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Business At Radio City Music Hall

 
Kevin Roberts is CEO worldwide of Saatchi & Saatchi, The Lovemarks Company, and a featured speaker at the 2009 World Business Forum.

Business At Radio City Music Hall

The global financial catastrophe has hit everyone; government, companies, families and individuals. In the background is the endless expert buzz on whether there’s light ahead, with many economists and media commentators now saying yes there is. Well that’s where I sheer off. Not because I want to be a one-time dismal scientist, but because the economic and social consequences of living beyond our means has still got a long way to ripple. There is no spare money and few job prospects - this will squeeze people and businesses to take a tighter course. We are living through a structural shift, a historic global event that hopefully will have one positive effect; that of shifting capitalism from exclusion to inclusion. This is my hope.

For inspirational leaders, the sorts of threats and challenges prevalent and abounding today drive innovation and transformation.  And growth relies on new ideas, adapted and executed quickly. Ideas can come from anywhere; the thing is to nurture them and execute them. And I’m picking it will be ideas around a sustainable future that will get the full treatment at this year’s World Business Forum at Radio City Music Hall in New York on 6 and 7 October.

The annual forum debates the most pressing issues of the day. It’s produced by HSM, the top management event and content team with whom I have worked in Europe and Latin America. The line up in October will include Gary Hamel, President Bill Clinton, George Lucas, Irene Rosenfeld, Jack Welch, Paul Krugman and Jeffrey Sachs. The topics are for the times, ranging from leadership, innovation and branding to crunch arenas like energy, health… and storytelling.

I’ll be looking at how to create Loyalty Beyond Recession, how to reframe true value for tough times and beyond. Sustainability, or what we’ve called True Blue (take care of the people first and then the planet), is at the core of creating value. To be “good value”, not just good for the world, marks a tipping point for sustainability. Last year 500 new sustainable products were launched in the U.S. This year it’s looking to be 1600. Watch as people reframe value themselves in ways that build sustainability into their everyday choices. The next track to sustainability lies more in changing the value equation and less in talking about changing values.  From Greenwashing to True Blue.  At Radio City Music Hall this year, expect this to be the theme tune.

Kevin Roberts is the CEO worldwide of Saatchi & Saatchi, The Lovemarks Company.

To read more from Kevin Roberts, go to www.krconnect.blogspot.com

Learn more about the World Business Forum at www.wbfny.com

GE Human Resources legend Bill Conaty will lead an exclusive HSM Webinar session

 During his 40 years at General Electric,Bill Conaty was a leader in shaping the modern face of Human Resources. For 14 years, he ran Human Resources at GE and worked closely alongside Jack Welch, influencing Jack’s thinking about the highly valued role that senior HR executives play in organizations.

Now World Business Forum 2009 featured speaker, Bill Conaty will lead an exclusive 1 Hour Webinar titled "Key Elements of a Performance Culture in Challenging Times" to be held on Monday July 20, 2009 at 1PM Eastern Time / 10AM Pacific.

In this exclusive HSM Webinar, Bill Conaty will address why it is crucial and how it is possible to maintain a performance culture at all times. Though business cycles may necessitate changes in the way in which performance is evaluated, if there are no metrics against which to benchmark and differentiate amongst employees, it is impossible to win in the ongoing war for talent.

This HSM Webinar is part of the ongoing series "The Road to the World Business Forum" which features leaders who will be participating in the 2009 World Business Forum to be held at Radio City Music Hall ^® in New York City on October 6-7, 2009.

Interested participants can attend the Webinar with Bill Conaty on July 20 by registering at this link or by visiting http://www.hsmwebinars.com 

Admission to this event is also included with the full event registration to the World Business Forum in-person event in New York City on October 6-7, 2009.

Patrick Lencioni live webinar on Friday June 19th @ 1PM ET

 

Best selling author and World Business Forum speaker Patrick Lencioni will be holding a live webinar on Friday June 19th at 1PM Eastern/10AM Pacific.

This special HSM Webinar titled "Building a Healthy Organization in Challenging Times" is part of the Road to the World Business Forum webinar series and is a limited capacity engagement.

Cost of registration to this webinar is $99 or included as part of the "Road to the World Business Forum" webinar series included with registration to the World Business Forum event to be held in New York City on October 6-7, 2009.

For more details on this special Webinar and to register, please visit www.hsmwebinars.com/lencioni

5 Benefits of Adding Webinars to Your Learning and Training Options

As shrinking budgets and a general global economic slow-down are requiring managers to achieve "more with less", the need to continue learning, adding value and improving your skills and those of your staff while reducing costs is becoming even more critical. To address these challenges, many professionals are adding webinars to their list of training options as a low cost option for educating themselves and their staff.

Below is a brief explanation of what webinars are along with five of the most commonly cited benefits associated with learning and training using webinars.

What is a webinar?

A webinar is an online "Virtual" seminar or event that usually involves a small number of presenters delivering a presentation such as a Power Point deck or series of documents to a large dispersed audience worldwide over the web. Attendees view the contents on their computer screens and listen to the audio on their computer speakers. In some cases, participants can opt to listen to the audio portion via telephone although listening via computer tends to be the most popular option.

Most webinars offer interactive capabilities which allow for a two way communication between presenters and the audience allowing attendees to ask questions and interact with the presenter by using their computers and the Internet.

5 Benefits of Learning and Training Webinars

#1 Convenience - Since webinars take place over the Internet directly on your computer, there is no need to leave the office or factor in travel time. Because of this, many professionals are using webinars as a time-efficient, cost-effective method of training and delivering knowledge to their staff.

#2 Affordability -  Besides the fact that there are no travel costs involved with attending a Webinar, the price of attending a webinar is typically much lower than other training options. Additionally, multiple participants can train together by viewing the webinar at a single location and therefore pay for only one connection. An entire team can gather in one conference room to attend together and discuss the webinar contents without having to invest time and money traveling to and from a physical seminar location. Because of all this, pricing per person for training by webinar tends to be much lower than many other alternatives.

#3 Efficiency- Most webinars are designed to last around 60-90 minutes in length and are usually scheduled to fit the work day of busy professionals. Because of their short length, webinars typically pack a lot of information into a very short period of time.

#4 Long Term Value - Many webinars offer the option to access the contents and materials again for some time after the event has ended. Because of this, participants can review the presentation multiple times, helping them revisit the materials for reference and apply the contents as needed.

#5 Ease of Use- Registering for and attending Webinars is usually an easy process achieved over the Internet with a standard computer browser and requires no more skill than using the average email program. Most webinar applications are designed for ease-of-use and require very little additional downloading of software, if any.

In conclusion, whatever your requirements may be, webinars present a very affordable and highly effective way of delivering training. Additionally, depending on the subject, webinars can also present opportunities to address key business topics and issues that can spark new ideas, focused discussion and drive action.

Because of their low cost and the easy access that attending over the Internet affords, you may want to consider giving webinars a try as an additional element to your selection of learning and training options.

For additional information on webinars and to view the complete list of upcoming webinars organized by HSM featuring world renowned experts and leaders, I invite you to visit HSM webinars at www.hsmwebinars.com

Scott Anthony Innovation Webinar live from India on June 10th

Renowned innovation expert and author Scott Anthony will be leading a special Innovation webinar "Leading Innovation in the Great Disruption" on Wednesday June 10th, 2009 at 1PM Eastern / 10AM Pacific / 10:30PM Indian Standard Time

This special Innovation webinar is part of the newly launched HSM Webinars series and will be webcast live from India. The 1 hour event will address how with adversity comes opportunity. Instead of being paralyzed by headlines about dark economic times, Anthony explains how now is the time to boldly capture opportunities for change that can excite employees and customers and generate new business growth.

Scott Anthony is president of Innosight, the Innovation strategy firm founded by featured 2009 World Innovation Forum speaker and Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen). Anthony is also the author of three books on innovation as well as the upcoming "The Silver Lining: An Innovation Playbook for Uncertain Times"

For more information on the upcoming webinar Leading Innovation in the Great Disruption, click on this link or visit:

www.hsmwebinars.com

Meet the Bloggers Hub at World Innovation Forum 2009 #WIF09

The Bloggers Hub at World Innovation Forum is a new addition to the event sponsored by Pitney Bowes.

"The Hub" features leading bloggers in the field of innovation sharing their thoughts , insights and opinions in real time from the event through their blogs and Twitter accounts.

Following the "Twittersphere" during the different sessions enables interested participants to "peek" into the minds and thoughts of this diverse and brilliant group of bloggers to "see" and experience the World Innovation Forum in a whole new way.

To catch a glimpse at what's being said in Twitter, simply do a search for the term #WIF09 on Twitter

#WIF09 is the special abbreviation (also known as a "Hashtag") for the World Innovation Forum 2009 event that is added to every posting published by the event bloggers as well as many other conversation related to the event.

Here's a photo of the official bloggers covering World Innovation Forum 2009:

 

For a full listing of all featured bloggers including their blog URLs, visit:

http://www.pbconnect.com/blog

Who's blogging live from #WIF09?

To make your remote viewing of #WIF09 easier, we have listed below some of the Twitter profiles and Blogs from featured bloggers covering #WIF09 live from the Nokia Theatre (this is not a complete list and it is listed in no particular order):

@innovate (Braden Kelley, http://blogginginnovation.com)

@reneecallahan (Renee Callahan, http://www.innoblog.com)

@donpeppers (Don Peppers, http://www.peppersandrogersgroup.com/blog/)

@Pauldunay (Paul Dunay, http://buzzmarketingfortech.blogspot.com/)

@HelenWalters (Helen Walters, http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/next)

@AndreaMeyer (Andrea Meyer, http://workingknowledge.com/blog/)

@chrisflanagan (Christine Flanagan, http://www.businessinnovationfactory.com/weblog)

@pinnovation (Jeff De Cagna, http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/)

@yourboot (Julie Lenzer Kirk, http://blog.julielenzerkirk.com/)

@katiekonrath (Katie Konrath, www.getFreshMinds.com)

@dominicbasulto (Dominic Basulto, http://endlessinnovation.typepad.com/)

@FHInnovation (Kathie Thomas & Stephanie Susman, http://innovation.fleishmanhillard.com)

@LeftTheBox (Samir Balwany, http://www.leftthebox.com)  

@Stu (Stuart Miniman, http://nohype.tumblr.com/)

(BTW - Stuart has published an excellent Remote Participation Guide for World Innovation Forum '09 on his blog)

@SteveTodd (Steve Todd, http://stevetodd.typepad.com/)

(Steve has also published a post about his experience with the Bloggers hub and following the event live on his blog)

Other bloggers covering the event live include:

Idris Mootee, http://mootee.typepad.com/

Howard Wright, http://www.howardwright.com/

Bernie Gracy, http://www.pbconnect.com/

Michael Lee Stallard, www.michaelleestallard.com/ 

Robert McNeill, http://www.thoughtbright.com/?q=blog

Of course, you can also follow us on Twitter @HSMAmericas and right here on http://hsm.typepad.com

The World Innovation Forum is on the Blogosphere and Twitter

The 2009 World Innovation Forum is taking place in New York City on May 5-6 at the Nokia Theatre in Times Square and as of today there are only a few seats remaining (in case you are interested in reserving one of the seats still available, you can do so at the event website at www.wifny.com - sorry but there are no more seats available for the pre-forum innovation fieldtrip on May 4th as it is already sold out)

The Bloggers Hub

As one of this year's innovations, the World Innovation Forum features live coverage on the Internet through a new development called the "Bloggers Hub"

The Bloggers Hub is an innovative concept organized with the help of our sponsors at Pitney Bowes who have brought together a great lineup of Innovation and related topic Bloggers and Twittererers to cover the event live on their blogs and Twitter profiles.

World Innovation Forum on Twitter!

To illustrate what is going on and what this looks like, I invite you to do a search for the term #WIF09 on Twitter 

#WIF09 is the conference Hashtag being used on Twitter when "Tweeting" about World Innovation Forum 2009. 

In case you are not familiar with the concept of Hashtags, they are a word or set of words or phrases prefixed with a hash symbol ( # ) which are used in Twitter to group together all "Tweets" relating to a certain topic. Searching for #WIF09 on Twitter has the effect of pulling up all the Tweets about World Innovation Forum 2009 that have been tagged with that Hashtag.

By having this tag available and through its use by the bloggers who are covering the event live, it is also possible to keep up with what's going on if you are not able to be at the event in person.

Who's blogging live from #WIF09?

To make your remote viewing of #WIF09 easier, we have listed below some of the Twitter profiles and Blogs from featured bloggers covering #WIF09 live from the Nokia Theatre (this is not a complete list and it is listed in no particular order):

@innovate (Braden Kelley, http://blogginginnovation.com)

@reneecallahan (Renee Callahan, http://www.innoblog.com)

@donpeppers (Don Peppers, http://www.peppersandrogersgroup.com/blog/)

@Pauldunay (Paul Dunay, http://buzzmarketingfortech.blogspot.com/)

@HelenWalters (Helen Walters, http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/next)

@AndreaMeyer (Andrea Meyer, http://workingknowledge.com/blog/)

@chrisflanagan (Christine Flanagan, http://www.businessinnovationfactory.com/weblog)

@pinnovation (Jeff De Cagna, http://www.principledinnovation.com/blog/)

@yourboot (Julie Lenzer Kirk, http://blog.julielenzerkirk.com/)

@katiekonrath (Katie Konrath, www.getFreshMinds.com)

@dominicbasulto (Dominic Basulto, http://endlessinnovation.typepad.com/)

@FHInnovation (Kathie Thomas & Stephanie Susman, http://innovation.fleishmanhillard.com)

@LeftTheBox (Samir Balwany, http://www.leftthebox.com)  

@Stu (Stuart Miniman, http://nohype.tumblr.com/)

(BTW - Stuart has published an excellent Remote Participation Guide for World Innovation Forum '09 on his blog)

@SteveTodd (Steve Todd, http://stevetodd.typepad.com/)

(Steve has also published a post about his experience with the Bloggers hub and following the event live on his blog)

Other bloggers covering the event live include:

Idris Mootee, http://mootee.typepad.com/

Howard Wright, http://www.howardwright.com/

Bernie Gracy, http://www.pbconnect.com/

Michael Lee Stallard, www.michaelleestallard.com/ 

Robert McNeill, http://www.thoughtbright.com/?q=blog

Of course, you can also follow us on Twitter @HSMAmericas and right here on http://hsm.typepad.com

As explained, this is only a partial list of confirmed bloggers and the real action is taking place on May 5-6, 2009 live during the event.

We invite you to join all of us to experience the 2009 World Innovation Forum from the Nokia Theatre in New York City or wherever you may be!

Getting ready for the World Innovation Forum on May 5-6, 2009!

The World Innovation Forum is happening next week on May 5-6 at the Nokia Theatre in New York City and there are only a few seats left.

HSM Rang the Opening Bell at the NASDAQ Stock Market!

Eduardo Bruchou, Chairman of HSM Global, rang the opening bell at the NASDAQ stock market on Tuesday, April 28, 2009. 
 
Mr. Bruchou, joined by the Global CEO Enrique Azuaga and US CEO Patricia Meier, as well as key management of the US office, rang the NASDAQ opening bell at 9:30 a.m. EDT at NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square at West 43rd Street and Broadway in New York City.

Video footage of the the bell ringing ceremony can be viewed on the NASDAQ website at:

http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/200904/market_open_042809.stm

Below are some images from the event:

The HSM Americas team joining HSM Global Chairman Eduardo Bruchou, Global CEO Enrique Azuaga and US CEO Patricia Meier at NASDAQ MarketSite.

HSM Global CEO Enrique Azuaga, HSM Global Chairman Enrique Bruchou and US CEO Patricia Meier holding up the NASDAQ Commemorative Opening Crystal.

HSM Global Chairman Eduardo Bruchou standing in Times Square in front of the NASDAQ MarketSite tower.

HSM Global Chairman Eduardo Bruchou

NASDAQ Director Michael Del Grosso with US CEO Patricia Meier, HSM Global Chairman Eduardo Bruchou and Global CEO Enrique Azuaga.