Starbucks in Focus Event Recap
We had a fantastic event with Starbuck’s Ben Packard. If you missed it, check out Board Member Mar Smith’s recap on her blog Project CSR.
Check out pictures of the event:
Starbucks in Focus Event This Thursday Night!
Date: This Thursday, May 12, 2011
Time: 6 pm
Location: Starbucks Headquarters
Tickets: click here
Join Net Impact Seattle for an evening of coffee and reflection on CSR reporting with Starbucks Coffee Company Global Responsibility leader, Ben Packard.
Be sure to check out Starbucks’ recently released FY10 Global Responsibility Report prior to the event and come prepared for a lively discussion.
This event is only open to paid Net Impact Members and limited to 40 attendees. Tickets are available on a first come, first served basis. Parking and location details will be provided to ticket holders.
Not a Net Impact member yet? Sign up here. Be sure to choose Net Impact Seattle as your primary chapter to get discounted event rates.
Upcoming January & February Events
Net Impact’s event planners have been hard at work and have FOUR fantastic events on the calendar for the upcoming months – be sure to save the dates!
Networking Happy Hour at Barca: Thursday Jan 20, 2011 5:30 – 8:00
Join us for Net Impact Seattle’s Professional Chapter’s first networking event of the year. Come mingle with professionals who are interested in corporate social responsibility, sustainability, and social entrepreneurship. Enjoy $3 well drinks, and $1 off food and draft beer.
Open to: Net Impact Members & Non-members
Where: Barca Lounge in Capitol Hill, 1510 11th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122
Cost: Event is free but attendees are asked to pay for their own drinks/food.
Parking: Only street parking is available. Near Cal Anderson park is probably your best bet.
RSVP for the event
Contact: Theresa Gilbert, Networking Events Lead with any questions.
Theo Chocolate Factory Tour: Saturday Feb 5, 2011 4:30 – 5:30
Join the Net Impact Seattle Professional Chapter for a group tour of Theo Chocolate. Theo is the only Organic, Fair Trade, Bean-To-Bar Chocolate Factory in the United States. Learn more about how the story of cacao, including the extraordinary transformation of the cacao fruit into what we know and love as chocolate and the social and environmental issues relating to cocoa and cocoa farmers. Best of all, there will be samples during the tour!
Open to: Net Impact Members only
Where: Theo Chocolate Factory in Fremont: 3400 Phinney Avenue North Seattle, WA 98103
Cost: $12 + ticket processing fee (Payment information will be sent to the first 20 people who RSVP)
RSVP for the event
Contact: Theresa Gilbert, Networking Events Lead with any questions.
Notes about the event:
- Attendees must arrive 10 minutes early
- Facility is fragrance free, please avoid wearing any perfumes or scents
- Wear close toed shoes
- Have to wear hair net (will be provided)
Microsoft Corporate Citizenship Speaker: Thursday, Feb 17, 2011 7:00 – 9:00
Join the Net Impact Professional & UW Foster Student Chapter as we welcome Dan Bross, Microsoft’s Senior Director of Corporate Citizenship, Akhtar Badshah, Senior Director of Microsoft Community Affairs and Tim Dubel, Director of Global Programs for Community Affairs on February 17th at the UW Foster School.
Open to: Net Impact Members & Non-members
Where: University of Washington PACCAR Hall room 294, Stevens Way Seattle, Washington 98105
Dinner: Pizza will be provided.
Cost: $5 for paid Net Impact members, $20 for all non-members
RSVP for the event. Space is limited.
Contact: Suzanne Sullivan, Events Coordinator with any questions.
Panelists:
- Dan Bross, Senior Director, Microsoft Corporate Citizenship
- Akhtar Badshah, Senior Director, Microsoft Community Affairs
- Tim Dubel, Director of Global Programs, Microsoft Community Affairs
Questions for the Panel may be submitted here before and during the presentation.
Learn more about Microsoft’s Corporate Citizenship here.
Volunteer at Treehouse: Saturday, Apr 16, 2011 10:00 – 2:00
Volunteer for a great cause and meet other professionals who are interested in corporate social responsibility, sustainability, and social entrepreneurship. Treehouse is uniquely committed to improving the lives of our kids living in foster care. No other agency in our region responds to the needs of our foster children like Treehouse. Volunteers will be helping out in The Wearhouse, a free store where foster kids and families shop for new and like-new merchandise (clothing, books, toys, accessories and more). Volunteers sort, tag and organize donations and stock the store.
Open to: Net Impact Members only
Where: The Wearhouse, 2100 24th Ave S Suite 200 Seattle, WA
RSVP for the event here. Space is limited to the first 15 volunteers to RSVP.
Contact: Theresa Gilbert, Networking Events Lead, with any questions.
All Treehouse volunteers are required to pass a background check and complete a volunteer waiver. A link to register online will be sent to everyone who RSVPs closer to the event.
NISeattle Board Advisor’s new book makes CNBC’s List of Must-Read books in 2011
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!