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Bill Taylor Keynote Speaker - ER Expo 2006 San Diego

Saturday, 25 March 2006

Are You Learning As Fast As the World is Changing?

William Taylor - founding editor Fast Company

Bill Taylor

An engaging conversation at ER Expo 2006 with Bill Taylor, Founding Editor - Fast Company and Keynote presenter at the event.

For nearly two decades, as a writer, a speaker, and an entrepreneur, Bill Taylor has been setting the idea agenda for business and showcasing the power of business at its best. He has delivered hundreds of keynote addresses and participated in leadership seminars across North America and Europe. His articles and essays on business have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Institutional Investor, and many other leading magazines and newspapers. We had an opportunity to talk with Bill after his recent keynote speech at ER Expo 2006 San Diego.

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Most recently, as cofounder and founding editor of Fast Company, Bill Taylor launched a magazine that changed the conversation about the best ways to do business and has won a passionate following around the world. Fast Company won just about every award there is to win in the magazine world. It was named "Launch of the Year" by Advertising Age and "Startup of the Year" by AdWeek. It won two coveted National Magazine Awards (for design and for general excellence). Taylor and cofounder Alan Webber were named Editors of the Year by AdWeek and Fast Company was named "Magazine of the Year" by Advertising Age. In 2004, in recognition of Fast Company's impact on business, Taylor was named "Champion of Workplace Learning and Performance" by the American Society of Training and Development (ASTD). Past winners include Jack Welch of General Electric and Fred Smith of FedEx.

Prior to launching Fast Company, Taylor was associate editor of the Harvard Business Review, where he steered HBR's coverage of technology and innovation, and conducted interviews with some of the world's leading CEOs. He is a graduate of Princeton University and the MIT Sloan School of Management. His fourth book Mavericks at Work: Beyond Business as Usual-A Whole New Way to Lead, Compete, and Succeed, will be published in Fall 2006 year by William Morrow, and imprint of HarperCollins.

Resources:
Fast Company Web Site
Total Picture Radio interview with Fast Company Executive Editor, Keith Hammonds
Electronic Recruiting Exchange
Photographs from ER Expo 2006 San Diego

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