ATHLETICS: Guest speaker at event for college basketball team in Canada (Length: 25 minutes). Click Athletics-Health-Fitness
BUSINESS/CORPORATE (EXECUTIVES): Guest speaker at event for executives of Senior Lifestyle Corporation (Length: 1 hour). In conjunction with the event, they ordered copies of the book for each executive. Click Corporate
BUSINESS/CORPORATE (STAFF): Private event for staff of a company in Montana (Length: 1 hour). Click Corporate
CIVIL RIGHTS/SOCIAL JUSTICE: Served as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2009 Speaker at an event for 1100 people in Nebraska (Length: 1 hour). In advance of the visit, a host of companies in that community ordered up to 50 copies of the book each. Click Civil Rights
COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Guest speaker at event for undergrads at The George Washington University (Length: 90 minutes). Click Colleges / Universities
COLLEGE-BOUND: Guest speaker at Latino College Fair, for students and their families on the West Coast. In advance, the school district ordered 200 copies of the book and 25 copies of the poster. Click Colleges / Universities
COMMENCEMENTS (MIDDLE SCHOOL/HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES): Delivered Commencement Speech at school in Connecticut (Length: 12 minutes). In advance, organizers ordered a copy of The First Thirty for every member of the graduating class. Click Commencements
COMMUNITY COLLEGES: Guest speaker at Asnuntuck Community College in Connecticut (Length: 80 minutes). In advance of the visit, ACC had chosen The First Thirty was one of its First Year Experience books. Click Community Colleges & City Colleges
COMMUNITY SERVICE/PUBLIC SERVICE/VOLUNTEERISM (STUDENTS): Guest speaker for event on community service for students at University of Connecticut. Click Community Service
COMMUNITY SERVICE/PUBLIC SERVICE/VOLUNTEERISM (ADULTS): Keynoted Mayors 11th Annual Youth First Breakfast - event on community and public service for hundreds of business, political, education, community leaders in Minnesota (Length: 40 minutes). In conjunction with the event, the Minnesota Vikings and a local bank each ordered copies of the book for local students. Click Public Service
DIVERSITY/MULTICULTURALISM: Delivered Race & Culture Guest Lecture at Brooklyn College (Length: 75 minutes). Following the visit, a local bank ordered copies of the book for the class. Click Diversity
EDUCATORS: An event for faculty of Confederation College (community college in Canada). (Speech length: 60 minutes). Click Educators
F&B/RESTAURANT/HOTELS: Guest speaker at event for some of the staff of General Mills. In conjunction with the event, they ordered copies of the book for selected staff . Click F&B-Hotel-Restaurant Industry
FIRST YEAR PROGRAMS/NEW STUDENT ORIENTATIONS: Guest speaker at events at St. John's University (after The First Thirty was chosen to be part of First Year programming at St. John's). Click Orientation / First Year Programs
FUTURE EDUCATORS: North Central College Department of Education Lecture Series (Speech length: 90 minutes). Click Future Educators
GREEK LIFE: Keynoted a Leadership & Philanthropy Convention for fraternity members throughout America. Organizers ordered a copy of the book for every attendee as well. (Speech length: 1 hour). Click Greek Life
HIGH SCHOOLS: Keynoted KUA Global Fair for high school students in New Hampshire. Click High schools
INTERNATIONAL: Event for hundreds of students in Toronto Canada in advance of Remembrance Day 2008. In conjunction with the visit, the Toronto Blue Jays and Herman Miller Canada both ordered copies of The First Thirty for students there. (Speech length: 25 minutes). Click International
IVY LEAGUES: Guest speaker at Princeton University, event co-sponsored by nine clubs and organizations on campus. Click Ivy Leagues
JOURNALISM.WRITING: Guest lectured a journalism class in Nebraska (Length: 75 minutes) Click Media & Journalism & Writing
LEADERSHIP: University of Wisconsin-Madison Big Ten Leadership Network Speaker Series (1 hour). Click Leadership & Teamwork
LITERACY: Co-hosted Verizon Tech Savvy Awards, part of the 18th Annual National Conference on Family Literacy. Event for 1200 educators from around the country. Click Educators & Future Educators
MIDDLE SCHOOLS: Events for middle school students in places like New York, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Kentucky, Colorado, Canada, Africa. Click Middle Schools
NONPROFIT: An event for 500 supporters of Canadian chapter of United Way. Appearance sponsored by Scotiabank. (Speech length: 15 minutes). Click Nonprofit
PARENTS: An event for a class of parents (and their kids) at a school in Miami. For more on this experience, click here
PHILANTHROPY (ADULTS): An event for Capital Region Sponsor-a-Scholar in New York. Greg's appearance sponsored by Time Warner Cable. In conjunction with the event, organizers ordered 100 copies of the book, 50 copies of the poster. (Speech length: 50 minutes). Click Philanthropy
PHILANTHROPY (STUDENTS): Guest speaker at event for teen philanthropists in Minnesota. In advance, organizers ordered copies of the book for them. For more background, click Youth Philanthropy
SENIORS: Guest speaker at event for residents of senior community in Toronto (Length: 40 minutes). Click Grandparent Events
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP/ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Final Day Speaker for Entrepreneurship Course at Cook School of Business (the class had been using The First Thirty with its students). (Length: 2 hour course). Click Social Entrepreneurship
TZEDAKAH: Keynoted Mitzvah Weekend for Chicago Sinai. (Speech length: 25 minutes). They also ordered copies of the books and workbooks. Click Tzedakah
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CONTACT:
-- Contact Events@GregForbes.com to inquire about booking Greg for an event
-- Email Books@ideaListEnterprises.com to inquire about ordering copies of The Silhouette Man, The First Thirty and/or A Place To Sit
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(Note: When clicking on some of these links, you may read feedback on an event or reviews of the book. Where it indicates a person's title/affiliation, this is typically a reference to what they indicated they did at the time they provided the quote. For instance, Greg spoke at Boston College in 2004. If you click on the Boston College event link, you will read feedback from people identified as BC students. This typically means they identified themselves at BC students at the time (2004, in that instance).
