Speaking and Training Topics for Clark Plexico

Clark Plexico is a speaker, trainer and consultant on intercultural business development and provides leaders in business, non-profits, education and government new skills for both understanding and working successfully with other nationalities whether here or abroad.

Typical speaking topics (designed with each group in mind) are as follows:

Mr. Plexico is also available for more intensive half-day, full-day and two-day training and workshops. The three primary categories are:

Intercultural Skills Training

For organizations that want to become more global in their approach and expand internationally; work with multinational teams; have clients, suppliers or students from other nationalities; host international visitors; participate in international trade or education missions. Workshops begin with general cultural awareness and expand to communication and negotiation skills necessary for successful endeavors in specific countries and regions around the globe.

Qualifications: Over thirty years of international experience including more than a decade of living and working in Asia, the Middle East and Europe; former owner of an international real estate company located in Tehran, London and Hong Kong; certified by and training partner with Richard Lewis Communications of Great Britain; and certified in the Intercultural Edge program of the Fuqua School of Business CIBER at Duke University, and as an International Protocol Consultant by The Protocol School of Washington - Clark Plexico offers clients a wealth of cultural insights and skills.

Internationalizing the Educational Experience

Divided into two parts, these workshops enable business leaders, educators and policymakers to examine the ‘Why’ and the ‘How’ of creating 21st century schools that equip students with the knowledge and skills to enable them to compete, create new jobs and successfully adapt to the rapidly changing requirements of a global marketplace.

Qualifications: Chaired state-wide committee to develop plan creating internationally competitive schools; member of “Learning From…” educational missions to Japan, China, India, and Denmark; has met with educational leaders in Ireland, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Turkey on behalf of the Visiting International Faculty Program to develop plans to recruit international teachers; chaired the Senate education and education appropriations committees as a state legislator and sponsored and got funding for international education bills in North Carolina; served as member of the education committee of the Southern Legislative Conference and the Southern Regional Education Board; taught at the Tehran, Iran International School.

The ‘Art’ of Business: Personal Business Skills to Outclass the Competition

This workshop/seminar helps executives develop the so-called “soft” business skills necessary for success both locally and globally: making an entrance and working a room, making small talk, introducing colleagues and clients, exchanging business cards, dining like a diplomat and making an effective toast. Whether attending a local business function, hosting foreign visitors or participating in trade and education missions, these are skills you and your team can not afford to be without.

Qualifications: Former state president for law & government affairs for a major corporation; founder of an international company operating in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia; certified by The Protocol School of Washington as a Corporate Etiquette and International Protocol Consultant; as both an entrepreneur and corporate executive with many years business experience in the United States and abroad, Clark Plexico is well equipped to help your executives gained the skills they need to outclass the competition.

 

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