Sticking Your Neck Out !  - If your event needs a speaker who can inspire and challenge ~

If your organization needs new tools for solving complex problems, building leadership, healing conflicts or planning with vision ~

Consider Giraffe Project President, John Graham, a sought-after platform speaker and workshop leader with a reputation for setting an inspiring, get-the-job-done tone for conferences, for helping people find the meaning they seek in their lives and work, and for guiding groups to find breakthrough solutions to the challenges they face.

John Graham draws on the Giraffe Project’s treasury of stories about people sticking their necks out on every kind of issue and on his own experiences in a life filled with high adventure—as a trouble-shooting diplomat in revolutionary Libya, in Vietnam, at the UN, in NATO’s Nuclear Planning Group, on Capitol Hill, and as a world-class mountaineer. A brush with death in a lifeboat led him to direct his life to finding new ways of making positive changes in the world.

John Graham has done television and radio all over the world; and articles about him have appeared in major magazines and newspapers.

John Graham's style is relaxed, direct, humorous and dramatic. Customizing his remarks for each audience, he presents a philosophy of courage, personal responsibility, purpose, compassion and service and the practical strategies that audience members can use to bring those qualities to a life of meaning. John Graham is the author of It’s Up to Us, a handbook for young people on leading a meaningful life, and of Outdoor Leadership, from Mountaineers Books.

In workshops and seminars, John Graham works with companies, unions, agencies, school districts, colleges and religious groups to address the challenges before them. He guides participants through new ways of seeing their situation, through creating a vision and using it as an organizing principle, through planning, conflict resolution and all the other practical skills that help get the job done.

Topics

* Stick Your Neck Out!
* The Roots of Terrorism
* The Heroes Within Our Kids
* The High Cost of "Winner Take All"
* Don't Die Before You've Made a Difference
* How to Lead-Insights from Many Slippery Slopes
* My Heroes Can't Sing or Hit Home Runs
* A New Look at the Bottom Line

What people Are Saying

“We've had good speakers in the past, but you were A++. Your message was exactly what we needed to hear! 'Sticking your neck out' will be our theme for 2002 for sure.”
—Rene Moisson, CEO, Omni Computer, Chamber of Commerce Board Chair, Quincy, Illinois

“Your stirring words concerning purpose and vision helped participants glean inspiration and sensible advice on guiding Houston's sphere of nonprofit organizations. You made for a wonderful partner. Your creative ideas and practical assistance were so helpful.”
—Jon Gossett, Board Member, Association of Fund Raising Professionals, Houston, Texas

“You were eminently prepared,your remarks were right on target,and your facilitating was a tremendous help.”
—Michael Ryan, Topeka Civic Summit, Topeka, Kansas

“You and your 'Giraffes' were simply outstanding. Your presentation was not only informative and entertaining, but also incredibly inspirational. ”
—Deborah Sutton, President, Junior League of Dallas, Texas

“Over 600 faculty and administrators attended and the standing ovation you received let you and us know your speech was right on target. Our planning consortium met this week and they are reporting their faculty are still talking about your presentation which, according to one president, is nothing short of a miracle.”
—Diane Ohlman, Everett Community College, Everett, Washington

“It was truly a pleasure and an honor for us to have you as the kick-off speaker for the Adult Basic Education Summer conference. You have forced me into that uncomfortable position of thinking about myself and examining my own values and hopes.”
—Lance Haddon, University of Oregon, Corvallis, Oregon

“It would be bad judgment to venture into the wild outdoors or even into your own career without reading and digesting this masterpiece.”
—Paul Petzoldt, founder of the National Outdoor Leadership School, writing about Outdoor Leadership.