World-renowned identity theft and fraud expert, Frank Abagnale, has teamed up with Staples, the office supply giant, to help educate consumers about protecting themselves from identity theft. The Staples Shred Across America tour kicked off on October 18, and will visit numerous cities across the country, teaching consumers the easy solutions for protecting themselves.

Abagnale, the subject of the film Catch Me If You Can, and author of the book The Art of the Steal, notes that “Identity theft can happen to anyone.” The goal of the tour is to make people aware of what can be done to combat identity theft and to protect their sensitive information. Staples is helping to lead the development of new security measures to protect all consumers, and is a founding member of the Identity Theft Prevention and Identity Management Standards Panel. For more information on the tour, as well as tips to prevent identity theft please click here.

Sustainability and social responsibility – these are key hot button societal issues that increasingly drive business strategy. General Electric, Wal-Mart, Honda, Goldman Sachs and Intel are among the many companies to find that “customer-conscious” strategies are more than good public relations. By utilizing practices that focus on the environment, economic growth and social and economic equality, companies can feed their bottom line and build customer loyalty. As G.E. Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey R. Immelt succinctly put it, “Green is green.”

Connecting with customer values is a strategy smart companies are increasingly using to innovate, create value and build competitive advantage. In fact, in a McKinsey Quarterly survey of 3,500 global executives, 87% cited changing consumer tastes and values as the most important trend that will impact their business over the next five years.

What does this mean for your organization and industry, and what are the trends? Keppler Speakers can deliver the expert analysis and insights your audience needs.

	Andy Acho Former Worldwide Director of Environmental Outreach and Strategy for Ford Motor Company
	Jean-Michel Cousteau Marine Explorer, Activist, Educator, and Filmmaker
	Dr. Sylvia Earle Environmental Advocate and Oceanographer
	Amory Lovins CEO of the Rocky Mountain Institute
	Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Environmental Activist and Attorney
	Joel Makower Expert in Sustainable Business, Clean Technology, and the Green Marketplace

Jim Keppler joined Keppler Speakers clients George McGovern, Bob Dole, Morris Dees, and Tom Daschle at the dedication of the George McGovern Library and Public Policy Center in South Dakota. McGovern’s lifetime of public service was praised at the event by a variety of prominent Americans, who also included President Bill Clinton, journalists Tom Brokaw, Al Neuharth and Sander Vanocur, actor Mike Farrell, futurist Jeffrey Sachs, and legislative leaders from both parties.

McGovern remains the conscience of the American political system, and a leader in the battle to end hunger and promote peace throughout the world. He is available as a keynote speaker, or in a joint presentation with his fellow World War ll hero and presidential nominee Bob Dole.

Newsweek magazine has announced that Howard Fineman will be serving as its senior Washington correspondent and columnist. This position will give Fineman the opportunity to conduct more extensive spot reporting and news analysis, which he will share through the magazine, newsweek.com, and his role as an NBC News political analyst.

The magazine column is a new venture for Fineman, which he will use to provide readers with thorough analysis of today’s political events. The column will eschew moral judgment and bias, and will give readers a deeper understanding of the political climate.

Fineman has been with Newsweek since 1980, where he has also served as chief political correspondent, deputy Washington Bureau chief and senior editor. He also reports on television exclusively for NBC, and is a frequent guest on Hardball with Chris Matthews. Through his decades in journalism, Fineman has successfully inhabited many different roles, and will continue to do so through his new position. As a Washington insider, Fineman provides his audiences with a unique insight into politics, government and current affairs. Click here to read Fineman’s latest Newsweek.com column.

Washington Post investigative reporter Bob Woodward has just released his latest book, State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III. State of Denial examines the Bush administration’s avoidance of the truth regarding the situation in Iraq to the public, the Congress and often to the administration itself.

Bob Woodward’s third book on President Bush is a sweeping narrative — from the first days George W. Bush thought seriously about running for president, through the recruitment of his national security team, the war in Afghanistan, the invasion and occupation of Iraq and the struggle for political survival in the second term.

After more than three decades of reporting on national security decision making — including his two #1 national bestsellers on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Bush at War (2002) and Plan of Attack (2004) — Woodward provides a full account and explanation of the controversial road that President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Secretary Rumsfeld, Secretary Rice and the White House staff have followed in the execution of the Iraq War.