Thursday, February 19, 2009

Archives 2008 (news blurbs)

December 2008
Breaking News: Patrick Knight, author of the children’s book called The Little Knight’s Painting Place, just held the kick-off book signing event at the Bookstore in the Grove. The book reading was attended by more than 60 people and nearly 80 books were sold at this first event held in Coconut Grove (Miami, Florida). The book is also available on-line at: http://www.amazon.com/.

November 2008
Miami, Florida – Patrick conducts the Jumpstart Your Organization in Miami.

October 2008
Paramaribo, Suriname – Patrick was invited to a leadership conference in Suriname for young leaders in both government and private industries of Suriname. Patrick stayed for one week and offered five seminars: Positive Seduction, Design the Future, Blending the Intergenerational Workplace, Succession Planning and Critical Analysis in Project Planning.

August 2008
Mainz, Germany - Patrick conducts two day leadership course consisting of values-based management and inspirational leadership strategies. Attendees came from many different types of companies around Germany to participate in this interactive seminar.

July 2008
New York City, New York – Patrick was invited for the sixth year in row to be a featured presenter at the Metropolitan Networking Conference for young leaders in New York City. Patrick conducted a two day leadership course and a three hour seminar about the use of technology in management and communication

June 2008
Miami, Florida – Patrick Knight selected to be featured speaker at Miami Leadership Summit held at the Mayfair Hotel in Coconut Grove. Young leaders and entrepreneurs from around Florida attended the event.

May 2008
Panama City, Panama – Patrick is invited to Panama for a third time as a featured speaker and presenter. At the Leadership Conference of the Americas held in Panama City, Patrick presents three seminars: Dynamic Presentations, Train-the-Trainer and Do You Want to Get Lucky? Attendees of the conference came from over 20 countries around the Americas and the Caribbean.

April 2008
Tegucigalpa, Honduras – Patrick presented a one day communications course in Spanish on how to give dynamic presentations. After the seminar, Patrick was interviewed by the television station Channel 5 in Honduras regarding a few tips for better presentations.

March 2008
Georgetown, Guyana – Patrick travels to Georgetown to present a full day seminar on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for various government officials and employees in Guyana, including the Minister of Tourism for Guyana. Prior to the seminar, Patrick was interviewed on the local news radio station for Guyana and after the seminar, Patrick gave a television interview regarding CSR.

St. Vincent & the Grenadine Islands – Patrick conducts a full day seminar for the Chamber of Commerce & Industry in St. Vincent to discuss Corporate Social Responsibility in the Caribbean and its relation to CARICOM. After the seminar, Patrick was interviewed by a local news station to discuss the importance of CSR for Caribbean industries.

February 2008
Miami, Florida - Patrick is selected to run a pilot test of the new JCI Admin course, which is a management course for young leaders on a non-profit board of directors.

January 2008
Miami, Florida – Patrick gives a Dynamic Presentations seminar at Morrison Brown Argiz and Farra, LLP, an accounting firm in Miami’s financial district.

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