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SPEAKERS BY TOPIC: Innovation

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Geoffrey Moore -- California USA, 50.0k to 75.0k
Geoffrey Moore is the Chairman, Founder and Managing Partner of TCG Advisors (TCG-A), a consulting practice that provides marketing strategy and organizational services to many leading high-technology companies as well as to those in other sectors. Moore is also a Venture Partner with Mohr, Davidow Ventures, a California-based venture capital firm specializing in specific technology markets, including e-commerce, internet, enterprise software, networking and semiconductors. In this latter role, as a venture partner at a leading “VC” firm, he provides market strategy advice to their high-tech portfolio companies.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


David Nour -- Georgia USA, 15.0k to 20.0k
David Nour is a social networking strategist and one of the foremost thought leaders on the quantifiable value of business relationships. In a global economy that is becoming increasingly disconnected, Relationship Economics is solving Fortune 500 client challenges with intracompany, as well as externally focused, Strategic Relationship Planning™. A native of Iran, David came to the U.S. with a suitcase, $100, limited family ties and no fluency in English! Fast forward 25 years and David has built an impressive career of entrepreneurial success, both within large corporations and early stage ventures.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Roger von Oech, Ph.D -- California USA, 15.0k to 20.0k
After earning a bachelor`s degree from Ohio State in history and philosophy, and a Ph.D. from Stanford University in the "History of Ideas," he worked for IBM where he learned two important lessons: You can have a great idea, but if you can`t sell it, it won`t get very far; Many people in business develop tunnel-vision and thus miss a lot of good ideas around them. In 1977, he started his own company to stimulate creativity and
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Joseph Pine -- Minnesota USA, 20.0k to 25.0k
Once upon a time in a career far away, Joe Pine worked for IBM in Rochester, Minnesota. For the launch of the AS/400 computer system he created a group that brought customers and business partners into the actual development process. Because of this innovative activity, customer needs were met more exactly and quality was significantly enhanced – factors that contributed greatly to IBM winning the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in 1990.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Miha Pogacnik -- Hamburg Germany, 15.0k to 20.0k
Applying the artistry of music to the demands of business, Miha Pogacnik works with corporations around the globe to enhance understanding of change and to heighten innovation and competition. His message of celebrating meaning and renewal is a critical one in response to the current atmosphere of worldwide fear and uncertainty. As a virtuoso violinist, creative genius, and speaker, he shows us that art is a significant force for productivity, creativity, peace, and renewal; that music offers effective answers to the most pressing needs of business—including the needs for integration, quality, and meaning.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Charles W. Prather, Ph.D -- Florida USA, 5.0k to 10.0k
Charles Prather is President of Bottom Line Innovation Associates, Inc. helping organizations develop Innovation as a core competency. Many of the Fortune 100 are clients representing chemicals, paper, consumer products, high tech, government, financial services, and other segments. Charlie served DuPont some 24 years in numerous R&D and leadership positions. He was appointed Manager of the DuPont Center for Creativity & Innovation upon its formation and helped shape its direction and design its offerings. He is Senior Fellow of the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Howard Putnam -- Nevada USA, 20.0k to 25.0k
As the chief executive officer of Southwest Airlines, Howard Putnam transformed a start-up carrier into one of the most profitable companies in the airline industry. Recruited to save the faltering Braniff Airlines, he became the first CEO to successfully restructure a major airline out of bankruptcy. His accomplishment became the focus of a Harvard Business School case study. For more than 30 years, Putnam played a leading role in one of the most exciting and rapidly changing industries. He earned a well-deserved reputation for his capacity to think systematically, create a vision, build a team, define a niche, and design successful strategies for managing crises. An impressive and entertaining speaker, Putnam shares his prescriptions for successful management in the Millennium.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Freddie Ravel -- California USA, 15.0k to 20.0k
Freddie Ravel, a #1 recording artist, has a fantastic interactive motivational presentation that uses music as a metaphor for understanding the dynamics of self-empowerment, communication and synergistic team building. He blends piano performance, speaking and audience collaboration to bring new ways to lead organizations to work in concert. Comparable to Roger Nierenberg and Benjamin Zander's programs - however other than Freddie, no orchestra or additional performers are needed.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Andrew Razeghi -- Illinois USA, 15.0k to 20.0k
Andrew Razeghi is a speaker and advisor on innovation, creativity, and growth strategy. He is a guest lecturer at The Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, an adjunct faculty at Loyola University Chicago and a Thought Leader with The Financial Times Knowledge Dialogue. Andrew walks the talk as an advisor to organizations on product development, strategy, and innovation. He works with clients looking to exploit their core competencies, identify new markets for existing products and new products for existing markets. He is co-author of "Kellogg on Integrated Marketing" with the faculty at northwestern and a contributing "rule breaker" to "Why Not?," a book on overturning conventional thinking by Yale Professor Barry Nalebuff. Andrew has worked with clients in industries as diverse as aerospace, consumer products, food, healthcare, retail, and media/entertainment. He has an MBA from Loyola University, a Certificate from Richmond College London and a BA in Internat
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Nancy Rosanoff -- New York USA, 5.0k to 10.0k
Nancy Rosanoff is the author of THE COMPLETE IDIOTS' GUIDE TO MAKING MONEY USING INTUITION, Macmillan, 1999 , and INTUITION WORKOUT, Aslan, 1990 . As a pioneer in the field of intuition, she has trained thousands of individuals and groups to find and trust their intuitive voice for over 18 years. Her clients include: The NCAA, CMI International Group, McGraw-Hill Broadcasting, Inc., Kaiser Associates, O & R Utilities, Inc. Inset Systems Software, Marriott Hotels and Sony. In corporate settings she facilitates teams to discover successful solutions to difficult problems, conducts intuition strategic planning sessions and trains executives and managers to use intuition effectively in their decision-making. She is an associate member of the Innovation Network, on the Board of Advisors of Intuition Magazine and a past president of the New York Chapter of the National Speakers Association.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Lon Safko -- Arizona USA, 5.0k to 10.0k
Lon Safko is a remarkably creative person. He is the creator of the “First Computer To Save A Human Life”. That computer, along with 17 other inventions and more than 30,000 of Lon‘s papers, are in the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. He has created numerous hardware and software solutions for the physically challenged, developed the first CAD software for civil engineers, designed the archetypes for the Apple Newton & Microsoft’s Bob Operating Systems He is also responsible for those handy little Tool-Tips help-balloon pop-ups! His latest book “The Social Media Book”, unlocks the mysteries of the hottest new Internet wave, Social Media, such as Facebook and YouTube. This book is transforming corporate and non-profit marketing strategies and how they use these new media to reach their desired audiences with power messages and efficiency.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Joel Saltzman -- California USA, 5.0k to 10.0k
Joel Saltzman teaches people in business to Shake That Brain! and discover solutions for maximum profit. And it's not just "Rah, rah, you-can-do-it!" stuff. Joel reveals specific steps you can take to discover extraordinary solutions -- for increasing sales, broadening your market, and improving the health and vitality of your business and personal life. Easily. Consistently. And economically. You'll leave with a smile on your face, a bounce in your step, and the ability to generate and implement bold new ideas.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Rick Searfoss -- California USA, 15.0k to 20.0k
As one of less than a hundred people ever who have actually ever commanded a human space mission, Colonel Rick Searfoss speaks on leadership, teamwork, and personal performance with authority born of in-depth personal experience. He has piloted two Space Shuttle missions and commanded a third, with over 939 hours in space and 5400 hours flying time in 61 different types of aircraft. His first space flight in 1993 set the record for the longest duration Space Shuttle mission. In 1996 he piloted Atlantis to the Russian space station Mir.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Jan-Benedict Steenkamp, Ph.D., MBA -- North Carolina USA, 15.0k to 20.0k
Jan-Benedict E.M. Steenkamp researches global marketing; the effectiveness of such marketing strategies as branding, private labels and new products; interorganizational relationships; and marketing research techniques. He teaches in these areas and in innovation and strategy.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Michael Tchong -- Georgia USA, 5.0k to 10.0k
Mr. Tchong has enjoyed a remarkable and distinguished career in advertising, software, publishing and the Internet. Prior to Ubercool, he founded five successful companies including MacWEEK, where his intuitive sense that the Macintosh would become the tool of choice for the graphic arts industry lifted this weekly’s annual revenues from less than $500,000 to $18 million in just four years. In 1992, he started Atelier Systems, which focused on “personal communication” software. Realizing the potential of the Internet back in 1994, Michael Tchong founded Interstellar, a consulting and publishing company, which spawned CyberAtlas, a preeminent market research site. His subsequent start-up, ICONOCAST, a bi-weekly online newsletter aimed at the emerging wave of Internet marketing, was sold in 1998.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Marian Thier -- Colorado USA, 2.5k to 5.0k
Marian J. Thier is a presenter, consultant and master coach. Her areas of expertise include: all aspects of leadership, such as change, communications, motivation and performance feedback; team dynamics; innovation and creativity, such as breakthrough thinking, creative problem solving, and fostering an open culture. Marian is the author of Coaching C.L.U.E.S: Real Stories, Powerful Solutions, Practical Tools (May, 2003), THINK TANK: The Game of Creative Problem Solving and The Journey: A Fable and Thought Expanders CD-Rom.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Jeff Tobe -- Pennsylvania USA, 5.0k to 10.0k
Readers of Conventions and Meetings magazine recently cubbed Jeff Tobe, "One of the top 15 speakers in North America". As one of the most sought-after speakers in Corporate America, Tobe has earned this title through his trademark presentations, "COLORING OUTSIDE THE LINES". Jeff believes in the power of creativity! "We need to stop looking in our rear view mirrors for solutions". His upbeat, participatory and FUN keynotes transcend any industry and motivate participants to look at their industry`s challenges from a whole new perspective. Jeff is the author of the best selling book, Coloring Outside the Lines and is only one of 450 speakers worldwide to hold the accreditation of Certified Speaking Professional.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Robert Tucker -- California USA, 15.0k to 20.0k
Why do trade associations, marketing teams, sales teams, finance teams, top teams and entire teams regularly turn to Robert B. Tucker for keynote speeches and seminars on profiting from today's rapid changes? Answer: They recognize that their success depends upon a continuing commitment to bold, unfettered thinking to meet today's business and organizational challenges. A futurist and innovation coach, Tucker conducts presentations on Innovative Thinking, Future Trends, and Customer Service in North America, Japan and South America.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Jack Uldrich -- Minnesota USA, 15.0k to 20.0k
Jack Uldrich is the president of The NanoVeritas Group, a consultancy that focuses on helping businesses, venture capitalists, and governments understand, evaluate, prepare for, and profit from nanotechnology. Clients include leading venture capital firms, law firms, governments and Fortune 100 companies.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


Jonathan Vehar -- California USA, 5.0k to 10.0k
Jonathan Vehar is a leader in the application of Creativity and Creative Problem Solving in organizations and shares his knowledge as a regular instructor at the Creative Problem Solving Institute and the Innovation Network Convergence. He was also an adjunct professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is the author of many articles, videotapes and training manuals about creative problem solving. Occasionally he can be heard as a contributing commentator on National Public Radio. He is a dynamic speaker whose quick wit, piercing insights and commitment to excellence create powerful programs in the areas of creative thinking, creative problem solving, new product ideation, strategic planning and group meeting facilitation.
Phone: 415-861-1700 --- E-mail: Speakers@speaking.com


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