Date:
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Time:
Reception: 7:30 a.m.
Program: 8:00 a.m.
Adjourn: 9:00 a.m.
Speaker:
Dr. Jamie N. Jones, Assistant Director of the Social Enterprise, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Co-Founder Impact Engine
Commitment to Values-Based Management in Action
Dr. Jamie N. Jones will expand on the discussion first presented by Professor Timothy J. Feddersen, Director of the Social Enterprise at Kellogg Program (SEEK) about their business education program focused on developing socially responsible business leaders. That focus developed in response to pressures for values-based corporate management, not only from global, national and local markets and political entities, but also from the students themselves. She will present a broader discussion of how the corporate sector can work with social enterprises towards greater relevance for corporate responsibility. According to Dr. Jones, the community of social innovation and impact investing in Chicago and the Midwest is already growing quickly, and Chicago is uniquely positioned for this intersection and mutual leverage of social enterprise and corporate responsibility.
As co-founder of Impact Engine, an example of the SEEK Program’s ideas being put into action, Jamie will explain how Impact Engine will function as a business accelerator aimed at growing companies with a social mission. It is the first center in the Midwest designed to accelerate the most promising social impact ventures from concept to execution by helping budding social entrepreneurs seeking to address issues that include education, healthy food systems, urban economic development and environmental sustainability through business ventures navigate the complex balance of market opportunities and social impact. “Impact Engine provides a home base in the Midwest for these entrepreneurs and investors to join forces to address the world’s most pressing social and environmental challenges through dynamic market-based business ventures.” Larry Levy, Chicago entrepreneur and founding participant in Impact Engine.
Host:
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
2nd Floor – Room K
250 E. Superior
Prentice Women’s Hospital
Chicago, IL 60611
REMINDER
For CR Group members only: we will hold a planning session immediately following the regular meeting to discuss ideas for future programs and ways to improve CRG to better meet its members needs.
RSVP to Colleen Coughlin by Monday, March 26 at colleen@crgroup.org, or by calling 312-666-2776.