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Dawn Riley

As CEO and Captain of America True, Dawn Riley is the first woman to manage an America's Cup sailing team. She is also the first American to have raced on three America's Cup teams and two Whitbread Round-the-World Race sailing teams. She is also past President of the Woman’s Sports Foundation, founded by Billie Jean King. Growing up ... Read more

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Speech Topics

Entertainment & Inspirational Sailing Adventure Topics:

- Sea Stories of sailing around the world and a few America’s Cup Campaigns

- What sailing does for your competitive edge

- What sailing does for kids

- What sailing did for me

- What sailing does for women

- What sailing does for your business sense
Sailing and Business

- Managing after a mutiny --- How I did it — What I’d do differently

- Inter-team/office communications --- Sailors are adults — I think

- Diversity of people in experience; perspective is strength

- Risk Management
Planning your Course

- Building a winning team

- Rock the Boat: Decision making Lessons learned from doing it differently

- Dealing with Change

- The Ping Pong Theory — as long as you are headed in the general direction of the
windward mark. VMG, best VMG, taking a knock to get to a lift.

- Finding your Passion

- Planning your future — mind mapping (interactive exercise)

- Winning in a highly competitive world — on the edge of ‘out of control’
Women’s Topics

- Pointers from competing in a “so-called man’s world”

Inspirational programs:

- Motivate to take risks

- Follow dreams

- Make choices

- Give back

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  • Send me a free copy of your 2008 print catalog.

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