Fellow Net Impact Club Members,

As this term comes to a close, please join us at the Town Hall Meeting this Wednesday, December 9th, at 5:30 pm in Lilly Classroom. This is an opportunity for cabinet members to update the entire club on what is happening. It is also a chance for club members to ask questions, give feedback, etc. (Refreshments will be provided). Also, be sure to join our volunteers for Meals on Wheels which is also taking place this Wednesday at 9am. See below for more details. For those who have not yet signed up for Week-In-Cities,, be sure to do so this week. The schedule is finalized and the trip it is just a few weeks away!

We hope you have a great last week of classes!

A discussion with IBM’s VP of Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs and President of the IBM International Foundation

When: Thursday, December 10, 12:45-1:45pm
Where: The Fuqua School of Business, Esbenshade Classroom

Sign up here to request a spot at the table (space is limited and will be designated by lottery)

More Information: Join us for a roundtable discussion with Stan Litow, VP of Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs at IBM and President of the IBM International Foundation. We are pleased to offer Fuqua students this rare access to a corporate executive to learn about IBM’s social impact and present their questions for discussion. Sign up is required to request a spot http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LTSQN6R. Deadline to sign up is Dec 8. If you sign up to attend, you will be notified by Dec 9 if you have a space at the table. This event is sponsored by the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke.

About the Speaker: Stanley S. Litow is IBM's Vice President of Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs and President of IBM's Foundation. He heads global corporate citizenship and corporate social responsibility at IBM. Under his leadership, IBM has been widely regarded as a global leader in Corporate Social Responsibility and prized for its societal and environmental leadership, its labor practices and civic leadership. Under Stan, IBM has developed innovative voice recognition technology to help non-literate children and adults learn to read, automatic language translation and bilingual email, open source technology to help people with disabilities access the web, a humanitarian grid to power research on Cancer and AIDS and new digital imaging technology to improve water quality. He helped devise IBM's Global Citizen's Portfolio consisting of matching accounts for learning and The Corporate Service Corps a corporate version of the Peace Corps that trains thousands of IBM's future leaders. IBM's efforts in education have raised student achievement and won the company two Ron Brown Awards presented by the President.

When: Tuesday, Dec. 8th at 5:00-6:00pm
Where: The Fuqua School of Business, Formica Classroom
Who: All Net Impact FYs

Not sure how to keep the momentum going while you are away from school?
Not sure what you can do over the break to prepare for deadlines and events in January?

No matter what your questions are or where you stand in the process, come to the Winter Break Strategy Session. This is replacing the last job search team session of the term and is open to everyone. We will discuss things to keep in mind to help you keep your search on track over the long winter break, as well as outline some important dates. Ritu Khanna and Teddy Salgado will lead the session, and Mary Beck and Ruth Tolman will be in attendance.

When: December 17-18, 2009
Where: Washington, DC
Audience: Duke MBA Students

ACTION REQUIRED: If you would like to attend Net Impact's Week-in-Cities trip to Washington, DC, please indicate your commitment to attend using the following survey, *even if you previously indicated interest*: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YZLXK63

This is the formal sign-up for the trip. Our schedule for the trip is now finalized.

Come join us for what promises to be an exciting trip! If you have any questions, please contact Net Impact Week-In-Cities Coordinators Chris
Tessone (chris.tessone@fuqua.duke.edu) or Koji Kitazume (koji.kitazume@fuqua.duke.edu).

The Open Space Institute is conducting a candidate search for an affiliated philanthropic institution with whom we work on land conservation. The institution consists of a group of family foundations focused on environmental issues, which has assets in excess of $100M and a $5M annual budget.

The institution seeks a consultant for a period of 6 months to 1 year to conduct a strategic review, analysis and planning initiative for the foundations’ grantmaking activities to date – about $50 M of grants to more than 50 beneficiaries over about 10 years. Beneficiaries include many of the leading domestic and international environmental, arts and educational institutions, such as Wildlife Conservation Society, The Nature Conservancy, New York Botanical Garden, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Harvard University.

Start date: Preferably January 2010
Interviews: To commence mid-December 2009
Location: Great Neck, Long Island, New York
Contract period: 6 months to 1 year
Compensation: Commensurate with experience

If interested in this positions, read the Strategic Review Consultant for Environmental Foundations.doc for a full description before applying. Please email (1) cover letter, (2) resume and (3) latest academic transcript to Jude Wu, Special Projects Associate, Open Space Institute at consultantsearch2009@gmail.com. [Please no phone calls unless contacted for an interview.]

Dear Student,

The Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD) seeks to connect academic institutions with the private sector to educate, motivate, and reward small and medium-sized businesses in their efforts toward greater triple bottom line sustainability.  The Institute has partnered with Duke and UNC through its Green Plus program (www.gogreenplus.org) to provide hands-on experience in sustainability evaluation and coaching, as well as in researching topics of sustainability that relate to smaller enterprises.  There are three potential opportunities for involvement with the Institute:

1. Unpaid/for-credit/paid internships
2. Competitive, paid Sustainability Fellowships
3. Volunteer opportunities

1.  Internships: Internships are interdisciplinary in nature and open to Duke undergraduate and graduate students.  We are open to working with students from any discipline.  As an intern, you will gain skills and experience in evaluating and coaching small businesses in triple bottom line sustainability and have an opportunity to play an integral role in helping to scale the university partnership program across the United States.  Internships are typically unpaid, though depending on your University program you may be able to receive course credit or compensation for your participation.  
    
   Application process: If you’re interested in applying for internships in the second half of the 2009-2010 school year, please email info@gogreenplus.org with a resume and cover letter by December 18th, 2009. 
   
   
2.  Sustainability Fellowships: ISD will offer a limited number of interdisciplinary Sustainability Fellowships starting in Summer 2010.  Open to both undergraduate and graduate students, these fellowships are competitive, full-time, paid positions in Chapel Hill, NC.  The Fellowship is comprised of two components: 1) evaluating and coaching small and medium-sized enterprises in sustainability and 2) working on an in-depth summer project in an area of sustainability.  The summer project provides an opportunity to connect your academic experience to real world application with the possibility of presenting your findings to the Green Plus team and/or board.  As a Fellow, you will shape a growing organization and work with a team of Fellows from multiple disciplines and schools.  Particularly qualified applicants may have the opportunity to further their leadership skills and gain responsibility overseeing and managing a team or component of the Green Plus program for the summer season.   
   
   Application process: The application period for Summer Fellowships opens January 12th, 2010.  Applicants will be notified in March 2010.  All interested applicants should email your resume and cover letter to info@gogreenplus.org by February 12th, 2010.
   
   
3.  Volunteering: To sign up for the volunteer list-serv, please sign up at the following link: www.surveymonkey.com/s/G5TR7CH
   

The Green Plus Team
Green Plus Program, Institute for Sustainable Development, www.gogreenplus.org

More Job opportunities

Stay on top of the latest job opportunities for summer internships as well as full time jobs. Please log onto the CASE/CMC Nonprofit Job Directory (http://www.caseatduke.org/mba/careers/index.html ) for a full list of job postings.

Net Impact Members visit http://jobs.netimpact.org/search.cfm for information about many more recently posted openings…

Your Idea could Win You $25,000

Ashoka’s Changemakers and We Media have launched our second annual We Media PitchIt! Challenge – we are looking for the best new ideas (early stage ventures) that are working to help create a better world through media.

Learn more at http://www.changemakers.com/

Sustainability, defined in this document as "business strategies and practices that promote the long term well-being of the environment, employees, and the bottom line", is a significant and growing issue for all businesses. DCRI Facility Services has been working behind the scenes for the past two years to insure that the new programs and products we have introduced are as environmentally friendly as possible. We're ready to formalize these policies and procedures and present an analysis of the business value of this initiative as the market demand for these programs increases.

See Sustainability Plan Outline 2 Erin.doc for additional details.

For details see attachment and contact
Cristine Karasek
Director, DCRI Facility Services
(919) 668-8639

Entry to the 2010 Dell Social Innovation Competition is open! The University of Texas at Austin and Dell are searching for student  social entrepreneurs to dream up ingenious ideas to change the world.  College students worldwide are invited to enter the 2010 Dell Social  Innovation Competition for a chance to win $50,000 to turn their ideas  into a new business or nonprofit with a mission to change lives for the better.

The deadline to enter is March 1, 2010. Students can submit their ideas online at http://www.dellsocialinnovationcompetition.com .

Along with students, citizens worldwide are invited to comment on, vote for and discuss the ideas in the online community forum.

The RGK Center for Philanthropy & Community Service in the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin introduced the Social Innovation Competition in 2006, awarding more than $200,000 in prizes to student social entrepreneurs. The RGK Center builds knowledge about nonprofit organizations, philanthropy and volunteerism, and prepares students and practitioners to make
effective contributions to their communities.

http://www.dellsocialinnovationcompetition.com
http://twitter.com/dellsocialinnov
http://www.facebook.com/DellSocialInnovation

This holiday season, focus on the four main areas below to make a positive impact at work.

• Give sustainable gifts. Treehugger's 2009 Gift Guide is a great place to start. Consider spending time with friends and family as well as exploring the options below:
  * Give a microloan from Kiva.org or MicroPlace
  * Donate three bed nets from Malaria No More for $30
  * Help an entrepreneur or family with Heifer International - a $20 donation can buy someone a flock of geese
  * Support social and economic justice and buy Fair Trade Goods from Global Exchange, World of Good, and Fair Trade Federation Members.
  * Donate to your favorite nonprofit. We can think of one in particular that would love your support.  
  
  
• Reduce holiday waste. Purchase biodegradable flatware and utensils and LED Christmas bulbs that use 80-90% less energy than incandescents for office events. Check out this great column from Grist.org for more ideas.  
  
  
• Give back to your community. From helping out at a local homeless shelter to hosting a gift exchange for families in need, volunteering can be a team building exercise that allows you and your colleagues to give back during the holiday season. For a short-term project consider the resources of organizations such as Points of Light and VolunteerMatch. If you're interested in something more long-term, consider working with your local Net Impact Chapter and joining or helping start a Service Corps or Board Fellows program in your local area. 
  
  
• Plan for 2010. This December, start thinking about how you want to make an impact at work in 2010.
  * Read up on other Net Impact success stories
  * Review the guide to Making Your Impact at Work (.pdf)
  * Fill out an Impact at Work Project Template (.doc)
  * Sign up for an upcoming Impact at Work Series Issues in Depth Call

When: Wednesday, December 9th, 5:30 - 6:30pm
Where: The Fuqua School of Business, Lilly Classroom

Details: All Net Impact Club members and friends are invited to our first town hall meeting of the year. This is an opportunity for cabinet members to update the entire club on what is happening. It is also a chance for club members to ask questions, give feedback, and hold the club leadership accountable for how the club is progressing. Please join us next Wednesday, 12/9 @ 5:30 pm.

*REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED*

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.

Sign up here – http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AsrGyM1QribSdFZhNzB4My0yc1FkeTMwUjlLaUM4Y2c&hl=en.

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.

When: February 12-13, 2010
Where: The Haas School of Business at UC-Berkeley

More Information: This year, The Haas School of Business at UC-Berkeley will once again host the 4th annual Education Leadership Case Competition on February 12 and 13, 2010. The purpose of the case competition is to bring national attention to a critical, real-time issue in public education, and to engage MBAs and other graduate students in addressing these challenges through a case competition. Each year, Haas selects an urban school district to partner with. Student leaders in the Haas Education Club then research and work with the chosen district's leaders to develop a case focused on a challenge facing the district. The case competition then brings together ten teams from leading graduate programs around the country to present solutions to the challenges outlined in the case.

For more information, visit http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/education/ELCC/

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