When: Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Time: 6:30 – 9:00
Where: London Business School
Sainsbury’s Building, Room: LT3 (please note the room change to Lt3)
Sussex Gardens, London
NW1 4SA

Now that 2012 is in full swing many of you are probably in the midst of re-evaluating your career goals. Whether you are looking for a promotion or trying to break into the Sustainability field your skills have to be presented in the right way in order for you to move to the next level. This event is great for all career levels with a special emphasis on those looking to make a transition within their company or industry. The core focus will be on market insight and providing you with the practical tools to get ahead. We have lined up some great speakers for this career workshop:

Shannon Houde – Walk of Life Consulting – Shannon Houde, MBA, is founder of Walk of Life Consulting, the first international career coaching business focused solely on the environmental, sustainability and Corporate Responsibility (CR) fields.  She also launched and currently runs the Acre Career Coaching service for leading sustainability recruitment company, Acre Resources. Shannon has mentored and trained professionals in the field of CR for more than 10 years with a focus on matching personal values to career paths, writing CVs as marketing tools, and interviewing with impact. She combines a wealth of knowledge from 15 years’ managing cross-cultural teams and CR projects in Asia, Europe, North and South America, in non-profit, corporate and entrepreneurial environments across diverse industries including at Barclays, Deloitte, and WWF.

David Metcalfe – Verdantix – David is the CEO and a founding director of Verdantix. He co-leads the fact-based, forward-looking research conducted by Verdantix analysts that helps energy, environment and sustainability executives to gain competitive advantage through sustainability. David was previously Senior Vice President at Forrester Research, the NASDAQ-listed technology and business research firm. Prior to joining Forrester, he was Head of Analysis and Forecasting at BT Group. He is a co-author of the award–winning book “Negotiation Analysis” published by Harvard University Press.

Event Schedule

Date: January 11th, 2012
Time: 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Location: The Marylebone
93 Marylebone High Street
W1U 4RE London

Come celebrate the New Year with Net Impact London Professional.  This social event will be focused on networking, discussion of hot topics in sustainability, and a sustainability focused pub quiz.  We will be breaking out in small discussion groups to discuss the hot topics so please vote for your prefered topic when you register.  Some potential topics include: Was the Durban Climate Change Conference A Success?  Is Microfinance Sustainable?

This is a great opportunity to learn more about Net Impact, network with others and hear about our upcoming events in the new year. Nibbles will be served and alcoholic drinks are available for purchase at the bar.

PS – We have the room reserved at the back of the pub behind the curtains

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Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Time: 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Location: The Hub Islington
5 Torrens Street, 4th Floor
London EC1V 1NQ

Please join Net Impact London Professional for a fun filled evening of giving and good times. This event will be focused on networking and getting to know colleagues in the CSR professional community. Rather than buying a gift, everyone is encouraged to bring an item that they already own or a card with your contact info and a service that you could share with someone. For example, if you are graphic designer, you could offer 30 minutes of design time. Or, if you have a bunch of eco-friendly light bulbs, bring one to share with the group. During the evening our friends from Ecomodo and Spots of Time will share their experiences and help us facilitate the gift and skills exchange game!

Spots of Time – Phillippa Banister, Community Manager – Phillippa has experience of grassroots community building work in rural Cameroon and with the homeless in Bradford.  She is a recent graduate from the prestigious Forum for the Future Masters programme and as part of this has completed projects with Unilever, Fairtrade Foundation and Flintshire County Council. She completed an undergraduate degree in Drama and English and likes working on organic farms.

Ecomodo – Tracy Currer, Co-founder – With twenty years experience designing interactions between people and products, Tracy believes the power of design can find the common ground between the way the mass public want to live and the changes we all must make to create a more sustainable future. Her latest venture, Ecomodo, an award winning social enterprise, helps people consume less, whilst enjoying rich, fulfilling and social lives. Enabling people to share everyday goods, skills and spaces, Ecomodo is recognised as a pioneer in the emerging global market of collaborative consumption. Winner of the 2010 Green Award for the Best Use of Online Media, Ecomodo adopts a combination of gifting, micro-enterprise and fundraising to provide a unique motivation model.

This is a great opportunity to learn more about Net Impact, network with others and learn about our upcoming events in the New Year. Refreshments will be served! Mulled wine will be on sale for £1. We ho, ho, hope to see you there!

PS – Please note that the Hub Islington is a walk up and does not have an elevator.

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Venue: Oasis Church Waterloo, 1 Kennington Road, London SE1 7QP
Telephone: 020 7921 4205

Business charity partnerships are a land of rich opportunities for co-creation and mutual benefit. Yet at the same time they are riddled with conflicting aims and objectives, clashing cultures and other unforeseen challenges, which people on both sides of the partnership have to grapple with on a daily basis.

Join us on 9th November 2011 to experience and explore these issues and opportunities in an interactive, challenging and fun way.

With the help of a business case and role-play developed specifically for our “Creating effective business charity partnerships” workshop, you will explore different stages of partnership development, from choosing a partner to three years into the partnership.

Register by Monday 7th November to have enough time to read the case-study before the event.

Attend this workshop to:

• find out what the companies and charities can gain from partnerships
• explore the issues to consider at different stages of partnership development
• learn how to choose a potential partner with care
• identify potential risks and learn how to manage your partner’s expectations
• discover how to build and maintain a successful business charity partnership
• benefit from real-life examples and have an opportunity to share your experience with like-minded people

You will gain a well-rounded perspective of the complexities involved, while learning from workshop experts representing three sides of a business charity partnership. Tom James, Three Hands, an intermediary in business charity partnerships, will show you how to link business with charities and community organisations for mutual benefit, while Nadia Al Yafai, White & Case, will offer a corporate take on the partnerships and Laura Westwick, Bromley by Bow Centre, will present a charity perspective.

SCHEDULE

6.30pm – Registration and Networking
7.00pm – Introduction
7.15pm – Case study scenario 1
7.35pm – Case study scenario 2
7.55pm – Case study scenario 3
8.15pm – What’s the future?
8.30pm to 9.00pm – Networking

ABOUT THE FACILITATORS

Tom James is a Senior Manager at Three Hands, a company that links business with charities and community organisations for mutual benefit. Three Hands brings together expertise in learning & development and community engagement to deliver experiential learning programmes and innovative community projects. Tom has been in his current role for 2 years working on programmes for BSkyB, British Gas, Morgan Stanley and Lend Lease. Tom graduated in 2010 with a distinction in his Masters degree in Corporate Social Responsibility from London Met Business School and was recently appointed as a Trustee at Emmaus South Lambeth, a charity in South London which provides a home, work and family for homeless people.

Nadia Al Yafai is the Community Affairs Executive at White & Case, one of the world’s leading global law firms, responsible for developing  volunteering programmes and selecting and managing key charity relationships. She designed a unique employability programme ‘Breakfast Club’ with Dress for Success which was run over 12 weeks in  the City and was covered in ‘The Big Issue’. Nadia believes that, as a Corporate Responsiblity professional, it is important to have a strong  perspective from the charity’s viewpoint so she is a Business Advisor to the employability charity,  IntoWork and the Clement James community Centre, the headquarters of IntoUniversity. She works with the charity’s business partners on developing their new programmes, brings on board expert supporters, reviews their community development focus and carries out mock interviews with the charity’s clients. She has also helped set up a social enterprise community cafe including winning funding in a ‘Dragon’s Den’ pitch event. She received a ‘Local  Heroes’ award at the Kensington & Chelsea ‘Make a Difference’ ceremony in June 2011 for, in the words of the charity, ‘her incredible support  and care, her enthusiasm and creativeness and for being a source of inspiration to us all’.

Laura Westwick is the Corporate and Events Development Manager at the Bromley by Bow Centre, an east London charity that helps up to 2,000 people a month to improve their health and skills and move towards and into work. She has responsibility for developing effective relationships with corporate partners, particularly those based in the City and Canary Wharf. Her area of responsibility also involves developing fundraising events ranging from sponsored sporting challenges to arranging formal dinners and auctions. This can mean anything from writing bids for six-figure partnerships, recruiting riders for a 100km night-time cycle ride to helping to organise a corporate volunteer-led summer tea party (complete with cupcakes) in the Centre’s therapeutic garden. Laura has worked in the charity sector for 3 years having previously worked in environmental sustainability.

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