My Favorites: Great Stuff I’ve Found Recently

My monthly “My Favorites”    routine includes posting links to great content I ran across, to encourage you to check them out if they sound interesting. Enjoy!

Greetings!

Today I want to present to you two relatively young and one very old concept of how to tackle today’s challenges:
 
Social entrepreneurship – the new heroes? 
Social entrepreneurship is the process of pursuing innovative solutions to social problems. More specifically, social entrepreneurs adopt a mission to create and sustain social value. They pursue opportunities to serve this mission, while continuously adapting and learning. They draw upon appropriate thinking in both the business and nonprofit worlds and operate in all kinds of organizations: large and small; new and old; religious and secular; nonprofit, for-profit, and hybrid.
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Tim Kelley interviews Rich Tafel about Social Entrepreneurship
Sociocracy
Sociocracy is a system of governance, using consent-based decision making among equivalent individuals and an organizational structure based on cybernetic principles. The most recent implementation of sociocracy by Gerard Endenburg, also known as Circular Organizing, was developed as a new tool for governance of private enterprise, but has been adopted in many different kinds of organizations including public, private, non-profit and community organizations as well as professional associations.
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Vipassana

Far from some fluffy-pillowed-tropical-fruit-filled-yoga-on-the-beach type of retreat, the 10-day vipassana silent meditation retreat pushes you to your limits. It’s not a getaway or a vacation; instead, it’s an opportunity to work hard and reap the rewards of a clearer mind and higher levels of consciousness.

Read more at What I Learned From A Hardcore 10-Day Meditation Retreat

 

Smile, breathe, and go slowly!

Dieter Langenecker
Dieter

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Inspirational Keynotes for your next clients- or company event

“Motivation is an external, temporary high that pushes you forward.Inspiration is an internal, sustainable glow which *pulls* you forward.”

(Thomas Leonard)

 


So, you are organizing an important conference or event and you are looking for an excellent speaker? Someone who is able to move your people to a new lasting energy-level with practical and inspirational strategies? And maybe even for a multi-cultural audience? And all of this in both a profound as well as entertaining way?If these are your requirements I can inspire and inform your audience with either a bespoke presentation geared to your specific needs, or one of my core keynote presentations.

 

 

Most requested topics

  • You are more than you think you are
  • Putting People First
  • Future Search: Finding Common Ground in Organizations

More topics upon request.

These keynotes represent a perfect “middle of the road” approach by combining powerful inspirational, thought provoking, down-to earth messages with first class entertainment.

 

  

 

If you’re interested in talking more about having me speak at your event, then why not contact me for an informal discussion.

There’s no commitment, and I won’t try to push you into anything – we’ll just discuss your situation to see if working together might be a good fit.Simply read this short description of the

Inspirational Keynote 

You Are More 

Than You Think You Are,

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Smile, breathe and go slowly!
  
Dieter Langenecker

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The future of our civilization is based on prudence, critical self reflection, belief in higher values, and wisdom in matters of ordinary, everyday life. It is not about grabbing as much as possible, as quickly as possible. — Tyler Cowen, Economist
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Smile, breathe and go slowly!
Dieter Langenecker
Dieter Langenecker
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