnerships with Microcredit Funders: A Social Entrepreneurial Approach for Fighting Poverty. United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE). San Antonio, Texas. January 12-13, 2008 (with Mark Pomerantz, et al.).
Business Models for Bettering U.S. Society. Marriott School meeting of students. BYU. Provo, Utah. January 11, 2008.
Designing a Zion Society Among the Paraguayan LDS Poor: Microfinance Design and Implementation Strategies. Workshop for Church Welfare & Employment Managers. Asuncion, Paraguay. December 6, 2007.
Building Self-Sufficient Schools Through Microfranchise Educational Tools (Keynote). Teach-A-Man-A-Fish Global Conference. Escuela Agricola del San Francisco, Ceritos, Paraguay. December 4, 2007.
Strategies for Transforming the Lives of Impoverished Latin American Families. Marriott School Management Society. Buenos Aires, Argentina. December 1, 2007.
Wild-eyed, Crazy Wackos: A Wide-Open Session on the Good, Bad, and Ugly of NGO Start-Ups. 10th Annual Economic Self-Reliance Conference. BYU. Provo, Utah. November 8, 2007.
Working for a Sustainable Future: Microfinance in Developed Countries. National MBA Net Impact Conference. Nashville, Tennessee. November 1, 2007.
How to Become Change Agents. Walden Charter School. Provo, Utah. October 3, 2007.
Modern Mormon Communalism. John Whitmer Historical Association. Kirtland, Ohio, September 29, 2007.
Modes of Community: The LDS Communal System (Keynote speech at the pulpit of the historic Kirtland Temple). Communal Studies Association. Kirtland, Ohio, September 28, 2007.
Action Research as a Longitudinal Approach to Poverty Eradication, Economic Development, & Human Development. Action Research Conference. Trondheim, Norway. September 22, 2007 (with Peter Sorenson).
Prosocial Young People: Vanguards in the Microenterprise Revolution. International Youth Microenterprise Conference. Washington, DC. September 10-11, 2007.
Fighting Poverty, One Volunteer at a Time. Young Social Entrepreneurs event. Provo, Utah. September 7, 2007.
Entrepreneurship, NGOs, & Self-Sufficiency First Annual Self-Sufficiency Conference (Keynote). Sorocaba, Brazil. August 18, 2007.
Empreendedorismo do Grupo: O Movimento dos Cooperativos do Trabalhador" (Group Entrepreneurship: The Movement of Worker-Owned Cooperatives). FACENs Workshop. Engineering Faculty, Brazil. August 17, 2007.
Strengthening the Global Kingdom. Marriott School Management Society Chapter of Sao Paulo, Brazil. August 16, 2007.
Innovation in the Third Sector: Sustainability & Social Impact. University of Michigan-Sao Paulo University Civil Society Conference. Sao Paulo, Brazil. August 15, 2007.
Mormons in Dialogue with Christian Theologies Mormon Intellectuals and Scholars Symposium.
Salt Lake City, Utah. August 11, 2007
A Mormonism of Civic Engagement. Panelist at Mormons for Equality & Social Justice event. Salt Lake City, Utah. August 9, 2007.
Empowering Students to Change the World: Learning & Doing by Teaching Microfinance. Professional Development Workshop. Academy of Management. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. August 6, 2007.
Alleviating Poverty through Business Strategy. Academy of Management Workshop Panelist. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. August 5, 2007.
The Need for Management Theory in Microfinance: Performing Academic Research in Microfinance. Academy of Management Symposium. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 4, 2007 (with Lisa Jones Christensen, Josh Ault).
The Struggle Against Oppressive Poverty Shall End: Continue the Cause! Speech at Yehu Bank microfinance meeting. Mombasa, Kenya, July 19, 2007.
LDS Innovations in the Mormon War on Poverty. New York LDS Professionals Association.
New York, June 28, 2007.
Social Responsibility Through Corporate & Business School Partnerships. Baruch College Global Business Conference (Keynote). New York, June 27, 2007.
Microfinance & the UN Millennium Goals. Columbia University: Earth Institute Fellows Roundtable. New York, June 27, 2007.
Organizational Change Models for NGOs. Third World Network Managers and Staff. Accra, Ghana, June 13, 2007.
Pioneering Paradigms: Early Utah History of Struggles to Survive & Your Pioneer Struggles in Mozambique Today: Success is Coming! Mangassa Village Elders/Leaders/Care for Life Trainers. Beira, Mozambique. June 6, 2007.
Social Change Through Civil Society Engagement Dyer Institute for Organizational Change Conference, Zermatt, Utah. April 5, 2007.
Entrepreneurial Women: Seize the Day! Women of the Mountains Conference, Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah. March 9, 2007.
Building a Movement of Global Change Agents: A Compact for Civil Society. National Campus Compact Conference, Austin, Texas. February 17, 2007.
A Rising Innovation: Microentrepreneurial Support Organizations (MESOs). USA Small Business Entrepreneurship Conference, Orlando, Florida, January 13, 2007.
Business Models for Alleviating Poverty in Times of War: Microentrepreneurship Strategies for Survival. Paper for the Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ASBE), Corpus Christi, TX, November 2006.
College Students in the Microcredit War on Poverty. Microcredit Academics and Practitioners, Halifax, Canada, November 15, 2006 (with John Hatch of FINCA).
BYU's Institutional Action Plan for Expanding Microcredit Globally. Microcredit Summit, Halifax, Canada, November 14, 2006 (with Todd Manwaring).
Creating High Ethics Corporations. Speech at Thunderbird International School of Management, Phoenix, Arizona, November 9, 2006.
Deep Change: Business Schools as Incubators for Social Entrepreneurship. U.N./Academy of Management/Weatherhead School of Management-- Business as an Agent for World Benefit Global Forum (BAWB), Case Western University, Cleveland, Ohio, October 24, 2006.
OD as Social Entrepreneurship: Interventions for Building Socio-Economic Justice. Organizational Development Network (ODN), San Francisco Conference, October 21, 2006 (with Peter Sorenson).
Challenges Facing Impoverished Families When Disaster Strikes: Opportunities for Microfinance. Paper read at the International Academy of Business and Economics (IABE), Las Vegas, NV, October 2006.
Positive Deviance: How Social Entrepreneurs Are Building Civil Society. Faculty and students, Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah, September 2006.
Understanding Different Assumptions About Power and Equity: Interdisciplinary Frameworks. Academy of Management, Atlanta, Georgia, August 14, 2006.
The New Wave of Social Entrepreneurship. Academy of Management, Atlanta, Georgia, August 12, 2006 (with Shad Morris, Shon Hiatt, Lisa Jones).
Policies for Well-Being of Third World Families. World Policy Forum: International Attorneys and Government Ministers form around the world, J. Reuben Clark School of Law, July 12, 2006.
Russian Economic Conversion: From Cold War to Peace. Workshop for Russian government officials training, sponsored by USAID, July 7, 2006.
Microcredit at the Tipping Point. Seminar for Utah Valley Entrepreneurs, Orem, Utah. June 29, 2006.
Emergent OD: Scaling Up Microfinance. Research report to Department of Organizational Leadership and Strategy Faculty Seminar, Marriott School, April 14, 2006.
Microfinance Innovations Combined with Healthcare. Ninth Annual Economic Self-Reliance Conference, BYU, March 9, 2006.
How MBAs Can Solve Global Problems. Kick-off Speech to BYU’s Net Impact Club. Marriott School, February 16, 2006.
United Nations Debriefing Session for the 2005 International Year of Microcredit. U.N. Headquarters, New York, January 13, 2006.
Small Fortunes. PBS-BYU documentary film we developed in 2005 continued to be shown across the U.S. on television stations, at universities where I was invited to speak, and across the world through the internet. It resulted in hundreds of inquiries to me and others seeking more information, asking guidance in creating Action Groups, etc. 2006.
Microcredit Impacts: Economic Self-Reliance Interventions. Presentation to CESR Annual Research Forum, Marriott School, BYU, Provo, December 2, 2005.
Empowering the Poor Through Microcredit Methodologies. Presented to PBS premier showing of KBYU, documentary film, November 15, 2005.
Liderazgo Catalizador Para el Siglo 21 (Catalytic Leadership for the 21
st Century). Presentation to Management Society, Panama City, Panama, October 13, 2006.
Microenterprise and Microcredit as Tools for Incubating Change. Presentation to government leaders, policymakers, and corporate executives, City of Knowledge, Panama, October 12, 2005.
Social Performance and Economic Dimensions of Microfinance NGOS. Presentation to the Academey of Management, Honolulu, Hawaii. August 9, 2005.
Varieties of Social Entrepreneurship in Business Schools. Presented to BYU-Hawaii faculty and students, Laie, Hawaii, August 8, 2005.
Building Civil Society Through Sustainable Economic Development. Presentation at the University of Bangkok,
Thailand, August 3, 2005.
Establishing Worker-Owned Cooperatives: Pioneers for Re-Building Khao Lak Villages. Speech at the inauguration of the Village Women/Pearl Jewelry-Makers, Khao Lak, Thailand, July 24, 2005.
Microenterprise Impacts: Stories of Success and Growth. Presentation to National BYU Alumni, Marriott School, BYU, June 2005.
Empowering the Poor Who Struggle and Suffer. Utah Valley Community, April 2005.
The Call to Action: Becoming Social Entrepreneurs in Central America. Presentation to Community Volunteers/Global Change Agents, Provo, UT, April 19, 2005.
Transforming the Third World. Presentation to the Boston Community. Cambridge, MA, March 2005.
Creating Effective Social Enterprises. Presentation at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA March 2005.
Launching the Joseph Smith Rescue Brigade. Presentation at Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, March 2005.
Bottom-Up Economic Self-Reliance Interventions/Action Research from the Grassroots. Presentation at the 8
th Annual Self-Reliance Conference, BYU, Provo, UT, March 10, 2005.
The 7 Habits of Highly Ineffective ESR. Presentation at the 8
th Annual ESR Conference, BYU, March 10, 2005.
The Four Quartets of Serving the Poor. Keynote address to Social Innovator of the Year Banquet, BYU, Provo, UT, March 10, 2005.
Strengthening Third World Families Through Self Reliance. Presentation at Family Outreach Conference (two presentations), Provo, UT, March 10-11, 2005.
Spectrum of Development. Panelist at the 8
th Annual ESR Conference, BYU, Provo, March 11, 2005.
Nonformal Education Tools to Build Global Social and Economic Justice. Presentation at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, March 24, 2005.
Liberation Theology and Mormonism. Presentation at Utah Valley State College Academic Conference: Mormonism and Social Justice, Orem, UT, March 4, 2005.
Global Transformation From the Bottom Up: Citizen Initiatives to Build Civil Society. Presentation at Community Women’s Association, Phoenix, AZ, January 18, 2005.
The Future of Microfinance: New Innovations. Presentation to Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, January 14, 2005.
Economic Self-Reliance: Research on Microcredit Impacts. Presentation to BYU Center for Economic Self-Reliance Advisory Board, Marriott School, November, 2004.
Global Policy Toward Corruption: Angola’s Mislaid Billions. Presentation in faculty debate with professors from Columbia Business School, Harvard and Rutgers to National Conference with MBAs from all over the nation, New York City, NY, November 2004.
Microfinance: Which Strategies Work? Presentation at Net Impact Conference, Columbia University, NYC, November, 2004.
Business Leaders Building a Better World, Chair and Panelist at Net Impact Conference, Columbia University, NYC, November 2004.
Traditional or Transformational Leadership? Presented at Utah Valley State College, Annual Leadership Conference, UVSC, Orem, Utah, October 2004.
Tribal Entrepreneurship: Microfinance for Indian Self-Reliance. Presentation at the International Academy for Management and Business Conference (IAMB), Las Vegas, Nevada, October 2004.
Knowledge as the Path to Socio-Economic Justice. Presentation at 12
th World Congress of Comparative Education, Havana, Cuba, October 2004.
Guatemala : A Case Study on Evaluating the Impacts of Microfinance on Poverty. Presentation to International Statistics Association, Amann, Jordan, October 2004.
50,000 Malnourished Children: How Can We Help? Presentation to Theology and Intellectuals Symposium, Salt Lake City, UT August 2004.
Transition Tools for Growth of the Informal Economy in the New Russia. Presentation to Russian Delegation at the Open World Program/U.S. Congress, May 2004.
The Many Faces of Globalization. Presentation to the World Trade Association, Salt Lake City, UT, May 2004.
Alleviating Poverty Through Microfinance: Village Banking Outcomes in Central America. Presentation at Western Social Science Association, Salt Lake City, UT, April 2004.
Constructing Civil Society: The Architecture of Social Entrepreneurship to Empower the Poor. Presentation at the 7
th Annual MicroEnterprise Conference, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, March 2004.
Mobilizing Business Schools to Accelerate Global Microcredit. Presentation to Darden School Faculty and Students, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, March 2004.
How Microentrepreneurship Strengthens Families in the Developing World. Presentation to world-wide scholars participating in the Families and Poverty Research Conference, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, March 2004.
Achieving Self Reliance Through Grassroots Microlending. Presentation to Society for the Advancement of Management Conference, Baltimore, MD, March 2004.
Building an Academic Network for Expanding Social Entrepreneurship. Presentation to Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford University, Oxford, UK, March 2004.
The Power of One: Making a Difference in the World. Presentation as keynote speaker, Eagle Condor Foundation Inaugural Dinner, Salt Lake City, UT, February 2004.
Universities as Incubators of Social Action. Presentation to World Social Forum, Mumbai, India, January 2004.
Doing Good and Doing Well: Ethics and Business Values for a Better World. Presentation to MBA students and faculty, University of Bombay, Mumbai, India, January 2004.
Socio-Economic Results of Microfinance in Mexico and Ecuador. Presentation to the Center for Economic Self-Reliance, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, January 2004.
Microcredit and Environmental Sustainability: The Ethics of Corporate Social Responsibility. Presentation at Greening of Industry Network, San Francisco, California, October 15, 2003.
Applying Third World Village Banking Methodologies to U.S. Urban Settings. Presentation to Latino MicroBusiness Mentors, Marriott School, June 27, 2003.
The Ethics of Sweatshops, Multinational Corporations, and American Shoppers. Presentation to BYU students, faculty and general public, Provo, Utah, November 13, 2003.
Scaling Up: A Five Year Plan for Mentores Empresariales. Presentation to staff of NGO Mentores Empresariales, Guatemala City, August 5, 2003.
Ten Million African AIDS Orphans: What Would Jesus Have Us Do? Panelist at a religious studies conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2003.
Social Responsibilities/Opportunities for Firms to Do Good. Presentation to Central American Corporate Executives, Guatemala City, July 21, 2003.
Local Development through Microfinance Tools in Central America. Presentation at International Conference of Society for the Advancement of Socio Economics, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 26-28, 2003 (with S. Hiatt).
Microentrepreneurship Impacts in East Africa. Presentation at International Council for Small Business Conference (ICSB), Belfast, Northern Ireland, June 15-18, 2003 (with S. Hiatt).
Third Sector Tools for Strengthening Civil Society. Presentation at London School of Economics, London, England, June 10, 2003.
LDS Praxis: Integrating Gospel Teachings with Social Actions. Presentation at conference on Mormon studies, Washington, D.C., May 3, 2003.
Empowering Brazil—Empowering College Students. Presentation to Utah Valley State College students and faculty, Orem, Utah, April 17, 2003.
Establishing a Global Clearinghouse for Research and Jobs in the Microfinance Industry. Roundtable discussion with officials from the Master of Public Administration,
Harvard Leadership Series, Center for International Development, and Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 10, 2003.
The Role of Rising Academics in Microenterprise. Presentation to faculty and students of various Harvard programs, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 10, 2003.
Socio Economic Results of Microfinance in Mexico and Ecuador. Presentation at Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters Conference, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, April 2003 (with S. Hiatt).
Mobilizing OD Consultants to Empower the Poor. Presentation at MOB Annual Practitioners Conference, Provo, Utah, March 27, 2003.
NGO Strategies for Organizational Development. Presentation at 6
th Annual MicroEnterprise Conference, BYU, Provo, Utah, March 11-13, 2003 (with J. Boehme and N. Smallwood).
Another Economy is Possible. Presentation at the World Social Forum, Porto Alegre, Brazil, January 24, 2003.
Making a Difference: LDS Endeavors to Build a Better World. Presentation at Management Society, Sacramento, California. December 10, 2002.
Utilizing Third World Microfinance in U.S. Inner-City Contexts. Presentation to Utah Chamber of Commerce and Utah Valley Bankers, Provo, Utah, December 5, 2002.
Mobilizing Social Action Groups to Advocate Microfinance Funding from Governments Presentation at the Microcredit Summit +5, New York, NY, November 12, 2002 (with J.Hatch, A. Counts and J. Carter).
Universities and Microcredit: Methods for Making Business Schools into Incubators to Fight Poverty. Presentation at the Microcredit Summit +5, New York, NY, November 13, 2002 (with N. Hill and G. Woller).
How LDS Families are Changing the World. Presentation to the BYU Alumni Association, Oakland California, October 25, 2002.
Using OD to Build Long-term Sustainability. Presentation at Socio-Technical Systems Workshop, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 8-10, 2002.
Building a Third World Alliance: Solidarity Between North/South Partners. Presentation at NGO Network, San Salvador, El Salvador, July 23-26, 2002.
Trickle-Up Microentrepreneurship: Microenterprise Creation in Poor Communities. Presentation at the International Council for Small Business Conference (ICSB), San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 15-16, 2002.
Teaching as Congruence: Inner Passion with Global Strategies to Change the World. Presentation at OB Teaching Conference, Orange, California, June 19-21, 2002.
Mobilizing Change Agents to Empower Have-Nots: Using OD in the Trenches. Presentation for to
(Squared) E: the other organizational event, David M. Kennedy Center, BYU, Provo, Utah, April 4-5, 2002.
Linking U.S. Based NGOs into a National Network for Lifting the Global Poor. Presentation to Action Against Poverty, Thanksgiving Point, Lehi, Utah, April 13, 2002.
Facing the Challenges of Family Poverty. Presentation at the 5
th Annual MicroEnterprise Conference,
BYU, Provo, Utah, March 15-16, 2002.
The Seven Deadly Sins of Globalization. Presentation at the World Social Forum, Porto Alegre, Brazil,
February 15-18, 2002.
Microenterprise Management Skills. Presentation at the American Society of Business and Behavioral
Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 8-10, 2002.
Building a Movement for Uplifting Poor Families. Presentation for Utah Network of NGOs, Orem, Utah,
January 16, 2002.
Is Academic Social Entrepreneurship an Oxymoron? Presentation at the National Gathering of Social Entrepreneurs, Seattle, Washington, November 28 – December 1, 2001.
Women and Microcredit. Presentation to the College of Business and Technology Research Services, Western Illinois University, Macomb,
Illinois, October 19, 2001.
Internationalizing Student Outreach and Service Learning. Workshop for campus staff, faculty and administrators. Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois, October 18, 2001.
World Trade and the Poor. Presentation to MBA students, WIU, Macomb, Illinois, October 18, 2001.
The Socio-Economics of Mormons. Paper read to the Department of Economics faculty and doctoral students, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois, October 17, 2001.
Practical Steps to Building Microcredit NGOs. Speech to the Latin American Microcredit Summit, Puebla, Mexico, October 12, 2001 (with Muhammad Yunus).
Accomplishing BYU’s Educational Institution Plan (1997-2001). Paper read at the Latin American Microcredit Summit, Puebla, Mexico, October 11, 2001.
How to Facilitate Global Change Efforts. Presentation to the New York Metropolitan Professional Association, New York City, September 22, 2001.
The Social Responsibility of Business. Presentation to the Business Department, Salt Lake Community College, September 17, 2001.
Business School Innovations to Combat Global Poverty. “Showcase” paper at the Academy of Management, Washington, D.C., August 3-7, 2001.
Microentrepreneurship as a Tool for Job Creation. Presentation to Central Santa Catarina Chamber of Commerce, Brazil, June 29, 2001.
How to Establish an Incubator for Launching New Enterprises. Workshop for Engineers and Executives, Center for Business and Technology, Criciuma, Brazil, June 29, 2001.
U.S. Models of Regional Economic Growth: The Utah Experience. Speech to Executive MBA Start-Up Class, State University of Santa Catarina, Brazil, June 28, 2001.
The Promise of Microfinance. Speech at the Inauguration of Credisol, a new bank for the poor. Tubarao, Brazil, June 26, 2001.
Income-Generating Experiences from Africa and Asia. Speech to Administracao Na Faculdade Estacio de Sa de Santa Catarina, Brazil, June 25, 2001.
Government and Public Entrepreneurship. Presentation to Mayors, Legislators and Regional Public Servants. Cascacao, Brazil, June 21, 2001.
Building Capacity Among the Poor. Presentation to bankers and business leaders. Criciuma, Brazil, June 20, 2001.
Job Creation Through the Strategy of Microenterprise. Presentation to the Chamber of Commerce, Florianopolis, Brazil, July 19, 2001.
Village Banking Tools. Speech to the Management Sciences Research Institute, Florianopolis, Brazil, June 19, 2001.
Microentrepreneurship and Service Learning. Presentation to MBAs at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil, June 18, 2001.
The Potential of Microcredit to Improve Brazil. Speech to the Governor and Legislature of Santa Catarina, Brazil, June 18, 2001.
How Business Entrepreneurs May Become Social Entrepreneurs. Workshop for Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum, Provo, Utah, May 10, 2001.
Business Ethics and its Power to Change the World. Guest speaker at the Executive Lecture Series, Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah, April 12, 2001.
Gender Issues in Microcredit. Presentation at the 4
th Annual Microenterprise Conference, BYU, April 6-7, 2001 (with Lisa Jones).
Creating a Global Wholesale Fund to Economically Empower the Poor. Theme of a week-long symposium at the Grameen Bank Headquarters, Dhaka,
Bangladesh, January 8-12, 2001.
Microfinance as a Tool for Capacity Building. Day-long training program for officials of government, academic, and communist organizations, along with peasant womens’ groups in Sichuan Province of Western China, December 18, 2000.
Education: The Path to a Better Future. Presentation to over a thousand faculty, students and government officials, and Yi minority people in Mianning County, China, December 16, 2000.
Strategic Initiatives for Empowering Third World Women. Speech to poverty alleviation officials, Yunnan Province. Kunming, China, December 14, 2000.
Communism vs. Capitalism: Microcredit as a Third Alternative. Presentation to the Womens’ Federation of Guangxi Province. Nanning City, China, December 11, 2000.
Transforming Poor Societies Around the Globe. Presentation to expatriate managers, Paris, France, November 12, 2000.
OD Among the Poor. Paper read at the Organization Development Network (ODN), Atlanta, Georgia, October 29-November 2, 2000.
Mindsets for Changing the World. Speech at the Symposium on Service and Learning, Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah, October 24, 2000. Also served as a panelist on “Religious, Ethical and Other Motivations for Service.”
The Plight and Pathos of Poor Latter-day Saints. Keynote speaker at the Unitus Economic Summit, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 10, 2000.
Chasqui Humanitarian: Efforts and Strategies to Lift those in Need. Paper presented at the 11
th Annual Conference of the International Society, David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, Provo, Utah, August 14, 2000.
Combating Socio-Economic Injustice Through Cooperative Microcredit Strategies. Paper read at the annual conference for the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, London School of Economics, London, UK: July 2000.
Alleviating Human Suffering Through Cooperative Microenterprise Formation and Access to Financing for the Poor. Paper presented at the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Beijing, China, July 26, 2000.
Empowering Women Through Microcredit: Integrating Anthropology and Economics. Paper for the 2000 Inter-Congress on Metropolitan Ethnic Cultures, Beijing, China (with L. Jones), July 25, 2000.
Improving the World, One Family at a Time. Presentation to the Visayas Enterprise Foundation (VEF), Cebu, the Philippines, July 22, 2000.
How Mormon Entrepreneurs Can Change the World. Graduation speaker at commencement ceremonies of the Academy for Creating Enterprise (ACE), Cebu, the Philippines, July 21, 2000.
The Global Context for Doing Village Banking. Presentation to Philippines Enterprise Development Foundation (PEDF), Manila, the Philippines, July 20, 2000.
Indigenous Economic Development: Global Methods to Lift Those who Suffer. Speech to Latin American Welfare Officials, Ollantaytambo, Peru, June 10, 2000.
Building Strong NGOs: From the Outside In. Workshop conducted at the Association for Economic Opportunity. Lowell, MA: May 11-14, 2000.
Social Development as Village Development: Strategies for Grassroots Change in Africa. Paper read at the 42
nd Annual Conference of the Western Social Sciences Association, Sociology Section. San Diego, CA, April 28, 2000.
Microcredit in Asia: Assessing the Economic Results of Microfinance and Microentrepreneurship. Paper read at the International Finance Section, Western Social Sciences Association, San Diego, CA, April 27, 2000.
Applying Social Science in Behalf of the Third World Poor: New Programs for Development (with S. Morris). Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT: April 14, 2000.
Living Faith, Leading Change: Integrating Spirit and Work. Presentation at the Third Annual Business and Spirit Conference. Babson College, Wellesley, MA: March 22-24, 2000.
Putting Socio-Economic Doctrines into Practice: The Humanitarian Legacy of President Joseph F. Smith. Paper read at Annual Church History Conference, BYU, March 18, 2000.
Microcredit as a Tool for Disaster Relief: The HELP Honduras Story. Presentation at the 3
rd Annual Microenterprise Conference, BYU, March 17, 2000.
The Spiritual Meaning of Laboring in Poor African Villages. Remarks in Bamako, West Africa, December 29, 1999.
Developing Environs of Empowerment. Presentation to participants in LDS humanitarian ventures. Salt Lake City, Utah, October 4, 1999.
Home-Based Businesses: A Model for the New Millennium. Keynote speaker at the Utah State Small Business Development Center’s Annual Conference, September 29, 1999.
Learning in the Field: Using Entrepreneurial Skills to Help Others. Presenter at the Entrepreneurship Conference, Marriott School. Center for Entrepreneurship, BYU, September 24, 1999.
The Struggle to Integrate Solutions to Poverty. Comments at the Annual Meeting, Credit with Education Learning Exchange. This event is held once a year in various areas of the world. It brings together a mixture of some 60 NGO officials from Asia, Africa, and Latin America that collectively loan some $120 million to over two million have-nots, July 25-29, 1999.
Modern Mormon Pioneers: Celebration of July 24
th Pioneer Day in East Africa. Keynote speech to the 120 members of the PRINCE Cooperative, Nairobi, Kenya, July 24, 1999.
International Service and Learning: A Model for Social Change. Presentation at a campus-wide faculty forum, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, July 12, 1999.
Challenges of Global Aid: Solution or Disaster? Remarks at a community awareness program, Springville Art Museum, June 16, 1999.
The Christian’s Response to Human Suffering. St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Provo, Utah, June 9, 1999.
Village Banking Methods: Tools for Lifting the Poor. Presentation to NGO representatives in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, May 14, 1999.
Uplifting “the Least” of the Developing World. Presentation at a symposium, Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah, April 9, 1999.
Social Justice Through Poverty Alleviation. Presentation at Utah Valley State College, April 9, 1999, 300 attendees.
Building a Community of Mormon Charitable Organizations. Opening remarks at the First International Development Network (IDN) meeting, April 1, 1999.
Humanitarian Outreach to the World’s Poor and Needy. Speech at Salt Lake City’s premier charity event for 800 Utahns at Little America Hotel, March 30, 1999.
Small Banking Strategies for the Third World in the New Millennium. Paper presented at the Society for Advancement of Management International Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 28-30, 1999.
How to Start Your Own Village Bank. Paper presented at the 2
nd Annual Microenterprise Conference, Brigham Young University, March 27, 1999.
Global NGOs and the Future of Microcredit. Chair and Panelist, the 2
nd Annual Microenterprise Conference, Brigham Young University, March 26, 1999.
Restoring Gospel Socio-Economic Principles in East Africa. Presentation to LDS East African Leaders, Nairobi, Kenya, February 13, 1999.
Village Banking as the Path to National Development. Speech at the General Assembly of La Caisse Villageouise Jkseme. With co-presenter Alpha Konare, President of the Republic of Mali, West Africa, January 2, 1999.
The Mormon View of Business and Economics: Integrating the Spiritual and Temporal. Presentation at the International Conference on Business and Consciousness, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, November 7-14, 1998.
Working Toward Zion in the 21
st Century. Paper presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, November 6-9, 1998.
Combating Poverty Through OD in the Trenches: Strategies for the Third World. Paper presented at the 18
th OD World Congress, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, July 14-17, 1998.
Indicators for NGO Quality Assessment and Impact Evaluation. Workshop Leader, Credit with Education-Freedom from Hunger Symposium, Newark, NJ: June 28-30, 1998.
Strategic Planning for 100 Million of the World’s Poorest Families: An Institutional Action Plan. Microcredit Summit of Councils, New York City, June 25-27, 1998 (with Gary Woller).
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4 Organizations. Keynote presentation to the American Society for Quality, 5
th Annual Conference, Boise, Idaho, May 20-22, 1998.
The International Feminization of Poverty. Paper presented at a University of Utah Symposium on Women and Poverty, Salt Lake City, April 9, 1998.
How to Work Toward Zion. Presentation at Utah Valley Business Roundtable, Provo, January 18, 1998.
New
Paradigm Thinking About Values, Spirit, and Management. Presentation at the Third Annual Conference on Business and Spirituality, Puerto Vallerta, Mexico, November 12-14, 1997.
Doing Business in the Philippines. Presentation to Korean managers of Ton Yang Group, Inc. on Globalization Strategies. Also conducted workshop on Employee Empowerment, November 3-23, 1997.
Self-Reliance and Temporal Well-being: Indigenous Latter-day Saints in the Isles of the Pacific. Paper read at a conference, “Pioneering in the Pacific,” Laie, Hawaii, October 7-11, 1997.
OD as Third World Development: Microenterprise and Poverty Lending for the Poor. Paper presented at the International Association of Management, Montreal, Canada, August 9, 1997.
Organizational Praxis: Integrating Theory and Hands-On Experience. Paper presented at the Association of Management, Montreal, Canada, August 6, 1997.
Teach a Woman to Fish and You Feed a Whole Village. Presentation to Mentores Empresariales, Guatemala City, Guatemala, May 20, 1997.
The New Mexican Revolution: Bringing the Marginalized, Indigenous Poor into the Economy of Mexico. Presentation to Fundacion Dignidad, Mexico City, Mexico, May 15, 1997.
Development from the Bottom Up: A Tough Love Approach Rather than Top Down Charity. Comments at the World Microcredit Summit, Africa Section. Washington, D.C., February 2-4, 1997.
U.S. Labor History and Industrial Relations Today. Workshop for Korean executives from Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, November 15, 1996.
Managing Effective Accounting Teams. Presentation at Deloitte Touche Academic Conference, Colorado Springs, CO: August 2-3, 1996.
High Performance/High Commitment Firms. Seminar for 18 Korean executives of Lucky Goldstar Corp., July 15-18, 1996.
New Values and Organizations for the 21
st Century: Examples from the United Order. Presentation to the Marriott School Annual Management Conference, June 20, 1996 (with James W. Lucas).
Labor Ownership of Capital: The Road Ahead. Presentation to the worker boards of directors, The Mondragon Cooperative Corporation, Mondragon, Spain, May 25, 1996.
The Workers’ Cooperative Movement in the 21
st Century. Paper read at CIRIEC Conference at Lisbon, Portugal, May 20-22, 1996.
New Organizational Assumptions and Values for Global Restructuring. Presentation at the World Business Academy Conference, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, May 2-5, 1996.
Microcredit for the Poor: Job Creation, Not Charity. Panelist at International Symposium on Third World Development, Michigan Law and Development Society, University of Michigan School of Law, Ann Arbor, MI: March 15-17, 1996 (panel with Muhammad Yunus, President of Grameen Bank, Sam Daley-Harris, Founder & CEO, Results International).
De-elitizing the Technical Advisors: Creating North/South Partnerships with the Poor. Presentation at NGO Development Symposium, The United Nations, New York City, February 16, 1996.
Grassroots Development Tactics and Village Sustainability. Presentation to Peace Corps, government officials and NGO professionals, Mali, West Africa, December 18, 1995.
Business and Transforming the Global Agenda. Presentation at the First International Conference on Spirituality and Blessings, Mazatlan, Mexico, November 11-18, 1995.
Transition Strategies for Privatization. Presentation to state-owned enterprises in Minsk, Belarus, August 3, 1995.
Small Business Challenges in Post-Communist Society. Speech to entrepreneurs and new capitalists, Moscow, Russia, July 31, 1995.
Indigenous Management: Microenterprise in the Philippines. Paper read at Western Social Sciences Association (Economics Section), Oakland, CA: April 26-30, 1995.
Neither Capitalism Nor Socialism: Mormon Pioneer Values as a Third Alternative. Paper read at Western Social Sciences Association (History Section). Oakland, CA: April 26-30, 1995.
Economic Challenges in Latin America. Speech at Latin American Business Strategies Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 4, 1995.
Conscience and Community: Steel Industry Ethics. Paper read at the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, Crystal City, Virginia, March 2-5, 1995.
Competition vs. Caring: Toward the Soul of a Business. Paper read at the 6
th National Conference on Ethics in America. Long Beach, CA: February 22-24, 1995.
The Politics of Reform in Latin America: The Critical Role of NGOs in Development. Presentation at International Conference on Third World Development, Antigua, Guatemala, November 14-15, 1994.
Managing Change. Presentation to the Leadership Academy for Utah College Administrators, University of Utah campus, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 11, 1994.
The Industrial Revolution and the Rise of Mormonism: Economic Compatibilities and Contrasts. Paper read at the Mormon History Association's 29th Annual Meeting, Park City, Utah, May 19-22, 1994.
Organizational Values, Systems and Structures: Roots of the Early Mormon Economy. Paper presented at the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, May 13, 1994.
Micro Entrepreneurship: Third World Small Business Strategies. Presentation to the Entrepreneur/Corporate Founders Conference, Provo, Utah, April 1, 1994.
Organizational Innovation and Transformation. Presentation to Chilean business executives and public-sector managers, Santiago, Chile, March 3, 1994.
From the Informal Economy to a Cooperative Business Sector: Tactics for Change. Paper read at conference of NGOs, PVOs and development agencies, Organization of the American States (OAS), Santiago, Chile, February 28, 1994.
Grassroots Tools for Empowering the Poor: Village Banking Models. Speech to Mindanao City Council, bankers and entrepreneurs. Davao, the Philippines, January 20, 1994.
Alternative Paradigms for Third World Development: Participatory Strategies for Economic Change. Presentation to Visayas Enterprise Foundation, Cebu City, the Philippines, January 19, 1994.
From the Informal Economy to Producer Cooperatives: The San Miguel Case. Presentation to non-profit groups, educators, and policy-makers, Manila, the Philippines, January 17, 1994.
Empowerment Strategies for Organizational Restructuring: U.S. and International Cases. Presentation to National Conference on Organizational Behavior, October 20-22, 1993.
Strategies for Organizational Perestroika. Presentation at the National Conference on Corporate Redesign. Washington, D.C., June 16-18, 1993.
Strengthening the Informal Economy. Presentation at the University of the West Indies. Kingston, Jamaica, April 30, 1993.
Terra Incognita: From Command Economy to Economic Democracy in the CIS. Paper read at the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, New York City, March 26-28, 1993.
Reforming the World. Keynote speaker at BYU Association of Women. January 23, 1993.
New Economic Imperatives. Speech at Humbolt University, Berlin, Germany, November 29, 1992.