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A FREE Innovation Resource for You

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From time to time I read an article that makes me marvel at the accomplishments of people working in the innovation field. Apparently, I’m not alone, since innovation is one of the most requested topics among subscribers to Soundview Executive Book Summaries. A visit to Summary.com reveals that Soundview has a variety of book summaries and book reviews (FREE book reviews, I might add) that examine the intricacies of the process of innovation.

Take a look at this news release from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) Global Seed Funds. The fund awarded seed money to a series of ecology and bioengineering projects between MIT and China. The six projects that received the funding include efforts to map the antigenic evolution of influenza viruses, working with a solar thermo-electric generator for micro-power, among others.

Innovation is about more than the hard sciences, of course. It’s also big business, and more and more companies are attempting to gain a better understanding of innovation. In line with this goal, Soundview is offering a FREE innovation resource for anyone interested in learning more about innovation from some of the global leaders in the subject.

Soundview has teamed with HSM to offer FREE audio summaries of the speeches of 11 thought leaders at the World Innovation Forum. The speakers include:

  • Seth Godin (Author, blogger and marketing expert)
  • Michael Porter (Harvard Business School Professor, head of the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness)
  • Ursula Burns (CEO, Xerox)
  • Chip Heath (Author, Stanford University professor)
  • Joel Makower (Executive editor, GreenBiz.com)
  • Wendy Kopp (Teach for America)
  • Biz Stone (Co-founder, Twitter)
  • Jeff Kindler (Chairman, CEO Pfizer)
  • Michael C. Howe (Chief Executive Officer, MinuteClinic)
  • Brian Shawn Cohen (Founder, Technology Solutions, Inc)
  • Jeffrey Hollender (Executive Chairperson and co-founder, Seventh Generation)

Visit this link to download your FREE audio coverage of these must-listen speeches.

A FREE Resource You HAVE to Use!

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There’s a reason I tend to conclude my posts by telling everyone to visit Soundview’s Web site, Summary.com. The site is regularly updated with information about newly released executive book summaries, book reviews (1,000 FREE reviews and growing!), upcoming Soundview Live Webinars and other great business learning resources.

I’ve got great news about another new resource available at Summary.com. How much do you think it would cost to attend an event where you hear vital business lectures from speakers such as Bill George, Patrick Lencioni, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Paul Krugman and David M. Rubenstein, among others? The event is the World Business Forum, and a ticket can cost as much as $2,500.

Fortunately, Soundview has partnered with HSM Global, producers of the World Business Forum, to bring you exclusive audio summaries of the event’s major speakers. These audio summaries are available for you to listen to for FREE!

Each audio summary is a 10-minute MP3 that features a narrated overview of the speech. The summary includes actual clips from the live speech given by the presenter at World Business Forum. If these tough economic times meant that you weren’t able to spend $2,500 on a ticket to the World Business Forum, these FREE audio summaries allow you to hear what you missed.

I need to stress here that you do NOT have to be a Soundview subscriber to listen to the World Business Forum audio summaries. These exclusive content pieces are FREE for everyone to learn from and enjoy. In fact, I’d recommend starting with Patrick Lencioni, whose latest book Getting Naked: A Business Fable About Shedding the Three Fears that Sabotage Client Loyalty is now available as a Soundview summary!

To listen to the audio summaries from the World Business Forum, CLICK THIS LINK!