Wine, Dine, & Design Thinking with Visiting Speaker Jonathan Littman!

Jonathan Littman (http://snowballnarrative.com/), co-author of Ten Faces of Innovation & The Art of Innovation, has come to our rescue (Erika Hall unfortunately must attend to an urgent situation out-of-state), and will be speaking with us, yay! Don't miss this opportunity to hear from an insightful author!

NEW LOCATION!!

700 ALABAMA ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Speaker Bio:

Jonathan Littman

Groundbreaking books, articles and investigative series on diverse subjects have been the hallmark of Jonathan’s career, from innovation and high-tech to sports, crime and business. Jonathan is the co-author of The Art of Innovation and The Ten Faces of Innovation, two bestsellers about the legendary design strategy firm IDEO that have combined international sales of more than 650,000 copies.

Jonathan’s exclusive first-hand story about the hacker Kevin Mitnick exposed the media hype, and earned Jonathan profiles in Newsweek and the New Yorker. Similarly, his inside reporting on the BALCO investigation and Barry Bonds in Playboy and for Yahoo! Sports debunked the national press, revealed the flaws in the government’s anti-steroids campaign and led to appearances on ESPN, Fox and national radio. Jonathan’s true crime books, The Fugitive Game and The Watchman, have been translated into more than fourteen languages. He is the author of eight books, three of which have been optioned for films.

A longtime Contributing Editor at Playboy, Jonathan has written major pieces for the magazine about subjects ranging from Super Bowl ticket hustlers to the Masters golf tournament, and a college hazing that turned deadly. He has been nominated for a Pulitzer, won two Computer Press Awards, and a NY Press Club Journalism Award in 2009 and Peter Lisagor Award for Exemplary Journalism in 2010. Jonathan first blogged professionally in 1997, and has recently blogged about business and innovation for The Huffington Post and American Express Open Forum, and has done branding and innovation work for Garmin, Sony, TrendHunter, Estee Lauder and the Gap.

Jonathan has given numerous keynotes and executive briefings in the United States and Canada on innovation, entrepreneurship and storytelling. He has also made more than a hundred appearances on television and radio on such national shows as All Things Considered, Fresh Air, Talk of the Nation, CNN, Fox, ESPN and CNBC. He holds a degree in Rhetoric from UC Berkeley, and teaches entrepreneurship and innovation at USF.

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The agenda for the night is:

6:30 - check-in, pizza, wine, beer & networking
7:15 - speaker presentation
8:00 - program end and closing announcements

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DesignMap (http://www.designmap.com/)is supporting the Design Thinking community by sponsoring drinks and hosting us in their beautiful offices. DesignMap is looking to work with unique Design Thinkers & Doers (like you!). If you are interested, be sure to say hi to them at the event or reach out to the group organizer.

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Ticketing Purpose: money raised from this event's tickets will go to supporting the Design Thinking community and donations to the non-profits will be helping this year! If the event fee presents a significant challenge (ex. full-time student or been job searching for a long time, etc.) and prevents you from attending, please reach out to the organizer.