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SCNE ENTREPRENEURS’ FORUM
We are pleased to host the Stanford Entrepreneurs’ Forum, a series
of breakfast meetings centered around business and innovative leaders
in the for-profit, nonprofit, and governmental sectors. Please join us
this year for engaging sessions with a diverse range of speakers, colleagues
invited from local MBA clubs, and fellow Stanford alumni.
Alumni
attend to learn and connect, not compete, which makes for an atmosphere
that is invigorating and supportive.
Admission Price for Forums
$10 SCNE members and Stanford GSB alumni.
$15 non-members
(Coffee and light breakfast provided.)
UPCOMING FORUMS
Wednesday, June 4 (7:30 a.m. – 9:00
a.m.)
“Innovative Partnerships for Social Impact: Strategies for Collaboration Between Public, Private and Non-Profit Organizations”
with professor Jim Phills, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Social Innovation Review
Click
here for venue & payment
information.
About the Program
We live in a world beset by persistent, complex, and seemingly intractable social problems. Every day, important human needs remain unmet, fundamental rights are violated, and the sustainability of our planet and our social fabric are undermined. The list includes poverty, inequity, hunger, genocide, environmental degradation, inadequate education, global and local health hazards and a host of others. At the same time, we live in a world where innovative approaches and solutions are emerging at an increasingly rapid pace and — in some of the most unlikely places — through partnerships between some of the most unlikely bedfellows.
These “Social Innovations,” novel combinations of ideas, technologies, business models, and networks, are more effective, efficient, and sustainable; examples include microfinance, emissions trading credits, and fair-trade products.
By drawing on a wide range of examples and cases, this talk will outline the fundamental characteristics and key drivers of contemporary social innovations, as well as their implications for those who aspire to create social change. Join the SCNE Entrepreneurs’ Forum for a discussion of how various sectors can come together to address complex social issues.
About the Speaker
Jim Phills is the Claude N. Rosenberg Jr. Director of Stanford’s Center for Social Innovation and Professor of Organizational Behavior (Teaching) at the Stanford Business School. He is also Academic Editor of the Stanford Social Innovation Review. His research focuses on strategic change, organizational learning, and social innovation. Phills is the author of a number of publications on learning and change in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors, including Integrating Mission and Strategy for Nonprofit Organization, which was published by Oxford University Press in 2005. Prior to moving to Stanford, he was on the faculty at the Yale School of Management where he received the Alumni Association Award for Excellence in teaching in 1995.
At Stanford, Professor Phills has taught courses on Social Entrepreneurship, Strategic Leadership of Nonprofits, Managing Strategic Change, and Managing Group and Teams. In addition to his research and teaching, Phills has consulted to a wide array of organizations for over 25 years. A partial list of his clients includes: American Electric Power, Dean & DeLuca, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, General Mills, Girl Scouts USA, Herman Miller Corporation, Hoffmann-La Roche, I-CO Global Communications, Kaiser Permanente, the Monitor Group, and the San Francisco Police Department. He has served as a nonprofit board member for College Track, The Walker Home and School, and Stanford Business School Alumni Consulting Team.
Phills is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, holds a Master’s degree in Psychology and Social Relations from Harvard University, and received his PhD in Organizational Behavior from Harvard Business School and the departments of Psychology and Sociology at Harvard University.
Venue for this SCNE Forum
The offices of:
McCarter & English LLP
265 Franklin Street, 14th floor
Boston, MA 02110
Please bring identification as you will be asked to present it to take
the elevators to floor 14.
Directions
The offices of McCarter & English
LLP are located near the Downtown Crossing,
Park Street, and State Street T-stops. Metered parking and garages are available
nearby.
RSVP & Pre-Payment is
Required
To
guarantee your admission to the Forum (and admittance into the building) you
must register and make your (non-refundable) payment in advance — $15 SCNE
members & Stanford
GSB alumni, $20 non-members. Please note you will be asked to present identification
to gain entry
to the building. There will be
no registration at the event.
RSVP required by Wednesday, May 28 E-mail Jennifer, at jeo7@stanfordalumni.org. Please
include full names of attendees and complete your payment in advance.
Pay Online Using PayPal. If you have a
PayPal account you can sign in and make your payment to gocard1@yahoo.com.
Be sure to note the event (SCNE E Forum 6/4) and exact names and numbers
of reservations you are making.
Pay by mail
(check only)
Be sure to RSVP by email to Jennifer and note the event on the check, “June 4 Entrepreneurs Forum,” as well as the exact names and number of reservations you are making with your RSVP.
Mail your check made out to “Stanford Club of New England” to:
Stanford Club of New England
PO Box 291
Boston, Massachusetts 02117
Questions?
If you have questions, contact the
Entrepreneurs’ Forum Co-Chairs:
Jim
Hill BSc ‘76 ( james.hill@stanfordalumni.org),
at (617) 428-5523.
Jennifer O. MS‘99 (jeo7@stanfordalumni.org)
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