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RALPH COPLEMAN

Mr. Copleman’s consulting practice focuses on closer connections between people’s dreams and their work life. He seeks to apply underlying ideals directly to responsibilities. Clients since 1979 have included communities, nonprofits and a wide range of corporations. He is an experienced team builder, meeting facilitator and executive coach. He is expert in the use of several whole-system and long-term planning technologies.

Activities and Career Highlights:

Long-range Planning
Employs system-wide programs and large-scale activities to help organizations and communities reformulate visions, strategies, and ways of operating.

Leadership Development
Designs challenging programs for people at any level of an organization. Delivers concentrated explorations of vision, ethics, realism, and courage.

Team Building
Conducts powerful workshops for teams seeking to harness their collective ability to make an important difference to their organization and the world.

Executive Coaching
Works individually with managers at all levels of responsibility to clarify life goals, align organizational priorities, and/or change interpersonal behavior.

Citizen Diplomacy
Arranged visits of business people, teachers, and party officials to the US from the former Soviet Union, including a dozen one-month internships for Soviet citizens in American entrepreneurial businesses (1988-91).

“ Totally Fulfilling Business”
Organized and facilitated two “triple bottom line” national conferences on transforming the nature of accountability in business (1996, 1997).

Presidents’ Summit
Served as “lead facilitator” during national summit on voluntarism. Facilitated action-planning delegations to redesign youth services in ten cities and three states (1997).

International Development/Peace-making
Facilitated a two-day forum for leaders of several major Kurdish political parties seeking mutual understanding, support, and collaboration (2000).

EarthDreams.net
Created and managed website providing free management and fund raising resources for environmental nonprofits. (1999-2001).

Regional Sustainability Summit
Lead task force for convening of region-wide (Delaware Valley) conference to create a long-term agenda to address sustainability and quality-of-life challenges for a tri-state area. Participating stakeholders included business, government, religious communities, design professionals, education, and environmental nonprofits (2003).

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