Executive Council Upcoming Events:
Executive Council heads to Northern California.
The Executive Council is pleased to announce our inaugural Venture Edge Dinner in Palo Alto, being held on May 1st at the Four Seasons Palo Alto. Like the NYC Venture Edge Dinner Series, this will be a private event for capital markets professionals and entrepreneurs, by invitation-only.
The guest speakers at this event will be Steve Parkis, Vice President, Premium Content, Disney Online and Kazuhiko Ogawa, GM of NTT’s Next Generation Network. A special thanks to Deloitte, TriNet and Morrison & Foerster for sponsoring this inaugural event. If you know of a venture capitalist or CEO that would like to attend this event, please send an e-mail to tracey@execcouncil.org. If your firm is interested in sponsoring a future Venture Edge Dinner, please contact bobj@execcouncil.org
Executive Council’s Latest Partners
The Executive Council is partnering with several key organizations this year. We wanted to introduce you to our latest partners.
Challenger World is considered the world’s leading organizer of inter-business team building competitions, having specialized for more than 10 years in creating high performance teams for businesses through a unique team building formula.
Their events pit company against company in what is publicly recognized as the ultimate test of mind, body and spirit. They run sell out events in the UK, and abroad. Their clients include some of the biggest organizations in the world. The concept is tried, tested, proven and rapidly growing. Its success means that the Intelligent Sport® World Series now attracts many of the world's greatest companies to international events like the BG US Challenge, the Microsoft UK Challenge, the Cisco Euro Challenge and the World Team Challenge. www.challengerworld.com
Build>Finance>Disrupt>Repeat. Red Herring is a global media company that unites the world's best and brightest technology innovators and entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and executive-level decision makers in a variety of forums: Red Herring magazine in print and digital format; RedHerring.com, the online technology community and news website; in-depth research reports, eNewsletters on new, disruptive technologies, and exclusive events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider’s view to the global innovation frontier, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies and companies driving the global economy. www.redherring.com
Red Herring East 2007
June 26–28
Tapping Innovation. Seizing Opportunity. Where good fortune, deep pockets, and bright ideas connect.
Hyatt Harborside, Boston MA
Contact: Oliver Hanisch
Tel: 650-585-3444
Fax: 650-321-5597
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National Survey:
Results of Mercer’s Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans
Mercer Health & Benefits recently announced the results of their national survey on Employer-Sponsored Health Plans. Below are the findings for the New York region:
 Total health benefit cost for active employees increased 6.2% in 2006 to an average of $8,533 per employee. After making changes to plan design and/or plan vendors, employers expect a change in the total cost per employee for 2007 of +6.1%
The average employee contribution amount for employee-only coverage is $78 monthly for a PPO and $66 monthly for an HMO
57% of employees covered by employer health plans are enrolled in PPOs, 36% in HMOs, 5% in POS plans, 1% in traditional indemnity plans and 1% in CDHPs.
For more information, please contact Joan Smyth at (212) 345-4287.
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 Executive Council Upcoming Events:
2007 “Ten Awards”
Kick-Off and Spring Member Reception
The Executive Council of New York cordially invites you to attend the 2007 “Ten Awards” Kick-Off and Spring Member Reception, being hosted on the evening of Wednesday, May 9, at the NASDAQ MarketSite. We will be honoring five years of the “Academy Awards of New York Business,” the Executive Council, and its corporate members. Come celebrate and network with past winners, sponsors and business leaders as we roll out the nomination process for 2007 that will once again highlight the achievements of New York’s business community and our city. View the invitation here
Members: $25, Non-Members: $35. To register and for sponsorship inquires please contact: Kimberly Racciato at 212.404.6920 or kimr@execcouncil.org
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Computers for Youth
CFY Tech Leadership Awards on Wednesday,
May 30th at Chelsea Piers.
CFY is the leader in improving the home learning environment of middle school children from low-income families. Their innovative approach includes three powerful elements:
Serving Families Directly and through Affiliates. CFY partners with public schools in low-income communities and offers all 6th grade families training, Internet access and a free computer designed to be used as a home learning center, with educational software and tailored web content. CFY is also developing an affiliate network to assist organizations with similar goals.
Improving Educational Software for the Home. CFY helps improve the quality of home-based educational software by identifying the best products and then increasing their visibility among school districts, investors, and others in the industry.
Building Awareness. CFY works to raise the national consciousness around the importance of improving the home learning environment of middle school children from low-income families.
Computers for Youth recently received some great press coverage on WNBC's "Today in New York" on Tuesday April 3rd. Click here to watch the clip. For more information, please visit their website at www.cfy.org and click here (PDF) to learn more about the CFY Tech Leadership Awards on Wednesday, May 30th at Chelsea Piers.
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With so many of us hooked on Blackberries, e-mail and cell phones (not to mention the day-to-day stress of office life), is there really any escape? Of course, says Dinabandhu, president of Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, a wellness center founded in 1966 in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts. Since opening, Kripalu has appealed to an increasingly wide array of personality types. So what are they seeking? We asked Dinabandhu (whose birth name is Garrett Sarley) for some insight.
How have yoga and the healing arts evolved in recent years?
Yoga and the healing arts have become more accessible to the main stream in recent years. Fifteen years ago they may have seemed more esoteric and mysterious, whereas now they seem helpful and appropriate. I think a lot of that change has been due to all the scientific research that has validated the efficacy of these approaches.
Are people in worse shape mentally and physically now than five or ten years ago? Are we digging ourselves into a hole that makes treatment even more necessary?
There's no question that the pace of modern life has increased in the last decade or two. At the same time, the basic human experience of being one's self has not really changed. People have been ill at ease in their lives since time began, and I'm not sure the phenomenon is worse today than it was in the past. What everyone craves is more comfort being themselves. I know executives who are totally wired in who are deeply fulfilled with who they are, and I know hermits who don't even own a car who are not comfortable with who they are. This is one of the main ancillary benefits of practicing the physical form of yoga. If you practice regularly, you'll absolutely start to feel happier in your life.
Some busy people might think that they're just not the type to sit still for a massage, yoga or other programs. How do you respond to people who think they're too hyper (or too busy) to sit still?
I think perhaps you frame the question in the wrong way. I've talked with many people who say they don't have the time to take care of their lifestyle, but when they get sick, they always have plenty of time to deal with being sick. So a better framing of the question might be to ask "How satisfied are you with the quality of your life right now?" If there is room for improvement, you have to make some changes in service of that improvement. If you make no changes, then the likelihood of improvement is not very high.
What kinds of people come to Kripalu? What are they looking for when they visit?
We educate and enliven people from all over the world and from every age group and socioeconomic bracket. Mainly we interact with people who have an intuitive sense that they could get more out of life than they are currently getting. Many people in our society have certain parts of their lives pretty together. They have a good job, or they feel like they can earn enough money, but they feel a lack in other parts of their lives.
If you could suggest one change that the average person could make in their daily schedule, to reduce stress and feel better, what would it be?
Take a deep breath as often as you can remember to. All emotional, physical and psychological stress patterns get reflected in patterns of breathing, so if you can change those patterns, all the other stress patterns also start to shift. Of course, the results are pretty highly correlated to the effort expended, so the more interest you take in your health and the more energy you put into creating vitality in your life, the better results you'll get.
Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health
Tel. (866) 200-5203
www.kripalu.org
Send your Zen-inspired comments to bobj@execcouncil.org
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Thought Provoking Write-Up
Creating Value from Intellectual Property.
Abbie Lundberg is editor-in-chief of CIO Magazine and Moderator of the Executive Council’s recent New IP Economy™ Forum. This article appeared in this month’s CIO Magazine.
We live and work in an increasingly knowledge-based economy. Much of what people produce and consume has no tangible manifestation. Even when it does, the thing that makes that good most valuable and unique—the innovation that sets it apart—does not.
As companies increasingly compete on innovation, and as we continue to digitize everything (IDC predicts we will generate close to 1,000 exabytes of data by 2010) —as that happens, our ability to understand, leverage and protect our intellectual assets is core to the health of our organizations and our economy. Read More here
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Executive Council Members: News & Activities
Renewing Members
Québec Government Office
in New York
The Québec Government Office in New York City, which covers 8 Mid-Atlantic states, including the US capital, is part of a network of 29 Québec Government offices worldwide, including six in the United States. Its mandate is to promote Québec business, politics, academics and culture in this territory. In addition to these activities, the Délégation générale of Québec in New York is also active in various regional and professional organizations. Site
Enterprise Ireland
Enterprise Ireland is the Irish state development agency focused on transforming Irish industry. Their core mission is to accelerate the development of world-class Irish companies to achieve strong positions in global markets resulting in increased national and regional prosperity. Site
New Member
 Gigapixel Creative, Inc.
We are all things web – from design, development, branding, to SEO, online media, and strategy. With 29 international design awards under our belt we can proudly say, we specialize in “wow!” As a preferred partner for leading advertising and PR agencies, we create sites that make clients stand out from their competition and have the ROI metrics to prove it. For emerging online companies, Gigapixel Creative offers business incubation services through its subsidiary, the Hatchery. From funding, to design, build and launch, the Hatchery’s team of experts are committed to supporting fledgling companies with advice and tools to thrive in today’s ever changing 2.0 environment. Site.
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