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Richard Hokenson is a highly acclaimed keynote speaker.  People often think of demographics (which is defined as the science of population) as the equivalent of watching glaciers melt, i.e. changes occur at such a slow pace as to border on being irrelevant to business or investment decisions.  The key to his success as a keynote speaker is to make his conclusions relevant to today as well as the future.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Richard Hokenson is a highly acclaimed keynote speaker.  People often think of demographics (which is defined as the science of population) as the equivalent of watching glaciers melt, i.e. changes occur at such a slow pace as to border on being irrelevant to business or investment decisions.  The key to his success as a keynote speaker is to make his conclusions relevant to today as well as the future.

The long-term focus, of course, is important in understanding the current state of the world.  He makes the very important observation that all of his listeners are making business and investment-related decisions in a world that is structurally and fundamentally different from the past.  Whereas “population explosion” was the principal concern when I began this research 40 years ago, it has since been overtaken by concerns about “population implosion” caused by declining birth rates. Population implosion results in an ever-ageing planet.   A corollary of an ageing planet is constant downward pressure on inflation which led to his thesis elaborated 26 years ago entitled “race to zero”, i.e. that nominal interest rates were headed to zero.

His presentations as a keynote speaker are very well received because he takes the time to confer with the organizers of the event to request information regarding the attendees as well as the objectives of the sponsor.  He does not have a “canned” presentation.  Instead, he customizes the presentation to fit the audience.

He makes his keynote speaker presentations relevant by personalizing his conclusions.  For example, in discussing the changes that are occurring in the financial arrangements of households and the implications for pricing power, he discusses the differences in behavior between couples where both partners work versus couples where only one partner works.  The first are households with more money than time – they are less sensitive to higher prices.  The latter, on the other hand, are households with more time than money.  They are very sensitive to higher prices which is why many companies have difficulty in making higher prices stick.  He works very hard as a keynote speaker to make his remarks interesting as well as informative.

In the video below you can preview one of Richards speaking engagements

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