Speaker’s Bureau
Franklin University Speaker’s Bureau provides presentations of various lengths and topics by Franklin faculty and staff to members of central Ohio’s civic, social, professional and service organizations. Speakers can be arranged for meetings and other civic gatherings. Designed as part of the University’s ongoing commitment to community involvement and development, the presentations are free of charge.
With experts in a variety of fields, Franklin’s Speakers Bureau features dynamic presentations that include leadership, communication, customer service, sales, motivation and technology and television/movies/theatre. Franklin’s faculty and staff also serve the local and national media as experts in a number of areas
Speakers may be scheduled by calling Sherry Mercurio, Director of Public Relations, at 614.947.6581 or email mercuris@franklin.edu, preferably four to six weeks in advance of the meeting date. Please be prepared to provide the following information:
- Name of organization
- Address of meeting/event site
- Date and time of meeting/event
- Number of people anticipated
- Topic desired (please consider two or three topics as alternates)
Specific presentation topics include:
Leadership
- Business Ethics
- Communication Skills for the Leader
- Keys to Success
- Leading Organizational Change
- Leadership Concepts
- Leadership Practices and Styles
- Leadership Workshop
- Mission and Vision Statement: Creation and Use
- The Lucky Leader
- What Coaching Can Do for Your Organization
Business Issues
- Better Decision Making
- Corporate Accountability
- EQ vs. IQ: Putting Your EQ to Work
- Making the Most of Professional Networks
- Managing the Business: How Successful managers Align Systems with Strategy
- Mergers and Acquisitions: A Human Resources Perspective
- Organizational Culture: Its Role and Impact
- Organizational Change Management
- Strategic Planning: Its Importance
- Successful Project Management
- Succession Planning
- Succession Plans: How They Affect Women and Promotions
- Transforming a Learning Organization into a Doing Organization
Motivation/Team Building
- Diversity in Thinking
- Mentoring
- Motivating Yourself and Others
- Motivation Workshop
- Retaining the Best and the Brightest
- Team Building
- Team Dynamics
Marketing/Sales
- Direct Marketing
- eMarketing
- Marketing: An Agency Perspective
- Marketing Positioning
- Speaking to Focus Groups
- What to Expect From an Ad Agency
Management Information Systems
- CIO Issues
- Decision Support Systems
- Knowledge Management
- MIS leadership
- MIS Organization
Career/Workplace Satisfaction
- Career Planning
- Choosing the Right Career Path to Happiness
- Coaching
- Conflict to Cooperation: A Process for Mediating Group Differences
- Job Search Workshop
- Maintaining Balance: Your Personal and Professional Life
- Organizing and Managing Conflict
- Reducing Stressful Situations: Conflict Management Strategies
Communication/Public Relations
- Communication Workshop
- Crisis Communication Workshop
- Improving Business Communication
- Public Relations Workshop
Technology
- Artificial Intelligence
- Cyber Culture/Pop Culture and Technology
- Database Management
- Information Technology's Role in Management
- Is Online Learning for You?
- Software Architecture
- Teaching the Invisible Class
Miscellaneous
- Getting the Most from Your Volunteers
- Global Workforce: Focus on India
- Non-Profit/Volunteer Management
- Not-for-Profit Organizations