November 29, 2007

Let’s make it a date

In the past few years you’ve no doubt heard the term “speed dating,” the fastest way for singles to meet and greet eligible singles. What if you could find that in the business realm? If you are looking to connect with other innovators like yourself, here’s another great reason to sign up for the CoDev [...]

November 27, 2007

Inventors & Entrepreneurs look to sustainable solutions

In a few days I’ll be heading to Juneau County Wis., for the Inventors & Entrepreneurs Club gathering, and I am looking forward to meeting some creative innovators! I have the pleasure of presenting the keynote on one of my favorite topics–and one I feel is extremely important: The Keys to Sustainable Innovation.
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Inventors & Entrepreneurs Club Presents:

[ November 27, 2007; 5:30 pm; ] The Keys to Sustainable Innovation

 Join Cheryl Perkins in Juneau County, Wis., for the Inventors & Entrepreneur’s Club gathering on Sustainable Innovation. Cheryl will keynote the group’s monthly gathering of innovators from central Wisconsin. The club provides an informal learning and supportive environment for people with ideas to explore the possibilities of profiting from them.

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November 18, 2007

New “FAB Lab” helps innovators innovate!

Imagine sketching your innovative idea on a napkin, and then shaping it into a prototype in just a few hours! That dream became a reality last week at the Fox Valley Technical College in my community of Appleton, Wisconsin, where the new “FAB Lab” was introduced to the public. I am proud to partner with [...]

November 16, 2007

Russian expertise

  I am blogging from Russia today, to formally launch our partnership with Russia’s International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) to bring a group of Russia’s most promising scientific institutes and inventors together with U.S. corporations. What an opportunity!
Before I get down to business, I have to mention that my first impression of this beautiful [...]

November 9, 2007

Webinar: How to Develop and Deploy Open Innovation

[ December 13, 2007; 9:00 am to 10:00 am. ] Does the thought of finding the right open innovation partnership make you hesitant? Cheryl Perkins takes the guesswork out of Open Innovation and shows you how to leverage partners from outside your company for innovation success! Join us online for this Webinar “how-to” lesson to help you identify and harness external resources of innovation. Cheryl will deliver [...]

November 8, 2007

Meeting the challenges in emerging markets

I recently read a new study on innovation in emerging markets, and it confirms what I’ve blogged about in the past: navigating those emerging markets waters is a daunting task for most of us. According to the 2007 annual study on Innovation in Emerging Markets by Deloitte’s Global Manufacturing Group, more than half of the [...]

November 7, 2007

Join in! Global Innovation Exchange has started

There is still time to register and plug in to the Global Innovation Exchange 2007. It started today and runs through November 9th, but there is still time to register and get up to speed without missing a thing!  The entire conference is right on your computer, so you won’t need to travel, eat hotel food [...]

November 6, 2007

To the Edge

I am very excited to point you to a new magazine article featuring our Innovationedge team and the work we do. The article is titled, To the Edge, and you’ll find it in the November issue of Marketplace Magazine. The editor has really captured the essence of what Innovationedge and its people are all about!

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Improve your Marketing to Grow Your Business

This newly-released book titled Improve your Marketing to Grow Your Business focuses on innovation as a key output of the ne marketing capability. I teamed up with author Hunter Hastings to write one of the chapters of the book, and I focus on using insights as the raw material for innovation. (The [...]