MAgNIfy your impact NNET IMPACTI The network NET Impact is a global network of new leaders committed to using the power of business to improve the world. It is one of the most innovative and influential networks of mBas, graduate students and young professionals in existence today. Our members believe that business can both earn a profit and create positive social change. our MIssIoN is to improve the world by growing and strengthening a network of leaders who use the power of business to make a positive net social, environmental, and economic impact. This network is comprised of: • CSR Leaders • Social entrepreneurs • environmental & Renewable energy experts • Nonprofit Directors • International Development Agents • Socially-Responsible Investor • Thought-Leaders for the Future of Business NETworkINg oPPorTuNITIEs are provided through local chapter events, the annual conference, and online networking tools. Net Impact members consistently rate our network as the most important reason they join and stay involved. The following pages provide an overview of Net Impact. Visit www.netimpact.org and discover the ways members can magnify their impact. The ChangE MAkErs Net Impact members are committed, talented, and inspirational. Whether graduate students or professionals, our members are actively improving the world through businesses and nonprofits, start-up endeavors and Fortune 500s. When we polled our members last spring, two-thirds told us they were currently using business to change the world in their graduate school or community. 97 percent said they will use the power of business to improve the world at some point in their career. Meet two who are below: Kirsten olsen ABHishEk gupta In the past year, Net Impact allowed me to take two giant The past year has been full of good things. The launching of steps forward to advance my career. First, I was able to tap a Net Impact chapter at the University of Cincinnati College into Net Impact’s vast and influential network and find my of Business was a big personal achievement. This enabled a ideal summer internship working at hewlett-Packard in their significant contribution towards regional community service. CSR group. If I hadn’t been involved with Net Impact, I University of Cincinnati Net Impact members committed wouldn’t have had the credibility and personal connections themselves to helping three regional nonprofits improve necessary to secure such a position. their business operations, as part of the Service Corps program. UC faculty and administration introduced a new Second, I was able to be part of the leadership team for the course into the MBA curriculum, to allow Service Corps 2005 Net Impact Conference at the Stanford Graduate School participants to earn course credits for their fieldwork. of Business. As the Curriculum Chair for the conference, I led a team of 40 classmates whose hard work resulted in four Net Impact has touched lives at the University of Cincinnati prominent keynote speakers, 76 panels, and 260 speakers in more ways than one, and its members strive to make a from all over the world. I’m thankful and honored to be difference each day. associated with such an esteemed organization and look forward to staying involved after graduation. The goods through a central office in San franciSco and more than 120 chapterS on four continentS, net impact offerS a PorTfolIo of ProgrAMs that enaBle memBerS to tranSform idealS into meaSuraBle reSultS. NET Impact CoNfErENCE Net Impact’s annual conference is designed to help members expand their vision of what’s possible through the world of business. It mobilizes students and professionals through an exciting array of keynotes, panels, case studies, simulations, and special events. Participants leave with a fresh perspective on the role of business in society, a new appreciation for their individual role as an emerging business leader, and a strong connection with a network of like-minded colleagues. CAMPus grEENINg InitiativE Net Impact’s Campus Greening Initiative (CGI) is a new program designed to help Net Impact student members put their beliefs into action through campus environmental sustainability efforts. The goals of CGI are for students to use business skills to improve their universities’ impact on the environment, as well as to raise awareness of environmental problems and solutions among emerging business leaders. CArEEr CENTEr The Net Impact Career Center is a comprehensive resource for graduate business students and professionals committed to using business skills for social good. The Career Center contains listings for full-time jobs, part-time jobs and internships; student projects; and nonprofit Board postings. In addition, the Career Center contains invaluable resources for individuals interested in learning more about how to apply their ideals to their career. “I see NET Impact as CoMMuNITy Impact an oPPorTuNITy Net Impact Community Impact Programs encompass a range of activities for members to use their business skills to make a difference in the communities where they live. The principal aspect of the Community Impact Program is Service Corps, a program connecting MBAs to local nonprofits where they offer their strengths in finance, accounting, strategy and marketing in for professionals and students order to improve the nonprofit’s effectiveness. A key component of Service Corps is the exposure of our members to nonprofit management issues. We believe this exposure builds their experience and their knowledge of the problems facing nonprofit to work together, building the management and thus increases our members’ willingness to continue building nonprofit capacity throughout their career. capacity needed to usE CurrICuluM ChANgE The Net Impact Curriculum Change Initiative supports students at MBA programs who are working to enhance their curriculum as a positive with the addition of social and environmental related classes and discussions. Through online resources, conference calls, and BusINEss in-person events, the Curriculum Change Initiative inspires and equips student changemakers. force for ChANgE.” Impact at work For members not working in CSR roles, but still wanting to make a difference in their company, Net Impact has launched - 2006 Member Survey Respondent Impact at Work. This unique program empowers individuals to make a difference—sometimes small, sometimes huge—in the way their company does business. Whether it is implementing an office recycling or paper reduction program, providing fair trade coffee in the canteen or presenting a case on the effects of their company’s operations in the developing world, we provide our members the tools they need to make their voices heard. lEArNINg CENTEr The Net Impact Learning Center supports our members during the early stages of their professional growth. With online resources focused on helping individuals hone their skills in areas such as nonprofit management, international and community development, corporate social responsibility and strategic philanthropy, the Net Impact Learning Center is a one- stop shop for continuing education. Additionally, the Learning Center is enhanced by our Issues in Depth call series, featuring leaders in the field who share their experience working with a social or environmental impact issue. The CoNfErence learn energize network The Net Impact Conference mobilizes students and professionals through The conference is designed to inspire new leaders by expanding their vision an exciting array of keynotes, panels, case studies, simulations, and special of the possible as they set their course through the world of business. To events. Participants leave with a fresh perspective on the role of business achieve this goal Net Impact has developed more than two days of dynamic in society, a new appreciation for their individual role as an emerging curriculum including: business leader, and a strong connection with a network of like-minded colleagues. • Leading thinkers and success stories in the nonprofit, private, and The highlights of the conference are keynote speeches from leaders of public sectors prominent nonprofits or Fortune 500 companies. Past keynote include: • Cutting-edge panels and interactive sessions on topics like corporate honorable Al gore social responsibility, social entrepreneurship, nonprofit business, and more Generation Investment Company • Networking opportunities with over 1,500 like-minded professionals vyomesh Joshi and graduate students Executive Vice President, HP • A Career Fair & Expo with progressive companies and nonprofits gary Erickson CEo, Clif Bar • Action-oriented take-aways to engage in your company, school, or community orin smith CEo, Starbucks Coffee Company The 2006 Net Impact Conference: Navigating global Change will take place october 27 - 29, 2006 at the Kellogg School of Management at Marian wright Edelman Northwestern university in Evanston, IL and in downtown Chicago. For President and Founder, Children’s Defense Fund more information visit www.netimpact.org/conference. The backsTory A grouP of Business sChool sTudents began A dialoguE Where could MBAs who wanted to utilize their business skills to both make money and achieve positive social good find others who shared these values? how could they network with socially-minded leaders and learn about the latest trends 1993 on issues important to them? Where could they find jobs and volunteer opportunities that would enable them to transform their ideals into action? Unable to find the answers externally,