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Embracing the Future: keynote speaker at Direct Selling Assocation

Ross Dawson, March 21, 2009 7:26 PM US PT

Tomorrow I am giving the opening keynote at the Direct Selling Association of Australia Conference 09 which is on the theme of 'Defining our Future'.

The slides for my presentation are below. As always, these are intended to accompany my keynote, not as stand-alone slides.

Embracing the Future: Keynote to DSAA 23 March 2009

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The presentation includes a diverse range of examples of markets that are currently growing:
Guitars
Home renovation tools
Home gardening
Books
Cookware
Lipstick
Quality jewellery (in the case of my wife's business www.victoriabuckley.com)
Brain fitness
Clean energy
Robots
Aged care
Mobile applications
Events (done well, in the right sectors)

I'll write more soon about the array of growth markets that offer great opportunities at the moment.

Ross Dawson is globally recognized as a leading futurist, entrepreneur, keynote speaker, strategy advisor, and bestselling author. He is Founding Chairman of four companies: professional services and venture firm Advanced Human Technologies, future and strategy consulting group Future Exploration Network, leading events firm The Insight Exchange, and influence ratings start-up Repyoot.

Ross is author most recently of Implementing Enterprise 2.0, the prescient Living Networks, which anticipated the social network revolution, and the Amazon.com bestseller Developing Knowledge-Based Client Relationships (click on the links for free chapter downloads). He is based in Sydney and San Francisco with his wife jewellery designer Victoria Buckley and two beautiful young daughters.