Making Green Work Report
The link that follows is the report from the Making Green Work breakfast and roundtable discussion on February 24th at The Harvard Club of New York City:
http://www.hitachi.us/connected/docs/2010%20HBR%20Making%20Green%20Work%20v030410.pdf
Haiti: What Next? – Panelist Added
We are excited to announce an additional panelist with a long history of sustainable development in rural Haiti. Bazelais Jean-Baptiste, President of Bassin Zim Education and Development Fund, is an agricultural engineer and economic community organizer who has spent over 20 years working to recreate Haiti’s sustainable agricultural economy. Check out a few of his innovative ideas at http://brooklynfoodconference.org/2009/06/bazelais-jean-baptiste-seeds-for-haiti/.
Haiti: What Next? Looking to Social Innovation for a Sustainable Future, March 10
The Social Innovation Symposium
A joint NYU Panel Discussion hosted by Wagner, the Law School, and Stern
Haiti: What Next? Looking to Social Innovation for a Sustainable Future
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
4:30-7:00 pm
Cantor Board Room, NYU’s Kaufman Management Center (Room 11-75)
RSVP: https://nyustern-sea.campusgroups.com/rsvp.aspx?id=13032
• Julian Schroeder of FONKOZE, a DC-based microfinance and alternative banking institution providing financial services in Haiti
• Dr. Carolle Charles of DWA FANM, a community-based organization that works to end discrimination, violence, and other forms of injustice against women and girls in New York City and in Haiti
• Dr. Jean Bernard Poulard of HAPAC, the Association of Haitian Physicians
• Bazelais Jean Baptiste, President of Bassin Zim Educational Development Fund - a grassroots organization utilizing innovative solutions to re-create Haiti’s sustainable agricultural economy
• Networking and cocktail reception with NYU Community and Friends
New Challenges in Microfinance: Seventh Annual Conference in Leadership & Ethics, March 5
The seventh annual conference organized by the Citi Leadership & Ethics Program and NYU Stern’s Business and Society Program Area – with generous support from the Citi Foundation – will bring together academics, practitioners, and selected students to explore market-based solutions to some of the world’s most intractable social problems. This year’s Distinguished Citi Fellow in Leadership and Ethics, Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President and CEO of Women’s World Banking, will keynote the 2010 conference, sharing her insights on microfinance and the role of women entrepreneurs in improving emerging economies.
The conference will take place on Friday, March 5, 2010 at NYU Stern School of Business from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Speakers include:
* Mary Ellen Iskenderian, President and CEO, Women’s World Banking
* Nejira Nalic, Executive Director, Mi Bospo in Bosnia
* Bob Annibale, Global Director of Microfinance, Citi
* Jonathan Morduch, Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, NYU
NOTE: Registration to this conference will automatically include registration to a talk by Muhammad Yunus, Founder, Grameen Bank, sponsored by the NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship and Financial Access Initiative
Please register at: http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/administrative/rsvpMEL/
Space is limited!
The conference is free and includes breakfast and lunch.
To make your luncheon reservation and reserve your conference ticket, kindly RSVP before February 27, 2010. Click here for the agenda.
If you have any questions you may contact our conference administrator, Autherine Allison at aallison@stern.nyu.edu
View the Agenda: 7th_Annual_Conference_Agenda
Bridge Scholarships for StartingBloc Social Innovation Fellows
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Leave a Comment The last day to submit an application for the StartingBloc Fellowship was Monday, November 30th. Bridge will award partial scholarships to selected Fellows who will represent Bridge at the StartingBloc Institute. A scholarship application will be available to students after acceptance as a StartingBloc fellow. More details to come!
Social Entrepreneurial Courses at NYU
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Leave a Comment Refer to the following links for Social Entrepreneurial Courses at NYU courtesy of the NYU Reynolds Program.
New Orleans Alternative Spring Break
The first annual BRIDGE/SEA(Stern’s Social Enterprise Association) Alternative Service Learning Trek to New Orleans has reached capacity. The trek will include hands-on service projects, tours and interviews with people and organizations creating positive social change and sustainable development. This joint Wagner/Stern service trip will complement the international work that the Wagner service trip to Guatemala does each year.
A key component of the trip will be our meetings with a variety of public, private and nonprofit sector leaders in New Orleans. This year, the issues focused will include social entrepreneurship, economic redevelopment, and education. Participants will be given a chance to compare and contrast their opinions, experiences and lessons in such devastated environments as the lower 9th Ward and St. Bernard Parish.
The trip will lbe rounded out with a variety of cultural field trips, including farmers’ markets, restaurants, live music venues, and street parades. These will form the basis for the students to better understand the work they observe and to eventually return to New Orleans. There will be a joint presentation following the trek for both Wagner and Stern students facilitated by both BRIDGE and SEA.
NYU Venture Community Happy Hour, Nov. 10 (with RSVP link)
The NYU Venture Community will be hosting its second social event on Tuesday, November 10th. The group continues to grow quickly and the number and type of events will increase as the group expands. Now is an ideal time to meet and network with core members of the group in a smaller setting
Date: Tues, November 10th at 7:30pm
Location: Union Bar, 200 Park Avenue South (at 17th Street)
Please RSVP by clicking “register” @ http://nyuvc.eventbrite.com/
About NYU Venture Community
The NYU Venture Community (NYUVC) is a private community for NYU alumni, students and employees interested in venture or entrepreneurship. The group welcomes members from any NYU school and any sector or industry function (e.g., entrepreneur, VC, lawyer, etc.).
The group’s objective is to make it easier to find and connect with investors, entrepreneurs and anyone else interested in the venture space within the global NYU network (Law, Stern, Tisch, Courant, etc.). Based on word-of-mouth, the group has grown to more than 350 members worldwide and membership is expected to increase substantially as the group hosts various events and selectively markets itself to the NYU community.
Individuals must have attended or worked for NYU to join. This group is privately operated and is not affiliated with New York University.
Bridge’s Social Venture Consulting Core
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Leave a Comment The first meeting for Bridge’s Social Enterprise Consulting Core is scheduled for Thursday November 5th 6:15-8:15pm and will take place In the Mulberry Conference room at the Puck Building. A second meeting for those who have a conflict with the first will take place November 10th from 5-7pm In the Jersey Conference room.
If you are interested in consulting in the social sector, this is the group you should join. Being a part of this group will help you achieve your goals because it will help you:
– Learn more about opportunities that are available for consulting in the social space
– Build a close network of students with similar interest for collaboration and mutual support
– Connect with working professionals and Wagner Alumni working in the field
– Have greater access to employment and internship opportunities in the sector
– Prepare for case interviews… and more
This first meeting will revolve around the launch of this initiative and outlining an action plan to make this community resource a reality. This is also a great opportunity to take a leadership role in helping shape and drive this group’s development.
The agenda will be as follows:
1. Review the structure of the envisioned programs
2. Run a unique brainstorming process to leverage our creativity in maximizing what this group can deliver
3. Determine short and long term goals and outline a plan of action with priority strategic and tactical steps for the next few months.
4. Break into interest teams/committees for action items moving forward
BONUS FOR THOSE IN ATTENDANCE: Learn about a social enterprise consulting internship opportunity exclusively available to Wagner students.
If this sounds interesting to you please fill out our the RSVP form here: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFJPczZkRVBkVnprQlFzMVVBcXRXRFE6MA
We look forward to seeing you there!
Bridge defines social enterprise consulting as working in a consulting capacity at non-profits, government agencies, social enterprises, or for-profit companies that work on social issues.
