Connecting The Dots Early, Innovatively Speaking

June 6 - 8 “Connecting The Dots” with Speakers come from Cinnabon, Coca Cola, Vanderbilt University, Disney, Georgia Institute of Technology and other innovation leaders.

Business practitioners from well-known innovative companies and professional creative consultants who will share personal stories, case studies, tools and techniques that lead to innovation.

June 7-8, 2012

CIF, Coles Innovation Forum

Early-early bird prices just announced at www.colesinnovation.org

Register now and save! The costs include two days of sessions, breakfast, lunch for both days and all the knowledge you can carry with you. Check out all the sessions and see how you might connect the dots at work and in your life.

Here are my break out sessions on 2 key elements for innovation: Your Brain & Your Heart

Connecting Your Brain: The Key to Be More Innovative, Competitive and Productive

Painting On Water™ – - – From Dots to Thoughts

Speaking at Tacoma, Washington

On March 4 , 2012, I am honred to be the opening keynote speaker at the MPI Regional Conference in Tacoma, Washington.

The title of the program is "Creative Heart Matters". You will re-energize your heart, re-charge your creativity and re-engage your business. This is a uniquely Segami experience - innovative, interactive and full of inspirational insight. Be prepared to enhance your awareness and appreciation of beauty and opportunities while you take note of personal development and business applications. More on http://mpicascadia.com/

Tacoma is like a teenager growing up, a Renassiance city with a new convention facility. The Hotel Murano is decorated like a museum with artworks to inspire. It is a truly amazing venue and I am looking forward to sharing its creativity and innovation. Surprise me by registering for this amazing conference.

TEDxIIT 2012 Gaining Momentum

Do you know anyone who has an appreciation for creativity, an appetite for innovative ideas and/or has a link with IIT, Illinois Institut of Technology?

If so, please be a kind person. Forward this to that person.

TED & TEDx

TED.com has become a global phenomenon to showcase Ideas Worth Sharing. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design. TEDx is an independently event curated by the approved licensee, following the guidelines and spirit of TED. All TED and TEDx speakers are by invitations only. 

TEDxIIT

As an IIT Alumna and a TEDx speaker, I am the founder and champion of TEDxIIT since 2009. Due to the recent turn over of the student leadership, I have stepped in as a co-organizer, working with a new group of smart, dynamic and energetic students. 

This is a student organization hosting a world class TED like event for the IIT community for the global platform. Anyone, anywhere, any time zone, in the world with wifi connection, will be able to view the event on Saturday, April 14, 2012.

Global Event on April 14, 2012

The event is free. For 2012, only 100 TEDx seats will be available at the auditorium. You will have to apply for that seat, just like at the real TED conference. If you cannot physically be on the main campus to witness the amazing atmosphere, you can watch it on line. This will be live streaming globally with a permanent digital footprint thru the TED.com website. Last year, the inaugural TEDxIIT 2011 was a great success.

TEDxIIT is Gaining Momentum !!!!!

Attend Weekly Team Meeting on Friday, 9:30 - 11:30 am

IIT Tower 16th Floor, 10 W. 35th STreet, Chicago, IL 60616

Check latest update TEDxIIT.com

Check IIT University Calendar for meeting location update

Read IIT TechNews Article TEDxIIT 2012

Watch TEDxIIT 2011 "Break Through"

TEDxIIT 2011 Students pre-event video

Please click the logo below, go to TEDxIIT.com and sign up the mailing list, join the facebook and twitter. By up the numbers, the student will Gain the Momentum. 

We were all students once. Let's give them the momentum. If you have no idea of the big fuss and buzz, please watch TED.com/ 

If you do, please forward this to a friend. You will thank me later.

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Your Journey Creatively

The upcoming Journey this April will be a different kind of journey.

My friend, Bill and Whitney are organizing a retreat. They call it "The Journey."  

Its a learning retreat focused on Creativity (creative thinking, creative problem solving, etc.) as well as on Spirituality (spiritual awareness, self-discovery, energy, etc.)  There will be great presenters with authors, entertainers, Grammy-nominated / CMA winners, plus experts in fields of creative thinking, the arts, movement, energy work, meditation, feng shui, shamanism and more.   It provides a space and time, just to explore, discover, share, learn, laugh, and maybe cry, and then to realize and leverage your power within. It’s your Journey.

So, why the Journey?  Because BOTH creativity and spirituality come from within.  The Journey brings resources together into a professional and personal development program.

It will be held near Portland Oregon, April 20-22 at a beautiful, natural retreat center, and the cost is surprisingly affordable.  The main event is Friday – Sunday, but with pre-retreat workshops and post-retreat options, you could be there from Wednesday, April 18 through Monday April 23.

You can reserve your spot for just $111.  The fees cover lodging, all meals, and the retreat activities.   If you come to the entire thing from April 18-22 its $665.  Or just come for the weekend.  Either way, conference, lodging & meals are less than $168/night.

 http://www.JourneyCreatively.com   Check out the list of presenters, the photos of the Cedar Ridge Retreat Center, and more.  And when you register, please tell them Amy invited you!  Early bird rate for a 10% discount only lasts another week.

Creativity.  Spirituality.  It’s your Journey . . . 

So, please share!

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