Fellow Net Impact Club Members,

It was so great to see so many of you make it out to the Net Impact Club Triangle Area Mixer as well as the FY/SY Mixer this past week! We look forward to seeing more of you throughout the year, and if you couldn't make...no worries! You will have ample opportunities to mingle with your fellow Net Impacters at the many events that we have planned over the coming year.

For those who have not yet signed up for the Net Impact Conference at Cornell University from November 13-14, IT IS NOT TOO LATE!  See below for more informationabout how to sign up today.


Also, we are offering all our members the chance to order Net Impact zip-up fleece hooded sweatshirts.. We are in the process of finalizing the design, the cost, and other details about the sweatshirt which we will send you shortly. We are hoping to have the sweatshirts ordered and ready for you to take to the Net Impact Conference in November. You do not have to commit to buying a sweatshirt now, but if you are interested in possibly ordering a sweatshirt, please take a moment to fill in your name and the size you want into the Google document at this link by Wednesday, October 14th.

Thank you and have a great week!

 

To view our last newsletter, from September 27, please click here.


 
New This Week:
Net Impact Club - reserve your hoody today!
GLOBAL CONSULTING PRACTICUM (GCP) - Application now open!
The Fuqua Energy Symposium - 10/14/09
CASE Brownbag: Education Entrepreneurship with NC STEM - 10/15/09
Marketing Practicum with National Humanities Center
Ecosystem Services Symposium at Duke - 10/23/09
SAFER Green Business Forum 10/23/09
The Winnovation Challenge 2009 - Case Competition - App due 10/26/09
Acumen Fund Fellows Program- App due 11/05/09
2010 Dell Social Innovation Competition - App due March 1, 2010
 
Career Opportunities and Job Search :
*UPDATED - Location for Thursday back to Sem Rm C *Job Search Teams for Social Sector Careers- Every Tuesday & Thursday
Weekly Sustainability Roundtable - Every Wednesday

*UPDATED - Location confirmed * Education Interest Group - 10/06/09

Career Workshop: Corporate Sustainability Career Paths & Resources - 10/06/09
Careers in Sustainability Forum at UNC - 10/23/09
Mentored Study or Volunteer Consulting Project: opportunity with stone circles at The Stone House
Mentored Study Available with NC STEM Community Collaborative, housed at MCNC
Net Impact National Conference - Resume due by 10/12/09
 
Upcoming Net Impact Club Events:
NCSEA Major Energy Forum and Networking Events - 10/08/09 & 10/09/09
Social Enterprise Conference at Columbia
3rd Annual Base of the Pyramid Narrative Competition - 10/11/09
*UPDATED - Date* Springboard Event: WISER at Duke - 10/12/09
Summer 2010 Climate Corps Fellowship - Application due 10/15/09
Sustainable Industries Webinar - FREE - 10/15/09
Development Competition sponsored by Gates Foundation.  - Propsal due 11/15/09
Strategic Planning Practicum: Green Plus
 

New This Week

 
~ NET IMPACT CLUB HOODED SWEATSHIRT ~

Lets proudly represent the Duke MBA Net Impact club!  Buy a NIC hoody to show your support!

Are you always cold walking around school?  Sick of all those cheap t-shirts you collect at every event?  Well stay warm and stand out with a Net Impact fleece zip-up hooded sweatshirt. We are currently assesing interest and signing up does not commit you to purchasing a Net Impact hooded sweatshirt.  However sign up by Wednesday so we can send you the final design and cost (cost subject to quantity purchased, however we expect the range to be ~$25-$30 USD. 

Please sign up here if interested and you will receive the final design of the hooded sweatshirt before you commit to the order. (http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AkT1--GWd5lGdG1jZzNHN3EwZ1I0VWhRNVpIRThDNXc&hl=en).


GLOBAL CONSULTING PRACTICUM (GCP) - Application now open!

The application is a 2-part process:

  1. Complete the online application form … by Oct 8 @ 9PM
  2. Submit the following to the International Center (Suite SO9, below Fox Center) … by Friday, Oct 9 @ NOON:

- $300 application fee (payable to "Duke University", check or money order)
- A copy of your passport
- A copy of your current resume … ALSO, e-mail a copy of your current resume to erin.worsham@duke.edu.


GCP registration is complete ONLY when both parts of the application process have been completed. Please see www.DukeMBAGCP.org for more information.


The Fuqua Energy Symposium

When: Wednesday, October 14th, from 8:30am – 1pm

Where: The Fuqua School of Business, HCA Auditorium

More Info : Please join us for the 2009 Fuqua Energy Symposium on Wednesday, October 14th, from 8:30am – 1pm.  We have a strong line-up of panelists from the likes of GE, Barclay’s, Scott Madden Consulting, Duke Energy, and John Deere Renewables, among others.  The panelists will be addressing the current energy & environment issues and policies impacting decision-makers across a wide variety of industries.  As a student, an understanding of these issues can be a strong differentiator when searching for a job. 

Please see below for full line-up and use the link to RSVP (lunch will be provided).  We hope to see you there!

RSVP Here:  http://qtrial.qualtrics.com/SE?SID=SV_51tzFyvx10ZnqXq&SVID=Prod


CASE Brownbag: Education Entrepreneurship with NC STEM

When: Thursday, October 15, 12:30-1:30pm
Where: The Fuqua School of Business – Conference 14/Financial Markets Room (down stairs from Fox Center)
Audience: All Duke Students


More Information: What happens when you apply entrepreneurial business practices to catalyze disruptive innovation in an education system that is business evolution cycles behind the economy? The answer is business, policy, education and local community leaders deeply engaged and empowered to impact not only their local economy, but one of the US's greatest challenges.

Bring your lunch and come learn how the NC STEM Community Collaborative, a partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, MCNC, and a network of communities, is breaking new ground in education innovation using science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) processes, entrepreneurial business practices, and network dynamics theory to change the way we educate our children for the world they live and work in, not just the one we came from. Karl Rectanus, NC STEM’s leader, will join us for an informal discussion about NC STEM and the challenges of education entrepreneurship. Karl has been a teacher, administrator, improv comic and technology executive, growing a Software-as-a-Service company from $0 to $10mm in annual revenue with 75% annualized organic growth, and uses all of those experiences to lead the innovative non-profit, NC STEM Community Collaborative, housed at MCNC in RTP. Please consider joining this dialogue on the value, impact, and overlap of business skills on this work, as well as a mentored study opportunity offered by NC STEM this year.


NOTE: if you need to come late/leave early to accommodate class schedules, we understand.


Spots Available: Marketing Practicum with National Humanities Center

Professor Joel Huber is looking for a few outstanding students to fill a Practicum project that may be of special interested to those interested in education, and/or scaling social impact. The practicum team would work with the National Humanities Center to look at expanding their education programs. The National Humanities Center has very successful web based programs to help high school teachers use original historical materials in their classes. The Center is seeking a team to formulate a strategy to scale that program nationally. Read more details about the project here.

The practicum course runs through terms 2 and 3 and provides credit for two 3 credit courses. Teams in the past indicate that the time commitment for the Practicum is comparable to a two regular Fuqua courses, but, of course, scheduling is far more flexible. This practicum involves a team of five students, with priority given to Fuqua MBA's.

More detail about the practicum program: http://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/~jch8/marketing490/

Interested students should contact
: Prof. Huber (Joel.huber@duke.edu) or Barmak Modrek (Barmak.Modrek@fuqua.duke.edu)


Ecosystem Services Symposium at Duke

When: Friday, October 23rd

Where: Duke Law School

Presented by: The Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum


Details: For all of you interested in environmental policy, here is your chance to be involved. The Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum, which is made up of Nic Students, Law Students, and Nic/Law students, is holding its 2009 Symposium on October 23rd (a Friday) at the law school, and we encourage you all to come.

The symposium is being co-sponsored this year by the USDA office of Ecosystem Services and Markets, and it is a very unique experience. In essence, the USDA has been charged with developing ecosystem service markets, and they are co-sponsoring this symposium because it is being used as a policy development tool. The panelists, and the audience, will actually be a part of the policy development process. There will be plenty of chances to interact with the speakers and moderators, and we have some very high level government, academic, and private industry folks coming from all over the U.S..

So...please come for the show, and register here: http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/delpf/symposium, where you can also find the latest agenda. Robert Bonnie, the Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate at the USDA, and more importantly an eminently distinguished Nic School Alum, is the keynote speaker, so if nothing else please come see what we can aspire to!

What are ecosystem service markets (some of) you may ask? In a nutshell, ecosystem service markets are a way for landowners to get paid for all of the super beneficial things that undeveloped land does, such as: cleaning water, protecting from floods, housing endangered species, sequestering carbon, nitrogen, and a million other good things. Stuff you all know about. If you are taking environmental law with Professor Salzman, you will know more soon. So, once we develop a market for these services, then undeveloped land may be able to compete with development, or at least we will be working in a more efficient market (for those of you economists out there) where ecosystem services are valued correctly. There are going to be extensive open question & answer sessions, and we want your questions and opinions in this process.


Green Business Forum


 

         When:  October 23, 2009

         Where: Hamner Conference Center

                        Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

        Registration Deadline: October 16, 2009

       

 

Forum participants will hear directly from Southern business owners and entrepreneurs on:

  • Greening your business
  • Energy efficiency and renewable energy as ways to improve profits
  • Current and emerging opportunities in alternative fuels and renewable energy
  • Public policy activity, such as the Tennessee Solar Initiative
    And more...


Keynote speakers include: 

Harry Wingo, Policy Counsel, from Google, Inc.
David Kirkpatrick, Managing Partner, from SJF Ventures
Kil Huh, Project Director of Research, fromPew Center on the States


Register and review the current agenda here.

NOTE: Current students receive a 50% discount!

 


The Winnovation Challenge 2009 - Case Competition

When: December 3-4, 2009

Where: Århus, Denmark

Audiance: Competition open to all MBA and Engineering students

Deadline: Application due October 26

An international opportunity!

Details: Vestas invites you to contend with students from top programs around the world in The Winnovation Challenge 2009. Apply now for your chance to meet Vestas executives in Århus, Denmark, and turn your plan into reality.

Vestas is holding a global energy competition for Master Business and Engineering students. Students from all over the world are invited to participate in a case competition and students with the best ideas are flown to Århus, Denmark for a final event.   The challenge for business students is business case certainty and the task is to come up with a strategy to drive additional demand for wind energy by lowering one of the costs - financing.

Application materials must be received by October 26. Final competition will take place in Århus on December 3-4. The winner will receive two airline tickets for a trip around the world.

Go to http://www.vestas.com/winnovation for full registration details and competition rules.

If you have any questions about the competition, please don't hesitate to contact Vestas at winnovation@universumusa.com.


Acumen Fund Fellows Program

Application Deadline: Thursday, November 5, 2009 @ 11:59pm EST

The Acumen Fund is excited to announce that the application process for the 2010-2011 Class of Acumen Fund Fellows is now open!

Applications will be accepted online until 11:59pm EST on Thursday, November 5, 2009. Detailed information about the program and application process, as well as the bios of current and past fellows, can be found on the Acumen Fund website. To apply, or to send more information to others you know who might be interested, please click here.

 

The Acumen Fund is looking for dedicated individuals with the practical skills, the creativity, the empathy and the leadership potential to affect change by leveraging market-based solutions to create social impact. Acumen Fund Fellows are drawn from a pool of talented, passionate people from all geographies, sectors, backgrounds and ethnicities.

 

Since graduating its first class of Fellows in 2007, the Fellows Program has continued to grow and expand, using the experiences of each class to continue building a unique training curriculum specifically focused on leadership and social enterprises. Fellows Alumni have called the program a life-changing experience, and one that allowed them to build critical business skills and a better understanding of the challenges involved in serving low-income consumers around the world.
 
The Acumen Fund is also excited to welcome the new
Class of 2009-2010 Fellows to New York. Over the coming weeks the 2010 Fellows will be training and actively preparing to support Acumen Fund investments. The Fellows have committed to sharing their experiences both from New York and on the ground, so expect to see frequent posts from them on the Acumen Fund blog.


2010 Dell Social Innovation Competition

2010 Competition Opens Soon

The 2010 Dell Social Innovation Competition launches October 5.  Undergraduate and graduate level students from any university or college in the world are eligible to enter.  Students who entered the competition last year, but did not make the final round, can re-enter this year with your improved project.

The deadline for entry is March 1, 2010!!

Past Winners Update

Jason Shah, finalist in the 2009 Dell Social Innovation Competition, continues to gain support and acclaim for his innovation named I Need A Pencil.com.  Jason is a finalist in the Forbes Boost Your Business Competition and voting ends today.

Check out his project and vote for him now.   http://www.forbes.com/byb/2009/semi/boost-your-business-contest-09-i-need-a-pencil.html


 

 

Career Section

 

*UPDATED LOCATION* Career Workshop: Job Search Teams for Social Sector Careers

When:  Every Tuesday, 4:00-5:00pm
Where: The Fuqua School of Business, Seminar Room B

OR

When: Every Thursday, 4:00-5:00pm

Where: The Fuqua School of Business, Seminar Room C (Different than last week)


Audience: Fuqua MBA Daytime Students


Details:  Are you considering a career in the social sector? Come learn about the social sector, the social sector job search process, and the resources available within Net Impact, the Career Management Center, and CASE to support your internship search. This workshop is for students who are new to the social sector and is being held as part of the Net Impact Club Job Search Teams. Come find out if a career in the social sector is a fit for you. The workshop will be offered two separate times by Matt Nash (Managing Director, CASE). Both sessions will present the same information. This is designed for FY students, but open to any MBA students.

Job Search Teams meet weekly starting in the fall to provide students interested in social sector and "non-traditional" careers with tools, education, and a network of support. Participants share their career aspirations and internship search strategies, build on- and off-campus networks, receive tactical support including mock interviews, and offer support and structure to what is often a hectic first-year. We offer two times each week - just pick the one that fits your schedule.

If you have any questions regarding JST, please contact Sophie Messer or Teddy Salgado.


Weekly Sustainability Roundtable

When:  Wednesdays, 9:00am-10:00am

Where:  The Fuqua School of Business, Fox Center

Audience: Fuqua MBA Daytime Students

Details:  Join Katie Kross for coffee and a discussion about your sustainability job search or other sustainability questions. Anyone who is interested can drop by. We’ll have a table reserved in the Fox Center on Wednesday mornings between 9:00am-10:00am. Katie is Associate Director of the Corporate Sustainability Initiative at Duke and author of Profession and Purpose: A Resource Guide for MBA Careers in Sustainability.

Fall Term 1 Dates: Sept. 16, Sept. 23, Sept. 30, Oct. 7 and Oct. 14


*UPDATED LOCATION* Education Interest Group
Who: People Interested in the Education Sector
When: Tuesday, October 6th, 12:45pm to 1:30pm
Where: The Fuqua School of Business, Seminar Room G

Please join us for an informal discussion about the education interest group. During this time, we want to get your input on the types of programs and career related activities desired for the year. We hope you'll join us! Any questions contact Laura Vogel at laura.vogel@duke.edu or Sophie Messer at sophie.messer@duke.edu.

Career Workshop: Corporate Sustainability Career Paths & Resources

When: Tuesday Oct 6th, 4:00 pm - 5:00

Where: The Fuqua School of Business, RJR Auditorium

Audience: Fuqua MBA Daytime Students

Details:  What is sustainability, and how do you get a job in that?  Join Katie Kross for a conversation about MBA career paths in corporate sustainability, corporate social responsibility, socially responsible investing, sustainability consulting, renewable energy, and other green industries.  Katie is Associate Director of the Corporate Sustainability Initiative at Duke and author of the forthcoming book, Profession and Purpose: A Resource Guide for MBA Careers in Sustainability.  She’ll share green business resources, networking tips, and job search strategies.  


Careers in Sustainability Forum at UNC

When: Friday, October 23rd 11:00am-5:00pm

Where: Kenan-Flagler Business School, McColl

Details:  The Net Impact Club of UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School is proud to host its Eighth Annual Careers in Sustainability Forum on Friday, October 23rd in McColl. Business professionals in various sustainability fields will share their experiences in renewable energy, entrepreneurship, venture capital/socially responsibility investing, consulting, corporate social responsibility, green building, and more. Attendance is free! Here are some examples of panelists that spoke at past Forums: Advanced Energy, Duke Energy, Centex Homes, The Body Shop, IBM, Home Depot, Burt’s Bees, Novozymes, Smithfield Foods, and Wachovia. Details on the registration and panelists will follow soon. For now, save the date! Please forward this invitation to individuals or groups who you think would be interested in attending.


If you have any questions, feel free to contact UNC Kenan-Flagler Net Impact VP of Careers, Mark Hilpert at mark_hilpert@unc.edu.



Mentored Study or Volunteer Consulting Project: Opportunity with Stone Circles at The Stone House

Stone Circles is a 15 year-old nonprofit organization that works to sustain activists and strengthen the work for social justice through spiritual practice and a sustainable relationship with the land. stone circles was founded and is directed by Claudia Horwitz, an Echoing Green and Rockefeller Foundation Next Generation Leadership Fellow, and author of The Spiritual Activist: Practices to Transform Your Life, Your Work and Your World (PenguinCompass 2002). Two years ago stone circles created The Stone House, a retreat center, training ground and farm on 70 acres of land in Mebane, NC. Stone circles uses the House to run our their programs, rents the space to social change organizations, hosts educational workshops and youth programs on the land, grows a lot of their own food, and engages in national field-building. The budget ($560K) is based on a revenue model of foundation grants (general operating and program support), a strong individual donor program and earned revenue.


Stone circles is at an exciting point with two problems to solve:

(1) A long-term financing strategy that integrates capital, endowment, scholarship and maintenance funds
(2) Scaling up our earned revenue (facility rental, product development and more)


They are looking for MBA students interested in helping find solutions to these challenges. This can be a mentored study, or a volunteer engagement, depending on student preferences.


Contact: Ruth Tolman, CASE if interested (ruth.tolman@duke.edu)


Mentored Study Available with NC STEM Community Collaborative, housed at MCNC

The North Carolina STEM Community Collaborative, funded through generous support of MCNC, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and community partners, recognizes that community collaboration is the lever to ensure sustainable innovation in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education. It builds the capacity of local communities to create innovative and sustainable educational programs that are characterized by individualization, quality and scalability. STEM feels that we must prepare our children for the world they live in, not the one they came from. NC STEM is a new organization, incubated in 2008, bringing entrepreneurial approaches (in a non-profit setting) to education innovation in NC to ensure equitable, sustainable innovation. A large part of this work is in communications, helping build understanding of and demand for education innovation.

NC STEM is looking for 1-2 MBA Interns/Mentored Study Candidates to help drive the communications, including social media, PR, advocacy, and messaging. In this role, candidates will have great opportunity to engage on a critical challenge, impact many parts of a start-up environment, get visibility to leadership in every private & public sectors, and make a difference in education of all children.

Contact: Karl Rectanus, Leader (karl@ncstem.org, 919-248-1107) and/or Stacey Yasses (syasses@mcnc.org)



*UPDATED* 2009 Net Impact National Conference - It's not to late!

 

It's not too late to sign up for the 2009 Net Impact Conference!  Although the early bird deadline has passed, the $360 registration fee still offers good value for money. 

You can expect:

  • Over 350 speakers
  • 3 keynote presentations, featuring the CEO's of GE, Honest Tea, Vermont Bread Company, CSRWire.com, ITC Limited and more
  • Sessions on corporate responsibility, international development, clean technology, socially responsible investing and social entrepreneurship
  • More than 54 exhibitors from the corporate and nonprofit sectors

Fuqua has traditionally had one of the strongest and largest contigents at the conference, so let's keep the tradition alive in 2009!  Mroe than 40 of your peers are already signed up.

When: November 13-15, 2009

Where:  Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Details:  The 2009 Conference curriculum will feature over 100 panels and case studies that highlight such topics as clean technology, corporate social responsibility, and sustainable investing, and includes keynote speakers like Jeffrey Immelt, CEO of GE. Of course, the weekend wouldn’t be complete without offering a taste of Ithaca, and we invite attendees to “Experience the Finger Lakes” via a tour focused on sustainable practices applied by local businesses.

What you need to do:

  1. Register NOW to secure your spot.   Become a member of the National Net Impact organization to receive a discount on registration, as well as gain access to the member database, job board and more. Click here to REGISTER NOW!
  2. Format your resume to Net Impact's specifications and submit to resumes@netimpact.org by October 12 for inclusion in the conference resume book. 
    For more information, please visit: http://www.netimpact.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=2403.  Please also submit a copy to liana.humphrey@duke.edu so we can build a resume book for Fuqua visitors.
  3. Enter your contact information in this Google doc, so we can make sure you get the latest news and updates:  http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AtEPw_Me5KvsdGk4MGYyamhYWjVrbUxoRmVQejBjaFE&hl=en
  4. Several hotels are already sold out. If you are thinking about attending the conference, make your hotel reservation today (you can always cancel later). For a list of available hotels, see http://www.netimpact.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=2883

If you have any questions about the conference, please feel free to contact Liana Humphrey at liana.humphrey@duke.edu.

To view the information provided in the previous newsletter, regarding logistics and hotel, please click here.


 

 

Upcoming Events & General Announcements

 
NCSEA Major Energy Forum

 

   What: Energy forum, Annual Membership Meeting, & Networking Event

   When: October 8 & 9, 2009

   Host: North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA)

 

Click here to register now.

 

 

Details: Join the NCSEA and leaders from communities across our state on October 8 & 9 at the Charlotte Convention Center for an important gathering, high-quality educational sessions, timely discussions and valuable networking opportunities focused on GROWING NORTH CAROLINA'S GREEN ENERGY ECONOMY: Learning, Connecting & Creating Opportunities Together.

 

The Networking Reception & Fundraiser on Thursday evening, October 8, will feature remarks by Amory Lovinsco-founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute and one of our nation's leading voices on renewable energy and energy efficiency. Registration to attend Thursday evening's reception is $50.

All day on Friday, October 9, NCSEA will host a major Green Energy Economy forum and our Annual Membership Meeting. The forum's luncheon keynote speaker will be John MorrisonNorth Carolina's new Assistant Secretary of Energy at the Department of Commerce. Registration to attend Friday's sessions is $70 for NCSEA members, Government and Non-profits; and $100 for non-members.

If you're interested in attending both days & want to save money - register for the special "combo price": $110 for NCSEA members, Government and Non-Profits; and $140 for non-members.

Not a current member of NCSEA, but want to show your support of our organization - and save money on your registration? Click here to become a member today.

Visit www.energync.org to learn more about NCSEA.


Social Enterprise Conference at Columbia

When: Friday, October 9, 2009

Where: Columbia Business School, New York City

Details:  "From Vision To Practice"  The 2009 Social Enterprise Conference addresses how today’s organizations can increase their strength not just to ride through the global economic downturn, but more importantly to come out on top. To accomplish this, we focus on the entire process timeline for a social venture: from the broad visioning process to the specific practices.

Registration required.

Click here to learn more.   (Link: http://www0.gsb.columbia.edu/students/organizations/sec/conference2009/index.htm)


 3rd Annual Base of the Pyramid Narrative Competition

What: Essay competition

When: Submission due October 11, 2009 (By midnight)


*UPDATED* Springboard Brainstorming Event: WISER at Duke

When: Monday, October 12, 6:30-8:30pm
Where: Fuqua School of Business – Sauer Classroom
Audience: Open to all Duke graduate students (RSVP required)


Details:  This Springboard will feature the Women’s Institute for Secondary Education and Research (WISER), a non-profit NGO working to build the first girls’ boarding school and research center in Muhuru Bay, Kenya. WISER is dedicated to fostering a spirit of intellectual enthusiasm that will challenge girls to lead, serve, and ultimately reduce the gender equality gap in Kenyan society (more at http://wisergirls.org/). WISER operates as an independent Kenyan NGO, but remains closely tied to Duke University. Duke is supporting the development of the project and Duke students have been involved in the growth of WISER since its conception. Join Duke Professor Sherryl Broverman and a member of the WISER board in this Springboard speed-consulting event to help them think through their newest set of challenges to achieving their mission. This will be a great opportunity for anyone interested in youth education or international development and partnerships.

If interested in attending, please sign up here as we will be providing food. Also, in preparation for the session, a see the short read-ahead document attached which will offer background about the organization and the challenge being presented.

About Springboards
: Modeled after the Springboard program initiated at Common Good Ventures in Maine, Springboard Sessions connect Duke MBA and graduate students to local business leaders looking to solve a well-defined business problem. A Springboard event involves an open exchange of ideas that empowers the Duke graduate student to lend his or her expertise to help solve a challenge facing a local organization.


Contact: ruth.tolman@duke.edu


Summer 2010 Climate Corps Fellowship--APPLY NOW

When: Interview on November 13 during the Net Impact Conference

Deadline: Application due October 15, 2009

The Environmental Defense Fund and Net Impact are expanding the Climate Corps program with a goal of placing 50 fellows in host companies next summer to develop an economic rationale for energy efficiency. The Climate Corps fellowship is ideal for students who have completed their first year of an MBA or graduate program, and have an interest in environmental science, consulting, financial analysis, engineering, and climate change.

You can learn more at www.edf.org/climatecorps and read about the program in a recent BusinessWeek article.

Candidates who submit their applications by October 15th may be invited to interview on November 13th at the Net Impact Expo, the premier networking event of the Net Impact Conference.

READ ADDITIONAL DETAILS IN OVERVIEW ATTACHED TO THIS EMAIL .


Sustainable Industries Webinar - FREE

The Business Case for Clean Energy:
You've Tackled the Low-Hanging Fruit -
Now What?

Thur., Oct. 15, 2009, 10-11 a.m., Pacific Time

This FREE exclusive Sustainable Industries Webinar presented by Lane Powell helps business owners learn how to prioritize and finance energy efficiency upgrades. Learn from industry experts which energy efficient measures make the biggest impact on greenhouse gas emissions reductions as well as the bottom line. Our expert panelists from E Source , an information source for utilities and energy customers around energy efficiency, will provide in-depth information about today's cutting-edge energy efficiency technologies, as well as case studies and information about incentives and financing for energy efficient projects.

Register today!

Featured Speakers:

Introduction By:

Moderated By:

Micah Allen

Alistair Jackson

Brian Back

Becky Brun

Manager,  Technology Assessment Service, Business Energy Advisor
E Source
Senior Manager,  Enterprise Energy Management Services
E Source
Publisher,  Founding Editor
Sustainable Industries

Editor,  Sustainable Industries

 


Gates Foundation Opportunity - Innovative Financial Solutions for Development Competition

What: Development Competition sponsored by Gates Foundation.

When:  Proposals due November 15, 2009

Where:  The World Bank, Paris  - The winning team will be invited to a two-day summit in Paris in March 2010

Who: Fuqua MBA Students


Details:  Net Impact is working with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on an exciting call for ideas for “Innovative Financial Solutions for Development”. The team with the winning proposal will be invited to attend a two-day summit in Paris in March 2010 with the Gates Foundation, the World Bank, and other international development organizations.  The Gates Foundation is particularly interested in getting graduate students and professors involved in the project.

A personal invitation from Alejandra Villalobos, Strategic Projects Manager at Net Impact (the National chapter):

"On behalf of the Gates Foundation, we’d like to specifically invite Fuqua's students and faculty to consider submitting proposals. The Fuqua School of Business has a long history of presenting groundbreaking scholarship and innovative market ideas, plus especially strong offerings in international business, finance and economics. The Gates Foundation was particularly interested in seeing proposals from your program, in the hopes they would incorporate all of these strengths."

For more information, see background information below as well as the comprehensive outline attached.

BACKGROUND:

With the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the World Bank, the Gates Foundation will be co-hosting an international Marketplace on Innovative Financial Solutions for Development (MIF), to be held in Paris on March 4-5, 2010. The 2010 MIF will be dedicated to innovative, smart, fine-tuned financial mechanisms for mobilizing, channeling, and spending funds dedicated to development.

A key feature of the MIF will be a competition to garner fresh ideas for financial solutions aimed at reducing poverty and sustainably improving livelihoods through addressing market or government failures. Grants will be awarded for up to five proposals in a two step selection process entrusted to a special jury. In the first phase, approximately 20 finalists will be selected to present at the MIF Conference in Paris, and the MIF will award up to five grants of up to $100,000 each.

Proposals are welcomed from all development finance innovators, including financial institutions, private-sector companies, social enterprises, non-governmental and civil society organizations, government agencies, foundations, and development organizations. The Gates Foundation specifically reached out to us to encourage universities and other academic organizations to become involved. Faculty and/or teams of students are encouraged to submit ideas for consideration.

To learn more and submit a proposal, visit www.fininnov.org

READ ADDITIONAL DETAILS IN OVERVIEW ATTACHED TO THIS EMAIL .


Strategic Planning Practicum: Green Plus

Deadline: Attend Info session as advertised, register for class for Term 2
Who: Open SYs MBAs only


Details: The Strategic Planning Practicum offers an opportunity to perform a strategic plan for a midsize company in the area ($10million to $500 million annual sales). Opportunity to join the team of students that will consult to the Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD) as part of Prof. Bill Sax’s Strategic Planning Practicum course. ISD director Chris Carmody is seeking a team of Duke MBAs to help them develop a strategy to scale up the Green Plus certification program. More detail on Green Plus project in the overview attached.


Compensation: Course Credit
Contact: Professor Bill Sax (bas4@duke.edu)

Note: there are also 2 projects currently available in the Strategic Planning Practicum focused on Healthcare. Contact Professor Bill Sax for more information about the project details.


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