News

2010

AMI Member Dennis Quaintance, CEO-President-Owner, Weaver-Quaintance Restaurants and Hotels, was featured in The News & Observer, June 6, 2010 edition, "'Green' hotel proves saving energy makes money".  "The widely held notion that building and operating hotels with a commitment to sustainable practices is too expensive is a myth," Quaintance said. "We wanted to get to the point where we're not wasting energy and the guest is still very comfortable - and that's where we ended up." Read the article from this link.

The Center for Creative Leadership's Leading Effectively e-Newsletter May 2010 edition featured the AMI 30th Anniversary Spring 2010 Meeting. The "Sustaining Innovation" article includes Stan Gryskiewicz comments on the AMI membership, "The diverse perspectives, open dialogue and commitment to confidentiality and trust push the group in new directions and keep members coming back year after year."  Read more from this link.

Fast Company featured a reflective piece on "the world's largest organization for girls" in an article, "A Fresh Identity for the Girl Scouts of America". Congratulations to AMI Member Diane Oettinger, Chief Learning Office for the Girl Scouts of the USA, for contributing to their success! Read the article from this link.

Congratulations to AMI Members Arie Ball and Jerry Paulison! Sodexo was named Recruiting Department of the Year by ERE, the online professional network exclusively for recruiters and HR professionals, at ERE's Recruiting Excellence Awards ceremony in mid-March. Ball said that by developing and adopting innovative approaches to find and attract top talent to the company, such as using social media tools to maintain contact with candidates, Sodexo has reduced its recruitment advertising costs by $300,000 annually. The result is that Sodexo's cost-per-hire is less than half of the average figure reported by the Corporate Executive Board.

Congratulations to AMI Member Robert Brodnick, learned during the AMI 30th Anniversary Spring 2010 meeting, he is now Associate Vice President at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA. Rob formerly held the position of Assistant Provost.

The Humanity 3.0 YouTube link and message from Nick Nissley. "Recently I was asked to give a TED Talk for a TEDx event in Calgary. I spoke about narrative leadership - how leaders are engaging with story to be more effective leaders. I also shared a bit of "my story". You can view the talk on YouTube at the following link. Regards, Nick" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4Be1zcfrN4&feature=PlayList&p=199120E0A8 F4B947&playnext_from=PL&index=3

News from AMI Member Nick Nissley, Executive Director of Leadership Development at The Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada: "Surely, you know about TED. However, are you familiar with TEDx? Simply, TEDx is a new program that enables local communities such as schools, businesses, libraries, neighborhoods or just groups of friends to organize, design and host their own independent, TED-like events. On April 29th, TEDxCalgary hosted: "Humanity 3.0: Leadership the World Needs Now". Nick will share his stories and his own creative talents.

2009

"Kaplan University Professor Spot" apologizing to his student audience for letting them down - Link to Video

"Pecha Kucha: Get to the PowerPoint in 20 Slides" Link to Video

Jerry Paulison's colleague and AMI members, Arie Ball, interview on "Twitterville Notebook: Sodexo's Arie Ball" Link to Interview

AMI Member, Arie Ball, Vice President, Talent Acquisition at Sodexo, quoted in Forbes.com, July 31, 2009, Daniel Adler article, "Twenty-One Top Twitter Tips" under subtitle, Employee Recruitment.  (Colleague and AMI Member, Jerry Paulison, Senior Director of Talent Acquisition at Sodexo, introduced Twitter to the group at AMI Spring 2009 Colorado Springs Meeting)

Barry Bayus, Roy O. Rodwell Distinguished Professor of Marketing & Entrepreneurship, at UNC-CH, Kenan-Flagler Business School,  presented "Crowdsourcing" at the AMI Spring 2009 Colorado Springs Meeting as a method for market research for "co-creation with the consumer."  You can Google Crowdsourcing or go to this link to find out more: http://www.google.com/search?q=crowdsourcing&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-Address&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7GGLJ

The falling woman video (from AMI Spring 2009 Colorado Springs Meeting).

Pattie Maes demos the sixth sense at TED (from AMI Spring 2009 Colorado Springs Meeting).

Doug Gundlach's class on Managing Smart People (referenced in Banff at the AMI Fall 2008 Meeting) taught by Susan Val Vleet Consultants of Colorado, http://www.svanvleetconsult.com/

Rae-Dupree, J. (2008, November 1). It’s No Time to Forget About Innovation. New York Times, online at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/business/02unbox.html. A version of this article appeared in print on November 2, 2008, on page BU4 of the New York edition.

Haque, U. (2008, November 5). Obama's Seven Lessons for Radical Innovators. Harvard Business Publishing, posted online by Umair Haque.

To listen to Michael Jones selections at Pianoscapes website, click here: http://www.pianoscapes.com/listen.html

The Center for Creative Leadership's work in serving underserved (developing nations, youth, NGO) populations has blossomed: click here to learn more:  http://leadbeyond.org/. The Center has been working with Acumen Fund and discussing collaboration with Ashoka.