Made in the USA: Choices for Growth
Doug Hall, Afternoon Keynote Speaker, MM!08
This high-energy presentation at MM!08 by Doug Hall, founder and CEO of Eureka! Ranch and creator of Eureka! Winning Ways, helped firms discover smarter choices for growth.  Manufactuers received tools to help them grow 20% or more. Attendees saw:

• Why “Choices for Growth” should be the goal of every small-to-midsize manufacturer
• How changing your sales message can increase effectiveness by 5x.
• Why new customers and markets are almost 3x as valuable as loyalty-building.
• Why “anticipating customers’ future needs” is the key to new product success.
• The 3 most important questions in customers’ minds when they evaluate your company.
• Why classic brainstorming doesn’t work with today’s businesses.

Click these links to view Hall's presentation on-line!  And click the download links to answer Hall's 10 Questions to Benchmark Your Growth or to download his presentation in Adobe Achrobat format.
     VIEW  INTRODUCTION
     VIEW QUESTIONS 1 - 5
     VIEW QUESTIONS 6 - 10  

Accelerating Growth: Leading With Foresight and Certainty

Daniel Burrus, Morning Keynote Speaker, MM!08

To accelerate growth, manufacturers must adopt new ways of thinking about overcoming obstacles and acting on opportunities. Daniel Burrus, author of Technotrends and successful entrepreneur, has accurately predicted how trends converge to create new opportunities. Attendees at MM!08 discovered from Burrus how to identify forces that drive change, seize opportunities they present, create and implement inside-out growth strategies. Manufacturers also learned how to distinguish trends, predict problems, capitalize on the next technological wave and implement tools and rules of leadership to accelerate your growth.

For more details, click here to read an article that highlights his presentation. Also click here for more information on this topic from his website or click below to download an outline of his keynote.

Next Generation Manufacturing
John Brandt,  CEO, MPI   Prequel Keynote Speaker, MM!08

Wisconsin manufacturers must tranform in order to grow in the future according to John Brandt, CEO of MPI Group . Brandt spoke at an event before Manufacturing Matters! 08, hosted by Milwaukee 7 and WMEP. US manufacturers can compete if they focus on next generation manufacturing: becoming leaner, more innovative, globally focused, green and developing highly skilled workers.