We have piloted our Think Tank idea in Chicago and New York and have received very positive feedback including the following verbatim comments:
‘It was my first time attending. I liked the format of listening, then discussing. I think it was very effective.’
‘Information about coming issues and trends from people in the field is very helpful.’
‘The networking opportunities were great and the discussions were superb!’
‘Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the program yesterday. I thought it was very interesting and I enjoyed it immensely.’
Participants have included representatives from companies such as:
Alcoa Inc., Alliance Bernstein, American Express, Armstrong Holdings, Assurant, Bank of America, Capital One Financial Corp, CarrAmerica Realty Corp, Centex Corporation, ChevronTexaco Corporation, CMS Energy, CYTYC Corporation, Darden Restaurants, Dell, Delta Air Lines, Devon Energy, Dollar Tree Stores, DuPont Company, Edison International, E. W. Scripps Company, Equity Group Investments, Exelon Corporation, Fannie Mae, Financial Guaranty Ins Co, FirstEnergy Corp., General Electric, Genesis HealthCare, GTSI, HealthSouth, HMS Holdings Corp., Honeywell, International Paper Company, Johnson & Johnson, John Wiley & Sons, Lehman Brothers, Leucadia National Corporation, Liz Claiborne, Medco Health Solutions, MetLife, Microsoft Corporation, MIM Corporation, Morgan Stanley, Nasdaq, New York Life Insurance, Nexen, New York Times Company, NII Holdings, Paxar Corporation, PetsMart, Pfizer, Pitney Bowes, PPL Corporation, Prudential Financial, Republic Services, Sequa Corporation, Sprint Nextel, Technical Olympic USA, The New York Times Company, Time Warner, United Business Media., USG Corporation, US Trust Corp, Viacom, Vornado Realty Trust, Wal-Mart Stores, Washington Post and Wyeth.