Michael Richards has 35 years of experience as a conference organizer and
keynote speaker in the USA and around the world..  He is available to
travel to your fine City as a professional consultant to deliver a very
important "turn key" conference event in your community.

Suggested Conference Title; The Mayor's Conference on Sustainable Living,
Renewable Resources and the Future of Your City.

Conference Date:  We can deliver this major event as a turnkey conference
within 6 months after the date your city contracts for the services of
Michael Richards to organize this conference as a local event in your
city.  Consulting fees are very reasonable.

Conference Structure and Resources;
Mr.Richards will take full responsibility to organize the conference in your
city from the ground up. His professional assignment will start with the
complete conference organizing process, conference delivery expertise and
will end with a report that documents the attendance and effectiveness of
your City Conference. We will provide you with A Sustainable City Action
Plan.  Wherever possible, we will utilize resource professionals in your
own city as the conference speakers and conference panel leaders.  We will
present this conference in an appropriate Conference Venue within your own
city.  This conference is a high priority item of action for your city
this year.

As your city confronts global warming, diminishing supplies of fossil fuel
and national problems with food safety, the need for this community
conference on sustainable economic alternatives is urgent.  The Mayor of
your City can demonstrate very progressive and effective leadership by
convening this conference.  We are entering a very new historic era.  This
requires a new paradigm, a new way of thinking.

Many cities have effective local organizations that work with such focus
issues as the environment, local implications of global warming, the
development of alternative energy resources and food safety.. Most of
these local, state and national organizations are "single issue" in
orientation.  What makes the professional consulting service of Michael
Richards so unique and highly effective is the fact that he leads these
diverse single issue groups into a "whole systems" community process to
integrate the key elements required to build a successful and sustainable
economic and community structure.  No other author or consultant takes
such a highly integrated "whole systems" approach.  Since we organize your
local resources, this conference will provide your community with a long
term local asset to creatively solve problems rather than just cite
challenges and problems.  This is a very effective, results oriented
conference.  This is a very intelligent investment in the future of your
City.

It is very timely for your City Government to present a Conference on
Sustainable Living and Renewable Resources.  To schedule an initial
consultation with Michael Richards contact;

SUSTAINABLE OPERATING SYSTEMS
PHONE: 319-363-1774 or respond by e mail to soyawax@aol.com

Speaker's Bureau Biography;   Michael Richards
Founder/CEO of SUSTAINABLE OPERTAING SYSTEMS

Focus topics for speaking engagements, symposium and conference
leadership;  Sustainable Living, Green Business Initiatives,
Entrepreneurship-Innovation

Michael Richards is a lifelong entrepreneur and innovator. He's just as
comfortable presenting a local speaking engagement to home town Rotary and
Optimist groups as he is delivering a dynamic keynote speech at an
International Conference or a prestigious University Lecture Series.  His
dynamic speaking style is very engaging whether he has an audience of 50
or 5,000.  Richards always inspires and motivates his audience.  He is
effective both as a speaker and as a skilled organizer of complete
conference events.

Michael Richards is a global citizen and a renaissance man.  He is
dedicated to art and science as well as civic and family life.  He serves
on the board of art and theatre groups as well as engaging in scientific
research alliances with major Universities. His highest priority is time
with his growing family that includes four sons and grandchildren.
Michael Richards works independently as a free agent in business,
research, publishing and political organizing.  Because of his free agent
status, he is outspoken and challenges his audiences to really think and
take effective action in their own lives and communities.

Michael Richards works locally and connects globally.  He keeps a balanced
approach as he travels the globe on industry assignments for the United
States Soybean Council and the United Stated Department of Agriculture,
while also serving as the Community Board President for his local
Neighborhood Association in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. This balance keeps his
speaking style very natural and grounded in day to day, real life
experience. As a successful entrepreneur and industry leader, he delivers
tangible results. Michael Richards does not just talk "theory", he knows
how to make things happen in the real world of economics, politics and
business.  Green Business is Good Business.

Examples of Speaking Engagement Venues and Conference Leadership:

The Open Center/New York City
US Embassy Trade Conference/London U.K.
AAHAR International Agriculture Conference; New Delhi, India Jacob Javits Conference and Expo Center/New York City Kaufmann Foundation/Fast Track Annual Global Conference/Phoenix, Arizona NorthWest Airlines Management Conference on Innovation/Creative Thinking PrairieWoods Conference Center A T and T Management Training Indiana Energy Conference, SUSTAINABLE INDIANA California Sustainable Enterprise Conference, Sonoma Biofach Expo/Germany International Food Expo/Tokyo, Japan Natural Products Expo/Washington, D.C. The Art Farm, Sustainable Living/Permaculture Institute, Ardeche, France International Trade Symposium/The Hague, Netherlands Sol Fest/Solar Living Institute, Real Goods/Scottsdale, Arizona Green Business Conference/San Francisco and Chicago Kansas City Food and Agriculture Conference University of Iowa College of Business Drake University Wabash College Des Moines University/Medical Center Iowa State University

BOOKS PUBLISHED:    (available on line at www.amazon.com)
"Light One Candle, The Handbook for the Bootstrap Entrepreneur" This
practical business book was featured in Entrepreneur Magazine The first
two printings were totally sold out by Amazon.com, and Barnes and Noble.

"Sustainable Operating Systems, The Post Petrol Paradigm," released in
December 2006.  This is a comprehensive source book for an historic shift
to a sustainable society.

Book in Progress; Urban Village; Converting Industrial Brownfields into a
Sustainable Community.  A Case History of the Oakhill/Jackson
Neighborhood.

Entrepreneurial Endeavors
City Vision
The Inns of Iowa
Candleworks
SoyaWax International