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Speaker of the Month

September 17, 2009

Jim Harris - Business Strategist

When it comes to forward thinking, Jim Harris is light-years ahead. This established business strategist has an uncanny ability to foresee future trends that can make or break any organization. As Canadian businesses start to build momentum towards fall and winter, don't get "blindsided!" Using real-life examples, Harris will give you the tools to help keep you ahead of the competition.

When Harris isn't helping CEOs identify emerging trends, he authors best-selling books including: Blindsided and The Learning Paradox. He's also a columnist for the National Post, where he shares how Canadians can play their part on being green.
 
Read Jim Harris' National Post articles, through the links provided on his NSB webprofile under the Learn More section.

You can also read the newest columns in the National Post written by Jim Harris titled "Power Points" appears on Friday on the back page of the Financial Post and focuses on energy efficiency being the best thing ever for the bottom line. The National Post has a weekly readership of 1.1 million. Here's a linke to the first eight columns:

The theme is how going green is the best thing ever for the corporate bottom line. The column will appear on the back page of the Financial Post and will provide practical, proven ways of how going green can save money in these tough times.

Here are links to a sampling of his columns:

Going Green Pays Dividends . . . . . . . . . . . . http://tinyurl.com/nmxonl  
Savings rise with efficient escalators . . . . . . http://tinyurl.com/m9p7p6
Oil prices force turn to green . . . . . . . . . . . . http://tinyurl.com/mbrz6t  
White roofs save a trillion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://tinyurl.com/mmdlha  
HDTVs create Super Bowl super spike . . . . . http://tinyurl.com/lohz6v   
Prius taxis save >$11,000 year in gas costs http://tinyurl.com/mgzqk7
Dell saving $1.8M/yr turning off PCs at night . http://tinyurl.com/my3pwg

Please post this National Post link to your Facebook wall and encourage all your friends to read it, digg it, stumble - for a few reasons:

1) To make sure this important info gets out widely;

2) To ensure that the National Post continues to expand its coverage of this essential area;

3) To make sure that business widely and aggressively embrace going green - out of their own economic self interest as well as the moral imperative.

Please feel free to forward this email to friends and business colleagues.

It's all about how going green is the best thing ever for the bottom line.

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