One Way to Make a Difference-Online!

Here is a copy of an e-mail I received for an international conference I am attending. It is free through the Business as an Agent of World Benefit from CWRU. Thought I would get it out there in case anyone wanted to go. It is a good networking opportunity for business types, a good learning experience for students, and a good way to experience online conferences.

Here are the United Nations Goals for the millennium

http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/index.html

So, check it out and see if you are interested.

John
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Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit presenters Annual International Online ConferenceUN Millennium Development Goals as Business OpportunityMay 4th - 5th, 2006Held entirely online at http://www.worldinquiry.org/
Greetings!
Thank you for registering for the 3rd Annual International Online Conference. As the conference is rapidly approaching, we would like to share the most current conference agenda with you.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Thursday, May 4 - DAY 1
8:00 am US EST
Conference site opens
Collaboration Café opens for online discussions
Welcome presentation and overview of the conference becomes available
Featured Multimedia Presentation on Stuart L. Hart becomes available
Featured Multimedia Presentation on Jane Nelson becomes available
Digital Story “Interface Back-To-Nature Carpet Creates Big Profit” becomes available
Digital Story “Project Shakti: Growing the Market While Changing Lives” becomes available
Digital Story “Business and Peace: Conversations with Bobby Sager” becomes available
Digital Story “One World Health: Non-Profit Pharmaceutical Brings Life Saving Drugs to Developing Countries” becomes available
Workshop with the Realia Group " Mental Models and Their Impact on Sustainable Business Decisions" becomes available
Workshop with Susan Belgard “Holistic Law: Using the Peace-making, Healing and Helping Skills of Lawyers to Benefit Our Global and Local Communities” becomes available

12:00am US EST
Live Chat session with Dr. Ronald Fry, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Director of Masters in Positive Organizational Development and Change Program, Case Western Reserve University

2:00pm US EST
Live Chat session with Dr. David Cooperrider, Professor and Chair of the Department of Organizational Behavior, and Faculty Director of the Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit, Case Western Reserve University
3:00pm US EST
Live Chat Questions & Answers session with Susan Belgard, host of a virtual workshop “Holistic Law: Using the Peace-making, Healing and Helping Skills of Lawyers to Benefit Our Global and Local Communities”

Friday, May 5 DAY 2

8:00 am US EST
Online discussions continue in conference rooms and the Collaboration Café
Featured Multimedia Presentation on C.K. Prahalad becomes available
Digital Story “Sri Lanka: Journey to Greatness – Unilever Asia Foods” becomes available
Digital Story “Green Mountain Coffee Roasters: Towards a New Business Model” becomes available
Digital Story “Shorebank: A Successful Community Development Institution” becomes available

10:00am US EST
Live Chat Questions & Answers session with the Realia Group, host of a virtual workshop "Mental Models and Their Impact on Sustainable Business Decisions"

11:00am US EST
Virtual World Café Live Chat Session, 5 chat rooms, participants rotating every 30 minutes
Room #1 “Business and Poverty”
Room #2 “Business and Peace”
Room #3 “Business and Universal Health”
Room #4 “Business and Ecology”
Room #5 “Business and Universal Education”
1:30am US EST
Plenary Live Chat session for reflections and comments


Conference officially ends at 5:00 pm US EST

Look forward to 'meeting' you online!
On behalf of the entire conference team,
Nadya ZhexembayevaConference Director