Outstanding Corporate Innovator (OCI) Awards Dinner Celebration
A Tribute to Frank Lloyd Wright - Designer and Innovator
Sponsored by Kennametal Inc. 2010 recipient of the OCI Award 
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
7:00pm - 9:00pm
(pre-registration and additional fee required)
The Product Development and Management Association’s Outstanding Corporate Innovator (OCI) Award is the only innovation award that recognizes sustained (five or more years) quantifiable business results from new products and services. 2011 is the 24thyear in which PDMA has presented this prestigious award, whose winners represent a group of global corporations widely recognized and respected for their innovation success. Join in this celebration to learn more about how the 2011 winner achieved this recognition.
The OCI Selection Committee uses a rigorous process to evaluate each year’s nominees and to select those companies that have proven themselves exceptionally capable of integrating strategy, culture, process and technology to consistently create and capture value through successful product and service innovation. Past recipients of the OCI Award include: Affymetrix; Apple Computer; BMW Group; DuPont; Eastman Kodak; FedEx Corp.; Harley-Davidson Motor Company; Herman Miller; Hewlett-Packard; Hunter Douglas; Kennametal Inc.; Mine Safety Appliance Company; Nabisco; Pepsi-Cola; Premier Global Services, Inc. and Royal DSM NV.
Frank Lloyd Wright Insight Tour
Sunday, October 30, 2011
1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
(pre-registration and additional fee required)
Situated on 600 acres of rugged Sonoran Desert beneath the picturesque McDowell Mountain Range lies Taliesin West, inspiration of and once home to the legendary Frank Lloyd Wright. Now a National Historic Landmark, Taliesin West serves as school and home to a steady stream of apprentices eager to carry on in the tradition of the great architectural master. In this communal existence, Mr. Wright's lifelong vision is perpetuated in reverence to the man and his architectural genius.
Frank Lloyd Wright began building this desert masterpiece in 1937 as his personal winter home, studio and architectural campus. Visitors will experience firsthand Wright’s brilliant ability to integrate indoor and outdoor spaces. Visit the Cabaret Theater, Music Pavilion, Kiva and Frank Lloyd Wright’s private office – all linked by dramatic terraces, gardens and walkways overlooking the rugged Sonoran Desert and valley below. The dramatic Taliesin West living room (called the “Garden Room” by Wright) was the social gathering place for Wright and the many famous guests he entertained. It is entered through a typically Wrightian low-ceiling, stone-wall space which opens to a 56-feet-long by 34-feet-wide room linked to the garden and bedroom wing by expansive windows. Knowledgeable and experienced guides explain how the site relates to the desert and provide a general overview of Wright’s philosophies and theories of design, the history of the site and the activities of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation’s key educational programs and its residential community, which includes the Taliesin Fellowship.
The Insights Tour provides a unique opportunity for an intimate look at Taliesin West and to experience this special place through the eyes and ears of some of its docents. Other points of interest include the Music Pavilion, Kiva and Cabaret Theaters, Living room, and Frank Lloyd Wright's private office.
INCLUDES:
- Deluxe round-trip transportation based
- Professional, uniformed escort
- Admission fees
- One and one-half hour guided Insights Tour
PLEASE NOTE:
- This tour requires a minimum of 20 participants
