Professor Borins is a frequent conference and seminar speaker, giving presentations on narrative in management, public sector information technology, and innovation in government. In the last five years, his clients in Canada, the US, and overseas have included:
- Government of Canada departments and agencies (Treasury Board Secretariat, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Canada School of Public Service, Correctional Service of Canada, Canada Border Services Agency)
- Government of Ontario departments and agencies (Senior Executive Forum, Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities, Ministry of Agriculture)
- Nordic IBM (presentations in Denmark, Sweden, Norway)
- Public Sector Innovation Summit, Singapore
- Michigan Works, Texas Tech University
- KPMB Toronto office
- Institute of Public Administration of Canada (national conference and regional groups in Toronto, Ottawa, Regina, Calgary, Whitehorse, Vancouver, Victoria)
