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Connectivity Through The Experience of Jazz

Jazz Impact

Who would have thought that two seemingly disparate worlds—the world of Jazz and the business world—would have so much in common? The elements that create a successful jazz quartet are the same components critical for sustaining a highly effective business team.

Good jazz and high performance business depend on creativity, agility, empathy and flexibility. The similarities don't end there. The business lessons of jazz focus on high performance teamwork, multitasking, cross-functional awareness, innovation and responsiveness to change. Jazz translates seamlessly across cultures and serves as a social model that can be leveraged to teach business the skills of collaboration.

• Experiencing the business impact of jazz will deepen your human capital’s understanding of the integration of diverse skills and roles.
• The Jazz Impact Experience will stimulate your company to create and imagine new possibilities, through a live, interactive experience.

Jazz Impact is a fusion of insights and parallels drawn from the world of business illustrated through the experience of jazz. Through live music and interactive engagement, Jazz Impact delivers perspectives and techniques that will have an IMMEDIATE effect on your people and your business.

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In The News

• Winter, 2010

  MINNESOTA MEETINGS/
  Focus on Michael Gold and Jazz Impact in Meetings: Minnesota's Hospitality Journal's Winter 2010 issue

•  Current and Recent Clients

• April 29th, 2010

  CATHOLIC HEALTHCARE PARTNERS/
  Jazz Impact will present a keynote program for Catholic Healthcare Partners' 29th Governance Retreat and Academy in Bonita Springs, Florida.

• April 9th, 2010

  INSCAPE PUBLISHING/
  Jazz Impact will present a keynote program for Inscape Publishing's annual conference in Scottsdale, Arizona.

• January 27th, 2010

  COMM-WORKS/
  Jazz Impact will present a keynote program for Comm-Works in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

• January 25th, 2010

  VODAFONE/
  Jazz Impact will present a second executive team building seminar at Vodafone in London, England.

• January 15th, 2010

  UMN MASTERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH/
  Jazz Impact presented a management workshop focusing on sustainable relationships for University of Minnesota's Executive Masters in Public Health in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

• January 13th, 2010

  VODAFONE/
  Jazz Impact presented an executive team building seminar for Vodafone in London, England.

• November 13th, 2009

  IRVINE API PEER EXCHANGE/
  Jazz Impact will conduct a half-day seminar on managing uncertainty for Executive Directors of local arts organizations who are grant recipients of The James Irvine Foundation's Arts Regional Initiative in Laguna Hills, California.

• November 6th, 2009

  CREDIT SUISSE/
  Jazz Impact will keynote for the Credit Suisse Switzerland Leadership Conference in Zurich, Switzerland.

• August 21st, 2009

  LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MBA ORIENTATION/
  Dr. Michael Gold returned for the second year to engage executive MBA students in an interactive workshop using the jazz ensemble as a model for leading and developing creative business in New Orleans.

• July 31st, 2009

  KELLOGG BRAZILIAN PROJECT/
  Jazz Impact presented an arts based learning experience for Brazilian executives participating in a 3-week intensive seminar on leadership development in Evanston, Illinois.

• July 24th, 2009

  KELLOGG NORTHWESTERN AEP/
  Dr. Michael Gold presented a seminar using the Jazz Ensemble as a model of Organizational Leadership in an ongoing series for the Advanced Education Program at Kellogg Business School in Evanston, Illinois.

• July 21st, 2009

  ANDREWS UNIVERSITY/
  Jazz Impact began the day with their seminar on Organizational Improvisation. The morning session was followed by an afternoon workshop that focused on managing uncertainty, listening skills and how improvosation leads to innovation. The Jazz Impact Quartet performed in concert that evening for Andrews University and the Berrien Springs community.

• June 11th, 2009

  MARTIN BASTIAN PRODUCTIONS/
  Jazz Impact presented its seminar for Martin Bastian Productions at The Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

• June 6th, 2009

  KELLOGG SCHOOL OF BUSINESS/
  Dr. Michael Gold presented the closing seminar for the Kellogg School of Business executive education program at The Kellogg Campus in Miami, Florida. More Information ›

• May 18th, 2009

  QUANTUM SHIFT/
  Dr. Michael Gold presented the closing seminar for the Quantum Shift executive education program at The Richard Ivey School of Business in London, Ontario. More Information ›

• May 5th, 2009

  FISERV 2009/
  Jazz Impact presented the Keynote address for the Fiserv 2009 Client Conference held at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. More Information ›

• April 8th, 2009

  MINNESOTA COUNCIL FOR QUALITY/
  Dr. Michael Gold presented a program on Jazz as a Technology for Innovation and Creativity for the Minnesota Council for Quality in St Paul, Minnesota. More Information ›

• April 1st, 2009

  APF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE/
  Michael Gold and Jazz Impact were featured in the Distinguished Speakers Series as they delivered closing keynote for the Association of Fundraising Professionals 46th Annual International Conference. It was held at the New Orleans Conference Center. Read full article ›

• March, 19th, 2009

  KELLOGG SCHOOL OF BUSINESS/
  Dr. Michael Gold presented a learning seminar for the Advanced Education Program at Kellogg School of Business, Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. More Information ›

• February 3rd, 2009

  REGION 4 KEYNOTE/
  Jazz Impact presented the closing keynote for Region Four, State of Texas Department of Education in Houston, Texas. Read full article ›

Testimonials

• Thank you so much for doing such a fabulous job! We have received nothing but rave reviews about your session and every evaluation form I saw had nothing but high marks. It was the perfect conclusion to our conference.

  Joanna O. Heilig Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP)

• I think the whole presentation was superb. I loved it and thank you and Jazz Impact for a wonderful time. You certainly met all of my expectations and more.

  Jean Heiskell Director, Leadership Solutions
  Region 4 Education Service Center

• A meaningful and insightful session that resonated with the group. A huge success!

  Don Potter Aetna Insurance Company

• An astounding combination of entertainment, learning and inspiration.

  Paul Davis/President Starbucks North America

• It was gratifying to see my CEO and CFO stand up and participate in your interactive session. You worked the crowd well.

  Barbara Henderson/Director Corporate Media Relations and Public Affairs

• The music was phenomenal; the presentation was dead on and you received the only standing ovation the entire conference. Bravo!

  Chris Otto Group IT Communications
  HSBC

• Jazz Impact is a class act and we look forward to working with you again.

  Barry Pritchard/Vice President Johnson & Johnson Managed Care

• I've participated in many attempts to use the arts, sports, or other forms of entertainment as metaphors for business. But rarely have I seen a session more perfectly 'on pitch' than the approach used by Michael Gold and Jazz Impact.

  Tom Petzinger, Jr. Renowned Wall St. Journalist and Author of "The New Pioneers"
  Co-founder and CEO LaunchCyte LLC

• Presenting to such a mixed audience, with people from so many levels of management representing 23 countries, could certainly be a challenge. I can say that on all accounts, Jazz Impact was a hit!

  Barbara Henderson/Director Corporate Media Relations and Public Affairs

• We wanted something delicious to excite those parts that the average session doesn't reach. You gave that and more.

  Wendi Pasco Management Centre Europe

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