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Events Calendar Archive

OCTOBER 2007

Oct 4th keynote	"Innovation Michigan," Anderson Theatre at Greenfield Village, Dearborn, MI.
Oct 12th keynote	Chicagoland Learning Leaders Conference, Oak Brook, IL.
Oct 25th television Oct 25th keynote	Fox Business Network, live interview, New York, NY. Outsource World Conference, Javits Center, New York, NY.
Oct 29th keynote	University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, Marketing Roundtable, Chicago, IL.

NOVEMBER 2007

Nov 1st event	National Press Club Book Fair, Washington, DC.
Nov 4th event	Winnetka Public Library, Winnetka, IL.
Nov 6th keynote	CPA America, Oak Brook, IL.
Nov 7th event	Oak Park Public Library, Oak Park, IL.
Nov 8th event	Barnes & Noble, Webster Place, Chicago, IL.
Nov 10th event	Miami Book Fair, Miami, FL.
Nov 13th keynote	American Marketing Association, Delray Beach, FL.
Nov 14th keynote	Association for Corporate Growth - Miami, Miami, FL.
Nov 15th keynote	The Aventura City of Excellence School. Aventura, FL.
Nov 27th event	Harry Schwartz Book Shops, Milwaukee, WI.
Nov 28th event:	Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce, Grand Rapids, MI.

DECEMBER 2007

Dec 17th television	"Chicago Tonight," PBS television, Chicago, IL.
Dec 18th event	MIT Enterprise Forum, Chicago, IL.

JANUARY 2008

Jan 17th radio	NPR interview with radio host Joseph Cooper on WLRN - "Topical Currents," Miami, FL.
Jan 24th keynote	Landis Strategy & Innovation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL.
Jan 25th presentation	The Strategic Forum, 7:30 - 10:30 AM, Davie, FL.
Jan 29th lecture	University of Chicago Graduate School of Business - Graham School, Gleacher Center, Chicago, IL.

FEBRUARY 2008

Feb 4th presentation	Transitions Bookplace, Chicago, IL.
MFeb 11th radio	Frank Beckmann Show, WJR radio, Detroit, MI.
Feb 11th training	Menlo Innovations, Ann Arbor, MI.
Feb 12th presentation	Books & Books, Coral Gables, FL.
Feb 13th keynote	The Commonwealth Institute, Miami, FL.
Feb 14th keynote	Motorola, Plantation, FL.
Feb 15th event	Black tie gala honoring Thomas and Mina Edison's legacy. Edison Festival of Light, Fort Myers, FL.
Feb 17th keynote	Edison & Ford Museum, Fort Myers, FL.
Feb 18th lecture	University of Chicago Graduate School of Business Entrepreneur Roundtable, Wheaton, IL.
Feb 20th lecture	Argonne National Laboratory, Batavia, IL.
Feb 22 - 24 keynote	The Working Inventor Weekend Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
Feb 26 - 27 panelist	Invent Your Future Conference, Mountain View, CA.
Feb 29th presentation	Herbst LaZar Bell, Chicago, IL.

MARCH 2008

Mar 6th keynote	"Innovate Like Edison: Driving Innovation Through Diversity," Motorola International Women's Day Conference, Arlington Heights, IL.
Mar 9th radio	"Seeds of Success," WCPT, Chicago, IL.
Mar 12th webinar	"How to Write a Book," MENG, Chicago, IL.
Mar 20th keynote	City Managers of Greater Chicago, Oak Brook, IL.
Mar 24th radio	NPR radio interview, Dr. Barton Goldsmith, Los Angeles, CA.
Mar 27th keynote	Harvard Business School Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

APRIL 2008

April 11th presentation	Institute of Management Consultants, Chicago, IL
April 15th keynote	Coastal Technologies Innovation Awards, Davie, FL
April 19th presentation	PBS show "Everyday Edison's," McCormick Place, Chicago, IL
April 29th lecture	Stuart School of Business at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL.
April 30th keynote	"Changing the Game: Bringing Innovation and Collaboration to Outsourcing," Outsourcing Institute Conference, Chicago, IL.

MAY 2008

May 5th keynote	Annual Scanlon Leadership Conference, Dearborn, MI.
May 7th seminar	"Innovate Like Edison: Creating Competitive Advantage Through Edison's Five Competencies of Innovation," Innovation Works, Grand Rapids, MI.
May 14th keynote	"Innovate Like Edison: How Thomas Edison Used Integrated Marketing to Build a Global Mega-brand," Chicago Association of Direct Marketing, Chicago, IL.
May 15th lecture	"Innovate Like Edison: Using Edison's Five Competencies of Innovation as a Transformational Tool," Rutgers University, sponsored by MIT-Enterprise Forum of Princeton.
May 19th training	100th anniversary conference of the National Association of Electrical Distributors, San Francisco, CA.

JUNE 2008

June 2nd training	Annual conference, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Detroit, MI. For more information, visit www.sme.org.
June 22nd radio interview	eWomenNetwork, ABC radio, with host Sandra Yancey, 2 PM CST.

JULY 2008

July 10th keynote (AM)	Association for Corporate Growth - Chicago, Oak Brook, IL.
July 10th keynote (PM)	Asia Business Exchange, sponsored by Chicagoland Learning Executives, at Motorola Innovation Center, Schaumburg, IL. For more information or to register click here
July 18th lecture	"Innovate Like Edison: How Thomas Edison Invented the 20th Century," Heritage Lecture Series, 3:30 - 5:00 PM EST, Hall of Christ, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY. Visit www.ciweb.org.

AUGUST 2008

Aug 7th webinar

"Innovate Like Edison: Using the Five Competencies of Innovation to Create Competitive Advantage for Your Business," Pure Insight International, 10:00 - 11:00 AM EST.

SEPTEMBER 2008

Sep 7th - 9th conference	Business of Innovation Conference, Chicago, IL.
Sep 24th presentation	"Battle of the Innovation Authors," panelist, Innovation in Manufacturing Conference at McCormick Place, 9 AM - noon CST, Manufacturing Week, Chicago, IL.

OCTOBER 2008

Oct 2nd lecture	DePaul University, 6 - 9 PM CST, Jackson Street campus, Chicago, IL.
Oct 10th telecourse	Participate in this live telecourse on innovation thought leadership, sponsored by Learn From My Life. 12 noon CST.
Oct 18th lecture	Innovation module, "Strategic Competitiveness," Illinois Institute of Technology, Adams Street Campus, 9 AM - 3 PM CST.
Oct 21st keynote, training	"Innovate Like Edison: Creating Competitive Advantage in a Flat World," 8:30 AM - noon, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, Gleacher Center. Call Clark Neuhoff at (847) 721-6084 to reserve your space. Sponsored by Samurai Business Group.
Oct 26th keynote, training	Annual Conference, Institute of Management Consultants USA, Reno, NV.
Oct 28th paperback release	"Innovate Like Edison: 5 Steps to Breakthrough Business Success" is released in paperback. (Penguin, Oct 2008.) Available in bookstores and online at www.amazon.com, www.bn.com, www.borders.com.

NOVEMBER 2008

Nov 13-15th	Wellesley College, Business Leadership Council
Nov 18th keynote	Society of Manufacturing Engineers, regional conference, Milwaukee, WI.

DECEMBER 2008

Dec 2nd-4th

Training, Microsoft

JANUARY 2009

Jan 8	Keynote, Society of Human Resource Managers - Chicago
Jan 13	Keynote, Western Society of Engineers, Chicago
Jan 20	Lecture, Illinois Institute of Technology, Jules F. Knapp Entrepreneurship Center

FEBRUARY 2009

Feb 3	Lecture, DePaul University, Chicago
Feb 9-11	Keynote and training, PDMA Innovation Conference, Minneapolis
Feb 11	Official announcement of Edison Best New Product Awards finalists, 6:30 PM CST, Minneapolis

MARCH 2009

Mar 5	Keynote, Young Executives Club, Union League Club, Chicago.
Mar 30	Private keynote and book signing, SSP BPI Group, Rosemont, IL.

APRIL 2009

April 1	Host and Emcee, 2009 Edison Awards, Mountain View, CA, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Announcement of Edison Achievement Awards and Edison Best New Product Awards.
April 2	Lecture and book signing, University of California at Santa Clara.
April 28	Private training session, South Bend, IN

MAY 2009

May 4	Keynote, Product Management Institute Annual Symposium, Edison, NJ (morning).
May 4	Lecture, Wyeth Consumer Healthcare, Madison NJ (afternoon).
May 5	World Innovation Forum, New York City, NY.
May 6	Keynote, International Association of Business Communicators, West Orange, NJ. For more information or to register, click here
May 12	Interview, cable television, Washington, DC
May 14	Panelist, Motorola POWER Women’s Dinner, Swisshotel, Chicago, IL.
May 18	Keynote and book signing, SSP-BPI Group, St Louis, MO
May 19-20	Strategyn Innovation Conference, Chicago, IL. For more information or to register, click here.
May 20	Panelist, MIT-Enterprise Forum, “Battle of the Innovation Authors,” 5:30 – 8:00 PM, Chicago, IL. Click here for more information or to register.
May 22	Panel, Women of the World, Union League Club, Chicago, IL. Click here for more information or to register.

JUNE 2009

June 8	Training, Microsoft, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
June 11	Tour and Presentation, The Henry Ford, Dearborn, MI
June 18	Lecture and Tour, MIT, Cambridge, MA
June 20	CPSI pre-conference workshop, "Innovate Like Edison in the 21st Century," Boston, MA
June 21-24	Opening keynote and training, annual CPSI Conference, Danvers, MA. Click here for more information or to register.

JULY 2009

July 31- Aug 2

Annual Summer Institute Speaker, Continuous Quality Improvement Network, Dearborn, MI.

AUGUST 2009

Aug 7-11

Panelist, "Current and Future Trends in Management Consulting," Annual Academy of Management Conference, Hyatt Regency, Chicago, IL

SEPTEMBER 2009

Sept 9	Dinner keynote and book signing, Chicago Project Management Institute, Fairmont Hotel, 200 North Columbus Drive, Chicago, 5:30 - 9:00 PM. Visit www.pmi-chicagoland.org to learn more or to register.
Sept 16	Private training event, Chicago, IL.
Sept 21	Lecture, Illinois Institute of Technology, Engineering One building, Main Campus (35th Street), "Tools & Techniques for Creative Leaders."
Sept 22	Panel moderator, ACG Chicago Regional Conference, 9:30 AM, Stonegate Conference Center, Hoffman Estates, IL. Visit www.acgchicago.org to learn more, or click here for a direct link to the event.
Sept 22	MIT live global broadcast, Dr. Robert Langer, Edison Awards Steering Committee Member and recipient of MIT-Lemelson Prize, "Creating and Implementing Breakthrough Medical Technology," 5:15 PM - 6 PM EDT. Click here to find a live-link broadcast center in your area.

OCTOBER 2009

Oct 9-11	Conference, Amos Tuck Graduate School of Business, Hanover, NH.
Oct 13	Morning: Workshop, PINK Magazine's 5th Annual Fall Empowerment Series, Chicago Marriott downtown, Chicago, IL.
Oct 13	Afternoon: Keynote, Society of Manufacturing Engineers Regional Conference, Motorola Innovation Center, Schaumburg, IL
Oct 19-23	Workshop leader, Lecture leader, Panel moderator, and Book signing event, Association for Manufacturing Excellence Annual Conference, Covington, KY. Click here to register or learn more.
Oct 27	Workshop: Edison's Fifth Competency of Innovation, Synovate, Chicago, IL.

NOVEMBER 2009

Nov 5	Keynote and workshop, Microsoft, Redmond, WA
Nov 10-12	Innovation webinars, Renaissance Executive Forums, Iowa.
Nov 19-25	Keynote, Futurecode, Helsinki, Finland.

DECEMBER 2009

Dec 10-12

Keynote and 2-day innovation workshop, Tunis, Tunisia.

JANUARY 2010

Jan 29

Keynote, BPI Group, Denver.

FEBRUARY 2010

Feb 8	Keynote and book signing, BPI group, Union League Club, New York City.
Feb 10	Lecture, Amos Tuck School of Business, ‘Executive in Residence’ Program, “The Strategic Management of Innovation,” Hanover, NH.
Feb 11	Spokesperson for press announcement, 2010 Edison Best New Product Awards, New York City.
Feb 26	Keynote and book signing, Tech Leaders Association, 8:30 AM, IBM building on Butterfield Road, Oak Brook, IL. For more information or to register, contact James Anfield at James_Anfield@BCBSIL.COM.

MARCH 2010

Mar 5	Lecture, Northwestern University, McCormick School of Engineering, Masters of Product Development course, Evanston, IL.
Mar 9	Keynote and book signing, “How Thomas Edison Used Data to Create Innovation Breakthroughs,” Illinois Technology Association, 8 – 10 AM, Chicago, IL. Contact Jeff Block at me@jeffblock.com to register.

APRIL 2010

Apr 20	Innovation webinar, American Marketing Association, given in conjunction with Tony Ulwick, CEO of Strategyn.
Apr 29	Keynote speaker and panel moderator, 15th Annual Edison Awards, 12 noon – 10 PM, New York City, NY. Visit www.edisonawards.com to register.

MAY 2010

May 18-21

Innovation workshops, Helsinki, Finland.

JUNE 2010

June 9	Conference Keynote, Iowa Association of Business and Industry, 12:30 – 2 PM, Ames, IA.
Jun 22	Innovation webinar, Lockheed Martin, 11 AM CST.

JULY 2010

July 14

Radio interview with author Karyn Pettigrew, 9 AM CST, "Break Out of the Status Quo: Innovate Like Edison." Listen in at http://unity.fm/program/BeyondBlindSpots

SEPTEMBER 2010

Sep 10	Keynote, Iowa Newspaper Association annual conference, Kansas City, KS.
Sep 13	Keynote, annual Sales conference, Haylor, Freyer & Coon, Inc., Syracuse, NY.
Sep 22	Keynote and global innovation panel, Emerson Electric, dedication of new Fisher Innovation Center, Marshalltown, IA.
Sep 22	Keynote, Innovation Management Officer Awards dinner, Microsoft “Think Big” Conference, Helsinki, Finland. (Delivered remotely, via videotape.)

OCTOBER 2010

Oct 6	Keynote, "American Ingenuity," Lorenzo Cultural Center at Macomb Community College, Clinton Township, MI.
Oct 12	Innovation workshop, Nanosolar, San Jose, CA.
Oct 20	Innovation workshops, Women’s Success Forum, sponsored by the Women’s Vision Foundation, Denver, CO.
w/o Oct 25	Edison Awards event, Discovery Channel, Silver Spring, MD.

NOVEMBER 2010

Nov 8,9

Innovation facilitation sessions, Sara Lee, Chicago, IL.

JANUARY 2011

Jan 5-6

Innovation keynote and panelist, Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network
conference, Tempe, AZ.

FEBRUARY 2011

Feb 4	Keynote, "Sustainable Visions" Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
Feb 22	Keynote and innovation facilitation, Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce, Cedar Rapids, IA.
Feb 25	Keynote and book signing, 4th Annual EntreFest Conference, sponsored by the University of Northern Iowa, Dubuque, IA.

MARCH 2011

Mar 1	Judge, Introduction to Entrepreneurship Program, Amos Tuck School of Business, Hanover, NH.
Mar 8	Keynote, Association for Strategic Planning, Willis Tower – Metropolitan Club (67th floor), Chicago, IL.
Mar 25	Keynote, Annual Engineering Conference, Harris RF Communications, Rochester, NY.
Mar 29	Keynote, Association of National Advertisers, Chicago, IL.

APRIL 2011

Apr 5	Facilitator, Meet the Innovators Forum, 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM, New York Academy of Science, New York, NY.
Apr 5	Keynote, 2011 Edison Awards Gala Celebration, 6 - 9:30 PM, The Capitale, New York, NY.
Apr 12	Keynote and workshop, TEC, Milwaukee, WI.
Apr 18	Science Fiction workshop, National Creativity and Innovation Week, Catalyst Ranch, Chicago, IL. Proceeds benefit survivors of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
Apr 27	Innovation teleconference, The Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies, hosted by C-Pet President Nigel Cameron, 3 PM EST, Washington, DC. For dial-in information, send an email to elisabeth.doherty@c-pet.org with subject line "telecon" or visit http://www.c-pet.org.
Apr 28	Keynote, Speaker's Showcase, National Speaker's Association - Illinois Chapter, Metropolitan Club at Willis Tower, Chicago, IL, 8:00 AM - noon. To learn more or sign up, click here.

MAY 2011

May 9	Innovation workshop: "Creating Dense Networks," SourceMedia Group, Cedar Rapids, IA.
May 10	Keynote, Founder's Day, 3 - 8 PM, Cedar Valley Alliance and Chamber, Waterloo, IA..
May 18	Innovation webinar, "Lessons from Thomas Edison," sponsored by the TheInternetMarketingClub.org. 12:30 PM EST. Learn more or sign up at this link.
May 20	Keynote, French-American Chamber of Commerce, black tie charity event, Chicago, IL.
May 24	Keynote, Entrepreneurs Club of Chicago, 11:15 AM - 1:30 PM, Union League Club, Chicago, IL.

JUNE 2011

June 9	Keynote and innovation workshop series, Intel, Santa Clara, CA.
June 23	Keynote, Abbott Laboratories, Annual Quality Assurance Conference, Wheeling, IL.
June 28	Keynote, Society of Insurance Training Executives Annual Conference, Austin, TX.

JULY 2011

July 11

Keynote, Do It Best Corporation, Techapalooza, Fort Wayne, IN.

AUGUST 2011

Aug 15	Innovation panelist, Stuart School of Business at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL.
Aug 17	Keynote, Emerson, Global Engineering Conference, St. Louis, MO.
Aug 23	Keynote, Kraft Foods, BrightIdea consortium, Northbrook, IL.

SEPTEMBER 2011

Sept 15

Keynote and workshop, International Hearing Society Annual Conference, Boston, MA.

OCTOBER 2011

Oct 11	Keynote, Metropolitan Capital Bank, Chicago, IL.
Oct 12	Keynote, Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Milwaukee, WI.
Oct 26	Keynote, “Steve Jobs and Thomas Edison: Inventing the Future,” Time Life Building, World Technology Summit, sponsored by the World Technology Network.

NOVEMBER 2011

Nov 2	eBook launch: "Inventing the Future: What Would Thomas Edison Be Doing Today?"
Nov 2	Keynote, Abbott Laboratories R&D Conference, Fort Myers, FL.
Nov 4	TEDxPeachtree speech: "Inventing the Future, Edison Style"
Nov 29	Innovation workshop, Intel, Santa Clara, CA.
Nov 30	Innovation keynote, Project Lead the Way Annual Conference - Wisconsin Chapter, Milwaukee, WI.