Speaking
William (Bill) Powers is a dynamic and personable speaker who uses humor to engage his audience and share his experiences. William inspires, entertains, and leads thought-provoking discussions.
To request William Powers as a speaker, please contact: bill@williampowersbooks.com
The underlying question so pertinent to our time – whether academic, intellectual, spiritual or practical in nature – is this: How can one live fully, joyfully, sustainably, and in community while simultaneously healing the planet?
Bill’s new book, Dispatches from the Sweet Life: One Family, Five Acres and a Community’s Quest to Reinvent the World (2018) is a page-turning memoir that will stir readers to ask refreshing questions about global responsibility and the critical linkages between sustainability and personal happiness.
Bill has a strong track-record in successful events, whether as a keynote speaker, in bookstores, or in more tailored settings at universities and private institutions. His last book, New Slow City, became a platform from which Bill helped ignite a conversation around ecological sustainability and alternatives to the American culture-of-speed.
His writing and speaking struck a powerful chord at over a hundred venues in the U.S. and Europe, including keynote speeches at large literary festivals, dozens of major U.S. and European universities, and specialized private events such as the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and at Google Inc (see video HERE).
Bill’s writing and speaking has been covered by a range of outlets, including CNN, PBS, NPR, ABC News, NY Daily News, Forbes, Bloomberg, London Times, The Atlantic, Utne, and HuffPost Live. You can see more HERE.
To request William Powers as a speaker, contact: bill@williampowersbooks.com
Further below is a brief video on his speaking experience centered around the New York City launch of his book Twelve by Twelve.
Praise for Powers’ Speaking
“Bill Powers is EM Forster and Arundhati Roy wrapped into one extraordinary personality. Bill spent years deep in the Amazon to show the world that a living future for the Earth need not conflict with the quest for a better life. When he tells his story in speeches around the country the force of personality that made that stunning achievement possible is on full display: an irresistible combination of a very American sense of purpose with a worldly sophistication. It is power personified in uplifting speaking.” — Glenn Hurowitz, Washington Director, Avoided Deforestation Partners
“Bill Powers fills the room with contagious energy. He combines insight into complex problems with moving stories of the people who are affected by climate change and social violence. His tales from the remotest corners of the world humanize the good and the bad that come with globalization, and his message is powerful: our world is fragile and its fate is in the hands of every single human being.”
—Michele Wucker, author of Locked Out: Why America Keeps Getting Immigration Wrong When Our Prosperity Depends on Getting it Right
