2 Days 30 Innovators

The BIF Summit has earned its reputation as THE place to get connected. Join us for two days of unforgettable storytelling about what it takes to drive change.

Christopher Meyer, Founder, Monitor Talent

Andrew Losowsky, Author and Books Editor, The Huffington Post

Valdis Krebs, Founder, Chief Scientist, orgnet.com

Whitney Johnson, President, Rose Park Advisors

Elicia Welch, BIF Intern, College Unbound

Saul Kaplan, Chief Catalyst, Business Innovation Factory

Chris Van Allsburg, Author, Artist, Screenwriter, 'The Polar Express'

Alex Osterwalder, Author, Speaker and Advisor on Business Model Innovation

Andries van Dam, Thomas J. Watson, Jr., University Professor of Technology and Education and Professor of Computer Science, Brown University

Byron Reeves, Professor, Stanford University; Behavioral Scientist, Author, Proponent of Interactive Gaming & Virtual Worlds in the Workplace

Mari Kuraishi, Co-Founder and President, GlobalGiving Foundation

Dennis Littky, Co-founder and Director, The Big Picture Company

Dan Pink, Author, 'Drive', 'A Whole New Mind'

Gotham Chopra, Co-founder, Managing Partner, Liquid Comics

Umair Haque, Director of the Havas Media Lab

Richard Saul Wurman, Author, Information Architect

Len Schlesinger, President, Babson College

John Werner, Chief Mobilization Officer & Managing Director, Citizen Schools

Jim Mellado, President, The Willow Creek Association

Graham Milner, Executive Vice President, Global Innovation, WD-40 Company

Eva Koleva Timothy, Fine Art Photographer, L.R.P.S

Angela Blanchard, President & CEO, Neighborhood Centers, Inc.

Sebastian Ruth, Violist, violinist, music educator and 2010 MacArthur Foundation Fellow, Community Musicworks

Rebecca Onie, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Health Leads

Duncan Watts, Principal Research Scientist, Yahoo!

Angus Davis, Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, and Education Reform Advocate

Dale J. Stephens, Founder, UnCollege and Thiel Fellow

John Hagel, Author, Co-chairman, Deloitte Center for The Edge

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BIF-7 Videos

Videos recorded live at the 2011 BIF-7 Collaborative Innovation Summit in Providence, RI are now online! Here's a small sample from this inspiring collection.

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BIF-7 Blog Round-up

Business Innovation Factory	Amy Robinson, Sterling Health
31 (More) Days of #BIF7 - Day 12 - Mari Kuraishi	Ravenweb Blog
Tell Me Another One: More Stories from the Business Innovation Factory	John O. Harney, New England Board of Higher Education
31 (More) Days of #BIF7 - Day 11 - Umair Haque	Ravenweb Blog
Providential RCUS at BIF-7	Deborah Mills Scofield, Forbes
Kindergarten is Bad for Innovation	Jeffrey Phillips, Innovation Excellence
Connect-Inspire-Transform Well Lived	Deborah Mills Scofield, Forbes
The De-education of Len Schlesinger BIF 7	Marty Baker, Creativity Central
A new sense of purpose – BIF7 recap	Mel Lim
...just as long as it's NOT boring	Eric Patrick Marr
Sandra M. Maxey	Sandra M. Maxey, SM2
Revitalizing communities by changing the questions we ask	Beth Perdue, The New England Business Bulletin
Three Innovation Lessons from WD-40	Helen Walters, Doblin, Monitor Group
My BIF Pledge	Ravenweb Blog
That’s Intriguing #67: Innovative EBIFanies from BIF-7: "Focus on What’s Strong; Not What’s Wrong"	Sam Horn
The heart of the story. Mari Kuraishi at BIF 7	Marty Baker, Creativity Central
What Makes a Good Collaborative Leader?	Andrea Meyer, Collaborative Innovation
Disrupting the Conference Business	Helen Walters, Doblin, Monitor Group
Breaking the Rules to Create a Bestseller	Andrea Meyer, Working Knowledge
The age of engagement. More adventures at BIF7.	Marty Baker, Creativity Central
Stephanie Ewens' BIF-7 Photostream	Stephanie Ewens
Jeschnotes' BIF-7 Illustrated Notes (Day 1)	Jessica Esch
Jeschnotes' BIF-7 Illustrated Notes (Day 2)	Jessica Esch
John Werner's BIF-7 Photos	John Werner
Amanda Fenton's Mind Maps from BIF-7	Amanda Fenton
Business Innovation Factory (BIF-7) – Day One Recap	Jeffrey Phillips, Innovation Excellence
Are U.S. Entrepreneurs Misunderstood?	Teresa Novellino
Business Innovation Factory – 7 #BIF7 – Live blogging Sept 21	Drew Marshall
Power of Inquiry Surfaces at BIF Summit	axiomnews
For Innovation, Don't Round up the Usual Suspects	Deborah Mills Scofield, Forbes
The Unusuals Innovate!	Deborah Mills Scofield, Forbes
Colliding Towards Innovation	Deborah Mills Scofield, Forbes
Conversations to Lead Transformation	Stuart Miniman, Wikibon
The adjacent possible. Adventures at BIF7 Part I	Marty Baker, Creativity Central
BIF 7 Notes	Zachary Spencer

BIF-7 Stories Book

BIF-7 is all about sharing stories. The BIF-7 Summit stories book features narrative profiles on each of this year's storytellers. Read it online. Share it with friends.

Connect. Inspire. Transform.

Two days. Thirty storytellers. Over 400 innovators, troublemakers, entrepreneurs, inventors, and transformation artists.

BIF-7 is a national gathering of amazing people who are driven by their passion, creativity, and smarts to create value in entirely new ways. Believing in the power of stories to change the world, the BIF Summit is a storytelling jam, peppered with tales of personal discovery, innovation, and transformation -- from Daniel Pink to Umair Haque, from Mallika Chopra to John Hagel. At BIF-7, you will hear from, connect with, and be surrounded by artists, architects, and even an alpinist. You will find educators, entrepreneurs, and evangelists.

Now in its seventh year, the BIF Summit has earned it reputation as "one of the top 7 places to watch great minds in action" (according to Mashable). The summit provides participants with the space to be curious and crazy, get inspired, and collide with unusual collaborators. A shoe designer learns innovation processes from a car designer. A police officer teaches a business guru about transforming industries. Last year, 350 participants came from over 150 different companies; 80 percent were CEOs, presidents, founders, or senior leaders within their organizations. 20 percent will be.