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Dr. Roger Selbert has educated groups around the world about economic, social and business trends for over 20 years. Tailoring his speech to your industry, Roger provides timely information about trends that affect your company today and in the future.

He has recently spoken to:

◊Associated Wholesale Grocers
◊California Travel Industry Association
◊Sonoma County Tourism Bureau
◊Freedom Fest
◊Stable Value Investment Association
◊A regional fresh food alliance on trends in food shopping
◊A beauty store chain on retail trends
◊An international IT symposium on future applications of "smart" technology (pervasive computing).

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Recent presentations also include:

◊"A Glimpse into the Future: Our Diverse, All-of-the-Above, Just-in-Time, Mix-and-Match, Work/Life, Networked, Technologized, Individualized Society"
◊"Our Demographic Future (and the Positive Implications for Travel)"
◊"Ten Reasons to Be Fabulously Optimistic about the Future of California and the US"
◊"We Shopped Till We Dropped, Now We'll Save to the Grave"
◊"The Competitive Business Environment of the 21st Century: The New Economy, Demography, Geography, Workforce and Consumer"
◊"The 10 States Imperative: How Demographic Trends Will Shape American Society, Politics and Economics"
◊"The Hispanic Opportunity: Why No Market Will Grow Faster Over the Next 10 Years"
◊"The New Economy Lives! Productivity, Technology and the New Economic Realities"
◊"Marketing in the Post-9/11 World: Real Trends are Revealed and Reinforced"

Contact Dr. Roger Selbert to speak to your group.

Recent Presentation Synopses

FreedomFest

Roger spoke at FreedomFest 2010, "the world's largest gathering of free minds," July 7-11 in Las Vegas. FreedomFest is an annual festival where free minds meet to celebrate great books, great ideas, and great thinkers in an open-minded society. It is independent, non-partisan, and not affiliated with any organization or think tank.

Founded and produced by Mark Skousen since 2002, FreedomFest invites the "best and the brightest" from around the world to talk, strategize, socialize, and celebrate liberty. FreedomFest is open to all and is purely egalitarian, where speakers, attendees, and exhibitors are treated as equals. This year's speakers also include Steve Forbes, Charles Murray, Doug Bandow, John Fund, Steve Moore, David Boaz, Doug Casey, Richard Rahn, Christopher Ruddy, and many, many more.

For more information go to www.freedomfest.com

The Doctor's Remedy

Dr. Selbert recently returned from Denmark, where he gave a presentation at Rosenborghus. Here is how it was covered in the News Express:

At the reception for NXP founder Jørn Thulstrup's 70th birthday this week, Dr. Roger Selbert, Principal of the California-based Growth Strategies Group and an acknowledged futurist and trend expert, said that although the Democratic Party in the USA sees Denmark as a model of social organization, he doesn't believe that the Danish system would work in his native country. He also said that as an American who actually knows something about Denmark (he studied here and has often visited the country in an advisory capacity), he found himself often having to explain to people that Danes aren't the "happiest people in the world," as claimed by the media. "I would say content or, more accurately, resigned to their situation; in other words, the key to perceived happiness must be to lower your expectations!" he said, causing much amusement amongst members of the diplomatic community.

He added that despite the fact no one is happy in the US right now because of the mountain of debt, a budget deficit that has spiraled out of control, and a political system controlled by the Chicago political machine, he remains optimistic that the 21st century, just like the 20th, will belong to America. "There is only one way forward and that's economic growth," he said. "And the only way to generate sustainable economic growth is through free-market capitalism. That's why the US, with its adaptability, flexibility, responsiveness, entrepreneurship, stable political institutions, and human and material resources, will remain the economic engine of coming decades, and a nation that will always overcome the inadequacies of its leaders and the foibles of its citizens."

Stable Value Investment Association

Dr. Roger Selbert keynoted the national conference of the Stable Value Investment Association in Washington, D.C. His presentation was entitled "We Shopped Till We Dropped, Now We'll Save to the Grave," and included these sections:

◊The Prospects for the US Economy: Good, Bad and Ugly
◊The New Retirement Reality
◊The New Workplace: Employees, Jobs, Industries of the Future
◊The New Consumer Mentality: Hit the Reset Button

Contact Dr. Roger Selbert to speak to your group.