Chicagoans and Slate readers are invited to join top
entrepreneurs for a lively discussion about how individuals can
invent new career opportunities for themselves in todays economy.
This live, free, open-to-the-public event will take place on
January 11, at The Murphy Auditorium, (50 E. Erie Street, Chicago,
IL 60611), from 6 to 9 p.m. and is part of The Hive, a Slate
enterprise that harnesses the collective intelligence of Slate
readers to solve some of societys biggest challenges. The Hive,
Invent Your Future, is sponsored exclusively by The Responsibility
Project by Liberty Mutual and focuses on one of the most urgent
questions of our time: How can our societyin the classroom and
beyondhelp people succeed in todays self-starter environment. The
following entrepreneurs will speak at Invent Your Future in
Chicago: Stephanie Izard, chef and co-owner of The Girl and the
Goat and winner of Bravos Top Chef Season Four Kevin Willer,
co-founder of Googles Chicago office and president CEO of the
Chicago Entrepreneurial Center Dominique Raccah, CEO and publisher
of Sourcebooks, Inc. Sherman Wright, co-founder and managing
partner of Commonground Marketing David Plotz, editor of Slate,
will moderate the panel. In this Slate Hive, as in all Slate Hives,
weve set out to solve a problem, said David Plotz, editor of Slate.
For Invent Your Future were looking to curate the best advice for
taking full ownership of your career and we couldnt be more
thrilled to have these entrepreneurial superstars joining the
conversation and sharing their stories. Were excited to be part of
the Invent your Future event to help spark a conversation about
entrepreneurship and responsibly creating career opportunities in
our communities, said Paul Alexander, senior vice president of
communication, Liberty Mutual Group. We hope Chicagoans are
inspired by the panel discussion and how these entrepreneurs built
successful local businesses. Invent Your Future kicked off in
mid-October with an introduction and call to action by Plotz. Since
then, readers have written in with their best advice for
reinventing a career, the Slate audience has voted on their
favorite submissions and Slate has spotlighted the ten best reader
ideas for starting a business or reviving a career. Invent Your
Future live, is open to the public and free of charge. Those
interested in attending should RSVP via
www.slate.com/inventyourfuture. For more information about Invent
Your Future, The Hive and to view the most popular Slate reader
entries to-date for how to best start your own business and take
charge of your future, please visit
http://hive.slate.com/hive/invent-your-future. About Slate and The
Slate Group Slate is a daily magazine on the Web that offers
analysis and commentary about news, politics, culture, business,
law, and technology. Slate's strong editorial voice and witty take
on current events have been recognized with numerous awards,
including the National Magazine Award for General Excellence Online
and the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in
Journalism. Reaching over eight million unique visitors per month,
Slate is the centerpiece of the Slate Group, an online publishing
subsidiary of the Washington Post Co. that also publishes The Root,
and Foreign Policy. (NYSE:WPO) About The Responsibility Project The
Responsibility Project, created by Liberty Mutual, is an organic
evolution of the companys advertising campaign that has showcased
personal acts of responsibility and daily examples of ordinary
people making the decision to do considerate things for strangers.
These ads featured the tagline, "Responsibility. Whats your
policy?" Through The Responsibility Project, Liberty Mutual is
using entertaining content, including independently produced short
films, blogs, articles, advertising and television programming, as
catalysts for examining the decisions that confront people trying
to "do the right thing." The Responsibility Projects online
community launched in the beginning of 2008, and to date there have
been more than 25 million unique visitors to the site. Individuals
can participate in online conversations about personal
responsibility and watch and discuss live-action and animated short
films at The Responsibility Project website and online community at
www.ResponsibilityProject.com.
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