Here's a look at our upcoming events...

• 1/30 — Harvard in the Schools (HITS) Volunteer Info Session
• 2/2 — Conversation with the authors of "Passion & Purpose"
• 2/3 — Conversation with Wael Ghonim, author of Revolution 2.0
• 3/2–3/3 — Gleitsman Social Change Film Forum (Save the Date!)
• 6/23–6/30 — Latino Leadership Initiative, cohort 3

And others of note from around the University and beyond...

• 1/25–1/29 — World Economic Forum
• 2/4 — Conference on Institutional Corruption (Safra Center)
• 2/6 — LAST DAY to submit HBS Business Plan Contest: Social Venture Track entry form
• 2/13 — LAST DAY to enter the Dell Social Innovation Challenge
• 2/17 — "Civility and American Democracy" (McCormack School at UMass Boston)
• 2/22 — Joseph Nye on "Presidents and the Transformation of American Foreign Policy" (Princeton)
• 2/25–2/26 — HKS/HBS Social Enterprise Conference
• 2/27–3/2 — TED 2012
• 3/16 — LAST DAY to apply for MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition
• 5/31–6/1 — 3rd Berlin Forum on Innovation in Governance (Technische Universität Berlin)
• 6/9 — Milken-Penn GSE’s 2nd Annual Education Business Plan Competition
• 6/11–6/12 — Personal Democracy Forum 2012
• 10/24–10/27 — 2012 ILA Conference

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ARE YOU READY TO TEST YOUR IDEA FOR SOCIAL CHANGE?

Do you need guidance for your business plan and pitches? Do you want to create change as an entrepreneur or from within an organization? We invite you to Center for Public Leadership to learn more about an interactive, dynamic study group for the development of your social change idea. The information session and study group is led by Tai Esteban Sunnanon, PhD candidate and seasoned social entrepreneur.

Find out more at CPL’s information session for Social Entrepreneurship: From Innovative Ideas to Sustainable Solutions (a four session, non-credit study group)

Thursday, January 26, 2012
4:00–4:30 p.m. - presentation
4:30–5:00 p.m. - Q&A

CPL Darman Room
First Floor, Taubman Building
Harvard Kennedy School

ABOUT THE STUDY GROUP

Dates: Four Mondays, February 27, March 5, March 19, and March 26.
Time: 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Description: This intensive study group offers students practical support in the development of a social change idea while collaborating with peers on their ventures. Through discussion, practice, and feedback with the group, students will work to improve on their business plans and pitches. Students may choose to work on a social business plan as an entrepreneur or develop a new initiative plan for an organization as an intrapreneur. Two individual coaching sessions with an experienced social entrepreneur are available for all participants. This study group is recommended for students who are ready to develop and test a new idea or reexamine an idea post-launch.

Kennedy School students can visit KNET for more information.

APPLICATION/ELIGIBILITY

Deadline to apply: 11:59 p.m. EST, Sunday, February 5, 2012
Apply online: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CPL2012SE
Eligibility: all HKS students are eligible to apply; limited spots for other Harvard affiliates

QUESTIONS?

For more information contact CPL’s Leadership Development Coordinator, Alison Kuzmickas.

Here's a look at our upcoming events...

• 2/2 — Conversation with the authors of "Passion & Purpose"
• 2/3 — Conversation with Wael Ghonim, author of Revolution 2.0 (more info to come)
• 3/2–3/3 — Gleitsman Social Change Film Forum (Save the Date!)
• 6/23–6/30 — Latino Leadership Initiative, cohort 3

And others of note from around the University and beyond...

• 1/25–1/29 — World Economic Forum
• 2/4 — Conference on Institutional Corruption (Safra Center)
• 2/6 — LAST DAY to submit HBS Business Plan Contest: Social Venture Track entry form
• 2/17 — "Civility and American Democracy" (McCormack School at UMass Boston)
• 2/25–2/26 — HKS/HBS Social Enterprise Conference
• 2/27–3/2 — TED 2012
• 3/16 — LAST DAY to apply for MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition
• 5/31–6/1 — 3rd Berlin Forum on Innovation in Governance (Technische Universität Berlin)
• 6/9 — Milken-Penn GSE’s 2nd Annual Education Business Plan Competition
• 6/11–6/12 — Personal Democracy Forum 2012
• 10/24–10/27 — 2012 ILA Conference

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Join us for a lively panel on the next generation of leadership with the authors and contributors of Passion & Purpose: Stories from the Best and Brightest Young Business Leaders with special guests Bill George, professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, and David Gergen, director of Harvard’s Center for Public Leadership.

Author John Coleman, and contributors Jake Cusack and Katie Laidlaw will discuss the trends and people shaping the future of leadership and the passion and purpose we all hope to find at work. A light lunch will be served. Signings will be available for those who have already purchased the book. Books will not be for sale at this event.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2
11:45 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building
Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St, Cambridge

Please RSVP by January 31st: www.surveymonkey.com/s/passionandpurpose

As we enter the course shopping period for the 2012 spring semester, here are some leadership course options for HKS students and cross-registrants, taught by CPL faculty and others at HKS.

CPL faculty and affiliates:

MLD-201 Exercising Leadership: The Politics of Change
Dean Williams

MLD-304 Judgment and Decision Making
Todd Rogers

MLD-325 Becoming a Leader
David Gergen

MLD-329 Power and Glory in Turbulent Times: The History of Leadership from Henry V to Mark Zuckerberg
Nancy Koehn

MLD-353 Followership
Barbara Kellerman

Other leadership courses of interest:

MLD-221 Introduction to Negotiation Analysis
Kessley Hong

MLD-377 Organizing: People, Power, Change
Marshall Ganz

MLD-830 Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Private and Social Sectors
Dick Cavanagh, Robert Higgins

For a complete list of courses in the Management, Leadership, and Decision Sciences policy area please visit the HKS 2011–12 course listing.