Speakers
Kevin Roberts
Kevin Roberts is the New York based CEO Worldwide of Saatchi & Saatchi, one of the world's leading creative organisations with a team of 6000 people across 86 countries. Appointed in 1997, he previously held international marketing and leadership positions with Gillette, Procter & Gamble, PepsiCo, and Lion Nathan.
He is a member of the Publicis Groupe Directoire, the leadership team of Saatchi & Saatchi's parent company. Clients of Saatchi & Saatchi include Procter & Gamble, Toyota, Lexus, General Mills, Visa International, JCPenney and Novartis. Active in academic life, Kevin is CEO in Residence at Cambridge University's Judge Business School, Honorary Professor of Innovation and Creativity at the University of Auckland Business School, and Honorary Professor at the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences in Lima. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Waikato in New Zealand, and holds an Honorary Doctorate in Laws from Lancaster University. Kevin is a member of the Board of Directors of Telecom New Zealand, and the Chairman of USA Rugby.
Kevin's published marketing and management books include Lovemarks: the Future Beyond Brands; sisomo: the future on screen, co-authorship of Peak Performance: Business Lessons from the World's Leading Sports Organizations, and Diesel: XXX Years of Diesel Communication.
Guy Kawasaki
Guy Kawasaki is a founding partner and a managing director of Garage Technology Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm and he is a columnist for Entrepreneur Magazine. He is considered one of the top 50 most popular bloggers worldwide.
Previously, Guy Kawasaki was an Apple Fellow at Apple Computer, Inc. He says, "When I saw what a Macintosh could do, the clouds parted and the angels started singing. For four years I evangelised Macintosh to software and hardware developers and led the charge against worldwide domination by IBM."
Guy Kawasaki is a respected author, speaker and consultant. He boasts clients such as Nike, Audi, Wal-Mart, Sprint, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Saturn, Stanford University, TIE, Calgary Flames, The Body Shop, MIT, Forbes, and Aveda.
Kawasaki has written several bestselling books including The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream, and The Macintosh Way. His latest book, Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition, is his all-in-one guide for starting and operating great organisations-ones that stand the test of time and ignore any passing fads in business theory.
Guy Kawasaki has a BA in psychology from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA as well as an honorary doctorate from Babson College.
Pricing
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