Let's Play: A Conference On Corporate Citizenship - presented by the Entrepreneur Foundation of Central Texas
Hosted at National Instruments, Austin TX 2009 Highlights
· 150 attendees from over 100 companies (vs. 60 expected)
· Keynote Dr. Mark Kramer, Founder of FSG Social Advisors and Dr. Michael Porter’s research partner
· Breakout sessions included: employee engagement, cause-related marketing and strategic corporate social responsibility
Sample Session Topics and Presenters:· Using technology for employee engagement: Chris Jarvis (Realized Worth)
· Community involvement reporting and transparency
· Austin’s nonprofit landscape and community need: Patsy Woods Martin (I Live Here, I Give Here)
· Corporate culture and customer engagement: Chris Miller (Seventh Generation), Diane Solinger (Entrepreneurs Foundation)
· Cause-related marketing/using social media with internal and external stakeholders: David Modigliani (Flow Nonfiction),
· Paula Ivey (The CSR Group)
· The business case for community involvement/obtaining c-level buy-in: Jon Armstrong (Adlucent), Bill Bock (Silicon Labs), Matt Chasen (uShip), Mark McClain (SailPoint Technologies)
· Strategic alliances and investments in education: Susan Dawson (E3 Alliance), Shirley Heitzman (AISD), TBD (National Instruments)
· Easy steps to ‘greenify’ your business: Justin Murrill (AMD), TBD (Business Earth),
· Signature programs and employee engagement Krista Bauer (GE)
REGISTER HERE: http://www.givetoaustin.org/conference/Click her for more information: http://www.givetoaustin.org/conference/2011_conference.pdf