Events

There are many roles that business leaders can play in both the public and private sectors to achieve social and environmental impact and we hope to expose some of these throughout the year. We aim to deliver quality events throughout each term and work with other career clubs to highlight aspects of their programming that relate to social and environmental issues and sustainability. Our work will culminate with the Sustainable Business and Social Impact Conference in February--a full day devoted to understanding how Leaders of Consequence can impact the world.

Major Upcoming & Past Events
Day In Durham 2010 Date: August 21,2010 Click here for more details! Green Week Date: TBD Click here for more details! Super Saturday Date: February 2011 - date TBD Details: TBD The Duke Conference on Sustainable Business & Social Impact (SBSI) Date: February 9, 2011 Click here for more details! CASE Speaker Series Date: Year-round (please see details of speaker series and other upcoming events at http://www.caseatduke.org/events/) ) Details: Net Impact provides support and assistance to CASE for their annual speaker series. The speaker series brings a number of well-known social entrepreneurs to Fuqua to speak on relevant topics for students. Past speakers have included CK Prahalad; Professor Greg Dees; Cheryl Dorsey, President of Echoing Green; Bill Drayton, CEO and Chair of Ashoka, and many more.
Other Past Events: Academic Year 2009-2010

Net Impact Club’s Meals on Wheels Day
When: December 9th, 9am Where: 2522 Ross Rd, Durham NC Are you looking for a new volunteer opportunity? The Net Impact Club will be helping Meals on Wheels December 9th, at 9 AM . Come help us pack food for 30 minutes OR stay for 90 minutes to pack and deliver food to residents of the community. Meals on Wheels is located at 2522 Ross Rd. You will receive a follow-up email the weekend before you volunteer with additional logistics information. Please contact Colleen Arthur (colleen.arthur@duke.edu) with any questions.

The Duke Start-Up Challenge Elevator Pitch Competition
Do you have an idea for a startup? Can you explain it in two minutes? Win cash and prizes at the Duke Start-Up Challenge Elevator Pitch Competition, from November 16th to November 20th. Social entrepreneurs are strongly encouraged to participate in the Social Entreprises Track of the Duke Start-Up Challenge on Wednesday Nov. 18th! The deadline to register your team to participate in the Elevator Pitch Competition is Wednesday November 11 at 5pm. Register now: http://www.dukestartupchallenge.org/how-to-get-involved/register-to-pitch Competition Details: The Elevator Pitch Competition runs for from November 16th through 20th. Any Duke student (undergrad or grad), faculty, or post-doc can participate. Each team gets two minutes and can have one powerpoint slide (no animations). Each night there are different tracks that you can compete in. Winners will be selected from each of the following tracks: Monday, Nov 16 @ Bryan Center, Von Canon Rooms, 7pm Undergraduate-led Startups Track (must be led and pitched by an undergraduate) Tuesday, Nov 17 @ CIEMAS, Schiciano Auditorium, 7pm Healthcare & Life Sciences Track Energy & Environment Track Wednesday, Nov 18 @ Fuqua, Lilly & Dansby Classrooms, 7pm Women-led Startups Track (must be led and pitched by a woman) IT & Media Track Thursday, Nov 19 @ Fuqua, Lilly & Dansby Classrooms, 7pm Social Enterprises Track Products & Services Track The winners from each track will advance to the Finals on November 20th @ Fuqua, Geneen Auditorium, 5:30pm Networking Event, 7pm Finals Next step: To compete, register by 5pm on November 11th at: http://www.dukestartupchallenge.org/how-to-get-involved/register-to-pitch And send a single PowerPoint slide (with no animations) to hwr2@duke.edu at the same time. Questions? Contact Steve Pal, Duke Start-Up Challenge Co-President at steven.pal@fuqua.duke.edu More information on the Duke Start-Up Challenge at http://www.dukestartupchallenge.org This event is part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, http://www.unleashingideas.org

Two Day Event: DEAD AID author Moyo on Aid to Africa & BAB-Africa panel
"DEAD AID: Why aid is not working and how there is a better way for Africa" When: Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 - 5:30 pm Where: UNC Kenan-Flagler, Maurice J. Koury Auditorium RSVP Required (Limited seating): rsvpkenan@unc.edu For more details, go to http://www.kenaninstitute.unc.edu/moyo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Business Across Borders - Africa, "The Role of Foreign Investment" When: Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 - 12:30 - 2:00pm Where: UNC Kenan-Flagler, Kenen Center Dining Room Luncheon Panel Discussion RSVP Required (Limited seating): rsvpkenan@unc.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Details at http://www.kenaninstitute.unc.edu/moyo/panel/

The Paradox of Humanitarian Aid
When: Wednesday, November 11th at 6:30pm (dinner served at 6:15pm) Where: Social Sciences Rm 136, West Campus A discussion led by Fiona Terry, PhD a visiting scholar at the Kenan Institute for Ethics and former Research Director for Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) Presented by the GHWG and undergraduate Global Health Forum.

A Day in a (Un)Sustainable Life
When: November 15, 2009 Be a part of A Day in a (Un)Sustainable Life, an exciting research and policy project developed by University of St. Thomas marketing professor David Alexander. To make the project a success, we invite our Net Impact chapter members and your local community to participate on November 15th. Details: This project studies differences in perceptions of sustainable consumption practices around the world by asking participants to wander into their community on November 15th to take photographs of the best and worst in sustainability where they live. As they compose those photographs, participants capture the thoughts and feelings they're experiencing in a journal. When they're done, participants share their thoughts and photographs with the project. The University of St. Thomas' Net Impact chapter is taking a leadership role in carrying the project forward as an annual event that documents differences in sustainable consumption around the world and tracks changes in practices and perceptions over time. A Day in a (Un)Sustainable Life offers the opportunity to be part of a research project that develops valuable new insights about the adoption of sustainable consumption in a multi-cultural, global environment that will influence policy makers around the world. Participating is fun and easy and involves as much or as little time as one wishes. And you don't need to be a professional photographer to make a major contribution to the project. We've attached a short PDF brochure that you can distribute with the invitations you send out. The brochure provides specific instructions to participants on how to capture their images, thoughts, and feelings and how to then share what they've captured with us via the photo-sharing website Flikr.com or email. if you have any questions, contact the project team (ADayInSustainability@yahoo.com)

Making Your Mark: Key Issues in Urban Education
When: Tuesday, December 1st from 6:00pm to 7:30pm Where: Lilly Classroom Details: Meet professionals from Teach for America, the Broad Residency, and New Leaders for New Schools to learn what's happening to the education system in America. This session will focus on key issues including human capital, data management, and public schools versus charter schools. Also learn how an MBA can add value in the education sector. Come prepared with questions on Tuesday, December 1st from 6:00pm to 7:30pm in Lily. For more information, contact Laura Vogel ( laura.vogel@duke.edu).