Upcoming CASE Events

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CASE 2013 ESI Award: Barry and Andrea Coleman, Riders for Health	Thursday, April 4th 6:30-7:45pm	Open to Duke and the Triangle communities	Fuqua - Geneen Auditorium
The 2013 Duke Symposium on Scaling Innovations in Global Health	Friday, April 5th 1:00 – 5:00pm	Open to Duke and the Triangle communities	Fuqua - HCA Auditorium

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CASE Annual Leadership in Social Entrepreneurship Award & Lecture

Each year CASE recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the field of social entrepreneurship, bringing social entrepreneurship leaders from around the world to Fuqua each spring.

CASE Enterprising Social Innovation Award & Lecture

In 2008, CASE is launching an award to recognize an individual, organization, or company whose innovations blend methods from the worlds of business and philanthropy to create sustainable social value with the potential for large-scale impact.

CASE Speaking Engagements

Discover where CASE faculty and staff will be and have been presenting on topics related to social entrepreneurship.

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DETAILS ON SELECTED EVENTS ABOVE:

CASE Enterprising Social Innovation (ESI) Award Lecture
Featuring 2013 Awardees: Barry and Andrea Coleman, co-founders of Riders for Health
When: Thursday, April 4th, 6:30-7:45pm
Where: Fuqua School of Business, Geneen Auditorium
Audience: Open to the public, RSVP Requested (click here)

More Information: Presented annually, the CASE award for Enterprising Social Innovation (ESI) honors outstanding individuals, organizations, or companies whose innovations blend methods from the worlds of business and philanthropy to create sustainable social value that has the potential for large-scale impact. The 2013 Award will be presented to Barry and Andrea Coleman, co-Founders of Riders for Health. Riders for Health is an international social enterprise that manages and maintains vehicles for health-focused partners in sub-Saharan Africa which enables health workers to deliver vital health care to rural communities on a reliable and cost-effective basis.

For more information about Riders for Health visit www.riders.org.
For more information about the Award and Event click here.

The 2013 Duke Symposium on Scaling Innovations in Global Health
When: Friday, April 5th, 1:00 -5:00pm
Where: Fuqua School of Business, HCA Conference Room
Audience: Open to the public, RSVP Requested (click here)

More Information: On behalf of the entire team at the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke (SEAD)– a part of the USAID Higher Education Solutions Network (HESN)– we would be delighted to invite you to our inaugural 2013 Duke Symposium on Scaling Innovations in Global Health.

SEAD brings together interdisciplinary partners through a coordinated effort across Duke University and leverages institutional relationships and networks to create an integrated global health social entrepreneurship hub for diverse stakeholders across the globe. Funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), SEAD is a joint initiative aiming to provide social entrepreneurs in global health with the knowledge, systems, and networks needed to succeed. Through this program, SEAD will capture lessons learned and policy implications to ensure that our work impacts both entrepreneurs on the ground and the broader development community.

The Symposium will commence at 1:00pm on Friday, April 5th 2013 in the HCA Conference Room at Fuqua School of Business in Durham, North Carolina. Activities will include networking opportunities, panel discussions and an exposition of SEAD global healthcare innovators.

This event is affiliated with Duke’s Global Health Week. For more information about other events that week, please visit: http://globalhealthweek.wordpress.com.

For more information and to RSVP please visit the SEAD Summit link: http://seadsymposium.eventbrite.com or email Carolyn Kent at carolyn.kent@duke.edu.

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PAST EVENTS

CASE Enterprising Social Innovation (ESI) Award Lecture
Featuring 2012 Awardee: Martin Fisher, co-founder & CEO of KickStart
When: Thursday, April 19, 6:30-7:30pm
Where: Fuqua School of Business, McClendon Auditorium
Audience: Open to the public, RSVP Requested

More Information: Presented annually, the CASE award for Enterprising Social Innovation (ESI) honors outstanding individuals, organizations, or companies whose innovations blend methods from the worlds of business and philanthropy to create sustainable social value that has the potential for large-scale impact. The 2012 Award will be presented to martin Fisher, co-Founder & CEO of KickStart. Through their efforts to promote sustainable economic growth in Africa via appropriate technology design and small venture creation, KickStart has proven themselves an ideal candidate for this award. More at www.kickstart.org/ RSVP appreciated but not required. .More information here.

More than Good Intentions: How a New Economics is Helping to Solve Global Poverty with co-Author, Jacob Appel
When: Friday, April 20, 4:00-5:00pm
Where: Fuqua School of Business, HCA Auditorium
Audience: Open to the public, RSVP Requested

More Information: Join us for a thought-provoking talk featuring themes from the book, “More than Good Intentions: How a New Economics is Helping to Solve Global Poverty” presented by co-Author, Jacob Appel. A book sale and signing will follow the talk.

ABOUT THE BOOK (from http://www.poverty-action.org)
When it comes to global poverty, people are passionate and polarized. At one extreme: We just need to invest more resources. At the other: We’ve thrown billions down a sinkhole over the last fifty years and accomplished almost nothing.

Dean Karlan and Jacob Appel present an entirely new approach that blazes an optimistic and realistic trail between these two extremes. In this pioneering book Karlan and Appel combine behavioral economics with worldwide field research that take readers with them into villages across Africa, India, South America, and the Philippines, where economic theory collides with real life. They show how small changes in banking, insurance, health care, and other development initiatives that take into account human irrationality can drastically improve the well-being of poor people everywhere.

We in the developed world have found ways to make our own lives profoundly better. We use new tools to spend smarter, save more, eat better, and lead lives more like the ones we imagine. These tools can do the same for the impoverished. Karlan and Appel's research, and those of some close colleagues, show exactly how.

In America alone, individual donors contribute over two hundred billion to charity annually, three times as much as corporations, foundations, and bequests combined. More Than Good Intentions provides a new way to understand what really works to reduce poverty; in so doing, it reveals how to better invest that money and begin transforming the well-being of the world. RSVP appreciated but not required to attend.

"Too Weak to Fail" with David Haskell, CEO of Dreams InDeed International
When: Monday, April 23, 6:30-7:30pm
Where: Fuqua School of Business - McClendon Auditorium
Audience: Duke MBA students only (RSVP requested)
More Information: Join us as David Haskell, CEO of Dreams InDeed International speaks about the paradoxical power of weakness to leverage mission impact. Haskell will illustrate this point through the story of an unsung Egyptian civil engineer who dreams of solving the poverty housing problem of Egypt. Now a published HBS case, this story demonstrates how a visionary network can deliver more mission impact than any organization could wish for alone (preview the case). This event is free and open to the public.

PAST EVENTS, 2011-2012:

Duke MBA Day in Durham 2011
When: Saturday, August 201, 2011, 11:00am - 4:00pm
Where: Fuqua School of Business, Duke University and Durham Community
Audience: Fuqua First Year MBA Students
More Information: Every year, CASE and the Duke MBA Net Impact Club organize an event to introduce Fuqua students to the Durham community. The goal of the event is to whet the students’ appetites for getting involved in the Durham community during their two years at Fuqua, for seeing first hand the relevance of their MBA training and skills when tackling social problems, and for embarking upon careers in business with an understanding of and commitment to responsible business and community leadership. For more information about Day in Durham and to register, visit www.dukembadayindurham.org.

CASE Welcome Reception
When: Tuesday, September 6, 5:30 - 7:00pm
Where: Fuqua – Kirby Reading Room
Audience: Fuqua Community
More Information: We invite all Fuqua students, partners, faculty and staff interested in learning more about CASE to attend this kick-off social for the year. We will welcome the new class of MBAs and welcome back our second years. Come socialize with faculty and staff from the center and meet like-minded students. Drop in any time for some good food, good drinks, and good company! There will be brief commentary by the CASE team at approximately 6:00pm.

Fuqua on Board Information Sessions
When/Where: Three sessions available. Choose any:
Tuesday, September 6, 7:00 – 7:30pm, Davis Meeting Room,
Monday, September 12th, 1:00-1:30pm, Jenkins Room A, OR
Wednesday, September 14th, 7:00-7:30pm, RJR Auditorium
Audience: Fuqua Students (intended especially for First Year Students)
More Information: Learn about how to get involved in the Fuqua on Board program, which matches Duke MBA students with Durham area nonprofits to serve as non-voting board members during the academic year. Students serve as “board associates,” gaining valuable insight into the governance and inner workings of nonprofit organizations while providing the nonprofits with fresh perspectives and critical business skills. All information sessions will present the same information (see www.FuquaOnBoard.org for application and program details).

Fuqua Global Opportunities Fair
When: Thursday, September 8th, 11:00am – 1:00 pm
Where: Kirby Winter Garden
Audience: Fuqua Students
More Information: Hosted by the International Center at Fuqua, this will be a chance for you to learn about all of the global opportunities available to Fuqua MBA students. In particular, this will be a chance to learn about this year’s Global Consulting Practicum being offered in South Africa and India.

Social Impact Consulting Panel
When: Wednesday, September 14th, presented as part of the Consulting Club Symposium, 12:00-5:00pm
Where: Fuqua - various
Audience: Fuqua Students
More Information: Hosted by the Consulting Club and Net Impact Club. Hear form Fuqua alumni and professionals working in social impact consulting. Details on CampusGroups.

Why You Should Be a Social Entrepreneur…
When: Friday, September 23rd, 4:00-5:30pm
Where: RJR Classroom
Audience: All Duke Students (intended primarily for graduate and professional students)
More Information: The challenges in our world demand leaders who can couple vision with execution -- people who can both imagine a better world AND make it happen. Many leaders have risen to the challenge in the past few years, including the founders of Teach for America, TOMS Shoes, KIPP, and Kiva. Could you be the next great social entrepreneur? Dan Heath, a CASE Senior Fellow and the co-author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Made to Stick and Switch, will explain why you should consider it. We will also describe how we (at CASE) can help you through all the resources available to students aspiring to launch a social venture while at Duke. This workshop is open to all Duke students, though it is aimed primarily at graduate and professional students.

Global Consulting Practicum Information Sessions
When/Where: Two sessions available:
Tuesday, September 27th, 5:00-6:00pm, McClendon Auditorium, OR
Thursday, September 29th, 12:45-1:45pm, Faculty Hall
Audience: Fuqua Students
More Information: The GCP is social entrepreneurship offers first-hand exposure to world cultures and global issues through a real-world team consulting engagement. This year’s Global Consulting Practicum will be offered in Johannesburg, South Africa and Hyderabad, India. Come to learn and get your questions answered! There are two information sessions offered, and the same information will be given at both. Attending an information session is MANDATORY for anyone planning to apply to the GCP. More information at www.dukembagcp.org.

CASE Speaker Series: Darell Hammond, CEO & Founder, KaBOOM!
When: Tuesday, October 4th, 6:30-7:30pm*
Where: Geneen Auditorium
Audience: Duke and the Durham community. RSVP here
More Information: Hear Darell Hammond, 2011 Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year and the founder and CEO of KaBOOM!, speak about the challenges of growing his organization from a 2 person startup to a national organization that has raised $200 million and constructed 2,000 playgrounds throughout the US in an effort to save play for America’s children.

*There will be a book sale and signing in Faculty Hall following Mr. Hammond's talk. He will be signing copies of his NY Times Bestselling book, "KaBOOM!: How One Man Built a Movement to Save Play."

2011 CASE ESI Award Event: Jim Fruchterman, CEO, Benetech
"Technology Serving Humanity"
When: Wednesday, October 5th, 5:30-6:45pm
Where: Fuqua- Geneen Auditorium
Audience: Duke and the Durham community. RSVP Here
More Information: Presented annually, the CASE award for Enterprising Social Innovation (ESI) honors outstanding individuals, organizations, or companies whose innovations blend methods from the worlds of business and philanthropy to create sustainable social value that has the potential for large-scale impact. The 2011 Award will be presented to Jim Fruchterman, CEO of Benetech. Benetech emerged out of Fruchterman’s pioneering work for Arkenstone, the world leader in reading machines for the blind. Seeing the value in providing affordable tools that greatly empowered the reading disabled, Jim Fruchterman was inspired to start a business that utilized technology to serve social causes. More at www.benetech.org. Public reception to follow award talk. RSVP appreciated but not required. .

Careers in Social Impact Consulting
When: Friday, October 14, 4:00-5:00pm
Where: Fuqua School of Business – Rand Classroom
Audience: Duke MBA Students

Are you interested in a career in consulting? Do you want to use your consulting skills to create social impact? Come learn about what a careers in social impact consulting and nonprofit consulting really like. Find out if social impact consulting is for you…and how you can get into the field.

This workshop will be led by CASE Scholar alumna and social sector consultant, Suzanne Smith (Fuqua ’08). Suzanne has deep experience in the social sector: she has worked as an internal consultant for the American Heart Association and as a consultant with Community Wealth Ventures. Suzanne then went on to start her own consulting firm, Social Impact Architects, specializing in strategic and business planning, organizational assessment and improvement, marketing, and public affairs to assist social enterprises and social sector organizations across the country achieve breakthrough results. Suzanne is a member of the prestigious Society of Organizational Learning (founded by Peter Senge), serves on the National Board of the Social Enterprise Alliance, and is the 2010 recipient of the Next Generation Social Entrepreneurs Award. We encourage all Fuqua students interested in consulting to attend this workshop.

BEYOND CASE: 2011 Net Impact Annual Conference
When: October 27th – 29th, 2011
Where: Portland, Oregon Convention Center
Audience: MBA students and professionals
More Information: This October, at the 2011 Net Impact Conference, more than 3.000 graduate business schools and professionals will come together to discuss a vast array of innovative ideas that will create social and environmental value for our future. See more details and register now at www.netimpact.org

Impact Investing with the Acumen Fund
When: Thursday, Nov 3, 2:00-3:00pm
Where: Fuqua - Jenkins A & B
Audience: Duke Graduate Students
More Information: Join the Acumen Fund for a discussion on global impact investing with CASE i3 Director, Cathy Clark.

CASE Leadership in Social Entrepreneurship Award Lecture
Featuring 2011 Awardee: Antony Bugg-Levine , CEO of the Nonprofit Finance Fund

When: Tuesday, December 6, 4:00-5:00pm
Where: Fuqua School of Business, Geneen Auditorium
Audience:Open to the public, RSVP Requested
More Information: The Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at the Fuqua School of Business is pleased to present the 2011 Leadership in Social Entrepreneurship Award to Antony Bugg-Levine, CEO of the Nonprofit Finance Fund. The award talk is open to the Duke community and the public. This is also the inaugural event of the CASE i3 Speaker Series. More information here.

Creating Financal Markets: Lessons from Finance Pioneer Ron Cordes
When: Thursday, January 26 - 6:30-7:30pm
Where: Fuqua School of Business - HCA Auditorium
Audience: Duke and the Durham community RSVP Here
More Information: How do you build a new financial market? Come hear how one extremely successful businessman has done just that…and is doing it again!
Ron Cordes, co-Chairman of Genworth Financial Wealth Management and founder of ImpactAssets, has been influencing and both traditional and impact investing fields for over 30 years…first building the private wealth management market and now shifting his expertise to impact investing!

CASE is excited to host Ron D. Cordes as a part of the CASE i3: Initiative on Impact Investing Speakers Series. This is a great opportunity for students, faculty, staff, and local community members to hear from Cordes, learn how he is driving the creation of new financial products to drive the growth of the new impact investing industry, and how his work relates to the growth of social entrepreneurship globally.   In a recent Fast Company article, Cordes commented "I spent the first half of my life building businesses designed to be the best in the world, for the second half, I really want to support businesses that are the best for the world." And he has been busy doing just that! This event is free and open to the public. RSVP appreciated.

About the Speaker:   Cordes started his career as a co-founder of AssetMark Investment Services, which he sold to Genworth Financial in 2006. Since the sale of his company, he has served on the board of Genworth Financial Wealth Management, a firm with $25 billion assets under management, and is currently the co-chairman of that board. He is also the board of ImpactAssets, a nonprofit financial services company created to help solve the world’s problems by catalyzing investment capital for environmental, social, and financial impact. Cordes speaks and writes extensively on the field of impact investing, including authoring a series of articles for Financial Planning magazine and presenting at Social Capital Markets (SOCAP), Clinton Global Initiative, TakeAction! and the Global Philanthropy Forum. He is also the co-author of "The Art of Investing & Portfolio Management," published in 2004 by McGraw Hill, and was recognized as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2005

BCG and Social Impact: Partnerships in Latin America
When: Monday, February 13, 6:30-7:30pm
Where: Fuqua School of Business - Leaman Classroom
Audience: Duke community RSVP appreciated
More Information: BCG has a stated objective to “make a tangible, lasting contribution to the world in which we live.” Come learn how they are striving to achieve that objective.
Join Jorge Becerra, Senior Partner and Managing Director of BCG’s Santiago, Chile to learn about how BCG is making an impact beyond their management consulting work. Jorge is the regional leader of BCG's Community and Economic Development work in the Americas region and a core member of the Financial Institutions and Organization practices. He will speak about BCG's approach to social impact and particular examples of how BCG has partnered with social impact organizations like Endeavor and Un Techo to support high-impact social entrepreneurs and build sustainable communities. RSVP appreciated.

2012 Annual Duke SBSI Conference: Disrupting the Status Quo
When: February 15th, 2012, 9:30-6:30pm
Where: Fuqua School of Business
Audience: Duke and the Durham community
More Information: Join us on Wednesday, February 15th at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business as hundreds of students, faculty, staff and industry professionals gather to partake in some of the most important conversations happening in our world today. Come explore a variety of topics through 16 thought-provoking panel sessions, 2 fantastic keynote addresses, and dedicated networking time. The 2012 SBSI Keynotes are Jill Dumain, the Director of Environmental Strategy at Patagonia and Laura Callanan from the Social Sector Practice at McKinsey. Hosted by the Duke MBA Net Impact Club. More information about conference panels and how to register here.

Lunch & Learn: Social Impact at Goldman Sachs
When: Wednesday, February 22, 1:00-2:00pm
Where: Fuqua School of Business - TBA
Audience: Duke MBA students only (RSVP required)
More Information: Join Dina Powell, president of the Goldman Sachs Foundation and global head of Corporate Engagement for Goldman Sachs for a small group discussion about social impact initiatives at Goldman. The Goldman Sachs Foundation seeks to foster economic growth and opportunity globally. The Foundation supports strategic programs that include 10,000 Women, a five-year initiative to offer a business and management education to women entrepreneurs around the world and 10,000 Small Businesses, an effort providing underserved small business owners in the United States with access to capital, business education, and mentors and networks. In addition, Dina serves as president of Goldman Sachs Gives, a firm-donor advised fund focused on creating jobs and economic growth, building and stabilizing communities, honoring service and veterans, and increasing educational opportunities.

Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Dina served as Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs and as Deputy Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. Prior to being confirmed as Assistant Secretary, she served as Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel in the White House. Students MUST RSVP and be confirmed to attend this event. Details and sign up in CampusGroups.

Impact Investing:
How to Earn a Return While Lifting Communities Out of Poverty
with Lisa Hall, CEO & President of the Calvert Foundation
When: Wednesday, February 22, 5:30-6:30pm
Where: Fuqua School of Business - Geneen Auditorium
Audience: Duke and the Durham community (RSVP appreciated)
More Information: Lisa Hall, President and CEO of the Calvert Foundation, has combined her experience in the financial services industry with her passion for community development to become one of the strongest leaders and advocates for the field of impact investing. CASE and the CASE Initiative on Impact Investing (CASE i3) Speaker Series are pleased to bring Hall to Durham to hear her speak about her experience to the Fuqua, Duke, and Triangle-area communities.

Through her work at the Calvert Foundation, Lisa Hall runs the largest US-based nonprofit impact investing fund managing investment products for individual, non-accredited investors. Both a certified CDFI (community development finance institution) and a GIIRS Pioneer Investor, Calvert Foundation’s portfolio comprises investment in a diversified mix of high-impact organizations. Calvert Foundation’s core product, the Community Investment Note, allows individual investors to start with as little as $20. The note has mobilized more than $200M for investment in 250 community organizations in the US and around the world– building or rehabilitating over 17,000 homes, creating 430,000 jobs, and financing over 25,000 co-operatives, social enterprises, and community facilities.

Hall has been a tireless advocate for the field of impact investing, both domestically and internationally, representing the field at the White House, in front of Congress, and at countless conferences around the world.

Come to Fuqua on February 22nd to hear Hall discuss Calvert Foundation’s role in this field, and what she thinks is needed to capture the potential of new market vehicles to create a deep impact on the world. RSVP appreciated but not required to attend.