Speeches, Workshops, Papers and Publications
Ms. Cotter-Lockard is available to lead workshops and give speeches and presentations on a variety of topics related to CCS's services and her business experience. Listed below is selected samples of speeches and workshops Ms. Cotter has presented during the past several years.
| Date | Venue | Topic |
| 10 Feb 2009 | Commercial Programming Systems CIO Breakfast Roundtable, LA Athletic Club, Los Angeles, CA | Guest speaker : Designing and Implementing Successful Organizational Change. |
| 5 Sept 2008 | Office 2.0 Conference, San Francisco, CA | Panelist; speaking about the multi-generational workforce. Entering and Leaving the Workforce |
| 10 Feb 2008 | Esprit Center for Inspiration, Naples, FL | Applying spiritual principles in the workplace. |
| 9 Feb 2008 | Esprit Center for Inspiration, Naples, FL | Facilitator: leadership workshop (1.5 days) with board of trustees |
| 21 Feb 2008 | California State University, Northridge (CSUN) - Graduate Business School | Guest speaker, course: Organizational Behavior, Topic: Top 10 Ways to Communicate Effectively with Executive Management |
| 21 Jan 2008 | California Lutheran University (CLU) - Graduate Business School | Guest speaker, course: Software Development – what happens after coding?
Topic: Software Quality |
26 Jan 2008 | RSI Southern California Practitioner Symposium | Workshop: The Shadow and the Practitioner |
15 Jan 2008 | Institute of Management Consultants | Keynote speaker: How to powerfully influence organizational change |
10 Oct 2007 | Countrywide Bank IT Division | Guest speaker: What is strategic planning? Why is it important? |
Jan 2007 | Southern California Quality Assurance Association | Quality: The CIO’s Perspective |
Aug 2006 | California Lutheran University | Technology Forum – IT Skills in a Tough Job Market – presenter and panelist |
2003 to present | Religious Science International (RSI) Board of Directors | Leadership Development workshops at semi-annual meetings. |
2005 - 2006 | RSI Annual Conferences, Minister’s Conference and Board Training Sessions | Workshops: Coaching Future Leaders; Essential Leadership Skills: Communication, Planning, Delegation and Recruiting; and Business Planning and Budgeting “101” |
May 2004 | Gartner Conference on Software Architecture | “The CIO’s perspective of Enterprise Architecture” - panelist |
Feb 2003 | OneSpirit Center for Conscious Living | Workshop: Spirituality in the Workplace |
Papers and Publications
Cotter-Lockard, D. (10/2008). Higher Consciousness Through Meditation: Phenomenological Explorations. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Society for Phenomenology and the Human Sciences (SPHS), Pittsburgh, October 2008.
Cotter, D. (2005), 'Living Out Loud', Creative Thought Magazine, (April).
Internal Speeches and Presentations as Managing Director, Countrywide Financial Corporation: May 1999 - June 2007
Chief Officer Forums – general presentations on company news, strategic goals and work environment topics – audiences were groups of 100 to 150 non-management operations staff in locations around the US and India
Senior management strategic planning sessions – “C” level perspective presentations to groups of up to 125 senior managers.
Regular keynote speaker for the “Team Leader Certification Program” graduation ceremonies on motivational topics:
o “The Three L’s – Learning, Listening, and Loving”
o “Evaluate, Innovate, Celebrate – Embracing Change and Seeing Problems as Opportunities”
o “The Difference between Power and Authority”
Keynote speaker at annual Countrywide Technology Fairs
Featured speaker at monthly US site managers’ lunch meetings. Topics have included:
o “How to Run a Successful Software Organization”
o “Extreme Project Management”
Countrywide Financial Executive boot camp seminar presenter
Loan Administration Analyst Resource University key note speaker – topics included Quality Management, CBA, Continuous Process Improvement, Office of the CIO, Data Security
Regular presenter at Office of the CIO, Technology Steering Committee and Technology “In-Service” presentations to hundreds of technology professionals within the organization
Conducted regular Webinar sessions with my organization – with groups of 25 to 500 people at a time – various topics
Annual presentations representing Countrywide’s technology organization to rating agencies – Fitch, Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s