North Shore Interest Group Breakfast -- Thursday, May 20, 7:30 a.m.
Details of the Presentation and Dialog Session
“Crowd-sourcing!" A new buzz word. The established methods for companies to innovate through either R&D or external consultants are expensive processes. BrainRack provides companies with a new innovation tool, which utilizes the wisdom of the worldwide web crowd to resolve issues in a cost effective manner.
BrainRack is an online platform that is designed to offer innovative people (“innovators”), primarily university students, the opportunity to earn money by submitting solutions to “challenges.” A “challenge” is a question that a client posts on www.brainrack.com, to which innovators respond. The posted challenge could relate to market research, branding, or any appropriate business issue. A sample challenge from an airline is: “How can we make waiting at the gate more fun?” or, from a university: “How can we stimulate academic excellence within our university?”
Clients that post challenges will receive dozens of fresh ideas (3 or 4 pages per solution) from creative minds. The client provides an award of $5,000 that will be divided amongst the winning solutions. BrainRack’s clients select the innovators with winning ideas, and then have an opportunity to offer the chosen individuals jobs or internships.
About Dennis R. Marx
Dennis is a principal of
BrainRack. He is the Director of Marketing and has also served on BrainRack's Investment Committee. He is a senior personal financial advisor and confidant to high net worth families and executive officers of public and private businesses. He has had key roles in developing tax and investment strategies for numerous families.
Dennis is an adjunct professor at Dominican University and Keller Graduate School of Management (teaching personal financial planning and accounting) and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the University of Dayton's Business School Advisory Council, the University Club of Chicago, and the Advisory Board of Catholic Charities of Chicago. He has also served on the Board of Trustees for the University of Dayton.
Dennis is a Certified Public Accountant and an AICPA Personal Financial Specialist. He is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Program for Management Development and holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Loyola University and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Dayton. Previously, Dennis was the Partner-in-Charge of the Personal Financial Counseling practice at Ernst & Young in Chicago.
Event Details
We will meet again in the back room of Max & Benny's, a wonderful deli with a terrific breakfast buffet.
DATE: Thursday, May 20, 2010
TIME: 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. - Networking and breakfast
8:00 a.m. - 8:10 a.m. - Announcements
8:10 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. - Presentation
LOCATION: Max & Benny’s (Brookside Shopping Center), 461 Waukegan Road, Northbrook, Illinois
COST: Please prepay now through the club website
HBSCC members and their guests (with prepaid reservation): $15.00;
HBSCC members and their guests (without prepaid reservation): $20.00
HBSCC Patron and Patron Plus Guest Pass members: FREE!
Non-members of HBSCC: $25.00
RESERVATION DEADLINE: Wednesday, May 19
(Please R.S.V.P. now through the club website -- we no longer use separate Yahoo email.)
CANCELLATION POLICY: All cancellations must be received
within two (2) business days of the event or the attendee who made the
reservation will be charged, regardless of participation, due to costs
associated with the reservation.
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NORTH SHORE INTEREST GROUP FUTURE DATES:
We meet the second
Thursday morning of every month. If you would like to present or have a suggestion
for a presenter, please let Jon Paul know.
Jon Paul, MBA 1980
North Shore IG Chair
President, Value Added Finance Resources
jon@valueaddedfinance.com
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When: Thursday, 05/20/10 at 7:30am - 9:00am | iCal
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461 Waukegan Road
Northbrook, IL 60062
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Look Who's Coming:
John Bonnett Thomas Breuer , BPC Jim McGee Willard McNitt , Thurston Group George Metzger Alan Minoff Robert Moss Jon Paul Guest of Jon Paul M. Sinnott John Sinnott Reuben Taylor Blair Wagner , Advanced Corp Agents ... a total of 13 guests. Note: to opt out from this list please sign in, go to My Account and change your preferences under My RSVPs.
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