GLOBAL ENERGY NETWORK INSTITUTE ("GENI")
Charles is the President of GENI Foundation Ltd in Australia, and one of the three trustees of its Trust Fund. GENI researches and disseminates information on the relationships between population, development, environment and energy, and promotes a practical solution to the world's most pressing problems through the global interconnection of renewable resource energy.
See www.geni.org for some inspirational information.
GENI was founded on the brilliant ideas of Buckminster Fuller (1896-1983), affectionately known as 'Bucky'.
On July 12th, Bucky's Birthday, the U.S. Postal Service will be releasing a special commemorative Buckminster Fuller stamp to honour Fuller on the 50th anniversary of his patent for the geodesic dome.
Each stamp released by the Postal Service is marked by an official first day of issue ceremonies. The location chosen as the official first-day city for the Fuller stamp's historic public event--and the only location in the> United States where sales of the stamp take place that day--will be Stanford University, California, home of the Buckminster Fuller Archives.
CHARLES KOVESS BECOMES NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE NSAA
National Speakers Association of Australia's 14th National Convention was held in Melbourne in March 2004, and at its conclusion, Charles was inaugurated as the new National President, replacing Ian Berry APS of Adelaide who had been in the role for the past 12 months.
Charles is now the leader of almost 600 members nationally, of whom a
significant number are full-time professional speakers.
At his inauguration, Charles spoke passionately of the role of professional speakers as key business educators, playing important roles in ensuring Australia's economic future. In changing times, lifelong learning is the key to sustainable success, and professional speakers can, and do, make a huge contribution to the learning process.
CHARLES ON KERRI-ANNE KENNERLEY SHOW
Charles appeared on this National Channel 9 Program on April 29, 2004 to talk about the 3rd Edition of his first book, Passionate People Produce, which is being published by Hay House, and is being released in UK, USA, and South Africa.
BOOKS PUBLISHED IN THAILAND
We are delighted to announce that both books authored by Charles Kovesshave been translated and are now available in Thailand.
"Passionate Performance" was released in October 2003 and "Passionate People Produce" in December 2003.
We are very excited that Charles's "passionate" message is being
introduced into the Asian market.
PASSION POINTS TO PONDER
Our weekly "Passion Points to Ponder" continue to be well received and
are inspiring and motivating people with their poignant messages.
If you are missing out on your weekly injection of "passion points",
send us your email address to be added to our distribution list.
PRESTIGIOUS AWARD WON BY CHARLES
We are delighted to announce that Charles was honoured on December 5 2001 by being named as "The 2001 Victorian Speaker of the Year". This award is voted on by all members of the National Speakers' Association of Australia (Victorian Chapter).
speakers, namely "Certified Speaking Professional" (CSP). There are now 39 CSP's in Australiasia and only 420 in the world. Presented by the National President Sarah Cornally (see phooto).
