Speaking engagements

Speaking topics

Dan Rottenberg is available as a speaker on several subjects, including:

In the Kingdom of Coal (Dawn of America's coal industry)

Anthony Drexel: The Man Who Made J.P. Morgan.

Family Business: The Value of Outside Mentors.

What's Wrong With the Media?

Inheritance: Seminars for potential inheritors.

Finding Our Fathers: The joys and pitfalls of tracing Jewish ancestors.

Future speaking engagements

Recent speaking engagements

November 10, 2005. "Succession Planning for Family Businesses" (panel moderator). At law offices of Flaster Greenberg P.C., Cherry Hill, N.J. Contact: Bruce Graeber, Flaster Greenberg, (856) 382-2212.

May 25, 2005. Kiwanis Club, Big Stone Gap., Va. Subject: "In the Kingdom of Coal." Contact: Paul Kuczko, (276) 523-5064, x. 13, or vareal@lpoy.org.

May 24, 2005. Cultural Arts Center, Appalachia, Va. Subject: "In the Kingdom of Coal." Contact: Paul Kuczko, (276) 523-5064, x. 13, or vareal@lpoy.org.

May 12, 2005. Young Presidents Organization's Global Family Business Seminar, luncheon speaker, Four Seasons Resort Aviara, Carlsbad, Calif. Subject: "Family Business Nightmares." Contact: Bernard Tenenbaum, (609) 252-1125.

March 3, 2005. Young Presidents' Organization, Columbus Club, Columbus, Ohio. Subject: Family business. Contact: Cindy Petrie, (740) 654-1216 or cpetrie@direcway.com.

March 2, 2005. Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio. Subject: Writing about the rich. Contact: Professor Peter Rutkoff, (740) 427-5317 or riutkoff@kenyon.edu.

October 28, 2004 (Thursday). "Celebrating Posterity: The Challenge of Managing an Inheritance," seminar at Bryn Mawr Trust Co., Bryn Mawr, Pa. Contact: Joseph Smith at (601) 581-4826 or joesmith@bmtc.com.

October 20, 2004 (Wednesday). "Jews and American Business" seminar, panel on "The Big City and the Small Town," Temple University, Philadelphia. Contact: Murray Friedman, (215) 204-9554.

May 3, 2004. Christ Church, Philadelphia. Subject: Jewish genealogy. Contact: Rev. Tim Safford, (215) 922-1695 or tsafford@christchurchphila.org.

April 21, 2004. Hagley Library, Greenville, Delaware. Subject: In the Kingdom of Coal. Contact: Theresa Snyder, (302) 658-2400, x. 344 or snydert@udel.edu.

Testimonials

"Thank you for acting as moderator at our Family Business Succession program. You kept the program focused and meaningful to all who attended."
Scott A. Isdaner, Isdaner & Co., Bala Cynwyd, Pa., November 2005.

"Thank you for a marvelous evening. Not only are you a gifted writer but you are also a superb public speaker. In my experience, it is rare to find that combination in one individual.... I've had such wonderful buzz from your program."
Caroline Piven, program chairman, Cosmopolitan Club of Philadelphia, 2004.

"Your combination of research information and humor really made for a most enjoyable evening."
Tranda Fischelis, Christ Church, Philadelphia, 2004.

"The reviews keep coming in and all I hear is praise!"
Terry Snyder, Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Del., 2004

"It was informative, and you delivered the information most dramatically."
Molly Slattery, Acorn Club, Philadelphia, 2003.

"Thanks again for coming to Fresno. We have received a lot of positive feedback on your presentation and the luncheon. One participant wrote, 'I came away from this function with a renewed pride for family business and our community'."
Eric McCormick, Fresno (Calif.) Family Business Institute, 2002

"I just wanted to thank you for your informative and interesting talk on Jewish genealogy. Feedback indicated everyone enjoyed the program and many were motivated to get started on their own family's history. Did you know that two members of our congregation discovered they had a relative in common?"
Janice Colbert, Temple Israel, Greenfield, Mass., 2001