2012 NEW VENTURE COMPETITION TO FEATURE
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP FELLOWSHIP
The third annual Alumni New Venture Contest (NVC) is sponsored by HBS's Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, the Social Enterprise Initiative, and Alumni Relations. With more than half of HBS alumni classifying themselves as entrepreneurs at some point in their lives, this contest is designed to support alumni in launching promising new businesses and social-impact ventures. The 2012 competition offers prizes of $50,000 and $25,000 and is open to all alumni worldwide.
THE COMPETITION FEATURES TWO TRACKS: In the New Venture Contest, local contests are held by participating HBS Alumni Clubs in regions around the world. The winner from each local contest moves on to compete in the Alumni New Venture Contest Finals, held on the HBS campus on April 23 and 24, 2012. more information NEW TRACK: In the Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship competition, a committee of faculty and staff evaluates entries by HBS graduates who are launching social enterprises: nonprofit, for-profit, or hybrid organizations with a central focus on the creation of social value. The winner will be announced at the Alumni New Venture Contest Finals on April 23 and 24, 2012. more information
Harvard SECON 2012 Is Sold Out!
The conference will challenge participants to embrace social enterprise's core values through the carefully designed programming, including over 40 panels and workshops, 4 keynote addresses, a Career Fair, and an annual Pitch for Change competition (application is now available for graduate students to apply on our website).
Some of the confirmed keynotes include:
Dr. Judith Rodin, President of the Rockefeller Foundation, former President of the University of Pennsylvania; Dr. Larry Brilliant, Leader of the Skoll Global Threats Fund and Former Director of Google.org, TED Prize Winner, Co-Founder of The Well; and David Blood, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Generation Investment Management, former CEO of Goldman
There's Still Time to Join a Revitalized SEAA!
The Club's priorities are to engage HBS alumni with social enterprise activities and experiences throughout the world; and to encourage worldwide social impact by capitalizing on the reach of HBS' 80,000 alumni.
Even if you were a Club member in the past, you will need to re-register and pay a special introductory amount of $25 to have access to all of the Club's informational benefits, activities and updates listed below and available in September.
1) An Updated Member Directory
2) Key informational e-mails highlighting important social enterprise activities within and outside of the HBS community
3) An updated Social Enterprise Current Job Listing with links to hiring organizations
4) Participation in the selection of the Club's goals and activities
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
In addition to the above, the website will contain on-going snapshots of cutting edge social enterprise efforts and activities, across all non-profit categories, across all geographies. The following broad-based management team has been working over the past few months to bring the website up-to-date and investigate innovative and effective ways for the HBS alumni base to have impact on social enterprise worldwide.
VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT GROUP:
Hui Chan, '10, New York City
Dennis Corcoran, '65, Boston
Luke Fuszard, '10, Birmingham, AL
Shalaka Joshi, '10, New York City/India
Chloe Kiernan, '08, New York City
Leonardo Letelier, '02, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Katie McNerney, '04, Washington, D.C.
Bruce Marcus, '80, New York City
Bhakti Mirchandani, '05, Bangalore, India/New York City
Kathy Salmanowitz, '78, San Francisco
Zuhairah Scott, '05, London
Matthew Segneri, '10, Boston
Daniela Soares, '97, London
Rob Zeaske, '02, Minneapolis
Nicolas Krauss, '12, Boston (current student)
Your paid membership will cover the Club's administrative costs necessary to keep you at the forefront of social enterprise awareness and activities. We look forward to having you with us as we look to an exciting future of the SEAA and its unique position for "Enabling Leaders Who Make a Positive Social Impact." Additional volunteers are always welcome!!
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