Past Presentations

LISTED BELOW ARE SELECTED PAST PRESENTATIONS BY DR. GOOSSEN ON TOPICS RELATED TO CHRISTIAN ENTREPRENEURIAL & MARKETPLACE LEADERSHIP.

  • "The Call for All:  Finding Purpose in Life, Work & Mission" (with R. Paul Stevens, Professor Emeritus, Regent College), January 30, 2016, Missions Fest, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
  • "Panel Discussion on Calling:  From Blue Collar to White Collar to No Collar." (Moderator with R. Paul Stevens, Professor Emeritus, Regent College), January 30, 2016, Missions Fest, Vancouver, BC, CANADA.
  • "The Call to Business:  The New Frontier?" (with R. Paul Stevens, Professor Emeritus, Regent College)  January 30, 2016.  Missions Fest, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
  • "Panel Discussion on Living Your Calling at Work."  (Moderator wtih R. Paul Stevens, Professor Emeritus, Regent College), January 30, 2016, Missions Fest, Vancouver, BC, CANADA.
  • "How To Be An Entrepreneurial Leader!"  January 25, 2016.  Leadership Session, Gateway District, Foursquare Church, St. Louis, MO, UNITED STATES.
  • "How To Be An Entrepreneurial Leader!"  January 23, 2016.  Leadership Session, Gateway District, Foursquare Church, Denver, CO, UNITED STATES.
  • "The Missing Piece:  Can You Be An Effective Leader Without Being Entrepreneurial?"  January 21, 2016.  Marketplace Theology Class, Regent Collge, Vancouver, BC.
  • "How To Be An Entrepreneurial Leader!"  January 16, 2016.  Leadership Session, Gateway District, Foursquare Church, Salina, KS, UNITED STATES.
  • Host & MC @ "ELO World Conference:  Vancouver",  Nov 4, 2015, Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
  • Host & MC @ "ELO World Conference:  Toronto", Wed, Nov 18, 2015, Four Points Sheraton, Mississauga, ON, CANADA
  • How To Source & Build Relationships With High Net Worth Donors."  October 14, 2015, Youth For Christ National Leadership Conference, Honeymoon Bay Lodge & Retreat Centre, Honeymoon Bay, Vancouver Island, BC.  For more information onf YFC:  https://yfccanada.org/
  • "The Serpent and the Dove:  A Christian Approach to Business Ethics", August 31 - September 5, 2015, Summer Semester, Biblical Graduate School of Theology, SINGAPORE.   See www.bgst.edu.sg for more information."
  • "Are You Worthy of the Calling?"  - Two Sunday Morning Services, Sunday, August 30, 2015, Bethesda Chapel, SINGAPORE (www.bethesdachapel.org)
  • "The Serpent and the Dove:  Practical Solutions for Christians to Address Ethical Issues in the Marketplace."  August 29, 2015.  Public Lecture sponsored by Biblical Graduate School of Theology, SINGAPORE.  See www.bgst.edu.sg for more information.
  • "Christian Entrepreneurial Leaders:  Research Update", August 10, 2015, Christian Management Scholars Network Meeting, Academy of Management Conference, Vancouver, BC, CANADA (http://www.baylor.edu/business/ethics/index.php?id=21645)
  • "Advisory Boards:  An Untapped Resource for Entrepreneurs", LeaderCast by Covenant Family Wealth Advisors (www.covenant.ca), Langley, BC, CANADA, May 8, 2015
  • "Host of Q & A / Roundtable With Peter G. Hall, Chief Economist, Export Development Corp." Roundtable by Covenant Family Wealth Advisors (www.covenant.ca), Toronto, ON, CANADA, May 6, 2015
  • "You Are Called:  Being On-Purpose in Life & Work", Business For Life Conference by Hanna Strategy Group, http://hannastrategy.com/blc2015 ,Toronto, ON, April 23, 2015.
  • "Christians @ Work:  Finding Your Calling, Making A Difference", Peace River Bible Institute (www.prbi.edu), Grande Prairie, AB, CANADA, March 24, 2015
  • "Christians @ Work:  Finding Your Calling, Making A Difference."  Leder School of Business, King's University, Edmonton, AB, CANADA.  (www.kingsu.ca), March 23, 2015.
  • "The Soul of Innovation." Feburary 26, 2015.  Guest lecture in "Theology of the Workplace", class taught by Prof. R. Paul Stevens, Regent College,  (www.regent-college.edu), Vancouver, BC, CANADA.
  • "The Missing Piece:  Can You Be An Effective Leader Without Being Entrepreneurial?"  Master of Arts in Strategic Leadership Program,  Life Pacific College, (www.lifepacific.edu) San Dimas, CA, UNITED STATES, January 28, 2015. 
  • "Christians @ Work:  Finding Your Calling, Making A Difference." Master of Arts in Strategic Leadership Open Session, Life Pacific College, (www.lifepacific.edu) San Dimas, CA, UNITED STATES, January 28, 2015.
  • "The Missing Piece:  Can You Be An Effective Leader Without Being Entrepreneurial?", Friday, May 11th, Langley, BC (as part of the Chick-fil-A LeaderCast).  See www.covenant.ca for more information.
  • "The Missing Piece:  Can You Be An Effective Leader Without Being Entrepreneurial?"  Monday, June 10th, Public Lecture, Regent College, Vancouver, BC.  See www.regent-college.edu for more information.
  • "The Soul of Entrepreneurship" with R. Paul Stevens, Professor Emeritus of Marketplace Theology, July 15th - 19th, Summer Semester, Regent College.  See www.regent-college.edu for more information.
  • "The Workplace and the Soul" (with Dr. Karl Moore, Professor of Management, McGill University), Covenant Family Wealth Advisors, April 2, 2012, Montreal, PQ.
  • "Life & Work Calling: Maximizing your God-given Potential." February 24, 2012. Covenant Family Wealth Advisors, Montreal, PQ.
  • "Life & Work Calling: Maximizing your God-given Potential." October 25, 2011. Covenant Family Wealth Advisors, Ottawa, ON
  • "Life & Work Calling:  Maximizing your God-given Potential."  June 21, 2011. Westwood Mennonite Brethren Church, Prince George, BC.
  • "The Call of the Christian Entrepreneur", Regent College, Vancouver, BC, May 17, 2011
  • "Life & Work Calling:  Maximizing your God-given Potential."  April 8, 2011.  Centre Street Church, Calgary, AB.
  • "Life & Work Calling:  Maximizing your God-given Potential."  March 9, 2011.  Covenant Financial Planning Group, Langley, B.C.
  • "Called to the Marketplace:  Passion, Purpose & Priorities."  October 10, 2010.  Peace Portal Alliance Church, Surrey, B.C.
  • "The Pursuit of Calling:  Passion, Purpose & Priorities."  October 2, 2010. Coquitlam Presbyterian Church, Coquitlam, B.C.
  • "Life & Work Calling:  Maximizing your God-given Potential."  Fort Garry Mennonite Brethren Church, Winnipeg, MB, April 26, 2009.
  • "Entrepreneurial Leadership."  Canadian Mennonite University.  Winnipeg, MB, April 25, 2009.
  • "The Personality of the Entrepreneur."  Conference on Faith and Entrepreneurship. Ridley Hall Foundation, Cambridge, UK, March 28, 2008.
  • "Seven Steps to Entrepreneurial Leadership:  A Christian Perspective on Meaning and Calling."  Leadership Fusion Group, Abbotsford, B.C., September 27, 2008.
  • "Meaning-Full Life and Meaning-Less Work?  Three Perspectives on Business and the Pursuit of a Meaningful Life."  Business By The Book (Coastal Church), Vancouver, B.C., June 1, 2008.
  • "The Christian Entrepreneur and Meaning:  Seven Steps That Will Change Your Life."  Marketplace Leadership Series, Christian Life Assembly, Langley, B.C.  January 20, 2006.
  • "Entrepreneurship and the Pursuit of a Meaningful Life."  Center for Christian Studies, Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York, NY. May 8, 2005.
  • "Entrepreneurship and the Pursuit of a Meaningful Life."  International Symposium of Spirituality and Business."  Babson College, Wellesley, MA.  March 22, 2005.