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Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
So who is our Pez-dispenser collecting, computer loving, media maven speaker?
Meet UP 2011's next speaker!
It’s Katie Linendoll!
Katie shatters the mold of the typical technology expert and host, and is known for being simultaneously quirky, well-spoken, geeky, stylish, down-to-earth, and intelligent. She is a host, producer, and technology expert with thousands of hours of live television experience. Her UP presentation “Are You Future Proof?” is guaranteed to be both enlightening and entertaining.
Katie has been enamored with science and technology for as long as she can remember. At 14, she taught herself how to write sophisticated programs and build computers from scratch; by 18, she held a certificate in computer networking and was enrolled at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where she earned a degree in Information Technology New Media.
Katie is a CNET contributor; a CNN commentator; a tech contributor for The Nate Berkus Show; and a spokesperson for Polaroid, where she helped launch Lady Gaga’s Grey Label line at CES. She has showcased her expertise on the Style Network and AOL.com, blogged for Oprah.com and DELL, and worked with HP on a multimedia project. Most notably, she co-hosted A&E’s Emmy-nominated series We Mean Business.
Katie also knows sports, and began her on-air career while still in college as the host of SportsZone on ESPN2. After graduation, she landed a production job with ESPN and went on to win an Emmy for her work on ESPN’s SportsCenter.
Get your ticket to the latest tech now, we’ll see you in October!
Labels: A&E, AOL, CES, CNN, computers, DELL, Emmy, ESPN, ESPN2, HP, information technology, Katie Linendoll, Lady Gaga, new media. CNET, Oprah, Pez, Polaroid, RIT, Rochester Institute of Technology, SportsCenter, Style Network, Technology, The Nate Berkus Show, The UP Experience, UP 2011, UP speakers, We Mean Business. SportsZone
Categories: 2011 Speakers, Speakers, UP Speakers In The News, Uncategorized, conference
Sunday, June 5th, 2011
The UP Experience is about the power of ideas and looking to the future.
Every year, we hone and tweak The UP Experience to respond to feedback from the previous year and make it the best possible event for all attendees.
Will you be in the audience for UP 2011?
This year, we are taking those two ideas – looking to the future and improving The UP Experience – and are using them to fuel the launch of The UP Experience scholarship program. It’s been said time and time again that the younger generation – those currently entering the workforce, working through college and graduate school and those who are even younger – will determine our future. The same way we have played a pivotal role in deciding the future of the generations that came before us.
We want this next generation of leaders at The UP Experience for two reasons, first, it is important that they know what today’s leaders, those on the cutting edge developing the processes and technologies of tomorrow, are doing right now.
Second, we want to meet these people! Through The UP Experience we have been lucky enough to meet truly incredible people in Houston, people working every day to improve this city and all of our lives with their business and personal ventures. Expanding this community is at the very core of what The UP Experience is all about.
If you are part of the next generation of leaders, want to be, or know someone who is, please submit a scholarship application and tell us why you want to attend The UP Experience 2011. We’d love to have you join us on October 27th.
Labels: scholarship, scholarship application, The UP Experience, UP scholarship
Categories: Uncategorized, What is UP?, conference
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
Welcome to June! We are just five months away from UP 2011. The speaker lineup is almost set and we can’t wait to announce the rest of the amazing individuals that will take the stage on October 27th.
This week some of our 2011 speakers and UP alumni highlighted the biggest stories making headlines.
David Eagleman is in the news again, this time for the U.S. launch of his latest book Incognito. Congratulations go out to David, this morning his book was already at #10 on Amazon’s best seller list. Visit NPR.com for a great story on his work and the new book.
Chef Jeff Henderson, who we announced as part of the UP 2011 speaker lineup earlier this month, made a preview appearance in Houston at a luncheon benefiting the Living Forward Alliance, highlighting how he turned around his own life to become a renowned chef.
UP 08 speaker Craig Kielburger‘s latest project Me to We is honoring socially conscious youth, adults and educators for their work to better their communities and the world. See the amazing nominees and vote here.
Image Courtesy of NASA http://www.flickr.com/photos/oursolarsystem/5199475364/
David Pogue, who amazed us with the latest technology at UP 10, reported for CBS News this week on the end of NASA’s shuttle program. While his fellow UP 10 speaker, Richard Florida, examined the changing geography and dynamics of NBA dominance as the league heads into its final games of the season.
And, Kevin Kelly, who also took the UP stage in 2010, shared the challenges of publishing an ebook. Good lessons for us all as technology continues to change our daily lives.
Enjoy!
Labels: 2011 speakers, Amazon, CBS News, chef, Chef Jeff Henderson, Craig Kielburger, David Eagleman, David Pogue, ebook, Houston, Incognito, June, Kevin Kelly, Kindle, Living Forward Alliance, Me to We, NASA, NBA, NPR, October, Richard Florida, shuttle, speaker lineup, The UP Experience, UP 10, UP 2011, UP Alumni
Categories: 2008 Speakers, 2010 Speakers, 2011 Speakers, Current events, Speakers, UP Speakers In The News, conference
Friday, May 27th, 2011
We have some spectacular presenters lined UP so far, but we still have many more inspiring individuals to announce. Ready to learn who is next to take the stage?
Check out the clues below and leave your guesses in the comment section.
Enjoy the holiday weekend and we’ll announce our next speaker on Tuesday!
Our sixth 2011 UP Speaker is someone who…
Is an award-winning entrepreneur and CEO who has raised more than $70 million in federal, angel investor, and venture capital funding.
Our next announced speaker has a track record of success as an entrepreneur. Photo courtesy of flickr/Tracy O
Is a social media pioneer who has founded, operated, and sold several successful high-tech companies, and has earned the distinctive honors of Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young as well as CEO of the Year Tech Council, a leading U.S. technology trade association.
Is not only a popular speaker, strategic business consultant, and successful CEO by day, but also an award-winning winemaker by night.
Labels: 2011 speakers, business, CEO, CEO of the Year, entrepreneur, Entrepreneur of the Year, Ernst & Young, Social media, Tech Council, The UP Experience, UP 2011, venture capital, winemaker
Categories: Uncategorized, What is UP?, conference
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
Another Wednesday another round of great UP alumni in the news stories!
We know there are quite a few iPhone users in our audience. If you count yourself as one of them, don’t miss UP 10 speaker David Pogue‘s tips for how to make your iPhone battery last longer.
As the school year wraps up, UP 10 speaker Adora Svitak has weighed on the American Prom tradition.
In addition to marking an UP alumni in the news post, today also marks Oprah’s last show. In honor of the landmark UP 08 speaker Craig Kielburger takes a look at the support Oprah has given his organization to help them build schools around the world.
UP 10 speaker Bill Nye was back in Texas this past week speaking in San Antonio about the money to be made in green industries.
Loved Michio Kaku at UP 09? Check out the space he works in everyday in “Desktop Diaries.”
As always we’d love to get your feedback on these stories! Surprised by Michio Kaku’s office? Are you making money in the green economy?
Labels: Adora Svitak, Bill Nye, Craig Kielburger, David Pogue, green, iPhone, iPhone battery, Michio Kaku, Oprah, prom, San Antonio, schools, Texas, The UP Experience, UP 08, UP 09, UP 10, UP Alumni
Categories: 2008 Speakers, 2009 Speakers, 2010 Speakers, Current events, Speakers, UP Speakers In The News, Uncategorized, conference
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
Another Wednesday and another great installment of UP alumni in the news!
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“Math needs better marketing,” says UP 09 speaker Neil deGrasse Tyson in an interview with Soledad O’Brien on CNN on the drivers of tomorrow’s economy. A hint – math and science literacy today is the key to a successful tomorrow.
UP 09 speaker Peter Diamandis‘ X-Prize Foundation has partnered with Qualcomm Incorporated to launch the Tricorder X-Prize, “a $10 million prize to develop a mobile solution capable of diagnosing patients better than or equal to a panel of board certified physicians.”
UP 10 speaker and Blue Zones author Dan Buettner was cited in the an article detail the influence we have on our social networks and our network’s effect on us. “The ripples of our health behaviors travel much farther than anyone might expect,” says Aditi Nerurkar in The Huffington Post echoing the sentiments of several great speakers from The UP Experience.
David Pogue who spoke to us in 2010 took on the controversy surrounding Microsoft’s purchase of Skype on his blog this week.
We’d love to hear your thoughts on these stories! Are you a Skype user? What do you expect the impact of Microsoft’s purchase to be? Do you believe math and science literacy is the way forward? How is your social network impacting you or vice versa? Let us know what you think in the comment section below.
Labels: Aditi Nerurkar, Blue Zones, CNN, Dan Buettner, David Pogue, Health, Huffington Post, math, Microsoft, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Peter Diamandis, Qualcomm, science, Skype, Social Networks, Soledad O'Brien, The UP Experience, Tricorder X-Prize, UP 09, UP 10, X Prize
Categories: 2009 Speakers, 2010 Speakers, Current events, Speakers, UP Speakers In The News, Uncategorized, conference
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
Time to come clean. Did anyone guess Chef Jeff Henderson would be our fourth announced speaker for The UP Experience 2011? We hope you’re excited as we are to hear the incredible story of this speaker, we believe he has important lessons about life, change and human potential to share.
Henderson grew up on the tough streets of Central LA and San Diego. By the time he was 19, he was running a $35,000-a-week drug operation. At 24, he spent 10 years behind bars. It was while incarcerated that he discovered a passion for cooking and committed himself to turning his life around. His story has been captured in his New York Times best-selling memoir, Cooked.
Chef Jeff is an award-winning chef, best-selling author, and popular public speaker. He has received widespread national attention on TV, radio, and in print publications, including: The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, The Montel Williams Show, CNBC, NPR’s All Things Considered, People, and USA Today.
In 2001, Jeff made history in Las Vegas when he became the first African-American named “Chef de Cuisine” at Caesar’s Palace. He eventually became an executive chef at several top restaurants, including Café Bellagio, where he worked until 2006.
Register now to join us and Chef Jeff on October 27th!
Labels: All Things Considered, author, Caesar's Palace, Cafe Bellagio, chef, Chef de Cusisine, Chef Jeff, CNBC, Cooked, cooking, Good Morning America, incarcerated, Jeff Henderson, Las Vegas, Montel Williams, New York Times, NPR, Oprah, People, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The UP Experience 2011, USA Today
Categories: 2011 Speakers, Speakers, conference
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
It’s been a busy week here at The UP Experience, we’re finalizing the speaker lineup for UP 2011, announcing some of great new speakers and giving away great books from past speakers. But, our speakers have got us beat! Check out what some UP alumni speakers have been up to:
Image courtesy of mrapplegate/flickr
UP 09 Speaker Dan Ariely’s research continues to make the news, this time the topic is lessons learned from IKEA’s success. Check out this great article from BNET, The IKEA Effect: Why Consumers Buy “Assembly Required” Products.
UP 08 speaker Steve Wozniak, gave a graduation address at Michigan State University where amidst upbeat advice to the graduates he warned that the artificial intelligence we’re so busy inventing will one day make our species irrelevant.
John Mariani, who took the stage at UP 08, has released his predictions on who will take home this year’s prestigious James Beard awards.
Our esteemed speaker and emcee David Eagleman continues to make appearances in major news outlets, this week with a profile in the Financial Times that takes a look at his work and upcoming book, Incognito.
Labels: 2011 speakers, artificial intelligence, BNET, Dan Ariely, David Eagleman, Financial Times, IKEA, Incognito, James Beard Awards, John Mariani, Michigan State University, Steve Wozniak, The IKEA Effect, The UP Experience, UP 08, UP 09, UP 11, UP 2011
Categories: 2008 Speakers, 2009 Speakers, 2010 Speakers, Current events, Speakers, UP Speakers In The News, conference
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
We are very excited to announce the third speaker in the lineup for The UP Experience 2011. Ron White is the nation’s #1 memory expert and considered one of the top memory experts in the world.
At The UP Experience on October 27th, Ron will lead a discussion on “How to Have the Best Trained Memory,” and demonstrate his remarkable ability to recall names and information.
image courtesy of ronwhitetraining.com
Expect to walk away with tips and tricks that you can put to work immediately. Ron firmly believes his “gift” is not what many would deem a photographic memory; but rather, it is a skill that anyone and everyone can learn, apply, and utilize in their everyday personal and professional life…and he’ll show you how!
Ron is a two-time national memory champion, winning the USA Memory Championship in 2009 and 2010. He currently holds the record for being the fastest to memorize a deck of shuffled cards in only 1 minute and 27 seconds, and can memorize the names of 200 people in as little as 15 minutes.
Labels: memory, Ron White, The UP Experience, UP 2011, USA Memory Championship
Categories: 2011 Speakers, Current events, Speakers, conference
