Good morning, Bloomington! After waking up bright and early, Kristy, Liz, Missy, Aimee, Scott and I walked from our hotel to Plaza Catalunya to catch a bus to the IESE Business School campus, where the Doing Good, Doing Well conference is being held. Upon arrival, we checked in and picked up our nametags and a booklet explaining all of the events for the weekend, ready to network and learn about responsible business. After listening to an introduction to by the Dean of the IESE, Rodney Schwartz, founder of ClearlySo, an organization described as the first online marketplace for social business and enterprise, commerce and investment, delivered the keynote address.
A truly engaging and motivating speaker, Swartz covered topics ranging from the power of the individual in driving social change to the ethics of a social enterprise versus a social business. He stressed that the social business sector is based off the idea that success is not measured one-dimensionally (risk versus return), but three dimensionally (risk versus return and social impact). closing remarks provided guidance to the students, all of whom are MBAs or PhDs except for us, that included:
1) Get involved in impact investment
2) Become a social entrepreneur
3) Advise social ventures
4) Work in social business and enterprises
5) Participate actively in policy
6) Use your imagination in order to encourage social change
HS Stay tuned!
-Nic Perfetti, Junior, Majors: Public Policy Analysis, Spanish, Economics
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