Speech delivered to the Ark Group Measuring and Managing Corporate Reputation Ensuring Corporate Sustainability and Bottom Line Performance Through Reputation Management at the Vibe Savoy Hotel, Melbourne on April 26 - April 28, 2006. 12 pages.
Speech delivered to the Ark Group Measuring and Managing Corporate Reputation Ensuring Corporate Sustainability and Bottom Line Performance Through Reputation Management at the Vibe Savoy Hotel, Melbourne on April 26 - April 28, 2006. 12 pages.
Talking points with elaborations and references prepared for Economic Development Council Bathurst, Australia on September 19 2006. 22 pages.
Paper provided as background for the keynote address to the Annual Public Affairs Roundtable of Heads of Function and Senior Practitioners Centre for Corporate Public Affairs meeting in Sydney, Australia on November 23-24, 2006. 14 pages.
Handout for the keynote address above. 1 page.
Intro to the Telstra Regulatory Workshop for the Telstra Strategic Review at The Westin Hotel, Sydney on December 1, 2005. 3 pages.
Address for the Melbourne Press Club meeting in Melbourne, Australia on December 1, 2006. 13 pages.
From an edited and annotated transcript of remarks at the 2006 Fuji Xerox Australian Law Awards with Lawyers Weekly & Australian Corporate Lawyers Association at the Doltone House, Sydney, Australia on October 20, 2006. 11 pages.
Keynote address for the Public Relations Summit meeting in Melbourne, Australia on July 25 & 26, 2006. 14 pages.
The Academy describes Burgess as "a 'bridge-builder,' former academic, business executive and western regional leader [who] will head the Academy in an era of rapid growth and new demands for assistance." 2 pages.
Mort Downey, chairman of the Academy's Board of Directors, notes that Burgess will assume his new duties as Academy chief executive on December 1, 2002. Prior to that time, he will work actively with the Board, Fellows, and staff as part of the transition process. Burgess is a long-time Fellow of the Academy, having been elected in 1978. 1 page.

It’s better to wear out than rust out.” That is the message of Reboot! While American culture glamorizes the “Golden Years” of endless leisure and amusement, Phil Burgess rejects retirement, as he makes the case for returning to work in the post-career years, a time he calls later life.