Panel Speakers - IESE Blog Community - IESE Business School
Panel Speakers - IESE Blog Community - IESE Business School
Panel Speakers - IESE Blog Community - IESE Business School
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evaluating the institutions that foster Social entrepreneurship<br />
Interested in social entrepreneurship? Well, this panel is essential for everyone fascinated in learning about<br />
and/or working in social entrepreneurship as well as the challenges for success. The last decade has witnessed<br />
a growing recognition that one of the methods to tackle the world’s major development challenges<br />
is through entrepreneurial means. This acknowledgement has given rise to an ever-increasing number<br />
of different institutions dedicated to fostering social entrepreneurship. This panel will dig deep into the effectiveness,<br />
limitations, and future trends within this sector. It will examine the various strategies pursued<br />
through different institutional models as well as the first hand experience of social entrepreneurs across<br />
diverse sectors and geographies.<br />
<strong>Speakers</strong>: Yuting Lien – Endeavor (Speaker and Moderator)<br />
Ricardo Gravina - Aoka<br />
Juan Carlos Thomas - TechnoServe<br />
Tim Vang - MyC4<br />
panel coordinator: Marisa Schwab (MBA 2011)<br />
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Talent attraction in the Social Sector<br />
Today, more and more MBAs are looking to apply their business skills to social endeavours and align their<br />
personal values with professional goals to build careers that bring social benefits to a broader community.<br />
At the same time, NGOs, foundations, social entrepreneurs and corporations are increasingly turning to<br />
business-driven approaches to achieve their social impact objectives and MBA skills are seen as valuable<br />
and much needed. This panel will tackle how MBAs can pursue careers that combine business skills and<br />
create social value. <strong>Panel</strong>lists will discuss their motivations for their career paths, the strengths, challenges,<br />
opportunities and major functional areas of their work. They will also provide advice for students seeking to<br />
a career in the sector.<br />
<strong>Speakers</strong>: Maria Bercetche - P.A.U. Education<br />
Ignasi Carreras - ESADE <strong>Business</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
Vivian Gee - Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship<br />
Katja Juvonen - Devex<br />
panel coordinator: Amy Schlein (MBA 2011)<br />
2011 Doing Good and Doing Well<br />
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