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- 16 Oct 2013
- News
Progress Through Preservation
he says. The obesity epidemic? People need places to exercise, especially low-income folks who can't afford a membership to the local fitness club, says Rogers. So the Trust works to create parks and playgrounds in the nation's cities....
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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Professorship Brings Brierley's HBS Connection Full Circle
writing finance cases, Brierley also volunteered to help his college fraternity find a vendor to automate its 150,000 membership records. Failing to find a specialist in the membership record-keeping arena,...
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- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
they’ll be presented with a different political picture, one where the underlying mechanisms have been renewed and modernized, where America’s democracy is again the envy of the world. Here, she talks about how the Leadership Now Project plans to get there. How did you...
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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Getting on Board
Membership on a corporate or advisory board seems like a natural fit for MBAs with solid managerial skills and career experience. But according to the experts, unless you are a prominent CEO, finding a seat at the boardroom table today...
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- 01 Apr 2000
- News
The World at a Click
registered membership of nearly 20 million," Hornthal notes. Priceline has enjoyed 5 percent monthly growth since coming online in March 1998. For the fourth quarter of 1999, the company reported revenues of $169.2 million -- a 791...
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Margie Kelly
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Ban the Butterfly Rule for Corporate Directors
associated with the loss of position renders the director no longer qualified to serve, the message to the outside world is that board membership is geared to the position, not the person. Stated another way, the apparent objective is to...
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Joseph Hinsey IV
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Hong Kong Club Thrives, Plans Next Global Alumni Conference
Kong or China to an HBS Executive Education program. With membership at two hundred, the HBSA-HK is thriving, thanks in part to a mentoring system that links active board members with young alumni. The board members “take care of the...
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- 01 Jun 1998
- News
How the Ron Brown Award Was Born
The Ron Brown Awards grew out of President Clinton's wish to establish an award that would honor corporate citizenship, explains Richard E. Cavanagh (MBA '70), president of The Conference Board, a business research and membership...
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- 01 Oct 1999
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
retain members. Membership growth and retention is a challenge, given the busy schedules of all alumni and the fact that people transition through jobs and locations more quickly, are more selective about which organizations to join, and...
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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Job One: Alumni Engagement
membership in HBS clubs and associations. Our committee work has examined a number of School-supported efforts designed to engage alumni and students. The Student Outreach Committee, chaired by Bennie Wiley (MBA ’72), has recommended ways...
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Peter Cooper
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Building a Social Network
Art by Ikon Images/Masterfile Related Links YPO official membership video Founded in 1950, the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), a global network of young chief executives, has 18,000 members worldwide. According to one estimate, YPO...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Roundtable, an annual meeting bringing together club representatives from around the world to discuss issues relevant to programming, membership development, and leadership. I will share with you highlights from the Board's meeting in the...
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Edmund A. Hajim (MBA 1964)
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
Shoshanah Cohen (MBA '92)
involved with little else.” So Cohen, now a PRTM director, stepped up her activities outside the office, committing herself to pro bono projects and membership work with the HBS Association of Northern California. Gearing down a bit at...
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- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Economic Forum
Merge: Is Bigger Always Better?" The World Economic Forum is a membership organization that promotes interaction among leaders from government, business, academia, and the arts with the objective of "improving the state of the world."
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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Industry-Related Clubs Offer Alumni a New Resource
Additionally, members receive weekly e-mail updates and have access to a club Web site offering a searchable membership directory and an up-to-date job board. The use of technology integrated with club events aims to create significant...
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- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Jeremiah P. Murphy, Jr.
merchandise while sharing in the store's profits through an annually distributed rebate. Membership dues today are $1.00 per year, actually half of what they were in 1882. Despite an abiding respect for the Coop's storied past, Murphy...
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- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Making A Difference: HBS Club of Puget Sound Reaches Out to Young Alumni
of membership and now as club president, Kwiker has worked to build a basic loyalty to the club and to foster connections to the extended HBS community. Her innovations have included more events targeted toward the entire alumni base,...
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Elena N. Berg
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
New Releases
computer industries, in which interfirm and international rivalries are intense. The other three consortia - Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Gas Research Institute (GRI), and Bell Communications Research (Bellcore) - draw their View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Third Force: Indispensable to Society, Nonprofits Should Redirect Oversight Efforts
"I'm a great believer in nonprofits," Herzlinger said, "but sometimes they don't achieve their mission. Nonprofit managers more than agree with me. Many grade their own performances as poor." Herzlinger ticked off a few examples: declining View Details
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Health, Social Assistance
- 07 Feb 2018
- News
Helping Startups Give Back
so we could renew our domain name!” Now operating with a full-time, paid executive director and modest support from grants, Upside marked a major milestone earlier this year, when it reached the goal of growing its membership to 150...
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