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About Patricia Aburdene - Trend Forecaster and Management Speaker:

Patricia Aburdene is a renowned speaker, author and advocate of corporate transformation. Having won global recognition as co-author of the Megatrends books, Patricia now inspires audiences with a concrete blueprint of how values and consciousness will transform business. Her new book, Megatrends 2010: the Rise of Conscious Capitalism was published in 2005.

Co-author of the New York Times number one bestseller Megatrends 2000, Patricia co-wrote the best-selling Re-inventing the Corporation and Megatrends for Women. She was John Naisbitt’s collaborator on the publishing phenomenon Megatrends which topped bestseller charts in the U.S., Germany and Japan.

Patricia has lectured throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, South America, Australia and the Pacific Rim. Clients include the Management Club of Vienna, the Professional Coach and Mentor Association, the Management Institute of New Zealand and the Consciousness in Business conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Patricia’s career in business journalism began at Forbes magazine in 1978. As a Public Policy Fellow at Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, from 1993 to 1996, she explored emerging leadership models. Patricia Aburdene holds a BA in philosophy from Newton College of the Sacred Heart, a BS in library science from Catholic University and four honorary doctorates. In 1990, she was awarded the Medal of Italy for her interpretation of global trends. She lives in Telluride, Colorado and Cambridge, Massachusetts.

What Patricia Aburdene Talks About:

Megatrends 2010
Based on her newest book by the same title, this presentation describes how consumers, investors, CEOs, managers and activists are restoring spirit and ethics to business and creating a new world where morals and profit thrive side by side.

A change in business is coming -- one that is proving to be as profound as advances in information technology and global politics. In Megatrends 2010, bestselling author and legendary social forecaster Patricia Aburdene reveals the underlying force that has already begun to reshape the way business is conducted: consciousness. Using her proven techniques for determining large-scale trends in the marketplace, Aburdene tracks the rise of conscious business. Patricia examines:

• How your socially responsible investments and consumer choices drive changes in even the largest companies
• Why hardworking, values-driven managers are eclipsing so-called superstar CEOs as the new leaders of business
• Techniques you can use for expanding your spiritual practice into your working life
• Success stories from across the business world that affirm the dramatic and increasing impact of consciousness, and more

With the Megatrends series, Patricia Aburdene has built an extraordinary track record for predicting the currents that shape the economic world. Now with Megatrends 2010, she invites you to take part in a spiritual revolution that will transform business as we know it.