Monthly Archives: April 2009

April 15: Dinner & Discussion with Otto Scharmer

main_bg2Discover a new type of leadership over dinner!

Date: April 15th
Time: 7:30-9pm
Location:
Redline Restaurant
59 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP:  lputman@mit.edu

Join Otto Scharmer and a small group of fellow Net Impact members to discuss leadership and how to become a “thought leader” while enjoying a casual dinner. Otto Scharmer, author of Theory U, is an action researcher who creates innovations in learning and leadership that he delivers through classes and programs at MIT, the Global Classroom online programs, Presencing Institute programs, and through innovation and change projects within and among organizations and communities. Cost for dinner will be shared among participants.

Read more here http://www.ottoscharmer.com/

April 28: Techniques and Metrics for Measuring the Triple Bottom Line

Part of the Cleantech Dinner Discussion Series
Date: Tuesday, April 28
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Featuring: Farron Levy, Founder & CEO, True Impact
Cost: Free for Net Impact members, $5 for non-members
Location: Redline, Harvard Square (59 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA)
http://www.redlinecambridge.com/

Farron Levy is president of True Impact (www.true-impact.com), which provides web-based tools and consulting services to help companies measure the triple-bottom-line value of their environmental, health & safety; community involvement; HR; and other corporate-citizenship-related activities. Drawing on this, and his previous experiences in a variety of social and private enterprises, Farron will lead a discussion among dinner attendees on practical approaches to measuring social, financial, and environmental value.

Previously, Farron has served as a partner and the director of cost-benefit-analysis services at SmithOBrien, a social auditing firm; an analyst with Industrial Economics, an environmental and economic consultancy; and has managed urban economic development projects for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Social Venture Network, and CitySkills. You can read his full bio at http://www.true-impact.com/about.html.

Space for the dinner is limited, so please RSVP to Asheen at asheen@netimpactboston.org to reserve a seat. Please note the nominal fee of $5 added to dinner costs for nonmembers.