John Wright

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Economic Crisis Accountability
John Wright will focus on international economic confidence and share with audiences the results of an exclusive 22-nation poll, plus discuss the economic confidence calibration in Canada that he has been personally tracking since 1990.

Economic Clarity: Is the Sky Falling?
This past year, and going into 2009 is proving to be a memorable time with unique economic challenges at levels not seen since the depression. How severely is Canada’s situation impacted by the US and global events? Wright has his mind on the pulse of what is really going on, up to the minute, and he cuts through the clutter and combines the facts with what they mean for Canadians.  

What Canadians Think: About Practically Everything
Learn why Canadians think the way they do about things, and how these facts apply to you. What should your organization should be thinking about?

Canadian Corporate Climate: The View from the Boardroom
What are the captains of Canadian industry thinking - and worrying about - post recession and into the breach of global competition?

"In Conversation" Presentation with Darrell Bricker:
Canada's Top Two Pollsters.
Together for 20 Years.
Trend Diggers.
No graphs. No charts.
No Power Point.
Just Points with Power.
Just them.
Unplugged for an hour.
And you.
Wright and Bricker talk about everything that's going on in Canada and beyond. Audiences have loved it and you will too!

Summary Profile

John Wright's presentations are full of useful, practical information and are pertinent to particular areas of concern.

Wright is the Senior Vice President for the Canadian Public Affairs Division of Ipsos-Reid Corp. In addition to his client responsibilities involving strategic and tactical communications research, John has been the company's lead media spokesperson for the last decade on politics, policy and consumer trends.

Wright's knowledge, unlimited access to research and enhanced with his great sense of humour, allows John to provide his audiences with useful concepts and information on the state of the economy, business in transition, technology, the future and what we should be doing to succeed in a changing business and social environment.

John draws on Ipsos-Reid's annual poll of Canada's Most Respected Corporations, to provide insight on what Canada's leaders are thinking and planning, where leading organizations plan to take their companies, and what makes a great company.

John had his own radio show on CFRB for almost 15 years with one of the top political commentary panels in the country, and regularly co-hosts and anchors Canada's business news network's (BNN's) daily market closing show SqueezePlay. He's also appeared on every major news channel-from CNN to Al Jazeera-and been quoted, literally everywhere in print around the world.

And in his free time, he's co-authored three national best-selling books with colleague Darrell Bricker: What Canadians Think About Almost Everything (2005) and We Know What You're Thinking (2009) and his latest book Canuckology: From Dollars To Donuts - Canada's Premier Pollsters published by HarperCollins in September 2010.

Highlights:

• Responsible for the National Ipsos-Reid Poll and The Ipsos-Reid Report, Canada's leading monthly national opinion poll and analysis of leading Canadian trends and opinion indicators
• Co-authored two books: The Canadian Public Affairs Handbook and An Introduction to Government: A Lobbyists Handbook
• Received the International Association of Business Communicators’ Jake Wittmer Award for outstanding research communications programs
• Served on the Board of Directors of the Clarica Life Insurance Company of Canada, the Advisory Board of The Dominion Institute of Canada and is the Chairman of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario Positioning Development Team

Client Testimonials:

"Your presentation...was of great benefit to the entire group. Thank you so much for taking time from your busy schedule to prepare and present to McDonald's field marketing team. We appreciate your support."

McDonald's Restaurants of Canada

"The result of your comprehensive survey of Canadian’s attitudes about the family was an excellent kick-off to our conference...it provided all the special services staff with current, informative and positive information. Comments included, "excellent, timely and appropriate", "would have liked to hear more", "engaging style", and "excellent research made sense."

Halton Board of Education