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.

Thursday, February 21
8PM
SAYLES 104

Learn about social enterprise, where businesses have a social consciousness. Come to our meeting and find out more about this exciting new field!

Our action-packed meeting will involve:
–Sign ups for Harvard Business School’s Social Enterprise Conference
–Our meeting with Professor Geoffrey Kirkman
–Future meetings with other relevant parties on campus (including Career Development Center, Swearer Center, Alumni Relations)
–Career Week developments (the organizations that we helped bring to campus)
–How you can help out with the Career Week Social Enterprise Panel
a) booking rooms
b) escorting the speakers
c) publicity
d) much more
–Opportunities/internships/jobs in social enterprise/entrepreneurship

Hope to see you there!

We will  be having a meeting this week THURSDAY, 8PM, WILSON 104.

We will discuss:
-Harvard Business School’s social enterprise conference: getting money to subsidize the cost
-Working w/ local social enterprises, and potential opportunities
-Bringing Rhode Island entrepreneurs to Brown
-Job and internship opportunities

If you cannot make it, please e-mail brownsec@gmail.com if you’re interested in being involved in or attending:
-HBS Conference
-Local social entrepreneurship intiative
-Career Week
-Working with the Career Development Center
-Working with Alumni Relations
-Working with the Swearer Center
-Working with $$$
-Working with logistics
-any questions/concerns/comments/whatever

It may seem like winter break was months away but it ended just 12 days ago. That’s crazy. Whether it be a bitter and/or sweet thing Semester 2 is …special. What I’m trying to say is that there’s so much social enterprise goodness to go around so we need to get started!

Tomorrow we’ll have our first meeting
Inside Watson 114 at 8pm (same as last semester)

Here’s what’s on our agenda
- Our roadmap for this semester and beyond
- Open positions of leadership
- Conferences in state and out-of-state
- Projects for the semester
- Jobs for graduating seniors
- Internships for everyone

Also! Tuesday, Feb 5 – Activities Fair at Faunce 7-9pm. If you’d like to volunteer at the table let me know or just stop by and say hi.

Ok, see you tomorrow then? Yes!

Rukesh

We’ll post about our first meeting of the spring semester soon. If you have any preferences for dates or times, please comment or e-mail brownsec@gmail.com and let us know!

Thanks for listening today!

Remember to come to our meetings:
Mondays
8pm
Watson Institute Informal Lounge

Check out our crash course on “social enterprise” here.

Come to our next meeting on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, at 9 PM in Watson Institute’s Informal Lounge.

We will be discussing:
• Networking
• Opportunities
• Publicity
• Fundraising
• Movies!

Hope to see you there

Please fill out this form with your information so that we can cater the club to your interests! It also allows us to get to know you a little more. E-mail your completed form to Amy_Chang@brown.edu

Reminder, meetings (for now) will be every other Monday at 8pm in Watson Institute for International Studies Informal Lounge.

Click here to view the presentation about “social enterprise” to learn more about what it is we do!