Speaking

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Lectures, Conference Presentations and Public Speaking

Public speaking is something that I both enjoy and seem to be good at. My first experience was in high school, when I won the Jordison Cup for the Best Public Speaker in 1987 for a speech on wisdom.

Since then, I have delivered professional presentations, academic lectures and workshop training in various countries around the world to audiences ranging from small groups of half a dozen to auditoriums of several thousand.

These are some of the themes that I like to give presentations on Corporate social responsibility, Environmental sustainability, Business ethics, Inspirational leadership, Poetry in business and Personal meaning

Wayne Visser speaking 

2007 

The A to Z of Corporate Social Responsibility, Inter-American Development Bank Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 9-11 December 2007.

The Purposeful Ambassador: How to Make a Meaningful Difference, Interface Sustainability Ambassadors Workshop, UK, 2 December 2007.

The Changing Role of the Sustainable Development Professional, Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business, Cambridge Programme for Industry, University of Cambridge, UK, 19 October 2007.

Purpose Inspired Leadership, European Academy for Business in Society (EABIS) 6th Annual Colloquium, Barcelona, Spain, 20-21 September 2007. 

Innovation for Sustainability: Mapping the Territory, Corporate Responsibility Research Conference 2007, University of Leeds, UK, 15-17 July 2007.

Purpose Inspired Leadership, Great Place to Work Best Practice Forum, London, UK, 27 June 2007.

How Does Change for Sustainability Happen, Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business, Cambridge Programme for Industry, University of Cambridge, UK, 12 May 2007.

Research Methodology and Assignments, Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business, Cambridge Programme for Industry, University of Cambridge, UK, 12 May 2007.

Responsible Business in Developing Countries, Chevening Fellow Programme in Responsible Business, Nottingham University, UK, 12-13 March 2007.

Purpose Inspired Leadership, Community Enterprise Masters, University of Cambridge, UK, 11 January 2007.

2006 

Corporate Social Responsibility in Africa, MA in CSR Class, Nottingham University, UK, 8 December 2006.

The Changing Role of the Sustainable Development Professional, The Prince of Wales’s Business and the Environment Programme, Cambridge Programme for Industry, University of Cambridge, UK, 9 November 2006.

Sustainability and Personal Change, Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business, Cambridge Programme for Industry, University of Cambridge, UK, 15 September 2006.

Legal Issues, Social Responsibility, Ethics and Values Track Chair, International Academy for African Business & Development (IAABD) Annual Conference, Accra, Ghana, 24-27 May 2006.

Understanding Systems Change, Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business, Cambridge Programme for Industry, University of Cambridge, UK, 12 May 2006.

Research Methods, Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business, Cambridge Programme for Industry, University of Cambridge, UK, 12 May 2006.

Leaders as Agents of Change, HSBC Graduate Training Programme, London, UK, 21 April 2006. 

Corporate Responsibility in Developing Countries, Chevening Fellow Programme in Responsible Business, Nottingham University, UK, 20-24 March 2006.

2005 

Sustainability Managers as Champions of Change? Postgraduate Course on Sustainable Business, Cambridge University, UK, 10 June 2005.

2004 

Corporate Social Responsibility in Africa, MA Course in CSR, Business School, Nottingham University, UK, 19 November 2004.

CSR in Africa Workstream Chair, International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ICCSR) Interdisciplinary Research Conference, Nottingham, UK, 22-23 October 2004. 

The emergence of corporate citizenship in South Africa, International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ICCSR) Interdisciplinary Research Conference, Nottingham, UK, 22-23 October 2004. 

Conference Chair, KPMG Global Sustainability Services Annual Conference, Rome, Italy, 20-23 September 2004. 

Corporate responsibility in South Africa in the ten years since democracy, International Academy for African Business & Development (IAABD) Annual Conference, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, 6-9 April 2004. (Judged Best Paper on Legal Issues, Social Responsibility, Ethics and Values). 

The journey to sustainability: True Signals Amidst the Noise (with Catherine Gray), World Business Academy Global Mind Change Forum, Santa Barbara, USA, March 2004. 

Meaning in life and corporate social responsibility, The Soul of Business in South Africa Qualitylife Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, March 2004.  

2003

Conference Chair, Corporate Social Responsibility Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, November 2003. 

An accounting profession’s perspective on the Global Reporting Initiative’s 2002 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, GRI Sustainability 2002 Reporting Guidelines Launch Event, World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, September 2002.

Environmental liabilities, Legal Resources Centre Event, World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, September 2002.

Corporate social responsibility and personal meaning in life, European Business Ethics Network (EBEN) Conference, Budapest, Hungary, August 2003.  

2002 

Requirements for Sustainable Business, MBA Course, University of Rhodes, South Africa, October 2002.

2001

Environmental Accounting and Reporting, BSc Chemical Engineering Course, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, August 2001.

Environmental Management Systems, MSc Environmental & Geographical Science Course, University of Cape Town, South Africa, August 2001.

Environmental, health and safety aspects of the King Report on Corporate Governance, KPMG public seminar, Johannesburg, South Africa, August 2001.  

2000 

Climate Change: How Business is Responding, Forum for Economics & Environment Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, October 2000.

Environmental Management Tools, MSc Environmental & Geographical Science Course, University of Cape Town, South Africa, July 2000.

Environmental Auditing, Certificate Course in Environmental Health, Cape Technikon, South Africa, February 2000.

Analysing Environmental Liabilities, Provisions, Accounting and Reporting, Regulation in the Mining Industry IIR Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, February 2000.  

1999 

Global Environmental Imperatives, EMS in Mining 1999 IIR Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, October 1999.

Social and Ethical Accounting, Auditing and Reporting, Corporate Community Development 1999 ICM Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, August 1999.  

Trends in Environmental Management, National Occupational Safety Association (NOSA) Annual Conference, Sun City, South Africa, June 1999.  

Environmental Auditing, Accounting and Reporting, Certificate Course in Environmental Health, Cape Technikon, South Africa, July 1999.

Environmental Management and Auditing, Postgraduate Course in Integrated Environmental Management, University of Cape Town, South Africa, July 1999.

Environmental Management Systems, MSc Environmental & Geographical Science Course, University of Cape Town, South Africa, February 1999.

1998 

Environmental Resource Economics, 2-day course, International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA-sa) Annual Conference, Drakensberg, South Africa, September 1998.

Making the Environment Count: Environmental Accounting as a New Management Tool, International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA-sa) Annual Conference, Drakensberg, South Africa, September 1998. 

Changes Needed to Environmental Management for Organisational and National Growth, National Occupational Safety Association (NOSA) Annual Conference, Sun City, South Africa, May 1998. 

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