The Social Enterprise
Club sponsors different types of events - speakers, panels, "field
trips" and an annual conference - on a variety of topics that reflect
the diverse career interests of SEC members.
Details of events
are primarily circulated via email to current students. Please contact
a Hermes social enterprise student or a the club
officers for club as well as program events.
Organizations that
are interested in sponsoring an event for business school students should
contact the VP of Events to discuss scheduling
and logistics.
Upcoming
& Recent Events
Social Enterprise
Club Cocktail Hour
When: Tuesday, September 9, SoHa
Time: 6pm
About: Come learn about the club and meet current members.
Catskills
Social Enterprise Retreat
When: Saturday, September 13
Time: All day
About: Meet, greet and eat at this annual retreat to Ray Horton's home
Net Impact
Professional Development Workshop: Social Entrepreneurship as a Career
When: Monday, September 15
Time: 6:30-9pm
About: Featuring Mark Albion, a successful entrepreneur and Net Impact
founder. Register online at www.net-impact.org. Cost is $40 for members.
Social Enterprise Club Kick-Off
When: Tuesday, September 16
Time: 1:30-3pm
About: Come learn about the club and officer elections.
Botwinick
Prize in Business Ethics
When: Tuesday, October 7
Time: 1:30-3pm
About: The Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics is presented annually
to an individual or representative of a business organization exemplifying
the highest standard of professional and ethical conduct. This year,
the award will be presented to William McDonough, founding principal
of William McDonough and Partners, Architecture and Community Design,
an internationally recognized design firm practicing ecologically, socially,
and economically intelligent architecture and planning.
LUNAFEST
film festival
When: Friday, October 17
Time: 8-10pm
About: LUNAFEST, a national festival of films by, for or about women,
will return to screens nationwide for the third year. In addition to
providing national exposure for emerging women filmmakers, LUNAFEST
also supports one of the most important causes for women today by donating
proceeds from the festival to The Breast Cancer Fund.
Past
& Future Events
•
Speaker Panels and other topics related to social
enterprise areas are held throughout the year. Recent panels have
addressed non-profit board membership, corporate social responsibility,
foundation management as well as more issue-oriented and career development
panels such as:
Arts Management
Panel
Presented by the Social Enterprise Club
Moderated by:
Professor Joan Jeffri, Director, Program in Arts Administration and
Research Center for Arts and Culture,
Columbia University Teachers College
Speakers:
Robert Goldsmith, Wharton MBA '82, Deputy Director of The Frick Collection
Steven Peltzman, Columbia MBA '99, CIO of the Museum of Modern Art
Tahra Millan, Strategic Marketer at Serino Coyne, the largest advertising
agency on Broadway
Betty Wong, Columbia
MBA '82, Board Member of New York City's Chinese Culture Center
Energy Efficiency:
A New Metric for Market Performance
Presented by the Social Enterprise Club, The Energy Roundtable, and
SIPA's Energy Club
Speakers:
Jeff Seabright, Director of Green Strategies
Frank Dixon, Managing Director of Research at Innovest Strategic Value
Advisors Inc.
Sol Salinas, Director of Marketing for the Environmental Protection
Agency's Energy Star Program
Women in
Non-Profits
Co-sponsored with
Columbia Women in Business, with speakers from Bridgespan, Wall Street
Rising, and New York Public Theater;
•
Speaker Series - In addition to one-time speak panels,
the club also hosts extended speaker series in areas of sustained
student interest. For example, last year the club hosted a Business
Priorities speaker series, focusing on corporate governance, ethics,
and corporate social responsibility;
•
Roundtable Discussions - To create opportunities
for extended discussions and meaningful networking opportunities,
the club also hosts discussions with social enterprise practitioners.
For example students met with Kelli Moore, Director of Marketing at
Ashoka, a global non-profit organization focusing on social entrepreneurship
around the world;
•
Site Visits - The
club takes advantage of Columbia's New York location by organizing
field trips and site visits to community development, social venture
capital, and microfinance organizations. For example a group
recently visited the offices of Domini Social Investments to learn
more about Socially Responsible Investing;
•
Career Development Activities - The Social Enterprise
Club supports it members job search efforts through by hosting events
designed to help students narrow their career search as well as meet
recruiters. For example, club members attended a recruiting presentation
and "brown bag lunch" by Population Services International;
•
Alumni / Mentoring / Networking - As the Social Enterprise
Program and the Social Enterprise Club have grown, the size, diversity
and involvement of alumni has also expanded. The clubs' alumni outreach
efforts strive to offer alumni and current students opportunities
to network, gain industry insights and maintain their friendships
formed in the club through group breakfasts and happy hours.
Columbia
Business School Social Enterprise Conference
October
24, 2003 - The 2nd Annual Social Enterprise Conference
"Doing Well by Doing Good: Achieving Blended Value in Business"
The conference will highlight efforts within the corporate, not-for-profit
and government sectors to generate financial, social and environmental
wealth through innovative business practices and partnerships. This
event will bring together industry leaders, professionals, educators,
and students to share best practices and to engender new ideas surrounding
the intersection of mission and business. Keynote address by Gary Hirshberg,
President and CEO of Stonyfield Farm.
For further information,
please see the 2003
conference website.
The 2002
Fall Social Enterprise Conference
In early October
2002, the Columbia Business School Social Enterprise First Annual Conference,
"Beyond the Bottom Line: Creating More Value with Your MBA"
provided an opportunity for many students to learn more about corporate
social responsibility, non-profit management, social marketing, microfinance,
venture philanthropy, and other areas that
fall under the umbrella of Social Enterprise.
Our more than 30
speakers hailed from myriad fields and organizations and included Stephanie
Bell-Rose, President, Goldman Sachs Foundation; Rob Johnston, President
& CEO, Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management; Rose Sculley,
Development Director, Corporations & Foundations, Women's World
Banking; and Sarah Gillman, Director of Budget and Financial Planning,
Wildlife Conservation Society. These speakers not only shared their
experiences with conference attendees, but also provided insights into
the types of careers available in the field. With over 200 participants
and many volunteers, all available spots at the conference sold out
very quickly. We are already working plans to increase capacity for
next year.
Please visit our
archive to see the original SEC 2002 Conference website.
Net
Impact Conference
November
6-9, 2003 - 11th Annual Net Impact Conference
This year's Net
Impact conference will be hosted by the McCombs School of Business
in Austin, Texas. This year's theme will be: "From Corporation
to Community, Building a Network for Change".
Columbia will be sending another strong conginent of students to the
conference. Together, club members will spend three exciting days networking
and socializing with like-minded MBAs and business leaders, dedicated
to using the power of business to create a better world.
10th Annual
Net Impact Conference
In late October
last year, thirty students represented Columbia Business School at the
10th Annual Net Impact Conference held in Washington, DC. Net Impact
is an international organization for business school students interested
in social enterprise that provides career guidance and networking benefits
to students. At the 2002 conference, titled "Partnering to Create
Social Value," speakers included Ben Cohen, Co-founder Ben &
Jerry's; Stacey Davis, President & CEO, Fannie Mae Foundation; Bob
Malone, Regional President for North America, BP; and Barbara Waugh,
Personnel Manager, Hewlett-Packard Company.
SEC was one of the
biggest contingents from around the world and enjoyed the opportunity
to learn from hundreds of invited speakers and to network with 1,000
like-minded students from other business schools. We are looking forward
to next year's conference in Austin, Texas and are working with Net
Impact on plans to host the conference in New York City at some point
in the next several years.
Elsewhere
on Campus
Various Columbia
University faculties and centers, including the School of International
and Public Affairs (SIPA), Teacher's College, the Law School, the Center
for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC), the School of Public
Health, the Center for Energy, Marine Transportation and Public Policy,
and the School of Social Work also organize speakers, panels and conferences
of interest to social enterprise students. In addition, students can
attend conferences and events organized by groups in NY, such as the
Socially Responsible Business Alliance, Young Nonprofit Professional
Network of NY, Idealist.org events and careers fair (one of many that
are held in NY each year), and events hosted by the Net Impact Chapter
in NY, to name a few.
Organizations
that are interested in sponsoring an event for business school students
should contact the VP of Events to discuss
scheduling and logistics.
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