Tom Kuczmarski will speak on the importance of dance and art to the creative process
Event Type:
LectureTuesday, October 7, 2008 6:00pm
INNOVATION:
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 6pm-9pm
Where Business and the Arts Share the Floor
a special event to benefit Same Planet Different World
a special event to benefit Same Planet Different World
Landmark Grill + Lounge
1633 North Halsted Street, Chicago, IL
Tickets are $100 per person.
The evening includes an open bar, three course dinner, presentation and book signing by Tom Kuczmarski.
Additionally, guests will receive a copy of Mr. Kuczmarski's book,
The evening includes an open bar, three course dinner, presentation and book signing by Tom Kuczmarski.
Additionally, guests will receive a copy of Mr. Kuczmarski's book,
Apples are Square: Thinking Differently About Leadership.
6:00pm Cocktail reception (open bar from 6:00pm - 9:00pm)
7:00pm 3-course dinner with choice of fish, beef or vegetarian entrée
7:15pm Presentation by Tom Kuczmarski and Same Planet Different World Dance Theatre
8:30pm Book signing and open bar continues until 9pm.
7:00pm 3-course dinner with choice of fish, beef or vegetarian entrée
7:15pm Presentation by Tom Kuczmarski and Same Planet Different World Dance Theatre
8:30pm Book signing and open bar continues until 9pm.
RSVP by September 30, 2008 by mail, or
order your tickets online now at
www.spdwdance.org/events Please specify all
attendees' names and dinner preference (beef,
fish, or vegetarian).
order your tickets online now at
www.spdwdance.org/events Please specify all
attendees' names and dinner preference (beef,
fish, or vegetarian).
Thomas D. Kuczmarski, senior partner and president of Kuczmarski & Associates, is a nationally recognized expert in the innovation of new products and services. Over the course of his career he has helped hundreds of clients, ranging from small businesses to Fortune 100 corporations, learn to systematically unlock the value of innovation. The author of five books and many articles, Mr. Kuczmarski has also taught product and service innovation at Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management for 27 years. His executive education courses at the Kellogg School attract students from around the world.
Mr. Kuczmarski is founder, with the Chicago Sun-Times, of the Chicago Innovation Awards, which recognize each year the most innovative new products and services developed in the upper Midwest. The awards, which are endorsed by every major business association in the Chicago region, showcase the creative spirit of America's heartland.
He is extensively published and cited in radio, television, and national periodicals including: The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Newsweek, Business Week, The Today Show, Planning Review, Investor's Business Daily, USA Today, Marketing News, Advertising Age, Crain's Chicago Business, Business Marketing, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago Tribune, and many more. He has a chapter published on new products and services in the Marketing Encyclopedia, a publication of the American Marketing Association. He serves on the editorial review boards for The Journal of Product Innovation Management and The Journal of Consumer Marketing. In addition, Mr. Kuczmarski is a highly regarded speaker on innovation management and leadership, and lectures nationally and internationally to a broad range of corporations and associations.
Mr. Kuczmarski earned an M.B.A. from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business, and holds a master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University's Graduate School of International Affairs, where he was named an International Fellow of the University. He received a B.A. in French from the College of the Holy Cross.