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David’s background and experience

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Generally speaking, you are not learning much when your lips are moving.

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Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.

Albert Einstein


Schwerin lectures at the Communist Party School; Beijing, China

Appearances and Interviews

2007 Chinese lecture tour:   David's China Journal
  Co-host - Press Conference on China and The Environment - Beijing
  Keynote Speaker - Conference on Socially Responsible Business - Tianjin

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  Keynote Speaker - Conference on Ethics - Dalian
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2005 Chinese lecture tour generates considerable interest:
     The Development Center of the Chinese State Department cites Schwerin's work on socially responsible business.
     Articles published in the journals, Seeking Truth, Marx and Reality and New China Digest.
      A chapter on Schwerin's Conscious Capitalism is included in Jinan University professor's new book.
     Lecture at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences is published in Social Science Abroad.
      Guangming Daily, the second largest newspaper in China, announces the Chinese publication of Conscious Globalism.
      Book reviews appear in People.com, China Reading Daily, Science Times and New Beijing Daily.

Other Appearances
The Gathering Garden Center for Spiritual Life
   Ecological Economics - What's wrong with the world and how to fix it
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Global Education Motivators, Video Conference
AARP Idea Exchange, Washington DC
San Jose Rotary
Los Angeles Rotary
Pitzer College: Claremont CA
Barnes & Noble, Georgetown (Washington DC)
West Palm Beach Rotary
University of Pennsylvania Bookstore, Philadelphia, PA
Abington Free Library, Abington PA
Advertising Club of South Bend Indiana
Reception and Book Signing - Capitol Hill, Washington DC
Academy of Natural Sciences Townsquare
Sustainable Business Network Annual Conference

Interviews
Ben Merens - Wisconsin Public Radio
Malvin Massey - WUMR, Memphis
AM TampaBay - WFLA
Mike McConnell - WLW Cincinnati
Late City Edition - WKCR New York
Thom Hartmann Show - Air America KPOJ Portland
JD Balart's American Radio Journal - Fox News Radio WMET Washington
Northland Notebook - WWJC Duluth
KCSR Chadron, NE
Sunday Morning Magazine - KRWM Bellevue WA
Paul Winkler - WLAC Nashville
Jim Lenz, WQUB (NPR) Quincy IL
WPRO Providence RI
WZLX Boston
Dayna Steele, BizRadio Network Houston/Dallas
Stu Taylor on Business - WBIX Boston
Money Matters - WBNW Boston


To schedule an event or for other information contact:


david@conciousthinking.com


David has spoken to dozens of business, academic and government audiences throughout the U.S. and China. Topics include:

What’s Wrong With the World and How To Fix It
Socially Responsible Business – Pragmatic Idealism at Work
Investing as if Your Life Depended on it
China – Colossus on a Tightrope
Green Marketing – Feel Better; Earn More
Business Ethics is Everybody’s Business

His presentations have been enthusiastically receivedparticipants find his talks thought-provoking and entertaining.

 

Thank you very much for speaking at our meeting. As I’m sure you could tell from the positive reactions of the group, you were an unqualified hit.

Robert B. Reno, Esq

 

Thank you for coming and presenting your economic views… The comments from all who attended were most favorable and we wished we had more time to discuss them with you.

David E. Fisher, Service Corps of Retired Executives Association

 

I would like to thank you very much for a very interesting and thought provoking presentation…I’m sure our members will view life’s events in a different light.

Samuel R. Dugan, CFP, Vice President, Wheat First Union

 

Thanks for the wonderful presentation… It was fun to hear about the one for all, all for one approach.

Peter J. Dawson, Leigh Photo & Imaging, Inc.




David’s background and experience


David A. Schwerin, Ph.D. is the author of Conscious Capitalism: Principles for Prosperity (Butterworth-Heinemann 1998) and Conscious Globalism: What’s wrong with the world and how to fix it (Digital Junction Press 2005). Conscious Capitalism has been translated into Portuguese and Chinese and is in its second printing in China. Conscious Globalism was published in China in October 2005. In addition, he contributed to the anthology The New Bottom Line: Bringing Heart and Soul to Business.

David has over thirty years of business experience, beginning as a financial analyst and senior investment officer with a large bank. He founded D J Investment Advisors, Inc. and served as its President since 1976. David has taught economics on the college level and has given expert witness testimony on financial matters. His articles have been published worldwide and he has often been quoted in the press.

He received his undergraduate degree in Business, a MBA in Finance and a Ph.D. in Religious Studies. David was awarded membership in Beta Gamma Sigma, national business honor society and is a member of the Chartered Financial Analysts Institute and The Sustainable Business Network. He has served as Chairman of the Pathwork Press and on the boards of directors of a number of non-profit organizations. Currently David is a member of the Advisory Board of the Pedro Arrupe Center for Business Ethics, Erivan K. Haub School of Business at St. Joseph's University and President of the Institute for Ethical Awareness.

David has given lectures, presentations and radio and TV interviews throughout the U.S. Between 2001 and 2007 he made four extended visits to China where he gave over two dozen lectures in twelve Chinese cities. The lectures covered a variety of business topics and were presented to political leaders, business executives and academic audiences. In 2005 David helped establish and dedicated the Socially Responsible Business Center at Tianjin University of Commerce where he currently serves as a visiting professor. He is an editor of Seeking Truth, a widely read journal published by Heilongjiang University in Harbin, China. In 2007, David was the featured speaker at a press conference in Beijing and gave keynote speeches in Dalian and Tianjin on ethics and the environment.