Every Monday until December

Microfinance Mondays!

Wharton Social Impact and International Development Club are proud to present Microfinance Monday’s
Beginning Mon. Oct. 27th from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. and continuing every Monday until December.

Participants will tune into a live video broadcast lecture series on Microfinance hosted by the Haas School at Berkeley. Each week, a prominent industry leader will facilitate the seminar and discuss a “hot topic.”

Confirmed speakers for the series include:
• Elizabeth Funk, Chairman of Unitus
• Jessica Jackie Flannery – Founder, Kiva
• Monica Brand – Vice President, ACCION International
• Kendall Mau – CFO and COO, Prisma Microfinance
• Chris Dunford – President, Freedom from Hunger
Students from Columbia, Kellogg, Yale, Michigan, Chicago, Dartmouth, Case Western, Colorado State, UNM, Denver University, UC Davis will also participate. Throughout the seminar, we will skype questions to Haas so we can better engage as a community.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

CSR and Global Health: The Lilly MDR-TB Partnership

Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall, Room 1206
Presenter: Patrizia Carlevaro, Head of Eli Lilly’s International Aid Unit in Geneva, Switzerland
Contact: Ken Custer; kcuster@wharton.upenn.edu

Description: The pharmaceutical industry is about providing health care solutions to meet unmet needs. These unmet needs can range from medical to economic to availability/access. The Lilly MDR-TB Partnership was created to confront multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) – a disease so daunting that no single organization can fight it alone. The partnership, a public-private initiative, mobilizes 18 partners on five continents in the battle to stop the spread of this disease and ultimately save lives. Join us to hear Lilly’s approach to this issue from a sustainable business perspective. We will provide insight to how we view our role in the delivery of global health care solutions….after all, it is our corporate social responsibility.

November 13-15, 2008
SAVE THE DATE!

Net Impact North America Conference at Wharton!

Wharton will open its doors to 2000+ attendees from Nov 13-15th!  The Conference has been SOLD OUT since mid-October.  To learn more about the activities and panels planned, please visit www.netimpact.org  

November 19, 2008

Boston Conulting Group, Social Impact Forum

Boston Consulting Group and Wharton Social Impact co-host a discussion series on Social Impact and the type of work that BCG is involved in in the social impact sector.

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PAST EVENTS

November 5th, 2008

WSI Happy Hour Mixer with UPenn’s School of Social Policy & Practice

November 3rd, 2008

Small group dinner with Mark Finser, Founder, TBL capital

(tblcapital.com)

October 13

Social Impact Presentation ( Wharton)

Washington DC
6:30-8:30 pm
National Press Club
529 14th Street NW Washington DC 20045

October 9th, 12-1:30PM

Practice your Pitch!

Interested in a career in social interest? Come practice your Networking Pitch and get ready to WOW the organizations you want! Check SPIKE for more details.

October 8th

WIVP and WCC Consulting Fair

Coordinated with the Wharton Consulting Club, The WIVP 2008 Fall Convention showcases the project work of returning Wharton International Volunteer Program (WIVP) participants, and the pro bono engagements of consulting firms such as McKinsey, Bain, BCG, Deloitte and Booz.
4:30-6:00PM, Houston Hall. Check SPIKE for details

September 25, 2008

WSI co-sponsors Pub, one of Wharton’s finest weekly traditions, with the Investment Management Club.

September 22

Wharton Hosts Idealist.org Graduate Fair for the Public Good

Houston Hall, 37th and Spruce Streets, University of Pennsylvania
5-8 pm.

September 18

Leadership Lecture

Nancy Mahon: Executive Director, MAC AIDS Fund; Senior VP, MAC Cosmetics, 4:30-6:00PM

September 18

Net Impact Happy Hour, Philadelphia Chapter

Public House at Logan Square, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
1801 Arch St., Philadelphia, PA
*Light appetizers to be served and drink specials.
Hosted by the Philadelphia Professional Chapter, Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management, St. Joe’s Haub School of Business, and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School of Business Net Impact Chapter

September 15, 2008

Club kick-off meeting

60+ first year students came to learn about Wharton Social Impact, open leadership positions for first years and our calendar of events for the Fall Semester.
Lunch time

September 12, 2008

Public Interest Career Panel

12PM Huntsman Hall
A panel of second year students shared their summer internship experiences at leading think tanks and organziations around the world, including REDF, PATH, Acumen and the Clinton Initiative.

September 10, 2008

National Net Impact Conference Overview

120+ students packed a classroom to learn about leadership opportunities to organize the National Net Impact Conference, to be held at Wharton November 13-15th, 2008.

September 10, 2008

Happy Hour

Ten Stone, 5:00pm: 30+ people came out to Ten Stone for good conversation, grub and bevvies.

September 7, 2008

WSI & Net Impact Design Team Leadership BBQ

BBQ from 5-7PM
Leadership metting, 7PM
Details available on Spike

  

Pre-term Social Impact Salons, August 5th, 12th & 19th

An opportunity to meet your new classmates and learn about social impact initiatives at Wharton!

All sessions took place from 8 – 10 PM and attracted 30-80 people, followed by a social gathering in Center City.

First Session: Getting to Know You

Date: Tuesday, August 5th,
Location: JMHH MBA Café

Second Session: Social Impact Opportunities at Wharton with a discussion led by a Professor Hsieh

Date: Tuesday, August 12th
Location: JMHH F 85 or F 90 (depending on group size)

Third Session: Net Impact North America Conference Information and Preparation

Date: Tuesday, August 19th
Location: 1500 Locust, top floor, PC Deck

April 23, 2008

Wharton Social Impact Speaker series: Mark Albion,
4:30-6:00 PM, Huntsman Hall 250

Mark Albion is a social entrepreneur who has co-founded seven organizations, including Net Impact, an international network of MBA students and professionals committed to using the power of business to create a better world. He wrote the New York Times Business Bestseller, Making a Life Making a Living®, based on his 12-year old monthly Making a Life e-newsletter, which is read in 87 countries. Formerly, Albion was a student and professor at Harvard University and its Business School for 18 years. He has been profiled on 60 Minutes, praised by leaders as diverse as Ronald Reagan and Mother Teresa, and dubbed “the savior of B-school souls” by BusinessWeek for his efforts to nourish our next generation of business leaders.

April 20, 2008

Welcome Brunch for Admit Students

This brunch gathered current Wharton students and prospective students at Tavern 17 (220 S 17th Street, between Walnut and Locust), from 11 AM – 1 PM for brunch and to learn about WSI and relax after a grueling social weekend!

April 18, 2008

First Annual Water Symposium

This interactive symposium focused on how water scarcity and quality issues are combining to create the world’s next global natural resource crisis. Business leaders and investment professionals gathered to increase awareness of and facilitate learning about the water sector for both Wharton students and the University of Pennsylvania community at large. 

April 16, 2008

Philadelphia chapter Net Impact Happy Hour!

Rum Bar, Center City. 6pm - 8pm

March 29, 2008

2nd Annual Wharton Charity Fashion Show

The Wharton Charity Fashion Show is a fun and inspiring medium through which we aspire to teach our classmates and the larger business community about the great strides being made in the implementation of sustainable business practices. The event featured a range of artisans and clothing producers who concentrate on issues as varied as fair labor, the use of organic fabrics and advocacy for social causes.

February 19, 2008

Faculty Speaker Series: Professor Diana Robertson

Professor Diana Robertson held a small group discussion on the topic of corporate social responsibility within the U.S and the international context.

February 13, 2008

WSI Town Hall Meeting

WSI held its annual Town Hall meeting, where we shared our many ongoing initiatives and achievements. The event was open to all club members, as well as faculty, administration, and the general student body. We also discussed how first years can apply for positions on the 08-09 leadership team.

February 6, 2008

WSI Career Workshop: How to tackle a public interest case interview

January 30, 2008

Gib Bulloch, Director, Accenture Development Partnerships

Gib is the founder and director of Accenture Development Partnerships (ADP), a nonprofit consulting group within Accenture that aims to provide high quality business and technology consulting expertise to nonprofit organizations in the international development sector. Gib discussed ADP’s unique approach to working in the International Development sector, his personal story and the founding of ADP, and how to incorporate social impact components in a commercial sector career.

January 29, 2008

World’s Collide: Discussion of Urban Renewal in Philadelphia

This year’s World’s Collide initiative kicked off with a discussion led by SP2 Professor Walter Palmer, a leading community activist and one of UPenn’s most popular professors. Prof. Palmer facilitated a dialogue with more than 40 students from Wharton, SP2, and the Schools of Medicine, Law and Architecture on how best to engage with local communities to promote urban renewal in West Philadelphia. Worlds Collide is a joint initiative between WSI and the School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) to foster a dialogue between UPenn schools on how to focus business practices to solve social problems.

November 7, 2007

Faculty Speaker Series 07-08 Kick-off : Ian Macmillan

Prof. Ian MacMillan led a lively discussion on social entrepreneurship, contending that social ventures that seek to make a profit should form the backbone of future international development efforts. He criticized current models of foreign aid, which often promote a tin-cup dependency that can be detrimental to the development prospects of the aid recipient. To illustrate his point, he outlined examples of pilot entrepreneurial projects started through the Wharton Sol C. Snider Entrepreneurial Research Center, including an animal feed project in Zambia, an HIV anti-retroviral therapy monitoring system in Botswana, and a cookie factory employing women from a township in Cape Town, South Africa. His hope is to build these projects to scale, and then replicate them not only across other parts of the Third World, but even here in the United States.

October 29, 2007

Lunch with David Parker, Microsoft Unlimited Potential

WSI and the Wharton Technology Club co-hosted a Discussion with David Parker, General Manager of Microsoft Unlimited Potential. Mr. Parker discussed how relevant and affordable technology can improve the lives of those in underserved neighborhoods and developing nations, and what the Unlimited Potential group is doing to make a positive difference in the lives of millions.

October 11, 2007

WSI Breakfast with Kris Tompkins

WSI co-hosted a Wharton Leadership Lecture featuring Kris Tompkins, Founder and Former CEO, Patagonia, & Founder, Conservacion Patagonia. In 1979, Tompkins became CEO of Patagonia, and one of the first female CEOs in the United States. Patagonia is a socially-minded firm, and in 1984 began the first corporate environmental program in the United States by allocating 10% of its profits directly to environmental issues. In 2000, Ms. Tompkins sold her stock in Patagonia, and used the proceeds to establish Conservacion Patagonica, a foundation aiming to protect and restore critical habitats in the Patagonia region of the Southern Cone in South America. 15 WSI members got to meet with Tompkins over breakfast, where she answered questions about how to be an advocate for social responsibility in the corporate world.