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John Di Frances Motivational Keynote Speaker

 

"As our opening keynote speaker, John did an outstanding job of connecting with our audience, and delivered a compelling and thought-provoking presentation.  He was able to combine his expertise with humor and deliver a spot-on keynote."

Kelly Foy, CEO, Elite Meetings International
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Minding The Giraffes: The People Side of Innovation

 

 

 

 

 

 

Publication Date: November 12, 2012

 

This book is about the people whose ideas continually transform business through new products, markets, and opportunities touching every aspect of what an organization does. It is also a field guide for those intent on reaping the full rewards of strategic innovation.

Who are the real innovators? How do they function in a business context? Why does the author dub them Giraffes? And finally, what can leadership do to support them in producing on-going innovation? Strategic consultant John Di Frances identifies key personality traits and requirements of the business community's most creative members.

Reclaiming the Ethical High Ground: Developing Organizations of Character

ISBN 0-9709908-3-9
208 Pages,
Hardcover $19.95
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Giraffe innovators have the ability to recognize or 'see' emerging opportunities. They thrive on discovering simple solutions to complex problems. But CEO's beware! Giraffes have also been known to drive themselves and others to the very brink in their dogged efforts to realize 'what is possible.'

If innovation can, indeed, pull the proverbial rabbit out of the hat and turn flagging organizations into marketplace leaders practically overnight, then why is it that so few have harnessed the 'rags to riches' power of this important strategy? It seems that an aura of confusion surrounds the whole subject of innovation. Author John Di Frances not only dispels misunderstandings but holds that the benefits of innovation are not just the purview of organizations with hefty R&D budgets. Actually, they are within the reach of every organization — that is with the help of a Giraffe or two or, depending on the size of your business, maybe even an entire herd.

While the current trend looks to philosophies, systems and methods, Di Frances takes a different approach. He insists that successful innovation is largely dependent on an organization's culture and that 'The People Side of Innovation' must be its primary driver. For future sustainability, leadership needs to shift its focus to the visionary Giraffe innovators who, on a lighter side, happen to share an assortment of interesting characteristics with nature's giraffe.

Readers learn some fascinating details about this beautiful, nomadic creature native to Africa's grasslands, but mainly about developing new breakthrough paradigms as John emphatically demonstrates that building an innovation-friendly, organization-wide culture around the 'ideas people' is the most effective way to accomplish systemic innovation. The book is rich with professional insights, lively object lessons, and examples. A biographical sketch of a famous innovator and thought questions follow each chapter.

A uniquely unconventional perspective on achieving sustainability through the cultivation of breakthrough innovation. Business leaders gain new understanding on the critical imperative of Minding the Giraffes.

* This is the first book of John's Understanding Innovation Series: Book I - The People of Innovation - Minding the Giraffes, Book II - The Leadership of Innovation, Book III - The Process of Innovation, and Book IV - The Product of Innovation.

 

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Are you looking for a motivational business keynote speaker? Contact us to schedule a conference call with John to discuss your program needs. As each keynote he delivers is crafted uniquely for that specific audience, John can accomodate most requests by program organizers to incoporate unique content or address specific issues. Call us today to schedule a time to speak with John.

 

 

Professional Speaker

As a professional speaker, John addresses audiences worldwide on a variety of topics. Professional speakers bring vitality and greater excitement to corporate, association and government meetings and events.

Regardless of the type of event you are planning, professional speaker John Di Frances will enliven your event. John brings energy and excitement to your event and as a professional speaker, he also brings the solid content your attendees desire to hear.

Speaking professionally has been a major part of John's career since 1985. Few professional speakers have the experience of John. Working for decades with a broad range of clients across several continents, enables John to draw upon a large variety of examples as he speaks professionally.

Coming from outside of your organization, professional speakers can challenge your audiences to think in new ways. And among professional speakers, John is unique in his ability to craft each speech for that specific audience.

When your event calls for the services of a professional speaker, call upon John to bring his skill as a professional speaker to your event.

Public Speaker

When you set the agenda for your upcoming events, consider the benefits to your organization of hiring a keynote public speaker. Public speakers bring perspectives that are often new to attendees.

John Di Frances is a highly experienced public speaker. He has addressed audiences internationally on a wide range of topics. Among public speakers, John is considered by many to be a public keynote speaker who addresses a wide range of current business topics.

Most public speakers have limited business experience, whereas John's business experience spans decades. Whether working in the defense industry or civilian sector, his background provides a wealth of illustrations that he utilizes in his public speaking.

Consider including public speaker John Di Frances in your upcoming meetings. He sets a high standard for public speakers.

Business Speaker

Business speakers span a wide variety of expertise. John Di Frances is a business speaker who has more than 30 years of international business experience across many industries. When seeking a business speaker, consider John's ability to connect with audiences from diverse nationalities and ethnic groups.

Finding the right keynote business speaker among the hundreds of professional business speakers who speak on business topics is important to the outcome of your meeting. John combines the global business experience that is so important today with the ability to interact with your audience and meet them where they are at now.

Keynote business speakers can bring a new dynamic to your event. Coming from outside of your industry, they can offer a fresh perspective. As a keynote business speaker, John seeks to compliment the other speakers at events where he speaks.

Just as each event is unique, so is each audience and as a business speaker John crafts each business keynote to address the specific needs of each audience, never using canned or stock speeches, he is speaks to the issues that are foremost on the mind's of participants.

John is a business speaker that you can trust to deliver high impact content at your meeting.

Motivational Speaker

Motivational speaker John Di Frances is one of the most most respected motivational speakers speaking today. He designs each motivational speech to motivate that specific audience, based upon their background, needs and the type of event.

John represents a new style of motivational speaker. Traditionally, motivational speakers have touched their audiences emotions, but frequently provided little else to produce a lasting impact. John understands that to effectively motivate his audiences, he must touch their minds as well as their hearts. His motivational keynotes speeches provide valuable content, empowering participants to make the necessary changes in their lives and circumstances for them to become more productive.

His motivational speaking is grounded in decades of solid business experience in both executive level positions and international consulting. This real world experience enables John to deliver both motivation and high value content to audiences.

As a motivational speaker, John utilizes stories and humor to motivate each audience. Creating that perfect mix of motivation and information, he leaves a lasting impact upon his hearers.

Regardless of the venue or type of event you are planning, if you desire a motivational speaker who will truly inspire and motivate your group, with a motivational message that they will long remember, then John is the keynote motivational speaker your need.

When selecting among the available motivational speakers for your next event, remember that Convention South Magazine named John as "One of the Most Desired Speakers".

Contact us whenever a need arises for motivational speakers.

Keynote Speaker

It is common for organizations to utilize the services of keynote speakers for a wide variety of events. John Di Frances is a widely recognized keynote speaker. He is also a frequent keynote speaker for corporations, associations and nonprofits.

Among keynote speakers, John brings the highest standard of keynote speaking to audiences internationally. His unique blend of high value content, humor and high impact graphics captures participants' attention and ensures that this is a keynote speaker they will not forget soon. Lively keynotes with a high level of visual stimulation make for memorable keynote speeches.

Keynote speaker John Di Frances, is easy to work with for meeting planners. He recognizes that his keynote speech is just one part of your event and that frequently agendas and circumstances change, sometimes at the last moment. John strives to accommodate those unplanned 'hiccups' that all too frequently occur, even when they negatively impact the time allotted to him as a keynote speaker.

Whether your keynote need is for an opening keynote, closing keynote or a keynote speech that occurs sometime in between, John is a highly experienced keynote speaker that is certain to please your participants.

There are few keynote speakers that are as comfortable delivering a keynote speech to an audience of senior executives, as to new hires or the volunteer supporters of a not-for-profit organization. John is! His years of global business experience along with work on boards of directors and at all organizational levels, enables him to connect with all types of audiences as a keynote speaker.

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Ideation Speaker

Ideation is today's key to business success. We live in a time of rapidly changing competitive business environments. Old ideas and ways of achieving success in business no longer work. New competitors arise regularly while old ones continue to seek new ways of gaining a competitive advantage.

Through active ideation, it is possible to gain a strategic advantage over competitors. John Di Frances speaks and consults with organizations — corporate, association and government — to raise the awareness of the power of ideation. He then takes them a step further, by teaching how to imbed the practice of open ideation into their cultures.

Ideation, together with innovation, form the backbone of a winning competitive strategy for today's organizations. If you want to give your organization an ideation 'lift', then contact us about having John either speak or consult on the topic of ideation.

As both an ideation speaker and ideation consultant, he will open new vista's to your organization. We also offer support for ideation at our Red Door Innovation Center.

Innovation Speaker

Innovation is today's hot buzzword. You hear it everywhere from business leaders, government officials and the press. Unfortunately, all of this talk of innovation has resulted is a great deal of 'innovation smoke', but far less 'innovation fire', which is what's really needed.

Our competitive advantage is being trimmed by global competitors in nearly every industry and what should be our overwhelming advantage, INNOVATION, is far too often lacking. While we cannot compete on price with developing nations, we can on innovation, but to do so we must focus our resources on enabling open innovation.

This begins with developing a culture of ideation and open innovation. Only where people are free and encouraged to actively innovate, does true ideation and open innovation occur. It is leaders' responsibility to create an atmosphere where ideation and innovation can flourish. When they do so, open innovation and the organization thrive.

John Di Frances' open innovation work spans several decades and he has a proven track record of breakthrough ideation and innovation. If you are sensing the need to encourage and empower a new wave of open innovation within your organization, then contact us to arrange for John to be the innovation speaker for your next event or ask us about his availability for open innovation consulting. We also offer support for open innovation at our Red Door Innovation Center.

Leadership Speaker

Leadership is a perennially sought after business topic and leadership speakers are always in high demand. When seeking a leadership speaker, you need look no further than John Di Frances. He has spoken, written and consulted extensively both here and internationally on the topic of Ethical Leadership.

Watching the evening news it would appear that we live in a leadership vacuum. But in reality, there are many excellent leaders, we just rarely hear about them. John uses the stories of great leaders in his leadership keynotes. As a leadership speaker, he knows that it is his stories, as well as the 'how to' content of his keynote leadership speeches, that motivates and empowers his audiences.

If your organization is concerned about developing real leaders, then hiring John as a leadership speaker for your next event will prove to be a wise decision. Whether your meeting is large or a small senior executive leadership retreat, his flexibility in effectively relating personally to attendees at any organizational level enables him to immediately connect with participants.

John is highly regarded as a leadership speaker. It is for this reason that when corporations, government agencies, associations and other not-for-profit organizations seek leadership speakers, they frequently turn to John.

Ethics Speaker - Governance Speaker

Looking for an ethics speaker? You need look no further. John Di Frances is an ethics speaker and author and he has the real world business experience to be able to speak from experience when the topic is leadership ethics.

There are many ethics speakers, but few can match his years and breadth of business experience. Ethics and governance span all industries, government bodies and nonprofits. Few ethics speakers have experience in working with all of these types of organizations.

The applications of ethics may differ between types of organizations, but the principles of ethical behavior remain constant. John's experience as an ethics speaker has resulted in changed minds and behaviors among his hearers.

For boards level retreats, management meetings or company wide events, he is the ethics speaker you can rely upon to bring clarity to a sometimes gray environment. If you are looking for an ethics speaker, then contact us to learn more about his keynote ethics speeches and ethics/governance consulting.

Sales Speaker

Do you have an upcoming sales meeting? If so, John Di Frances is the perfect keynote sales speaker for you. Why? In two words, Knowledge & Presentation!

There are a large number of sales speakers from which to choose, but few have John's sales knowledge — Sales knowledge gained from selling commercial hard goods to military weapon systems and industrial technology to professional services.

As a sales speaker, platform presentation skills are equally important. John quickly connects to his audiences and forms a powerful bond that allows him to communicate the importance of a correct sales mindset as well as sales techniques. His highly effective use of engaging stories also sets him apart among sales speakers.

For a highly informative and entertaining sales speaker, you need look no further. He is equally comfortable speaking to sales executives and front line sales people.

John is presently completing his newest book 'Relationship Selling: Selling Value, Not Price' which will be released in summer 2011. When planning your next sales meeting, consider the difference John can bring to your organization as a sales speaker.

Your choice of a sales speaker will have a significant impact upon your next sales meeting. With John, you can rest assured that you have made the right choice in sales speakers.

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Negotiation Speaker

Negotiation speaker John Di Frances knows that the outcome of a major negotiation has a critical impact upon your organization. He has successfully negotiated major contracts, dispute resolutions, lawsuit settlements as well as mergers and accusations for decades. When you want a negotiation speaker, let John share his depth of experience with your group.

Negotiation speakers are numerous, but not many have the breadth of experience of John when it comes to real life high stakes negotiations. As a negotiation speaker, he draws from many years of negotiating high value corporate and defense contracts, as well as settlements to protracted legal disputes.

Rather than teaching complex negotiation techniques as do most negotiation speakers, he focuses on a few basic strategies that participants can easily remember and implement, even in the stress of battle over high stakes negotiations. Believing in the benefits of simplicity rather than complexity, he leads audiences through not only the phases of successful negotiations, but equally importantly, the emotions that impact negotiating decisions.

Negotiation speakers can educate your audience to be better negotiators and as a negotiation speaker, John also teaches them how to avoid the common negotiation traps. Contact us to arrange a call with John to learn how he can impart his experience as a negotiation speaker to your audience.