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Speakers Bureau Speakers can be contacted for speaking engagements by fax at 831 626-3734 or by e-mail at center@partnershipway.org |
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Riane Eisler Speaking Dr. Riane
Eisler keynotes conferences worldwide. She has given over 500
presentations at conferences, universities, corporations, and
governmental and nongovernmental agencies in the United States,
Canada, Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa
Rica, and Mexico), and Europe (Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic,
Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Spain, and
Sweden). Examples include: Dr. Eisler spoke in Germany at the invitation of Prof. Rita Suessmuth, President of the Bundestag (the German Parliament) and Daniel Goeudevert (Chair of Volkswagen International, who wrote the Foreword to the German Edition of Eisler’s international bestseller The Chalice and The Blade). She was invited to Greece by Margarita Papandreou (the First Lady). She spoke in Colombia, invited by the Mayor of Bogota, and in the Czech Republic, invited by Vaclav Havel (President of the Czech Republic). She addressed the NGO Forum of the End of the First U.N. Decade for Women Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, and was a plenary speaker at the 2004 Barcelona Women’s Forum. She keynoted the Seventh Annual Conference of State Governors’ Spouses. She made a major presentation at the Second Centennial Parliament of World Religions in Chicago. Among 2006 venues were her keynote at the Montessori Foundation’s annual Partnership Education Conference and at the Social Ventures Network’s annual Women Entrepreneurs’ conference, a featured talk at the International Women’s Museum’s “Women Global Leaders” meeting, and a video address on “Partnering for Peace” to the World Volunteers Conference of the International Association of Volunteer Effort in New Delhi, India. In 2005, she keynoted “Stopping the Silence About Intimate Violence: Laying a Foundation for Peace” in Washington DC on Capitol Hill, gave the closing keynote at the International Coaching Federation’s 10th Anniversary Conference, gave a plenary address at the Women’s Economic Forum in Deauville, France, and opened the program at the City Theatre of Stockholm launching the Swedish edition of The Chalice and The Blade with top Swedish entertainers, politicians, intellectuals, and social leaders. Venues for 2004 included plenary addresses at the Ethos Institute of Business and Social Responsibility International Conference in Brazil, the Sustainable Resources Conference in Boulder, the Committee of 200 conference in Boston, and the Homeschooling conference in Sacramento. In 2003, after the publication of her book The Power of Partnership, Eisler spoke at the Women’s International Network conference in Switzerland, the Women’s Leadership Summit in Boston, the Case Western Business School conference on the theme of Business as a Center for World Benefit, the Social Venture Network conference, the Western Regional Symposium on Child Abuse and Sexual Assault, and the first Arab-American Economic Summit. In 2002, after the publication of Eisler’s book on education, Tomorrow’s Children, and in the in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Eisler focused on “Educating for a Culture of Peace” at conferences such as the American School Boards annual conference, the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Spirituality and Learning conference, and The Alchemy of Peacebuilding conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Her 2001 engagements included her plenary address to 4,000 Latin American educators at the 5th International Congress of Education in Cordoba, Argentina and her keynote at the 2001ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) Leadership Conference in Washington DC. She also presented her partnership economics model as part of the “Economics for Human Well-Being” series (which included Amartya Sen) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 2000, she keynoted the annual conference of the National Association of Women Business Owners, the Montessori Peace Education Conference, and the national conference of the Alliance for Work Life Professionals. Among 1999 venues, she spoke to the Senior Women’s Group of the Microsoft Corporation, at the Club of Budapest Roundtable in Rome and Cagliari, and at Forum 2000 on “Partnership Economics: Beyond Communism and Capitalism.” In addition, Dr. Eisler has addressed a wide range of other audiences – from the American Academy of Psychotherapists, the USSR - USA Scholars' Dialogue on Human Rights, the International Women's Forum, the Sisters of the Holy Name, the UUA General Assembly, the European Educational House International Conference, and the Founding Convention of the Cultural Environment Movement, to meetings at such diverse places as the International Development Research Centre in Canad, the San Francisco Art Institute, the Heartland Area Education Agency, the Chicago League of Theaters, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Universities where she has spoken range from Yale, Case Western Reserve, Haverford, Goddard College, and UCLA to the University of St. Gallen, the University of Costa Rica, the University of Helsinki, and the University of Bologna. Corporations where she has spoken include Du Pont, Disney, Arthur Anderson, Microsoft, Volkswagen, and Sidley, Austin, Brown, and Wood.
For more information
on Riane Eisler
DAVID LOYE
His psychohistory The Healing of a Nation -- which Psychology Today called "a work of uncommon humanity and vision" -- received the Anisfield-Wolfe Award for the best scholarly book on race relations in 1971. The Leadership Passion: A psychology of Ideology , was hailed by Contemporary Psychology as a "major advance" in its field. The Knowable Future: A Psychology of Forecasting and Prophecy is recognized as a pioneering work of unusual stature in the field of futures studies. The Sphinx and the Rainbow: Brain, Mind, and Future Vision gained an international readership through Japanese, Dutch, Portuguese, and two German editions. He is the editor of The Evolutionary Outrider: The Impact of the Human Agent on Evolution (Praeger, 1998). Loye is also the co-author, with Riane Eisler, of The Partnership Way (Harper San Francisco, 1990; Holistic Education Press, 1998 ). A former member of the psychology faculty of Princeton University, Loye for nearly a decade was a professor in the research series and Director of Research for the Program on Psychosocial Adaptation and the Future at the UCLA School of Medicine. Loye is a co-founder of the new Society for the Study of Chaos Theory in Psychology and a co-founder of the General Evolution Research Group, a multidisciplinary group composed of scholars from Italy, France, Finland, Hungary, Russia, China and the United States, as well as an editor of the group's journal World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution. During recent years he has been primarily involved with the scientific study of moral sensitivity. One phase of this research involves a comprehensive re-evaluation of the work of Darwin, Kant, Marx and Engels, Durkheim, Freud, Piaget, Kohlberg, Gilligan and other pioneers in scientific moral studies in the light of new discoveries in brain research, feminist and gender studies, human prehistory, and the systems dynamics of human cultural evolution. He is currently completing several books on this subject. Loye's publications additionally include articles in Behavioral Science, Futures, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Political Psychology, Management Science, and many other journals. He is a contributor (with Milton Rokeach) to the International Encyclopedia of Neurology, Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology, the World Encyclopedia of Peace published by Pergamon Press, and The Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict Resolution.
Mariana
Bozesan
Jim is also the Founder and Executive Director of the Interreligious Engagement Project, working with global religious communities to address the world’s critical problems through cooperative partnerships with government, business, education, media, intergovernmental organizations, and civil society. Jim is co-editor of Interreligious Insight: a Journal of Dialogue and Engagement, published in the US and the UK by the World Congress of Faiths, the Interreligious Engagement Project, and Common Ground. In 1975, he co-founded Common Ground, an adult educational organization and study center in Illinois, which he has directed since 1988. Common Ground offers a wide range of programs focusing on the great cultural, religious, philosophical, and spiritual traditions and their implications for every dimension of human experience. Jim was Global Director of the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions (1995 – 2002) and is a Commissioner and Co-Convenor of the World Commission for Global Consciousness and Spirituality. He is founding trustee, International Committee for the Peace Council (1995 – present) and Trustee of the International Interfaith Centre in Oxford, working to develop cooperation among the world’s major international interreligious organizations. Jim is former Chair, Department of Religions, Barat College, Lake Forest, IL and former faculty member, Department of Religion, Lake Forest College, and Mundelein College, Chicago, IL.
Naomi holds an MA in International Economic Development from the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Economic Development at the University of Kentucky. In addition, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Universal Orthodox College of Ogun State, Nigeria in 1985. Tutu has taught courses on development, gender, and education in Africa at the Universities of Hartford and Connecticut and Brevard College in North Carolina. Tutu has also carried out consulting work in South Africa looking into educational and professional opportunities for black women. Tutu has also worked at the University of Cape Town where she was a program coordinator at the African Gender Institute. She was in charge of programs on race and gender and the gender-based violence in education. She served as Program Coordinator for the Race Relations Institute at Fisk University and has been working as Associate Director of the newly formed Office of International Programs at Tennessee State University in Nashville. Naomi Tutu has received numerous awards and honors from different organizations such as the California State Legislature, the Kentucky State Branches of the NAACP, the Boston City Council, Outstanding Youth Women of America, Who’s Who of Africans in America and Dollars and Sense magazine. Lauralee Alben As an internationally respected designer, speaker, and author, Lauralee Alben is a recognized champion of the human spirit. Lauralee is the president of Alben Design and the founder of the Sea Change Design Consortium. She consults with organizations and coaches leaders in designing change that fosters integrity, innovation, and sustainability. Regarded as a thought leader at the intersection of design, business, and society, Lauralee gives keynotes to companies including Procter & Gamble, Sun, Intel, and Adobe. She also speaks at prestigious professional conferences including TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design), ad:tech, the Design Management Institute's International Conference, and the NSF Executive Symposium on Leadership in Design and Innovation, and the The Montessori Foundation & The International Montessori Council's Annual West Coast Conference on Partnership and Montessori Education. Because of Lauralee's commitment to bridge the professional and academic worlds, she has lectured at many schools and universities including Yale, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, and her alma mater, Rhode Island School of Design. In 2005, Lauralee and Riane Eisler met at the Women's Forum for the Economy and Society in Deauville, France, where they were both speaking at the inaugural conference. Since then, both their friendship and professional relationship has continued to develop in many meaningful ways. Lauralee has developed a keynote and workshop called "Born to Create" that focuses on women leaders and their unique ways of creating, collaborating, and leading that have a profound influence on business, society, and the environment. This keynote features Riane Eisler and the design of her life, work, and legacy. Here's an excerpt: "Riane, like the ancient weavers and spinners of cloth in most ancient mythologies, carries forward the legacy of the 'female deities who, like the Greek Fates, are still said to spin the destinies of 'men.' Riane's warp is partnership, her weft the world, and the fabric she weaves wholeness." In Lauralee's consulting engagements and workshops, she uses an innovative, holistic approach, called The Sea Change Design Process (SM), to enable individuals and organizations to design positive, profound, and lasting transformations in their lives, work, and the world. A pioneer of the Creative Economy, Lauralee Alben has consulted with two of the world's most innovative companies: Apple Computer, where she helped define personalized computing; and Procter & Gamble, where she led a culture change within a research and development group that shifted inertia into a sustainable innovation capability. Lauralee has also consulted on global issues, from inspiring ocean conservation for the Monterey Bay Aquarium to searching for new ways to protect human rights in Uzbekistan. Lauralee received the first prestigious Muriel Cooper Prize from the Design Management Institute for being a pioneer in the digital environment and is one of I.D. Magazine's I.D. Forty: "one of the most influential people in design." Lauralee's articles have appeared in many computer, design and business publications. The Design Management Journal has published several, including "Navigating a Sea Change" and the inspiring series of design stories called, "At the heart of interaction design". She has created a DVD called "Designing a Life Worth Living" and is currently working on a book by the same title. Testimonials
"In a celebration
of the human spirit and individual creativity...
"Lauralee made a wonderful presentation to mark the conclusion of our formal program at the NSF Executive Symposium on Leadership in Design and Innovation. There was no way of my expecting, much less of planning, an end on such a high note. What magic!"
"I heard Lauralee speak when I was a graduate student at Rochester Institute of Technology, and her philosophies on design and the quality of experience are ones that have influenced me as a designer, serving as a model for my own creative process and design. I think it's great that there are designers out there that are using their talents for more than commercial means on a daily basis. Thank you."
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