To contact me regarding possible media events and interviews please use the comment area below and I will get in touch with you.  Thanks!

Upcoming/Current Events

• Nothing? really? ….yea, I can’t believe it either!

Past Events

• Top Trumps “Inventor Guru” Game Signings • ChiTag Top Trumps Booth 2011
  
• T&GCon (Toy & Game Inventor Conference) Speaker and Expert • 2006-2011  LINK
  
• The Nick DiGulio Radio Show Guest • WGN Radio in Chicago November 12, 2011
• Overdrive Radio Show Guest • Vocalo 89.5 FM in Chicago October 14th, 2011 LINK
  
• “Toy Invention TV” Host for interactive display in the “Toys In the Hood” exhibit • Elmhurst Historical Museum, April 26-September 18, 2011 LINK
  
• Special Guest on “The Late Live Show” • Second City Chicago, March 2011, LINK
• Featured Inventor for the “Innovative Lives” Series at the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center • March 2011, Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, LINK
• “Operation Game Creation 2.0″ Expert • September – November 2010, Indian Trails Public Library
• “Meet the Gamer: Kim Vandenbroucke” • June 2010, Indian Trails Public Library
• IIT Institute of Design Guest Lecturer on Game Invention • 2006 and 2007, Chicago

Awards

• About.com Board/Card Games’ People’s Choice for Best Twitter Account of 2011, 2012 LINK
• Toy and Game Inventor Excellence Awards (TAGIE) Nominee for Excellence In Game Design,  2011 LINK
  
• Wonder Women in Toys Award in Social Media, Awarded by Women In Toys, 2011

In the News and On the Web

• Finding the Dream Episode 33 • The Game Whisperer Blog, February 21st, 2011 LINK
• “Tools of My Trade: Kim Vandenbroucke, Game Inventor” • Fast Company Magazine, December 2011/January 2012 LINK
• “Glen Ellyn Native Invents the Games You Play” • Daily Herald Suburban Parent November 20, 2011 and Daily Herald Business Ledger December 12, 2011 LINK
• “ChiTag Preview” Local ABC News Segment • Chicago’s WLS-ABC TV, 11am November 14th, 2011 LINK
  
• “Game Inventors: No Longer an Untapped Resource” • The Toy Book Volume 17 No. 4, 2011 LINK (page 50)
• “Interview with Toy and Game Inventor Kim Vandenbroucke” • Ideas Uploaded, 2011 LINK
• “Museum Features Chicago Toy & Game Invention” • Global Toy News, 2011 LINK
• “Elmhurst Historical Museum Exhibit tells Chicago’s ‘Toys’ Story” • Chicago Sun Times, 2011 LINK
• “Q&A: Meet Kim Vandenbroucke, Toy and Game Inventor” • The Smithsonian’s “Around the Mall” Blog, 2011 LINK
• “Game Inventor and Blogger, Kim Vandenbroucke: The Logan Square resident and mind behind Scattergories Categories on ideas, games and dead inventors” • Onion A.V. Club, 2011 LINK
• “Some of the Season’s Hottest Toys” Segment • CBS Chicago Morning News, 2010 LINK
• “Is Chicago the Toy and Game Inventing Capitol of the World?” • Global Toy News, 2010 LINK
• “Scattergories Categories” Interview/Article • Purple Pawn, 2010 LINK
• “2010 Chicago Toy and Game Fair” Article • About Board/Card Games, 2010 LINK
• NAPPA Award-Winning Board and Card Games • NAPPA Awards: Parenthood, 2010 LINK
• Buffalo Games Interview • Buffalo Games Facebook Page, 2010 LINK
• “Game Reviews from an Insider” Interview • Global Toy News, 2010 LINK
• “Libraries Are More Than Books” Article • Global Toy News, 2010 LINK
• Featured Board Game Blog • YEHUDA, 2010  LINK
• Building Our Future Toy Conference 2009 • Playthings Magazine   LINK
• Featured Website • Seize the Play Blog, 2009  LINK
• “On A Roll” • NorthShore Magazine, 2005
• “‘Tis the Season” News Segment • CBS Sunday Morning, 2005

Regular Contributing Writer

• Global Toy News Online Magazine, Guest Blogger • Ongoing Since October 2010 LINK
• Games for Educators Website and Newsletter Article Contributor • Ongoing Since May 2010  LINK

Writing and Guest Blogging Articles

• “Bringing the Living into Museums” • Museum Minute, 2011 LINK
• “License to Thrill, More than Just a Mover” • Playthings Magazine Toy Fair Issue, 2011
• “Countdown To Toy Fair: An Inventor’s Perspective” • Purple Pawn, 2011 LINK
• “Zombies Might Like Games Too” • Chicago Toy and Game Fair Program, 2010
• “Write Right: PB&J and Game Rules to the Rescue” • ThinkFun Classroom Connection Newsletter and ThinkFun’s “SmartPlay” Blog, 2010 LINK
• “Ugly Boxes Kill Good Games; Why Great Packaging Matters” • Global Toy News, 2010 LINK
• “Idea Generation: If all else fails, take a nap” Article • Buffalo GameBuffs Blog, 2010 LINK
• “Playing In Traffic” Article • ThinkFun’s “SmartPlay” Blog, 2010 LINK