Partial client list :From Zurich to Cedar Rapids!

• Microsoft Small Business Division • SAP small/midmarket customer events (Dallas, Stockholm, Toronto, Long Beach, Chicago) • Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce •
Racine County Economic Development Corporation •
Swiss Innovation Forum • Cleveland World Trade Center • Moorehead State University / Ashland Entrepreneur Conference, Ashland, Kentucky • Atlantic Canada Opportunity Agency • Western Regional Development Corporation • IBM small business group • Budapest, Hungary full day sesson for small business • boards of trade / chambers of commerce Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Experience

Jim has spoken to countless number of small community events over the years as well as large scale board of trade events, many consisting of a small business audience, with audiences of 20 to 500 people.

Jim is a contributing editor for Profit magazine, aimed at entrepreneurs, and wrote a column in the Globe & Mail for many years on small business strategies.

How he can help you?

• local economic development in a global economy • how can a community or small business position itself for the future • local community events -- for entrepreneurs and business executives • motivational kickoff/keynote for board of trade/chamber of commerce/community events • innovation -- new business models, exploiting new opportunities • economic impact of global trends on local communities • small workshops for local business • a look to the future • strategy sessions and executive brainstorming - opening up the small business marketplace • opening global markets • innovation -- new business models, exploiting new opportunities • a look to the future -- how will small business be affected in the future?

Highlights

• Microsoft recently engaged Jim to speak to small business clients in an online event, with the theme Developing Agility - How Small Business Entrepreneurs Can Implement Big Business Insight
• Microsoft also engaged Jim in to host a series of CEO/CFO level workshops on behalf of key small/mid-market clients, as well having him provide a keynote for an afternoon session, in eight major Canadian cities
• KPMG had Jim as the breakfast speaker for a six-city series of events for clients, in which he provided his insight into the strategic future of business.
• SAP has had Jim keynote senior executive customer oriented events aimed at mid-market clients in Stockholm, Dallas, New York, Chicago, Toronto, Hungtington Beach, Atlanta, Calgary, and other cities!
• ACCPac, the world's largest developer of accounting/financial software for small and medium sized enterprises, featured Jim as the keynote speaker for their annual Partnership conference in Dallas, where he addressed over 700 of their key business partners. Afterwards, they noted that the presentation was " both entertaining and educational. Feedback from employees and business partners has been extremely positive ."
• government & economic development organizations have brought Jim in to talk to local small business entrepreneurs in order to provide them with an overview of the future, and to motivate them to obtain the skills necessary to survive in an increasingly complex world
• hi-tech companies have sought the views of Mr. Carroll for their small business clients and customers
• The Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Jim recently keynoted the annual meeting of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, providing his insight into how Canadian business can compete in the global economy. His keynote immediately followed remarks by Prime Minister Paul Martin, and was delivered just before an address by US Ambassador to Canada Peter Wilkins