{"271051":{"#nid":"271051","#data":{"type":"event","title":"IMPACT Speaker David Kappos: \u0022Built to Last: The Tenets for a Successful Government Agency in the 21st Century.\u0022","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ile.gatech.edu\/files\/IMPACT_Spring_2014\/David_Kappos_Bio.pdf\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022 data-cke-saved-href=\u0022http:\/\/ile.gatech.edu\/files\/IMPACT_Spring_2014\/David_Kappos_Bio.pdf\u0022\u003EDavid Kappos\u003C\/a\u003E, former Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the \u0026nbsp;U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), will speak on building today\u0027s\u0026nbsp;service-oriented federal government agencies.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Kappos will share his experiences managing and leading the USPTO, an 11,000 employee, $2.5 billion-revenue service organization housed in the U.S. Department of Commerce.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E Focusing on what was learned during the deployment of improvement initiatives at the USPTO between 2009 and 2013, he will reveal how approaches pioneered in the private sector \u2013 like user-focused design and attention to clients\u2019 needs \u2013 can be deployed to improve government operations. \u0026nbsp;He will also explain how government agencies will need to be constructed and run much differently to succeed in the future, and how many rules and organizational arrangements need to be fundamentally rethought in the public sector. This IMPACT event will be an interactive presentation, moderated by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/scheller.gatech.edu\/directory\/faculty\/graham\/index.html\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022 data-cke-saved-href=\u0022http:\/\/scheller.gatech.edu\/directory\/faculty\/graham\/index.html\u0022\u003EStuart Graham\u003C\/a\u003E, Assistant Professor of business strategy in the Scheller college. Click to download the printable\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ile.gatech.edu\/files\/IMPACT_Spring_2014\/david_kappos_flyer_2014.pdf\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022 data-cke-saved-href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ile.gatech.edu\/files\/IMPACT_Spring_2014\/david_kappos_flyer_2014.pdf\u0022\u003Eflyer for the Kappos event\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMr. Kappos will speak at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ile.gatech.edu\/IMPACT.html\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s IMPACT Speaker Series\u003C\/a\u003E on Wednesday, March 5. All are welcome to attend.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAbout the Impact Speaker Series:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince 2002, the IMPACT Speaker Series has brought highly successful business leaders from a variety of industries to campus to share their experiences and give advice to students and other entrepreneurs on topics ranging from \u0022building a venture around intellectual capital\u0022 to \u0022successful entrepreneurship in large organizations\u0022 and \u0022socially responsible leadership\u0022. The weekly series provides Georgia Tech students, alumni and the Atlanta business community an opportunity to network and learn from successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and notable business and non-profit leaders.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe series is free and open to the public, and reservations are not required.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ile.gatech.edu\/files\/IMPACT_Spring_2014\/David_Kappos_Bio.pdf\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022 data-cke-saved-href=\u0022http:\/\/ile.gatech.edu\/files\/IMPACT_Spring_2014\/David_Kappos_Bio.pdf\u0022\u003EDavid Kappos\u003C\/a\u003E, former Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the \u0026nbsp;U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), will speak on building today\u0027s\u0026nbsp;service-oriented federal government agencies.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Intellectual property and patents expert David Kappos will speak at the IMPACT Series, a weekly presentation sponsored by the Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship."}],"uid":"27336","created_gmt":"2014-01-24 17:07:58","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:23:21","author":"Dori Pap","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2014-03-05T15:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2014-03-05T16:30:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2014-03-05T16:30:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2014-03-05 20:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2014-03-05 21:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2014-03-05 21:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"278511":{"id":"278511","type":"image","title":"David Kappos","body":null,"created":"1449244168","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:49:28","changed":"1475894971","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:31","alt":"David Kappos","file":{"fid":"198845","name":"200px-david_kappos_official_photo1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/200px-david_kappos_official_photo1_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/200px-david_kappos_official_photo1_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":8360,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/200px-david_kappos_official_photo1_0.jpg?itok=PpgwqJBu"}}},"media_ids":["278511"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ile.gatech.edu\/impact.html","title":"IMPACT Speaker Series"},{"url":"http:\/\/ile.gatech.edu\/","title":"Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship"}],"groups":[{"id":"1274","name":"Scheller College of Business"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"16401","name":"consulting"},{"id":"288","name":"Leadership"},{"id":"1052","name":"Management"},{"id":"14890","name":"NGO"},{"id":"11110","name":"non-profit"},{"id":"167390","name":"social entrepreneurship"},{"id":"167808","name":"social mission"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDori Pap\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dori.pap@ile.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edori.pap@ile.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}