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February 11, 2011

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About Town

A Chance to Make History: What Works and What Doesn’t in Providing an Excellent Education for All

Hosted By: Teach for America Date: February 11 – February 13, 2011 Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW Washington, DC 20001 Register now at www.tfa20years.org About the Authors – Wendy Kopp is the founder and president of Teach For America and the author of One Day, All Children. She lives in New York City. Steven Farr, Teach for America’s vice president for knowledge development and public engagement, is also the author of Teaching as Leadership. […]

February 9, 2011

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Private Events

Successful Onboarding: Strategies to Unlock Hidden Value Within Your Organization

About the Authors – Mark A. Stein, with a finance education from the George Washington University School of Business in 1990, and subsequent professional service experience as a foundation, entered the management consulting industry in 1995. Since the, he has led hundreds of corporate strategy, investment analysis and organization development engagements for leading multi-national corporations. Mark speaks at Organization Development and onboarding conferences. He is married with three kids and lives in Bethesda, MD. Lilith Christiansen has 15 years of […]

February 7, 2011

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Private Events

How Companies Win: Profiting from Demand-Driven Business Models No Matter What Business You’re In

About the Author – Rick Kash is the founder and CEO of The Cambridge Group, the growth-strategy consulting firm. He is also the author of The New Law of Demand and Supply. Kash works with companies around the world to help them grow through demand-based business models. About the Book – For the past twenty years, the growth formula for business has been to increase revenues by expanding product offerings and streamlining supply. But with the recent global recession, the […]

February 7, 2011

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Private Events

An Optimist’s Tour of the Future: One Curious Man Sets Out to Answer

About the Author – Mark Stevenson is a writer, futurologist, stand-up comedian, and cultural education consultant. The Irish Independent has called him “a uniquely funny and unashamedly intelligent comedic talent.” After graduating with first-class honors from the Information Technology Institute at Salford University, Stevenson became an editor at an IT industry think tank before mixing two careers as a musician and an expert in prime number cryptography. As co-director of Flow Associates, Britain’s most respected cultural learning consultancy and ReAgency, […]

February 2, 2011

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Public Events

Super Rich: A Guide to Having it All

Hosted By: The Greater Washington Board of Trade Date: Wednesday, February 2, 2011 Time: 8:00 am – 10:00 am Location: Capital Hilton 1001 16th Street NW Washington, DC 20036 Register now. About the Authors – Dubbed the CEO of Hip-Hop by BusinessWeek, Russell Simmons (Chairman, Rush Communications) is the mastermind behind many wildly successful ventures, including Def Jam Records, Phat Farm, Def Comedy Jam, and the Hip-Hop Summit Action network, which promotes empowerment in young people. Do You!: 12 Laws […]

February 1, 2011

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Private Events

The Next Decade: What the World Will Look Like

About the Author – George Friedman is the founder and CEO of Stratfor, the world’s leading publisher of global geopolitical intelligence. He is the author of six books, including the New York Times bestselling The Next 100 Years. He has appeared on all the major television networks and has been featured in several national publications. About the Book – The author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller The Next 100 Years now focuses his geopolitical forecasting acumen on the […]

November 14, 2010

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Giving Back

Fonkoze – Haiti’s Alternative Bank for the Organized Poor

Fonkoze is Haiti’s alternative bank for the organized poor. In fact, it is a family of three institutions working together shoulder-to-shoulder towards a single compelling mission: building the economic foundations for democracy in Haiti by providing the rural poor with the tools they need to lift themselves out of poverty. This mission is reflected in the name, Fonkoze, which is an acronym for the Haitian Creole phrase “Fondasyon Kole Zepòl” meaning “Shoulder-to-Shoulder Foundation. Read about the ANNIVERSARY EVENT – Haiti One […]