Gawda’s annual convention will open in Colorado Springs on Sunday September 9, and continue through Wednesday September 12, 2012. At this 68th year of the convention, attendees will enjoy scenic Colorado Springs in the luxury of The Broadmoor resort.
Featured Speakers Include:
William Taylor
Bill Taylor is a writer, a speaker, and entrepreneur who has shaped the global conversation about the best ways to compete, innovate, and succeed. As a cofounder and founding editor of Fast Company, Taylor launched a magazine that won countless awards, and earned a passionate following among executives and entrepreneurs around the world. His previous book, Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win, was a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, and was named a “Business Book of the Year” by The Economist and the Financial Times.
Taylor wrote a regular business column (“Under New Management”) for the New York Times as well as a monthly column for London’s Guardian newspaper. He now writes a popular management blog for Harvard Business Review. He is an adjunct lecturer at Babson College and the co-author of three other books on strategy, leadership, and innovation.
Brent Grover
Brent Grover founded Evergreen Consulting in 2001 as a boutique firm to advise companies in the wholesale distribution channel. He had been CEO and co-owner of National Paper & Packaging Co. Grover is also an Adjunct Professor at Case Weatherhead School of Management. Prior to his distribution industry career he was with Arthur Andersen & Co. Grover won the Elijah Watt Sells Medal and Ohio honors for his performance on the Uniform CPA Examination. Grover is a member of several non-profit boards and is Past Chairman of the National Paper Trade Association. He currently serves as a board member of B.W. Rogers Co., Petroliance LLC, Millcraft Group, Famous Enterprises, Snavely Forest Products and Elkay Plastics.
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