John Nawn

Current

• Partner at illumination.com
• Founder at The Perfect Beast

Past

• Vice President of Education at Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA)
• Director - BrainLAB Academy at BrainLAB
• Global Director of Training & Education at SPSS

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Education

• Illinois Institute of Technology
• The Lawrenceville School
• Loyola University of Chicago

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Recommended

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Connections

78 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• The Perfect Beast
• The Perfect Meeting
• This Organizational Life

John Nawn’s Summary

I am a business professional who helps organizations grow revenues or increase market share using learning for a competitive advantage.

Some of my WOW projects include:
• Developed a distance learning strategy for the American Medical Association, enabling them to effectively and affordably deliver continuing education to primary care physicians
• Created programs for both clinicians and administrators at the Center for Disease Control, insuring that front line healthcare workers are providing the best possible care, with optimal support and resources, in the most challenging of treatment environments
• Built a state-of-the-art wet lab and a comprehensive curriculum for a medical software company, helping them promote industry standards while driving product and practice innovation

In addition, I’ve served as adjunct faculty at several Chicago-area medical schools including the University of Chicago, Northwestern, and Loyola.

I worked at Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s Institute of Psychiatry on short- and long-term care units, as well as adolescent, geriatric, and substance abuse units.

This was great training for all the corporate work I did subsequently.

Finally, I helped launch an online wellness company that enables employers to reduce their healthcare costs.

John Nawn’s Specialties:

The common thread which weaves throughout all my work is providing:

• the information people need to know
• when they need to know it
• in the manner which is most convenient for them

While I’m obviously passionate about learning, perhaps my greatest talent is my knack for asking good questions. And as more than one really smart person has noted, questions are far more important than answers (and some answers are pretty darn important).

John Nawn’s Experience

• Partner

  illumination.com

  (Internet industry)

  January 2008 — Present (2 years )

  illumination.com facilitates both online and face-to-face conversations among community members centered around creativity and innovation using an established 4-step process.

• Founder

  The Perfect Beast

  (Internet industry)

  January 2008 — Present (2 years )

  The Perfect Beast is the premier resource for individuals interested in starting a web-based business.

• Vice President of Education

  Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA)

  (Events Services industry)

  2006 — 2008 (2 years )

  PCMA is the leading organization for meeting and event professionals.

• Director - BrainLAB Academy

  BrainLAB

  (Privately Held; Medical Devices industry)

  2004 — 2006 (2 years )

• Global Director of Training & Education

  SPSS

  (Public Company; SPSS; Computer Software industry)

  1997 — 2002 (5 years )

John Nawn’s Education

• Illinois Institute of Technology

  M.S. , Industrial-Organizational Psychology , 1990 — 1995

• The Lawrenceville School

  Prep School , 1974 — 1976

• Loyola University of Chicago

  B.S. , Psychology

Additional Information

John Nawn’s Websites:

• The Perfect Beast
• The Perfect Meeting
• This Organizational Life

John Nawn’s Groups:

American Society for Training & Development, Executive Learning Exchange

•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    Innovative Meeting & Event Design Innovators
•    Start-Up Phase Forum
•    Green & Sustainability Innovators & Innovation Network
•    Healthcare Solutions
•    Green
•    Entrepreneur's Network
•    Innovative Learning & Education Innovators
•    HealthCare & Wellness Innovators, Medical, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech Innovation Health Care Network
•    twitter innovators Innovation & Creativity Network of Tweeters
•    Future Trends
•    Chicagovators Innovation Network of Innovative & Creative Innovators
•    Global Healthcare
•    GreenBiz.com -- Green Business Professionals
•    SuperGroup Founders
•    Linked Strategies
•    Entrepreneur 2.0 (maxiwill.com)
•    Smarter Healthcare
•    Cultural Competency

John Nawn’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch