Program Change for Silicon Valley Innovation Institute Meeting on January 7th

January 6, 2009 – 2:24 pm

Silicon Valley Innovation Institute

Turning Vision into Value

Invite your friends and colleagues and join us for the Silicon Valley Innovation Institute’s Innovation Society 2009 Series

Please Note Program Change:

Tom Foremski, Founder and Publisher of Silicon Valley Watcher, who was mentioned in my previous post, will not be speaking at the January 7th Silicon Valley Innovation Institute meeting, as he was called away on urgent business. He sends his deep regrets, and will join us in a future SVII Innovation Society meeting.

Instead, SVII will host the following replacement program, on a timely innovation topic:

January 7th, 2009
6:00 - 9:30 pm

Innovation Alignment—Integrating Diverse Resources

Speaker: Howard Lieberman, Founder & CEO, Silicon Valley Innovation Institute

While disruption and divergence are key drivers of innovation, agreement and convergence are often necessary to bring value to the table. Complex innovation challenges require collaboration across diverse and even competing organizations. In these cases, alignment, in service to alliance, is key. When resources are limited, timely alignment plays an even more urgent role.

Howard Lieberman, Founder and CEO of the Silicon Valley Innovation Institute, will lead us in an exploration of the key elements involved in aligning and integrating across the mindsets, personalities, vocabularies, and goals of diverse resources. Howard will draw upon current innovation challenges he is deeply involved with and helping to address.

You are invited to bring your own challenges, observations, and insights to this important topic.

Program Schedule:

6:00: Arrival and networking
6:45: Community buffet dinner
7:10: Appetizer Story—Gourmet Growers
7:15: Introductions
7:30: Feature Presentation
8:30: Showing Up as an Innovation Advocate (optional sharing of innovation stories)
9:30: Closing

Event fee - $30. Pay at the meeting or use PayPal.


Location:

Bay Cafe, Bayshore Ballroom
1875 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto
www.BayCafeRestaurant.com

Drive down Embarcadero East, past Ming’s, turn left into the Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course; from the parking lot, walk up the wide path toward the golf course buildings; the restaurant will be on the right.

Restaurant direct line: 650-856-0999

Please be sure to RSVP at friends@svii.org.

Need to reach us at the last minute? Call 415-307-0645.

SVII “First Wednesday” — Upcoming Programs:

February 4, 2009
CPS Practices for Innovation—An Experiential Evening with Barbara Kivowitz,
Innovation/Measurement 21st Century

Archives and Outlook

To find past program archives, and the current outlook for future programs, see the SVII “First Wednesday” group of SVII Society Online. While you’re there, sign up as a member of our online community of Innovation Advocates.

Stay in Touch

Wish to join our mailing list? Email friends@svii.org. Plan to join the SVII Innovation Society each “First Wednesday” of the month.

Keep checking here for program updates.

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Perspectives from a Silicon Valley Watcher: Web Publisher Tom Foremski Talks Innovation on January 7, 2009

December 22, 2008 – 11:55 pm

Silicon Valley Innovation Institute

Turning Vision into Value

Invite your friends and colleagues and join us for the Silicon Valley Innovation Institute’s Innovation Society 2009 Series

Next “First Wednesday” Innovation Society Meeting:

January 7, 2009
6:00 - 9:30 pm

Silicon Valley Watcher - Tom Foremski and team

Perspectives from a Silicon Valley Innovation Watcher, with
Tom Foremski, Founder and Publisher, Silicon Valley Watcher

The Silicon Valley is a vibrant place to observe, and Tom Foremski has made a successful career doing just that. A former news reporter and Silicon Valley columnist for the Financial Times, Tom was one of the first journalists to take his professional message on-line into the new media culture. In 2004, Tom created was has become the Silicon Valley Watcher—”Reporting on the business and culture of Silicon Valley.” Through Silicon Valley Watcher, Tom provides readers everywhere with a daily dose of his insightful, sometimes challenging, and often future-suggesting observations and opinions.

Join us on January 7th, 2009, as Tom joins our circle to share his thoughts. Learn what Tom observes on the horizon for 2009, and what he would most like to see happen. Hear about the challenges and opportunities of being a professional observer of Silicon Valley. Discover the key innovations Tom is seeing or practicing, including any innovations in innovation itself. Uncover or request any advice Tom may have for innovators and innovation advocates, going forward.

Bring your curiosity, your questions, and your own insights.

Program Schedule:

6:00: Arrival and networking
6:45: Community buffet dinner
7:10: Appetizer Story—Gourmet Growers
7:15: Introductions
7:30: Feature Presentation
8:30: Showing Up as an Innovation Advocate (optional sharing of innovation stories)
9:30: Closing

Event fee - $30. Pay at the meeting or use PayPal.


Location:

Bay Cafe, Bayshore Ballroom

1875 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto
www.BayCafeRestaurant.com

Drive down Embarcadero East, past Ming’s, turn left into the Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course; from the parking lot, walk up the wide path toward the golf course buildings; the restaurant will be on the right.

Restaurant direct line: 650-856-0999

Please be sure to RSVP at friends@svii.org.

Need to reach us at the last minute? Call 415-307-0645.

SVII “First Wednesday” — Upcoming Programs:

February 4, 2009
CPS Practices for Innovation—An Experiential Evening with Barbara Kivowitz,
Innovation/Measurement 21st Century

Archives and Outlook

To find past program archives, and the current outlook for future programs, see the SVII “First Wednesday” group of SVII Society Online. While you’re there, sign up as a member of our online community of Innovation Advocates.

Stay in Touch

Wish to join our mailing list? Email friends@svii.org. Plan to join the SVII Innovation Society each “First Wednesday” of the month.

Keep checking here for program updates.

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Free Wireless for Everyone in the U.S. Within a Few Years?

December 2, 2008 – 6:26 pm

Today, United States FCC (Federal Communications Commission) Chairman Kevin Martin announced a free Wireless proposal on MSNBC—but it comes with a few caveats, like it probably won’t be ready for a few years, and “adult content” will be filtered for young people under 18. For U.S. consumers, it is a promising step in overcoming the Digital Divide, providing access that is comparable to access data in some other countries.

What will this mean, in terms of competition between current carriers? Would this bring down fees in the industry? This proposal will be fully unveiled for Commission vote on December 18, 2008, to establish rules for the provider auction and benchmarks for service. Here’s more:

What will this mean for innovation in the industry, and for new enterprises for the Web and mobile? Your thoughts and comments are always welcome!

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Execution Excellence—Predictably Turning Ideas into Profit

December 1, 2008 – 8:40 pm

Silicon Valley Innovation Institute

Turning Vision into Value

Invite your friends and colleagues and join us for the Silicon Valley Innovation Institute’s Innovation Society 2008-09 Series

Next “First Wednesday” Innovation Society Meeting:

December 3, 2008
6:00 - 9:30 pm

Execution Excellence—Predictably Turning Ideas into Profit

Kimberly Wiefling, Wiefling Consulting
with James Connor, Sand Hill Angels

Creativity, superior technology and brilliant people are insufficient for success. A great idea doesn’t guarantee a great product or service, and those in turn don’t guarantee a profit. It takes execution with excellence to ensure that an innovative idea becomes a successful and profitable product or service.

What is execution with excellence? It’s a sensible framework and the discipline to follow it, and depart from it thoughtfully when and where appropriate. It’s common sense, but not common practice. This interactive program will grapple with the biggest barriers to execution and how you can overcome them—starting right now.

Kimberly Wiefling is the author of Scrappy Project Management, founder of Wiefling Consulting and a member of the SVII Innovation Leadership Development team. Kimberly will lead the discussion and activity, and will be joined by Jim Connor, a Board Director of the Sand Hill Angels. Kimberly, together with Jim, will shine a light on the predictable pitfalls of innovation execution, and drive the discussion on what causes them and how to overcome them. Participatory activities will help us experience the gap between “knowing what to do” and “doing it.”

New Program Schedule

6:00   Networking
6:45   Community Buffet Dinner
7:10   Appetizer Story—Increo Solutions

7:15   Introductions
7:30   Feature Presentation
8:30   Showing Up in support of Innovation
9:30   Closing

Event fee - $30. Pay at the meeting or use PayPal.


Location:

Bay Cafe, Bayshore Ballroom

1875 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto
www.BayCafeRestaurant.com

Drive down Embarcadero East, past Ming’s, turn left into the Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course; from the parking lot, walk up the wide path toward the golf course buildings; the restaurant will be on the right.

Restaurant direct line: 650-856-0999

Please be sure to RSVP at friends@svii.org.

Need to reach us at the last minute? Call 415-307-0645.

SVII “First Wednesday” — Upcoming Programs:

January 7, 2009:

“Perspectives from a Silicon Valley Innovation Watcher” — Tom Foremski, Founder, Publisher and Editor, SiliconValleyWatcher.com

Archives and Outlook

To find past program archives, and the current outlook for future programs, see the SVII “First Wednesday” group of SVII Society Online. While you’re there, sign up as a member of our online community of Innovation Advocates.

Stay in Touch

Wish to join our mailing list? Email friends@svii.org. Plan to join the SVII Innovation Society each “First Wednesday” of the month.

Keep checking here for program updates.

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Silicon Valley Innovation Institute Program: How Can Visual Thinking Aid Innovation?

November 3, 2008 – 1:16 pm

Silicon Valley Innovation Institute

Silicon Valley Innovation Institute (SVII)

“First Wednesday” Innovation Society Meeting

November 5, 2008
6:00 - 9:30 pm

How Can Visual Thinking Aid Innovation?

Robert E. Horn, Guest Speaker
Stanford University

Join us as Robert Horn shares with us powerful examples of innovation visualizations — from Leonardo da Vinci to contemporary innovative work. Together, we will explore how these examples illustrate the power of vision and visualization in a wide range of innovation fields.

Bob is a political scientist with a special interest in policy communication, social learning, and knowledge management, with specialties in biotechnology and national security affairs. He was CEO of Information Mapping, Inc. an international consulting firm which he founded after years of interdisciplinary research and practice. He has taught at Harvard, Columbia, and Sheffield universities. He is currently a visiting scholar at Stanford University’s Human Science and Technology Advanced Research Institute (H-STAR).

The subjects of Bob’s innovation visualization projects over the years range from visual analytics for public policy (strategic science, national missile defense, genetically modified food), to NSF’s “human cognome” initiative, to analyzing a variety of what he calls “social messes”. His latest book, Visual Language: Global Communication for the 21st Century, shows how the wide gulf between the verbal and visual worlds is at last being bridged by the tight integration of words and images into a “visual language.”

Invite your friends and colleagues, and join us for the SVII Innovation Society 2008-2009 Series. Don’t miss this visually insightful evening. See you there!

New Program Schedule:

6:00 Networking

6:45 Community Buffet Dinner

7:30 Feature Presentation

8:30 Showing Up in support of Innovation—participants share Innovation stories and concerns (optional).

9:30 Closing

Event fee - $30. Pay at the meeting or use PayPal.


Drinks are available on a no-host basis.

Location:

Bay Cafe, Bayshore Ballroom

1875 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto
www.BayCafeRestaurant.com

Drive down Embarcadero East, past Ming’s, turn left into the Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course; from the parking lot, walk up the wide path toward the golf course buildings; the restaurant will be on the right.

Restaurant direct line: 650-856-0999

Please be sure to RSVP at friends@svii.org.

Need to reach us at the last minute? Call 415-307-0645.

SVII “First Wednesday” — Upcoming Programs:

December 3:

“Accent on Execution” — Kimberly Wiefling, Principal, Wiefling Consulting

January 7, 2009:

“Perspectives from a Silicon Valley Innovation Watcher” — Tom Foremski, Founder, Publisher and Editor, SiliconValleyWatcher.com

Keep checking here for program updates.

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