Ability to see and shape unique paths to doing business
in emerging markets for your business success

See a video clip where a tv feature was developed around a keynote speech given by Lauri.

Some of the reasons why you want Lauri as your keynote speaker:

• Your group needs to develop a fluid emerging market strategy
• Your group needs to transform challenges into opportunities
• You need to think and act ahead of your competition
• Your emerging market strategy has to be grounded in the current context, but needs to have a forward-looking focus
• Your group needs to untap the “hidden” assets in the organization, networks, people, etc.
• You need to leverage your assets (both tangible and intangible)

Lauri is available to speak on the following topics:

• Going Global on a Tight Budget
• Doing Business in Emerging Markets
• Doing Business in Africa
• Global Business and Emerging Markets
• Social Enterprises in Emerging Markets
• Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets
• ICT in Emerging Markets
• Emerging Markets as the Center of the New Consumer Economy
• Shaping Strategy for Emerging Markets
• Youth Enterprise Development in Emerging Markets
• New Media Entrepreneurial Business Models

Lauri is a sought after speaker for corporations, government, international organizations, and civil society. Some of her recent engagements relevant to her area of focus and current expertise include:

• Led a panel discussion with top African economists at the World Bank for her book, Redefining Business in the New Africa, in 2011.
• Served as a panelist for the Doing Business in Africa panel at the Babson African Business Conference 2011.
• Served as a panelist for the Entrepreneurship panel at the Howard University African Business Conference 2011.
• Served as a panelist for the ICT panel at the AngelAfrica Annual Conference 2010.
• Spoke on New Media at the Rwanda Gathering in 2010.
• Spoke on Tapping into the Power of Your Networks at Harvard School of Public Affairs in 2009.
• Spoke on Youth Enterprise Development at SME conference for the Association of SADC Chambers of Commerce and Industry in 2008.
• Spoke on Cascading Leadership in ICT Organizations at Futurex 2008.
• Spoke about an Emerging Youth Enterprise Development model at the annual youth development conference by Umsombovu Youth Fund of South Africa in 2007.
• Spoke on Stakeholder Management in the New Economy at Futurex, the largest computer expo and conference in Africa, in 2007.

To view Lauri’s bio, go to http://www.lauri-elliott.com/about

To book Lauri, send an email to i...@conceptualee.com.