15 May: Sustainable Business Academy Mass.

[Philip Vergragt]

Dear colleague in the Boston area,

Please join us for a special workshop on Creating the New Economy - May 15th, 2014 in the afternoon at UMass Boston.  

Sponsored by the Sustainable Business Academy, the workshop will feature nationally known change agents, entrepreneurs and thought leaders including Wil Rapp, Hunter Lovins and Allen White, addressing the opportunities for businesses and activists to engage with and support a new economy of shared benefits, generative exchange, and sustainability. 

The attached flyer gives all the details.  If you have any questions please contact the organizers, Benyamin Lichtenstein in the Entrepreneurship Center at UMass Boston, Benyam...@gmail.com; or Joe Grafton J...@AMIBA.net.  We look forward to seeing you there!

  

Creating the New Economy – An SBA Workshop

Thursday May 15^th, 2014     1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Following the SBN Conference that morning.

Spend an afternoon with faculty and thought leaders from UMass Boston, Clark University, Tellus Institute, and nationally known entrepreneurs and change-makers like Wil Raap, Allen White, and Hunter Lovins in this participatory event.  Workshops include Entrepreneurial Opportunities in the New Economy, The Success of B-Cops, Reducing Inequality as an Outcome of the New Economy, and Inspiring Stories from New Economy Entrepreneurs. 

AGENDA

1:00 pm.        Wil Rapp – Keynote Presentation

2:15 pm.        The Success of B-Corps  

                      Reducing Inequality

3:15 pm         Networking Break

3:30 pm         Entrepreneurial Opportunities

                      Inspiring Stories from Hunter Lovins & Mike Brady

 4:30 pm        Allen White - Closing Address