Date: Thursday, May 1, 2008
Time: 5:30pm – 6:30pm
Location: Faunce 201
There will be FREE FOOOOOOOOOOOD

This kickoff is to more formally introduce social entrepreneurship on Brown’s campus and the exciting mysteries in the works for next year, the agenda is:

1. Introduction to SE on campus by Alan Harlem, Director of Social Entrepreneurship

2. Quick session on skill building, key resources to encourage SE @ Brown you should be taking advantage of (fellowships, grants, mentoring & more)

3. Brief presentations by our very own rockstar student entrepreneurs

4. Presentation by Brown GISP that has been designing a network of social entrepreneurship alumni

5. Brown Social Enterprise Club

****FREE Antonio’s PIZZA & Meeting Street COOKIES*****

Come. Bring friends.

Are you one? Yes.

New York Times Magazine’s environmental issue. Includes profiles, steps to conserve, and cool ideas!

Check it out here!

The Brown Social Enterprise Club is holding a mixer event with Commerce, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship and the Engineering departments. We’re planning on having both faculty, social entrepreneur experts, and students at this function to just allow people of all different disciplines to interact and exchange ideas and thoughts.

Monday, April 7
6-8pm
Crystal Room, Alumnae Hall, Pembroke Campus

A taste of who’s to come:
Dean Gregory Crawford of Engineering
Dr. Maria Carkovic, Head of COE
Professor Barrett Hazeltine, Engineering

AND FREE FOOD! Mmm

Spend an afternoon with Paul Polack, Founder of International Development Enterprises and Expert on Sustainable Economic Development

Thursday, April 3 (TOMORROW)
4:00PM
Barus and Holly room 751

Paul is the founder of IDE (International Development Enterprises) and an expert on sustainable economic development. In his new book, Out of Poverty – What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail, this impassioned and iconoclastic author, entrepreneur, inventor and self-identified “troublemaker,” tells why mainstream poverty eradication programs have fallen so sadly short and how he and his organization developed an alternative approach that has already succeeded in lifting 17 million people out of poverty.

“If we learn to listen to poor people, understand the
specific contexts in which they live and operate, and
find ways to harness their entrepreneurial energy
to increase their income, I have no doubt that at
least 500 million families now surviving on less than
a dollar a day will find practical ways to end their
poverty within one generation.”
PAUL POLAK, OUT OF POVERTY

Sponsored by the Division of Engineering, Program in Commerce, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship and the Swearer Center for Public Service

Dr. Kate Zhou, University of Hawaii, runs an organzation called Education Advancement Fund International (EAFI) that matches volunteer teachers of all ages with teaching opportunities of 2 weeks-1 year, particularly in underserved minority regions in southeastern China. Dr. Zhou is also looking for individuals with business experience to teach entrepreneurship and help devise business plans for empowering rural villages.

For more information, please see www.yifei.org.

Dr. Zhou can be contacted at:
Honolulu Main Office:
3356 Francis Street
Honolulu, HI 96815
USA
Tel: 808-7544652
fax: 808-9566877
email:katezhou[at]yifei[dot]org

David Brooks wrote an Op-Ed in the New York Times that discusses what social entrepreneurs do. Check it out!We’re super happy that social entrepreneurship is making such big headlines lately! 

The Swearer Center invites you to a special lunch presentation and
discussion on “Strategic Philanthropy and Social Change” with John
Kania, Managing Director, FSG Social Impact Advisors, this coming
Tuesday, March 18, from 12:30-2:00 pm at the Faculty Club.

FSG, itself a nonprofit organization, has been a leader in working with
foundations, nonprofits, governments, and corporations to advance social
change, by providing consulting, evaluation, research, and the
development of new tools and initiatives.  For this session, John will
provide an overview of FSG’s work and engage in a discussion of projects
they’ve undertaken and broader trends in the field.

John has worked on scenario planning, adaptive leadership, change
management, and corporate social responsibility, in fields such as
international health, U.S. health care, U.S. education, and the
environment.  John has been published in places such as the Stanford
Social Innovation Review and The Journal of Business Strategy.

Space is very limited – please RSVP ASAP and no later than 9 am Monday, March 17, to Amy Doyle, amy_doyle@brown.edu.

The discussion will take place in the Kapstein Room at the Faculty Club.

For more background:
Info on FSG Social Impact Advisors: www.fsg-impact.org
Brief bio of John: http://www.fsg-impact.org/app/content/people/item/325

Take a break from studying, and come to our screening of selected parts of The New Heroes on

Monday, December 3
8:00 -9:00 PM
MacMillan 115

PIZZA PROVIDED!

Could you ask for anything more? We’ll see you there.

Learn more about The New Heroes here: http://www.pbs.org/opb/thenewheroes/