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"The Edison Award honor carries a tremendous perceived value and an embedded familiarity in all business, end user and international circles. Edison is a global mark and prestigious achievement for any recipient. The brand is well managed and highly regarded."
Brian Levine - Vice President Business Development, Windtronics
Let your current and future customers know that your innovation is in league with the Edison brand and worthy of such a prestigious accolade. Nominate your new product or service now for an Edison Best New Product Award(TM). |
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MIT Alumni
True Leaders of Innovation
 "MIT alumni alive today have founded more than 25,000 currently active companies which generate annual world sales of $2 trillion and employ 3.3 million people - living proof of how innovation serves the nation and the world."
Dr. Susan Hockfield, President of the Massachusetts Institute of Tecnology, shared these fascinating facts in her acceptance of the 2010 Edison Achievement Award Award last April.
Dr. Hockfield also participated in a panel discussion during the Edison Awards' "Meet the Innovators Forum" in which she described resources at MIT for inventors looking to turn ideas into products. Click here for a video of her remarks.
For more from Susan Hockfield, see "America Needs Inventors" at right. |
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What's That Buzzing Sound?
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Top Marketers Share What They've Learned
 Question: What is MENG Blend?
Answer: "A freshly brewed blend of executive insights and advice from Marketing Executives Networking Group bloggers."
MENG Blend is a terrific blog, directed at senior-level marketers, in which a variety of contributors regularly post on topics relevant to today's marketing challenges. Here is just a sampling of the latest entries you can find at MENG Blend:
- "How Much Advertising is Right for Your Brand?"
- "Build Your Brand by Operationalizing It"
- "Is Your Social Media Policy Hurting Your Brand?"
- "What it Really Means When a Company Says You're Overqualified"
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"America Needs Inventors"
In a presentation last month at the Brookings Institution, Dr. Hockfield addressed the critical need for quality math, science and engineering training to America's future.
She said, "A friend of mine was encouraging his son to study engineering or science in college, and his son replied, 'Dad, why would I do that? Everything's already been invented.' If that's what young people think, it's no wonder they don't see the value in studying math and science.
"We have to find effective ways to say to them: the math, science, engineering skills you're learning will allow you to be the creators and inventors and problem-solvers of your world, not just spectators and consumers - and there's no greater joy or power..."
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"Our schools are not teaching students to think. It is astonishing how many young people have difficulty in putting their brains definitely and systematically to work...." -- Thomas Alva Edison
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