Plenary Session 1: The Convergence of Social Media and CSR

The Convergence of Social Media and CSR
Plenary Session 1 at CSR and Social Media 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010, 8:45 am
Priority Code: 3BL1
Toronto

Featuring:
Celesa Horvath, Owner and Principal, Ventus Development Services Inc.

Social networking promises to change not only the way in which companies communicate and interact with their stakeholders, but also their behaviour and performance as corporate citizens. This context-setting presentation will explore social media’s game-changing potential and implications for CSR, including:

• how the accessibility of information will drive transparency and best practice in corporate social responsibility

• how the speed at which information and opinions are shared affects reputation management

• how the scope of, and level of trust in, social networks will transform stakeholder engagement practices

• how the shift from push to pull by user-determined needs will lead to more collaborative, open-source approaches

Celesa Horvath contends that, in the emerging “Attention Age,” the difference between risk and opportunity is a matter of perspective and strategy. Join Celesa as she explores how to leverage social media to enhance corporate responsibility performance and uncover fertile ground for innovation.

Celesa is experienced in developing and implementing sustainability strategies for business, and is founder of the Canadian CSR and SD Practitioners’ Network on LinkedIn.
Click here to find Celesa on her LinkedIn Page
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For more information on this session, or to see a copy of the full agenda, please visit our web site, or contact Joel Elliott at elliott@conferenceboard.ca. Register Before April 18 to save $150! Please quote priority code 3BL1 when registering.

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Power of the Hour – Transforming Inspiration into Action

TOPIC: Power of the Hour: Transforming Inspiration into Action
Luncheon Presentation at CSR and Social Media 2010
WHEN: Thursday, May 13, 2010, 12:15 pm
WHERE: Toronto
Priority Code: 3BL1
Featuring:
Dorothy Engelman, Executive Director, GetInvolved.ca, and Senior Partner, q media solutions
GetInvolved.ca has entered in partnership with TVO, Volunteer Canada, and the Corporate Council on Volunteering to leverage the ability of social networks to motivate and connect for positive change. Power of the Hour is an online tool that helps individuals, groups, and businesses, large and small, pledge and track their volunteer hours. The online and television Power of the Hour campaign challenges Canadians to help reach a goal of 2,000,000 volunteer hours in 2010.
Building on the success of GetInvolved.ca, a social networking site built as an online companion to a 50 part TVO documentary series, Power of the Hour is motivating individuals, not-for-profits, charities, and community organizations to connect with one another and make a difference.
Hear from Dorothy Engelman, Executive Director of GetInvolved.ca and Senior Partner at q media solutions, about the launch and implementation of GetInvolved.ca and Power of the Hour. Learn more about how to promote engagement and facilitate collaboration with online social networks.
For more information on this session, or to see a copy of the full agenda, please visit our web site, or contact Joel Elliott at elliott@conferenceboard.ca. Please quote priority code 3BL1 when registering.
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Inhabitat Green Talks: Join Our Live Webinar with Boston Bike Czar Nicole Freedman Today at 3:30pm EST!

Our Green Talks series of interviews with green thought-leaders has been a smash success so far – garnering hundreds of registrants and viewers from all over the globe, and we’re super excited about the next one, which is happening TOMORROW at 3:30pm est! with Boston’s Bike “Czar” Nicole Freedman. We’re beyond thrilled to announce this interview with Nicole, as she is the driving force behind the first citywide bike-sharing system in the United States! Nicole is a former Olympic cyclist and has played a pivotal role in making Boston a more bike-friendly place as the director of the city’s bicycling programs.

Boston’s new bike sharing system is set to debut this spring and will provide 1,000 to 3,000 bicycles for public use throughout the city, and we’ll be chatting with Nicole about her hopes for this exciting new project and the challenges she’s faced. We’re also going to try to convince her to move to New York City and launch a similar program here! Bostonians, New Yorkers and anyone who cares about greening your city and improving the cycling landscape, this is going to be a CAN’T MISS DISCUSSION with a fascinating visionary, so join us for our latest webcast in our Green Talks series this Thursday at 3:30 pm EST!

SIGN UP HERE TO JOIN IN THE CONVERSATION >

*We’re going to be preparing some questions for Nicole ahead of time, so if you have any questions you would like her to answer, please submit them in the comments below!

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Corporate Governance and Responsibility Forum

The Corporate Governance and Responsibility Forum is intended to be a forum where business leaders can discuss and identify regional best practices relating to corporate governance and corporate social responsibility (CSR) and overcome potential implementation obstacles that may arise from time to time due to unique regional features, economic and legislative environments and various cultural issues that are not addressed on the global discussion.

We believe that the MENA region (Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, KSA, U.A.E., Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Egypt, Morocco, Tunis and Algeria) is unique in certain aspects and would like to ensure that we maximize on such uniqueness instead of eliminate our uniqueness for the sake of blind compliance. Instead of complying with global standards as they are being set, we would like to play an active role in shaping such global practices to ensure value, promise and engagement within the region.

Learn more here.

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Five Inspiring Finalists Selected For the “S Contest”

The top five finalists have been selected in SDialogue’s $10,000 “S Contest,” and voting has now begun.  Over 40 entries were received and narrowed down to the list of five finalists.  Perry Goldschein, partner at SDialogue stated:  “It was a tough job choosing finalists due to the high quality of the responses, and moving stories. Our main criterion was the amount of positive, ongoing impact on society and/or the environment that entrants can have.”

Voting for the winner is open to the public at www.sDialogue.com/contest.  The five finalists are as follows:

·         icouldbe.org
icouldbe.org is a pioneer in the emerging online mentoring industry reaching young people who do not have access to quality educational resources, using a dynamic virtual learning environment to connect them to mentors who offer practical and individualized advice, information and expertise.

·         People Capital
People Capital is an early-stage, socially-responsible firm that aims to address the funding gap between higher education costs and federal loans and grants – a $113 billion market.

·         National Association of Mothers’ Centers
The NAMC has a 35 year history of life-changing mother-to-mother support and connections, addressing mothers’ unique needs and experiences within a unique culture of mutual respect. Our programs impact not just mothers, but children and families too.

·         Speak Shop
Speak Shop provides face-to-face Spanish tutoring via webcam with teachers in Guatemala and Nicaragua. Customers schedule lessons at their convenience and pay about $10 per one-hour lesson. Teachers gain business and technology skills while working at a fair wage as micro-entrepreneurs.

·         Sweetriot
Sweetriot is an activist candy company based in New York City and is creating a sweet movement to FIX the world! Sweetriot sources and produces our cacao directly in Latin America and uses recyclable, reusable packaging which features emerging artists.

Please visit www.sDialogue.com/contest for more information on each finalist and to cast your vote for one lucky winner.  Deadline for voting is midnight EST, Friday, October 16. The SDialogue team will announce the winner by no later than Friday, October 23, 2009.

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7 CEOs Highlighted at Corporate Responsibility Officer Largest Summit Oct 6-7 in Chicago, Il

Corporate Responsibility Officer Summit Chair Jay Whitehead today announced that the speaker lineup for the 5th annual CRO Summit, held October 6-7 at the Union League Club of Chicago will feature a record 7 CEOs—leaders of the corporate responsibility movement in sustainability, governance, compliance and philanthropy.

Also included in the CRO Summit lineup is the 3rd annual CRO Magazine CEO of the Year Awards, which recognizes CEO leadership in 8 categories: large-cap, mid-cap, small-cap, private companies, social entrepreneurs, corporate foundations, government, and NGO/non-profits.  Featuring a corporate sustainability theme, the 5th annual CRO Summit is the largest such event for corporate responsibility practitioners in sustainability, governance, compliance, CSR and philanthropy.

CEO and senior leaders featured include Green Mountain Coffee Roasters CEO Larry Blanford, NYSE Global Markets Chief Walter Lukken, Silver Spring Networks CEO Scott Lang, ACORE CEO Michael Eckhart, CDP CEO Paul Dickinson, Hara CEO Amit Chatterjee, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, Interface Chairman and former CEO Ray Anderson.

CRO Magazine’s 3rd Annual Responsible CEO of the Year Awards, which occur from 7-9pm on October 6 at the Union League Club of Chicago, will be keynoted by “Confessions of a Radical Industrialist” author and Interface Chairman Ray Anderson.

Attendees include over 300 corporate responsibility officers in Russell 1000 companies, NGO executives and software and professional service providers to the field.  Registration information can be found at http://www.crosummit.com.   The CRO Summit agenda can be found online at http://www.crosummit.com/crosummitfall/agenda.asp.

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CSR Minute: September 25,2009 – Intel + Asian Institute of Management’s CSR Award; Insight Forum’s Comm Symposium Discount; Anellotech and U Mass Amherst’s Grassoline

Corporate Social Responsible News: Intel + Asian Institute of Management’s CSR Award; Insight Forum’s Comm Symposium Discount; Anellotech and U Mass Amherst’s Grassoline

Shareholder Communications Forum to be Streamed Live … All of the Sessions, None of the Travel!

Insight Forums, LLC today announced that it is providing a video stream of its Shareholder Communications Symposium to public company and fund firm executives who cannot attend in person. The event is being held October 6 and 7 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Chicago, and streams of all sessions on both days are being made available. Registration for online participation for both days and access to session recordings after the event is just $175 and may be secured at http://www.insightforums.com/?sub=394.

The Shareholder Communications Symposium is an exclusive forum dedicated to helping governance, shareholder communications and investor relations professionals balance cost and service, and gain additional benefits in the form of environmental stewardship and improved brand equity. Sessions include coverage of such issues as Notice & Access, Summary Prospectus, Virtual Shareholder Meetings, Retail Proxy Voting, Social Media for Public Companies, Plain Language and Sustainability; for details, see either the event Web site at www.insightforums.com/scs2009.php or an interactive “Zmag” description at http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0619a12d#/0619a12d/5. Symposium exhibits are co-located with those of the Document Strategy Forum.

“We know that schedules and travel budgets are tighter than ever, and streaming seemed the obvious and immediate answer,” said Steve Weissman, Program Director and Senior Analyst at Insight Forums. “While it doesn’t substitute for the in-person networking and collaboration the on-site attendees will enjoy, it does open the door to people who otherwise would miss it completely.”

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Landman XChange Coming to Dallas, Texas

LandmanConnection.com will be hostingLandman Xchange Professional Development Conference in Dallas, Texas.

If you are a Landman or work in a related field, you won’t want to miss this opportunity to meet with peers for a tremendous networking and educational event.  The Landman XChange will offer land pros further professional development through a group of talented industry speakers who will conduct presentations throughout the day on topics important to your career and success.  Some topics include:

• how technology will affect the future of the landman professional
• lateral career options (wind, ROW, etc.)
• pooling for the field landman
• expert round-table discussions
• much, much more

The conference has been accredited by AAPL for six (6) CPL/RPL/RL credits.

LandmanConnection.com has been providing a highly interactive media community for their members benefiting all landman professionals.  Go to landmanconnection.com for more details about the conference.  You won’t want to miss it!
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CSR Minute: September 18, 2009 – Lexus Chooses Visible Light Solar Technologies; Time Magazine’s Values Poll; U of Tenn’s Frat Charity

Corporate Social Responsible News:Lexus Chooses Visible Light Solar Technologies; Time Magazine’s Social Values Poll; U of Tenn’s Frat Charity Event