Showcase Schedule

Date: Friday, October 6

Location: Rackham Graduate School Amphitheatre 4th Floor

8:30 to 9:00 a.m.		Registration & Continental Breakfast - Assembly Hall
9:00 a.m.		Welcome and Overview of Showcase - Amphitheatre Leslie Lemons, Managing Director - Domestic Corps Program Introduction of Keynote Speaker by Thomas C. Kinnear, Eugene Applebaum Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies & Director-Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies Keynote Speaker Bo Burlingham – editor-at-large of Inc. magazine and author of Small Giants - Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big
9:30 to 10:30 a.m.		Panel # 1 - Amphitheatre Topic: What is required to create a social enterprise in your nonprofit? Panelists: Debbie Hinde, President and CEO of Vital Bridges Elizabeth Huntley, MBA 07, Intern Matthew Kaczynski, BBA 06, Intern Paul Saginaw, CEO of Zingerman's Eileen Spring, Executive Director of Food Gatherers
10:30 to 11:00 a.m.		The Power of Partnership Appreciation presentation to the Whirlpool Foundation - Amphitheatre
11:00 to 11:15 a.m.		Break
11:15 to 12:15 p.m.		Break-out Session - Project presentations by Domestic Corps Interns followed by Q&A Option #1 - Amphitheatre Topic: Entrepreneurship & Business Development - assisting leaders to think creatively and build an entrepreneurial organization using sound management principles Option #2 - West Conference Room Topic: Marketing - from the South Bronx to the Ft. Belknap Tribe in Montana, creating capacity building strategies for long-term sustainability Option #3 - East Conference Room Topic: Finance/Organizational Evaluation - asking the right questions, creating the right tools and striving for management excellence
12:15 to 1:00 p.m.		Lunch/Project Exhibit - Assembly Hall and Balcony
1:00 to 1:40 p.m.		Panel #2 - Amphitheatre Topic: Building your nonprofit's case for expansion through quantifiable outcomes and creative funding models Panelists: Judith Van Ginkel, Ph.D., President, Every Child Succeeds Al Spector, Board Member, Every Child Succeeds Ram Kapadia, MBA 06, Intern
1:40 to 2:20 p.m.		Panel #3 - Amphitheatre Topic: How can we create environmental, social and economic sustainability for small family businesses in environmentally threatened settings? Panelists: Bill Bryan, Ph.D., CEO, Cook Center for Sustainable Agriculture in the American West Bill Yellowtail, Senior Project Specialist, Cook Center for Sustainable Agriculture in the American West Greg Shopoff, MBA 07, Intern
2:20 to 2:50 p.m.		The Power of Partnership Appreciation presentation to the Union Pacific Foundation - Amphitheatre
2:50 to 3:05 p.m.		Break
3:10 to 4:10 p.m. 4:10 p.m. 4:30 to 5:00 p.m.		Panel #4 - Amphitheatre Topic: Taking a nonprofit to scale in a global economy Panelists: Steve Mariotti, Founder and President, National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) Alison Leff, MBA 07, Intern Alzeira Pereira, BBA 07, Intern Closing Remarks Docent led tours of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies