This week, our speaker will be Annie Wu.  Annie is a Senior Technical Analyst at FedEx, and is deeply involved with traditional Chinese Culture.  She will be speaking about the Renaissance and traditional Chinese culture.  Shen Yun, (a performing arts company focusing on traditional Chinese culture of the past 5000 years) has a mission of reviving the essence of 5000 years of ancient Chinese culture.   This culture had been nearly wiped out by the Chinese communist government over the years.  Thanks to organizations like Shen Yun, the beauty of this …

This week, Jim Marsalis, former AFL star cornerback, will be our speaker.  Jim played in Super Bowl IV for the Kansas City Chiefs, defeating the Minnesota Vikings.  He will be representing the AFL Player Foundation.  Come hear what this is all about.  We meet at noon at our regular place, the University of Memphis Holiday Inn.  Arrive a few minutes early to get a good seat and to have plenty of time to eat and chat.

This Friday, January 13, 2012, we will be back in our regular meeting place – the University of Memphis Holiday Inn at 3700 Central Avenue.  Our speaker will be representing the Withers Collection.  The Withers Collection is a huge, 60-year span of over 1 million images covering Civil Rights, Memphis music, the Negro Baseball League, Beale Street, Memphis history and politics and much more.  All images were take by Ernest Withers, a renowned photojournalist who traveled with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and many others.
The museum and collection is located …

This Friday, January 6, 2012, our speaker will be Kelly Penwell.  Kelly is Program Manager at the University of Memphis’ Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.  According to the CEI’s website:
Our mission at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) is to assist our clients become innovation catalysts who have the ability to proactively recongnize oppurtunities through societal trends and key technologies. 
What does that mean? Kelly is going to explain it all to us.  She is a former Rotarian and Paul Harris fellow, so she is familiar with how our organization …

We hope this Holiday season finds you full of mirth and good will!  We will not meet this week or next, due to the Holidays.  Our next meeting will be January 6th, at our normal place and time: noon on Friday at the University of Memphis Holiday Inn.
Our next speaker is Kelly Penwell.  She is Program Manager for the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Memphis.  More details will be forthcoming.   In the meantime have a wonderful Holiday season!