Cleveland Park Library 
1st Floor Large Meeting Room 
3310 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
(map) 

Author Talk:
A Whole New Mind:
Moving From the Information Age to the Conceptual Age
Speaker: Daniel H. Pink, also author of Free Agent Nation

Description: Lawyers. Accountants. Radiologists. Software engineers. That's what our parents encouraged us to become when we grew up. But mom and dad were wrong. The future belongs to a very different kind of person with a very different kind of mind. The era of "left brain" dominance, and the Information Age that it engendered, are giving way to a new world in which "right brain" qualities--inventiveness, empathy, and meaning--predominate. That's the argument at the center of this provocative and original book, which uses the two sides of our brains as a metaphor for understanding the contours of our times.

A Whole New Mind reveals the six essential aptitudes on which professional success and personal fulfillment now depend, and includes a series of hands-on exercises culled from experts around the world to help readers sharpen necessary abilities. This book will change not only how we see the world but also how we experience it.

For more about the book, go to

http://www.DanPink.com/aboutwnm.php

Speaker: Daniel H. Pink is the author of A Whole New Mind, the groundbreaking guide to surviving, thriving, and finding meaning in an outsourced, automated, upside down world. His first book Free Agent Nation, about the growing ranks of people who work for themselves, was a nonfiction bestseller (The Washington Post) and a business bestseller in the United States, Canada, and Japan.

Dan is a contributing editor at Wired, and his articles on business and technology have also appeared in The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, and other publications. In addition, he has provided analysis on dozens of television and radio broadcasts, including CNBC's "Power Lunch," ABC's "World News Tonight," NPR's "Morning Edition," and American Public Media's "Marketplace."

As an independent business consultant, Dan Pink has advised start-up ventures and Fortune 100 companies on recruiting, business trends, and work practices. He held his last real job in the White House, where he served from 1995 to 1997 as chief speechwriter to Vice President Al Gore. He has also worked as an aide to U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich, an economic policy staffer in the U.S. Senate, a legal researcher in India, and a latrine builder in Botswana.

Dan Pink received a B.A. with honors in linguistics from Northwestern University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and a J.D. from Yale Law School. To his lasting joy he has never practiced law. Dan lives in Washington, DC, with his wife and their three young children.

Dan may be reached via e-mail.

Agenda 

12:45 pm	Check-In
1:00 pm	Welcome & Announcements
1:10 pm	"And You Can Quote Me on That . . . " Tax Updates & Accounting Tips, Jina Etienne, CPA
1:20 pm	A Whole New Mind; Daniel H. Pink
2:20 pm	Q&A
2:55 pm	Closing announcements
3:00 pm	Book sales, autographing, informal queries, conversation, networking

Presentation Description | Speaker Information | Meeting Agenda | Location  | Sponsors | Registration 

Location: One-half block south of the Cineplex Odeon Uptown movie theatre on Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. (There are many restaurants suitable for pre- or post-meeting gathering/networking/refreshment in the block north of the library.) 

Parking: Very small lot, off Macomb St., to left of library. 

Metrorail--Cleveland Park Station on the Red Line (on Connecticut Avenue, just 1.5 blocks north of meeting site) 

Several times a year a smaller group (usually about 8 to 15) goes to Nanny O'Brien's (directly across the street from the Cleveland Park Library at 3319 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 202-686-9189, open 2 pm Saturday to 2 am Sunday) or another local establishment for continued conversation, networking, and refreshment following the meeting. (Participants pay for their own beverages and  food.)  

Join us!