News and Announcements

Hi SE OBN members,

Happy Friday the 13th!  Below are a few more opportunities that have been passed along to us.

Have nice weekends.  Go Blue!
Sincerely,
Amanda and the SE OBN

Hi all,

A few opportunities to check out below.  Feel free to send more opportunities to: amanda.briden@sbs.ox.ac.uk.

Hope you're all having wonderful summers!
Sincerely,
Amanda and the SE OBN

Hi all,

Below are few more events for the week.

Thanks,
Amanda

Dear SE OBNers,

Below are the latest news/events.  Additionally, we just wanted to clarify the career resources that are available to you this term.

Sector Consultant:  Tim Jones
Availability:
May - 17, 30
June - 6
To schedule appointment:  CareerConnect

Entrepreneur in Residence:  Henry Gonzalez
Availability:
May - 4, 16 (morning), and 25
June - 1, 8
To schedule appointment, contact:  Brooke Williams @ Brooke.Williams@sbs.ox.ac.uk

Thanks and have an nice week!
Sincerely,
Amanda and the SE OBN

Hello SE OBNers,

Below are a few clarifications regarding yesterday's newsletter and some additional opportunities that have come to our attention.

Thank you for accomodating our e-mails this week.  We just want to make sure the word gets out quickly!

Sincerely,
Amanda

Hi SE OBNers,

Welcome back!  We hope you all had wonderful term breaks and student treks.  There's a lot of information to update you on, so please take a close look below.

As job opportunities / speaker events unfold, we may send out other notices mid-week.

Additionally, please feel free to let us know if you'd like us to get the word out about an event.  (E-mail:  Amanda.Briden@sbs.ox.ac.uk)

Thanks and have a nice week.
Sincerely,
Amanda and the SE OBN Board

To all, with the Skoll World Forum in Oxford this week please forgive what will likely be a number of last-minute invite emails. All of the events going out to this list are open to the public but be sure to note if any RSVPs are needed. Below is an opportunity to meet with Ashoka Foundation Fellows who will be answering questions about their myriad social enterprise ventures.


RSVP through their Facebook Event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/125384190919994/

Ashoka UK Presents: Burning Questions (Thursday 29th March, Oxford Hub, 4.30-5.30pm)

This Thursday Ashoka UK present a rare opportunity to question three of their fellows bringing sustainable, innovative solutions to some of the world greatest challenges. Any burning questions you have about what they've done, why they've done it and how they've done it - now's the time to ask them.

Mary Gordon, Founder, Roots of Empathy

Based on her own experiences as a kindergarten teacher, Mary Gordon’s Roots of Empathy is an innovative education programme which aims to reduce aggression in young children by encouraging the development of empathy and emotional literacy. Since its creation in Canada in1996 the programme is now running in six other countries across the world including the USA, New Zealand and the Republic of Ireland. 

Al Harris, Founder, Blue Ventures

In 2003 UK Fellow Dr Al Harris established the award-winning Blue Ventures, a marine conservation organisation dedicated to education and sustainable development in tropical coastal communities. This pioneered the concept of the locally-run Marine Protected Area (MPA).

José Miguel Aguilar Berrocal, Founder, Foundation for Youth Action

José Miguel Aguilar Berrocal founded Fundación Acción Joven (FAJ) in 2006, putting to action an idea which resourcefully channels the obligatory community service required of Costa-Rican university students into specially-designed projects to improve public secondary schools.

RSVP through their Facebook Event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/125384190919994/

Hi all,

Please see opportunity below.

Thanks,
The SE OBN

OxfordJam on the lookout for brilliant Event Staff and Social Reporters to make OxfordJam'12 the best yet! 



See the job descriptions below for further details.  And see www.oxfordjam.org.uk for more about the event!

Perks include:  You get paid and there are half day video editing and social media training for the social reports.  

Event Staff - http://www.oxfordjam.org.uk/files/OxfordJam12_EventStaff.pdf 

Social Reporters - http://www.oxfordjam.org.uk/files/OxfordJam12_SocialReporters.pdf
    

Hi SE OBN,

Please find announcements/news for the week below.

Congrats on making it to the last week of lectures!
Sincerely,
Amanda

We have an opportunity for a lunch with Dr Gunther Faber who is visiting SBS. The one hour lunchtime meeting will be an opportunity to hear about Gunther’s career at GSK and in social enterprise as well as interact with a seasoned healthcare and pharmaceutical professional. To sign up please email andy.thornton@sbs.ox.ac.uk with the subject ‘Faber Event’. Event details, 06/03/12 SR 14 12.30.

Gunther Faber retired as Vice President, Sub-Saharan Africa, for GlaxoSmithKline end of May 2008. He qualified as a veterinarian specialising in genetics and nutrition and also completed a B Com degree before moving into general management. He joined the pharmaceutical industry in 1979 for the then Beecham Group plc and was appointed as Director of the International Division in 1980. During successive mergers, his area of responsibility increased, with him being accountable for pharmaceuticals, consumer health and manufacturing in SmithKline Beecham. Following the merger between Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham he was appointed as Vice President, Sub Saharan Africa.

Besides his accountable for the commercial operation in Sub-Saharan Africa, Gunther also led the company’s Policy Team on Access to Medicine, as well as being a director of the International Division which covered all countries with the exception of the USA, Europe and Japan. Gunther interacted at senior political and bureaucratic level with African governments, as well as those of the OECD countries. 

In July 2008 Gunther moved into social enterprise as CEO of The Healthstore Foundation and in April 2011 he started his own foundation One Family Health and is in the process of applying for US501(c) (3) tax exempt status. One Family Health also controls a low-profit limited liability company (L3C). Both these vehicles are being used for maximum flexibility in targeting diverse funding streams.

Gunther was a member of the Africa Regional Advisory Board of London Business School. He is a Board member of Sproxil an electronic anti-counterfeit company based in Boston MA. USA and is also a member of MMV’s Access and Delivery Advisory Committee (ADAC) as well as an innovator member of IPIHD (International Partnership for Innovative Healthcare Delivery) which is a unit within the Medical Faculty at Duke University.

Hello everyone,

If you blinked, you may not have noticed that the 2011 Michaelmas Term at Oxford has already passed us by. In the run up to Hilary and as we welcome in 2012, I wanted to take quick moment to brief you on where we plan to take the SocEnt OBN in coming months. We have a lot of exciting opportunities on the drawing board, and we are looking for active leadership from current local Oxonians in order to make many of these ideas a reality. 

Welcome to a new year!

Best,
Ira

Hi all,

Just wanted to provide a few additional pieces of information regarding the Audi Social Innovation jobs:

1.  Please review the attached job descriptions:
     -They are looking for experienced people (+5 years work experience)
     -They are also looking for German speakers (at least passable)
2.  Daniela Papi passed along this post.  If you are interested and want more information, please speak with her.  She can help advise folks on whether or not to contact Esther Bahne.

Thanks!

Dear SE OBN,

Please find the latest news/announcements/speaker info below.  

Please contact me if you'd like me to include any other info in the future (Amanda.Briden@sbs.ox.ac.uk).

Best of luck with your studies.  Finish strong!
Sincerely,
Amanda Briden

Dear all,

The Alumni Relations Office and Careers Centre have set up industry-specific subgroups on LinkedIn for current students and alumni to join. The subgroups will help us network and connect not only with our own OBN members and classmates interested in specific industry-areas, but with alumni from across different class years. The LinkedIn subgroups are not meant to mirror OBN focuses exactly, as OBNs change each year. The LinkedIn subgroups encompass a number of related industries, where cross networking can be of benefit to all members.

Here’s the link to the newly created Saïd Business School Social Entrepreneurship and Finance Subgroup on LinkedIn:

Social Entrepreneurship and Finance Network

Here are a few key points about the subgroups in general:

• If you are already a member of the parent Oxford Business Alumni group, you can automatically join as many subgroups as you wish.
• The parent and subgroup membership comprises of all official members of the Oxford Business Alumni Network (SBS alumni, Oxford alumni, Executive Education participants and SBS post graduate students).
• Non-OBA Network members must be proposed by an OBN student or alumnus to the Alumni Relations Office/Career Centre, to join the subgroup (further details on this process attached).
• We are encouraged to post industry news, job opportunities and best practice sharing on the discussion boards.
The difference between the OBNs using GroupSpaces to communicate to their membership, versus using LinkedIn to communicate to a relevant audience is:
• GroupSpaces is the official platform where OBN membership will be stored and managed.
• GroupSpaces is a group management tool for OBN chairs to store relevant documents, send formatted emails from, and manage their official membership lists.
• LinkedIn subgroups are broader categories that the OBNs. LinkedIn subgroup members comprise of OBN members, non-OBN students interested in the industry, OBA Network members and relevant SBS faculty and administrators.
• OBN chairs and members can look at LinkedIn as a supplementary platform in which they can promote their OBN events. But OBN chairs will continue to manage and communicate in full to their OBN membership via GroupSpaces.

Please also go through the attached LinkedIn Policy Document. The document provides information and guidelines on memberships and postings.

Cheers,
Chris