Presentation to the Council of State Governments Southern Legislative Conference Annual Meeting, New Orleans, La. - Aug. 4, 2002

Presentation to the Rays of Hope: A New Day for America's Distressed Urban Areas Conference, East St. Louis, IL- Oct. 22-23, 2002

Presentation before the Conference on Striking the Right Notes on Entrepreneurship, Memphis, Tenn., April 19, 2005

Presentation at the Hawaii Council on Economic Education Annual Meeting, Honolulu - April 25, 2000

Presentation to the Arkansas Business and Economic Society and The Central Arkansas Chapter of the Risk Management Association, Little Rock -Feb. 15, 2001

A speech at the CFA Society of Nebraska, Omaha, Neb., Feb. 15, 2007

The Hutchinson Lecture, University of Delaware, Newark, Del. - April 28, 1999

Remarks before the Center for the Study of American Business, Washington University, St. Louis - July 29, 1999

Arkansas Minority Business Development Roundtable, Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 17, 2007

Remarks before a meeting of the Construction Financial Managers Association, co-sponsored by the Associated Builders and Contractors and the Builders Exchange, Louisville - Oct. 26, 1998. ; NOTE: This speech is similar in topic to one delivered by Mr. Poole at St. Louis University on Oct. 20,...