Date: Thursday, March 23, 2006
Time: 4 p.m.
Place: U.Va. Newcomb Hall South Meeting Room (Room 374)
This Virginia Festival of the Book event is sponsored by the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia.

New scandals, downturns, and disasters...how are business leaders and consumers responding? Author Patricia Aburdene (Megatrends 2010) discusses the rise and impact of conscious capitalism.

Patricia Aburdene is a world-renowned speaker, author, and architect of corporate transformation. Having won recognition as coauthor of the Megatrends books, Patricia embarked on new studies integrating business research and spirituality. She now inspires audiences with a concrete blueprint of how values, consciousness, and leadership will heal today’s economic crisis.

Her new book, Megatrends 2010: The Rise of Conscious Capitalism, was published in September 2005. Patricia coauthored with John Naisbitt the New York Times number one bestseller Megatrends 2000, the bestselling Re-Inventing the Corporation, and Megatrends for Women. Megatrends topped bestseller charts worldwide. Collectively, her books have sold more than 14 million copies worldwide.

Aburdene has lectured throughout United States, Canada, Europe, South America, Australia, and the Pacific Rim. Clients include the Management Club of Vienna, the Professional Coach and Mentor Association, the Management Institute of New Zealand, and the Consciousness in Business conference in Santa Fe, N.M.

Patricia Aburdene’s 25-year career in business journalism began at Forbes magazine in 1978. As a Public Policy Fellow at Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Mass., from 1993 to 1996, she explored emerging leadership models.

Aburdene holds a bachelor’s in philosophy from Newton College of the Sacred Heart, a bachelor’s in library science from Catholic University, and four honorary doctorates. In 1990, she was awarded the Medal of Italy for her interpretation of global trends. She lives in Telluride, Colo., and Cambridge, Mass.

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