Events and Seminars

Event Management

The Afshar Group offers professional event & seminar management services to a select group of clientele. From logistical details, budgeting, and venue selection to corporate sponsorships, speaker confirmations, media outreach, & multi-level event marketing, we do it all, so you don't have to.

We have organized top level professional business, fundraisers, & special events from San Diego to Washington, DC with headliner speakers such as United States Senators & Fortune 100 corporate executives. We can arrange for webcasts, podcasts, & full audio-video & DVD recording of your events for uploading on the web or redistribution. We develop custom event marketing materials, flyers, & promotional websites with secured online registration features through our trusted affiliate vendors. Our dynamic group of experts will help you develop creative & professional themes that will elevate your event & message beyond the expectations of your audience. We bring positive energy and proven problem solving skills to every event. Call us early. There is a lot ahead of us!

Public Speaking

The Afshar Group provides animated, thought provoking, & compelling analysis of local, national, & international political developments to mainstream media outlets from the New York Times to BBC Radio. Political commentary & analysis is offered on general politics, public policy, local government, public real estate management, bureaucracies, immigrants, grassroots lobbying, Middle East [US-Iran] relations, trade sanctions, & more.

Professionals Seminars:

The Afshar Group offers fun, exciting, & innovative professional seminars, training, and workshops to nonprofits, government agencies, and corporations. We are an accomplished public speaking program in addressing dozens of major conferences. We articulate & present on the toughest public issues of the day in a creative, persuasive, & engaging presentation style designed to fit a diverse audience based from kids to politicians. We also offer political & current event analysis to major media outlets.

Public Speaking engagements & Professional Seminars may booked with one of the topics below starting at $2,000 plus accommodations for any venue in the continental US. We can also organize & custom made programs to fit your requirements. For scheduling or further information, please contact us today.

Current Professional Speaking & Seminar topics:

Teamwork: Soccer is Life & Football Player Within
Technology: Innovations & Overload
Leadership: Inspiration & Motivation
Bureaucracy: Bureaucrat Within & Navigating Bureaucracies
Foreign Policy: Understanding Iran & Understanding the Middle East
US-Iran Relations: Sanctions, & People: What's going on? Who is in charge? Will sanctions work? What are Iranians like? Cultural, social, & religious differences or not? What will the future bring? [Designed for corporations & professional-academic associations.]
Activism: Grassroots Empowerment & Corporate Grassroots Development. Grassroots Activism: How to build a corporate, nonprofit, or personal campaign? How to empower your constituents or employees? How to get results? [Designed for anyone or any company interested in change.]
Public Management: Best Marketing Practices & Best Asset Management Practices
Public-Private Partnerships: Ground Leases.
Public Real Estate Management: Differences between public/private real estate management & development. How to work with ground leases & RFP's? best real estate management practices. [Designed for public asset managers, property agents, and real estate professionals.]
Real Estate: Market Feasibility
What's a Bureaucrat?: Would you know a bureaucrat if you saw one? What motivates civil servants? How to understand & build successful relationships with bureaucrats? [Designed for professional associations & corporations.]

Selected list of previous public speaking engagements & professional seminars:

. 2007 Land Development Breakthroughs, Phoenix, AZ
· 2006 Congressional Candidate Forum with Francine Busby, La Jolla, CA
· 2005 Congressional Trade Policy Forum, UCSD, La Jolla, CA
· 2005 Coronado Cays Public Outreach Forum, Port of San Diego, CA
· 2004 Price Fellows Tidelands Tour, Port of San Diego, CA
· 2004 Port Tenants Association Marina Luncheon, Port of San Diego, CA
· 2004 Coronado Kiwanis Luncheon, Port of San Diego, CA
· 2002 UCSD Excel Leadership Conference, La Jolla, CA
· 2001 How to Build a Grassroots Campaign, Conoco Headquarters, Houston, Texas
· 2000 Seminar with US Senator Pat Roberts (R), Washington, DC
· 2000 Seminar with US Senator Gordon Smith (R), Washington, DC
· 2000 Seminar with US Congressman Nick Lampson (R), Houston, Texas
· 2000 Seminar with US Wheat Council, Washington, DC
· 1999 Iranian Community Workshop, Sacramento, CA
· 1999 Seminar with US Senator Chuck Hagel (R), Washington, DC
· 1999 Building Community Leadership & Cooperation, Society of Iranian Professionals, San Jose, CA
· 1999 Seminar with US Congressman Bob Ney (R), Washington, DC