Innovation: The Future of Business and Philanthrophy

Description: Bringing the Execution Excellence of Business and the Compassion of Philanthropy together to maximize impact.

Businesses live in a free market economy where the customers have a choice. As a result the process is very Darwinian. To survive Businesses have to excel in execution. But at times, they lose their way and get totally disconnected from the community and the world they live in. On the other hand, non-profits have plenty of compassion, but their beneficiaries usually do not have a choice. Because of lack of the driving force from their customers, there is no pressure on them to execute. For survival they only have to please their donors. Therefore if we find ways to combine the two, we get businesses and non-profits that are not only functional but truly make it a better world. The speaker will talk about examples of organizations that have combined the compassion and execution. (more…)

Putting Humanity Back Into the Modern Philanthropic Movement

Description: Big names, big causes, big wallets. Today’s modern philanthropic movement has reached epic heights, ushering in scaleable solutions to modern day social ills and unleashing untold amounts of money into what is now being called the third sector. And with this growing emphasis on creating change for profit concepts such as return on investment, indicators of success, and business viability are making their way into the quest to transform people’s lives. While this approach has gained some traction, some are beginning to question its validly in the field of humanitarianism and justice. Do the benchmarks in the for-profit world where cash is king translate to the non-profit world where humanity is the destination and the journey. Is there still a role for humanity in this new modern philanthropic movement? What does the future of social change look like with it and what might it look like if humanity is removed from the equation?

Speaker: Kathy LeMay is the founder, president, and CEO of Raising Change, which helps organizations raise capital to advance social change agendas and individuals create Generosity Plans to help change the world.

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Top Stories in Medicine in the Last Century

 

Description: Dr. Sanjiv Chopra will cover the greatest discoveries and scientific advances in the last 100 years. All scientific breakthroughs come in fits and starts. The stories behind the discovery of drugs like penicillin and statins; of vaccines for polio and Hepatitis B; the control of HIV, the greatest of all plagues, with HAART therapy; the cure of diseases such as Hepatitis C; the history of how the birth control pill came about; and advances in cardiology such as the development of the pacemaker for complete heart block have not only changed medicine forever but make for fascinating tales that combine serendipity with brilliant science.
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The Legacy of Dr. King’s Commitment to Non Violence: The 21st Century Challenge to Our Nation

 

Description: The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was America’s 20th Century pre-eminent Apostle of Non-Violence. He understood that in our society, during the 24/7 interactions of people with one another in their daily lives, violence lies like molten lava beneath the surface of society just waiting to erupt. The challenge his commitment to non-violence poses to us is to dedicate and re-dedicate ourselves to forego, as an option, the choice of a gun, to resolve those disputes that will occur among us.
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