Award-Winning Journalist & Author
Ellis Cose Biography
One of America's most renowned journalists and media commentators, Ellis Cose addresses the most pertinent issues of the day, from politics and race to conflict in societies, dedicated to spurring a national discussion on the fight for social equity.
The Chicago native began his career as a columnist for the Sun-Times - becoming, at the age of 19, the youngest editorial page columnist ever employed by a major Chicago daily - and ultimately ascended to top positions in some of the nation's leading publications, including The New York Daily News; Time magazine; USA Today; The Detroit Free Press; and most notably, Newsweek, where he served as columnist and contributing editor from 1993 to 2010.
The best-selling author of The Rage of a Privileged Class and Bone to Pick, Cose's latest is The End of Rage, a meditation on the decline of black anger as a new generation of educated, high-performing African Americans looks to climb the corporate ladder without hitting the glass ceiling that prevented their predecessors from assuming top CEO positions.
A popular campus lecturer and corporate speaker, Ellis Cose has the uncanny ability to tackle virtually any subject - only requesting a brief time to meditate on the topic beforehand. In his riveting keynotes, he is as apt to discuss raising children in the digital age as to examine cross-generational attitudes on diversity in the workplace, displaying fearless honesty and a heightened understanding of today's cultural and political climate.
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Ellis Cose Speaking Topics
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Parenting in the Digital Age
As a father, Ellis Cose was stunned by his nine-year-old daughter's technological literacy and newfound best friend: the Internet. When children turn to Google for answers, how can parents continue to act as educators and teach their children the values they received in a pre-digital world?
In this ever-relevant keynote, Ellis Cose examines how the Internet is changing the parent-child relationship when parents are no longer children's ultimate source of information. He shares the research he's conducted on the matter as well as its ethical and philosophical implications.
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America on the Fringe
In the heady aftermath of President Obama's election, conventional wisdom suggested that the bitter, angry, and destructive elements of discrimination were ebbing at last and America was becoming a post-racial nation. However, reality suggests otherwise. Socio-cultural divisions and prejudices continue to abound, whether they be rooted in color, gender, or sexuality.
A keen observer of America's marginalized populations, Ellis Cose combines the talents earned from a lifetime in journalism with the insights and thoughtfulness of a close observer of the American experience to offer a fresh and original appraisal of our nation today.
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Ellis Cose is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Parenting in the Digital Age, America on the Fringe, Diversity through Generations in Corporations and Anything Goes: Ellis Cose Addresses the Topic-du-Jour. The estimated speaking fee range to book Ellis Cose for your event is available upon request. Ellis Cose generally travels from and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Juan Williams, Van Jones, Hill Harper, Donna Brazile and Roland Martin. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Ellis Cose for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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