Continuing through Monday, November 5
WINDOW | INTERFACE
The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University
in St. Louis presents Window | Interface, the
second installment in its series Screen Arts and New Media Aesthetics.
The exhibition will highlight a variety of artistic projects—including
videos, photographs and digital installations—that explore the
roles of windows and interfaces as both boundaries and sites
of transaction between machine and mind, data and perception,
the world of the body and the world of the imagination.
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University
in St. Louis, near the intersection of Forsyth and Skinker boulevards.
Free and open to the public.
INFORMATION: (314) 935-4523 or kemperartmuseum@wustl.edu
October
New to Town?
Make Your Reservations for the October EXPERIENCE ST. LOUIS
Program EXPERIENCE ST. LOUIS, a joint program of
FOCUS St. Louis and the RCGA, gives an insider’s look at the
region to senior-level executives and their spouses who are
new to the community. The program, which has welcomed leaders
to the region since 1984, enables newcomers to learn quickly
what makes our community tick and challenges them to take active
leadership roles.
Presenters are experts in their fields. Autumn 2007 sessions
are Oct. 16, 23, 30, Nov. 3 (tour) & Nov. 6. The four Tues.
evening sessions are from 5:30 to 9 p.m. with a networking hour,
followed by a presentation and dinner. The Saturday “Sites and
Sounds Tour” is from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Spring 2008 sessions:
April 1, 8, 15, 22 & 26 (tour). Early registrations are accepted.
For more information about Experience St. Louis, contact Deb
Cottin, (314) 622-1250, x117 or debc@focus-stl.org.
Register online at www.focus-stl.org.
Thursday, October 11
Connect With…Leaders
A NEXT GENERATION LEADER SUMMIT
Join us for this amazing event aimed at you—a next generation
leader. Build your skills, learn lessons from today’s civic,
corporate, and political leaders, and network with other professionals.
Connect with us for the afternoon, or after work. This cutting-edge
program includes Leader As Coach, Essentials of Serving on Boards,
Networking for Success, Lessons from Executives and more.
Keynote: Vice President Executive Solutions Matthew Paese, and
author of “Grow Your Own Leaders”
12:30 to 9 p.m.
Missouri Athletic Club, 405 Washington Ave. $40 (314)
622-1250 or www.connectwithstl.com
Thursday, October 11
ST. LOUIS IT COALITION EMERGING TECHNOLOGY
FORUM SERIES
Workforce Training in a Time of Technological Change
The IT Coalition of Innovate St. Louis presents the third event
in its Emerging Technology Forum Series. Executives from SSE
and Bunzl USA will present case studies showing how emerging
technologies impact workforce training. A Q&A session will be
led by a diverse panel of leaders from the St. Louis IT Coalition
representing business/entrepreneurial organizations and academic
institutions.
7 to 9 a.m. (7 registration and Continental breakfast) (7:30
presentation)
One CityPlace in Creve Coeur. Sponsored by St. Louis
IT Coalition, RCGA and Daugherty Business Solutions
Register for the free event at www.itcoalitionstl.org.
Email: register@itcoalitionstl.org
or call (314) 432-8200 x4027
Contact: Willem Bakker, Executive Director, IT Coalition St.
Louis info@itcoalitionstl.org
(314) 333-0444
Thursday, October 11
RCGA BREAKFAST WITH THE GAZELLES
Presenter: Ward M. Klein, CEO, Energizer Holdings Inc.
7: 15 to 9 a.m., program begins at 8 a.m.
RCGA Regional Collaboration Center, One Metropolitan
Square, 12th FL
Cost: $20 for RCGA members, $35 for non-members
Includes continental breakfast and validated parking in Metropolitan
Square garage, enter from Pine Street
Sponsored by KWMU-FM
Thursday, October 18
ECONOMIC FORECAST 2008
Civic Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO) is proud to host their
20th annual Economic Forecast Event. The history of speakers
for this event has consistently included some of the nation’s
top economic authorities. This year will be no different with
featured speakers being Kathleen Camilli, Charles Payne, and
Brian Wesbury. The event, which was graciously moderated by
Irving R. Levine for the first sixteen years, will be moderated
by Mike Jensen who is returning for his fourth year. Each speaker
will give a brief presentation and their economic forecast for
the coming year followed by questions from the audience and
panel discussion.
America’s Center Ballroom
Doors Open: 11:15 a.m.
Program: 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
For more information about Economic Forecast 2008 and the speakers,
please go to www.ceo-stlouis.org.
Tuesday, October 23
WHATEVER IT TAKES
The St. Louis Blues and St. Louis RCGA will do whatever it takes
to introduce you to the New St. Louis Blues. As a Leadership
Circle Member, you are invited to this special event. Enjoy
an evening getting to know Dave Checketts, his SCP Worldwide
partners, and Blues executives prior to watching the recharged
St. Louis Blues battle the defending Stanley Cup champion Anaheim
Ducks from prime seats in the high-energy Scottrade Center.
5 to 7 p.m. Reception:
Dave Checketts’ Residence/Pointe 400 (Former Pet Building),
400 S. 4th St. 7:30 p.m. St. Louis Blues vs. Anaheim Ducks,
Scottrade Center One complimentary game ticket per RCGA Leadership
Circle Member. Attendance is limited to 100 Leadership Circle
Members. To RSVP, contact John Diefenbach, (314) 444-1184 or
jdief@stlrcga.org by
Oct. 12.
Wednesday through Friday, October 24-26
ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY RESEARCH PARKS
2007 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
“Research Assets: Empowering Growth”
The research assets contained within a community’s university
are the most powerful tools that a community has in its economic
development toolbox. The AURP 2007 Annual Conference will provide
the know-how to fully utilize development and improve bottom-line
results.
Learn more about:
- Sustainable growth strategies
- Reverse technology transfer
- Special pre-conference sessions that address basic park organizations
and management
- How companies place value on research collaboration
Register today at: www.aurp.net
Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 31 and
Nov. 1
INTERNAL CONSULTING: MANAGING WHEN YOU
DON'T HAVE CONTROL
If you’re searching for ways to become a more effective strategic
business partner, if you’re frustrated by organizational politics
that prevent you from trying new ways of doing business, if
you could use some new ideas for diagnosing problems and selling
solutions within your organization, Internal Consulting: Managing
When You Don’t Have Control will give you valuable insights
and fresh perspectives to help you chart a new course to success.
You will learn how to:
- Build consultative staff relationships with others in your
organization
- Assess readiness for change and overcome resistance
- Foster cooperation among functional units
- Help individual managers develop more effective leadership
approaches
- Select the most effective consultative approach for any situation
- Identify and create the ten conditions for successful change
Program attendance is limited to fifteen participants to ensure
individualized attention and real world application that exceeds
anything typically available in other seminars.
$1,395.00 ($1,345.00 for additional registrants to the same
date and location.) www.nai-consulting.com/IC.aspx
Tuesday, November 13
ST. LOUIS SPEAKER SERIES
Presented by Maryville University and sponsored by RCGA,
Gallop, Johnson and Neuman and KMMU-FM.
Peter Hillary: Adventurer, Explorer and Philanthropist
The Hillary name is synonymous with adventure! Like his father
Sir Edmund Hillary, this dynamic speaker has climbed Everest
and traversed Antarctica to the South Pole, among other exploits.
Using superb video and slides, he connects these accomplishments
to the challenges we all face. He has authored five books including
his most recent “In The Ghost Country.”
Powell Symphony Hall
8 p.m.
(314) 533-7888 www.stlouisspeakerseries.org
Tuesday, November 27
ST. LOUIS SPEAKER SERIES
Presented by Maryville University and sponsored by RCGA,
Gallop, Johnson and Neuman and KMMU-FM.
Christiane Amanpour: CNN’s Chief International Correspondent
After starting her career at WBRU in Providence, RI, she moved
to CNN in ‘83 and has become CNN’s chief international correspondent.
She has covered every major story from Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq,
Israel, Pakistan, Somalia to the Balkans... and interviewed
most of the world’s leaders in those countries.
Powell Symphony Hall
8 p.m.
(314) 533-7888 www.stlouisspeakerseries.org
