Back from Vacation - Preparing for Innovation Conference

Just back from a long, well deserved vacation in Costa Rica.  What a beautiful and diverse country.  In just a few miles you can travel from the beach, to a volcano, to a rain forest.  The Costa Ricans have done an amazing job preserving much of their country as parks and encouraging eco-tourism.  The diversity of flora and fauna is fairly incredible.  Our guide in the rainforest told us that there are more species of trees in Costa Rica (basically the size of Vermont and New Hampshire combined) than in all of Canada and the United States combined.

But, all good things must come to an end, so we returned yesterday, slightly sunburned but well rested.  Now to turn our attention to an innovation conference in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on April 10th.

The Innovate Carolina conference is being presented by the Carolinas PDMA chapter and graciously hosted by Kenan-Flagler Business School at UNC.  We have an incredible lineup of speakers and panelists and this is a great opportunity for anyone in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina who is interested in innovation.  We've left plenty of time for networking and have perspectives from the state government, not-for-profits, academics and large and small businesses.  If you are interested in attending, please see the website:  http://innovatecarolina.wordpress.com.