The first section of this link lists papers and formal research presentations I’ve made around the world at leading universities and academic events. The second section lists speeches and less formal discussions I’ve made to community groups such as Rotary Clubs, business groups, church organizations, education workshops, professional associations, and student/faculty events.
“The great end of life is not knowledge, but action.” -Thomas Huxley
Academic Conference Papers and Speeches
Faith and Social Policy: Integration or Contradiction? Conference on Religious Faith and Social and Applied Sciences, Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah, October 10-12, 2013.
Business, CSR, Social Entrepreneurship: BYU & the LDS Church Building a Better World. Seminar presentation to Brazilian entrepreneurs and executives, October 3, 2013.
Microenterprise Start-Ups: A Radical, Fun Way to Learn. Paper for the Inaugural Academy of Management Teaching Conference (TLC@AOM), Orlando, FL, August 11, 2013.
Building a Community of Base of the Pyramid Scholars: Creating a Legacy that can Change the World. Panel at Academy of Management, Orlando, FL, August 10, 2013.
Where Can We Go From Here? Utah’s Pioneering Cooperative Economy. (The United Orders of the 1800s) and Implications for Today. Mondragon Study Seminar, Mondragon, Spain, May 31, 2013
The Work of Our BYU-inspired Global NGOs: A Summary. Discussion at Otalora, Mondragon Cooperative Training Center, Mundukide Foundation, Spain, May 28, 2013.
Strategies for Designing Regional Small Enterprise Economies. Presentation to Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, with Business and Government Officials from Azerbaijan, Samoa, Norway, Gaza, Macedonia, Namibia, Sri Lanka, etc. May 17, 2013.
Student Potential for Accelerating Microfinance. Roundtable at Georgetown University, following Muhammad Yunus’ receiving the Congressional Gold Medal in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, Washington, DC, April 17, 2013.
International Professional Development. Panelist at a BYU Faculty Development Center Lunch ‘n Learn Seminar, February 12, 2013.
Harnessing OB to Become a Global Change Agent. Pre-Ph.D. Seminar for Marriott School graduate students seeking to become doctoral candidates, January 29, 2013.
Economic Justice and Workers on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration. Presentation at Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah, January 22, 2013.
Applying Microenterprise Experience to Croatia. Council for Citizen Diplomacy, December 5, 2012.
Linking Charity with Business: Applications of Latino Microfinance. Latin American Studies Program, Provo, UT, December 4, 2012.
To Become a Social Entrepreneur You Must be Crazy, Radical, & Tear Down the Pyramids. Speech to International and Area Studies students. December 3, 2012.
The Prosaics of Helping Poor Communities: A Critique. Brigham Young University, Dec. 2, 2012
Business Development & Entrepreneurship. Training for Palestinian Territories’ Leaders, Westminster College, November 28, 2012.
A New Economic Order. Symposium on the Economic Models of Cooperatives, Utah Valley University Center for the Study of Ethics, Orem, Utah, November 16, 2012.
Buddhism & Mormonism: Environmental Twins? Conservation, Restoration, and Sustainability: A Call to Stewardship Symposium sponsored by the Nature Conservancy and the Environmental Ethics Initiative, November 9, 2012.
When Women Control the Banking System: The Case of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh November 1-3, 2012 (with John Oirya, Kenya).
Worker Cooperatives: An Alternative Economics for European Travails. 9th Annual Conference of the Rocky Mountain European Scholars Consortium, University of Utah, October 25-26, 2012.
Engaging the Informal Economy to Educate Social Entrepreneurs and Social Innovators, Academy of Management, Boston, MA, August 7, 2012.
Empathy, Sympathy, & Compassion: Challenging Virtues for Latter-day Saints. Sunstone Symposium, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, July 28, 2012
Teaching Religion at Universities from a Scholarly Perspective. Sunstone Symposium, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, July 28, 2012 (with Robert Rees, Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, Richard Bushman, Columbia University).
Occupy Zarahemla! Presentation at the Sunstone Symposium, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, July 26, 2012
How Latter-day Saints Are Transforming the World. Presentation to Asheville Stake, NC, June 17, 2012 (with Gordon Rands, Western Illinois University).
Personal Responsibility for Improving Society. Keynote speech at the International Association for Business & Society Conference, Asheville, NC, June 15, 2012.
Regional Economic Development and Innovation. Training session for Russian women dignitaries of business and government, Council for Citizen Diplomacy Program of the U.S. Department of State, April 17, 2012.
Mormon Social Entrepreneurship, Stewardship, & Social Tithing. Keynote at the School of Religion’s Mormon Studies Conference, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, April 13-14, 2012.
The Tipping Point for Latin America’s Development. BYU Latin American Studies Students, Provo, Utah, April 3, 2012.
Innovations in OBHR: What Managers Must Know. Panelist at the OBHR Annual Leadership Conference. Marriott School, Provo, Utah, March 23, 2012.
Religion and the Global Good: Mormons and Methodists at Work in God’s World. Speaker at the Wesley Theological Seminary Conference, Washington, DC, February 24-25, 2012.
Pros and Cons: Social Entrepreneurship to Improve Society. Presentation to International Development Minors, Provo, Utah, February 15, 2012.
Harnessing OB to Become a Global Change Agent. Pre-Ph.D. Seminar Discussant. OBHR Program, Marriott School, January 31, 2012.
A Vision for Changing America. Presentation to 23 MBM’s new trainers, mentors, and pro bono consultants. January 24, 2012
Non-Profit Management: Cases and Critiques. Presentation to Non-Profit Management students, January 15, 2012.
Self-Efficacy and Social Innovation. Presentation to Organizational Leadership and Strategy Faculty at Department Research Meeting, Marriott School, BYU, with Isaac Smith (U. of U.), January 12, 2012.
Learning from Real World Experiences: Lessons Learned in Using Microfinance. Microcredit Summit Campaign, Valladolid, Spain, November 16, 2011.
How Students Can Advance our Global Movement. MFI Connect (Microfinance for College Students), Valladolid, Spain, November 15, 2011.
Microfinance Among the Poor: Strengths and Weaknesses. Latin American Studies, BYU, November 2011.
Criteria for Success in Mozambique. Care for Life NGO Seminar, Provo, Utah, October 27, 2011.
Base of the Pyramid Research. Panelist at the Academy of Management, Social Issues in Management Division, San Antonio, Texas, August 12, 2011.
Social Entrepreneurship in China. Keynote presenter at Symposium on Entrepreneurship in China, Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division (one of 3 winning “Highlight” Sessions), San Antonio, Texas, August 11, 2011.
The Social & Economic Teachings of Mormonism: Social Justice is Alive & Well. Sunstone Symposium. Ogden, Utah, Weber State University, August 5, 2011.
Mobilizing Social Entrepreneurship Tools to Sustain Haiti. Paper presented at the Annual Social Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Duke University/Fuqua School of Business, Raleigh, NC, June 25-30, 2011.
American Social Innovations. Seminar at Asilomar Resort, Carmel by the Sea, California, April 28, 2011.
Action Learning: Using our Research and Teaching as a Platform for Change. Honored to present the prestigious Tanner Lecture to the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters Annual Conference, Salt Lake Community College, April 8, 2011.
Utah Political and Intellectual Curiosities. Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters Annual Conference, Salt Lake Community College, Panel, April 8, 2011.
Entrepreneurship for Women Business Leaders. Seminar for Latin American Women visiting the U.S. from Bolivian, Colombia, Chile, Guatemala, Peru, etc. U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program, April 7, 2011.
Introduction of Documentary Film: “To Catch a Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks on America,” Wynnsong Theater, Provo, Utah, March 31, 2011.
A Call to Global Action. Keynote at the International Training Program, BYU Conference Center, March 25-26, 2011.
Going Global: Transforming the World. Keynote to Graduating Class, Sigma Iota Rho Honor Society, March 24, 2011.
Gaining a Worldwide Perspective. USELF World Issues Seminar, Utah Valley University top managers, March 23, 2011.
How to Change the World by Integrating the Personal and Professional: Lawyers’ Second Careers as Social Entrepreneurs. Keynote Address, Utah State Bar Association, Annual Convention, St. George, Utah, March 17-19, 2011.
Micro-Franchising and Social Justice. Utah State Bar Association, Annual Convention, St. George, Utah, March 19, 2011.
Leadership as Vision and Strategy: Pluses and Minuses. Speech for Humanitarian NGO Leaders, Provo, Utah, March 2011.
Non-Profit Tools: Microfinance & Social Enterprise. Recreation Management and Youth Leadership Department, BYU, Provo, Utah, February 22, 2011.
Why We Labor to Support Entrepreneurs. Kick-off event at the Utah County Boys & Girls Club, Provo, Utah, February 19, 2011.
Harnessing OB to Become a Global Change Agent. OBHR Pre-Ph.D. Seminar, February 16, 2011.
Latter-day Saint Initiatives for Partnerships between Brazilian & U.S. Mormons. Brazilian Mormon Studies Association Conference, Sao Paulo, January 29, 2011.
Social Media, High Tech, and Poverty Alleviation. Hacking Poverty Software Engineers’ Conference, Orem, Utah, January 22, 2011.
Finance for the Poor. BYU Finance Students, Marriott School, Provo, Utah, December 4, 2010.
Perspectives on Liberation Theology. BYU Philosophy Department, Provo, Utah, December 2, 2010.
NGO Scenarios: Where Should we go from Here? BYU NGO Conference: Surviving & Thriving During Economic Recession, November 19, 2010.
Deepening Our Work to Change the World. BYU NGO Conference: Surviving & Thriving During Economic Recession, November 18, 2010.
Latina Women as the Source of Community Well-being. Latin American Studies, November 16, 2010.
The Praxis of Action Learning with Business School Students in the Trenches Among the Poor. Stern School Social Entrepreneurship Conference, New York University, NYC, November 3-5, 2010.
Becoming a Global Change Agent. Speech to the Educational Growth and Unity Association (EGUA), Provo, Utah, October 19, 2010.
Mobilizing the Social Sector in Service to Society: Drucker, Obama, and You! Peter Drucker International Symposium (Keynote Address to 300 attendees). Peter Drucker Society of Korea and other major organizational sponsors, Seoul, October 15, 2010.
Education and Corporate Partnerships: Renewing a Nation. Leadership event by invitation of the President of Fuhan University to speak to area corporate executives, major donors, and university officials. Seoul, October 14, 2010.
Students, Faculty and Businesses: CSR Agents for Social Entrepreneurship. KAIST Graduate School of Management, KAIST University (Korea’s #1 business and engineering school), Center for Corporate Social Responsibility, Seoul, Korea, October 14, 2010.
The Rise of the Social Sector: Job Creation and Civil Society. Event hosted by Mr. K H Moon, recent presidential candidate for Korean elections, chairman of company boards, head of numerous civil society and educational boards, and sustainability expert. Audience of 200-plus executives and government officials at Korea Chamber of Commerce, Seoul, Korea, October 13, 2010.
They Said We Wouldn’t Succeed, But Here We Are 11 Years and 1,500 Volunteers Later! Speech to 100-plus volunteers’ reunion, Help International, Lindon, Utah, October 9, 2010.
Impacts of Sustain Haiti. Presentation to Sustain Haiti NGO Event, Provo, Utah, September 10, 2010.
How NGOs are Rebuilding Haiti. Keynote speech at Leogane community celebration for earthquake recovery, Aug. 23, 2010.
Microenterprise for Economic Development. Training conducted for village banking solidarity groups, St. Etienne, Haiti, August 21, 2010.
You Are the Future of Haiti! Presentation on environmental practices and economic development, Destra Fishing Village, Haiti coastal community, August 20, 2010.
Business Plan Tools for Start-ups. Workshop for urban entrepreneurs, Leogane, Haiti, August 19, 2010.
Becoming the Hands of Jesus. Speech at Haiti orphanage offices, Port au Prince, Haiti, August 17, 2010.
OD Social Innovations: Incubating NGOs, Synergizing Research. Paper read at the Academy of Management, Montreal, Canada, August 7, 2010.
Navigating the Tensions in Poverty Alleviation Research. Panelist at the Academy of Management, Montreal, Canada, August 6, 2010.
Saving Lives, Serving Haiti’s Most Needy. Presentation to Salt Lake City community, June 27, 2010.
Grameen Danone Foods: Transforming Capitalism to Maximize Social Benefits rather than Profits. Paper presented at the United States Association of Small Business & Entrepreneurship (USASBE), Cincinnati, Ohio, June 24-26, 2010 (with John Oirya).
The Pete Suazo Business Center as a Model High Impact Minority Small Business Development and Resource Center. International Council for Small Business World Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 24-26, 2010 (with John Oirya).
De Tocqueville and the Fourth Mission of the Church: Personal and Political Implications. Symposium on Latter-day Saints and the Public Square, John Adams Center, Duck Beach, NC May 29-31, 2010.
Consecration and Stewardship. Seminar conducted on my book Working Toward Zion. This was presented to a Provo, Utah community group, May 17, 2010.
Building a Platform for Effective Social Change. Presentation for HELP International’s 150-plus volunteers heading out to 6 nations for humanitarian service during summer, May 15, 2010.
Working Globally: Coping with Culture Shock in the Caribbean. Training for social entrepreneurs going to work in Haiti, BYU, May 13, 2010.
Shotgun Marriage: The Relationship Between Microfinance & Healthcare. University of Utah Medical School and School of Health Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 7, 2010.
Social Entrepreneurship Work, Microfinance, and Student-driven NGOs. Roundtable with UCLA MBAs , UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, April 26, 2010.
Social Determinants, NGOs and Volunteer Organizations. Moderator of International Expert Panel, Global Health Conference, Harmon Conference Center, April 13, 2010.
The Mission-Money Tradeoff: Challenges of Government Service Provision by NGOs in South Africa. Paper read at the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters, Dixie State College, St. George, Utah, April 9, 2010 (with Eric C. Darsow).
Latin American Development: Use of Social Business Tools. International Studies students, BYU. March 23-25, 2010.
Design for New MBA Program: Social Innovation. Presentation to Deans and business school faculty and heads, Woodbury Business School, Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah, February 10, 2010.
How You Can Assist in Haiti. Panelist at the Kennedy Center for International Studies, BYU, January 21, 2010.
From Martin Luther King, Jr. to Pres. Barack Obama: Measuring our Progress on the Dream. Organizer and speaker at MLK, Jr. panel honoring Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement. Library auditorium, January 20, 2010.
The Struggle of the “Unbankables:” Survival of the Poor in the Informal Economy. Centro Hispano speech, January 15, 2010.
Social Enterprise, Entrepreneurs, and Other Radicals. Presentation to Drucker School of Management students, Claremont, CA, December 4, 2009.
Approaches to Teaching Social Entrepreneurship. Dialogue with Faculty of the Drucker School of Management, Claremont, CA, December 4, 2009.
Here’s to the Crazy Ones: The Rebels & Misfits of Finance. Presentation to BYU business students, December 3, 2009.
Heretics as Change Agents: Methodologies for Latin America’s Transformation. Speech to BYU students, December 1, 2009.
MBAs as (R)Evolutionary Change Agents. Presentation to 300-plus MBAs at Net Impact Conference, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, November 13, 2009.
International Collaboration in Higher Education. Panel with professors from the U.S. and Brazil on education initiatives for both countries’ academic systems, FIPSE, U.S. Department of Education, and various universities, George Washington University, Washington, DC, October 18, 2009.
Conflicts in Microcredit: The Battle over Mission and Sustainability. (Conference Keynote) Pfeiffer University, Charlotte, NC, September 29, 2009.
Workshop: How to Develop a Microfinance Program at Pfeiffer University. Charlotte, NC, September 29, 2009 (with Lisa Jones Christensen).
Building a New World Through Social Innovation. Columbia University, Business School, SIPA, MBAs, MPAs, New York, NY, September 23, 2009.
On the Ground Social Action. Society for the Study of Social Problems, San Francisco, August 8, 2009.
Classroom Innovations in Teaching. Panel member, Society for the Study of Social Problems, San Francisco, August 7, 2009.
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Latin American Context. Manufacturing Symposium, Ceara Industrial Region, Brazil, June 26, 2009.
Microcredit is the Path to Poverty Reduction. Speech in Portuguese to the Association of Bankers and Corporate Executives, Fortaleza, Brazil, June 26, 2009.
Difficulties and Challenges of Brazilian Microfinance. Speech to Ceara State Legislature, Brazil, June 25, 2009.
Community-building Through Social and Economic Networks. Seminar with mayor and city council of Fortaleza, Brazil, June 25, 2009.
Using Microcredit to Lift Youth and the Larger Society. Speech to Institute for Prevention of Malnutrition and Child Suffering (IPREDE) NGO. Seminar with government officials, welfare agencies, and Banco Palmas, Fortaleza, Brazil, June 24, 2009.
Natural Capitalism: A New Prototype Business Sector that Values Sustainability, the Environment, and Financial Returns. Presentation at the Eastern Academy of Management Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 23, 2009.
Creating a Brazilian Boot Camp for Young Entrepreneurs. Niteroi, Brazil, June 22, 2009.
Social Entrepreneurship Applications from the Legacy of Peter Drucker. Keynote to the Drucker Society Centennial Conference, Seoul National Chamber of Commerce, Seoul, South Korea, June 16, 2009.
20 Year Retrospective of our Work in the Philippines. Keynote speech to 400 people at Celebration Banquet for Enterprise Mentors International and Philippine Microenterprise Development Foundation, Metro Manila, the Philippines, June 10, 2009.
Leading Successful Humanitarian Programs. Training for staff of LDS Humanitarian and Church Welfare, Perpetual Education Fund, Employment Missionaries, and Philippine Microenterprise Development Foundation managers, Manila, the Philippines, June 9, 2009.
Connecting Local Service to Global Service. Weber State University, Utah Campus Compact, Ogden, Utah, June 3, 2009.
Scaling Up Social Entrepreneurship. Presentation at the University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA, May 5, 2009.
Global Health Through Microfranchise & Other Social Innovations. Featured Speaker to some 700 participants at Yale’s Conference: Achieving Global Goals Through Innovation. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, April 18, 2009.
Social Networks: Students and Microfinance. Yale University School of Management, MBA Student Roundtable, New Haven, Connecticut, April 17, 2009.
How to Become Real-World Change Agents. Annual OB Consulting Conference, Zermatt Resort, Midway, Utah, April 3, 2009.
Challenges of Microfinance Today. Panelist at. Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, March 28, 2009 (with Beth Rhyme of ACCION).
New Directions: Building a Student MFI Movement. Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin, March 27, 2009.
Civic Engagement as Radical Change: From the World of Campus to Real World Learning. Utah Campus Compact, St. George, Utah, February 27, 2009 (with Jen Porter).
Challenges in Microfinance. Symposium at the University of Denver, February 26, 2009 (with John Hatch, founder of FINCA International).
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. 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.
Intellectualism, Philosophy and Religion. Presentation to students at Hyde Park Chapel, London, UK, March 28, 2008.
Pedagogy of Social Entrepreneurship Skoll World Forum. Said Business School. Oxford University. Competetive session on how to teach Social Entrepreneurship. Oxford, 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 from 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 premiere showing of KBYU, documentary film, November 15, 2005.
Liderazgo Catalizador Para el Siglo 21 (Catalytic Leadership for the 21st 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 Academy 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 8th Annual Self-Reliance Conference, BYU, Provo, UT, March 10, 2005.
The 7 Habits of Highly Ineffective ESR. Presentation at the 8th 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 8th 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.
Microfinance: Which Strategies Work? Net Impact Conference, Columbia University, New York, NY, November 13, 2004.
Business Leaders Building a Better World. Net Impact Conference, Columbia University, New York, NY, November 13, 2004.
Global Policy Toward Corruption: Angola’s Mislaid Billions. Participant in faculty debate with professors from Columbia, Harvard, and Rutgers, National conference with MBAs from all over the nation, New York, NY, November 12, 2004.
Economic Self-Reliance: Research on Microcredit Impacts. BYU Center for Economic Self-Reliance Advisory Board Meeting, Marriott School, November 11, 2004.
Tribal Entrepreneurship: Microfinance for Indian Self-Reliance. International Academy for Management and Business Conference (IAMB), Las Vegas, NV, November 8-10, 2004.
Knowledge as the Path to Socio-Economic Justice. 12th Word Congress of Comparative Education, Havana, Cuba, October 24-30, 2004.
Guatemala: A Case Study on Evaluating the Impact of Microfinance on Poverty Eradication. International Statistics Association, Amman, Jordan, October 14-16, 2004.
Traditional or Transformational Leadership? UVSC Annual Leadership Conference, Utah Valley State College, Orem, UT, October 5, 2004.
50,000 Malnourished Children: How Can We Help? Theology and Intellectuals Symposium, Salt Lake City, August 14, 2004.
Transition Tools for Growth of the Informal Economy in the New Russia. Russian Delegation to the Open World Program/U.S. Congress, May 29, 2004.
The Many Faces of Globalization. World Trade Association, Salt Lake City, May 21, 2004.
Alleviating Poverty Through Microfinance: Village Banking Outcomes in Central America. Western Social Science Association, Salt Lake City, April 21-24, 2004.
Building an Academic Network for Expanding Social Entrepreneurship. Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship at Oxford University, Oxford, UK, March 29-31, 2004.
Mobilizing Business Schools to Accelerate Global Microcredit. Darden School faculty and students, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, March 22, 2004.
Achieving Self Reliance Through Grassroots Microlending. Society for the Advancement of Management Conference, Baltimore, MD, March 19-21, 2004.
Constructing Civil Society: The Architecture of Social Entrepreneurship to Empower the Poor. 7th Annual MicroEnterprise Conference, BYU, March 10-12, 2004.
How Microentrepreneurship Strengthens Families in the Developing World. World-wide scholars participating in the Families and Poverty Research Conference, BYU, March 11, 2004.
The Power of One: Making a Difference in the World. Keynote speaker at Eagle Condor Foundation inaugural dinner, Salt Lake City, February 20, 2004.
Doing Good and Doing Well: Ethics and Business Values for a Better World. MBA students and faculty, University of Bombay, Mumbai, India, January 20, 2004.
Universities as Incubators of Social Action. World Social Forum, Mumbai, India, January 18-22, 2004.
Socio-Economic Results of Microfinance in Mexico and Ecuador. Center for Economic Self-Reliance, BYU, Provo, Utah, January 9, 2004.
Microcredit and Environmental Sustainability: The Ethics of Corporate Social Responsibility. Presentation at Greening of Industry Network, San Francisco, CA, 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, UT, 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, UT, 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 6th 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 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 5th 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 4th 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 11th 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 42nd 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 3rd 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 24th 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 2nd Annual Microenterprise Conference, Brigham Young University, March 27, 1999.
Global NGOs and the Future of Microcredit. Chair and Panelist, the 2nd 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 21st 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 18th 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).
E4 Organizations. Keynote presentation to the American Society for Quality, 5th 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 21st 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 21st 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 6th 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.
Privatization and Entrepreneurship Methods. Presentation to Solidarnosc Trade Union Officials, Gdansk, Poland, November 20, 1992.
Eastern European Alternatives for Privatization and Organizational Restructuring. International Conference, Warsaw, Poland, October 23-24, 1992.
New Mormon Experiments Toward Zion: Varieties of the Old World Order. Paper read at the National Communal Studies Association. Nauvoo, Illinois, October 14-16, 1992.
Grassroots Development in the Philippines Context. Presentation to the International Joint Action Council, Salt Lake City, Utah, October, 1992.
Privatization Tactics Through Worker Buyouts. International Business School, Warsaw, Poland, July 19-20, 1992.
Strategies for National Reconstruction: OD and Organizational Economics. 12th OD World Congress, Palanga, Lithuania, July 14-18, 1992.
Organizational Change Interventions, Team Building, and Socio-Technical Innovations in Organizational Behavior. Workshop at Vilnius University, Lithuania, July 12, 1992.
Privatization Strategies and the Process of Democratization. Karl Marx Economics University, Minsk, Belarussia, July 6-7, 1992.
The Redesign of Education: New Paradigms and Practices. Paper read at the Approaching a School in Zion Symposium, College of Education, BYU, March 19-20, 1992.
Latin America’s Informal Economy. Presentation to Management Society, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Dec. 12, 1991.
Organizational Transformation: Managerial Trends toward the Year 2000. Speech to Brazilian bankers and executives, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 11, 1991.
Economic Democracy in the Next Millennium: Utopia, Fantasy or Mere Impossibility? Society for Utopian Studies, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 7-9, 1991.
Development of OB/HR Professionals. Presentation at OD Network Annual Conference, Long Beach, California, October 28-29, 1991.
A New Framework For Industrial Relations: From Confrontation to Reconciliation. European Group for Organization Studies (EGOS), Vienna, Austria, July 15-17, 1991.
Industrial Praxis: The Micro Organization. Presentation at the 10th Annual Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington. June 26-29, 1991.
A Trickle Up Theory of Economic Development: The Mondragon System of Spain. Department of Economics Seminar for Faculty and Doctoral Students, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, May 16, 1991.
Democracy and Justice: Independence and Economic Reform in Eastern Europe. Helsinki School of Economics, Finland, May 10, 1991.
Workers’ Participation in Corporate Governance: EC ’92 Implications. Presentation at Quality of Working Life Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, May 8-9, 1991.
Linking Technology and Entrepreneurship. Paper presented at the International Conference on Technology and Education, Toronto, Canada, May 3 (with Chris Meek).
Meta Economics: Toward a Theory of Equality and Empowerment. American University, Washington, D.C. April 20, 1991.
Between Communism and Capitalism: Options for the USSR. Tenth International Conference on ESOPs. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 7, 1991.
Capitalism With A Human Face: Social Responsibility in the Steel Industry. Paper read at the International Association of Business and Society, March 22-24, 1991.
The Underground Economy of the Third World. Presentation at conference on economic development, Manila, Philippines, December 8-9, 1990.
Privatization and Economic Reform. Presentation to the Ministry of Labor of the USSR, Moscow, August 29, 1990.
Proactive Alternatives to Plant Shutdowns. U.S. Department of Labor Conference on Economic Dislocation. Denver, Colorado, February 21, 1990.
Third World Strategies Toward Zion. Pacific Communal Studies Association, Provo, Utah, May 4-5, 1990.
The New Global Marketplace. International Business Seminars presented in Denver, Colorado, and Dallas, Texas, April 1990.
Self Employment Enterprise in the Philippines. LDS Church Headquarters presentation, November 15, 1990.
Mormons and Wealth: Dancing the Lambada with Babylon. Paper read at Sunstone Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 22-25, 1990.
Frontier Development Strategies: Maquiladora or the Grassroots? United Nations Conference on Population and Development. Ciudad Juarez/El Paso, December 1-2, 1989.
Teaching the Social Responsibility of Business. Kemper Foundation Ethics Conference, BYU, November 2-3, 1989.
Communal Economics: Rural and Urban. Sixteenth Annual Historic Communal Societies Conference, Yankton, South Dakota, October 5-7, 1989.
Anticipatory Organizational Socialization (and) Employee Ownership (with Joseph Vittoria, CEO, Avis Co.). Two papers presented at the National Academy of Management, Washington, D.C., August 14-16, 1989.
Crooks, Con-Artists, and Crackpots: Business (Un)Ethics. Sunstone Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 24, 1989.
Labor Involvement in Corporate Strategy: U.S. Co-determination. European Group for Organizational Studies, Berlin, West Germany, July 11-14, 1989.
Government Policies and Economic Dislocation. U.S. Department of Labor Conference, Helena, Montana, March 15-16, 1989.
Expanding and Enlarging Graduate Business Education. Speech at Marriott School Outstanding Faculty Banquet, BYU, March, 1989.
Problems and Potential of Developing the Underground Economy. Seminar presentation in Manila, the Philippines, January 19, 1989.
Ideology and Practice: The Basque Cooperative Community. Paper presented at the International Communal Studies Association, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 18-21, 1988.
Making America Competitive. Paper presented at the Pacific Forum, School of Business Administration, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 22, 1988.
Cooperatives and the Social Economy. Comments at the 2nd World Basque Congress, Bilbao, Spain, October 19-24, 1987.
Saving Jobs Through Employee Ownership. Paper at the 6th National Conference on Employee Ownership and Participation, Los Angeles, CA: March 26-28, 1987.
Asian Industrial Relations: From Organizational Bureaucracy to Organizational Democracy. 1st Asian Congress of Industrial Relations, Singapore, February 9-11, 1987.
A Suit and a Briefcase: Children’s Images of Managers. Presentation at the Academy of Management, Chicago, Illinois, August 13-16, 1986.
Foreign Trade and Industrial Disintegration. Panelist at “Save American Industry and Jobs Day,” a nationwide campaign, Orem, Utah, June 21, 1986 (with Senator Orrin Hatch and Senator Jake Garn).
Communities in Crisis. Presentation at Congressional hearings on industrial policy for the steel industry, Washington, D.C., June 17, 1986.
Cultural Chic: Corporate Paternalism’s `New Look’. Paper read at the Utah Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters, Cedar City, Utah, May 2, 1986 (with Rob Page).
Fugitive Industry: Plant Closings and Women Workers. Paper read at Women’s Studies section, Western Social Sciences Association, Reno, Nevada, April 25, 1986.
Social Science in Non-White Cultures: The Politics of Change. Chaired symposium and made a presentation, A Participatory Approach to Organization Building in Mexico: Grassroots Empowerment. Western Social Science Association, Reno, Nevada, April 24, 1986.
Brave New Workplace. Outstanding Teacher of the Year, College Showcase speech to graduating students at Brigham Young University, April 17, 1986.
Two Faces of the Economy. Keynote speech at the Utah Federation of Democratic Women’s Convention, Salt Lake City, April 12, 1986.
Gagging on the Truth: Ethics and Profits at U.S. Steel. Speech at the University of Utah, February 18, 1986.
Plant Closings and Labor’s Strategic Options. Speech at Utah State AFL-CIO Executive Council, Salt Lake City, November 26, 1985.
Challenges Facing Unions: The Next Decade. Speech at the U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., October 31, 1985.
Managing Into Oblivion: Crises in the Steel Industry. Academy of Management Meetings, San Diego, California, August 11, 1985.
Mormon Megatrends. Panelist at Sunstone Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 23, 1985.
Difficulties in Attempting to Launch Self-Managed Firms in the United States. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on the Economics of Self-Management, Liege, Belgium, July 15-17, 1985.
Consulting for 2nd Order Change. Paper read at Research Committee 10 of the International Sociological Association, Osnabruck, West Germany, July 5-9, 1985.
Crisis in the Steel Industry. Discussant at meetings of the U.S. Department of Labor and the United Steelworkers of America, Houston, Texas, June 7-8, 1985.
Worker Participation in Employee‑Owned Companies. Fourth Annual Conference on Employee Ownership, San Francisco, California, April 25‑27, 1985.
Overthrowing Victorian Psychology. Western Psychological Association, San Jose, California, April 20‑21, 1985.
In the Boardroom‑‑Common Themes Emerging from Labor’s Involvement in Stock Ownership and Corporate Governance. Industrial Relations Research Association, Detroit, Michigan, April 17‑19, 1985.
Eliminating Elitism in OD Practice. Paper at plenary session of the 4th International Congress on OD, Oaxtepec, Mexico, March 5‑8, 1985.
Berkeley Conference on Industrial Relations. Discussant at plenary session, University of California, Berkeley, California, February 22‑23, 1985.
Shared Governance in Corporate America. Speech co‑sponsored by the Sidney Harman Lecture Series and Program on Technology and Public Policy. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 6, 1984.
A Progressive Agenda for Labor in the 1980s. Speech at the United Auto Workers’ Eastern Conference. Atlantic City, New Jersey, December 5, 1984.
Problems and Complexities With Implementing Participation in the Employee‑Owned Firm. Paper read at the National Employee Ownership and Participation Conference for Educators. Greensboro, North Carolina, October 12‑14, 1984 (with Chris Meek).
Worker Directors and Corporate Governance. Organized and chaired symposium at the National Academy of Management annual meeting. Also presented papers at other sessions entitled, “Consulting With a Union Perspective” and “Democratizing the Economy Through Worker Ownership.” Boston, Massachusetts, August 12‑15, 1984.
Employee Ownership: A Critique. Speech at the Darden Business School, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, April 26, 1984.
The Relevance of Contemporary Economic Democracy Strategies to Early Mormonism. Presentation at the 6th Annual Sunstone Theological Symposium. Salt Lake City, Utah, August 23‑25, 1984.
Participatory Research and Economic Democracy in the ’80s: Experience from the U.S. Paper read at the CIRCOM 4th International Symposium, Afro‑Asian Institute, Tel Aviv, Israel, April 8‑12, 1984.
Ejido Collective Movements in Latin America. Panelist at the Histadrut Workers’ College, Tel Aviv, Israel, April 9, 1984.
Coping with Unemployment and Dislocated Workers Through Employee Buyouts. Presentation to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 23‑24, 1984.
From Absentee Ownership to Worker‑Owned Firms. Paper read at the Eastern Sociological Association, Boston, Massachusetts, March 18‑20, 1984 (with Chris Meek, Boston College).
Collective Bargaining and U.S. Industrial Democracy. Paper read at an international workshop, Future Perspectives of Economic and Industrial Democracy, Yugoslavia Center for Theory and Practice of Self‑Management, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, October 5-8, 1983.
Cooperative Movements in the United States: The Third Stage. Paper read at the II World Conference on Industrial Cooperatives, Warsaw, Poland, October 3, 1983.
Evidence on Worker Buyouts. Presentation at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, November 28, 1983.
Approaches to Democratic Management. Workshop conducted at the annual meeting of North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO), Ann Arbor, Michigan, November 11‑13, 1983.
Worker Cooperatives and Community Empowerment. Presentation at Community Services Conference, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, September 16‑18, 1983.
Industrial Psychology and the Labor Movement: New Modes of Collaboration. Presentation at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Snowbird, Utah, April 27‑30, 1983.
Learning from Failures in Workers’ Participation. Organizer and speaker at annual conference of the Association for Workplace Democracy, Denver, Colorado, April 8‑9, 1983.
Beyond Quality Circles: Quality of Working Life Frameworks. Conducted symposium and read a paper at the Western Academy of Management, Santa Barbara, California, March 24‑26, 1983.
Bargaining for Power: Labor Demands in Times of Economic Crisis. Paper read at the Industrial Relations Research Association. Honolulu, Hawaii, March 16‑18, 1983.
Collective Bargaining: Concessions or Control? Paper presented at the Allied Social Sciences Association, New York City, December 28‑30, 1982.
Systems of Organizational Governance and Work Redesign. Presentation at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, November 1, 1982.
The Future of Employee Ownership and Labor/Management Cooperation. Panelist at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, October 28‑29, 1982.
Absentee Ownership and Organizational Renewal. Paper presented at Colloquium on Community Research, Society for the Study of Social Problems, San Francisco, California, September 6, 1982.
Trends Toward Economic Fascism. Paper read at the American Political Science Association, Denver, Colorado, September 5, 1982.
Worker Takeover of a General Motors Plant: Toward A Robin Hood Theory of Change. Presented paper and served as rapporteur at the Third International Conference of the International Association for the Economics of Self‑Management, College of the Third World, Mexico City, August 23‑25, 1982.
Collective Power and Liberation of Work. Paper presented at the Tenth World Congress, International Sociological Association, Mexico City, August 16‑20, 1982.
Industrial Decline and the Rise of Employee Ownership. Academy of Management, New York City, August 16, 1982 (with Chris Meek, Boston College).
Worker Ownership: An Expanding Alternative in the Global Village. Paper read at the Society for International Development, Baltimore, Maryland, July 18‑22, 1982.
The Empowerment of Labor. Speech to the United Auto Workers, Clark, New Jersey, June 13, 1982.
Socio‑Economic Transformation Through the Rise of Peoples’ Enterprises. Paper read at the Caribbean Studies Association, Kingston, Jamaica, May 26‑29, 1982.
Resisting Economic Concentration Through Worker Insurrection. Paper read at the annual meeting of the Western Social Science Association (Economics Section), Denver, Colorado, April 23, 1982.
Ownership and Democratization of the Workplace. Presentation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 17, 1982.
Rath Packing Company: Participative Management in a Worker‑Owned Firm. Speech to the U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., April 15, 1982.
Toward a Participatory Sociology: A Case of Workers’ Control in Industry. Paper presented at the Midwest Sociological Society, Des Moines, Iowa, April 7‑9, 1982.
Participation and Power in the Employee‑Owned Firm. Read paper and chaired symposium organized for the Western Academy of Management, Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 1‑3, 1982.
The Union Role in Employee Ownership. Presentation at a conference on jobs and unemployment for the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 12‑13, 1982.
Worker Ownership of Business: Strategies and Examples. Organizer and chair of panel at the International Conference on Economic Dislocation, Los Angeles, California, November 6‑7, 1981.
Attitudinal Dispositions Toward Technology and Religiosity. Paper read at the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Baltimore, Maryland, October, 29‑30, 1981.
North American Cases of Employee Ownership: Experiences and Problems. Panelist at conference sponsored by the International Council for the Quality of Working Life, Toronto, Canada, August 31‑September 3, 1981.
The Law of Consecration: Toward a Theology of Participation and Economic Justice. Paper read at the Sunstone Theological Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 28, 1981 (with J.H. Stoddard).
A Case of Worker Ownership, Participation and Control. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association, Toronto, Canada, August 24‑27, 1981.
Labor Issues in Communist and Socialist Nations. Organizer and Chair of thematic session at the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Toronto, Canada, August 22, 1981.
Developing a Framework for Union Analysis of Participation. Presentation at a conference on Extending Workplace Democracy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, June 31, 1981.
Toward an Advocacy Model of Teaching OB. Presentation at the Eighth Annual Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference, Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 16‑19, 1981 (with Jim Driscoll, MIT).
Peasants, Psychology, and Autogestion: Social Transformation in Latin America. Paper read at the XVIII Interamerican Congress of Psychology, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, June 23‑26, 1981.
Ownership, Participation, and the Quality of Working Life. Presentation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 10, 1981.
Trends in Workplace Reform. Speech to the Business Roundtable, Waterloo, Iowa, February 25, 1981.
Workers’ Control and Economic Revitalization. Paper presented at the European Group for Organization Studies (EGOS), Glasgow, Scotland, March 29-April 2, 1981.
The Rise of a Peoples’ Economics: Third World Perspectives. Organizer and Moderator of a Symposium at the Fifth National Conference, “Toward the 21st Century,” Association for Self-Management, Washington, D.C., November 20-23, 1980.
The Potential for a Third Economic Sector. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Caucus for a New Political Science, Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, D.C., August 20-31, 1980.
Beyond Traditional Organizational Reform to Workers’ Self-Determination. Paper read at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York City, August 27-28, 1980.
Tactical Counter-Resistance to Economic Oppression: Worker/Community Responses to Industrial Plant Shutdowns. Paper presented at the 30th meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York City, August 23-26, 1980.
Change in Industrial Settings: Inklings of Economic Democracy in the United States. Paper read at the Second International Conference on the Economics of Workers’ Self-Management. Also served as rapporteur for a symposium on Workers’ Control in Eastern Europe, Istanbul, Turkey, July 16-19, 1980.
Workers’ Self-Determination and the Transformation of Capitalism. Political Science lecture at the University of Belgrade, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, July 14, 1980.
Recent Developments in U.S. Workers’ Participation. Presentation at a seminar, Work Research Institute, Oslo, Norway, July 11, 1980.
Job Redesign. Presentation to industrial psychology faculty, Karl Marx University, Leipzig, German Democratic Republic (East), July 9, 1980.
Socio-Technical Systems in New Industrial Plants: Processes and Outcomes of Starting from Scratch. Paper read at the XXII International Congress of Psychology, Leipzig, German Democratic Republic, July 6-12, 1980.
The Care and Feeding of Multinationals. Presentation at the Second International Conference on Self-Management and Participation in Latin America and the Caribbean, San Jose, Costa Rica, June 23-26, 1980.
The Essentials of Labor-Management Cooperation. Panel member at the Institute for Economic Democracy and Community Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, June 9-13, 1980.
Worker/Community Ownership of Steel. Presentation at the Great Lakes Conference on Plant Shutdowns, Youngstown, Ohio, June 7, 1980 (with Staughton Lynd, Yale University).
Workplace Democracy. Presentation at the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 20, 1980.
The Prospects of Employee Ownership. Presentation at the Sixth Annual Conference on Labor-Management Cooperation: “Directions for the Future,” Jamestown, New York, May 22-23, 1980 (with William Foote Whyte, Cornell University).
Pain, Pathos, and Paranoia in the Classroom. Paper presented at the Midwest Sociological Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 3-5, 1980 (with David Ulrich, UCLA).
Forms of Employee Ownership and Worker’s Control. Paper read at the annual meeting of the Western Academy of Management, Phoenix, Arizona, March 28-29, 1980.
The Role of Labor and Management in the Socio-Economic Renewal of Communities. Paper presented at the Third Annual Conference on Small Cities, University of Wisconsin, Steven’s Point, Wisconsin, March 26-27, 1980.
The Emerging Activist in Sociology. Paper read at the 10th Annual Alpha Kappa Delta Research Symposium, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, February 14-16, 1980.
Labor Alternatives to Industrial Plant Shutdowns. Panel member at a National Conference on the Future of the American Labor Movement, “1980s: Plight or Prosperity?” Ann Arbor, Michigan, January 18-19, 1980.
Worker Co-ops: Problems and Potential. Speaker and panel moderator at the annual conference of the North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO), Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 19-21, 1979.
An Appraisal of Worker-Owned Firms in the United States. Paper read at the Symposium on Workers’ Participation, 5th World Congress, International Industrial Relations Association, Paris, France, September 3-7, 1979.
Transitions in Zion: A Typology of Mormon Women Today. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association, New York, September 2, 1979.
We’ve Always Done It This Way: The Lucas Aerospace Shop Stewards Committee. Panel member at session on Workers’ Self-Determination, American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., August 30-September 1, 1979.
Social Scientists: Entrepreneurs or Observers in the Genesis of Social Problems? Paper read at the American Sociological Association, Boston, Massachusetts, August 27-29, 1979.
Growing Kids, Corn and Change Agents: The Immorality of Teaching OB. Presentation at the OB Teaching Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 20-23, 1979 (with J.B. Ritchie).
Self-Management in Worker-Owned Cooperatives. Panel member at Conference on Urban Alternatives, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 20-21, 1979.
Innovations in Productivity. Speech to Directors of Labor Relations Conference, Dearborn, Michigan, March 13, 1979.
Perceptions of Technology and Religious Values. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Houston, Texas, January 3-8, 1979 (with Todd Britsch).
Organizational Development in Community Settings: Fit or Misfit? Paper presented at the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, August 28-30, 1978.
Consulting with Conflicting Parties: A Method for Achieving Mixed Results. Paper read at the National Academy of Management Meeting, San Francisco, California, August 10-12, 1978.
Management and Labor Cooperation: The Muskegon Michigan Case. Paper read at the Canadian Department of Labor Conference on Community Economic Issues, Montreal, Canada, May 17, 1978.
The Immorality of OD Practice. Paper presented to the OD Institute Annual Conference, Waldenwoods, Michigan, May 3-5, 1978.
The Ethnocentricity of Organizational Theory. Paper read at the section on Latin American Studies, Western Social Science Association, April 28, 1978.
Dilemmas of Social Research: Ethics, Ideology and Political Intervention. Paper presented to the section on Social Psychology, Western Social Science Association, April 27, 1978.
Luddities vs. Brave New World: Attitudes Toward Technological Innovations. Paper read at the Western Social Science Association, April 27, 1978 (with Taggart Frost).
A Process for Social Change: Applications of Sociology in a Field Experiment. Paper read at the Pacific Sociological Association, Spokane, Washington, April 13-15, 1978.
Organizational Behavior and Industrial Relations. Paper presented at Western Division of the Academy of Management annual meetings, Sacramento, California, March 17, 1978.
A Process for Addressing Social Issues: Management and Labor Self-Interests and Mutual Objectives. Paper read at the 20th Southwest Academy of Management, Dallas, Texas, March 10, 1978.
Organizing for Action. Speech to the Gray Panthers of Utah County, Provo, Utah, February 18, 1978.
OD Involving Labor and Management: A Field Experiment and Its Implications. Paper read at BYU sponsored conference: “What’s New in OD,” January 30-31, 1978.
Society in Transition: The Impact of Technology (perceptions of 1984 or a millennium). Paper read at the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Salt Lake City, Utah, December 2, 1977.
The Unread College Graduate and the Need for More Literate Power-Brokers. Paper presented at the National Association of School Principals, Salt Lake City, November 11, 1977.
Instrumented Techniques for Organizational Diagnosis. Seminar for American Society of Training and Development participants in San Francisco, California, August 30, 1977.
Men, Women and Their Bases of Power. Presentation to Utah Consortium for Women in Higher Education, Cedar City, Utah, July 19, 1977.
Teaching Organizational Design: Assumptions, Objectives and Learning Processes. Paper delivered at the OB Teaching Conference, Toronto, Canada, May 16-18, 1977.
Survey Data Collection Methodologies. Seminar for American Society of Personnel Administrators participants, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 19, 1977.
Personal Renewal: The Administrator’s Dilemma. Speech to the American College of Hospital Administrators, February 2, 1977.
The Utilization of Conflict. Presentation to the University of Utah Women’s Center, November 22, 1976.
Seminar participant, UCLA Conference on Business and Society, Los Angeles, California, July 25-August 4, 1976.
The Social Environment of Organizations. Paper read at the Conference on Organization/Environment Issues. Sao Paulo, Brazil, Getulio Vargas Foundation, 1975.
Professional, Community and Non-Academic Presentations
Impact of the Women’s Movement on Men. Co-chaired a panel during campus Women’s Awareness Week, December 7, 1977.
Women’s Issues: The Masculine Point of View. Moderator of panel during BYU Women’s Conference, February 9-11, 1978.
Problems of Multi-National and Expatriate Managers. Presentation to International Relations Meeting, November 8, 1978.
Interdepartmental Cooperation. Workshop presented to administrators of BYU Division of Continuing Education, September 21, 1978.
Organizational Ethics. Panel member during School of Management Week, November 7, 1978.
Graduate School Survival Tactics Speech to MBA Students and Spouses Association, September 22, 1979.
The Use of Cultural Themes in Understanding Organizational Processes in Latin America. Organized symposium held January 8, 1980.
Integrating Human Manufacturing Systems in Organizations. Presentation to graduate students, College of Engineering, Science, and Technology, February 4, 1980.
The Cambodian Holocaust. Speech in support of campus Indo-Chinese Relief Campaign, February 27, 1980.
Collective Bargaining in the 80s. Keynote speaker, BYU College of Nursing Conference on Professionalism, September 17, 1980.
Issues in Organizational Effectiveness. Speech at the 23rd Annual Seminar, Executive Women International, Provo, Utah, September 26, 1981.
Quality of Working Life: An Update. Presentation at Human Resources Planning Conference, BYU, February 19, 1982.
The Mormon Conscience: New Voices/New Realities. Panelist at Annual Men’s and Women’s Conference, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, April 16, 1983.
Corporations Overseas: Demise or Brave New World? Panelist and moderator at conference on multinational business, BYU, February 16, 1983.
Give Us a Place to Stand and We Will Move the Earth. Presentation at conference on Strategies for Change, BYU, February 15-17, 1984.
Computers, Technology, and the Future of Work. Panelist at the Law School, February 29, 1984 (with Hon. Willard Wirtz, former U.S. Secretary of Labor).
Ethical Implications of Organization Development. Colloquium at the School of Management, April 3, 1984.
Labor Buyouts. Presentation at the BYU “Breakthroughs ’84” Campus-wide Conference. November 9, 1984.
Steel Trends in the United States. Speech at BYU College of Engineering. November 21, 1984.
Problems of the Steel Industry and Local Implications. Panelist–BYU School of Management. December 11, 1984.
Military Industry and Converting Weapons to Non-Defense Production. Speech to Utahns For a Nuclear Freeze, Provo, February 27, 1985.
Structural Unemployment: The British and U.S. Experience. Speech at BYU, March 20, 1985.
Utah Valley Economic Strain. Presentation to the Private Industry Council, Provo, April 10, 1985.
Conflict Resolution and Crisis Management. Presentation to the Utah League of Cities and Towns, Salt Lake City, September 19, 1985.
Implementing Organizational Change. Speech to the American Productivity and Inventory Control Society, Utah Valley Chapter, Springville, March 27, 1986.
The Black Hole of Utah’s Industrial Economy. Speech to the Utah Democratic Forum, February 7, 1986.
Applications of the Mondragon System of Cooperatives to our Local Economy. Presentation to Mountainland Association of Governments, UVIDA, Utah Technical College, Provo/Orem Chamber of Commerce, May-June, 1986.
The Search for Utopia: Hutterites, Kibbutzniks, and Mormons. Speech to BYUHawaii Women’s Organization, October 24, 1986.
Regional Economic Development: The Basque Experience. Kennedy International Center, December 9, 1987.
Conflict Management. Presentation to National Association of Accountants, Salt Lake City, October 19, 1988.
Ethics for What Purpose? Panelist at BYU Honors Symposium, February 7, 1989.
Professional Ethics and Management. Speech to the Manufacturing Technology Department, February 8, 1989.
Leadership for a Changing World. MSM speech, BYU, April 12, 1990.
W(h)ither Cuba? Latin American Symposium. David M. Kennedy Center, BYU, April 10, 1990.
Industrial Democracy: East and West. Conference on “Organizing for the 90s,” BYU, October 8-9, 1990.
U.S. Foreign Policy: War, Politics, & Immorality. BYU, January 14, 1991.
Inventing the Future: Grassroots Empowerment in the Philippines. BYU Students for International Development, March 7, 1991.
Third World Development: Economics with a Human Face. Kennedy Center for International Studies, March 13, 1991.
The Dynamic International Environment. American Society for Public Administration Conference on the Internationalization of Economic Development, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, April 29, 1991.
Academic Survival and Success. Faculty Academic Leadership Conference, BYU, May 2, 1991.
Corporate Ethics and Management. Farm Management Company, Provo, Utah, August 15, 1991.
Involvement in Third World Strategies. International Society, 2nd Annual Meeting, Provo, Utah, August 20, 1991.
The Politics of Hunger in the 90’s. Keynote speaker at BYU’s Annual Banquet, Students for International Development, Dec. 3, 1991.
Challenges of Managing in Developing Nations: The Philippines Case, BYU International Students, February 20, 1992.
Trickle up Economics: Formulating and Implementing Strategies for Development in the Third World. BYU Honors Seminar, March 10, 1992.
Reform and Revolution in Latin America, MSM MBA Students, March 19, 1992.
After the Berlin Wall: Present Reality and Future Possibilities. Presentation to Provo Women’s Club, September 10, 1992.
Environment, Ecology and Economics. Panelist with state government and wilderness officials, Provo, Utah, September 29, 1992.
The United Order and the Modern World Economy. Presentation to BYU faculty members, November 13, 1992.
Factors for Success in Third World Development. Speech to Political Science Students, Kimball Tower, BYU, December 6, 1992.
Developing Innovations for Global Transformation. Keynote speech during BYU’s International Week, January 25, 1993.
Liberty, Equality and Union: Cooperative Economic Systems. Presentation to Manufacturing Research Institute, Provo, Utah, May 13, 1993.
Organizational Transformation: E4 Model of Management. Marriott School of Management, Dean’s Seminar, May 26, 1993.
International Careers in Development. David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, BYU, October 28, 1993.
Urban Development and Income Generation. Presentation at the Forum on Sustainable Development Lecture Series, Provo, Utah, February 9, 1994.
The Socio-Economics of Zion. Paper read at the Ninth Annual Book of Mormon Symposium, Religious Studies Center, BYU, February 11-12, 1994.
Building Contemporary Utopias. Presentation to the LDS Academy of Dentists, Provo, Utah, August 13, 1994.
Toward a Gospel-Centered Society. Workshop at BYU Education Week, August 15, 1994.
Challenges of Living in the Modern World Economy. Four Lectures at Education Week, August 16-19, 1994.
Problem-Solving Effectiveness Seminar for the Governor’s Asian-American Advisory Council. Salt Lake City, Utah, November 5, 1994.
Women in Development. Participant on Panel at the Conference on Population and Development, Kennedy International Studies Center, Provo, Utah, November 11, 1994.
Third World Women and Self-Employment. Women’s Research Institute, Provo, Utah, November 17, 1994.
Global Leadership in the Year 2,000. Presentation to Professional Practitioners, BYU Counseling Center, December 16, 1994.
From Dependency to Dignity: Third World Women and Self-Employment. Women’s Research Institute, Provo, Utah, November 17, 1994.
Cultural Survival: Endangered Native Peoples of Latin America. Presentation at Timpview High School, Provo, Utah, May 8, 1995.
Humanitarian Work Around the Globe. Presentation to LDS Church managers, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 26, 1995.
Applying Righteous Principles in Our Lives. Four lectures at Education Week, BYU, Provo, Utah, August 22-25, 1995.
Corporate Transformation of Management and Work. Four lectures at Education Week, BYU, Provo, Utah, August 22-25, 1995.
Micro Lending and Village Development. Presentation at Women in Development Conference, BYU, Provo, Utah, October 26-27, 1995.
Corporate Downsizing’s Social Consequences. Talk show expert on Radio KCPW, Salt Lake City, January 12, 1996.
Economic Disintegration: Africa’s Legacy of Colonialism. Presentation to Provo Kiwanis Club, January 30, 1996.
Opportunities for International Outreach. Speech at the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, January 31, 1996.
The Political Economy of Early Mormon Country. Lecture on Western Civilization, BYU, Provo, Utah, February 6, 1996.
The Gospel of Manufacturing. Presentation to graduate students and faculty in Engineering and Manufacturing Technology, College of Engineering, BYU, Provo, Utah, February 22, 1996.
Corporate Greed, CEO Compensation and American Capitalism. Interview guest at Radio KCPW, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 4, 1996.
The ABCs of Economics: Amish, Buddhist, Catholic Economic Traditions. Workshop for MBA students, BYU, Provo, Utah, March 6, 1996.
Economic Literacy as a Tool for African Development. Presentation at BYU Literacy Symposium, March 29, 1996.
Five guest lectures and mobilization from various Provo schools as well as organizing service projects and fundraising efforts with PTA, school administrators and teachers who wanted to learn about indigenous people and Third World development in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, Provo, Utah, March-June 1996.
NGOs as a Third World Development Strategy. Presentation to the public, Provo, Utah, March 14, 1996.
Team building training for Discovery program multicultural potential BYU students who want to major in business, BYU, Provo, Utah, July 10, 1996.
Rescuing the Third World Poor. Speech to the Utah County Exchange Club, Provo, Utah, July 16, 1996.
Toward a Gospel-Centered Society. Three-hour lecture to 250 Education Week attendees, BYU, Provo, Utah, August 19, 1996.
Integrating the Temporal and Spiritual. Four Education Week sessions, BYU, Provo, Utah, August 20-23, 1996.
Gospel Dynamics for Global Change. Four Education Week sessions, BYU, Provo, Utah, August 20-23, 1996.
Global Service Beyond Your Career. Keynote lecture at Career Fair Banquet for faculty, students, and corporate recruiters, College of Engineering and Technology, BYU, Provo, Utah, October 3, 1996.
The Origins and Structures of Early LDS United Orders. Presentation to the Sons of Utah Pioneers: Wilford Woodruff Chapter, Provo, Utah, November 6, 1996.
Expanding Our Influence for Good. Workshop for BYU Honor Council, March 15, 1997.
Temporal Well-Being for Families in Contemporary Zion. Presentation to BYU students majoring in Family Science, May 28, 1997.
Careers in International Studies. Presentation to BYU undergraduates at the David M. Kennedy Center, September 17, 1997.
Public Policy and the NGO Movement. Presentation to the Institute of Public Administration graduate students, October 16, 1997.
Microenterprise as a Tool for Change. Panelist at the International Development Forum, BYU, November 13, 1997.
Affirmative Action: Race, Gender and Ethnicity. Student presentation at BYU, December 2, 1997.
Business as a Calling: Stewardship and the Sacred in Corporate Life. Presentation to the Marriott School’s MBA Association, April 2, 1998.
Building Zion One Family at a Time. Speech at the Fourth Annual Management Conference, Marriott School, June 18-20, 1998.
International Humanitarian Outreach. Panelist at the Fourth Annual Management Conference, June 18-20, 1998.
Research, Study, and Consulting Team on Non-Violent Change Resolving the Conflict in Northern Ireland. Workshop of Government and Religious Leaders, Dublin, Ireland, July 18-22, 1998.
Helping Entrepreneurs in Third World Countries. Organizer and chair of a panel of the Center for Entrepreneurship’s Fall Conference, September 11, 1998.
LDS-related Humanitarian Programs. International Development Network Symposium held at BYU, October 1, 1998.
How to Establish Cumorah Universities for Latter-day Saints in Latin America. Presentation to LDS Latin American Leaders, Provo, October 2, 1998.
Creating a Perpetual Education Fund for Native Returned Missionaries in South America: Especially in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador & Venezuela. Proposal to South American Area Council of LDS, Business and Government Officials, Salt Lake City, October 4, 1998.
Methods for Rendering Effective Service. Workshop for Senior Missionary couples beginning service programs in Indonesia, Dominican Republic and Bolivia. LDS Church Welfare Department, October 9, 1998, and three weeks thereafter.
How College Students Can Change the World. Seminar for BYU Student Leaders, Sundance, Utah, October 17, 1998.
Using our Gifts to Make a Difference. Western States Women’s Association. Aspen Grove, October 18, 1998.
Want to Help Africa? Do You Love Africa? Presentation to BYU Community, October 22, 1998.
The Gospel of Work: Laboring for Zion with LDS Temporal Teachings. Orem, Utah, April 25, 1999.
African Development: Human Needs and Prospects in the Coming Century. Presentation to a Community Symposium, Provo, Utah, May 4, 1999.
How Today’s Youth Can Change the World for Good. Speech and award at the senior class Night of Excellence, Mountain View High School, Orem, Utah, May 25, 1999.
Community-to-Community Linkages Between Utah and West Africa. BYU presentation, September 18, 1999.
Service-Learning as the Road to Genuine Education. Orem, Utah, September 19, 1999.
Third World Development from the Grassroots. International Forum speaker, David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, BYU, September 22, 1999.
Graduate Education as Radical Practice. Presentation to OB graduate students, BYU, October 27, 1999.
How to Organize Citizens and Church Groups for Charitable Service. Speech in Highland, Utah, December 11, 1999.
How to Become a Reluctant Revolutionary. Presentation to BYU student association leaders, February 12, 2000.
Altruism is One of Life’s Greatest Values. Speech to BYU Student Honor Forum, February 23, 2000.
Mobilizing LDS Ethics and Energy So There is No Poor Among Them. Presentation to humanitarian group, Orem, Utah, March 12, 2000.
Appropriate Technology Methods for the Urban Poor: The Case of Manufacturing. Presentation to faculty of the College of Engineering, BYU, March 15, 2000.
The Basics of Microcredit: What it is/How it works. Speech to BYU audience, March 17, 2000.
Mormon Outreach Strategies: Building Zion in the Third Word. Presentation to humanitarian group, Provo, Utah, April 30, 2000.
Building Zion, One Family at a Time. University Seminar, BYU, August 15, 2000.
Faith, Hope and Charity: Creating Community Among God’s Children. University Seminar, BYU, August 16, 2000.
The Gospel in Action: Change from the Heart. University Seminar, BYU, August 17, 2000.
How Latter-day Saints Can Transform the Planet. University Seminary, BYU, August 18, 2000.
How Business Executives Can Build a Better World. Presentation to Utah Valley CEO Roundtable, August 23, 2000.
How Utahns are Changing the World. Presentation to Northern Utah Community leaders, Farmington City Hall, September 29, 2000.
The Humanitarian of the Millennium. Presentation honoring President Gordon B. Hinckley at the Unitus Economic Summit, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 10,2000.
Transforming the Planet. Community presentation, Provo, Utah, October 15, 2000.
Taking a Stand: Sustainable Development for the Third World. Presentation to Provo Kiwanis Club, February 24, 2001.
H.E.L.P. Eliminate Poverty: A Strategy for Latin America. Seminar, Orem, Utah, February 24, 2001.
Student Service Learning Opportunities. Speech to Business Management Students, Marriott School, March 1, 2001.
Western China’s Economy: Empowering a Million People at a Time? Presentation on SOAR China Program, BYU, March 2, 2001.
How Business Can Give Back to the Community. Presentation to Phi Beta Lamda (fraternity for future business leaders of America), ASBYU, March 3, 2001.
The Grameen Bank Model: An Experiment in Social Collateral. Speech to Kennedy Center for International Studies, March 14, 2001.
Business Applications in Humanitarian Contexts. Speech to Provo Kiwanis Club, April, 24, 2001.
How Americans Can Improve the World One Family at a Time. Kaysville, Utah, April 28, 2001.
The Sheer Joy of Empowering the Poor. Presentation to the Provo Chamber of Commerce, May 23, 2001.
How Business Professionals Can Become Social Entrepreneurs. Speech to Rotary Club, American Fork, Utah, June 12, 2001.
Putting Relief Back in the Relief Society. BYU Community Service Conference, October 24, 2001.
The Global 7 Deadly Sins: IMF, World Bank, G-7, WTO, Fast Track, NAFTA and Nike? Speech to Students for International Development, Kennedy Center for International Studies, October 23, 2001.
Humanitarian Entrepreneurs: LDS-based Outreach to Change the World. Speech to large Utah nonprofit organizations, Salt Lake City, January 8, 2002.
Community Organizing: ESOPs, Co-ops, and Other Weapons for Reversing Plant Closings. Presentation at School of Social Work Graduate Student Symposium, BYU, Provo, Utah, February 2002.
Challenges of Building Successful Humanitarian Strategies in the Altiplano of Bolivia and Peru. Speech to Chasqui Humanitarian, Salt Lake City, June 27, 2002.
The Visionary Imagination: Seeing a World Without Poverty. Presentation at BYU Student Symposium, Provo, Utah, September 2002.
Tools for Assisting the Inner City Poor. Presentation to social welfare and community service administrators of Utah County, September 4, 2002.
The Promise of U.S. Domestic Microcredit. Workshop for the Provo Latino Community, December 5, 2002.
Fighting for Justice. Panelist at the World Social Forum, Porto Alegre, Brazil, January 25, 2003.
Waging Peace Rather than Pre-Emptive War in Iraq. Community Seminar, Porto Alegre, Brazil, January 26, 2003.
Community Change Models in the United States: Conflict or Cooperation? Seminar for graduate students of the School of Social Work, BYU, February 5, 2003.
Raising a New Generation of Self-Sufficient Families. Presentation to village bankers, Toluca, Mexico, February 21, 2003.
The Financial Stresses on Marriage Among Poor Families: U.S. and World Perspectives. Presentation to the School of Family Life, BYU, February 28, 2003.
From the Different Inputs of Many to the Power of One. Speech at community-wide benefit for El Salvador, Provo, Utah, March 29, 2003.
The Genius of Volunteerism. Speech to global humanitarians going abroad, BYU, April 29, 2003.
Launching Family Economic Sustainability. Community speech, Thetford, England, June 14, 2003.
New Social Inventions for Alleviating Community Pain. Panelist at the founding of the Provo Economic Coalition, Provo, Utah, June 25, 2003.
Accelerating Microfinance in India: The Unitus Strategy for Leveraging Economic Growth. Speech to Rotary International, Salt Lake Valley, July 17, 2003.
Social Entrepreneurship as a Tool for Expanding Family Self-Reliance. Presentation to American volunteers, Chimaltenango, Guatemala, August 4, 2003.
Learning to Excel. Speech at graduation ceremonies of the first class of MicroBusiness Mentors, Centro Hispano, Provo, Utah, August 8, 2003.
Fostering Free Market Economics from the Grassroots. One hour dialogue/Q&A, Salt Lake City K-Talk Radio, September 4, 2003.
Indicting the Guilty: The Refusal of Big Banks to Give Small Loans to Poor Individuals. Speech to Hispanic Community, Provo, Utah, September 9, 2003.
A Vision of First Hope: Orphanage Efforts in Nepal. Provo, Utah, September 10, 2003.
Pay it Forward: The Growing Clout of H.E.L.P. International in Students’ Lives. BYU, September 13, 2003.
Leveraging Human Potential: Managing Others to Make a Difference in Society. Presentation to student volunteer leaders, BYU, November 7, 2003.
Impact of the Women’s Movement on Men. Co-chaired a panel during campus Women’s Awareness Week, December 7, 1977.
Women’s Issues: The Masculine Point of View. Moderator of panel during BYU Women’s Conference, February 9-11, 1978.
Problems of Multi-National and Expatriate Managers. Presentation to International Relations Meeting, November 8, 1978.
Interdepartmental Cooperation. Workshop presented to administrators of BYU Division of Continuing Education, September 21, 1978.
Organizational Ethics. Panel member during School of Management Week, November 7, 1978.
Graduate School Survival Tactics. Speech to MBA Students and Spouses Association, September 22, 1979.
The Use of Cultural Themes in Understanding Organizational Processes in Latin America. Organized symposium held January 8, 1980.
Integrating Human Manufacturing Systems in Organizations. Presentation to graduate students, College of Engineering, Science, and Technology, February 4, 1980.
The Cambodian Holocaust. Speech in support of campus Indo-Chinese Relief Campaign, February 27, 1980.
Collective Bargaining in the 80s. Keynote speaker, BYU College of Nursing Conference on Professionalism, September 17, 1980.
Issues in Organizational Effectiveness. Speech at the 23rd Annual Seminar, Executive Women International, Provo, Utah, September 26, 1981.
Quality of Working Life: An Update. Presentation at Human Resources Planning Conference, BYU, February 19, 1982.
The Mormon Conscience: New Voices/New Realities. Panelist at Annual Men’s and Women’s Conference, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, April 16, 1983.
Corporations Overseas: Demise or Brave New World? Panelist and moderator at conference on multinational business, BYU, February 16, 1983.
Give Us a Place to Stand and We Will Move the Earth. Presentation at conference on Strategies for Change, BYU, February 15-17, 1984.
Computers, Technology, and the Future of Work. Panelist at the Law School, February 29, 1984 (with Hon. Willard Wirtz, former U.S. Secretary of Labor).
Ethical Implications of Organization Development. Colloquium at the School of Management, April 3, 1984.
Labor Buyouts. Presentation at the BYU “Breakthroughs ’84” Campus-wide Conference. November 9, 1984.
Steel Trends in the United States. Speech at BYU College of Engineering. November 21, 1984.
Problems of the Steel Industry and Local Implications. Panelist–BYU School of Management. December 11, 1984.
Military Industry and Converting Weapons to Non-Defense Production. Speech to Utahns For a Nuclear Freeze, Provo, February 27, 1985.
Structural Unemployment: The British and U.S. Experience. Speech at BYU, March 20, 1985.
Utah Valley Economic Strain. Presentation to the Private Industry Council, Provo, April 10, 1985.
Conflict Resolution and Crisis Management. Presentation to the Utah League of Cities and Towns, Salt Lake City, September 19, 1985.
Implementing Organizational Change. Speech to the American Productivity and Inventory Control Society, Utah Valley Chapter, Springville, March 27, 1986.
The Black Hole of Utah’s Industrial Economy. Speech to the Utah Democratic Forum, February 7, 1986.
Applications of the Mondragon System of Cooperatives to our Local Economy. Presentation to Mountainland Association of Governments, UVIDA, Utah Technical College, Provo/Orem Chamber of Commerce, May-June, 1986.
The Search for Utopia: Hutterites, Kibbutzniks, and Mormons. Speech to BYU Hawaii Women’s Organization, October 24, 1986.
Regional Economic Development: The Basque Experience. Kennedy International Center, December 9, 1987.
Conflict Management. Presentation to National Association of Accountants, Salt Lake City, October 19, 1988.
Ethics for What Purpose? Panelist at BYU Honors Symposium, February 7, 1989.
Professional Ethics and Management. Speech to the Manufacturing Technology Department, February 8, 1989.
Leadership for a Changing World. MSM speech, BYU, April 12, 1990.
W(h)ither Cuba? Latin American Symposium. David M. Kennedy Center, BYU, April 10, 1990.
Industrial Democracy: East and West. Conference on “Organizing for the 90s,” BYU, October 8-9, 1990.
U.S. Foreign Policy: War, Politics, & Immorality. BYU, January 14, 1991.
Inventing the Future: Grassroots Empowerment in the Philippines. BYU Students for International Development, March 7, 1991.
Third World Development: Economics with a Human Face. Kennedy Center for International Studies, March 13, 1991.
The Dynamic International Environment. American Society for Public Administration Conference on the Internationalization of Economic Development, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, April 29, 1991.
Academic Survival and Success. Faculty Academic Leadership Conference, BYU, May 2, 1991.
Corporate Ethics and Management. Farm Management Company, Provo, Utah, August 15, 1991.
Involvement in Third World Strategies. International Society, 2nd Annual Meeting, Provo, Utah, August 20, 1991.
The Politics of Hunger in the 90’s. Keynote speaker at BYU’s Annual Banquet, Students for International Development, Dec. 3, 1991.
Challenges of Managing in Developing Nations: The Philippines Case, BYU International Students, February 20, 1992.
Trickle up Economics: Formulating and Implementing Strategies for Development in the Third World. BYU Honors Seminar, March 10, 1992.
Reform and Revolution in Latin America, MSM MBA Students, March 19, 1992.
After the Berlin Wall: Present Reality and Future Possibilities. Presentation to Provo Women’s Club, September 10, 1992.
Environment, Ecology and Economics. Panelist with state government and wilderness officials, Provo, Utah, September 29, 1992.
The United Order and the Modern World Economy. Presentation to BYU faculty members, November 13, 1992.
Factors for Success in Third World Development. Speech to Political Science Students, Kimball Tower, BYU, December 6, 1992.
Developing Innovations for Global Transformation. Keynote speech during BYU’s International Week, January 25, 1993.
Liberty, Equality and Union: Cooperative Economic Systems. Presentation to Manufacturing Research Institute, Provo, Utah, May 13, 1993.
Organizational Transformation: E4 Model of Management. Marriott School of Management, Dean’s Seminar, May 26, 1993.
International Careers in Development. David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, BYU, October 28, 1993.
Urban Development and Income Generation. Presentation at the Forum on Sustainable Development Lecture Series, Provo, Utah, February 9, 1994.
The Socio-Economics of Zion. Paper read at the Ninth Annual Book of Mormon Symposium, Religious Studies Center, BYU, February 11-12, 1994.
Building Contemporary Utopias. Presentation to the LDS Academy of Dentists, Provo, Utah, August 13, 1994.
Toward a Gospel-Centered Society. Workshop at BYU Education Week, August 15, 1994.
Challenges of Living in the Modern World Economy. Four Lectures at Education Week, August 16-19, 1994.
Problem-Solving Effectiveness Seminar for the Governor’s Asian-American Advisory Council. Salt Lake City, Utah, November 5, 1994.
Women in Development. Participant on Panel at the Conference on Population and Development, Kennedy International Studies Center, Provo, Utah, November 11, 1994.
Third World Women and Self-Employment. Womens Research Institute, Provo, Utah, November 17, 1994.
Global Leadership in the Year 2,000. Presentation to Professional Practitioners, BYU Counseling Center, December 16, 1994.
From Dependency to Dignity: Third World Women and Self-Employment. Women’s Research Institute, Provo, Utah, November 17, 1994.
Cultural Survival: Endangered Native Peoples of Latin America. Presentation at Timpview High School, Provo, Utah, May 8, 1995.
Humanitarian Work Around the Globe. Presentation to LDS Church managers, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 26, 1995.
Applying Righteous Principles in Our Lives. Four lectures at Education Week, BYU, Provo, Utah, August 22-25, 1995.
Corporate Transformation of Management and Work. Four lectures at Education Week, BYU, Provo, Utah, August 22-25, 1995.
Micro-Lending and Village Development. Presentation at Women in Development Conference, BYU, Provo, Utah, October 26-27, 1995.
Corporate Downsizing’s Social Consequences. Talk show expert on Radio KCPW, Salt Lake City, January 12, 1996.
Economic Disintegration: Africa’s Legacy of Colonialism. Presentation to Provo Kiwanis Club, January 30, 1996.
Opportunities for International Outreach. Speech at the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, January 31, 1996.
The Political Economy of Early Mormon Country. Lecture on Western Civilization, BYU, Provo, Utah, February 6, 1996.
The Gospel of Manufacturing. Presentation to graduate students and faculty in Engineering and Manufacturing Technology, College of Engineering, BYU, Provo, Utah, February 22, 1996.
Corporate Greed, CEO Compensation and American Capitalism. Interview guest at Radio KCPW, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 4, 1996.
The ABCs of Economics: Amish, Buddhist, Catholic Economic Traditions. Workshop for MBA students, BYU, Provo, Utah, March 6, 1996.
Economic Literacy as a Tool for African Development. Presentation at BYU Literacy Symposium, March 29, 1996.
Five guest lectures and mobilization from various Provo schools as well as organizing service projects and fundraising efforts with PTA, school administrators and teachers who wanted to learn about indigenous people and Third World development in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, Provo, Utah, March-June 1996.
NGOs as a Third World Development Strategy. Presentation to the public, Provo, Utah, March 14, 1996.
Team-building training for Discovery program multicultural potential BYU students who want to major in business, BYU, Provo, Utah, July 10, 1996.
Rescuing the Third World Poor. Speech to the Utah County Exchange Club, Provo, Utah, July 16, 1996.
Toward a Gospel-Centered Society. Three-hour lecture to 250 Education Week attendees, BYU, Provo, Utah, August 19, 1996.
Integrating the Temporal and Spiritual. Four Education Week sessions, BYU, Provo, Utah, August 20-23, 1996.
Gospel Dynamics for Global Change. Four Education Week sessions, BYU, Provo, Utah, August 20-23, 1996.
Global Service Beyond Your Career. Keynote lecture at Career Fair Banquet for faculty, students, and corporate recruiters, College of Engineering and Technology, BYU, Provo, Utah, October 3, 1996.
The Origins and Structures of Early LDS United Orders. Presentation to the Sons of Utah Pioneers: Wilford Woodruff Chapter, Provo, Utah, November 6, 1996.
Expanding Our Influence for Good. Workshop for BYU Honor Council, March 15, 1997.
Temporal Well-Being for Families in Contemporary Zion. Presentation to BYU students majoring in Family Science, May 28, 1997.
Careers in International Studies. Presentation to BYU undergraduates at the David M. Kennedy Center, September 17, 1997.
Public Policy and the NGO Movement. Presentation to the Institute of Public Administration graduate students, October 16, 1997.
Microenterprise as a Tool for Change. Panelist at the International Development Forum, BYU, November 13, 1997.
Affirmative Action: Race, Gender and Ethnicity. Student presentation at BYU, December 2, 1997.
Business as a Calling: Stewardship and the Sacred in Corporate Life. Presentation to the Marriott School’s MBA Association, April 2, 1998.
Building Zion One Family at a Time. Speech at the Fourth Annual Management Conference, Marriott School, June 18-20, 1998.
International Humanitarian Outreach. Panelist at the Fourth Annual Management Conference, June 18-20, 1998.
Research, Study, and Consulting Team on Non-Violent Change Resolving the Conflict in Northern Ireland. Workshop of Government and Religious Leaders, Dublin, Ireland, July 18-22, 1998.
Helping Entrepreneurs in Third World Countries. Organizer and chair of a panel of the Center for Entrepreneurship’s Fall Conference, September 11, 1998.
LDS-related Humanitarian Programs. International Development Network Symposium held at BYU, October 1, 1998.
How to Establish Cumorah Universities for Latter-day Saints in Latin America. Presentation to LDS Latin American Leaders, Provo, October 2, 1998.
Creating a Perpetual Education Fund for Native Returned Missionaries in South America: Especially in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador & Venezuela. Proposal to South American Area Council of LDS, Business and Government Officials, Salt Lake City, October 4, 1998.
Methods for Rendering Effective Service. Workshop for Senior Missionary couples beginning service programs in Indonesia, Dominican Republic and Bolivia. LDS Church Welfare Department, October 9, 1998, and three weeks thereafter.
How College Students Can Change the World. Seminar for BYU Student Leaders, Sundance, Utah, October 17, 1998.
Using our Gifts to Make a Difference. Western States Women’s Association. Aspen Grove, October 18, 1998.
Want to Help Africa? Do You Love Africa? Presentation to BYU Community, October 22, 1998.
The Gospel of Work: Laboring for Zion with LDS Temporal Teachings. Orem, Utah, April 25, 1999.
African Development: Human Needs and Prospects in the Coming Century. Presentation to a Community Symposium, Provo, Utah, May 4, 1999.
How Today’s Youth Can Change the World for Good. Speech and award at the senior class Night of Excellence, Mountain View High School, Orem, Utah, May 25, 1999.
Community-to-Community Linkages Between Utah and West Africa. BYU presentation, September 18, 1999.
Service-Learning as the Road to Genuine Education. Orem, Utah, September 19, 1999.
Third World Development from the Grassroots. International Forum speaker, David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, BYU, September 22, 1999.
Graduate Education as Radical Practice. Presentation to OB graduate students, BYU, October 27, 1999.
How to Organize Citizens and Church Groups for Charitable Service. Speech in Highland, Utah, December 11, 1999.
How to Become a Reluctant Revolutionary. Presentation to BYU student association leaders, February 12, 2000.
Altruism is One of Life’s Greatest Values. Speech to BYU Student Honor Forum, February 23, 2000.
Mobilizing LDS Ethics and Energy So There is No Poor Among Them. Presentation to humanitarian group, Orem, Utah, March 12, 2000.
Appropriate Technology Methods for the Urban Poor: The Case of Manufacturing. Presentation to faculty of the College of Engineering, BYU, March 15, 2000.
The Basics of Microcredit: What it is/How it works. Speech to BYU audience, March 17, 2000.
Mormon Outreach Strategies: Building Zion in the Third Word. Presentation to humanitarian group, Provo, Utah, April 30, 2000.
Building Zion, One Family at a Time. University Seminar, BYU, August 15, 2000.
Faith, Hope and Charity: Creating Community Among God’s Children. University Seminar, BYU, August 16, 2000.
The Gospel in Action: Change from the Heart. University Seminar, BYU, August 17, 2000.
How Latter-day Saints Can Transform the Planet. University Seminary, BYU, August 18, 2000.
How Business Executives Can Build a Better World. Presentation to Utah Valley CEO Roundtable, August 23, 2000.
How Utahns are Changing the World. Presentation to Northern Utah Community leaders, Farmington City Hall, September 29, 2000.
The Humanitarian of the Millennium. Presentation honoring President Gordon B. Hinckley at the Unitus Economic Summit, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 10,2000.
Transforming the Planet. Community presentation, Provo, Utah, October 15, 2000.
Taking a Stand: Sustainable Development for the Third World. Presentation to Provo Kiwanis Club, February 24, 2001.
H.E.L.P. Eliminate Poverty: A Strategy for Latin America. Seminar, Orem, Utah, February 24, 2001.
Student Service Learning Opportunities. Speech to Business Management Students, Marriott School, March 1, 2001.
Western China’s Economy: Empowering a Million People at a Time? Presentation on SOAR China Program, BYU, March 2, 2001.
How Business Can Give Back to the Community. Presentation to Phi Beta Lamda (fraternity for future business leaders of America), ASBYU, March 3, 2001.
The Grameen Bank Model: An Experiment in Social Collateral. Speech to Kennedy Center for International Studies, March 14, 2001.
Business Applications in Humanitarian Contexts. Speech to Provo Kiwanis Club, April, 24, 2001.
How Americans Can Improve the World One Family at a Time. Kaysville, Utah, April 28, 2001.
The Sheer Joy of Empowering the Poor. Presentation to the Provo Chamber of Commerce, May 23, 2001.
How Business Professionals Can Become Social Entrepreneurs. Speech to Rotary Club, American Fork, Utah, June 12, 2001.
Putting Relief Back in the Relief Society. BYU Community Service Conference, October 24, 2001.
The Global 7 Deadly Sins: IMF, World Bank, G-7, WTO, Fast Track, NAFTA and Nike? Speech to Students for International Development, Kennedy Center for International Studies, October 23, 2001.
Humanitarian Entrepreneurs: LDS-based Outreach to Change the World. Speech to large Utah nonprofit organizations, Salt Lake City, January 8, 2002.
Community Organizing: ESOPs, Co-ops, and Other Weapons for Reversing Plant Closings. Presentation at School of Social Work Graduate Student Symposium, BYU, Provo, Utah, February 2002.
Challenges of Building Successful Humanitarian Strategies in the Altiplano of Bolivia and Peru. Speech to Chasqui Humanitarian, Salt Lake City, June 27, 2002.
The Visionary Imagination: Seeing a World Without Poverty. Presentation at BYU Student Symposium, Provo, Utah, September 2002.
Tools for Assisting the Inner City Poor. Presentation to social welfare and community service administrators of Utah County, September 4, 2002.
The Promise of U.S. Domestic Microcredit. Workshop for the Provo Latino Community, December 5, 2002.
Fighting for Justice. Panelist at the World Social Forum, Porto Alegre, Brazil, January 25, 2003.
Waging Peace Rather than Pre-Emptive War in Iraq. Community Seminar, Porto Alegre, Brazil, January 26, 2003.
Community Change Models in the United States: Conflict or Cooperation? Seminar for graduate students of the School of Social Work, BYU, February 5, 2003.
Raising a New Generation of Self-Sufficient Families. Presentation to village bankers, Toluca, Mexico, February 21, 2003.
The Financial Stresses on Marriage Among Poor Families: U.S. and World Perspectives. Presentation to the School of Family Life, BYU, February 28, 2003.
From the Different Inputs of Many to the Power of One. Speech at community-wide benefit for El Salvador, Provo, Utah, March 29, 2003.
The Genius of Volunteerism. Speech to global humanitarians going abroad, BYU, April 29, 2003.
Launching Family Economic Sustainability. Community speech, Thetford, England, June 14, 2003.
New Social Inventions for Alleviating Community Pain. Panelist at the founding of the Provo Economic Coalition, Provo, Utah, June 25, 2003.
Accelerating Microfinance in India: The Unitus Strategy for Leveraging Economic Growth. Speech to Rotary International, Salt Lake Valley, July 17, 2003.
Social Entrepreneurship as a Tool for Expanding Family Self-Reliance. Presentation to American volunteers, Chimaltenango, Guatemala, August 4, 2003.
Learning to Excel. Speech at graduation ceremonies of the first class of MicroBusiness Mentors, Centro Hispano, Provo, Utah, August 8, 2003.
Fostering Free Market Economics from the Grassroots. One hour dialogue/Q&A, Salt Lake City K-Talk Radio, September 4, 2003.
Indicting the Guilty: The Refusal of Big Banks to Give Small Loans to Poor Individuals. Speech to Hispanic Community, Provo, Utah, September 9, 2003.
A Vision of First Hope: Orphanage Efforts in Nepal. Provo, Utah, September 10, 2003.
Leveraging Human Potential: Managing Others to Make a Difference in Society. Presentation to student volunteer leaders, BYU, November 7, 2003.