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Alumni Clubs Supporting & Connecting | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
United States. Amelia Angella, MBA 2001, Executive Director of Boston’s Community Action Partners (CAP) program (also celebrating its 20th anniversary), notes that since CAP’s founding “more than 1,000 volunteers have shared their skills... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
HBS Alumni Contribute to Business and Society
human spirituality/religion. The study showed that roughly 20,000 non-founder alumni are logging an estimated 295,000 volunteer hours each month in US and international organizations. Reflecting on the results of the study, Lerner says,... View Details
- 23 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: How Wikipedia Works (or Doesn’t)
in 1999 by Jimmy Wales under the name Nupedia, the service today claims 1.8 million articles in English, 4.8 million registered users, and 1,200 volunteers who regularly edit Wikipedia articles. Anyone can submit or edit an article, which... View Details
- 21 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
Coming Out and Finding Acceptance at HBS
in sharing their stories made it easier to have rich, authentic discussions with each of them personally, and within the section classroom more broadly. After discussing it with my partner, I volunteered to give my own talk in late... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Point, Click, Give: Internet Fuels Philanthropic Fundraising Revolution
host of Web-based social enterprises (WEBSEs): nonprofit information hubs, online giving directories, click-to-donate sites, workplace-giving centers, charity shopping malls and auctions, and volunteer clearinghouses. These start-ups are... View Details
Jack C. Massey
Stock Exchange. In addition to HCA, Massey took Kentucky Fried Chicken public and subsequently, listed Volunteer Capital Corporation (a holding company of Wendy’s fast food franchises). View Details
Keywords: Healthcare
- Profile
Viktor Puzakov
in the United Nation’s Istanbul office, Viktor was able to apply his industry experience and knowledge acquired during RC year to something new: a spring-break volunteer assignment with the U.N. Development Project, “to help U.N.... View Details
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John Schupbach
For many people, rejection by seventeen medical schools would discourage the further pursuit of a career in medicine or health care. But John Schupbach decided not to turn from the path. Instead, he took on the most challenging course he could find, becoming a medical... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare/Biotech
- Profile
Abby Falik
and appropriate technologies. HBS has been a part of the start-up at every step. “My classmates still form the core of my support base,” Abby says. “They’ve held fundraising events, organized volunteer chapters – and even helped interview... View Details
- 28 Sep 2016
- Blog Post
Tackling Inequality: An HBS Independent Project
Like many of my classmates, I embraced this type of leadership prior to HBS by volunteering with community organizations. I came to HBS knowing that community leadership would live alongside my professional and personal lives post-HBS.... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
David M. Hughes
the $1.5-million student activities budget as vice president of student affairs during his senior year. Signing on as a fundraising campaign manager for the United Way of Toronto at the tender age of 23, he supervised scores of volunteers... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Conversing in Cyberspace: Students and Alumni Talk Management
with practitioners. In a mass e-mailing to HBS alumni this past fall, Garvin asked for volunteers for a Web-based dialogue with his students. Forty-three alumni participated in a cyberspace discussion that took place from October 15 to... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Career Transitions, Continuing Education Focus of Washington, D.C., Club
In 1995, Joseph L. Loughran (MBA '83) volunteered to be the government activities luncheon coordinator for the HBS Club of Washington, D.C. "Little did I know what was in store for me," he jokes. Loughran, a Pennsylvania native, is now... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Back to School
family moved to Florida, and Whitney “retired” to be with her kids. “I got involved in parent organizations and became one of those supermom volunteers — chairing fundraisers and all that,” says Whitney. “I found out I was really good at... View Details
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Theobald Gathering Spaces | About
Theobald Gathering Spaces Tom Theobald (MBA 1960) was a dedicated donor and volunteer for HBS who has committed his philanthropy to the upgrading of the outdoor gathering spaces across the campus by creating welcoming gathering places for... View Details
- 02 May 2016
- News
Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict
them realize that dream,” she says. A volunteer network sustains the San Francisco–based organization, which has helped facilitate peaceful relations in India, Pakistan, Colombia, and Rwanda. In India, for example, the Dreamfly built a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Campaign Regional Events
Los Angeles February 2, 2005 Chicago* March 16, 2005 Seattle* March 29, 2005 Washington, D.C. April 21, 2005 *The HBS Volunteer Conference will be held in conjunction with events in these cities. Greenhill House Dedicated On November 15,... View Details
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Michele Biamonte
to best sell their experience/skills. She enjoys helping students and alumni think strategically about their job choice + life fit and how to intentionally incorporate personal interests (family, volunteer work, Board membership,... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
HBS Clubs Help Nonprofits Succeed
is the Community Partners (CP) program of the HBS Association of Northern California. Founded in 1986, CP has involved more than four hundred alumni in providing pro bono consulting services to nearly 130 nonprofit organizations. CP View Details
- 22 May 2020
- Blog Post
Remembering Well and Making Meaning of Memorial Day
of white marble headstones remind me of all – especially those I followed, fought alongside, and led – who lie interred in veterans' cemeteries from Arlington to Sacramento. In a real sense, those who volunteered to go in our place gave... View Details