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CEN FALL CONFERENCE: 2004

Please see below for information on our 2004 Fall Conference on Innovation.

ATTENDEE FEEDBACK
Please see below for post-meeting comments from attendees.

"Excellent idea generating conference. I found it invigorating."
Karl Adrian, Overhead Door Corporation

"My first and it was excellent! So much to take back it will be very difficult to distill it down to a few to take action on."
Mike Akers, Institutional Jobbers Company

"Very good."
Gary Ballard, Windsor Frozen Foods

"Good flow. Well organized. The topic was broader and more inclusive than I anticipated and had the usual take-aways."
Tim Brennan, River Steel, Inc. / LTC, Inc.

"Time very well spent. I'll be back next time. The 'bar" with CEN continues to rise."
Steve Brown, Available Plastics, Inc.

"Great job with many useful ideas."
Mike Burke, ODL Incorporated

"Excellent - only been here two years but it's worth my time."
Jim Burnette, Alliance Engineering Inc.

"Excellent balance of presentations. Jim Taylor was a breath of fresh air - really different! While the others had good business examples of innovation. Tom Kelley was great too!"
Geoffrey Butler, Butler Rosenbury & Partners, Inc.

"I always come away from these meetings with 1 or 2 solid 'take-home' ideas. This time I was immersed in an entire creative 'redesign' process and I am returning home with an entirely new mindset."
David Cobb, Montgomery Marketing, Inc.

"Excellent information, well organized, great networking. I'll be leaving with a greater education and head full of ideas."
Sam Collins, Marquis Spas

"Outstanding."
John Crane, FKP Architects, Inc.

"Good presenters/facilitators. Very well organized."
Ann Dimond, Cascade Designs, Inc.

"This conference reinforces the idea that innovation is the difference of the average business and the standout business."
Dan Dimond, R.E. Dimond & Associates, Inc.

"Very good. Just the right pace."
John Dorton, MasterCraft Boat Co., Inc.

"Excellent combination of 'way out thinking' and solid executable take-homes."
Jeff Evans, The Will-Burt Company

"Excellent."
Louis Farina, Dixon Valve & Coupling Company

"Extraordinary speakers. Well organized. A must for me from now on."
Chris Franco, Finlandia Cheese, Inc.

"Positive, exciting ideas! Thought provoking!"
David Gano, Tru-Cut, Inc.

"After three years and multiple sessions, I continue to be amazed with the content of the conference, the quality of the speakers and quantity of the real take-aways generated. Outstanding."
George Goros, United Plastic

"Excellent thought provoking ideas of concepts for innovation and change to business practice. Keep up the good work!"
Bob Gudmundson, Cowhey Gudmundson Leder, Ltd.

"Very useful. Provoked a great deal of thought."
Doug Hepper, BMC Industries, Inc.

"Excellent. Very thought provoking and appropriately applicable to many of my small company constraints."
Ray Holm, Gentz Industries LLC

"Very stimulating, very topical, great speakers."
Steve Huckvale, Moog Inc.

"Dynamic speakers with practical solutions for competitive market issues."
Oscar Hughes, Dunbarton Corporation

"As a first time attendee, I would say my impression was very positive. The speakers and content were great."
Mike Knebel, Forward Advantage

"Another excellent conference. Maybe one of the best. Great mix of presentations, good fun! A learning experience."
Larry LaFreniere, Saia-Burgess Inc. Automotive

"Exceeded my expectations. Very nicely done!"
Jerry Lankheet, Marquis Spas

"Excellent. Opened my mind to the possibilities of what our company can be/do and how to implement / how to take current strengths and stretch into new markets."
Cathy Lynch, Laser Cycle, Inc.

"Great theme, well executed."
Bob Maskrey, Moog Inc.

"Very informative and well worth the time and money."
Ernie Mathia, Hoover Group, Inc.

"Excellent. Absolutely top rate!"
Bill McCormick, Incentive Logic, Inc.

"Best value conference for innovation product change. Microcosm advice for implementing change."
Dalph McNeil, Brookville Equipment Corporation

"Very informative and energizing."
Todd Middleton, Maxon Furniture Inc.

"Very well done."
Jim Mongeau, Space Age Electronics, Inc.

"It has given me new ways to look to increase results and performance. Excellent idea generation processes."
Roger Mortenson, House-Autry Mills, Inc.

"Many gems that could be taken back to the organization."
Richard Oliver, THOR-LO, Inc.

"Great job! Good investment of my time! Having been to Hilton Head Executive Conferences every year this one, as all past ones, was excellent and better than the previous one."
Lou Pascarella, PI, Inc.

"Good networking. Very thought provoking."
Lionel Reilly, Professional Veterinary Products

"Good content and balance."
Brad Roderick, Laser Cycle, Inc.

"Hard to believe after 7 years that CEN has delivered another home run."
Carol Sente, Sente Rubel Bosman Lee Architects, Ltd.

"Excellent overall conference."
Mike Sparks, Spartan Light Metal Products, Inc.

"Very good as always."
Kevin Speltz, Phoenix Pharmaceutical

"This has been a excellent conference. This is a topic that is critical to our success and yet due to the normal business demands we may overlook. This conference has brought it back to the priority in needs to me. Thank you."
Bill Strang, Tactical & Survival Specialties, Inc.

"The best conference of all you have done so far!"
Julia Walz, UG U.S.A., Inc.

"Excellent, very motivating, intellectually expansive. Great venue to network."
Bill Wells, Marquis Spas

"Great networking experience!"
Fred Windhorst, Professional Veterinary Products

 
 
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