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- 01 Dec 2003
- News
DonorsChoose: Teaming Up with Teachers
has the potential to become a national powerhouse. The organization is getting assistance from the HBS Partners of 63, a group of more than eighty members of the Class of 1963 who support a variety of educational initiatives. Members of... View Details
- 09 Nov 2022
- News
Public Good
approach, taking the time in her first few months to meet with the organizations many employees, volunteers, donors, and beneficiaries in order to craft what she refers to as her “100-day plan.” “I don’t want to make changes before I talk... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
One-on-One with Edwin Reed
$80,000. Today, properties can cost up to $250,000. We’ve learned that churches, like any organization in a competitive environment, must have both the will and the wherewithal to be early movers and take... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
satisfaction of applying their learning to a problem about which they care a great deal." Funded by the School principally through generous alumni gifts and supplementing what employer organizations can pay,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Building Capacity in the Social Sector
from their daily challenges to engage in learning that will help them take their organizations beyond the status quo." At Thun's request, the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley plays a key role in... View Details
- 06 Aug 2015
- News
Making coding cool
Alexis Maybank (MBA 2004) is not a coder. “That’s the one thing I wish I had learned,” says the cofounder of the successful flash-sale site Gilt Groupe. “Coding is a very useful language to know. It’s almost as important a language to View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Elaine L. Chao (MBA 1979)
acquaintances who are now scattered throughout the world. It was a seminal experience. As I progressed in my career, one of the most valuable courses I took at HBS turned out to be Organizational Behavior. Having worked with several View Details
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Giving Hope and Comfort
morning and go through the day worried about how they look, smell, or feel because they can't afford a bar of soap or a tube of toothpaste." Between 2011 and 2015, Feingold estimates, the nonprofit supplied 100,000 items to social-service View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Once a Fulbright…
dream come true for a young girl who learned early to listen to my instincts — to pursue the seemingly impossible.” Active on several boards and a frequent speaker on corporate governance, Owades, who also founded Gardener’s Eden (later... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Campaign Passes Goal, Continues
organizations and communities they join. “What we do here has a deep and broad impact on society as a whole. The School really is a pioneer. Just look at our current research in entrepreneurship and social enterprise, and our new... View Details
- 19 Jun 2013
- News
Your Guide to Social Enterprise
in Boston. "But I wanted to really learn how to run a nonprofit," she recalls. After considering law school, she applied to HBS because of its increasing emphasis on social entrepreneurship. "I had a mentor who helped me realize that not... View Details
- 16 Nov 2017
- News
The Business of Social Justice
A born adventurer with a passion for social justice, Heidi Brooks (MBA 2003) uses her business savvy to effect social change. Since 2014 Brooks has served as chief operating officer of the Schott Foundation for Public Education, a nonprofit View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
estimated $6 trillion will flow directly to social enterprise organizations. Concurrently, a new generation of business leaders and philanthropists is experimenting with hybrid forms of social enterprises while demanding more transparency and accountability from the... View Details
- 04 Apr 2018
- News
Rebuilding the Girl Scouts Brand
USA, helped launch the ambitious G.I.R.L. brand platform, to increase public awareness of the 100-plus-year-old scouting organization beyond those ubiquitous boxes of cookies. When it comes to the Girl Scout brand, Pitter-Armand explains,... View Details
- 30 Mar 2022
- News
Giving Hope and Comfort
items—the soap and the shampoo—that were most prized by the organizations that received the donations. A social worker from Catholic Charities who called Feingold to thank him explained that few people think to donate such expensive... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Fashionable Fundraising
Hospital. The show featured clothes from 22 designers and retailers, including Marchesa, Marc Jacobs, BCBG, and Banana Republic. View photos and video from the show at www.thehbsfashionshow.com. Learn about the Harris Center’s programs at... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship
Recent HBS graduates who are launching social enterprises — nonprofit, for-profit, or hybrid organizations — may apply for a new $25,000 fellowship. The Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship will select one recipient each year based on a... View Details
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
able to do that has allowed me, in all of the organizations I’ve been involved with, to ensure their financial well-being. “I’ve also had the good fortune to learn from the ground up and really develop a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal
and knowing that insiders considered the CFO position a thankless assignment. “I’m a sucker for learning opportunities,” he adds, “and this was one I couldn’t pass up.” After two years as CFO, O’Neal rose to his current post, making him... View Details
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- 12 May 2021
- News
Aid from Afar
As HBS student Shyamli Badgaiyan watched the COVID-19 crisis surge in India in recent weeks, the Delhi native felt anxious and helpless. “I found myself thinking of ways to help from afar—an instinct I would later learn many students... View Details