Net Impact Seattle :: Professional Chapter

Carol Sanford’s “The Responsible Business: Reimagining Sustainability and Success” available this spring

Net Impact Seattle Board Advisor Carol Sanford is gearing up to release her new book “The Responsible Business: Reimagining Sustainability and Success.” Carol has been leading major consulting change efforts in both Fortune 500 and new-economy businesses for more than 30 years. Her client list includes long-term relationships with Colgate Europe and Africa and DuPont Canada, US, Asia and Europe. She also works with new-economy companies like Intel, Agilent and leaders of corporate responsibility such as Seventh Generation.

The highly anticipated new book and landed today on CNBC’s Bullish on Books column by Senior Editor Gloria McDonough-Taub titled “Off for the Holidays & What I’ll be Reading in 2011.”

“What Deepak Chopra and Steven Covey are to the individual, Carol Sanford is to the whole organization.”
-Finn Hovland, President, DuPont of Canada

“One of the wisest and most compassionate teachers and thinkers on the planet!”
-Debra Neill, CEO, Neill Corp., Aveda Distribution, USA, Mexico

Tremendous congrats to Carol! We can’t wait to read the new book!

Thank you to everyone who attended the event last week. A great time was had by all as we discussed how the Goods for the Planet and Venue were started, their unique business models, prices, and sustainable local consumption. Check out some pictures here…

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We’ve posted a new online events calendar on our website. You can find it via the “events calendar” link on the top nav. If you have an event that you think we should add, shoot us an email and we’ll post it for you. Please include as much information about your event as possible.

Tuesday, November 30th, 5:30 – 6:30 PM

The student chapter of Net Impact at the Foster School of Business is proud to provide you with the opportunity to have a dialogue with REI CEO Sally Jewell. Mrs. Jewell will be participating in a moderated panel with some of the questions she answers being selected from submissions made by participants who RSVP. The event is free for student chapter members and 5$ for non-members. A light, organic meal will be provided. To inquire more or RSVP please email Thomas Potier.

When: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 5:30 – 6:30 pm
Where: PACCAR Hall, University of Washington
Cost: Free for student chapter members, all others $5.
Contact: Thomas Potier, President, Net Impact UW Foster School of Business

We’ve transitioned to our new board, and it’s full of enthusiastic, intelligent, engaging peeps. Check out everyone’s backgrounds on the Meet the Board page. Next time you see one of us at an event, come chat!

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women, Thursday, October 28 from 6:30 – 8:30

When: Thursday, October 28, 2010 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Where: Life Enrichment Bookstore, Columbia City, 5023 Rainier Avenue South, Seattle map
Book: Half The Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
by Pulitzer Prize winning journalists Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Cost: Free!
RSVP: Not necessary for this month. Just get the book and start reading!
Contact: For more information about the Net Impact book club, contact Shara Senior.

“Stunning . . . [Half the Sky] belongs on the ‘must-read’ list because it offers perspective, insight, and clear-eyed optimism for why and how each of us can and should meet one of the great moral and humanitarian challenges of our times.” -Bill Gates, Sr., The Huffington Post [...]