Stephen M.R. Covey to speak at Neeley Author Series Feb. 4
Stephen M.R. Covey, author of The SPEED of Trust and visiting Green Honors Chair, will speak at TCU on Monday, Feb. 4. His presentation will take place 5:30-7:30 p.m., at the Dee J. Kelly Alumni & Visitors Center, 2820 Stadium Drive on the TCU campus. Those who bring copies can have their books signed from 7-7:30 p.m. The Neeley Author Series is a free annual event sponsored by the Neeley School of Business at TCU. Please RSVP to www.neeleyauthor.tcu.edu .
In his book, The SPEED of Trust, Covey advocates that nothing is as fast as the speed of trust and that the ability to establish, grow, extend and restore trust with all stakeholders is the critical leadership competency of the new global economy. The SPEED of Trust is a paradigm-shifting book that challenges the assumption that trust is merely a soft, social virtue. Covey demonstrates that trust is a hard-edged, economic driver—a learnable and measurable skill that makes organizations more profitable, people more promotable, and relationships more energizing.
Covey is a leading international expert on leadership, ethics and trust. His presentation is informed by his experience as the CEO of CoveyLink Worldwide, a $100 million firm. He is the former CEO ofCovey Leadership Center which, under his stewardship, became the largest leadership development company in the world. He personally led the strategy that propelled his father's book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, to one of the two most influential business books of the 20th century according to CEO Magazine.
A conversation with Marcus Borg
TCU’s Faith and Life Extended Education is hosting a special guest speaker, Dr. Marcus Borg, Monday, Feb. 11 from 7 to 9 p.m. Dr. Borg, scholar, theologian and author of Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, will share a message, answer questions and engage in dialogue. The event is free to attend, but RSVPs are required. For event location and to RSVP, visit www.lifelong.tcu.edu or phone at 817-257-7132.
“Dr. Marcus Borg is one of the leading biblical and Jesus scholars teaching today,” said David Grebel, TCU’s director of Extended Education. “His books and lectures provide a fresh understanding of the Christian faith for both laypeople and scholars.”
Dr. Borg is the Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion at Oregon State University. He is a frequent lecturer around the country at universities, seminaries, churches and retreat centers. He is the author of several books, including the best-seller Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, The Meaning of Jesus: Two Versions (with N.T. Wright), and The God We Never Knew.
TCU’s Center for Civic Literacy Lectureship Series set for spring semester
TCU’s Center for Civic Literacy has announced the speakers for its new spring lectureship series. “A Conversation with Seymour Hersh on Foreign Policy” will kick off the series Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at 7:30 pm in TCU’s Ed Landreth Auditorium, and “Ishmael Beah: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier” will conclude the series on Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 7:30 pm in TCU’s Brown-Lupton Student Center.
Seymour Hersh is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and author of eight books. He worked as a correspondent for the Associated Press beginning in 1963. Hersh gained worldwide recognition for his exposure of the My Lai Massacre and cover-up during the Vietnam War, for which he later received the Pulitzer Prize. More recently, he uncovered the abuse of detainees in Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq by U.S. military personnel.
Ishmael Beah is the author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, which has been nominated for a Quill Award in 2007. Beah was pressed into becoming a child soldier in Sierra Leone at the age of 13 after the death of his family. He has spoken at numerous conferences including at the United Nations and at the Global Young Leaders Conference in 2007. He currently works for the Human Rights Watch Children’s Division Advisory Committee and lives in Brooklyn, NY.
For more information on the Center For Civic Literacy visit http://www.civlit.tcu.edu/. For more information on the lectureship series, contact Karen Anisman, associate director of the Center for Civic Literacy at 817-257-7395 or k.anisman@tcu.edu.
Schieffer Symposium
Schieffer School of Journalism presents the fourth annual Schieffer Symposium featuring Bob Schieffer, 1959 TCU graduate and moderator of Face the Nation; Andrea Mitchell, NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent; Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times columnist; Roger Mudd, former CBS News weekend anchor; and Al Neuharth, founder of USA Today. The symposium will be Wednesday, April 2 in Ed Landreth Auditorium.
Ticket information will be available soon. For other questions, contact 817-257-7808
Mezzo soprano Frederica von Stade stars in a benefit concert for the TCU School of Music
Mezzo soprano Frederica von Stade stars in a benefit concert for the TCU School of Music, April 8, 7:30 p.m. Ed Landreth Auditorium. Tickets range from $30 to $75. Get yours online at www.music.tcu.edu or call 817-257-6349.
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