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Keynote Speeches, Seminars, and Workshops in Leadership and Conflict Resolution
Based on the values, conflict-resolution, and problem-solving abilities of world heroes of peace  

A Practical Application of Human Values

Keynote Speeches, Workshops, and Seminars Based on Lessons from World Heroes

International Speaker Roger Cram

Our keynote speeches and workshops are based on a 5-year study at Hiram College researching the values,
decision-making, and conflict-resolution skills used by magnificent leaders of peace when they were performing at their best!

Researching Heroes of Peace 

Our research was based not as much on what 
world heroes of peace have done as on HOW 
they accomplished their incredible deeds. Our 
goal was to see if their techniques could 
discovered, quantified, and taught to others. 
We were successful!

These findings were then entered into a giant 
matrix. Within a few years of research, 
common behavior characteristics were 
revealed showing HOW our greatest heroes
of peace:

     *Accomplished their many tasks under 
adverse conditions. 

     *Encouraged positive change through 
examples of excellence. 
 
     *Guided their actions based on internal 
values. 
 
     *Did not allow hardships to distract them 
from their goals. 
 
     *Peacefully handled conflict. 

Learn to Think Like a Hero! 

     *A solution to a problem must not 
interfere with the larger goal. 

     *The only time we can ever fail is if we quit. 

     *Obstacles are opportunities for growth 
and must be enthusiastically confronted. 

     *Each day is a battle for control; not for 
control over others, but for control over 
how we respond to them. 

     *Diversity may be the most valued and yet 
untapped resource in any organization. 

     *Demeaning others gives them power to 
rise above you. 

     *How you react to what happens to you 
determines your character. 

     *A true leader serves as a spokesperson for 
those less able to express themselves. 

     *Everyone will benefit from the Tuskegee 
Airmen problem-solving and conflict-
resolution methods. 

     *You will recognize and overcome your 
anti-social instinctual behavior. 

     *You will learn to live by a value system 
followed by our world heroes of peace value 
guiding you through life and crises 
situations. 

Some Keynote Speech and Workshop Topics

A. Leadership Based on World Heroes of Peace

     When the safety of millions of people was entangled in the traditions of oppression, what values did Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, and Mahatma Gandhi employee to come closer to freedom and equality without offending their adversaries? How did Booker T. Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Eleanor Roosevelt, when operating under great stress, remain calm and guide their decisions based on peace? When confronting extreme tyrannical rule, what persuasive means did Genetta Sagan and Shirin Edadi use to calm dictators into reason? What techniques of persistence did the Tuskegee Airmen and William Wilberforce utilize to manifest revolutionary awareness for the dignity of man?
     Magnificent people performing magnificently, at their finest hour – can their values and conflict-resolution processes be taught? Yes, they can. Will these techniques work successfully addressing today’s problems with our Rotary Clubs, our businesses, our politics, our families, and our personal relationships? Yes, they will.
 

B. Hero's Problem-Solving Matrix - leadership thru peaceful solutions to crisis management

Learn to use a field-tested, problem-solving matrix developed from how our world heroes solved their problems peacefully while always advancing toward their goals. This matrix produces remarkable solutions while maintaining good relations and adhering to organizational policies and mission statements. Based on the remarkable Tuskegee Airmen legacy.

C. The Inspiring SSSSH Phenomena

The wondrous internal peace developed through anonymous giving to total strangers is coupled with a remarkable sense of community, equality, and appreciation for diversity through this inspirational phenomena. A remarkable leadership experience.

D. Grass-Root Entrepreneurs

Living among the world’s poorest are some very intelligent people fully capable of becoming successful entrepreneurs from deep within their poverty-stricken community. These diamonds in the dust can significantly attack world poverty from the inside. How? Where can they be found? You will not believe the power of one.

E. Internal Values for Life

1. The only battles you will ever fight are the ones within yourself.
2. Learn to recognize and control instinctual knee-jerk reactions counter-productive to effective relationships.
3. Become a master of conflict resolution ending disagreements with mutual feelings of good will.
4. Live your life confidently guided by an internal value system modeled from our world’s heroes of peace.

F. The Tuskegee Airmen -
One of the Most Remarkable Groups of Individuals in American History

A study in leadership presented through continuous examples of passive excellence where encountered obstacles are welcomed as opportunities for growth and enrichment. With Tuskegee Airmen techniques, there is nothing you can’t overcome.

G. Secret Black Heroes of WWII
Did you know:

• Oregon was attacked by the Japanese in WWII and a secret air borne division, the 555th triple nickels, spent the war?
• The USS Mason, an black-crewed destroyer escort, saved an entire convoy before it was scrapped?
• The Red Ball Express only existed three weeks, but shortened the war over a year?
• The 761st all-black Tank Battalion spent six months on Patton’s front lines. Other troops were rotated every few weeks. You will not believe these and more stories about our black military heroes that were kept a secret for over 60 years.

Change is the only certainty; handle it with enthusiasm and your future is unlimited!

A Few of the Speeches and Workshops Given

Department of Defense, District of Columbia National Guard
Travis Air Force Base, California
Scott Air Force Base, St. Louis, MO
Rotary International District 6630 District Conference 2006, 2007, 2008
Tuskegee Airmen National Convention 2007, 2005, 2007
Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio
United States Naval Reserves
United States Coast Guard
Tuskegee University, Black History Month 2006
United States Air Force ROTC
Welsh College
Mount Wachusett Community College
 

Can you determine why we selected the below world heroes of peace to enforce the 16 attributes in the Value System Derived from World Heroes of Peace?

12-women, 13-men, 8-blacks, 3-presidents, 2-born into slavery, 10-Nobel Peace Prize winners, 3-scientists, 25-fighters for human dignity

What very special characteristics and values did these 25 leaders of peace have
in common when they were performing at their very best?

Listed Alphabetically

Susan B. Anthony	Jimmy Carter	George Washington Carver
Cesar E. Chavez	Shirin Edadi	Albert Einstein
Mahatma Gandhi	Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.	Abraham Lincoln
Nelson Mandela	Rigoberta Menchu	Rosa Parks
Florence Nightingale	Sonia Pierre	Eleanor Roosevelt
Ginette Sagan	Princess Diana Spencer	Alberet Schweitzer
Aung San Suukyi	Wangari Maathai	Mother Teresa
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. and the Tuskegee Airmen	Desmond Mpilo Tutu	Booker T. Washington
William Wilberforce

Important Related Links to Our Activities

The Hiram College Home Page

Sparrow Village - the World-Famous Hospice for AIDS Children

Children of the Dumps - Nicaragua

The Rotary Club of Aurora, Ohio Home Page

The Tuskegee Airmen Home Page - North Coast Chapter

It's Never Your Fault - a Website for kids who have been traumatized by abuse