Welcome to the MIT Sloan Net Impact Kickoff

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Welcome to the MIT Sloan Net Impact Kickoff

• September 19, 2006

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What will you learn about today?

• What is Net Impact Globally at MIT Sloan
• Net Impacts focus areas
• Career Services
• Information about the Net Impact Conference in
  Chicago
• Events and Activities
• Ways to get Involved
• Your Ideas! What we heard at Clubfest
• Benefits of Membership Opportunity to Join

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What is Global Net Impact?

• Net Impact is a global membership organization of
  MBAs, Graduate Students, and Professionals using
  their business skills to improve the way the
  world does business.
• Size Network of over 100 chapters and 11,000
  members
• Chapters in top 30 MBA programs
• 22 major U.S. cities with professional chapters
• 21 international chapters

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How far reaching is Net Impact?
New Chapters are being added all the time!
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Net Impact at MIT Sloan

• The MIT Sloan Net Impact Chapter focuses the
  global mission on our community here at MIT to
  give students the best education, experience,
  skills, and connections to improve the social and
  environmental impact of tomorrow's businesses and
  communities.
• Strategy Focus for 2006-2007
• Build a socially responsible community at MIT
  Sloan
• Increase awareness and Social Responsibility
  literacy
• Develop practitioners of social responsibility
• Open career doors and form networks that will
  build a supportive life-long asset to our members

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What Areas Do We Encompass?
Corporate Social Responsibility Social
Enterprise Socially Responsible
Investing International Development Sustainability
and the Environment Social Business Models and
Management Non-Profit and For-Profit Service /
Volunteering Social Impact Measurement
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What We Do

• Activities, Focus Areas, Speakers and Workshops
• Net Impact Conference
• Career Services Support
• Sloan Non-Profit Internship Fund
• Curriculum Change

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Career Networking Services

• Career Focus Panels on different social impact
  industries
• Social Impact Career/ Internship Mentors (second
  year students Sloan Fellows)
• Organization Presentations (i.e. Broad
  Foundation)
• Mixers with Energy Environment, SEID, Sloan
  Fellows, and Net Impact

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Net Impact Conference in Chicago

• October 27-29, 2006
• At Northwestern University
• Some support to help cover registration fee of
  265
• Purchase flight on your own (reasonable prices
  210-230)
• Stay with a friend in the area or with other MIT
  Sloan NI members
• Who thinks they will be attending?

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Upcoming MIT Sloan Activities

• Social Enterprise Focus Month-- October
• Kick off speaker Mark Albion, NY Times
  Best-selling author on leading a values based
  business
• Tuesday, September 26, 12-1PM
• Workshops
• 100K project presentations
• Speakers (founders of domestic and international
  NGOs)
• SIP on Fair Trade Coffee
• Sustainability Speaker Series Nov/Dec

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Other MIT Sloan NI Activities

• StartingBloc Mentors
• Competitions (100k, Global Social Venture, Ideas)
• Sloan Service Spectacular
• Outside Projects in a variety of sectors
• Updates on local, regional, and National events

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About Salon S

• What A regular discussion club on CSR issues in
  a fun and cozy environment
• Why No time to read books, why not take turns
  and learn from each other?
• How People rotate to read a book/report/paper of
  their interests and present it to the group to
  kick start a discussion.
• Examples Books such as Bottom of the Pyramid,
  Citizen Brand, Joy at Work, Profits and
  Principles etc. We could watch films such as
  Enron, The Corporation, Wal-Mart etc.
• Interested? Email joehsueh_at_mit.edu!

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China Focus on Development

• About the Trip
• Extension of Sloans spring semester class on
  China India
• Led by Prof. Huang, leading expert on China and
  Foreign Direct Investments
• 3 credits and trip will be subsidized by Sloan
  (300-500/person)
• Goals of the Trip
• Investigate the entrepreneurial environment in
  China through visits with Chinese entrepreneurs
  and local businesses
• Examine the social culture impact of recent
  economic development in China
• What does it mean for you?
• Join the organizational committee and help lead
  the trip into China
• Participate in the trip during spring break
• Contact Lei Zuo lzuo_at_sloan.mit.edu

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Get Involved!

• Upcoming Events get involved in marketing,
  logistics, and sponsorship development
• Specific interest areas organize an event or
  speaker!
• Curriculum change
• Choose your own focus and level of involvement
• Get practical leadership experience through Net
  Impact, at MIT Sloan and Nationally

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Your Ideas Interests

• Ideas
• Speakers CSR, education, wealth redistribution,
• Social Entrepreneurship Speed Dating
• Increased MIT Community involvement
• Board Fellowship / Board trials
• Sustainable farming and food products
• Health/Tourism
• Bottom of the pyramid

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Benefits of Membership

• Sloan Local Chapter
• 20 for 1 year, 30 for 2 years
• Sloan Net Impact Newsletters Email List
• Career guidance and networking events
• Career and summer job announcements
• Invitations to 1 on 1 Sessions with Guest
  Speakers
• Leadership Opportunities in Sloans Newest Club
• Start and Lead Community Impact Projects

• Net Impact National
• 25 / year
• Net Impact Newsletters (CSR Weekly)
• 11,000 Member Database
• Net Impact Career Center
• 50 Net Impact Conference Discount
• Publication Discounts

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Next Steps

• Sign up! Give us money!
• Contact NI Leadership about activities you want
  to be involved in or lead. impactofficers_at_sloan.mi
  t.edu
• Well send this slideshow out over email.
• Look for announcements about events!