Beth Noveck: Transparent Government
March 16, 2010 09:30 PM
Beth Noveck: Transparent Government President Obama's first executive action was the Open Government Memorandum calling for more transparent, participatory, and collaborative government. It is likely that one of the longest lasting effects of the current administration will be how...
Dennis Woodside - VP Google Operations
March 16, 2010 12:30 PM
Dennis Woodside - VP Google Operations Dennis Woodside joined Google in 2003 and leads the company's North American and Latin American advertising sales and operations teams. Previously, he oversaw Google's sales and operations in the UK, Benelux, and Ireland....
Innovation Series: Design in Business
March 15, 2010 09:30 PM
Innovation Series: Design in Business Design and business have traditionally made uneasy bedfellows, with practitioners of each eyeing each other suspiciously. But in recent years, some companies have demonstrated huge success by adopting a design-savvy approach. That's led to...
Thomas Goetz: Personalized Medicine
March 15, 2010 09:30 PM
Thomas Goetz: Personalized Medicine Thomas Goetz talks about The Decision Tree: Taking Control of Your Health in the New Era of Personalized Medicine.Goetz's health strategy uses cutting-edge technology to put us at the center of the equation. He taps...
Robin Dunbar: How Many Friends Does One Person Need?
March 15, 2010 09:30 PM
Robin Dunbar: How Many Friends Does One Person Need? We are the product of our evolutionary history, and that history colors our experience of everyday life -- from the number of friends we have to how religious we are....
Ian Morison: Wonders of the Southern Skies
March 15, 2010 03:30 PM
Ian Morison: Wonders of the Southern Skies Some of the most beautiful parts of the heavens are hidden from us here in the northern hemisphere. This lecture takes us on a visual journey to the most beautiful and interesting...
Music with a Mission: El Sistema Comes to the US
March 15, 2010 03:30 PM
Music with a Mission: El Sistema Comes to the US Tony Woodcock became president of the New England Conservatory in Boston in June 2007. Trained as a violinist, he is an arts manager who became widely respected for revitalizing...
Paul Goldberger in Conversation with Joel Towers
March 15, 2010 03:30 PM
Paul Goldberger in Conversation with Joel Towers Parsons presents Paul Goldberger, Pulitzer Prize winning architecture critic, in conversation with Parsons Dean Joel Towers. The discussion centers on Goldberger's most recent publications, Why Architecture Matters and Building Up and Tearing...
Corporate Citizenship: Practical Techniques for Managers
March 12, 2010 11:15 PM
How Can I Contribute to CSR from My Place?
March 12, 2010 11:15 PM
How Can I Contribute to CSR from My Place? CSR: What It Is and Where C.I. Fits In "How Can I Contribute to CSR from My Place?"What is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and where do Philanthropy and Community Investment...
2010 Corporate Citizenship Conference Closing
March 12, 2010 11:15 PM
2010 Corporate Citizenship Conference Closing The Entrepreneurs Foundation (EF) Corporate Citizenship Conference is for companies to develop and strengthen their community involvement and philanthropy programs.The Conference showcases corporate citizenship programs from a variety of large and small, public and...
Morning General Session with Keynote by Bradley Googins
March 12, 2010 11:15 PM
Morning General Session with Keynote by Bradley Googins The Entrepreneurs Foundation (EF) Corporate Citizenship Conference is for companies to develop and strengthen their community involvement and philanthropy programs.The Conference showcases corporate citizenship programs from a variety of large and...
The Business Imperative for Practitioners to Go Green
March 12, 2010 11:15 PM
Int'l Philanthropy 101: A Framework for Going Global
March 12, 2010 11:15 PM
Int'l Philanthropy 101: A Framework for Going Global International Philanthropy 101: A Framework for Going GlobalCrafted for corporate practitioners who are considering establishing an international corporate giving program as well as those already active in international giving, this session...
An Evening with Leon Wieseltier
March 12, 2010 08:15 PM
An Evening with Leon Wieseltier For over 25 years, Leon Wieseltier has been the literary editor of The New Republic. In that capacity, he has worked with some of the leading writers of our time.He regularly pens TNR's Washington...
Pinker and Goldstein: Reason, Fiction & Faith
March 12, 2010 08:15 PM
Pinker and Goldstein: Reason, Fiction & Faith Award-winning novelist and philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein's latest novel, 36 Arguments for the Existence of God, tackles one of the great debates of our time - between God-believers and the so-called "new...
How to Defeat Your Own Clone
March 11, 2010 11:15 PM
How to Defeat Your Own Clone Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland is pleased to present local authors Kyle Kurpinski and Terry D. Johnson as they discuss and sign How to Defeat Your Own Clone.CAN IT READ MY MIND? WILL...
Geoengineering: Global Salvation or Ruin?
March 10, 2010 11:15 PM
Geoengineering: Global Salvation or Ruin? Should humans address man-made rising temperatures and sea levels by tinkering further with mother nature? A lively debate about geoengineering has burst into the mainstream recently with reference to Ken Caldeira's work in the...
Lauren Flanigan: The Art of the Monodrama
March 10, 2010 08:15 PM
Lauren Flanigan: The Art of the Monodrama Concerts & Conversations presents acclaimed international soprano Lauren Flanigan, hailed by Time magazine as "the thinking man's diva," in an evening devoted to the art of the monodrama, vocal settings of solo...
