The Sharp­Brains Coun­cil for Brain Fit­ness Inno­va­tion is the first global cross-sector com­mu­nity and plat­form designed to sup­port inno­va­tors com­mit­ted to the cog­ni­tive health and brain fit­ness of their con­stituents and of soci­ety at large. Mem­bers of this invitation-only Coun­cil are able to learn, share, col­lab­o­rate and inno­vate lever­ag­ing a new members-only online plat­form. Coun­cil mem­bers who have already cre­ated a login can enter here: www.sharpbrainscouncil.com.

If you and your orga­ni­za­tion are –or want to be– at the fore­front of devel­op­ing, test­ing and/ or imple­ment­ing inno­v­a­tive tools and ser­vices to enhance the cog­ni­tive health and brain fit­ness for peo­ple of any age, please con­tinue read­ing, and con­sider request­ing an invi­ta­tion below. Coun­cil mem­bers will gain access to a new members-only online com­mu­nity in order to access the fol­low­ing benefits.

Descrip­tion and Benefits

	Access Online Library Access Pow­er­Point Pre­sen­ta­tions by 80+ Speak­ers at 2010 and 2011 Sharp­Brains Summits Read and Dis­cuss the 2011 Sum­mit Meet­ing Report and The Busi­ness and Ethics of the Brain Fit­ness Boom Obtain a 25% dis­count to order all Sharp­Brains mate­ri­als (reports, full record­ings, books)
	Con­nect with Members Meet other inno­va­tors in a learn­ing envi­ron­ment — includ­ing Win­ners, Final­ists and Judges in the 2010 Inno­va­tion Awards Find new col­leagues and part­ners in North Amer­ica and broad Ask for input and tips via chat, forums and groups
	Par­tic­i­pate in monthly briefings Past briefs include: Take-aways from AARP Brain Fit­ness Col­lo­quium, Best Prac­tices at Wal­ter Reed Army Med­ical Cen­ter, The Reim­burse­ment Land­scape for Cog­ni­tive Interventions Future briefs include conver­sa­tions with decision-makers and inno­va­tors at Intel, Lumos Labs, Brain Resource, Cogmed/ Pear­son, Cam­bridge Cog­ni­tion, AARP, Kaiser Permanente. Sug­gest top­ics and experts for future briefings
	Shape the agenda Help shape the agenda for 2012 Sharp­Brains Sum­mit, and other initiatives Share lessons learned and best prac­tices via blog posts and other materials
	Access other benefits Obtain a 40% dis­count to attend the 2012 Sharp­Brains Vir­tual Sum­mit (June 2012) Par­tic­i­pate in Local Inter­est Groups (Novem­ber 2011 events took place in San Fran­cisco, Wash­ing­ton DC and New York City; more in the works)

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Mem­ber­ship in the Sharp­Brains Coun­cil is by invi­ta­tion only, per­sonal and non­trans­fer­able. If you haven’t received an invi­ta­tion, you can request one by explain­ing how your orga­ni­za­tion and your­self would con­tribute to and ben­e­fit from Council’s mis­sion and activ­i­ties. Annual mem­ber­ship fees are $395, due at the begin­ning of the 12-month mem­ber­ship cycle.

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Cur­rent Coun­cil Mem­bers work at the fol­low­ing organizations:

• AAA Foun­da­tion for Dri­ving Safety
• AARP
• Accen­ture
• Age Mat­ters Clinic
• Arrow­smith Program
• Alzheimer’s Asso­ci­a­tion
• Alpert Med­ical School of Brown University
• Bay­crest
• Bright­Star Learn­ing, Ltd.
• Case West­ern Reserve University
• Chor­at­ech
• Cogmed
• Cog­nic­iti
• Cog­niFit
• CFIT
• Colum­bia University
• Har­vard Med­ical School
• LEAF Ltd.
• Mem­ory Train­ing Cen­ters of America
• Mon­te­fiore Med­ical Center
• MaRS
• Ore­gon Health & Sci­ence University
• Oak­land Uni­fied School District
• Proac­tive Age­ing Pty Ltd
• Pear­son
• Posit Sci­ence
• ProG­evity Neuroscience
• Saint Luke’s Health System
• SCAN Health Plan
• SAR Foun­da­tion
• Simon Fraser University
• The Neu­roDe­vel­op­ment Center
• The Synapse Connection
• UCLA Semeil Institute
• UCSF
• Uni­ver­sity Behav­ioral Health Care
• Uni­ver­sity of South­ern Cal­i­for­nia Insti­tute for Cre­ative Technologies
• Uni­ver­sity of South­ern California
• Uni­ver­sity of Berke­ley Life­long Learn­ing Institute
• Uni­ver­sity of British Colum­bia National Core for Neuroethics
• The Uni­ver­sity of Toledo
• Vig­or­ous Mind
• Wal­ter Reed Army Med­ical Center

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