I’m pleased to share that my birthday was this week (for those who know me well, you know this is a big deal).
I love birthdays in general, and I especially love mine. Why?
Well, my birthday is an important time for me for a couple of reasons. Yes, I love cake and presents and having an [...]

As I mentioned in an earlier post on The Changebase, one of the projects I’ve been working on this semester is a CSR Reporting Directed Study for a Fortune 300 company.
This company (who will remain nameless since the project is still ongoing) contacted the Boston University School of Management and asked if the school would [...]

Perhaps one of the best parts of being a second year MBA student is getting to pick my schedule. Unlike first year, where all of the core business classes were chosen for me, as a second year student I get to decide which electives I want to take.
Not only has this been a relief (since [...]

This past weekend over 2,400 MBA students, CSR professionals and social entrepreneurs congregated on the campus of Cornell University for the 2009 Net Impact Conference.
For those of you not “in the know,” Net Impact is an international network of people looking to use their business skills to create global social change.
I’ve been a member of [...]

I’ve often spoken on The Changebase about social entrepreneurs who’ve chosen to radically reinvent how business creates social change in our communities and around the world.
Organizations like Kiva (microfinance), Carrotmob (conscious consumerism), and Frontline SMS (information access through technology) have literally re-drawn the lines when it comes to creating sustainable, empowered and effective change through grass-roots social [...]

I’ve mentioned in previous posts on The Changebase that, in many ways, my MBA experience has made me feel a bit like a fish out of water. With my non-profit background and change-the-world goals, it’s not surprising that I have had some serious growing pains associated with learning new ways of thinking about and solving [...]

For those of you who read my last post on The Changebase, you know that I recently signed up to go to Brazil in January. The trip, organized by the Boston University School of Management, focuses on issues of sustainability, CSR, and social enterprise in the developing country. It sounds like an incredible journey and an amazing [...]

When I was a freshman in college, I rallied a group of new friends from my dorm to go volunteer one afternoon. It was early in the school year, and I wanted to prove to my hall-mates that community service was a fun, easy, low-impact sort of way to give back and feel good. Minimal [...]

A couple of weeks ago, the folks I follow on Twitter (a terrific bunch of CSR and social enterprise experts) were all abuzz about a New York Times article that told the story of a young woman from Minnesota. What was all the fuss?
Well, it turns out that this woman, 22 year-old Stephanie Smith, ate [...]

This week I jumped into the 2nd year of my MBA with a weeklong, intensive course called ”Global Sustainability”. A relatively new offering at Boston University, the course promised to cover a broad spectrum of ideas and questions relating to sustainability:
“Global Sustainability” explores the underpinnings of today’s global sustainability challenges and how entrepreneurial thinking can be [...]