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&lt;h2&gt;&#8220;Stories Inspire!&#8221;  Workshop&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Monday, June 22, 2009 &#8226; 11:00AM&#8211;4:00PM&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;    &lt;strong&gt;Location&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;
    The Advertising Research Foundation&lt;br /&gt;
    432 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor&lt;br /&gt;
    New York City&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;h3&gt;SOLD OUT! &lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;$595 Member/$795 Non-Member&lt;br /&gt;
Group Training Special &#8211; 3 for the price  of 2!&lt;br /&gt;
$1,190 Member&lt;br /&gt;
$1,590 Non-Member&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Six people  walk into a windowless room expecting to sleep through a 72 page research deck  with six bullets per page and a few key charts. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;But, two minutes  into the meeting they wake up as their minds are moved to an unexpected  place ... into the life of three consumers they've never met. Vivid details,  impactful souvenirs and emotional depictions of real customers bring big  insights to life and make the meeting one of the most memorable they've  experienced. &amp;nbsp;Why? Because the presenter told a compelling story. And now, you can learn the art of storytelling at the ARF&#8217;s &#8220;Stories Inspire!&#8221;  workshop.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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Learn how to create stronger brand stories, get better recognition of your  research, and find ways to indelibly etch insights among your stakeholders.  Discover how to develop a &amp;quot;creation story&amp;quot; for your brand from the  experts at Levi Strauss and Thinktopia, how to capture stories from consumers  and step-by-step methods for bringing consumers to life. Practice story theory with methods,  tools and exercise.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;Wake people  up and make their brain waves flow.&amp;nbsp;  Great stories inspire imagination, enabling your teams to fill white  spaces with new ideas. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
    LED BY:&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;strong&gt;Michael Perman &#8211; Senior Director of Consumer Insights, Levi Strauss &amp;amp; Co. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    For the  past 8 years, Michael has leveraged non-traditional insights methods and  innovative communication tools to build capabilities throughout Levi Strauss  &amp;amp; Co. He has collaborated with  Levi&#8217;s&#174; organizational training team to create an insights-to-innovation  curriculum that has been implemented among the company&#8217;s top leaders and more  than 7,000 employees around the world.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Story-telling  has always been a crucial color in Michael&#8217;s palette of insights tools and  methods. He believes that great  stories inspire creation, innovation, positive change and growth.&lt;br /&gt;
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    &lt;strong&gt;Pat Hanlon &#8211; CEO, THINKTOPIA&#174;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    Noted author of Primal Branding: Create Zealots  For Your Brand, Your Company And Your Future,  Pat is one of the leading experts on building brands. He is the founder of THINKTOPIA&#174;,  a global full-service innovation and branding company that creates dynamic  communities for products and services. Pat has worked on brands such as Absolut, John Deere, General Motors,  Ford Motor Company, UPS, LEGO, Unilever and IBM. &lt;/p&gt;
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