Visionary Voices Videos | Kaplan University

Visionary Voices is an innovative partnership between Kaplan University and top thought leaders, bringing their knowledge and expertise to our community. Featuring prominent speakers from conferences around the globe, such as the World Economic Forum, Techonomy and the Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit, Visionary Voices gives you access to great ideas from established experts.

Below is just a small sample of the kinds of insights you’ll find through Visionary Voices. It’s all part of our commitment to help you succeed.

Motivation and Skills

Learn valuable insights and pointers from today’s successful leaders.

Jeff Weiner – CEO, LinkedIn

The Importance of Continuing Education

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Jeff Weiner – CEO, LinkedIn

Weiner is the CEO of LinkedIn, the world’s largest Internet-based professional network. He earned a BS in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and has held leadership roles at Yahoo! and several prominent venture capital firms. Weiner is committed to the use of technology to maximize the success of relief, education and health organizations, and is a board member of DonorsChoose.org and Malaria No More.

The Importance of Continuing Education

Weiner encourages us to use networking to create the best teams--ones that help us be successful in achieving our goals. He encourages us to be lifelong learners and to enjoy the benefits of increasingly accessible forms of education. He also stresses the importance of seeking out new experiences as a way to learn about yourself and define your vision.

Jack Canfield – CEO, The Canfield Training Group

Creating Support and Accountability

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Jack Canfield – CEO, The Canfield Training Group

Canfield is CEO of The Canfield Training Group, a training company dedicated to maximizing the potential of people around the world. He is the author of the best-selling book The Success Principles: How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. He is an internationally recognized leader in personal development and peak performance strategies and the originator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. Canfield earned a BA in Chinese History from Harvard and an MEd from the University of Massachusetts.

Creating Support and Accountability

Canfield encourages you to ask your family and friends to support you in your educational process in specific ways that will help you succeed. He explains the value of asking someone to meet with you regularly and hold you accountable for your personal, educational and professional commitments. He goes on to emphasize that, because all endeavors involve relationships, our relationship skills will impact us in all areas of life. Canfield also offer advice on how to find people you would like to learn from and how to create a mentor relationship with them; in addition, he suggests looking for a mentor from a field other than your own so you may benefit from a broader perspective.

Alexis Herman – Chair and CEO, New Ventures, LLC

Keep Learning and Stay Competitive

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Alexis Herman – Chair and CEO, New Ventures, LLC

According to Dr. Herman, to remain competitive in the workforce, you must continue to invest in your own education and development throughout your career. However, keeping your knowledge and job skills current takes patience. You must be willing to take the time to pursue your studies. Kaplan University offers you the flexible programming and opportunities to help you succeed. There is no substitute for higher education. What you know today can determine how far you go in the future. "What you learn today, is what you earn tomorrow," Herman advises.”

Alexis Herman

Keep Learning and Stay Competitive.

Wendy Hawkins – Executive Director, Intel Foundation

The Future of Education

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Wendy Hawkins – Executive Director, Intel Foundation

Wendy Hawkins is Executive Director of the Intel Foundation and founder of the Intel Teach Program. She has worked in the fields of educational development and philanthropy through the Foundation since 1990. Hawkins earned a BS in Psychology with distinction from Stanford University.

The Future of Education

Hawkins encourages us to be lifelong learners and to explore new technologies that will help us succeed. Hawkins explains how technology is transforming students and education on a global level by making learning more effective and personalized.

Lisa Nichols – Best-Selling Author and Motivational Speaker, No Matter What!

A Step-by-Step Journey

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Lisa Nichols – Best-Selling Author and Motivational Speaker, No Matter What!

Nichols is a charismatic public speaker, coach, and teacher. She is a best-selling author of two Chicken Soup for the Soul books, contributor to personal empowerment phenomenon The Secret, and most recently, released a new book No Matter What!: 9 Steps to Living the Life You Love. As founder of Motivating the Masses and CEO of Motivating the Teen Spirit, LLC, Nichols has developed a reputation and specialization in motivating world-class service-based businesses, executive teams, entrepreneurs, teachers and educational administrators, and has received numerous honors for her work.

A Step-by-Step Journey

Nichols gives advice on overcoming challenges and staying motivated as you embark on your educational journey. She reminds you to take time and space for yourself, keep your goals in mind, and take things one day at a time.

Career Perspectives

See the trends and possibilities in growing industries.

Padmasree Warrior – Chief Technology Officer, Cisco Systems

The Business of Technology

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Padmasree Warrior – Chief Technology Officer, Cisco Systems

Warrior is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Cisco, where she also leads a team of 10,000 engineers as the SVP and General Manager of the Enterprise, Commercial, and Small Business Group. Prior to her work at Cisco, Warrior was CTO at Motorola. She was named one of the “100 Most Creative People in Business” by Fast Company, received the “Women Elevating Science and Technology Award” from Working Mother, and in 2007 was inducted into the Women in Information Technology Hall of Fame. Warrior holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi, an MS in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University, and an honorary PhD in Engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York University

The Business of Technology

Warrior explains the importance of being aware of technological changes in the industry and investing in new technology to stay effective as a company. She encourages us to consider the potential for using the concepts and advantages of social networking technology in a business context, and explains the value of mobile platforms and applications for businesses—especially in markets where wired Internet access is limited.

Kevin Kelly – Co-founder of WIRED magazine, Author

What Technology Wants

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Kevin Kelly – Co-founder of WIRED magazine, Author

Kelly co-founded WIRED, a groundbreaking and well-respected magazine that chronicles the confluence of science, technology, and culture. He is a prolific writer, editor, and visionary. Kelly is the author of many influential books, including What Technology Wants, New Rules for the New Economy, and Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, & the Economic World.

What Technology Wants

Kevin Kelly explains that technology enables us to enjoy more possibilities, choices, and opportunities and is important to all fields and careers. He assures us that lifelong learning is the answer to staying at the forefront of the advances in technology that are changing our world. Kelly explains that information technology (IT) is moving communication to another level by enabling us to fully express our talents. He emphasizes that, in a world of ever-changing technology, the most important skill to have is the ability to learn new skills.

Deborah Hopkins – Chief Innovation Officer, Citi

Customer-centricity

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Deborah Hopkins – Chief Innovation Officer, Citi

Hopkins is Chief Innovation Officer for Citigroup and Managing Director and Senior Advisor of Citi's Institutional Clients Group. She previously held a series of high-level executive positions at Citi and several other powerful global companies such as Boeing and General Motors Europe. Fortune named her “the second most powerful woman in American business” in 2000.

Customer-centricity

Hopkins emphasizes the importance of asking customers about their desires, concerns and aspirations. She explains how this understanding of the customer perspective enables companies to create products with true economic value. Hopkins explains the value of looking for input from outside your team, and from as wide a range of sources as possible. She goes on to encourage us to be open to a variety of experiences in education and careers.

Kim Warren-Martin – Global Diversity and Inclusion Group, Intel

Passion for Diversity

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Kim Warren-Martin – Global Diversity and Inclusion Group, Intel

Warren-Martin is an influential force in the Global Diversity and Inclusion Group at Intel. She is a contributor to the anthology Living Proof and her inspirational autobiography Take Back the Spotlight: Overcoming Trauma and Fear will be published this year.

Passion for Diversity

Warren-Martin talks about her career path from engineering to marketing and her growing interest in human resources (HR) and gives advice on pursuing a career in HR. She also explains how she gained awareness of the challenges facing women and people of color in business and how passionate she is about finding solutions to those challenges.

Margaret Spellings – Former U.S. Secretary of Education

Inspiring Teachers

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Margaret Spellings – Former U.S. Secretary of Education

Margaret Spellings is President and CEO of Margaret Spellings and Company and a leading national expert on public policy. She served as Secretary of Education under the Bush Administration. Spellings now serves as a senior advisor to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and as President of the U.S. Forum for Policy Innovation. She also serves on multiple non-profit boards aimed at empowering volunteer action, the development of educational institutions, equal access to education and the Special Olympics. Spellings received a BA in Political Science from the University of Houston.

Inspiring Teachers

Spellings shares her enthusiasm about education and her advice for becoming a teacher who inspires students to be lifelong learners. She discusses the benefits of bringing non traditional students into the field as teachers, the lessons that educational institutions could learn from the business world, and the power of teachers as leaders in communities and greater society

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