GREG FORBES SIEGMAN
LEADERSHIP & TEAMWORK-RELATED EVENTS
BACKGROUND: The book, The First Thirty by Jillip Naysinthe Paxson is based on the strue story of the first thirty years of Greg Forbes Siegman's life. In particular, it looks at the efforts he made to make a difference in the community, his efforts to lead others toward the same goal, the extent to which his experiences in school as an 'emerging leader' influenced that journey, and the first thirty things learned from his setbacks and his successes along the way. Many of those lessons revolve around Leadership and Teamwork.
MORE BACKGROUND: Greg's personal experience in Leadership & Teamwork has taken place at the student and professional level. Examples include: participating on three varsity sports teams in high school, serving as Editor-in-Chief of the high school Literary Magazine, Editor of the high school newspaper, being appointed and elected to positions in Student Government in high school and college, starting a volunteer program in college, and being appointed by the Dean to the position of Student Chairman of Community Service in college. Greg's additional Leadership Experience comes from post-graduate programs which he launched. This includes creating and overseeing BrunchBunch.org -- turning three milkshakes into the nationally-acclaimed mentoring program, in which more than 700 people took part; overseeing a Senior Service Program, in which more than 200 people took part; and founding and overseeing The 11-10-02 Foundation -- turning a rocking chair and some cereal boxes into a nonprofit organization whose volunteers have donated tens of thousands of hours and hundreds of thousands of dollars to help make a difference. Part of the story also reflects on the lessons about leadership and teamork he learned while serving on someone else's team (such as lessons learned while being part of a restaurant staff just after college). The First Thirty and/or its companion workbook, A Place To Sit, is now used by a wide variety of schools, companies and organizations around North America, including a variety of Leadership Programs, and he is invited frequently to speak to such groups as well.
BIO: Greg's Bio
WEBSITES: Greg's website - The First Thirty website
BOOK SUMMARY: One page synopsis of The First Thirty
Sample of HONORS & MEDIA:
== Greg was honored at Princeton University as one of nation's top social entrepreneurs under 40.
== EntrepreneurshipWeekUSA 2007 recognized Greg as one of today's "Trailblazers" in American business. EWUSA was presented by New York Times; Inc Magazine; and the Kauffman Foundation. At 34, Greg was, by far, one of the youngest on the list of 25 or so Trailblazers.
==Featured in Volunteer Leadership Magazine
== The First Thirty was honored as Northeast Student Diversity Leadership Conference 2007 Multicultural Relations Book of the Year
== Pepsi Cola Bottlers Community Leaders Award
== Jefferson Award for Public Service
== America's Daily Point of Light
== ZBT's National Man of Distinction
== Honored by Hasbro as one of 30 'real-life American heroes'
== Honored as CBS Tylenol Hometown Hero, Simply Family's Heroes of the Year, honorary degree from colleges.
== The NonProfit Times did a cover story on Greg's unique approach to nonprofit leadership & management.
== Other examples include: Good Morning America, USA Today, CBS, NBC, Education Week, Lexington Herald-Leader, College News, Newsweek Kaplan College Guide.
MEDIA EXAMPLE:
Excerpt of article from The Washington Post Co on Greg & Steven Spielberg: "The legacies of Greg Forbes Siegman and Steven Spielberg are the people they have helped and the lessons and images they have brought to life."
Sample of SPEECHES:
== Greg was invited to speak as part of Harvard University Global Leaders Lecture Series.
== Greg was invited to keynote an event for women business leaders in Canada
== Greg was invited to speak to the varsity football team at a college in Illinois
== Asked to speak at the Valley Business Conference. The VBC is sponsored by 40 corporations, organizations and media outlets and is attended by 1,000 business leaders & students. Greg was one of three people asked to speak at the VBC. Another was John Sculley, former CEO of Apple and former President & CEO of Pepsi.
== Greg was invited to keynote an annual breakfast for 400 + top donors and volunteers of a charity in Canada
== Invited to speak at Leadership event for college students in Colorado.
== Invited to speak about being a community leader at an annual event hosted by local Mayors in Minnesota.
== Invited to keynote annual HOBY Youth Leadership Conferences in Illinois.
== Asked to speak at Leadership Retreat for students in Wisconsin.
== Greg spoke at Princeton University. The event was sponsored by nine organizations and clubs on campus.
Sample of BOOKS:
== Copies of The First Thirty were ordered for University of Missouri-St. Louis Nonprofit Management & Leadership Program
== The First Thirty was incorporated into a course in the MBA program at the Cook School of Business
== Fresno State Leadership Program incorporated The First Thirty into its Readings.
== One by One Leadership ordered dozens of copies for their volunteers.
== The head of a local branch of GNC Live Well, the popular health & nutrition store, ordered copies of The First Thirty for his staff as a holiday gift -- citing the story's emphasis on working collaboratively with those around you
== The National Conference on Community and Justice of Metropolitan St. Louis (NCCJSTL) ordered copies of The First Thirty for a staff-wide reading
== Travelodge Hotel Airlane in Canada got copies of the book and companion workbook for their staffers as holiday gifts -- citing the story's emphasis on working collaboratively with those around you
== Fiedler Hillel Center incorporated The First Thirty into its Leadership Program - ordering a copy for each student.
== A high school on the East Coast ordered copies of The First Thirty for its Teen Leadership Class.
== U of C Hospitals ordered copies of The First Thirty for 200 members of its Volunteer Team
== California-based BennettFrost Personnel Services Inc. ordered dozens of copies of The First Thirty so that local Business School students could read the book. BennettFrost also did a Staff-Wide reading of the book.
== Genesis Mitzvah Fund & Justice Squared in Minnesota ordered hundreds of copies of The First Thirty -- one for each of their teen philanthropists -- and brought Greg to speak to them about social action & philanthropy.
== The New York Giants (NFL) sponsored an essay contest based on the book for high school students in NY.
== In Minnesota, the NFL Vikings sponsored an essay contest based on the book for middle school students in MN.
