IDEO BUSINESS LEADER LUNCHEON
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
Business Leader Workshop and Luncheon
With IDEO, a global design and innovation consultancy and DAVID CREMIN, venture capitalist
IDEO, a global design and innovation consultancy, will introduce design thinking as a tool for business, and offer up specific cases. The workshop will give you tips and techniques to bring design thinking to life quickly, so that you can generate solutions to challenges you may be facing today.
IDEO has won more of the Business Week/ISDA Industrial Design Excellence Awards than any other firm. Named the 5th most innovative company by Fast Company, their client list touches nearly every industry. A few of their clients: Apple, Bank of America, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Kraft, Nike, Toyota, and Samsung. Notable design examples are Apple’s first mouse, the Palm V PDA and Bank of America’s “Keep the Change” (http://www.ideo.com/work/featured/bofa) program that led to 10 million new customers for Bank of America. Learn more at: www.ideo.com.
This is an extraordinary opportunity for local individuals to receive high caliber training from nationally recognized experts.
Location: New Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center, 921 Waterfront Drive, Eureka.
Welcome Reception: 9:00 am
Workshop: 9:30 am – 11:30 am.
Cost: $40.* ($55 when combined with Business Leader Luncheon).
RSVP by Tuesday, 2/23/10. Space is limited. Sign up here or call the Humboldt County Office of Economic Development at 707-445-7745.
ABOUT THE BUSINESS LEADER LUNCHEON
The Business Leader Luncheon is returning after a one-year hiatus to bring you an insightful, thought-provoking program. IDEO leaders, Chris and Bryan, will share how design thinking can solve complex systematic problems across all industry sectors. David Cremin, founder and managing director of DJF Frontier, a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, will join IDEO to discuss how businesses and new products get launched today.
Location: Avalon Restaurant, 3rd and G Streets, Eureka.
Time: Noon – 2:00 pm
Meal Choice 1: Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad
Meal Choice 2: Sole with Winter Vegetables and Couscous
Meal Choice 3: Vegetarian (Vegan)
Meal Choice 4: Vegetarian (Dairy Free)
Cost: $30 ($55 when combined with the Business Leader Workshop.)
RSVP by Friday, 2/23/10. Space is limited. Sign up here or call the Humboldt County Office of Economic Development at 707-445-7745.
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*The Business Leader Workshop is partially underwritten from a grant by the U.S. Department of Labor to reduce the cost from $140 to $40.